thescowlingdaedreemha:Briefly: Notting Hill This picture from @OscarWGrut on twitter, is captioned
thescowlingdaedreemha: Briefly: Notting Hill This picture from @OscarWGrut on twitter, is captioned ‘Worst advert ever?’ Notting Hill is in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and is either known because of its world renowned carnival or the romantic comedy by the same name. I gave Brixton the ‘briefly’ treatment here, Notting Hill has a common history on two notes; immigrant communities in the 1950s & 1960s and gentrification. There is still so much I haven’t read and heard about the history of the Afro-Caribbean community in London, beyond the stories of elders and family photos. I do, however, understand that the above photo demonstrates that once the demographic of an area is forcibly changed, a space is made for brazen displays of ignorance of local history. There is probably much more I could type about this, though I’d be stepping out of the realms of being brief. Defeating the purpose of this post. For an interesting place to start if you would like to get a glimpse of immigrant life in the UK and then some, try Michael X: A Life In Black and White,there is a review of it here. -- source link
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