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General

Architecture

https://www.thevictorianemporium.com/publications/advice/article/corbels 

https://victorianweb.org/art/architecture/london/87.html 

https://estateagentsilford.co.uk/uk-victorian-houses/ 

Beer

London CANALS and RIVERS

RIVER FLEET

https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/1458280/River+Fleet.pdf 

Canal boat people

https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10946/ 

MUSIC

Record labels in West London

https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/wamdocs/Appendix%20E%20Kensington%20Record%20Labels.pdf 

Transport

CAMDEN

NOTTING HILL

WALKS

https://secure.londongardenstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/a-sunday-walk-through-notting-hill.pdf 

SEEDY CLUBS AND DIVES: https://northkensingtonhistories.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/seedy-clubs-and-dives-of-notting-hill-1956-1970/ 

HISTORY

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sites/bartlett/files/eva-branscome-presentation-grenfell-seminar-1.pdf 

NOTTING HILL WALKS BLOG: https://www.nottinghillwalks.co.uk/notting-hill-history 

FLORENCE GLADSTONE book

TOM VOGUE book

Squatting & counterculture 

https://labouraffairs.com/2024/04/01/a-brief-glimpse-at-the-seventies-squatting-movement/ 

https://www.agenteprovocador.es/publicaciones/centro-iberico 

1958 Riots. Black and Asian fight for equality 

”We felt that although West Indians, Africans, Irish and many other nationalities all live in a very congested area, there is very little communication between us. If we can infect them with a desire to participate, then this can only have good results”

https://www.ourheritage.tv/heroes 

MICHAEL X:  https://face2faceafrica.com/article/michael-x-the-controversial-black-revolutionary-leader-from-trinidad-hanged-in-1975 

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20260812090242/https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-empire-windrush/empire-windrush-life-for-migrants-in-the-1940s-and-50s/ 

https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/online-exhibitions/windrush-day/windrush-day-enigma-arrival/3-settling 

KELSO COCHRANE MURDER: https://irr.org.uk/article/the-worst-kept-secret-in-notting-hill/ 

ROCK AGAINST RACISM: https://racismnoway.com.au/teaching-resources/rock-against-racism/ https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/news-views/rock-against-racism-syd-shelton/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20200819-white-riot-the-music-activists-who-took-on-racism 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHviTKEqSo 

https://london.eater.com/21579077/mangrove-restaurant-history-notting-hill-small-axe-steve-mcqueen 

https://www.mic.com/articles/192190/black-history-of-londons-famous-notting-hill-neighborhood 

Gentrification. Rachmanism

https://londonmacabre.com/racism-rachmanism-and-riots-notting-hill-crisis/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/17/apartheid-notting-hill-grenfell-tower-development-social-cleansing 

Spanish community and other links with Spain

https://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/talkpics/talk-vague07.html  

https://international-brigades.org.uk/news-and-blog/new-plaques-for-west-london-memorial/ 

ECHOES OF SPAIN: https://www.westwayarchive.com/echoes-of-spain 

Catalan links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Josep_Colomer_i_Luque 

Former factories

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap24416/barker-and-company-limited 

Personalities who have lived here

GEORGE ORWELL: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/articles/gordon-bowker-orwells-london/ 

ORWELL’s favourite  West End spots: https://history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2021/09/barcelona-in-soho-1940s-surrealist.html