Carnival Village honours Claudia Jones, 1915 - 1964, publisher, political activist and mother of the Notting Hill Carnival. Organised the first Caribbean Carnival in Britain, 1958.
{Around the edge of the plaque:}
Nubian Jak Community Trust
UK Centre for Carnival Arts (Luton)
London Notting Hill Carnival Ltd
W10, Powis Square, Carnival Village
The plaque is inside this building,in the foyer.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Claudia Jones - Carnival Village
It seems that the roots of the Notting Hill Carnival are in dispute since bot...
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Claudia Jones - Carnival Village
An organisation based in Luton and dedicated to carnival arts.
{On the plaque to the right of the door:} Orange Street Congregational Church This Church was founded in 1693 by Huguenot refugees who ...
The 'SJ' after his name means he was a Jesuit, a member of the Society of Jesus.
Johnson was a good friend of the Thrales who owned the Anchor Brewery which once occupied this site. We've read that this image was the ...
LCC James Boswell (1740 - 1795), biographer, lived and died in a house on this site.
The "recreation ground in Tanner Street, SE1" is Tanner Street Park.
