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.
L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.
We find the terminology used on the information board confusing; 'bastion' is used when 'ha-ha' would make more sense. British History s...
This is smaller than most plaques and made to look like it has been stamped in sealing wax. The Roman year translates as 1921 (the year t...
These 6 plaques are on the east elevation of the building, below the ground floor windows. We have numbered the plaques left to right. F...
John Constable, 1776 - 1837, artist, lived here in the summers of 1821 - 1822. Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
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