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
1959, 30 January: a "Caribbean Carnival" was held in St Pancras Town Hall. T...
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.
Our photograph of the Lorraine Wilson plaque was taken before the foliage started obscuring it.
Vera Atkins, née Rosenberg, Commander of the Order of British Empire, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour. A Jewish pre-war British spy, Ve...
Unveiled by Griff Rhys Jones, who claims not to actually be Welsh despite his name and having been born there.
Eliot moved here in 1957 after he married his second wife, his secretary Valerie, and died here 8 years later.
The front gable is decorated with the date of the building: 1883.
Previously known as the Performing Rights Society. They have also erected plaques to Squeeze, Jethro Tull and Blur.
Born Transylvania, studied engineering. His sister Dorothy married Dallos and in May 1937 they all came to London. As an enemy alien was not allowed to fight in WW2 but after the war he gained Brit...
Known as Bill. Donated many of her sister's and father's sculptural works to public institutions. From V&A: while her sister studied sculpture Jessica "was content to assist her father". The a...
This college has its origins in the temperance Royal Victoria Coffee and Music Hall. In 1882, using the back-stage and the dressing rooms of the theatre, Emma Cons introduced Tuesday “penny” lectur...
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