Place    From 1968  To 1992

Mangrove Restaurant

At 8 All Saints Road, Notting Hill. Created and owned for 24 years by Crichlow. It was a centre for political and social activism within the African and Caribbean culture. Visitors included: Jimi Hendrix, Vanessa Redgrave, Sammy Davies Jnr, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye.

A number of heavy-handed police raids 1969-70 led to a protest march which ended in violence and the arrests of nine protesters (the "Mangrove Nine"), including Crichlow and Darcus Howe.  Five of the nine, including Crichlow and Howe, were acquitted on all charges. However one of the effects of the raid, imprisonment and trial was that the restaurant failed.

Initially we thought that the building in this photo was not 8 All Saints Road but Jamie Davis has convinced us that it is. Both number 8 and the building on the left have been subjected to some rather extensive renovations which makes them difficult to recognise. But the kink in the down-pipe is the giveaway.

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