Notting Hill, c1948–c1970

Analyze the local context of Notting Hill and reasons for Caribbean migration.
Describe housing problems (HMOs, overcrowding, Peter Rachman) and the work of the Notting Hill Housing Trust.
Evaluate the influence of Caribbean cultures on the area (markets, food, music, self-help organisations).
Analyze racism, policing, and the 1958 riots, including the murder of Kelso Cochrane.
Describe the impact of anti-immigrant groups like Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement.
Explain Black activism in the area, including Claudia Jones, the Carnival, Frank Crichlow, and the British Black Panthers.
Contextualize Notting Hill within post-war Britain, reconstruction, and the ‘Swinging Sixties’.

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