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.
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708 - 1778, Prime Minister, lived in a house on this site.
Hamptons International, the estate agents, occupy William Willett’s former estate offices at 7 Lower Sloane Street.
Greater London Council H. G. Wells, 1866 - 1946, writer, lived and died here.
LCC Leigh Hunt, 1784 - 1859, essayist & poet, lived here.
From the Friends' website: "The Gardens were once the burial ground for two nearby churches – ... St George’s Bloomsbury, and the church ...
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