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. Â 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.
The development of the southern side of Great Queen Street is complex: it's a story of overlapping rebuildings and extensions to the Free...
The overflow pipe is not part of the memorial.
We have numbered these 17 plaques, anti-clockwise, starting from the plaque for the whole crew which faces the water. Oddly, the last two...
Edmond Malone, 1741 - 1812, Shakespearian scholar, lived here, 1779 - 1812. London County Council
June 2020: This building has been demolished and we anticipate another 'spreadsheet' block. Let's hope the plaques have been retained. 2...
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