MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: Notting Hill

In the mid-1970s, the residents (artists, musicians, actors, writers, squatters, activists, etc.) of this area declared it the Free and Independent Republic of Frestonia and attempted to secede from the UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frestonia

Victorians decried this street Barbaric, they said, discordant. LOOK NOW The buildings stand the same. Minds and hearts change. (Colin Thubron – 2004) This is the first I've seen of the seven coal hole covers with poems around Notting Hill. There's a map here: www.pavementpoetry.com You can read more about them on this blog: coalholesoflondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/coal-hole-poems

Albert Chevalier 1861-1923 (no relation to Maurice), music hall comedian, was born here in St Ann's Villas W11. RBKC has a little video about him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mOF6uuKII

Subterranean loo, Golborne & Bevington Roads. Many of the Victorian loos are now closed. It's particularly rare to find a Ladies' that's still open. The card and gift shop on the right was used as a restaurant in the movie "Notting Hill." See where this picture was taken. [?]

New installation on the wall across from the Spanish School, Portobello Road.

New installation on the wall across from the Spanish School, Portobello Road.

New installation on the wall across from the Spanish School, Portobello Road.

Two police women were killed in the line of duty in Manchester in September. www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/18/woman-police-officer-ki...