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Notting Hill, c1948–c1970

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0/13 June 2022, Question 2(b)

1HI0/13June 2022Question 2(b)4 marks

Study Source A.

Source AFrom Notting Hill in the Sixties by Charlie Phillips and Mike Phillips, published in 1991. Both authors were migrants from the Caribbean, who had lived in Notting Hill. When writing the book, Mike Phillips interviewed Notting Hill residents for their memories of the area.
Back then, you had a lot of shebeens. Because of the ‘colour bar’, there was nothing really for black people, so you had to create your own social environment. The Jamaican people brought particularly reggae, ska and bluebeat music to London. A man called Fullerton had a basement in Talbot Road and we used to have dances with Blues music and stuff. Everybody used to get down there. You had people like Duke Vin who used to play the music on a big speaker sound system. Discos actually came from Caribbean culture.

How could you follow up Source A to find out more about Caribbean cultures in Notting Hill in the 1960s?

In your answer, you must give the question you would ask and the type of source you could use.

Answer frameComplete the table below.

  1. Detail in Source A that I would follow up
  2. Question I would ask
  3. What type of source I could use
  4. How this might help answer my question

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  1. 1HI0/13June 2024Question 2(a)8 marks

    Study Sources A and B in the Sources Booklet.

    Source A
    Source A: A photograph taken by police officer Colin Lynch, 9 August 1970. The photograph was taken during the march demonstrating against the police harassment of Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove Restaurant. PC Lynch had been asked by his commanding officer to attend the march and take photographs as a record of events.

    A photograph taken by police officer Colin Lynch, 9 August 1970. The photograph was taken during the march demonstrating against the police harassment of Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove Restaurant. PC Lynch had been asked by his commanding officer to attend the march and take photographs as a record of events.

    Source B
    Source B: From a speech made by Darcus Howe, 9 August 1970. Howe was a Black civil rights campaigner and a member of the British Black Panthers. Howe was outside the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, speaking to demonstrators.

    From a speech made by Darcus Howe, 9 August 1970. Howe was a Black civil rights campaigner and a member of the British Black Panthers. Howe was outside the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, speaking to demonstrators.

    How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into Black activism in the Notting Hill area?

    Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your knowledge of the historical context.

  2. 1HI0/13June 2024Question 2(b)4 marks

    Study Source B.

    Source B
    Source B: From a speech made by Darcus Howe, 9 August 1970. Howe was a Black civil rights campaigner and a member of the British Black Panthers. Howe was outside the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, speaking to demonstrators.

    From a speech made by Darcus Howe, 9 August 1970. Howe was a Black civil rights campaigner and a member of the British Black Panthers. Howe was outside the Mangrove Restaurant in Notting Hill, speaking to demonstrators.

    How could you follow up Source B to find out more about Black activism in the Notting Hill area?

    In your answer, you must give the question you would ask and the type of source you could use.

    Answer frameComplete the table below.

  3. 1HI0/13June 2022Question 2(a)8 marks

    Study Sources A and B in the Sources Booklet.

    Source AFrom Notting Hill in the Sixties by Charlie Phillips and Mike Phillips, published in 1991. Both authors were migrants from the Caribbean, who had lived in Notting Hill. When writing the book, Mike Phillips interviewed Notting Hill residents for their memories of the area.
    Back then, you had a lot of shebeens. Because of the ‘colour bar’, there was nothing really for black people, so you had to create your own social environment. The Jamaican people brought particularly reggae, ska and bluebeat music to London. A man called Fullerton had a basement in Talbot Road and we used to have dances with Blues music and stuff. Everybody used to get down there. You had people like Duke Vin who used to play the music on a big speaker sound system. Discos actually came from Caribbean culture.
    Source BFrom the autobiography of John Edgecombe, published 2002. Edgecombe migrated to Britain from the Caribbean. He lived in Notting Hill in the 1960s. Here Edgecombe is commenting on his shebeen in Colville Terrace.
    It was a flat on the first floor. When it was full, we had about twenty to thirty people. There was a front room where you could listen to the latest sounds. There would be some nice jazz music playing and there was a bar where we sold every type of drink you wanted. In the bedroom was the casino where people played card games, like poker, for money. Then there was the kitchen, where I employed a man called Bully. He cooked Caribbean soul food, which was rice and peas. The shebeen had no fixed hours and just stayed open each day until the last people left. On a good week, my shebeen could earn up to £400.

    How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into Caribbean cultures in Notting Hill in the 1960s?

    Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your knowledge of the historical context.