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From ‘old people music’ to owning the streets: 60 years of Notting Hill carnival and me
By Lloyd Bradley

As a child, being taken to the Caribbean celebration was a drag. But once sound systems arrived in the 1970s, it became an unmissable yearly pilgrimage offering a sense of freedom

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/25/from-old-people-music-to-owning-the-streets-60-years-of-notting-hill-carnival-and-me

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