Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington & Chelsea is London’s smallest borough by area. But it packs a big punch with tourist draws like Portobello Road and a number of museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Science Museum.
It includes some of London’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, such as Chelsea and Knightsbridge. But 2017’s catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington is a reminder of the borough’s high inequality.
Among the notable figures to have called Kensington & Chelsea home are poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and novelist Agatha Christie. Royals including Princess Margaret and Princess Diana have lived in Kensington Palace.
Up the road from there each August bank holiday, the streets come alive with Notting Hill Carnival. Beginning in 1966 as a celebration of the area’s Caribbean heritage and culture, it has evolved into one of the biggest street parties in Europe and draws millions of visitors each year.
Portobello Road in the Notting Hill area of Kensington & Chelsea
Collections
A coal man chatting to passers-by on Portobello Road (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A couple 'jiving' at a youth club in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A couple embracing at a Youth Club on Edenham Street, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A couple relaxing in the basement area of a house in Ladbroke Gardens, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1955
A gambling group in Southam Street, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1958
A girl carrying milk bottles on Princedale Road, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
A girl on a door step in Southam Street, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1961
A girl on a piece of wasteland in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
A group inside a youth club on Edenham Street in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A group of black men walking along Southam Street, W10 (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A group of Teddy Boys outside a shop in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
A group of Wolf Cub Scouts on an outing to Kensington Gardens (negative)
Grant, Henry
1954-03
A large group of Teddy Boys in Princedale Road, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
