Any stacks playing music for Carnival?
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I've got a different question... Anyone ever stayed in a hotel near Notting Hill for carnival? A cheap ok one?
klang
klang
there's a youth hostel in Holland Park
Supine
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ska invita
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I'm going anywayIt's online this year so you can just stay at home
I'm asking as I might book a hotel room well ahead of time for next year! I never make it for both days despite best intentions, but thinking if I wake up near by on Monday, that would work
klang
klang
Treacle Toes
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I'm going anyway
I'm asking as I might book a hotel room well ahead of time for next year! I never make it for both days despite best intentions, but thinking if I wake up near by on Monday, that would work
You crack me up. Still.
ska invita
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ska invita
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seriously though, i bet hotels get booked up - a lot of people travel for carnival
ska invita
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sitting at a table though...too much of a tease
Treacle Toes
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Sitting? LOL
klang
klang
I wouldn't bother tbh
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100%
Numbers
an ting!
Luckily our best pals live in Kensal Green so we always head to theirs after.
Numbers
an ting!
+ price of the booze is ridiculous.
TopCat
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No stack. Boo
BCBlues
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Not sure where to put this so I've decided here because of the Notting Hill connection and because theres a few names above I suspect will enjoy this.
The article is quite long but a really good read, covers a lot of ground apart from Carnival.
www.schnetgoeke.com
(Apols if it's been on before, I did sort of check. I came accross it looking for some info on a certain Ken Allardyce(spelling?) who passed away recently. He was a local legend in 1980s Handsworth at Thashers Club (aka Rialto) playing his personal collection of blue beat and ska.)
The article is quite long but a really good read, covers a lot of ground apart from Carnival.
Gladdy Wax | Tim Schnetgoeke Photography
This is one of the interviews I'm most proud of. Anyone who knows me knows that if you are looking for me at Notting Hill Carnival, I'll be on top of Portobello Road listening to the tunes played on Gladdy's fantastic rig. It's hard to find anyone playing music that ranges from 50s r&b all the...
www.schnetgoeke.com
(Apols if it's been on before, I did sort of check. I came accross it looking for some info on a certain Ken Allardyce(spelling?) who passed away recently. He was a local legend in 1980s Handsworth at Thashers Club (aka Rialto) playing his personal collection of blue beat and ska.)
Fozzie Bear
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Tim who did that interview is a good lad. Gladdy is a legend. Used to love Saturday mornings in his shop.
BCBlues
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I've not really came across anything about him before but really enjoyed that article about him.
I suppose I've been more Brum based over the years, our Don Christie's would be your Gladdy's.
Great days either way.
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