Notting Hill, c1948-c1970 | Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0)
Notting Hill, c1948-c1970
- 84 questions
- 6 subtopics
- Paper 1
- Paper 1
Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 is examined in Paper 1, Thematic study and historic environment.
It covers the local context of Notting Hill, the influence of Caribbean cultures on the area, racism and policing, black activism in the Notting Hill area, migration, race relations and the national context and sources for a Notting Hill enquiry.
Sample questions from Notting Hill, c1948-c1970
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The local context of Notting Hill
Give two reasons why people left the Caribbean for Britain in the 1950s.
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Unemployment and low wages at home, and the promise of steady, better-paid work in Britain. -
The local context of Notting Hill
What came to be meant by the word 'Rachmanism'?
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The bullying and exploitation of tenants by a slum landlord, named after Rachman once his methods became public after his death in 1962. -
The influence of Caribbean cultures on the area
Which calypso singer who travelled on the Empire Windrush sang about migrant life in Britain?
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Lord Kitchener, whose calypsos described what newcomers found when they arrived. -
The influence of Caribbean cultures on the area
Which street became the heart of Black community life in Notting Hill?
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All Saints Road, lined with Black-owned shops, cafes and clubs. -
Racism and policing
Describe what happened in Notting Hill between 30 August and 5 September 1958.
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Crowds of white youths, at times several hundred strong, attacked the homes of West Indian residents with iron bars, bottles and petrol bombs. -
Racism and policing
Why did the police response to the murder of Kelso Cochrane anger local people?
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Officers insisted it was a robbery gone wrong rather than a racist killing, and nobody was ever charged with it. -
Black activism in the Notting Hill area
How did the carnival become a street event in Notting Hill?
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A local street fayre begun in 1966 by Rhaune Laslett was joined by steel bands and grew into a Caribbean procession through the streets. -
Black activism in the Notting Hill area
How did the police treat the Mangrove between 1969 and 1970?
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They raided it a dozen times in eighteen months looking for drugs, and never found any.
The 6 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| The local context of Notting Hill | Decayed Victorian terraces, why Caribbean newcomers settled there, the Empire Windrush, the British Nationality Act, reasons for leaving the Caribbean, houses in multiple occupation, Rachman and Rachmanism, Bruce Kenrick's housing trust and Portobello Road market. | 13 |
| The influence of Caribbean cultures on the area | Shebeens and why they mattered, calypso, ska and sound systems, Lord Kitchener, Caribbean grocers, foods and cafes, Frank Crichlow's El Rio, All Saints Road, and pardner schemes, the banker who ran them and why families relied on them. | 13 |
| Racism and policing | The colour bar, complaints about police handling of attacks, the Morrison row and the riots of August 1958, how residents responded, the sentences, the murder of Kelso Cochrane and the funeral, and Mosley's 1959 campaign. | 10 |
| Black activism in the Notting Hill area | Claudia Jones and the West Indian Gazette, the first Caribbean Carnival at St Pancras Town Hall in 1959 and its growth into the Notting Hill Carnival, Frank Crichlow and the Mangrove, the police raids on it, the British Black Panthers, and the Mangrove Nine and their acquittal. | 12 |
| Migration, race relations and the national context | Post-war housing and labour shortages, recruitment in the Caribbean, British subject status, the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, the Race Relations Acts, the Swinging Sixties, London poverty and the sus law. | 10 |
| Sources for a Notting Hill enquiry | Local newspapers, Caribbean publications, council papers, police files, rent books, employers' records, residents' memories, photographs, the national press, government papers, the census, opinion polls, television and newsreels, the limits of each kind of evidence, and how to plan a follow-up enquiry from a detail in a source. | 26 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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