georgenorman
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I find it incomprehensible that anyone would want to attend this thing.
Notting Hill Carnival
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Teddy Eagle
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Scotland
Can't speak for now but it used to be a great couple of days. Good music and a nice vibe. As previously mentioned the crowds got too much for me and the music changed from nice reggae to overloud nonsense.
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georgenorman
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My idea of hell on earth to be honest.
PalazioVecchio
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many moons ago, i left the Carnival about 5 minutes before it turned into a Riot. And wow, i had got the vibe that it would all kickoff. By the time i got back home, it was on the telly.....Pell Mell.
Teddy Eagle
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It's probably a different affair now but 30 years ago it was fun.
Jimenez
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USA
Teddy doing a Willo
PalazioVecchio
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1987 was a nasty violent riot. And i witnessed the buildup. Got out just in time.
from AI below.......
The 1987 Notting Hill Carnival in West London was marred by serious street violence, brick and bottle-throwing clashes with police on Portobello Road and Ladbroke Grove, a fatal stabbing over a soft drink, and over 300 injuries across the two-day August bank holiday weekend event. [1, 2]
Key Details of the 1987 Disturbances
- Timeline: The worst of the rioting and clashes broke out late into the evenings on Sunday, August 30, and Monday, August 31, 1987, as crowds began to disperse near the enforced sound curfew. [1]
- Casualties & Injuries: Medical personnel treated roughly 346 casualties across both days, with dozens hospitalized—including multiple police officers, one of whom was stabbed in the back. [1, 2]
- Fatality: A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death on Ledbury Road during a violent dispute sparked by a stolen can of soft drink from a local street stall, prompting a homicide investigation. [1, 2]
- Police Response: Scotland Yard deployed officers in full riot gear with protective shields and utilized a police helicopter with searchlights to contain roaming groups and ongoing looting of street stalls
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Teddy Eagle
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Not denying there has been a lot of trouble but you could still enjoy football matches when gangs of thugs wanted to batter each other and those involved 30,000 people not over a million.
Eagle Black.
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Jamaica
I use to go back in the day, loved it, although the police know who some of the trouble makers are, and will arrest them, others slip through the net.
Racehorse-80s
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England
Going to p*ss down all BH weekend , That will probably reduce the crowds and stem any potential violence ...
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PalazioVecchio
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USA
i predict 99% of the BBC coverage to be footage of Big women & little girls all dancing..... wearing purple butterfly costumes.
The real villains will be Khan and the Labour Party.
So called far right demos get maximum publicity for minor crimes whilst Kan et al will gloss over the major crimes at NH.
Jordan555x
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England
Contrast this with the Tommy Robinson march.
UTK march 2026:
20 people arrested
0 SA
0 stabbings
But they're the ones we need to be worried about?
PalazioVecchio
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eaglesdare
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England
Residents board up their properties ahead of Notting Hill Carnival
Dozens of residents and businesses have boarded up their homes ahead of the bank holiday festivities in London
www.standard.co.uk
Strange the residents are boarding up their properties this weekend. Must be getting ready for a far right protest or somthing? 🤔
eaglesdare
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Met sets out policing plan ahead of 60th annual Notting Hill Carnival
We're working to keep the majority safe by targeting the minority coming to do harm.
news.met.police.uk
"Notting Hill Carnival 2025 key policing outcomes:
528 arrests across the two main days of Carnival.
61 arrests resulting from Live Facial Recognition deployments.
30 registered sex offenders identified and checked through LFR activity.
Four reported stabbing/slashing incidents, none resulting in life-threatening injuries.
55 arrests for assaults on police officers. Two officers sustained injuries requiring hospital treatment.
167 arrests for drug offences.
50 arrests for possession of offensive weapons."
Last year's stats.
ASCPFC
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Ireland
You need to be ready for The Purge.Residents board up their properties ahead of Notting Hill Carnival
Dozens of residents and businesses have boarded up their homes ahead of the bank holiday festivities in London
Strange the residents are boarding up their properties this weekend. Must be getting ready for a far right protest or somthing? 🤔
Met sets out policing plan ahead of 60th annual Notting Hill Carnival
We're working to keep the majority safe by targeting the minority coming to do harm.
"Notting Hill Carnival 2025 key policing outcomes:
528 arrests across the two main days of Carnival.
61 arrests resulting from Live Facial Recognition deployments.
30 registered sex offenders identified and checked through LFR activity.
Four reported stabbing/slashing incidents, none resulting in life-threatening injuries.
55 arrests for assaults on police officers. Two officers sustained injuries requiring hospital treatment.
167 arrests for drug offences.
50 arrests for possession of offensive weapons."
Last year's stats.
2 million people attend every year. You get similar at every festival. Why are you picking this one out?