Wooooow look at all the black women with their natural hair, amazing

Absolutely Love Carnival So Blessed To See My Grandad Playing In Front "Wiv Sunglasses On" With His Steel Band Group Ebony At 3:19 Rip Love U So Much ❤️

My grandmother is in this video! This was very nostalgic to watch, the carnival from my childhood. Very different from today.

I remember carnival back then. Loved it so much fun. I even got lost in the 1974 one, was found happily dancing behind a float, didn't even know i was lost. Happy days. By the time i got to my teens late 70"s carnival was the highlight of my year. By the 90's it lost some of it's soul. I still every other year sometimes it's like old days.

This is such a special look back a bygone era of the carnival.

There was something special about Notting Hill back then. You can never get that back. I know it was mostly slum housing but the place had soul. Go there now and there's all these posh shops that are completely empty.

This warms my heart. My grandma and her friends brought me to my first carnival at age 5, they were the originals and I never lost the true meaning and beauty of carnival because of their influence. I love our culture!! ❤❤❤

This is amazing to look at Carnival 43 years ago, wow

Great times attending with my parents until I ditched them in 1974! The Panorama being held in Isaac Newton School and the King and Queen competition being held at the Commonwealth Institute - both buildings now gone! Lovely to see and brings back some happy memories. No police cordons, no carnival route and Ladbroke Grove Station open!!!

I was born in July 1973 in Trinidad, but grew up playing mas.

I went to the Carnival every year from 1982 to 2015, but just not the same now, it made me happy and the work that went into the carnival was wonderful, but some how i feel it has got little scary, the whole time on the news its about police numbers and gangs who go just to rob people. When you see this vid from 1973 it brings me such joy as even in the 80s and 90s it still had that something special, i hope it can get back to its true roots and be the happy Carnival it once was. As it brings people togather and must not be lost.

Would you believe that my grandmother is in this at 3mins 36 secs, these were the days when carnival used to go all through the night, Ladbroke Grove was busy dem times deh!

Proper footage well done all who made this thanks

Sad to think this was 43 years ago. Most of the performers will be dead now, even the kids will be in their 50's and 60's. They looked to have been happier times for all.

Beautiful days. People white and black had more house parties and street parties in the 70's, we were much more fun and sociable. We had originality and creativity in fashion and music evolving all the time. Now the people and culture seem so dull in comparison, chasing material goods, money, they've lost their creative essence, their soul, nothing stands out now. Yes, hooligans liked causing trouble and fighting but the general Notting Hill, Portobello, All Saints Rd 'the front line', Ladbroke Grove, Golborne Rd vibe was cheerful and the Caribbeans were warm and friendly. I remember as a child how lovely the older folk were to me as a little white kid. I was born in 1964 and very pleased I was. Less technology, less TV, more people friendly and much more fun!

Look how slim everyone is and the natural afro hair.

Props to the video man... Excellent

Wow very different to how it is today

Wonderful piece of film. Thank you.

Oh great footage. Brings back memories from childhood and loving that day.

Not only is it our national instrument it is the birthplace …. Steel pan sounding sweet 🇹🇹♥️🇹🇹🎼

Those were really the better days of carnival..as children we use to love going there...the fashion, the food, the music....glad I experienced it all...

Thank you so much for posting this brought tears to my eyes.. Grove hasn't looked like that for years since I was a child.. memories

Thanks for the upload, I love watching rare footage like this, my mum was 13 at the time...crazy 😊😄

Bring back the 70s all is forgiven .....x

Fantastic footage.

The carnival started a couple of years after I lived in Notting Hill but the streets, the people and the music is very familiar.

True energy of Notting Hill Carnival

Excellent footage, I first went '80 and the vibe was so warm, and friendly

1973 was a great year! I was born! :o) ps lovin' that rendition of I Want You Back

I bet all the young people there all had that feeling all people have when their young, and that is 'we'll never get old' ...

People were dressed decent compared to nowadays.

Wow......so so much better than today's rubbish and proper music from talented people.No trouble and a proper carnival atmosphere.

So different from what it is now ,I don't see any ratchetnes at all 😂

I have been going to this since 1978

This is excellent. I've been waiting for old carnival footage for ages.

Who remembers the silver underground trains back in the day boy London has changed

Nice to see old footage of the carnival in Engeland in the Netherlands we have also an small caribian carnival in (in the begining days) in Rotterdam (1984 - still going on) and yes also there is change alot in the time, my firstime as little kid with my parents/family was back in 1987

Where I come from we have the Caribbean festival. It's good to see footage from the side of the Atlantic. Similar vibes 👍🏾🇺🇸🇬🇧🇹🇹🇯🇲🇱🇦🇵🇷🇧🇸🇬🇾🇭🇹🇩🇴🇱🇨🇨🇺🇦🇬🇻🇮🇻🇬

Beautifully shot, respect to the camera man, close up in your face, Golborne Rd looking a lot less gentrified than today in 2021

Nice Times... Wish I could have experienced it back then - But honestly people, we live in different times so it is no surprise that Carnival did not stay frozen in a capsule from the 70's. I heard UK people throughout the years talking down the Carnival,but internationally it is still one of the best. People come from all over the planet(self included) for those 2 days in Notting Hill. Enjoy it while you can and don't take it for granted. Let's see what it becomes twenty years from now..

I remember this as I was there as part of Peter Minshall's band I was a yellow bird.

love it original carnival

I remember my first carnivals I was 3 it was 2008 and i was dancing and playing and hsving fun. Good times

i was born when this was going on ...on the day just up the road w10 yep 43

Amazing to see....where the sound systems lol

My old school is in this film!! Isaac Newton!! Wornington Road

Great video, thanks. Brings back memories! Those wonderful costumes against the drab background of run-down Ladbroke Grove, where I lived for the whole of the seventies.

The steel band are playing I want you back by the Jackson 5

I was a Little Boy back then. It was great times moving forward in a Multi cultured London. Love was in the Air and it was intoxicating. I felt the change was when Margaret Thatcher stepped into Power. Milk every morning at School was a treat to savour. When she took it away, I felt as if we Kids had done something really wrong. 1980's Youth clubs and Apprenticeships disappeared and by coincidence the National Front and Skinheads was on the scene. Fear was placed in Peoples Hearts and Minds. We had to go to School and the Shops in groups for Safety reasons. Indians and Pakistani's received continuous Physical bullying and we were attacked by the Police and Racists people. Punks got a kicking from Skinheads as well. If you walked from School on your own like I did. Getting spat on or racially abused was common placed. People really need to look at the Whole picture of our existence on this Earth. We are all here together and that will never change. So from tomorrow say Good Morning to three people of three different Nationalities everyday and watch the World change for the Better. It is down to Us. Peace.

Wow fantastic footage real hair full clothes people with culture no gangs and pimps reminded me when i was a young youth in the 70s call me old skool but your brother and sisters are not your enemy well at l(east the real ones )

No skimpy looking women. How times have changed.

1973, my first time attending carnival.

This is a Classic Grabbed it and now Archived.

Carnival was fun then and the society were more civilised and balanced. We never heard stabbings or Gang fights then.... good old days are long gone 😢

Everyone was so natural and beautiful ❤

Wow I remember the old jubilee line 2:50 really gave London a New York subway look, London has changed a lot over time

i miss that atmosphere especially in trinidad where they use too pull the pans and the crowd was so thick that the pan stands use too be all over 25 feet apart sometime

superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wish I was there...

Hey guys, I'm Richard, one of the Young Producers at the Royal Albert Hall. We want to express our gratitude for you highlighting on important parts of history. As part of Royal Albert Hall's charitable initiatives, we are organising an event called "Sound inna di Hall" to showcase and celebrate the influential sound system culture. The program will feature captivating performances, including a Steel Pan Group, a Reggae Band, and a DJ clash to energise the audience. To enhance the immersive experience, we plan to transform the hall to evoke the ambiance of a 1970s Jamaican hall party. We would like to enquire about the possibility of using some of the footage you posted on to KZfaq, projecting it on the walls during the event. We will ensure proper credit is given, as our primary objective is to celebrate those who have made a lasting impact on music and community cohesion.

My my my how the world has changed! People were so calm and decent then.

The early Carnival influence and organisation came from the Trinidadian community. The steel pans and soca, calypso and rapso were the main sounds. The event was fought for and self-organised and at times a bit chaotic, but not in a bad way. More a free for all. Kids had their own day with Meanwhile Gardens and all the playgroups coming together to manage the family atmosphere. Some years later, perhaps as a way to regulate it and partly in response to lobbying, Carnival became more institutionalised. Outside funding meant having a lead organisation, committees, liaison with different branches of government and officials. And ofco urse a challenge to the community to have a vision and a plan. I am not knocking the tieless work of anyone or any group, but it was also inevitable that "community control" was often interpreted in different ways and the stories of in-fighting was so very sad for many of us in the community. There were external changes too, the steel pan sounds and movement. gave way to sound systems and static parties, rum punch gave way to things with more kick. This in turn brought in a different visitor crowd, and the much bigger police presence. Carnival's popularity grew beyond early expectations and the cost-benefits economic arguments about the 'Event' (it used to be a Celebration!) has led to it being very different today (not in Covid-2020!) - as we can all see from this excellent video.

that was amazing

Seems like a happy time unlike now...... ...

Ebony used to start opposite my block used to follow them up every year.

was young then but man times have changed

This is B E A U T I F U L!🎉

That is awesome these things might make me proud to be a black English man I was born in England and I'm proud to be black and English I love it wouldn't change it for the world

the real carnival,,,,,, bornt in 1977 i was 4 weeks old at my 1st carnival, watchng this shows much free uk was back in 70s, and how diverse everyone was, and the fact harrow rd was used aswell as ladbroke grove is what makes it very frustrating, its far too small and restricted nowadays, kids will never experience what it really was like in the early days, parties everywhere, open doors, they should never have changed the route of procession parade ....

The good old days.

Love how slim and toned everyone was back then.

looks a lot more "reserved" than todays carnivals....hardly anyone moving, if everyone was to just stand around nowadays...not sure which better but sure everyone will say ;

Great footage

The costumes though 💂

Good old days of community spirit

So much more classy than today. What happened.

the year i was born.....yay!!!

Love it❤

It was a lot different back then now it seems a lot more sordid

9:55...now that is one bad-ass hair-style!

@ 7.43 - 7.49 a member of the band the sweet

Back when my family could afford to live there

looks far more enjoyable and safer back then..

Proper weed back then. Thai Stix. None of your Skunk shit.

🇩🇲Dominicans from Dominica 🇩🇲 West Indies in the Caribbean sea. NOT TO BE confused with the spanish speaking people from the country that had a name change after separation from Haiti, and also call themselves Dominican. "Dominican Republican" is what they should be called to rule out confusion. Love this classic footage by 🇩🇲 the Dominican brothers from Dominica 🇩🇲 proud of our African roots!

Great times the old days

the year I was born.

No sodome and Gomorrah here!

This makes me giggle, all those comments you see on so many videos of 50 years ago “… ahhh back when london was London..” and all that crap. And yet they forget that THIS, was London.

I would have actually gone to carnival like this

Does anyone have a copy of this!??

" NICE NICE NICE "

This was the only year i went to N.H carnival....my uncle had moved to london from south wales. My parents took us to visit him during the carnival. I was 5, id never met a black person up till then. I remember having a fried dumpling for the 1st yime too and it was delicious. Later we were at a tube station...my dad lifted me on, the train, turnrd to get my sister.....when the doors shut and the train left. With 5 year old me in it and my family still on the platform. 😂 Thankfully a guard must have seen/ heard my dad shouting and it stopped after a few seconds. I remember that weekenf so clearly. I had a baloon from the carnival....when we got back to the hotel, i accidentally let it go, and it floated up to the high ceiling of the hotel lobby.

It was packed then 2

It looks so different to todays carnival. Somehow both the carnival outfits and the music seem more authentically Caribbean! No sign of rap music or half naked dancers. Today's Notting Hill Carnival reminds me more of the South American carnival versions with their distinct outfits - not really Caribbean! I think something has been lost along the way!

The good olds days

Talk about looking with rose tinted specs. Check out 1976 Notting hill riots. Then virtually every year for a decade after that.

For the record .brill. peace

Hi, I'm currently working on a project creating short 2 minute films about the history and culture surrounding Notting Hill Carnival and am hoping to get some archive footage of some of the very first Carnivals! I came across this and am hoping to use some snippets. Do you know who I would need to speak to about this? I can't seem to find an email or contact attached to this channel and the website link for Eyeline Publications doesn't work. I'd like to find out about who has the rights to it and if I'd be allowed to re-use parts - few seconds of the footage here and there to provide context. Any help would be much appreciated! Many thanks! Sofia