I Love The Grove

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-05-03

  Podcast Ep081: Performance Filmed in Notting Hill

After Killing a Rival in Self-defense, Hoodlum Chas (James Fox) Must Flee Both From The Law and From His Boss, Harry Flowers.  He eventually moves into a house owned by Turner (Mick Jagger), a former rock star who lives with female companions Pherber (...
2017-04-26

  Podcast Ep080: Portobello Radio

This is the second time I’ve had Piers Thompson on the show and I wanted to see how far Portobello Radio had become since the previous I Love The Grove episode? As Piers himself puts it “Going great guns!”, The radio show celebrate the rich cultural an...
2017-04-19

  Podcast Ep079: 1950s Films Shot Around Ladbroke Grove

In This Episode Aidan McManus Talks About his Favourite 1950s Films Shot in and Around Ladbroke Grove. Finishing off the 1950s Films in this episode, I had never heard of Seven Days to Noon. Nor Secret People. Nor Turn The Key Softly. Nor Sapphia. As a...
2017-04-12

  Ep078 - RIP Lucky Gordon, Darcus Howe, Johnny Shannon

Lucky Gordon found himself at the heart of the Profumo Scandal. Darkus Howe was one of the Mangrove Nine and Johnny Shannon a Law abiding Actor, always played the villain. So in this episode recorded in Ladbroke Grove’s spiritual home, Aidan I sat down...
2016-09-23

  Ep077 What Happens To Soldiers When War is Over?

More British Soldiers die as a result of committing suicide than are killed in Battle figures suggest. Disclaimer: If you watch this video, some of you will not like what you hear. For those of you that know me, some of you will know that I suffered wi...
2016-09-07

  Ep076 How To Climb Walls Like Molly Thompson-Smith

Renowned Climber Molly Thompson-Smith trains at WestWay Climbing. Everyone’s welcome at Westway, whether you’re a first time or an experienced climber. Discover the 350 climbing routes surrounded by 110 roped lines and up to 13.5m Bouldering walls! Wit...
2016-07-24

  Ep075 Old Notting Hill/North Kensington Facebook Page

Starting DJ-ing in about 1981 Hucker first arrived in Ladbroke Grove working at the Electric Cinema from 1972 and speaks to I Love The Grove. We spoke about, Ladbroke Grove, the Electric Cinema, his DJ career and the absolutely fantastic facebook page ...
2016-07-14

  Ep074 Social Cleansing | Fighting Gentrification | Refreshingly Controversial

Kensington & Chelsea Born & Bred, Labour Councillor For The Golborne Ward Fighting Gentrification and Has a Blog That Can Only Be Described As Wonderfully Brutal! Emma Dent-Coad has been a writer and author on design, architecture and planning ...
2016-07-12

  Ep073: Ray 'Rougher Jones', Crime, Prison, Drug Addiction, Alcoholism

Brought up in a working-class area of Swansea, Ray veered into a life of shoplifting and small-time drug dealing fuelled by alcohol and driven by gambling. Inevitably, Ray was sent to prison and eventually left Swansea for London such was his growing n...
2016-07-10

  Event: The Colville Project& Tom Vague Presents 1966

Renowned Local Historian Tom Vague & The Colville Project Bring 60’s Ladbroke Grove To Life The Year This Decade Exploded! Book & Kitchen 31 All Saints Road London W11 1HE 6pm to 9pm Tuesday 26th July Local History Free Entry Whether you grew u...