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The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival come from two separate but connected strands. A Caribbean Carnival was held on 30 January 1959?in St Pancras Town Hall ?as a response to the depressing state of race relations?at the time; the UKs first widespread racial attacks had occurred the previous year. This carnival organized by Claudia Jones from Trinidad and Tobago, who is widely recognised as the Mother of the Notting Hill Carnival, was a huge success, despite being held indoors. This was the first time that steelband music was played on any streets in England and it united the mino