The Independent - London, June 1st, 1994
A small war is rumbling around the sedate garden squares of Notting Hill. On my morning walk in the breathtakingly beautiful, but totally empty, Ladbroke Square, more of a park at seven acres, a notice barks: "The use or introduction into the garden of firearms, fireworks, bonfires, musical instruments, wireless, television sets, and gramophones and the holding of barbeques and parties of more than 25 people is prohibited, save in such exceptional circumstances and subject to such conditions as the committee shall expressly permit." The diktat is not just to prevent midnight bohemian revelry...
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