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Portobello Road

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  • IT IS CALLED the Portobello Road because a long time ago a sea captain called Robert Jenkins stood in front of a committee of the House of Commons and held up his amputated ear.

    Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010

  • Like Mary Poppins, the characters frequently break into song, such as Portobello Road with its parade of Royal subjects dance.

    Old Disney movies with the kids Tripp 2009

  • It is early afternoon after a moderately busy Saturday for Mrs. Brown, who has been selling Victorian and Edwardian jewelry outside Vernon's Antiques Market on the Portobello Road in London for the past five years.

    The Victorian Evangelist Selina Williams 2011

  • A worker at the Red Lion antiques market on Portobello Road winced as he described the spectacle of looters smashing the door of a nearby shoe shop.

    Notting Hill carnival goes ahead after Scotland Yard doubles police numbers to 20,000 2011

  • Simon, whose success with Monsoon and Accessorize has earned his family a £600m fortune, founded the company in 1973 after what he describes as a "period of selling shaggy woollen coats on the Portobello Road and hand block-printed clothes from Rajasthan to anyone who would buy them".

    Monsoon founder bags £16m after fashion chain defies downturn 2011

  • Ballinlough Castle, Sat & Sun Patric BairdStarting life in Portobello Road's Cafe Ravenous, Sunday West has been doing its best to nab back some hectic house and tasty techno treats from the hungry clutches of the East ever since it began.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Ballinlough Castle, Sat & Sun Patric BairdStarting life in Portobello Road's Cafe Ravenous, Sunday West has been doing its best to nab back some hectic house and tasty techno treats from the hungry clutches of the East ever since it began.

    Clubs picks of the week 2011

  • Dame Vivienne Westwood The fashion designer and businesswoman dropped out of Harrow School of Art saying she could not afford to make it in the art world before opening her own stall in Portobello Road.

    Are Britain's art schools in crisis, as fees stifle a creative generation? 2011

  • Put some broader strokes on the canvas … I first heard this on a Studio One compilation in Portobello Road market and it just blew me away.

    David Rodigan's Dubwize guide to reggae and beyond 2011

  • Adriano di Petrillo runs classes aimed largely at younger children at his recently opened gelateria Dri Dri, in Portobello Road.

    Kids in the kitchen 2011

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