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16 Jun, 2005 in art pottery by admin

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The Intriguing Past of Notting Hill

In the past, if someone had offered you a good deal on a Notting Hill property, you would have run in the opposite direction, because part of the area used to be referred to as the Potteries and Piggeries back in the 1800s.

At this time, the main inhabitants of the Notting Hill area were pigs; there were in fact three times as many pigs living there as there were people. Small wonder people tried to get into more desirable areas. The area was also known for the amount of pottery that was made there, and memories of the area’s past can still be seen today – Pottery Lane is just around the corner.

Thankfully things have changed, and if you want to buy property in Notting Hill today, you will be buying into a much more attractive area. When you compare it to the Notting Hill of days gone by, you’ll find very few similarities between the two. Thanks to the hard work of the residents who live there, the area has been transformed from a place to avoid to a place to be seen.

In the past, many of the large houses for sale in Notting Hill were on offer because people could no longer afford them. Those that could afford to do so moved to more desirable areas such as Mayfair.

In order to make Notting Hill more accessible, these large dwellings were transformed into flats for sale in the area, and even today these make attractive places to live for the artistic and famous people who frequent the area.

But if you were to take a look at a sketch of the area back in the 1800s, you would be forgiven for thinking you were looking at a completely different area. Even some sixty years ago, Notting Hill properties were totally different to how they are today. This area has certainly gone through several huge changes over the last couple of hundred years. It could even be argued that it has reinvented itself more than once.

Nowadays it has replaced the pigs with the stunning Portobello Road market, and the dank, dark and dangerous surroundings are long since a thing of the past. Apart from some of the road names, however, there are still reminders of how Notting Hill used to be in the past. One of the large kilns used to make bricks in the 1800s still stands, and has been transformed into an attractive and unusual house.

So the next time you visit Notting Hill, watch out for the signs that reveal its unsavoury past – a complete contrast to what it has become today.

About the Author

Andrew Regan is an online, freelance author from Scotland. He is a keen rugby player and enjoys travelling.

But, Dattie I want a Golden Egg Too.?

This is what comes to mind when I hear people crying out for proof of God on here. We're like greedy little pigs, with no idea how small we really are. The Bible uses a comparrisson like - does the clay tell the pottery maker what he needs to do? Has this notion ever dawned on you? The fact is God showed us himself 2000 years ago and still you refuse to believe, don't you atleast believe in the miracles? What would you need God to do to prove his existence to you? And if he did this, then what, what if you found out God was just an ordinary guy like the man behind the curtain in the wizard of Oz. would you change your life for him them? My opinion - no because you love with your eyes and not your heart, and God knows people that love with their hearts don't need to see him.

The Bible says there will still be those who deny Him even as He is coming to this earth in the end times.
Even as they see Him descending from the heavens, they will deny Him.

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