The Mangrove was a Caribbean restaurant located at 8 All Saints Road, Notting Hill, west London. It was opened in 1968 by Trinidadian community activist and civil rights campaigner Frank Crichlow. Famous customers included Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, C. L. James, Lionel Morrison, Norman Beaton, Vanessa Redgrave, Colin MacInnes, Richard Neville and Tony Gifford.
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The Mangrove was a Caribbean restaurant located at 8 All Saints Road, Notting Hill, west London. It was opened in 1968 by Trinidadian community activist and civil rights campaigner Frank Crichlow. Famous customers included Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, C. L. James, Lionel Morrison, Norman Beaton, Vanessa Redgrave, Colin MacInnes, Richard Neville and Tony Gifford.
In 1969 the restaurant became the target of police attention that seemed designed to close it down. The restaurant was raided twice in 1988, once by 48 police officers in riot gear. In 1992 the Metropolitan Police paid him damages of £50,000 for false imprisonment, battery and malicious prosecution.
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