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Air Raid Precautions

In the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks, an ARP warden can be seen in the background during the Portobello Road sequence.

Betty Huntley-Wright

They also ran a small antiques business in London, trading at various times in the West End, Portobello Road and Chelsea.

Portobello West

The name 'Portobello West' was suggested by Carlie's father, Grant 'Fuzzy' Smith, as a reference to the famous Portobello Road market in London, England and also to the location of the new market (in Western Canada).

Portobelo, Colón

Across the British Isles, Portobello was used in place and street names in honor of the victory, such as Portobello Road in London, the Portobello area in Edinburgh, and the Portobello Barracks in Dublin.

Battle of Porto Bello

The capture of Porto Bello was welcomed as an exceptionally popular triumph throughout Britain and America, and the name of Portobello came to be used in commemoration at a variety of locations, such as the Portobello Road in London, the Portobello district of Edinburgh and also in Dublin; as well as Porto Bello in Virginia.

Georgina Rylance

At the age of eighteen, Rylance was recruited by a model scout who met her in a pub on the Portobello Road, London, during the Notting Hill Carnival.

Hall of the Mountain Grill

The album's title was a nod to Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and to a Portobello Road cafe called The Mountain Grill (now closed), frequented by the band in the early 1970s.

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Metropolitan Borough of Kensington

A number of street name plaques still bear the designation "Royal Borough of Kensington." Indeed in the 1971 Disney classic, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the sign for Portobello Road is shown fleetingly.