We are staying in the posh neighborhood of Kensington. If you only walked around here you could be fooled into thinking all of London is dripping with money. I sought out some regular neighborhoods by bus, the first one the epicenter of rioting in the early 80's. Much of the music I listened to at that time was coming out of London and it referenced those riots in Brixton.
One of the songs was called "Electric Avenue" by Eddie Grant and I didn't realize it was an actual street until today. Back then it was a neighborhood of immigrants of Caribbean or African descent and they still make up the majority but I heard Chinese, Spanish and Italian as I walked around.
Just outside the Brixton tube station was a tribute to David Bowie who died last month. There were hundreds of bouquets and tributes written on the wall. I learned he was born in Brixton just after WWII.
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