![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-by-notting-hill-carnival-were-barricading-our-homes-to-stop-drunk-revellers-fighting-in-our-garden/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23629118-1692867988927.jpg&description=BOARDED UP We live by Notting Hill carnival – we're barricading our homes to stop drunk revellers fighting in our garden RESIDENTS who live by the Notting Hill Carnival are barricading their homes to stop drunk revellers fighting in their gardens. Thousands will hit the streets of West London this weekend for a festival of music, food and colour. 11 Residents who live by the Notting Hill Carnival are already barricading their homes Credit: Paul Edwards 11 Thousands will hit the streets of West London this weekend Credit: Alamy 11 Security boards are being installed over hundreds of shops and houses Credit: Paul Edwards And locals are already setting up their defences against Europe's largest street carnival - which has taken place in the neighbourhood since 1966 - after seeing the party atmosphere often descend into violence. Police made 209 arrests at Notting Hill Carnival last year for offences including drug possession, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon. Takayo Nembhard, 21, who released drill music under the name TKorStretch, was stabbed to death. Two female cops were also sexually assaulted with one allegedly grabbed around the neck and kissed on the face without her consent. As a result, security boards are being installed over hundreds of shops and houses along the route over fears the buildings will be "destroyed". Munian Barakat, originally from Palestine, has lived in her building for two years, but is "scared" of the carnival. "People use the front of the building and our door as a toilet," the 67-year-old told the Sun. "It's just too much and they throw rubbish over the fence. It's not right. "That's why I asked the neighbours to put up the wooden barriers because it's really dangerous. I'm an old woman. "I'm planning to go to my daughter's house this year. I don't want to come back and find my house destroyed or the windows broken. "There's too much noise when the carnival comes by and it can be scary. It's messy. People are sometime){kind=link}
RESIDENTS who live by the Notting Hill Carnival are barricading their homes to stop drunk revellers fighting in their gardens.
Thousands will hit the streets of West London this weekend for a festival of music, food and colour.
And locals are already setting up their defences against Europe’s largest street carnival – which has taken place in the neighbourhood since 1966 – after seeing the party atmosphere often descend into violence.
Police made 209 arrests at Notting Hill Carnival last year for offences including drug possession, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.
Takayo Nembhard, 21, who released drill music under the name TKorStretch, was stabbed to death.