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In the footsteps of saints

**The Notting Hill Carmel** (photo by author)

The photo above is evidence of the hidden treasures one (did you see that, Michelle Scorziello? I’m following your example) can unearth in this, our very own, old Londontown.

We’d just taken children from a nearby primary school out on their bicycles on the road for the first time when my eyes landed on the door of this building. A Carmelite Monastery? In 21st century London? I wonder if they still followed the precepts laid out by their ancestors, who founded the order in 1155, in northwestern Israel.

We cycled back to the school the same way. This gave me the opportunity to have a look, not just at the monastery, but also at its surroundings. Thoughts began to slot into place.

The order is based near to a Catholic church, St Pius X. There’s also a Catholic secondary school and sixth form college, the latter, St Charles Catholic, is named after the road it’s located on, St Charles Square.

However, as it’s usually the case in this Protestant, but fast-becoming secular nation, this Catholic enclave is surrounded by an Anglican church to the southwest, the Parish Church of Saint Michael North Kensington to the east, and thrill-seeking, gas-pedal-happy, speed-defying drivers all around. What a mix! Come unto me, both ye faithful and heathens!

On my last day at the school and during a lull in the pouring rain, I went back to the spot. As I usually do with photographs of historical buildings and monuments, I switched to black and white straight away. I stopped using filters many years ago (in my opinion, they add very little value to a photo, even if it’s a rubbish one), but I did work on the exposure, contrast, highlights, and shadows.

Nearby the children from the secondary school were on their lunch break and I’m afraid that the language seeping out through the nooks and crannies of the walls was rather colourful. Enough to render the inhabitants of the monastery crimson-red.

You can buy me a coffee here.