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Claud Butler Racing Cycle Shop on Grand Parade

Those of who are old enough and were keen cyclists in your youth may recognise the name Claud Butler. His firm made some of the best raci…

Started by Hugh

19 Aug 12
Reply by Robert Johnson

Harringay in Grey and Green, The Alexanders of Harringay House

William Cleverly Alexander and his family lived at Harringay House for five years between 1869 and 1873. I’ve written before about the Jame…

Started by Hugh

29 Aug 3
Reply by John Shulver

Working out whether a cluster of Seymour Road houses are original or rebuilds

I get a slow but steady stream of email enquiries about a variety of local history matters. A couple of years back a gentleman named Norman…

Started by Hugh

16 Jul 9
Reply by Hugh

Walk and talk on Turnpike Lane's South Asian Heritage

Deborah Hedgcock, Curator at Bruce Castle Museum will be leading a walk and talk on the Turnpike Lane's South Asian Heritage. There will…

Started by Hugh

0 Jul 8

The Mysterious Seymour Road Circle, Three Butchers and the Perrier-Jouët Champagne House

Recently, Seymour Road couple Camille and Maca Perrin posted on Harringay Online about a strange circular structure they'd found buried in…

Started by Hugh

18 Jul 3
Reply by Hugh

New Book and Book Launch 27th June - Abyssinia: Hornsey's Lost Village

For more information, visit hornseyhistorical.org.uk/abyssinia-hornseys-lost-village To attend the launch event, visit www.eventbrite.com/

Started by Hugh

10 Jun 29
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Three things you didn't know about Hewitt Road's past

I stumbled across an interesting snippet about Hewitt Road recently and before I knew it I'd come across a few more (setting aside, for the…

Started by Hugh

8 May 29
Reply by Hugh

A (bit of) a History in photos of Harringay Ice Cream Parlour

140 Years - over a half-century as a bootmakers and three-quarters of a century as a cafe-cum-ice cream parlour Along with the Egg Shop on…

Started by Hugh

6 Apr 23
Reply by John Shulver

A River Through it - Development of the New River and Water Works in Hornsey

The reservoir and water works in Hornsey have been a familiar site to locals for over a century and a half. But the story of their developm…

Started by Hugh

39 Mar 27
Reply by Hugh

Pioneering divorce for women, a suicide and Henri Cartier Bresson - a tale of a local Victorian photographer's family

 Fig. 1: Portrait of four children by local photographer, Charles Casbon   Recently, I came across a couple of photos on the internet by a…

Started by Hugh

11 Mar 9
Reply by Hugh

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