Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Bus map for north London from the 1920s
And I'm back with another historical map, for those who enjoy such things. This one is a bus map from the 1920s - "London General Omnibus Company , Route Map & Guide cover, Winter 1919 - 1920" - that I stumbled across on Flickr, by user mikey. It's not CC-licensed so I've just given the link rather than uploading an image.
Interesting things I spotted:
- the 29 and the 41 routes appear to run along the same, or very similar, routes to what they do now. Given that we're coming up on a hundred years later, I think that's impressive longevity!
- there is no mention of "Harringay" on the map, nor of "Turnpike Lane" (though there is of "Manor House" and "Seven Sisters Corner"), which is interesting in light of the discussion we had here some weeks back about the identity of various parts of the borough, and when those identities might have coalesced into something that could be marked on a map;
- anybody trying to use this map to choose the right bus to get them to a particular place, especially near Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, would have had a hell of a time of it.
Anything else you can see?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Great map thanks, but not sure how useful it is for the identity question since Tottenham Hale is marked but Tottenham isn't - and Tottenham's identity unquestionably stretches back hundreds of years.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Mikey Ashworth is still a HoL member, I think.. We both share a love for transport maps and both also have connections to Woodford Green. I lived there in the 70s/early 80s, he still does.
Yes, both 29 & 41 go back a long way. Were both much longer at one time, the 29 travelled out to Hadley Wood in the North and in 1939 managed to get as far 'sarf' of the river to Battersea Bus Garage, but for over 80 years, Victoria Station was its southern terminus.
The 41 started out as a single deck route during the first world war (26.04.1915) between Muswell Hill Broadway & Crouch End (Clock Tower). By the 1920s, it was running as far East as Tottenham Hale, but cut back to Highgate (Archway Station).
During the Second World War it was extended further east to terminate at Dagenham Dock, this extension lasted until 1960, although in the end, only as far as Ilford. After that, the 41 ran to Docklands and terminated at Victoria & Albert Docks until 1968.
There were two short lived extensions in the 70s/80s One to Highgate North Hill, the other to Ferry Lane Estate at Tottenham.
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The 1939 Central Bus Map showing the 29 running from Cockfosters to Battersea.
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