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Could this be Alexandra Palace circa 1910s

Looking through my Grandad's old photos I spotted the below - which must have been taken circa 1910s. They lived in Liverpool Road, Islingt…

Started by cavendishmark

11 yesterday
Reply by Gordon H

Punk rock: Hornsey At War?

Wonder if any longer-term residents have heard of this group called Hornsey At War (who put out a homemade record in the early 1980s? https…

Started by Cml

19 on Saturday
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Bowes Road Band, 1973

A nice bit of local cultural/historical ephemera that I don't see mention of here on HoL previously -  I came across reference to the Bowes…

Started by vaneska

3 on Saturday
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Listed Hornsey cattle trough given new protection from bad drivers

In a little bit of heritage news, the listed cattle trough in Hornsey High Street which is in front of Great Northern Railway Tavern now ha…

Started by Liz

1 on Friday
Reply by Richard Woods

Wonderloaf bakery and Jubly factory, White Hart Lane.

Does anyone have any memories or photographs of the above? The Wonderloaf bakery was a huge white building situated opposite the 'T' juncti…

Started by Tim Fennell

10 on Friday
Reply by John Hough

The Bricklayers Arms

Thomas H farmer was my great grandfather, so it was great to see a photograph of the pub. My mum used to visit as a child - she remembers t…

Started by Deb

1 Mar 6
Reply by Hugh

An unknown music legend with a Green Lanes connection

A friend recently discovered a local connection for Clem Cattini. Nope. I hadn't heard of him either. Born in Stoke Newington in 1937, he…

Started by Dermot

10 Mar 3
Reply by John Shulver

Pioneering Cartoons Made in 1940s Harringay

Back in 2008, I posted an old piece of newsreel about a pioneering film studio based in Harringay in the 1940's. Making some of the UK's fi…

Started by Hugh

9 Mar 3
Reply by John Shulver

The plan to make Green lanes the main arterial road to the north (in 1943)

I was in the Museum of London Docklands on Sunday (highly recommended) & I spotted a map of the 1943 "Country of London Plan" that was…

Started by michaelw

29 Mar 2
Reply by Hugh

40 years since St Paul's old church burnt down

It's 40 years this week since the old St Paul's Harringay church building burnt down in one night. Ironically and unforgettably, it was on…

Started by Pete

9 Feb 22
Reply by Kevin Nairn

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