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Where in Harringay Might this House Be?

Published in Pearson's Weekly - 11 April 1907. A Londoner who travels much around the suburbs has made a collection of queer house names. H…

Started by Hugh

6 Feb 10, 2018
Reply by Richard Woods

Stonebridge Road pre development

Hello, I've been doing some family tree research on and off for a few years. I was wondering if any pictures exist of the housing that woul…

Started by Gazza

4 Feb 9, 2018
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Women Protesters Set Fire to Crouch End Cricket Pavilion

This postcard shows the North Middlesex Cricket Club in Crouch End before and after a devastating fire on 7 June 1913. The fire was belie…

Started by Hugh

2 Jan 31, 2018
Reply by Hugh

Unlikley Headlines - "The Queen at Harringay" - in the Tatler

......and it wasn't the last time. She was here again the following year.

Started by Hugh

6 Jan 30, 2018
Reply by Christine Killick

Ambulance Station on Ducketts Common 1907?

I recently came across an article in the Islington Gazette of 1st March 1907. Its subject is in part a new ambulance station at the corner…

Started by Hugh

2 Jan 27, 2018
Reply by irene rose neil

"Pretty Child" from Hewitt Road featured in The Tatler 1904

The following image was one of a dozen or so on a double-page spread in the Tatler of 12 Oct 1904 entitled, "OUR PRETTY CHILDREN COMPETITIO…

Started by Hugh

2 Jan 20, 2018
Reply by Hugh

Flood at Shopping City, 1982.

(Picture © Andrew Phillips)

Started by EMC2

6 Jan 19, 2018
Reply by Richard Woods

Beauty in the borough

Thought everyone would like this old colour film https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/public/details.php?id=282&searchId=42345

Started by Karen Alexander

2 Jan 19, 2018
Reply by Richard Woods

The Roots of the Hurlingham Club in Harringay

I've just been updating my research on the history of Hornsey Wood House/Tavern which used to stand in what became Finsbury Park. In among…

Started by Hugh

2 Jan 19, 2018
Reply by Richard Woods

Queen Victoria Really Did Stop at the Manor House Tavern

As I've written elsewhere, the previous incarnation of the Manor House Tavern used to bear a plaque on its southern face that boasted of…

Started by Hugh

11 Jan 11, 2018
Reply by Hugh

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