Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
'Greetings from Finsbury Park' .Gallery space in Finsbury park. Worth a visit
'Greetings from Finsbury Park'
29 December 07 - 2 March 08
Saturday & Sunday 11-dusk
Gallery space in Finsbury park near the playground.
Well worth a look and you get to mark your house on a big map from the 19th century ...if it had actually been built, ours wasn't so it's just a dot in a load of white space!
29 December 07 - 2 March 08
Saturday & Sunday 11-dusk
Gallery space in Finsbury park near the playground.
Well worth a look and you get to mark your house on a big map from the 19th century ...if it had actually been built, ours wasn't so it's just a dot in a load of white space!
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Sort of, the map covers one wall and you are given a sticker to put on when you have located your house or the white space where it will be! They seem to have started building from Manor House and turnpike lane and worked their way in.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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So is the point history or is it a more art-focussed thing with a dab of history thrown in?
They started building at both ends towards the middle. At the north was the Hornsey Station Estate. At the south was the Harringay Park Estate. In the middle was Harringay Park House. They tried to sell it off as a school or the like, but knocked it down and built over it when there were no takers.
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History. It's only small. They have blown up some postcard views of the park and some maps of the area from various times and an aqua tint of Hornsey wood Tea House. As you're a bit of a local history head you may have seen some of this before but I found the old photos fascinating.
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