Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Who lived in your house in 1935?
When we first moved into our house, we found a Kelly's post office directory from 1935 in the attic which I unearthed again today. It lists all the addresses in the then Hornsey borough and who was the head of household.
Our house was occupied by Arthur Jackson for instance. What is also fascinating is that there was a synagogue on Wightman Road (the current church opposite the mosque) and a lot of residents with German or jewish names living on the ladder (remember, this was 1935).
The unfortunate resident of 26 Priory Gardens N6 was one Mrs Hitler, who I'm sure changed her name by 1939.
If you want to know who lived in your house or anyother address in 1935, just let me know.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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97 Warham was occupied by Charles Millbourne. Your neighbours back then would have been Mrs Euler at 95 and George Wheal at 101. 99 appears to be unoccupied at the time.
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Permalink Reply by Trisha manning (was Pat Goose)
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Thank you Michael !
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Permalink Reply by Sean Boyle
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Bridget Hitler (nee Dowling) was indeed the wife of Adolf's half-brother Alois. After trying (without much success) to capitalise on her half-brother-in-law's celebrity in the 1930s, she and her son emigrated to the USA. Not surprisingly, she changed her surname. Some of Hitler's bloodline lives on in her son's descendants!
Full story is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Dowling
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Permalink Reply by marian broderick
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Hi David this is fascinating!
Would you mind checking the occupants of 111, 113, and 115 Lothair Road North? I have lived in all three of these houses since 1965.Thanks so much for your work.
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Hello Marian. Back in 1935 the occupants were
111 - William Henry Hoeck
113 - Alfred John Bunker
115 - Mrs Whitbread
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Thanks Michael I mean!
By the way, there’s a piece about Bridget Hitler in my book Wild Irish Women (O’Brien Press). Hitler’s half brother Alois met the teenager girl in Dublin, they eloped and then he abandoned her in Liverpool.
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