Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
A very Different Grand Parade in the Harringay of the 90s
I wish that I took more photos of the hood in the 90s. I probably took this photo because of the snow, not realising that it would be of historical interest by now. Does anyone remember the old Suffolk punch, one of the first Wetherspoon pubs in London? And of course there was Barnabys, probably the most famous Greek Cypriot bakery in London. The shop with the red sign, (after the scaffolding towards the Salisbury) may have been Londis, a little supermarket run by a nice and brother and sister, but I forgot their names.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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Barnby was an amazing bakery.
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Permalink Reply by Pavlos on
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Yes and also such a hub for the Greek Cypriot community. Being of Cypriot origin myself, every Cypriot I knew from different parts of London somehow ended up there
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Permalink Reply by Chetan Jilka on
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Nice pic! Brings back memories.
Loved Barnabys! It's still a bakery but not the same.
Londis was run by an Indian Patel family. Two brothers and their wives. I had my first job there as a kid. I didn't appreciate it at the time but I'll always be grateful for the work ethic they instilled in me.
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I used to go to the Mortimer Arms, it became
Iceland, I think. Was Barnsbys previously
Known as Halepi? my dad took me there in the 1970s
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Permalink Reply by Christine Yates on
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Back in the 60’s there used to be a shop called Kirwans just along from The Salisbury: it sold jeans, overalls, biker jackets etc., a door or two along from there was Tesco - a one-unit shop with shelving on three walls and a unit in the middle. I think there was only one cashier. I used to go with Mum after school on Friday and she would fill two shopping baskets with tins, biscuits etc which would come to about £5. She bought her meat from Reeves the butchers just round the corner in St Ann’s Road and fruit and veg from Wheelers.
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Hi Christine !! Funny you should remember Tesco’s because I lived in the top flat above Tesco ( it use to be called Tonges before Tesco ) from 1940 till I emigrated to Brisbane Australia in November 1964. I remember my poor old Mum dragging 5 or 6 bags of shopping up all those 70 odd stairs, week in and out, after the War !!!!!!!! ( no food in them days ) Had loads of good times in Tottenham and all the surrounding areas, it was Safe in those days, to be able to walk around as a young kid, with no fear of being molested or kidnapped, even while London was being Bombed, we use to rake the streets, with no fear, we didn’t know any better in those days.
Eddie from 5c Grand Parade Harringay N 4.
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Hello Eddie,
I was born in ‘55 and lived in Warwick Gardens, my parents had lived there since 1950. Yes - I remember a safe place where you could roam far and wide. You could buy anything and everything on Grand Parade from from sweets to three piece suites, made to measure suits from Sanigs, shoes from Hill & Nower, Lilley & Skinner, Samana, Curtess.
Do you remember Mortimers that sold beautiful handbags and luggage? Then there was the wonderful grocery store (Warners) that sold dried fruit from open barrels. Losners the newsagent/tobacconist/sweet shop and meeting place for us kids which was run by Vic and his wife who must’ve been 8n her later fifties and wore I possibly high-heeled shoes that always looked to be a couple of sizes too small.
Greenaways the double fronted two storey toy shop, Hahns the German bakers, Duval for sports equipment....the egg shop owned by a woman who had a long plait and went to St Augustines church.....the list is endless.
it all started to change in the mid sixties and my parents sold up in 1976 by which time it was fast becoming a collection of cafes, greengrocers and dress factory outlets.
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Great to hear mention of the egg shop - my (much-missed) grandparents lived in Roseberry Gardens when they were first married in the 40s. They came to visit when I first moved here twelve years ago, by which time they were in their 90s (yet still made the journey on the tube from Barnet by themselves!) and they couldn’t believe how much it had changed. My Nan’s key memory was ‘the shop that only sold eggs’ as well as a furniture shop that they liked, which I think was on the site of the old Disney’s.
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I remember the Wheelers on the corner of St Ann’s Road and Glenwood. Billy Wheeler, the son, used to take me in his car to Spurs European Cup matches in 1962. He always wore a flat cap and smoked a cigarette. Old man wheeler was quite a miserable man while Billy was always happy.
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Yes - my Mum always bought fruit and veg from Bill Wheeler. I used to get sent on Saturday mornings to collect all the heavy veg, Mum bought the fruit, having inspected it thoroughly, but generally Bill’s fruit and veg was good quality. His father spent a lot of time in The Salisbury, as did Bill! I think his son John took over the open fronted shop on St Ann’s Road, just down from Jack Reeves’ butchers shop - the only one Mum would use.
Bill and his wife used to openly argue with one another. I think the shop was left to John, but he never seemed too interested in it.
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Alex Houghton and Christine Yates..........my memory may well be misconstrued after so many years but I always think that Wheelers veg shop was on corner of Harringay Road/St Anns Road ? My older brother worked there during school days. I worked Friday evenings and all day Saturday during my schooling in 63-64 time at Pearks grocers which was next to Dewhurst butchers somewhere near to Salisbury Road junction with Green Lanes. And I remember a greengrocers around that area by name of Hicks. I remember quite fondly several of the shops mentioned by Christine. I loved Harringay in my time....1950-70, living in Harringay Road. How privileged you were Alex in your trips to Spurs, you probably flew past me at bus stops or trudging along The High Road to our wonderful old stadium. I hope you still fly our colours ?? And Pavlos you've stirred memories here for a few old timers. A very good mate of mine lived down Salisbury Road, Greek/Cypriot named Kyriakous Pavlou. Pav for ease of our English tongues.
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