Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Banc Cafe on West Green road next to downhills park
So if any of your ladder folk ever want a day trip out of the ladders check this place out it is worth the 341 bus ride and is open from 8am!! Good coffee too!!
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Permalink Reply by Gary Jennings on
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Been many times, it is a nice spot and the staff are good also and the place is always clean.
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Permalink Reply by Ian Craine on
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To Burgess: The ladders are the streets between Green Lanes and Wightman Road. Look at them from Green Lanes and you'll see why.
To Emma: Yes, it's a good place and yes the 341 bus would get you there. But on a nice summer's day (and there have been just a few of them) let's encourage people to walk. And they'll see other places they might be unfamiliar with on the way.
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Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on -
(Or more normally the Ladder in the singular)
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Oh really? I always saw each road up from Green Lanes as one of a series of ladders.
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Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on -
One ladder; many rungs.
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We're massive fans of the the Banc Brasserie in our house (all our neighbours love it too) - great breakfasts, smoothies & the homemade cakes are totally delicious! Staff are friendly & efficient & fellow customers all seem happy & relaxed too & of course a fab location.......genuine customer review, I don't work for them or anything!
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This is intriguing, Hugh. I just hadn't seen it like that. So each of the streets is a rung between Green Lanes and Wightmans Road. The ladder is on a tilt, Green Lanes being lower than Wightmans Road. You speak of a single ladder (and I'm sure you're right) at ninety degrees to all the individual ladders I saw. The streets pointed upwards like ladders and were straight like them too. I hadn't got round to thinking about the rungs, but now I can see the whole set-up in an entirely different light. Thank you.
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Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on -
Ah I see. Thanks for explaining that. It's not the first time I've heard it referred to as "The Ladders", but it's the first time anyone's explained to me why they do so.
I think I'm right in saying that the vast majority of people who live here call it "The Ladder" or "The Harringay Ladder".
As you say, the east-west roads are the rungs and the rails are Wightman and Green Lanes. Looked at on a map, it becomes quite obvious.
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