Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Blackboy renaming to go ahead on 23 January
Despite consultation results that have rejected the proposal, the Council are proceeding with the road renaming. Today, they issued the following statement.
A legal order issued on 7 December will set the renaming process in motion after Haringey Council’s Corporate Committee voted to change the name of Black Boy Lane to La Rose Lane. The name change will happen officially on 23 January 2023.
It doesn't do much for one's faith in the due process of the council. If they were going to do it anyway, why tease the local population with a meaningless consultation?
The item came to committee on 15 Sept, but the above statement has only just been issued. The relevant part of the agenda reports pack is attached below. The previous reports pack from 2021 is available via this HoL post.
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Cem — In a previous, very long, thread about the renaming when it was first suggested, it seemed to be quite well established that nobody (including the local history museum) could definitively trace the name’s origins; options included chimney sweeps, Charles II, and former slaves who’d escaped from shops docked in Bristol or Liverpool, as well as a generic term for people of colour. This seems scant justification for a major — and very expensive — name change.
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