Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Council Leader Promises Quick Action to Address Disappearance of Harringay
Images: 2001 Google | 2016 Clive Carter
Almost exactly five years to the day after the official ceremony to 'correct' Stroud Green Library's name to Stroud Green and Harringay Library, eagle-eyed local Clive Carter spotted that a new sign has seen the disappearance of Harringay from the library's name.
The name was changed in 2011 after it was discovered that when planned over a century ago the institution had originally been conceived as Stroud Green and Harringay Library. The intention had been to use that name when it was opened 115 years ago, but for some reason, however it was opened as just plain Stroud Green Library.
More than a century later the mistake was put right thanks to the open-midedness of Haringey's ex-library head Diana Edmonds and the Friends of the Library.
Last weekend eagle-eyed Clive spotted that 'Harringay' had once again disappeared from the Library's name in a new sign sporting Haringey's new branding.
A quick email to Council Leader Claire Kober on Sunday from yours truly saw a response on the same day promising action. I had assumed there was no sinister intent behind the change - merely a clerical error. In a short note this morning, Cllr Kober confirmed that it was indeed clerical error and has promised a quick remedy:
As promised, I’ve looked into this with our Head of Libraries and Customer Services. This was indeed a clerical error, and a new sign is being ordered with the correct name.
Thanks to Clive for spotting the slip-up and kudos to Claire Kober for the rapid response in remedying the slip-up. I'm sure we all look forward to welcoming a new sign to the neighbourhood soon!
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Permalink Reply by B on
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... and the missing 'r' in Stroud Green.
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Permalink Reply by JoeW on
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Council Leader Promises Quick Action to Address Disappearance of Harringay Traffic during Wightman Road Bridgeworks by Re-opening Wightman Road as Soon as the Bridgeworks Are Complete, Thus Providing a Quick Remedy to the Safer and Healthier Environment which Local Residents have Enjoyed for the Last Six Months.
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They should keep it as it is and open a library in actual Harringay. It's a bit of a joke that the wealthy residents have two libraries to chose from with the big one in crouch end and this yet on the other side of the tracks there isn't one for miles.
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There's St Ann's on Cissbury Road. It is quite a shlep from Green Lanes though I suppose.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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You have to think back to then start of the last century. Stroud Green & Harringay Library was built by the London Borough of Hornsey whose boundary was about two-thirds of the way down the Ladder. Then came Tottenham which included St Ann's Library. The siting of both buildings made sense within those administrative boundaries.
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