Crouch End Hill 1890 to 1965 - a Story in Pictures - Harringay online2024-03-29T13:43:42Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/crouch-end-hill-1890-to-1965-a-story-in-pictures?groupUrl=historyofharringay&commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1470384&groupId=844301%3AGroup%3A10&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhen I lived at 141 Crouch Hi…tag:harringayonline.com,2023-09-08:844301:Comment:15516642023-09-08T04:01:16.524ZAlan Kenneth carterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/AlanKennethcarter
<p>When I lived at 141 Crouch Hill,late 40s the Kings Head was always known as the ‘Yard of Ale’ The long glass being displayed behind the bar.</p>
<p>When I lived at 141 Crouch Hill,late 40s the Kings Head was always known as the ‘Yard of Ale’ The long glass being displayed behind the bar.</p> Cracking research Hugh - man…tag:harringayonline.com,2023-09-01:844301:Comment:15508142023-09-01T13:41:10.496ZTrumperhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Trumper
<p> Cracking research Hugh - many thanks.</p>
<p>I recall that in the 60s and 70s there was a basement bar in the King's Head call Ye Yard of Pork. The wizened authorities at the bar claimed it had something to do with a bet that Pepys (apparently a regular some hundred of years previously) had with one of their illustrious predecessors: whoever won would receive a yard of pork - i.e. a side of bacon as illustrated in the advertisement above. This (very hazy) story might tentatively support the…</p>
<p> Cracking research Hugh - many thanks.</p>
<p>I recall that in the 60s and 70s there was a basement bar in the King's Head call Ye Yard of Pork. The wizened authorities at the bar claimed it had something to do with a bet that Pepys (apparently a regular some hundred of years previously) had with one of their illustrious predecessors: whoever won would receive a yard of pork - i.e. a side of bacon as illustrated in the advertisement above. This (very hazy) story might tentatively support the Fitch and Son theory.</p>
<p>Another pipe Watson? Yes please!</p> Yet again, a wonderful piece…tag:harringayonline.com,2023-09-01:844301:Comment:15508582023-09-01T11:14:42.817ZPeterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Peter
<p>Yet again, a wonderful piece of research, Hugh!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Yet again, a wonderful piece of research, Hugh!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p> Worth having a look at this p…tag:harringayonline.com,2023-08-25:844301:Comment:15501002023-08-25T11:03:37.647ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Worth having a look at <a href="https://harringayonline.com/photo/crouch-end-hill-c1960?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this photo/thread</a> now. </p>
<p>Worth having a look at <a href="https://harringayonline.com/photo/crouch-end-hill-c1960?" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this photo/thread</a> now. </p> More likely the coronation of…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-01-01:844301:Comment:14703842022-01-01T20:39:55.552ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>More likely the coronation of Edward. So c1901. I’ve revised my caption from c1897 to c1901.</p>
<p>Fitch & Sons was a London-wide provision merchants founded in the eighteenth century. Their address at the bottom of Crouch Hill was listed in directories as <i>South Side, The Broadway.</i> They had arrived in Crouch End by 1901, and probably a few years earlier. To my knowledge they were never at any other location in Crouch End. …</p>
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<p>More likely the coronation of Edward. So c1901. I’ve revised my caption from c1897 to c1901.</p>
<p>Fitch & Sons was a London-wide provision merchants founded in the eighteenth century. Their address at the bottom of Crouch Hill was listed in directories as <i>South Side, The Broadway.</i> They had arrived in Crouch End by 1901, and probably a few years earlier. To my knowledge they were never at any other location in Crouch End. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>Webster's Royal Red Book, Or Court and Fashionable Register for April, 1863</em></span></p>
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<p>An interesting family. A little <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Fitch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about them on Wikipedia</a>. Portrait of Hugh Fitch <a href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hugh-bernard-fitch-18731962-214999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p></p> A Great piece of Research Hug…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-01-01:844301:Comment:14703812022-01-01T19:53:22.021ZGerry Nhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GerryNewby
<p>A Great piece of Research Hugh.</p>
<p>Many of the photos( all 1 to 7) appear "Alfred Braddocky" to my uneducated eye! Lots of people posed around, which must have been hard to arrange ? Even 2 photos have a policeman & one has a postman.</p>
<p>Photo 6 could be the wrong caption, The shop on LHS is <em>by appointment to the King</em> on the blinds. Could the temporary decorations above shop & uppr window edges be for the 1911 coronation ??? Is it Fitch & Son, provisions and/or…</p>
<p>A Great piece of Research Hugh.</p>
<p>Many of the photos( all 1 to 7) appear "Alfred Braddocky" to my uneducated eye! Lots of people posed around, which must have been hard to arrange ? Even 2 photos have a policeman & one has a postman.</p>
<p>Photo 6 could be the wrong caption, The shop on LHS is <em>by appointment to the King</em> on the blinds. Could the temporary decorations above shop & uppr window edges be for the 1911 coronation ??? Is it Fitch & Son, provisions and/or cheesemonger & have they moved from the Broadway to Criterion Building ?</p> Whilst at Bruce Castle earlie…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-12-31:844301:Comment:14702012021-12-31T12:14:39.401ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Whilst at Bruce Castle earlier this month, I stumbled across the following snippet in the Hornsey Local Board Minutes for the summer of 1870. It concerns a complaint by Charles Batterby the blacksmith and possibly suggests a tension between a formerly rural village and a soon-to-be suburban one turning its back on the inconveniences associated with that way of life.…</p>
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<p>Whilst at Bruce Castle earlier this month, I stumbled across the following snippet in the Hornsey Local Board Minutes for the summer of 1870. It concerns a complaint by Charles Batterby the blacksmith and possibly suggests a tension between a formerly rural village and a soon-to-be suburban one turning its back on the inconveniences associated with that way of life.</p>
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<p></p> Wonderful set of pics. If on…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-12-29:844301:Comment:14699342021-12-29T18:48:43.744ZJohn Shulverhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/John_Shulver
<p>Wonderful set of pics. If only they had an audio accompaniment attached to each one. Would love to hear the local dialect at that time.</p>
<p>Wonderful set of pics. If only they had an audio accompaniment attached to each one. Would love to hear the local dialect at that time.</p> Minor update added below Fig…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-12-18:844301:Comment:14686202021-12-18T12:04:16.920ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Minor update added below Fig 3 and in footnote 3. </p>
<p>Minor update added below Fig 3 and in footnote 3. </p> Yes, I think certainly names…tag:harringayonline.com,2020-06-12:844301:Comment:12500882020-06-12T08:23:43.729ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Yes, I think certainly names like The Elms and The Limes were very popular. Perhaps the lesson there is that any tree-based name was simply popular! The possibility of a connection between the Oakfields remains for me, however. The proximity suggests it and I wouldn’t be surprised to find that there was a common landowner at one point. </p>
<p>Yes, I think certainly names like The Elms and The Limes were very popular. Perhaps the lesson there is that any tree-based name was simply popular! The possibility of a connection between the Oakfields remains for me, however. The proximity suggests it and I wouldn’t be surprised to find that there was a common landowner at one point. </p>