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Seeking Old Photos of Boyton Road Hornsey
Wanted - Historic Photos of Boyton Road.
I spent all of my formative years at 8, Boyton Road but have no photographs of the Victorian houses, 2 storey with basement, that lined the even side of the road starting from the Pembroke Road end. We moved out in 1951. So far my researches have proved fruitless. Is there anyone out there that has any images, or knowledge, where such could be found?
John
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Have you tried
a] Hornsey Historical Society Tottenham Lane
b} Bruce Castle Museum
c} Greater London Record Office or replacement Metropolitan local archives
D] google
My relatives lived in this street/area before the WW2.
A map of prewar roads can be found online.
Alan
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Hello Alan,
Thanks for the prompts. I have been away in Dorset, where the internet was virtually non existent, hence may delayed response. I have a logistics problem living in Milton Keynes so easy access to local matters is quite difficult
Yes. Have discussed the subject with Hornsey H.S. and Bruce Castle. The Society think some Hornsey Journal photos may fit the bill, so I am pursuing. Hugh suggested, and Bruce Castle indicated, a copy of a film 'Beauty In the Borough' which shows Campsbourne Road, may be of interest. I am trying to get a copy from Film London. I have tried the Met archives and spent quite some time on google but with no joy.
I have viewed 'Britain from Above' which has some aerial, but not to clear views and accessed many O.S. maps from the 1800's.
I see another member is interested in the Campsbourne Estate so will engage in that discussion in the hope of finding something.
John
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Oh if you still haven;t found it just key in 'Beauty in the Borough'. I have seen the video. Very evocative.
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My grandmother ( Harding) was born at 10 Boyton Road in 1903. The family lived there a number of years. Her father was a house decorator. Her mother died at 32 in 1908 while the family were still at 10. I too have looked for photos without success.
Can you provide a more detailed description of the houses and the internal layout of number 8 from memory?
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Dear Jeremy,
Will do but I am a little tied up at the moment. I will cobble together some bits and pieces and post them.
Regards John
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Dear Jeremy,
Finally got some time to draw a plan of No. 8 which I assume was a mirror image of No. 10. Your No. 10 was the end of a three terraced row and so had access to the rear as did No.6.
The rooms were fair in size, as I remember riding a trike around the seldom occupied basement due to occasional flash flooding. The houses were similar to those in Campsbourne Road, photos of which I posted back in May last year regarding the general Campsbourne discussion. Check out Beauty in the Borough video. You can find some reasonable earlier aerial photos of the area on the 'Britain From Above' site. Input Alexandra Palace as a start.
We shared the bathroom with a couple on the floor beneath. There was a Ascot gas heater for the hot water. I cannot remember if the basement had their own as I do not recall them using 'ours'. The staircase from the basement was boxed in with a latched door onto the mid passage.
My mother cooked on the fire range on the top floor and I recall gas lighting in that room. I was regularly charged with getting the coal from the basement under-pavement cellar. It was used only by my family, other residents had it in the back garden. Our coal, from a horse drawn cart, was shot through the covered hole in the pavement. There were times I had to collect it in an old pram from gas works near to Turnpike Lane. We had to light a fire beneath the cauldron in the outhouse for the weekly wash and bucket the water in. There was also a large cast-iron mangle.
Hope this helps. Any issues come back and this time, I will not delay.
Regards John
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