Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
How lucky you are
I am an ex-Harringay resident who now lives in Cornwall. Yes it is very nice to live down here even in sad weather (like now), but, although we do have fund raising and carnivals, they do not seem anything like as good and organized as yours.
Also this web site to me is a marvel. So well run and easy to navigate.
If anyone is thinking of moving away from central London, think twice, yes we have a few advantages, but on the balance I think you win.
Happy weekend and enjoy the sight of the hidden river.
Roy Bowker
Ex...64 Kimberley Gardens.
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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I just got back from St Agnes ( most beautiful 80 person island on the Scilly isles ) and can't tell you how relieved I was to step out of wood green tube and inhale the sweet smell of misadventure and anonymous freedom that was beautifully sound tracked to a 21st century clockwork orange classical crescendo that only anti-hero-wood-green-tube-FM can offer.
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Permalink Reply by ROY BOWKER on
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Did you not like St Agnes then? Will you be indulging in Harringay's festivities this weekend? If so, enjoy
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Yeah loved it, it was paradise but you can't be a nobody in a place like that and being a Londoner, I miss being a nobody, if that makes sense. Also love the 24/7 hum and buzz of London.
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Yes Ranger, I know what you mean. In St. Austell (where I live) you are exposed to the elements of the neighbourhood, like it or not. On the reverse, as you say, in London you can keep your own identity. Looks like I am beginning to miss London more than I thought!
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Permalink Reply by Alix on
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"The sweet smell of misadventure and anonymous freedom": love it, that sums up London's virtues pretty well, I'd say.
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Permalink Reply by Kamila on
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Yes love this phrase. I too love the remoter islands of Scotland but am always glad to be back! The light classics played at some tube stations are a bizarre trait. I wonder who orders them and why they are only at certain stations!
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Permalink Reply by LSquared on
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The music deters youths from hanging around the station. Apparently the uncoolness of listening to classical music is stronger than the lure of hanging around a tube station. The Newcastle metro used to do the same thing in the nineties, probably still does. I assume the stations it is played are the ones where groups of youths have caused problems.
Here's a link that even tells you who selects it :) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mind...
Entirely the opposite effect to A Clockwork Orange!
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Permalink Reply by Laura on
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Wow. A timely reminder that everywhere outside our patch is just... sh*t.
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Don't think that was my intention Laura. I was just feeling a bit envious as we all do at times I think. Or could it be homesick lol
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Hi Roy, as a Janner I sometimes feel homesick for the sea and really yearn for a natural horizon, its funny what you miss. I have lived 'up the line' in Haringey/ Harringay, more years than not and I am split between the two. I sometimes dream of a little cottage by the sea to watch the boats go by, but I still get a buzz from "the sweet smell of misadventure and anonymous freedom" (thanks Ranger!) when I return as I do enjoy a bit of mayhem. So every few months I go down to breath in the air and 'suck in' the scenery and that tides me over 'till the next time.
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Yes Maggie, looks like I am the same only the other way round. The one big thing I miss most is Ronnie Scott's Jazz club. Not that that is of any interest to most people, but thought I would just mention it!
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