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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

The London Blogger "Diamond Geezer" has just posted a blog about Lordship Rec's Model Traffic Area:

"Most parks have a playground, a few have a model village, but only one has a Model Traffic Area. That's Lordship Recreation Ground in Tottenham, the largest park in N17, which boasts a young person's facility like no other."

If you don't know what he's talking about then take a look at the blog & head over and have a look! 

I spoke to someone who said that the model cars were still around in the early 1980's, until Thatcher's cuts to park budgets finally killed them off.

The blog following it is about the Moselle river, which is also visible in Lordship Rec.

Tags for Forum Posts: Cycling, Kids, Lordship, Moselle, Rec

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It would be great if they brought back some cars for the kids to use. At present it isn't used for anything!

It's used a lot by kids for cycling & scootering - at least at weekends

It's used a lot for cycling - we go a lot and it's often packed.

A great place, well worth a visit, particularly if you have children who are leaning to cycle. The whole park is great - lots of space and various different facilities, including the Trax BMX run.

Very easy to get to from Harringay - we go via Chestnuts, then back streets to Downhills and then a hop and a jump across the road to Lordship Rec.

Us runners love it! Great way to add a few KMs to your session with all the twists and turns! But I would much prefer to see it being used for its original purpose. 

There's a fantastic 'Mr Cholmondley-Warner' style video from the 1930s here, shot on the day the officially opened up the traffic area: ow.ly/J4IWl - well worth a watch. 

Lordship rec will be cut in half if the barmy plans by Haringey Council to demolish Broadwater Farm go ahead with flats for the displaced tenants to be built on it.

Yes, I've heard this. Tbh I find it so incomprehensible that I'm not actually at the acceptance or belief stage yet. Do you think it will really happen? After all the investment in that park?  

Yes I do and I think it's absolutely terrifying that HC have got a taste for social cleansing.

Which document is this plan in?

It's in this one: http://www.haringey.gov.uk/sites/haringeygovuk/files/site_allocatio...

Probably essential HoL reading...

Yes, this is where I read it. Thanks for posting :-)

Don't parks normally have some sort of protected status anyway?

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