The Brutish Belgian Lieutenant and 'The Mansion' in Wood Green - Harringay online2024-03-28T08:58:49Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/the-brutish-belgian-lieutenant-and-the-mansion-in-wood-green?groupUrl=historyofharringay&commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1268619&groupId=844301%3AGroup%3A10&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBurggraeve's well-heeled gran…tag:harringayonline.com,2020-07-07:844301:Comment:12686192020-07-07T19:40:04.210ZOld-Age-Emporium(OAE)https://harringayonline.com/profile/OldAgeEmporiumOAE
<p>Burggraeve's well-heeled grandad wasn't King Leopold II by any chance?</p>
<p>Burggraeve's well-heeled grandad wasn't King Leopold II by any chance?</p> Comments sent to me by Ernest…tag:harringayonline.com,2020-06-26:844301:Comment:12652802020-06-26T16:43:43.195ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Comments sent to me by Ernest today and reproduced here with his permission.</p>
<blockquote><p>This was quite a blast from the past for me as we lived about one hundred yards up the hill from this building and from our back garden we could look straight across to it.</p>
<p>Beyond the left hand railings was a horse chestnut tree, we would leg over and gather the best conkers around.</p>
<p>On the corner across the road was an Air Raid Wardens' ARP Post and alongside the mansion was the…</p>
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<p>Comments sent to me by Ernest today and reproduced here with his permission.</p>
<blockquote><p>This was quite a blast from the past for me as we lived about one hundred yards up the hill from this building and from our back garden we could look straight across to it.</p>
<p>Beyond the left hand railings was a horse chestnut tree, we would leg over and gather the best conkers around.</p>
<p>On the corner across the road was an Air Raid Wardens' ARP Post and alongside the mansion was the Palace path where a Bomb Shelter was built.</p>
<p>You have thrown light on what we had no knowledge of.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
</blockquote> I was thinking the same, Rich…tag:harringayonline.com,2020-06-26:844301:Comment:12652702020-06-26T14:57:05.907ZGeraldinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeraldineTaylorThomas
<p>I was thinking the same, Richard. House history can be fascinating. I can imagine those contented old fellas with their baccy, their library, their draughts and dominoes. They'd take the baccy away these days, more's the pity.</p>
<p>I was thinking the same, Richard. House history can be fascinating. I can imagine those contented old fellas with their baccy, their library, their draughts and dominoes. They'd take the baccy away these days, more's the pity.</p> What a brilliant yarn! Thank…tag:harringayonline.com,2020-06-26:844301:Comment:12651642020-06-26T11:33:59.144ZRichard Woodshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/RichardWoods
<p>What a brilliant yarn! Thank you Hugh for your work. This would actually make a really good House in Time piece by David Olasago! I just wish I had bumped into the story during my time at the HJ!</p>
<p>What a brilliant yarn! Thank you Hugh for your work. This would actually make a really good House in Time piece by David Olasago! I just wish I had bumped into the story during my time at the HJ!</p> What an interesting tale Hughtag:harringayonline.com,2020-06-26:844301:Comment:12646982020-06-26T06:11:18.375ZLesley Rammhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/LesleyRamm
<p>What an interesting tale Hugh</p>
<p>What an interesting tale Hugh</p>