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Working out whether a cluster of Seymour Road houses are original or rebuilds

I get a slow but steady stream of email enquiries about a variety of local history matters. A couple of years back a gentleman named Norman…

Started by Hugh

16 Jul 9
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Walk and talk on Turnpike Lane's South Asian Heritage

Deborah Hedgcock, Curator at Bruce Castle Museum will be leading a walk and talk on the Turnpike Lane's South Asian Heritage. There will…

Started by Hugh

0 Jul 8

The Mysterious Seymour Road Circle, Three Butchers and the Perrier-Jouët Champagne House

Recently, Seymour Road couple Camille and Maca Perrin posted on Harringay Online about a strange circular structure they'd found buried in…

Started by Hugh

18 Jul 3
Reply by Hugh

New Book and Book Launch 27th June - Abyssinia: Hornsey's Lost Village

For more information, visit hornseyhistorical.org.uk/abyssinia-hornseys-lost-village To attend the launch event, visit www.eventbrite.com/

Started by Hugh

10 Jun 29
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Three things you didn't know about Hewitt Road's past

I stumbled across an interesting snippet about Hewitt Road recently and before I knew it I'd come across a few more (setting aside, for the…

Started by Hugh

8 May 29
Reply by Hugh

A (bit of) a History in photos of Harringay Ice Cream Parlour

140 Years - over a half-century as a bootmakers and three-quarters of a century as a cafe-cum-ice cream parlour Along with the Egg Shop on…

Started by Hugh

6 Apr 23
Reply by John Shulver

A River Through it - Development of the New River and Water Works in Hornsey

The reservoir and water works in Hornsey have been a familiar site to locals for over a century and a half. But the story of their developm…

Started by Hugh

39 Mar 27
Reply by Hugh

Pioneering divorce for women, a suicide and Henri Cartier Bresson - a tale of a local Victorian photographer's family

 Fig. 1: Portrait of four children by local photographer, Charles Casbon   Recently, I came across a couple of photos on the internet by a…

Started by Hugh

11 Mar 9
Reply by Hugh

Mr Harling's 1st Middlesex Volunteer regiment red tunic from c1901

I recently came across this tunic from the 1st Battalion Middlesex Volunteers who were based in The Elms in Hornsey in the years around 19…

Started by Hugh

21 Mar 4
Reply by Hugh

Britains Toys were local boys

I'm not sure how old you need to be for the name Britains Toys to cast something of a magic spell. But Britains soldiers, cowboys & i…

Started by Hugh

8 Feb 9
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