Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
History of Harringay Discussions (379)
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Decoding a Watercolour of Eighteenth Century Crouch End BroadwayFig 1: John Bewick watercolour of Tottenham Lane, c 1791. (Click the image for a larger version) I've had a digital copy of the above ima… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 30 Reply by Agabus |
Hornsey and Wood Green Synagogue in picturesFor many years a synagogue stood on the site in Wightman Road where the mosque is now located. The Hornsey and Wood Green Affiliated Synago… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 24 Reply by Ken Stevens |
Old Crouch Hall, Linslade House and Colquon (Holne House)Fig. 1: Old Crouch Hall, c1885 in its guise as the Old Crouch Hall School Old Crouch Hall was on the east side of Tottenham Lane (now Cro… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 23 Reply by Hugh |
A whiff of scandal, the chink of coin, a dose of mismanagement and the Grand Old Man of Cricket: Harringay Cricket Field in the Golden Age of CricketI'm neither a cricketer not a cricket fan and I've never given much of a thought to Harringay's former cricket ground in the north eastern… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 18 Reply by Geoffrey Walker |
Pioneering divorce for women, a suicide and Henri Cartier Bresson - a tale of a local Victorian photographer's familyFig 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 |
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Sep 18 Reply by Hugh |
The Story of the Effingham-Beresford BacklandsThe development of the Harringay Ladder was tightly controlled, both by the covenants imposed by the land vendor, the British Land Company… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 17 Reply by Gerry N |
The Victorians of Falkland Road (from the 1901 Census) - part 1My daughter goes to North Harringay Primary School on Falkland Road, and for a school project on the Victorians, we looked at all the peopl… Started by Helen1 |
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Sep 10 Reply by Barrie Birch |
Fly through Elizabethan LondonBack in 2013, a group of De Montfort university students entered a competition at the British Library and ended up creating a fascinating… Started by Hugh |
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A short history of Harringay's manufacturing areaHarringay's manufacturing area, 1951 (marked for cropping for original publication). The view is looking east. Left to right are Hermitage… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13 Reply by Hugh |
The 'Magic Electric Bottle' and other Hewitt Road specialities130 Hewitt Road, and the houses behind it in the passage at the back the shops, may be best known to those who pass it these days for the… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13 Reply by Geraldine |
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