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Singing the Blues and All that Jazz: Music at Manor House 1959 - 2004

I've been coming across bits and pieces about mid-twentieth century music in Haringey for about 20 years or so now. I've added a few small…

Started by Hugh

41 Apr 16
Reply by John Shulver

Pierino Gamba, the Maestro Boy-Wonder at Harringay

Gamba Rehearsing at Harringay Arena in June 1948 I first came across the story of the ten-year old maestro sensation from the 1940s a deca…

Started by Hugh

5 Aug 5, 2022
Reply by Richard Woods

The Starlight Dance - Late Fifties Glamour at the Arena

I discovered another interesting event at the Arena the other day. On 31st May, 1958, a music event was held at the Arena when people floc…

Started by Hugh

4 Dec 24, 2021
Reply by Richard Woods

'Take That' got start in Harringay: Bolts nightclub and all that

I've just come back from and event where I fell into conversation with a chap called Nicky Price. Nicky's an interesting guy with some grea…

Started by Hugh

21 Feb 18, 2021
Reply by Martin

Harringay Jazz Club

In the Fifties and early Sixties, the Harringay Jazz Club, based at the Manor House Pub, was a famous local music venue. Bands who played t…

Started by Hugh

2 Jun 27, 2020
Reply by John Shulver

Finsbury Park's Open Air Theatre

London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult at the Finsbury Park Open Air Theatre, 1952 For a brief period from late in the Se…

Started by Hugh

1 Aug 1, 2019
Reply by StephenBln

What Robeson Sang in Harringay

The day before the concert in 1949, at Seymour Hall near Marble Arch. Jusuf Dadoo, the South African activist is to his left in the front…

Started by Hugh

4 Jun 28, 2012
Reply by Hugh

1949 Paul Robeson at the Harringay Arena

I have loved Paul Robeson 's voice since I heard it as a kid on my Grandad's 78s; Old Man River, Shenandoah. Even as a child his voice sent…

Started by Liz

5 Apr 30, 2012
Reply by Hugh

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