Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Naughty Harringay
An advert in PhotoGuide magazine, March 1961, suggests "A MUST DURING YOUR VISIT TO LONDON - an EXHIBITION featuring the unpublished works of HARRISON MARKS, Britain's leading photographer of the nude figure. 1st & 2nd Floors, Harrison Marks Studios, 4 Gerrard Street, London, W.1. This address is a long way from Harringay Photographic Supplies at Green Lanes, London, N4. Perhaps the location of the studio for shooting the glamour films may have been kept private and separate from Harrison Mark's business premises, in case of attention from the police. Hence, the studio at Gerrard Street may have been just the advertised business address.
Thanks to photomemorabilia.co.uk for the above info.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Thanks for the interesting links.. maybe Harrison Marks deserves a place in the 'Harringay Hall of Fame'?
So he 'amended' his name from George Harris Marks to Harrison Marks..
OT: Does anyone know why so many Jewish people have the name Harris? I'd be interested to know what it originally was in Yiddish, German, Polish or Russian.. ?
Many German Jewish names were anglicized ..e.g.Taylor which was originally Schneider = Tailor .. or Greenwood = Grünewald or Marks even which originally was Marx, but Harris is a puzzle to me.. anyone know? -
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Permalink Reply by frank demster on
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Maybe they were scottisn jews who anglified from "na Hearradh"!
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Following an alert from HoL member Adam, I've just been speaking with Roy, Knichell whose father Frank used to run Harringay Photographic.
Apparently the Marks Studio was on the second floor of the the double fronted property. Rather disappointingly, however, Roy said it was never really occupied by Marks. It ended up being used for storage for 'glamour' films which Roy and his father sold by mail order which, Roy told me, they'd get delivered by the lorry-load.
One of the film makers was low rent 'Heritage Films'. I've been able to track down a few of the films (Warning: link contains nudity) that once found their way round the country from Harringay.
Roy has some old photos and other memorabilia he's offered to dig out. When I get those, I'll add a little more info about the store, Frank Knichell and the store's connection with the Soviet Army!
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