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Pietro Pazzi's Edwardian Restaurant in Finsbury Park Pazzi's Restaurant near the entrance to Finsbury Park in what is today a Lidl If you had been making your way along Seven Sisters Road in… Started by Hugh	13	Dec 24, 2021 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
Ever Ready Factory One of the Community Members asked me if I had any information on the Factory at the corner of St Ann's Road and Warwick Gardens. I'm not… Started by StephenBln	5	Dec 24, 2021 Reply by Hugh
Queen's Head Match Case The Queen's Head was an old coaching inn, first running in the eighteenth century (and possibly earlier). On ebay today, I noticed a match… Started by Hugh	22	Nov 30, 2021 Reply by John Shulver
The Metamorphosis of Hornsey Station Figs 1 & 2: Hornsey Station, c1905 I've half wondered about that yard on Tottenham Lane at the bottom of the stairs from Hornsey stat… Started by Hugh	40	Nov 12, 2021 Reply by Hugh
How Hornsey dealt with the 'idle poor' two hundred years ago All towns and parishes in the country had poor residents to deal with. Some did so more compassionately than others. The Poor Law of 1601 g… Started by Hugh	9	Oct 28, 2021 Reply by Dick Harris
Decoding a Watercolour of Eighteenth Century Crouch End Broadway Fig 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	14	Sep 30, 2021 Reply by Agabus
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	18	Sep 23, 2021 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 Cricket I'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	14	Sep 18, 2021 Reply by Geoffrey Walker
The Victorians of Falkland Road (from the 1901 Census) - part 1 My 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	12	Sep 10, 2021 Reply by Barrie Birch