Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
History of Harringay and Neighbouring Areas Discussions (418)
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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, 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 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, 2021 Reply by Geoffrey Walker |
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, 2021 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, 2021 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, 2021 Reply by Geraldine |
The State of Harringay's Hermitage Brook & the Desire for its CulvertingI noticed an interesting short light-humoured article with a serious message in a 1903 copy of the London North Mercury & Crouch End Ob… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 8, 2021 Reply by Richard Ross |
The Saving of Queen's WoodSomething of the story of the saving of Churchyard Bottom Wood (since renamed Queen's Wood) is told in this contemporary magazine artic… Started by Hugh |
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Jul 30, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
Alexandra Park Open Air Swimming BathOpen-air swimming baths were quite popular in the three old boroughs that now make up Haringey. But the first to be opened was in Alexandra… Started by Hugh |
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Jul 24, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
The e-scooter revolution - the suffragettes got there firstNot Harringay, but I couldn't resist sharing this. (Although I'm assured that these vehicles were in regular use for grocery deliveries fro… Started by Hugh |
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