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'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
Barrenger Road, Muswell Hill Hi historians! I was wondering if anyone had any information or insights in relation to the naming of Barrenger Road in Muswell Hill. Putti… Started by Bethany Burrow Atherton	10	Feb 16, 2021 Reply by Mr Wodjacallim
1938: Singer Ejected from Nazi Austria entertains Speedway Crowds I found this snippet in a programme for a speedway event at the stadium on June 11th 1938: You can hear him sing a little refrain with B… Started by Hugh	2	Feb 14, 2021 Reply by Roy aka Smiffy
"The Hornsey Film" @ The Barbican, 12th May On 28 May 1968, the students at North London's Hornsey College of Art took control of the building in an inspiring but short-lived experime… Started by Adam	3	Feb 13, 2021 Reply by Hugh
The Hornsey Glebe 'Hornsey Church, From Church Path Fields, Engraving' 1876' The view is looking north towards the High Street. The church, except the tower… Started by Hugh	2	Jan 8, 2021 Reply by Richard Woods
John Charles Stephen Mummery I wonder if anyone has any information on, I believe, Wood Green resident, John Charles Stephen Mummery. Mummery was an architect (Fellow o… Started by Jim	4	Jan 1, 2021 Reply by Jim
Madge's Study of the Development of the name of Haringey, Harringay and Hornsey In a conversation on the main forum, Michael Anderson added a post about our area name. I chipped in with a comment to add the most authori… Started by Hugh	6	Dec 27, 2020 Reply by EMC2
Hornsey's Edwardian Firemen Hornsey Firemen outside the Tottenham Lane station with a horse drawn fire engine, c1905 In a comment on another photo earlier today, Str… Started by Hugh	11	Dec 18, 2020 Reply by Hugh
Turnpike Lane boundary stone? Can any one help identify this stone outside Nomad Turnpike Lane?. I thought it HBC 1880, but Hornsey Borough Council was not formed unti… Started by Jim	9	Dec 18, 2020 Reply by Gerry N
Britain’s Last anti-Jewish Riots Send Post-war Ripple through Harringay This minor but unpleasant episode of racist unrest followed violence again British soldiers in Palestine. Harringay's synagogue on Wightman… Started by Hugh	1	Dec 10, 2020 Reply by Richard Ross