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Wightman Road, a centre of the Black Power Movement in the Seventies

Black Liberation Front Poster showing Wightman Road address, (Image Encyclopaedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line) The Black Liberation Front…

Started by Hugh

0 Dec 6, 2020

Hornsey Civic Restaurants

I was alerted to the topic of Hornsey Civic Restaurants by @SteveHartUnite who tweeted about a new poster he's just acquired on the subje…

Started by Hugh

7 Nov 27, 2020
Reply by Jim

Potted History of the Gospel Centre, Wightman Road

Hornsey Church of Christ, date unknown but probably between 1920 and 1950 On 1st. January 1891 a temporary building clad in galvanised ir…

Started by Hugh

8 Nov 23, 2020
Reply by Hugh

Postal 'Scandal' in Harringay

I happened across this whilst researching something else and thought it was an interesting comment on how times change. London North Mer…

Started by Hugh

5 Nov 13, 2020
Reply by tigha

Welcome to the Early Summer Season in Finsbury Park's Open Air Theatre 71 years ago

Last year I wrote a short piece about Finsbury Park's Open Air Theatre. As a result of that piece, an ex-resident of Hornsey got in touch t…

Started by Hugh

2 Nov 10, 2020
Reply by rowena young

David Norman's Memories of the Bombing of Fairfax Road

A few days back, I posted the following on a forum posting:   Earlier today, I popped by Adam Coffman's house in Fairfax Road. Whilst we we…

Started by Hugh

14 Oct 19, 2020
Reply by John Shulver

Harringay - first cinema organ in the UK

Thanks to jeremyb's comments on this photo, I've been able to track down the whereabouts of the organ that used to be in the Harringay Coli…

Started by Hugh

12 Oct 9, 2020
Reply by Jeremyb

Archives reveal 1895 birth of women’s football in Crouch End

A snapshot of history has revealed the first ever British Ladies' football match was played in Crouch End in Victorian times. Amateur histo…

Started by Hugh

2 Oct 8, 2020
Reply by Hugh

Harringay 1921 from "The Outer Circle : rambles in remote London"

Plus ca change: From "The Manor House," where Seven Sisters Road crosses Green Lanes, the way lies straight to Harringay and Hornsey. Harri…

Started by Hugh

16 Sep 25, 2020
Reply by EMC2

Hornsey's First Pleasure Grounds

Image 1: Hornsey High Street, with the pleasure grounds on the left of the picture. In the background, towards the left of the picture is…

Started by Hugh

5 Sep 19, 2020
Reply by Ken Stevens

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