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Names of Roads on the Harringay Ladder There is a wide spread popular belief that all roads on the Harringey Ladder between Green Lanes and Wightman Road are named after famous m… Started by John Hinshelwood	17	Jun 23, 2018 Reply by Hugh
A Lesson from our Georgian Forebears on How to Treat Penniless Refugees on Green Lanes Stamford Mercury, 14 June 1722 Started by Hugh	0	Jun 21, 2018
Topsfield Hall & V & A Featured Local Edwardian Photographer Topsfield hall stood on the point of land just north of where today the Clocktower stands, between Middle Lane and Broadway. Historicall… Started by Hugh	1	Jun 20, 2018 Reply by Hugh
Making a Song and Dance - Wood Green's Lost Piano Factory This is the last of my three posts about Wood Green's Victorian Factories, occasioned by my curiosity about the vague outlines currently av… Started by Hugh	1	Jun 15, 2018 Reply by John D
A Whiff of Tobacco - Wood Green's First Factory The building of the Great Northern Railway and the opening of Wood Green Station in 1859 stimulated the start of both residential developme… Started by Hugh	2	Jun 6, 2018 Reply by Hugh
Memories of Wood Green High Street Before the War - a Personal Story I am attaching a personal narrative written by D.L. Hoy and originally published in Over the Counter, Occasional Paper no 49, by the Edmont… Started by Hugh	2	May 21, 2018 Reply by Hugh
Hornsey Gasworks Someone asked a question about Hornsey Gasworks in the comments on a photo I posted earlier today and I referred them to a page owned by th… Started by Hugh	3	Apr 6, 2018 Reply by Hugh
When a Day at Downhills Came with a Doff of the Cap East London Observer - Saturday 15 September 1860 Started by Hugh	1	Feb 10, 2018 Reply by Richard Woods
Croquet Ground in Finsbury Park The Illustrated London News of 19th June 1869 tells us that the the part of Finsbury Park under which lies the water reservoir (that's the… Started by Hugh	0	Jan 19, 2018
Harringay, Hornsey or Green Lanes? The 1888 view... As we all know, there is a constant debate about whether our illustrious neighbourhood should be called Harringay, Green Lanes, Harringay G… Started by Bethany Burrow Atherton	18	Jan 8, 2018 Reply by Lauren