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Calls for a Harringay Entrance to Finsbury Park Echo Edwardian Demands

Despite Finsbury park being within Harringay's boundaries, we feel quite separated from it due to the lack of entrances from Harringay.  Fo…

Started by Hugh

7 Jul 31, 2017
Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE)

Harringay Mercury et al

The early history of our local press from British History Online: The weekly Hampstead and Highgate Express, established at Hampstead in 1…

Started by Hugh

6 Jul 21, 2017
Reply by Richard Woods

Wood Green on Film

Hi. I'm a volunteer for London's Screen Archives, which is a network of various local borough archives and a few others. I've been catalogu…

Started by Zoe Roberts

1 May 15, 2017
Reply by Zoe Roberts

Harringay Ratepayers Take Revenge on the Muffin Man

....and other excitements from London North Mercury and Crouch End Observer, Oct 21 1904.

Started by Hugh

0 May 4, 2017

What a Shocker -Terrible Traffic on Green Lanes

Page from the North London Mercury and Crouch End Observer.

Started by Hugh

0 May 4, 2017

Hornsey Freehold Estate Tontine Company

A tontine is an investment plan for raising capital, devised in the 17th century and relatively widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries…

Started by Hugh

0 May 4, 2017

Edwardian Harringay Shocker for Thatchers' Clause 28 Proponents

From the London North Mercury and Crouch End Observer, May 5 1900. Not right for your needs, sir? Then please do browse the remainder o…

Started by Hugh

2 May 4, 2017
Reply by EMC2

A Rifle Range in Grand Parade!?!

Surprisingly, it appears, that for a few years in the first decade of the last century, Harringay used to have a rifle range in the centre…

Started by Hugh

2 May 3, 2017
Reply by Hugh

Crowded Commuter Trains, Rising Food Prices - Welcome to Harringay 1903

Plus ca change! - newspaper page attached. Also a nice piece on the opening of Downhills Park.

Started by Hugh

2 May 3, 2017
Reply by StephenBln

Edwardian Battle of the Carnivals - Harringay and Hornsey Square Off

According to the North London Mercury and Crouch End Observer there was something of a turn of the century stand-off across the railway. Se…

Started by Hugh

0 May 3, 2017

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