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Admin for testing 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
Admin for testing 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
Admin for testing 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
Admin for testing 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
Admin for testing 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
Local and family history research information The research resources page of the Islington Archaeology & History Society has been updated and lists websites for people wanting to ma… Started by Christy Lawrance	0	Jan 3, 2017
Were you a past member of a Scout or Guide troop in Harringay? Keith shared this memory here I carried the troop flag for the 75th North London Scouts. The troop was attached to St Pauls Church in Wigh… Started by Liz	7	Nov 13, 2016 Reply by ROY BOWKER
Home movie and amateur films shot in and about Haringey Hi all I work for Film London on a Heritage Lottery Project that is trying to collect and digitise films of London's outer boroughs. I am t… Started by Jack Reichhold	0	Oct 10, 2016
Admin for testing The Grand Early Victorian Villas of Lordship Road Stoke Newington I recently stumbled across a wee website established as part of a long-running campaign to protect one of the last surviving late Regency… Started by Hugh	0	Jul 3, 2016
25th May 1916: Private George Ludlow, 27, of 49 Wightman Road dies at Vimy Ridge On 21st May 1916, Private George Ludlow, from Harringay, was in France with his regiment, the 20th London. Following 2 days of a barrage o… Started by Liz	0	May 26, 2016