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Chapman awarded £4M compensation against Great Northern Railway for loss of privacy at Harringay House.

I've just stumbled across an article from the "The Legal observer, digest, and journal of jurisprudence" which informs us that the second o…

Started by Hugh

1 May 13, 2012
Reply by John D

1948 Olympics; Harringay basketball competition brochure

I came across the attached which I thought might be of interest to some. It also contains the whole 1948 Olympics schedule.

Started by Hugh

0 May 1, 2012

1949 Paul Robeson at the Harringay Arena

I have loved Paul Robeson 's voice since I heard it as a kid on my Grandad's 78s; Old Man River, Shenandoah. Even as a child his voice sent…

Started by Liz

5 Apr 30, 2012
Reply by Hugh

From Desperate Dan's Harringay haymaker to a new boxing Hall of fame

Woodcock at the end of Round 4   A nice piece in The Guardian today that gives a good flavour of boxing at Harringay Arena. Whilst the arti…

Started by Hugh

2 Apr 25, 2012
Reply by Hugh

An ode to the factory of Messrs. Barratt & Co., wholesale confectioners, Wood Green.

I think I will go to Wood Green Where the toffee-apples grow, And in the darkling green wood See the pear-drops glow. I will build a house…

Started by Liz

5 Apr 21, 2012
Reply by Liz

Titanic link to Harringay.

I recently noticed that one of the victims of "The Titanic" was called Ernest T. Barker and gave his address as 4, Grand Parade, Green Lane…

Started by hob

2 Apr 17, 2012
Reply by pvig73

The undoing of Harringay (1928)

I've long wondered what effect the arrival Stadium and Arena had on Harringay and suspect it might not have been very positive. This excerp…

Started by Hugh

1 Apr 6, 2012
Reply by Hugh

Decades long conspiracy by politicians to drop the Harringay name

The insistence of some of our councillors on sweeping the Harringay name under the carpet is clearly part of a decades long conspiracy begu…

Started by Hugh

1 Apr 6, 2012
Reply by Hugh

Harringay House Hot Houses

The following is an extract from An Encyclopaedia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture & Arbo…

Started by Hugh

6 Mar 29, 2012
Reply by Alan Stanton

Salute to an old Harringavian

Maurice Morgan, Private, 45153, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Maurice was born at Fishguard. He was the Brother of Miss Elizabeth S. Morgan, of…

Started by Hugh

2 Mar 27, 2012
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