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Collection of vivid memories of greyhound racing at Harringay, 1927 - 1987

I chanced on a forum of old-timers discussing their memories of greyhound racing at Harringay Stadium from 1927 to 1987. I took some of th…

Started by Hugh

9 Aug 10, 2010
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Bruce Castle Museum win national award

Congratulations to the team at Bruce Castle Museum for wining a national award for its educational work. The museum has won a Sandford Her…

Started by Hugh

0 Jul 27, 2010

Henry Harvey Vivian of Harringay

Henry Harvey Vivian May 1913                    Following my punting out the idea of developing virtual blue plaques for Harringay, Angel…

Started by Hugh

7 Jul 9, 2010
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What Mrs E might have been doing in 1968

While Mrs E might have been a stalwart of the Beautiful Harringay Society in 1908, by 1968 she would no doubt have been interested in this.…

Started by Liz

30 Jul 1, 2010
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"Beautiful Harringay Society" 1908

(Article clipped from The Bystander, 1908)

Started by Hugh

4 Jun 27, 2010
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Harringay's Totalisor - "A sure bet for understanding computers"

I recently came across the attached article in the New Scientist, written by the curator of computing and data processing at the Science mu…

Started by Hugh

0 Jun 27, 2010

18th Century Chivalry indeed!

Checking on a reference to Edward Gray's marriage in a copy of the Gentleman magazine of 1794, I noticed this charming marriage announcemen…

Started by Hugh

1 Jun 11, 2010

Roman kiln to be returned to its home in Highgate Wood

A 2,000-year-old kiln is to be returned to its original home in Highgate Wood. The Roman clay kiln, the only one of its kind in London, wa…

Started by Hugh

1 Jun 10, 2010
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Edward Gray a Tottenham Boy?

Finding out much about Edward Gray is about as easy as coming up with a picture of Harringay House. However I have been able to root out a…

Started by Hugh

9 Jun 3, 2010
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House of Edward Gray's only daughter on market for £2.5m

My current spurt of local history digging is, as usual, taking a number of tangents. I thought I'd share this one because of its relative c…

Started by Hugh

4 Jun 3, 2010
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