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No Limp Wrists for Harringay Sci-fi-ers

An odd little web find reproduced from a journal called Ansible, 11 August 1980: The Harringay & District Sci-Fi Discussion Group (Mot…

Started by Hugh

0 Jul 3, 2009

Time Travel in London

A couple of houses frozen at a point in their history which sound worth a visit: The Victorian Linley Sambourne House in W8 The Georgia…

Started by Hugh

0 Jun 27, 2009

The New St Paul's Church

The following articles appeared briefly on the new Wikipedia article on St Paul's Church. A temple of simplicity to soothe the soul: a new…

Started by Hugh

2 May 16, 2009

Just discovered that one of the Victorian Literary Giants Lived in the Area

Charlotte Riddell (September 30, 1832 - September 24, 1906) was a one of the most popular and influential writers of the Victorian period.…

Started by Hugh

1 Mar 6, 2009
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Harringay Arena Minutiae

Just a couple of bits I came across: 28th May 1951, Mr. Anthony Eden received a cordial reception when he addressed a big Empire Day Rally…

Started by Hugh

0 Feb 11, 2009

Harringay Fifties Livecasts

From the 1954 Billy Graham Crusade recollections of 100 year old George Beverley: "The Harringay arena seated some 12,000 and it was fill…

Started by Hugh

0 Jan 31, 2009

St Paul's Harringay - a short history 1883-1975

In December 1883 an iron mission church was opened in Burgoyne Road, Harringay which seated 200 people in a district still thinly populated…

Started by Liz

3 Jan 20, 2009
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More Harringay Inventions

And a few more Harringay inventions, I thought you just had to know about!

Started by Hugh

0 Jan 12, 2009

Harringay at the centre of World History - a Harringay Comb Case Patent Application and other goodies!!

Who said that Harringay wasn't at the centre of world events. See attached for comb case and other world changing events - invented here i…

Started by Hugh

0 Jan 12, 2009

1899: Alexandra Palace and the curse of Muswell Hill

Is Ally Pally jinxed by an old local tradition that nothing on the top of Muswell Hill could ever flourish? Note the reference to the rap…

Started by Liz

0 Dec 26, 2008

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