Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
History of Harringay Discussions (396)
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Old Crouch Hall, Linslade House and Colquon (Holne House)Fig. 1: Old Crouch Hall, c1885 in its guise as the Old Crouch Hall School Old Crouch Hall was on the east side of Tottenham Lane (now Cro… Started by Hugh |
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Sep 23, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
Fly through Elizabethan LondonBack in 2013, a group of De Montfort university students entered a competition at the British Library and ended up creating a fascinating… Started by Hugh |
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The 'Magic Electric Bottle' and other Hewitt Road specialities130 Hewitt Road, and the houses behind it in the passage at the back the shops, may be best known to those who pass it these days for the… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Geraldine |
A short history of Harringay's manufacturing areaHarringay's manufacturing area, 1951 (marked for cropping for original publication). The view is looking east. Left to right are Hermitage… Started by Hugh |
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Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Hugh |
The Gentleman Highwayman of Hornsey RoadHornsey Road was once famed as the haunt and sometime hideout of a notorious 'gentleman highwayman', Claude Duval. His story and its connec… Started by Hugh |
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Jun 10, 2022 Reply by Ken Stevens |
Pioneering divorce for women, a suicide and Henri Cartier Bresson - a tale of a local Victorian photographer's familyFig. 1: Portrait of four children by local photographer, Charles Casbon Recently, I came across a couple of photos on the internet by a… Started by Hugh |
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Mar 9 Reply by Hugh |
Finsbury Park flapper venue: Palais de Dance, c1920Following on from my piece on Harringay's Salon du Bal in the jazz age, I've been unsuccessfully trying to find out more about the contem… Started by Hugh |
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Jul 8, 2023 Reply by Geoff Amabilino |
Myddleton & Alexandra Park Laundry, Campsbourne, HornseyThe MAP Laundry in The Campsbourne c 1955 (Image: Thanks to Mike Nichols for sourcingt his image) The Laundry in The Campbourne was estab… Started by Hugh |
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Jan 3, 2023 Reply by Hugh |
The e-scooter revolution - the suffragettes got there firstNot Harringay, but I couldn't resist sharing this. (Although I'm assured that these vehicles were in regular use for grocery deliveries fro… Started by Hugh |
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May 14, 2021 Reply by e |
The tale of a local dairyman and cowkeeperNicholas Walker dairy cart, c1900. Given that a photo was being taken was probably a special event, I'm assuming that this is Walker hims… Started by Hugh |
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Mar 17, 2023 Reply by Alan |
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