Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
History of Harringay and Neighbouring Areas Discussions (396)
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More Harringay InventionsAnd a few more Harringay inventions, I thought you just had to know about! Started by Hugh |
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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 |
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St Paul's Harringay - a short history 1883-1975In 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 |
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Jan 20, 2009 Reply by Liz |
1899: Alexandra Palace and the curse of Muswell HillIs 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 |
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1962: Barbara Windsor, resident of Grand Parade, Harringay"In 1962 I was working for the London Evening Standard taking a portrait each week for the newspaper's Show Page and working with the repo… Started by Liz |
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Oct 21, 2019 Reply by John Shulver |
1890: Lady Wolseley lays the foundation stone for St Paul's, HarringayThe Times June 2nd 1890 Started by Liz |
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Dec 9, 2008 Reply by StephenBln |
1938: Miss Cecila Colledge at the Harringay ArenaIt seems that the great and the good could be seen at the Harringay Arena in the 1930s. Typical of charity events staged is this one ment… Started by Liz |
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More Memories of HarringayA collection of Harringay memories: Growing up in Harringay on the 1920s I was born in Hornsey in 1923, and spent the first 10 years of my… Started by Hugh |
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Dec 1, 2008 Reply by Liz |
"I remember it as a surreal image, these silent masses trudging........."Snippet from a London memories site: That was the name of the nearest tube station and the big pub on the corner of Green Lanes and Seven… Started by Hugh |
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Nov 30, 2008 Reply by Liz |
1938: Singer Ejected from Nazi Austria entertains Speedway CrowdsI found this snippet in a programme for a speedway event at the stadium on June 11th 1938: You can hear him sing a little refrain with B… Started by Hugh |
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Feb 14, 2021 Reply by Roy aka Smiffy |
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