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Where modern Harringay started - the birth of Endymion Road and the lost roads and houses of Harringay

1. Endymion Road from the former cricket pitch, late summer 2011. (Image Hugh Flouch) This article owes its existence to a photo taken in…

Started by Hugh

4 yesterday
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A Belated Happy 125th Birthday to The Salisbury

Built and designed by self-made millionaire builder, Scottish lock keeper's son John C. Hill, The Salisbury opened as a hotel just over 125…

Started by Hugh

9 on Friday
Reply by John Shulver

The Scudders, fruiterers of Wightman Road

I came across this photo with a message on the back sending "Best wishes for xmas and the new year" from 409 Wightman Road. It's a welcom…

Started by Hugh

3 Apr 11
Reply by Hugh

Equine thrills, locomotive spills, Vesuvian pyrodramas and other frolics at Victorian Ally Pally

What connects Pompeii, Donald Trump, the Isle of Man and Coney Island to the Harringay Ladder? A little while back I was approached by Alex…

Started by Hugh

5 Apr 5
Reply by EMC2

"Zenith", Edwardian motor cycle manufacturer of Stroud Green

1.  Zenith Gradua 680 V-Twin from 1912 (Source: National Motorcycle Museum) Founded in 1903, Zenith Motors Ltd manufactured from a premi…

Started by Hugh

6 Mar 31
Reply by Richard Woods

St Mary’s Priory on St Ann’s Road

Is there anyone here that went to St Mary’s Priory (Convent), when it was still a fee paying school? I was in the last Prep 4 in 1966, goin…

Started by Christine Yates

6 17 hours ago
Reply by Christine Yates

Run that by me again - how did Harringay end up with two spellings?

On another thread recently there was a throwaway comment about the use of the double-'r'-'ay' spelling of Harringay in the early 20th centu…

Started by Hugh

4 Mar 10
Reply by Hugh

The Nightingale Tavern - a window on Wood Green's development

The Nightingale was on the west side of the northern part of Wood Green High Road, opposite what was to become Wood Green's first Town Hall…

Started by Hugh

14 Feb 25
Reply by Jean-Marc Bany

Highgate Roman Kilns on Radio Three Tonight (2 Feb 2025)

SUN 19:45 Sunday 2 Feb 2025 Feature (m0027db5) Medieval historian Eleanor Barraclough heads to Highgate Woods in London, the site of ten f…

Started by Hugh

0 Feb 2

Alexandra Palace Grecian statues

I may be clocking on a bit but I don't think this was a figmant of my imagination. I remember when I was quite young, there being a number…

Started by Shirley King

13 Feb 4
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