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History of Harringay and Neighbouring Areas
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St Mary’s Priory on St Ann’s Road
Is there anyone here that went to St Mary’s Priory (Convent), opposite Avenue Road, when it was still a fee paying school? I was in the last Prep 4 in 1966, going on to St Angela’s at Wood Green…a school that fell far short of the standard of education and pastoral care that St Mary’s provided.The…
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Hornsey Historical Society talks at Crouch End Festival
More information;on the the Festival website here and search for eventon the Hornsey…
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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 about 1910 of three ladies standing…
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Endymion Road, Part 2: a tale of one house and its fascinating occupants
1. Postcard showing three ladies standing outside the front door of 15 Endymion Road, Harringay, c1905-1910IntroductionLast week, in the…
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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 years ago in early March 1899, with the bars opening six months later in mid-September.Press reports of the new establishment were effusive, to say the…
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The hidden industry on the Warner Estate
I was recently contacted by a local resident who was trying to find out more about a building which used to stand on her road. She wrote,On older maps and aerial photos from just after the war there is a large building or range of buildings where the 1980s development Wavel Mews now sits. On the…
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Singing the Blues and All that Jazz: Music at Manor House 1959 - 2004
I've been coming across bits and pieces about mid-twentieth century music in Haringey for about 20 years or so now. I've added a few small snippets about it here and there…
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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 welcome treat to be able to populate our…
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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 Alexandra Palace with a request to use what content we have on HoL as the basis for writing a piece for their website about the miniature railway that many remember…
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Unremembered: London's Favourite Racecourse at Alexandra Park
Fig. 1: Rounding the north-eastern corner of the course, 1954For over a hundred years Alexandra Park Racecourse was the closest racecourse to London. This easy accessibility made…
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