"This was first attempted in 2017 but the planning application was refused, and La Vina reopened, then closed in 2019, and reopened in 2022. Second time (un)lucky. Once upon a time the conversion next door was a dry cleaners, later Cafe Moka, and the…"
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Harringay new street trees - watered in this dry spell by Haringey
Started this discussion. Last reply by Clive Carter Jun 10, 2025. 9 Replies 2 Likes
Our Ladder street has half a dozen new trees planted in February this year. Today there was a loud humming sound outside which I found was coming from a water pump mounted on a flatbed truck. After a…Back to Harringay Online
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Specsavers in Sainsbury's closes 28th April
Started Apr 22, 2025 0 Replies 1 Like
Records are being transferred to the Wood Green business at Unit 2, 88-96 Wood Green High Road N22 6YD (at the southern end of The Mall complex, next to River Island and facing the junction with…Back to Harringay Online
Tags for Forum Posts: eye tests, eyetests, opticians, specsavers
COVID jabs at Bounds Green Health Centre - no access from Bounds Green Rd - cameras+fine
Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Soper Oct 20, 2024. 10 Replies 1 Like
The Centre is on Gordon Road just north of the Tube station, and we've used it for a couple of years for COVID jabs, we can't be the only such people in Harringay. Vehicles turning into Gordon Road…Back to Harringay Online
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Piccadilly line closure Sat 17 - Sun 1 Sep, Wood Green to Cockfosters
Started Aug 16, 2024 0 Replies 0 Likes
And reduced service level on the rest of the line - Peak hours: every 4 minutes Off-peak hours and weekends: every 5 minutesAt best, I'd say.Back to Harringay Online
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"I saw salt on Wightman Rd on Sunday as well as Umfreville Rd.
I'd previously seen the STILL ONGOING [Wed 7 Jan] water leak on Wightman Rd - first reported to Thames Water on Jan 1 - running across the road and creating ice in the freezing…"
"Pemberton's a School Street - maybe it gets priority salting for safety?"
"It is there, just about ;-}"
"Yes my thought too as to the specific route to the cafe, though the wider point is well taken.
This former cyclist in that location chose to tuck in behind the buses on the left of the two lanes: bus drivers are several cuts above the average in…"
"Plenty of aerial views of/from Alexandra Palace available free on HoL!
Put "aerial view" or "tim p" or "McFly" into the search box on the left side of the home screen."
"Th e Wood Green Customer Service Centre is still open, apparently:
https://haringey.gov.uk/contact/contact-us-person/wood-green ;
The other one at Marcus Garvey in Tottenham is currently closed, though."
"Neil, Galina Vishnevskaya's memoir? Oxfam Online Bookshop has it: : https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/galina/product/HD_302701006?sku=HD_...
Yours for a tenner plus postage. You're welcome."
Station Place, Finsbury Park, 1994
"Thank you Jeremy, yes I wondered about that. On 'have to be red', these days a lot of buses are hiding their red livery underneath all-over vinyl wrap advertising. [Insert optional 'alas' here...]"
"It looked to me that they both had pressure-washer lances or the like.
Seen while waiting at the Endymion Rd traffic lights.
Google Earth shows the roof has rooflights."
"The 136 in the chart are newly identified since 2020 (some of which will since have been fixed).
The 161 in the text are all of those that remain to be fixed, whenever they were identified, even 16 years ago.
Searching 'moselle' on HoL…"
"Habitat changes, too: on Umfreville by the New River bridge there was a large shrub full of sparrows a decade ago. It was severely pruned, and has now regrown somewhat, but the sparrows haven't come back."
"And now they have cancelled the annual Lambeth Country Show. Revenge, eh?"
"Tesco's website - extract:
Product complaintsPublished 28 February, 2024 Updated 11 November, 2025If any of our products fall below the high quality you’d expect, please bring them back to store within 30 days, together…"
"Frequency - we get four trains an hour off-peak. Pre-Covid it was six. Great Northern could have restored the extra services, they claim passenger numbers don't require it. There are plenty of trains available and not fully used, to…"
Air Raid Shelter at 68 Woodlands Park Road, c1967
"Yes:
"When installed underground, they were buried 1.2 metres (4 ft) deep in the soil and then covered with a minimum of 38 centimetres (15 in) of soil above the roof." [Wikipedia].
But post 1945, and re-excavated after only a…"
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- At 13:53 on April 9, 2019,
Hugh said…
Apologies - only just notice Konrad's comment about your observation on this picture. Have just replied.
- At 0:26 on May 5, 2018,
Not at all - thanks for digging up the additional data - but you see what you've got me started on!
- At 23:08 on July 4, 2013,
Hi Gordon,
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