the Arena you can see the vacant ground where McDonalds is now.
In front of the Arena, is the one-storey Harringay Market buildings, erected in 1929. For any doubters reading, this circus programme from around the same time refers to the building as Harringay Market. Also in the London Gazette on 6th January 1959 (on a section listing forthcoming land registrations) , the building was confirmed as 'The Harringay Market Buildings"
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Thanks Hugh.
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tham in the National Tournament were transmitted by the BBC via their studios at Alexandra Palace - where the world’s first regular high definition TV channel commenced two years earlier."
Source: A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Firsts…
match. The German boxer wins on points; he makes the Nazi salute before shaking hands with his opponent. Then A Porter of Colchester fights G Holten of Nottingham; Porter wins.
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For ten years the resident band at the circuses was led by Charles Shadwell. Invariably at the opening of procedings his band played Down with the Curtain.