Friday Ketchup | 2nd January 2026

local news And chaT

• Hornsey Town Hall
• Hampstead Heath and Golders Green cafes handed over to big chain
• “TfL delays in fixing dangerous junction at Finsbury Park”
• Veolia refuse to remove human excrement from wall!!
• Haringey to get self-driving taxis
• Free Palestine Demo Yesterday on Thames South Bank, No violence.
• Council (Westminster) hacked

Questions and Advice

• Re Euros
• PLEASE HELP an A-Level Geography student by completing a survey on regeneration and gentrification on Green Lanes
• Haringey Council
• Alternative bank cards

Trades and services

• Internal Doors
• Roofer recommendation
• Recommending brilliant local plumber

Events 

• Haringey Borough FC January fixtures

Share, Give, Ask

• Free Modern Style Chairs
• Free Magazine files
• Does anyone have ski jacket and trousers (age 14) to borrow for a couple of days?
• Candles
• Single bed - give away
• FREE: Ikea single bed and mattress

Accommodation Wanted

• Wanted: double room to rent

Lost and Found

• Ring found

Pets

• Does anyone recognise this cat?

local history

New comments 

• End of workday Little Russia Tottenham c1910-1920
• Station Place, Finsbury Park, 1994
• A Brief History of The Langham Working Men’s Club (By Ruth Cherrington)

A photo from the archive:Speedway at the Stadium - Harringay vs. West Ham, 1949

things to do in January

• Summit: Ally Pally Rooftop Adventure
• New fun small adult piano group classes starting in N4 January!
• What's on @ Karamel In January?
• Last Chance to see: Christmas Comes to Moominvalley
• Snow White and the Messy Dwarves
• Campsbourne Repair Café
• Out of the Box by Darryl J Carrington
• Lordship Rec Orchard Wassail '26
• All Good Repair Café Turnpike Lane
• Home Education at The Paddock
• Salsa Wednesdays in North London
• Limbonauts only live London gig 15th jan
• Rotten Boroughs
• Broadwater Farm Repair Café
• Tiny Girl Big Show by Leah Orleans
• The Ghost of White Hart Lane by Bruised Sky Productions
• The Tottenham Outrage, 23 January 1909: A Heritage Walking Tour
• Ramon Goose + DJ set from Mr Boogie
• Discovering the Original Little Russia in Tottenham: A Walking Jewish History Tour
• Jack and the Beanstalk (Sort of) by Kid Carpet & The Noisy Animals
• Folk in the Jar
• Las Chanchas
• The Zoo That Comes to You by Scarlet Oak Theatre
• Transient &  Trifling by Madeleine Margot
• Last Unicorn Airways by The Blanket Fort Club
• James Seabright Presents Biff to the Future

listings

05 January

• The Community Jam - Jam Session