Friday Ketchup | 17th April 2026

featured

• Cat sitter available in Haringey and Barnet

local news And chaT

• They’re finally listening—and this has become a hot topic.
• What the BBC says you need to know as Haringey heads into local elections
• New coach service to Stansted Airport
• Potholes damage to cars - how to claim
• 👀 What to look for in Railway Fields in April: Butterflies, Bees and Bee Flies
• New guidance issued for feeding garden birds
• Meet the St Ann's Labour candidates - Sunday 26th at Chestnuts Community Centre
• Local Labour confirms 7-year cosy deal with global live-music monopolist: convicted yesterday

Events this weekend & next week 

• The Great Quernmore Road PLANT SALE 2026
• Railway Fields Saturday Opening on 18th April
• Folk in the Jar

For Sale

• Maple and White Rectangle Desk for Sale - £50
• Cream/Oak Nest of 3 Coffee Tables for Sale - £60
• Cream/Oak 2 Person Dining Table and Chairs for Sale - £130
• 6-8 seater extending dining table £50
• Child’s Hoy Meadowmill for sale - £100
• Car bike rack - Hollywood

Share, Give and Ask

• Free - 2 Micro scooters
• Free to collect! Old tyre
• Free: white curtain pole 2m long +brackets
• Free acoustic guitar with accessories - still available

Trades and Services

• Offering Piano Lessons N15
• Looking for a drum teacher Harringay, N4
• Recommendation for local web designer (Squarespace)
• Heathrow airport transfers
• Repair to chipped bath surface

Local Elections and Politics

• Haringey Active Travel + Clean Air Hustings in Harringay 22 April
• Local Election 2026
• LOCAL Labour confirms 7-year cosy deal with global live-music monopolist: convicted yesterday
• Meet the St Ann's Labour candidates - Sunday 26th at Chestnuts Community Centre

local history

New Photos

• Campsbourne Road c 1905
• Ridge Road under construction 1900 and early years with view towards end of Hog's Back

New comments 

• Scooters on Duckett Road outside Strand Motor Cycles, 1962-3 | 4
• West End of Hampden Road, 1970s
• Stationers' Staff 1962
• Harringay Goods Yard & Wightman Road, 1959
• Music Power, 37 Grand Parade, late 1980s

A photo from the archive: Green Lanes, Harringay 1920s

things to do in April and Beyond

• We Had So Much Fun… We’re Doing It Again!
• Children's Photo Competition
• Exhibition: The Wood Green All Sorts Club at Bruce Castle Museum
• Waterlow Park Dog Show
• Muswell Hill Creatives Spring Makers Fair
• Muswell Hill Repair Café
• 50 Years of Rock Against Racism Live Music Event 25th April
• Jazz in the House: Rob Luft Quartet
• Bruce Castle Heritage Quarter Open Day
• FRU The Roof
• Highgate Repair Café
• PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING: free community film screening & discussion
• Jazz in the House: Henry Lowther’s Still Waters
• Japanese Jumble Sale(Yaneura Market)
• Jazz in the House: Georgia Mancio Quartet

Now Booking at Jackson’s Lane 

May

• Period Drama by Olga Kaleta
• Nocturne by One more saga productions
• HeeraMandi by Insaan Arts in a collaboration with Amina Khayyam Dance Company
• The Comedy String Quartet by Graffiti Classics
• The Shedding by Elise Reine

June

• Edge Street Live Presents John Robb

listings

17 April 

• Botanical Drawing Class every Friday
• Pilates mat class Fridays 10.15am
• Barry Dread

18 April

• Pilates mat class Saturdays 9.00 and 10.00am
• The Great Quernmore Road PLANT SALE 2026
• Railway Fields Saturday Opening on 18th April
• ​​Nature Drawing Group for Adults at Railway Fields
• Broadwater Farm Repair Café

19 April

• Last Chance to Visit: Muswell Hill Creatives Pop Up at What Mother Made
• London Ceramics Market
• Analogue Collage Workshop with Vicky Robinson

20 April

• *** Swimming Lessons for Children ****
• The Community Jam

22 April

• Folk in the Jar

23 April

• Still Life Drawing evening at The Salisbury 23rd April 7pm