Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Old Post Office, Green Lanes
Thanks to John D for matching this old picture with its present-day location, "Bottom of Mattison, Baldwins is out of frame to the left".
Interesting to note that, what I imagined was an original gas fitting visible, hanging from the centre of the wall of the shop in the middle of the present-day picture, is absent in the older picture.
Albums: Green Lanes' Edwardian Shops, Then and Now
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Comment by matt on August 22, 2008 at 14:05
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Old-ish shop sign bracket maybe.
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Comment by Richard Woods on February 16, 2024 at 13:31
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I see a downpipe that has appeared later and what I take to be a shop sign hanger? And the gas light in the street with the bus stop is also gone.
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Comment by John Shulver on February 28, 2024 at 20:10
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I think the hanging bracket IS on older pic Hugh. It has a diagonal stay fixed under centre of "MAYS" central wall column coming down at 45' finishing about level with window sills projecting above pavement and appears to be a dish shaped lamp shade fitted at end presumably to illuminate the shop front ? At least that's what I think I can make out.
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Comment by Christine Yates on March 1, 2024 at 17:05
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When I was young the post office was on the corner of Green Lanes and either Warham or Seymour Road. It was next door to Mortimers the leather good shop…
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That's the Post Office I remember Christine Yates !! A phone kiosk up Warham at rear side of Post Office with (I seem to recall) folding timber/glass door ?? Press Button A or B and I think you probably got 15 minutes for a threepenny bit ! Found some old Premium Bond stubs the other day issued from there, purchased by our Mum, bless her. And of course Mortimers ! Loved Green Lanes back then.
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Yes - as a child I would go in the booth and press the buttons in the hopes of a few Pennie’s sliding f into the tray,whilst mum was at the counter. …and Mortimers sold amazing bags.
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Loved the smell of Mortimers shop. Any idea when they shut up ? Back when it was a proper High Street............
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Yes Christine Yates and John Shulver remember the post office on corner of Warham and the phone kiosk where we had to go to call anyone as didnt have a home phone in those days.
During the 1950's I was at school in South Harringay with a girl whose family were very poor. The family lived above the Post Office and one day her father came home with a shotgun and killed them all. I have never forgotten that poor girl. Her father must have been so desperate. So sad.
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So very sad Christine Killick, unimaginable situation.
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