The title of this image was the caption used as it came to me. I'd never hear of Little Russia before seeing this photo'
"Little Russia was an area of Tottenham, London, England. It was on the straight northern boundary of the London Borough of Haringey, specifically adjoining Edmonton, mainly comprising Pretoria Road, Durban Road, and Lorenco Road (west of the railway line between Silver Street and White Hart Lane).
Wikipedia has the following:"The area had become known as "Little Russia" in the early 20th century due to the influx of Russian immigrants.[1] Immigration peaked when a large number of Russians settled there after fleeing the 1917 Russian Revolution. It developed into one of the toughest areas of North London and the local constabulary usually only policed the area in pairs. The area was mostly redeveloped in the 1970s."
I know that after the fashionable set had moved on, some of the large houses in Woodberry Down also became homte to Russian refugees.
By the 1920's the area directly bordering on to the backs of Lorenco Road had been developed as an area of light industry. This photo may have been taken at the gates to that area from Lorenco Road.
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