Alexandra Palace, 1975

Comment by Richard Woods on March 19, 2021 at 13:02

And just to the right of the photographer is Stationers' Company's Grammar School... a few years before it was demolished.

Comment by John Leeming on March 19, 2021 at 15:27

Indeed so. And here it is!

Comment by Roy aka Smiffy on March 23, 2021 at 14:41

The school my dad attended just before the Great War - he lived in Linzee Road - a 20 minute walk.

Comment by Richard Woods on March 23, 2021 at 23:09

It is where I went (54-60) but in my day such errors as appear on that board would have been unthinkable! It was the Stationers' Company's (Grammar then) School with all apostrophes present and correct!

Comment by John Leeming on March 24, 2021 at 9:29

Yes, I'm surprised that the Headmaster didn't get that changed. (Maybe he did – I don't remember.)

Comment by Ken Stevens on April 17, 2021 at 8:46

Two prompts for me from previous comments:

I was Stationers' Company's School 1956-62, though these photos are of a bit earlier.

And I lived in Linzee Road and walked to and from Stationers'

Despite the school having been closed down many years ago, there is still a thriving Old School Association   http://www.oldstationers.co.uk/

Comment by Richard Woods on April 17, 2021 at 14:01

Only just caught up with these: You were a year or two ahead of me - and there is no gymnasium, hall or craftwork block in pic 2. I so wish I could find/had kept my own pictures. 

Comment by Trumper on January 29, 2022 at 15:29

In the centre of the picture (just to the right of Holy Innocents Church) is Capital Motors. It was a pretty large car showroom and also had maintenance/repair workshops. I can't remember what brand of cars they sold. When it closed the site was eventually re-developed as flats.

Comment by Hugh on January 29, 2022 at 17:37

Well spotted, Trumper. More on Capital Motors here. And, in front of Capital, just beyond the girls school, you can see the factory which seems to be best remembered by locals as the pickle factory. It was operated by Brittons and ran between 1938 and 1962. From 1964 it was used for storage and packing of plastic goods. I'm not sure of the company's name 

Comment by Alan on March 4, 2023 at 2:25

I was clever enough with my exams to be offered a place at Stationers, but Mum said she didn't want me going to a different school to my siblings, especially as my older brothers had just left Bishopswood and there were 2 hand-me-down uniforms going spare !. So I to used my half-pass on the 233 from Ferme Park to go to the newly-built school in the 'playing fields; at Crouch End. Or maybe we'd walk along the old railway and get detention for being late !!

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