Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Commerce Road c1905
From what I can establish, this photo was shot looking looking east. On the left-hand side (the north, you can just make out the sign for greengrocer William Cox, who was at Number 36) and also the sign for the Syree Brothers, Coach Builders at Number 44.
If I am tight the tower would have belonged to St James Presbyterian Church on the High Road at the corner with Canning Crescent.
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Comment by Harvey Spillman on July 18, 2024 at 11:55
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Thank you for this wonderful photo. I would have lived in the flats that were built on the right hand side of the road. From Google Maps, we were 119 metres (130 yards) down Commerce Road from the junction with Green Lanes, set back behind the buildings shown in the photo. I remember a pub being directly between us and Commerce Road and also a fish 'n chips shop either next to the pub or very close by. On the other side, continuing to the junction with Finsbury Road, there was a car mechanic that had a courtyard behind; could this have been where Empires Best Coaches had their premises? It was operating its route from Clapham to Clacton via Wood Green on 11th June 1939 but by 18th December 1940 the route had changed to Euston to Colchester not via Wood Green.
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I can recall sitting in classrooms at Bounds Green School while the construction of the tower blocks was ongoing. The sound of the machinery employed in digging the foundations was hypnotic.
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