Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park 1960s

Comment by Rachyface on April 17, 2012 at 14:41

Where is this? I can't quite work it out.

Comment by Mike on April 17, 2012 at 15:05

It looks more like Finsbury Park to me - looking east up Seven Sisters Road from the crossroads by the George Robey/Rainbow theatre.

Comment by Rachyface on April 17, 2012 at 15:07

Yeah, it looks like the bottom of Fontil Road doesn't it?

Comment by Hugh on April 17, 2012 at 15:19

Good golly - you're right. I'm sorry. I was sent it as WG HIgh Road and assumed it was by the now long gone railway. But you're right. It's Seven Sisters Road near the junction with Fonthill. Not my day today, but at least I can say with hand on heart this is the first location I've misdescribed in an old photo on HoL ------- unless of course, you know different. I'll change the title.

Comment by Mike on April 17, 2012 at 15:58

No worries Hugh! I really enjoy all the old photos you post on the site & it was fun puzzling over this one -maybe worth posting some in the future as 'where is this?'

Comment by StephenBln on April 17, 2012 at 16:57

... and it's actually 1960s not 50s .  In fact, late October, Early November 1961 - If the yellow 'Buses for Trolleybuses' poster on the trolleypole is anything to go by..  one of which I have in my collection and can be seen here: http://www.isarsteve.de/?p=845

The L3 Trolleybus, seen here just passing the Finsbury Park turning loop, was delivered during the Blitz and worked at Poplar (PR) Depot on 565, 567, 569 & 665 routes  until 11/11.1959 when the Commercial Road Trolleybuses were withdrawn. Being one London's youngest Trolleybuses still in service, it was transferred West to work from Finchley (FY) Depot on routes 609, 517/617, 521/621(through Harringay) until 1961, when it was once again transferred,  this time to Fulwell (FW) for the last few months of operation in London on routes 601, 602, 603, 604, 605 & 667 (Withdrawn nearly 50 years ago, on 08/05.1962)

Comment by Hugh on April 17, 2012 at 17:07

I'm going back to bed. 

Comment by StephenBln on April 17, 2012 at 17:50

haha.. a bit of 'correction' never did anyone any harm

Comment by Hugh on April 17, 2012 at 17:52

It's been a bit of a day of it, Stephen.

Comment by StephenBln on April 17, 2012 at 20:31

Never mind tomorrow's another day.. 

I never let the (IMO) daft comments I sometimes read here get me down..

But there again,  the whole business isn't registered in my name..

Perhaps we should give cats a miss for a while and concentrate a while on trams, trains, buses & politics

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