Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Green Lanes at Clissold Park 1946
Looking North towards Manor House with a trolleybus on route 641 to WInchmore Hill and ex-LCC E/3 Tram 1946 on route 33 to West Norwood. Two separate systems of current collection were in use here. The trolleybuses used overhead wiring, but the trams used the under the road so-called 'conduit current collection'. E/3 trams could work from both systems, but were only allowed to use the overhead here in cases of emergency.
Trolleybuses on route 641 had replaced tram route 41 in 1938. The outbreak of WWII in 1939 gave route 33 a ten year reprieve, and it was withdrawn in April 1952 and replaced by the 171 bus. E/3 Tram 1946 worked until the last day of the first generation trams in London on 5 July 1952 and was scrapped at Charlton in August of that year.
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Comment by StephenBln on September 9, 2011 at 12:16
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It looks like the Iron railings of Clissold Park had been removed for the 'War Effort' - The wire fencing looks quite new. Also in evidence- the first of the Baby boomers..
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An electric transport map of the area here: http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/electric-public-transport-in-n...
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Comment by Roy aka Smiffy on September 14, 2014 at 16:24
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One of my abiding childhood memories is travelling on the 33 from Manor House down to Clissold Park. The clattering of the track and the fun of riding on a tram was part of our day. The seats on the top deck (we always rode on top) had reversible backs, so when the tram went in the other direction you were sitting facing forward.
The tram conductor sometimes let us ride free, “Buy yourself and ice-cream, sonny”. Happy days.
I once went through the Kingsway Tram tunnel on the top deck, which was memorable.
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Comment by John Shulver on July 31, 2021 at 18:06
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Happy memories of childhood days spent at Clissold park, boating and "fishing" for sticklebacks and newts. Took them home for rehousing. Seem to recall they had a small "zoo" enclosure ?? Always seemed a lovely park and brings back warm memories.
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John, Clissold Park was the most attractive for local kids in the early 1960s, and was certainly visited a couple of times each summer. After that came Lordship Rec and then Finsbury Park. Chesnuts (Woodlands) Park, didn't have anything exciting to offer and we always went to Downhills Park if we possibly could, because of the railway, in use and later disused. Clissold was the only park with animals.
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