Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Hampden Road Flood, 1907

Fascinating that we see there seems originally to have been some shops or a pub, half way along Hampden Road

The buildings I think were shops or a pub were in the location where these four houses now stand:

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Comment by Hugh on March 25, 2013 at 13:28: Thanks - so maybe shops rather than a big ole boozer then.

Comment by Richard Woods on March 25, 2013 at 16:15: In France the Planes of course are also pruned to provide summer shade - produces some brilliant results. But the lime trees disappeared I bet due to the resin they deposited on cars? BTW pleach and plash from Old French plaissier (pleasure) , based on Latin plectere 'to plait.

Comment by Hugh on February 2, 2015 at 0:11: Sounds like we may have a bit of history on this shop now. I just spotted the following on another posting (another poster identified the location as Hampden):

Up the alleyways before Frobisher Road (not sure where now) there was a grocers shop on the corner. I worked there after school and at weekends as a delivery boy and at Christmas helped with dressing the freshly delivered chickens in the back store room - it wouldn't be allowed today.

Comment by Johnathan Joseph on March 14, 2016 at 9:35: hi all, I live on Hampden Road, opposite what used to be the pub, id LOVE to buy a high resolution copy of the image, how can I do this??? Also are there any about of Turnpike Lane Tube Station or Ducketts Common? Looking forward to hearing from you all. Ps, thanks for having me.

Comment by Hugh on August 15, 2020 at 23:41: Mystery now resolved thanks to Kelly's 1906:

Comment by Hugh on July 29, 2024 at 11:24: Following a conversation I had yesterday on a South Asian History walk of the Turnpike Lane area, I've added beneath the main photo a set of extracts from Kelly's Directories showing the businesses that were run in the former shops at 17-77 Hampden Road, on the North side of the road, just to the east of the Passage.

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