Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Postwar Wood Green 8

Men, women and children queue for fish along High Road, Wood Green, London. The long queue snakes its way past several other shops, including 'J Wood' the greengrocer and 'Jolly', which sells "cooked provisions ready for the table", such as pies, pastry and sandwiches. Many of the women carry sheets of newspaper which will be used to wrap the fish. Several other people can be seen queuing for the bus on the left of the photograph.

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Comment by hob on February 4, 2013 at 19:51: Great pictures. I wonder if that "Jolly" shop was connected to the "Jolly" shop at the bottom of Seymour Road where "The Lion King" is now.

Comment by Jeremyb on March 14, 2013 at 15:54: Jolly's in Wood Green were still trading in the 1960s when I was a kid. i remember their meat pies as being particularly tasty!

Comment by Alan on June 19, 2019 at 11:18: I think that's 'Bartons' in the backgroundground, but what's that road-works-traffic-island thing in front of the bus stop. Is this about where Green Shield stamps had a showroom, which became a McDonalds?