Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

River Lea, Spring Hill c1900

Today, this spot is a nice place to start a walk or take a cup of tea. The building on the right of the picture was a pub at he time this picture was taken. Today, its a cafe. The buildings on the left are long gone. A bridge, marked on the contemporary OS map as "High Bridge" is still there, but is a little more substantial.

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Comment by Richard Woods on May 4, 2018 at 12:23: Another old haunt - brilliant Hugh but so unfair at my age!

Comment by Hugh on May 4, 2018 at 12:27: That's not you in the rowing boat is it?

Comment by C.J.Raven on May 5, 2018 at 18:10: This picture of Springhill with the building that is now a Cafe was in past times Tyrells Boat house and used as clubhouse for several Rowing clubs one of which was the Excel R.C founded in 1927 and ceased 1959.

My brother Reginald Louis Raven was a member of this R.C rowing with them from 1936 until they ceased in 1959 the clubs big achievement happened in 1939 when they won the Championship eights aka "The Desborough Cup" against an Oxford crew on the Isis river. As can be seen from the accompanying map the area is used by the Lea R.C which is an amalgamation of several clubs that have a history on the River Lea at this point.