Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Barratt Factory, Coburg Road (above where Karamel is now)
Shot from the now disappeared Lawton Road, this photo shows an extension built to the Barratt Factory in 1922, designed by architects Joseph Emberton and P. J. Westwood
The Google Street View photo below shows the same building today from much the same angle. At ground floor evel is restaurant and music club, Karamel.
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Comment by Martha Todd on July 12, 2024 at 8:39
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My studio is in this building and still has the original windows (a little drafty these days)
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Comment by Hugh on July 12, 2024 at 10:34
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Any signs of the former occupants remaining?
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Comment by Lydia Walter on July 19, 2024 at 8:15
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Remember it well. Used to walk past it on my way to Wood Green indoor swimming baths. Could smell the aroma of the sweets being made when walking in the area. Happy memories.
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Comment by Louise on July 19, 2024 at 13:57
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My nan and some of her sisters all worked at Barratts over the years before WW2. She always had a packet of Dolly Mixtures in her handbag!
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Comment by Alan Blunden on July 26, 2024 at 16:27
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My Aunt Marge worked there, after the war. She always warned against eating their liquorice products.
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What went in the liquorice, Alan?
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I used to live on Lawton Road as a child during the 1970’s, the road where the photograph is taken. Going to Alexandra School the Barrat factory was in full operation and I have to say the aromas were interesting but not very nice.
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Hello, Hugh,
According to my aunt... floor sweepings; all the leftovers from other processes.
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Eiieeuw!
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I too remember walking past in the late 1950's with my gran (Rhoda Hagger) and smelling the sweet aroma. Her husband, my grandfather Arthur (Jack) Brooks worked there until the early 1950's, but his much older sister Elizabeth was working there in 1901. And so were my gran's elder sisters Grace and Catherine Hagger also in 1901. YouTube has a 4-part documentary on the history of Barratts which mentions a book from 1910 listing all the names of people who went on a works outing. Many of my family lived in various house in Western Road and also Coburg and Wellesley.
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