Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Turnpike Lane Station 1932
All shiny and brand new just after its September opening. The new shops to the right of the picture have yet to be occupied. To the left of the picture, the Langham Road Flats are yet to be built and there's what looks like a garage at the junction of Langham and Graham Roads.
Also previously unnoticed by yours truly, I see that what later became known as "the mushroom"/"the umbrella" supports a ring of four lights high on the air. I assume this was some kind of wayfinder - or the architect's proud flourish.
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Comment by Tony on November 28, 2018 at 13:18
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I didn't know it was known as the mushroom. I always knew it as the umbrella.
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Comment by Hugh on November 28, 2018 at 13:40
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Tony, if you knew it as the umbrella, I'm sure you're right. I didn't live here at the time.
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This was back in the 60's and 70's. Maybe it was known as the mushroom in its earlier days. Any idea when and why it was removed ?
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I think it's likely that there was more than one name for it. Some around at the time called it the mushroom; others called it the umbrella. As for when it disappeared, the latest photo I have showing it is 1968 and the oldest one without it is 1980. So I imagine it went at some point during the 1970s.
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It must have gone while I was still living in Wood Green but didn't notice at the time. I seem to remember the first shop to the right of the station in this pic being a Lyons cafeteria and after that closed it became a Dr. Barnados charity shop.
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Comment by Jeremyb on November 30, 2018 at 11:03
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The Ritz/ABC Cinema and it's adjoining shops are also still to be built (far right of photo beyond the bus)- the cinema opened in December 1935.
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Comment by Richard Woods on December 5, 2018 at 17:09
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My gran lived in the flats soon after they were built. I seem to recall an Express Dairy cafeteria in the shop to the right of the station?
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Comment by Paul on December 6, 2024 at 7:24
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I seem to remember the Express Dairy cafeteria as Richard recalls and also knew the structure that defines the station as the umbrella. This picture captures the past eloquently with the blurred images of the people moving, one can imagine the photographer with his camera and tripod making the exposure which takes a little longer than a simple click.
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Comment by Julian Hellaby on December 6, 2024 at 8:24
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Very art deco!
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This — and the other Holden stations on the Piccadilly Line extension — must have felt like an alien when it landed among all the Victorian terraces! When I was last inside the (many iterations later) successor to the Express Dairy cafeteria, there was still a wood-panelled and tiled staircase up the first floor loos and offices, which presumably was a survivor of the original 1932 building, though of course the ground floor would be unrecognisable to a 30s visitor.
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