Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Warham Road, 1906
With many thanks to David Sexton for sending me this photo.
From the other side of the postcard: Posted 12.15 am May 31st 1906 at Finsbury Park PO to a friend in Slough, by somebody called I think Flo, who says “I am sending you a view of the road in which I live and hope you will like it.”
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Comment by Laura on July 26, 2012 at 20:42
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Lovely picture. Surprised to see Venetian blinds in 1906. Always assume they were imported from Sweden in the 70s or similar story. Will have to look it up some time.
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Comment by Hugh on July 26, 2012 at 20:52
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Venetians were very much a feature of Victorian and Edwardian houses. I even found some original Ladder ones recently, which sadly no one wanted.
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Wow. How interesting! Is it time to start thinking about finding a space for our own Ladder Museum? (Although someone will think of a better name than that
) Perhaps the empty office space opposite the Salisbury pub could be donated. As far as I know it's been empty for about 10 years?!
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Comment by Huren Marsh on July 27, 2012 at 9:02
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No TV aerials, satellite dishes, traffic calming or cars ....just piles of horse droppings for the garden. Bliss
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Looking at photo again, is that really horse droppings or a picture crying out for a bit of Photoshop makeover?
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Correcting myself... the Museum of the Harringay Ladder would need to be housed in a classic Ladder house - as undisturbed as possible with regard to fixings and fittings, etc.
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Laura, There may be some news about that building very soon of the sweet and sour sort. I know of a very promising house in Warham. Now all we need is £600k or so.
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Huren, horse droppings I think or it would have fallen vicitm to my photoshop phinger.
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Comment by Elan on August 7, 2012 at 12:33
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Laura, the space you referred to opposite the Salisbury is available but I hear that the rent is extremely high. That's a very pretty photo Hugh. I used to get upset that all the ladder houses don't still look as they once were. But I have learned to be realistic. Once someone told me that they would rather have energy efficient windows, etc. and save the planet than maintain all the original aesthetic details. I guess I'm a romantic.
David Sexton's article on the Harringay Ladder will be published in tomorrows Evening Standard, Homes & Property section! I look forward to reading that.
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Comment by Philip Keylock on May 7, 2021 at 8:11
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We lived at number 74, next to the alley, during the mid fifties until 1964. We had a lodger called Alice who used to sleepwalk and was brought back by the police, sometimes from Turnpike Lane.
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