Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Old Turnpike Lane tube entrance on Wood Green High Rd, 1944

I originally wondered if this was a photo of the entrance in its war guise, but on a second look that roofing looks to flimsy to have done anything useful against a bomb.

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Comment by Gordon T on July 20, 2023 at 21:03: Mind you, it does still have what look to be the wartime white orientation markings for an entrance to a bomb shelter. Before my time though.

Comment by Richard Woods on July 21, 2023 at 7:36: Roof slope suggests stairs which makes sense for how it was in the 60s.

Comment by Roy aka Smiffy on July 21, 2023 at 8:17: During the war was adequate protection against falling antiaircraft shell splinters, deflection of blast and flying debris.