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Harringay (West) in TV Clip of The Beatles Performing Ticket To Ride

2020-06-08T12:45:02.508Z

This clip keeps on being deleted from YouTube. This is the third time this has been added to HoL. It was first discovered by alistairJ in January 2009.

This version appears to have been added to the Beatles channel. So, I hope it will remain up.

I've written the story about the name along with other station history on the entry for Harringay Station on Wikipedia.

1978 River Park House & Wood Green

2020-05-05T09:17:14.789Z

HoL has made this video assembling a number of clips from the London Weekend Television play, 'One Fine Day'. This was the fifth in LWT's series of Six Plays by Alan Bennett. Shot in 1978, it screened in 1979.

To watch the video in a larger format on HoL's YouTube channel, start playing it, then click the box icon at the bottom right of the video, in the black strip.

Learn more about the TV programme at Screen Online

View the full play in two parts on YouTube:

Thanks to Bruce Castle Museum for surfacing this TV programme. Bruce Castle Museum archivists wrote the following:

Council departments only began moving into this building from other sites 15 years ago – in 2005.

River Park House’s name today is taken from its location right by River Park Road. Built in 1973, the building replaced the old Wood Green Library. The new building was originally known as Sunley House.

Ally Pally Switchback Railway, 1898

2020-03-10T21:23:54.833Z

Amazing rare footage of Ally Pally's switchback railway. Made by north London film pioneer R.W. Paul in 1898. In the background, you can see Blandford Hall (known at this time as simply the Banqueting Hall). See a still image of the building here.

The music was composed by Year 10 GCSE Music students from The Henrietta Barnett School in London, NW1 in a project with the Phoenix Cinema Trust.

Fire that Burned Down Harringay's Old St Paul's Church

2019-10-31T13:40:52.726Z

Broadcast by Thames news on 7th of March 1983. The footage shows the devastating fire that gutted the old St Paul's church on Wightman Road. The new church opened in 1993.

Lordship Park, Model Traffic Area, 1938

2019-08-16T16:13:20.308Z

The Model Traffic Area was opened in July 1938. It was the first of its kind in England and it aimed to help children develop their knowledge of road safety.

It was a very popular facility up to the late 1960’s. During the 1970s and 1980s, lack of investment and neglect resulted in a serious decline in its usage.

In 1992 the council undertook a restoration but not to the previous standard enjoyed.

In 2010 Tottenham residents were instrumental in sourcing a considerable injection of funds from the Lottery, Haringey Council and the Mayor. Some went towards restoring the Model Traffic Area. Its streets were repaired, its pavements relaid and a set of modern road signs added to bring the site into the 21st century. There are no permanent traffic lights, but a portable set can be wheeled out when community groups use the upgraded network to teach cycle proficiency.