All Videos Tagged Historical Harringay Video (Harringay online) - Harringay online2024-03-29T10:55:50Zhttps://harringayonline.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Historical+Harringay+Video&rss=yes&xn_auth=noThe workings of the Totalisor Machine, 1987tag:harringayonline.com,2010-04-02:844301:Video:1468082010-04-02T12:16:01.782ZHoL Site Adminhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SiteAdmin
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The Julius patent totalisator machine, an electromechanical machine of intriguing design, was installed at Harringay Stadium in 1930 and remained in use throughout virtually all the life of the stadium. Its purpose was to operate the tote. The tote is a form of betting which pits the bet of an individual against the collected bets of all others, and hence differs from fixed…
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The Julius patent totalisator machine, an electromechanical machine of intriguing design, was installed at Harringay Stadium in 1930 and remained in use throughout virtually all the life of the stadium. Its purpose was to operate the tote. The tote is a form of betting which pits the bet of an individual against the collected bets of all others, and hence differs from fixed odds in which the individual bet is against the opinion of a bookmaker. Simple as the concept is, designing a method for operating a tote effectively within the constraints of the numbers attending a race course and the frequency of races is demanding.<br />
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See <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/video/selling-bets-at-harringay">this movie clip</a> and <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/listTagged?tag=totalisor">these photos</a> also.<br />
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You can see some of this machine at <a href="http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.6052" target="_blank">the Museum of London</a>.<br />
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Read more <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/glias.htm#top" target="_blank">about the totalisor here</a>.<br />
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<br/> Selling bets at Harringay Stadium, 1987tag:harringayonline.com,2010-04-02:844301:Video:1467972010-04-02T11:53:47.280ZHoL Site Adminhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SiteAdmin
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The Julius patent totalisator machine, an electromechanical machine of intriguing design, was installed at Harringay Stadium in 1930 and remained in use throughout virtually all the life of the stadium. Its purpose was to operate the tote. The tote is a form of betting which pits the bet of an individual against the collected bets of all others, and hence differs from fixed odds…
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The Julius patent totalisator machine, an electromechanical machine of intriguing design, was installed at Harringay Stadium in 1930 and remained in use throughout virtually all the life of the stadium. Its purpose was to operate the tote. The tote is a form of betting which pits the bet of an individual against the collected bets of all others, and hence differs from fixed odds in which the individual bet is against the opinion of a bookmaker. Simple as the concept is, designing a method for operating a tote effectively within the constraints of the numbers attending a race course and the frequency of races is demanding.<br />
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See <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/video/the-workings-of-the-totalisor">this movie clip</a> and <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/listTagged?tag=totalisor">these photos</a> also.<br />
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You can see some of this machine at <a href="http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.6052" target="_blank">the Museum of London</a>.<br />
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Read more <a href="http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/glias.htm#top" target="_blank">about the totalisor here</a>.<br />
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<br/> 8 Year Old at Wood Green Jazz Clubtag:harringayonline.com,2010-03-12:844301:Video:1440602010-03-12T16:55:23.089ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
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Wood Green Jazz Club appears to have had quite a name in the fifties.<br></br>
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This short clip shows eight year old hep cat Brian Ling.<br></br>
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There's a better known immortalisation of the club in <i><a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439003/" target="_blank">Momma Don't Allow</a></i>. Made in 1956, it's a short film recording an evening in 1955 at Art…
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Wood Green Jazz Club appears to have had quite a name in the fifties.<br />
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This short clip shows eight year old hep cat Brian Ling.<br />
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There's a better known immortalisation of the club in <i><a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439003/" target="_blank">Momma Don't Allow</a></i>. Made in 1956, it's a short film recording an evening in 1955 at Art and Viv Sanders’ Wood Green Jazz Club at the Fishmonger’s Arms.<br />
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It was based at 287 High Road, but <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=287+high+road+n22&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.310476,78.75&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=287+High+Rd,+Tottenham,+Greater+London+N22+8,+United+Kingdom&layer=c&cbll=51.600793,-0.111664&panoid=t9O0AiupH2i0Ve-PwybNaQ&cbp=12,311.63,,0,-4.41&ll=51.601011,-0.111771&spn=0.008837,0.019162&z=16" target="_blank">things aren't quite the same any more</a>.<br />
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<br/> Nazi Salute at Police Boxing Contesttag:harringayonline.com,2010-01-20:844301:Video:1364982010-01-20T10:46:37.585ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
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Police Boxing Contest at Harringay Arena, 1938 (The voiceover says Stadium, but it's incorrect. This event was in the Arena). H Davis of Nottingham fighting against Herr Kamfer of Berlin in a boxing match. The German boxer wins on points; he makes the Nazi salute before shaking hands with his opponent. Then A Porter of Colchester fights G Holten of Nottingham; Porter wins.…
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Police Boxing Contest at Harringay Arena, 1938 (The voiceover says Stadium, but it's incorrect. This event was in the Arena). H Davis of Nottingham fighting against Herr Kamfer of Berlin in a boxing match. The German boxer wins on points; he makes the Nazi salute before shaking hands with his opponent. Then A Porter of Colchester fights G Holten of Nottingham; Porter wins.<br />
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<br/> High Noon at Harringaytag:harringayonline.com,2009-03-22:844301:Video:996132009-03-22T20:53:41.965ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
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Whilst I've known for a while that Tex Ritter appeared at the Arena in 1952, where he had a starring role in the "Texas Western Spectacle", I hadn't realised he was the guy who sang "Do not Forsake Me" at the start of High Noon.…
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Whilst I've known for a while that Tex Ritter appeared at the Arena in 1952, where he had a starring role in the "Texas Western Spectacle", I hadn't realised he was the guy who sang "Do not Forsake Me" at the start of High Noon.<br />
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