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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

London V2 sites mapped - were there any in Harringay?

London's V2 rocket sites are being mapped by Londonist here

They have sites near the West Reservoir and on Crouch Hill, but weren't there some strikes round here?

They are still looking for people to help them add info to the map. Let them know via comments if you have any info

Tags for Forum Posts: V2, bombsight, world war II harringay

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Permalink Reply by John Hinshelwood on January 19, 2009 at 13:01
I am afraid I can't say. I did extract, from the records in Bruce Castle, 36 bomb damage incidents on Green Lanes and the Ladder, between 1940 and 1944. Few of these gave precise locations and some were only partial damage, the buildings being taken down after the war. It would be a difficult and time consuming job to try and locate all the damage by reconciling reports in the LMA and Bruce Castle, although I think Bill Rust has done some work on this.
Permalink Reply by Meryl O'Neal on July 17, 2009 at 14:29
There must have been a grant from the government after the war, as I remember the whole side wall being pulled down in our rented house on Stanhope Gardens. We had a big tarmac in our kitchen, they said it was bomb damage.

Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on September 6, 2010 at 13:31
See this new conversation over in the forum.
AdamPermalink Reply by Adam on September 10, 2010 at 10:19
Here a colour picture I've just made of where the bombs dropped

Permalink Reply by John D on September 10, 2010 at 10:31
Your right-hand V2 is slightly off - it should be just to the left of the Railtrack symbol on Hornsey station ie. on Tottenham Lane.
I see six HEs landed on the Passage - I bet that scared the crap out of a few dogs :-)

Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on September 10, 2010 at 10:46
Great stuff - is that based on the other one I got from a memoirs book earlier in this thread?
AdamPermalink Reply by Adam on September 10, 2010 at 11:13
Yes, I used a google map and a bit of photoshopping

Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on September 10, 2010 at 11:26
Good job too.
Permalink Reply by John Hinshelwood on September 10, 2010 at 11:04
My list of incidents relating to the Harringay ladder is tabulated as a spread sheet. hope it helps.
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Admin for testingPermalink Reply by Hugh on September 10, 2010 at 11:19
That's great John. Don't suppose you have the missing house numbers?
Permalink Reply by John Hinshelwood on September 10, 2010 at 11:52
You can fairly easily spot the infill rebuilding, from which house numbers could be deduced.

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