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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

View from Crouch End towards Muswell Hill

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Permalink Reply by John D on July 30, 2021 at 8:41

If it's the place I'm thinking of, there is an indoor pool and gym, but also an outdoor Lido.

Permalink Reply by Ken Stevens on July 30, 2021 at 8:49

Park Road, along towards foot of Muswell Hill.

Permalink Reply by Leesa Herbert on July 30, 2021 at 8:50

Sort of explains why its so xxx expensive to live in CENTRAL. What does the Ladder look like via a drone? Probably greener than we think. Anyone got a drone?

Permalink Reply by Leesa Herbert on July 30, 2021 at 8:51

Sorry auto correct kicked in ....it should read so expensive to live in Crouch End

Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 30, 2021 at 9:18

A Ladder resident did this admirably over a decade ago in the era before drones. He rigged a camera to a remote controlled model plane. Album of photos here. Not high definition, but amazing given the technology available at the time.

Permalink Reply by Leesa Herbert on July 30, 2021 at 10:17

Amazing. The photos show the good and the less good views of our patch.

Permalink Reply by tim p on July 30, 2021 at 10:21

I do some over the ladder if you like, any particular address of interest??? 

Permalink Reply by Paul Soper on July 30, 2021 at 10:22

Next time you pass by the clocktower give a little sigh of thanks to Henry Reader Williams - the clocktower was erected in his memory as the man who saved those playing fields for the benefit of Crouch End - thank you Henry...

Permalink Reply by Hugh on July 30, 2021 at 13:57

As I understand things, whilst Williams was a key player in saving the woods, it wasn't quite as simple as that. Reader ran a large City firm, lived in the prestigious Priory (on what is now Priory Road) and held high local political office. He was ideally placed to make a difference and he certainly seems to have done his bit. But we need to be wary of glorifying him.

For those deeply interested, I've added a series of eight contemporary newspaper articles to the one I posted some years back about the saving of Highgate Wood. 

Permalink Reply by Annie McDonald on July 30, 2021 at 14:33

The Leisure Centre is run by Fusion. It has the wonderful Lido (heated and open all year round) indoor pool with diving facilities and classes for kids and adults. There is an indoor gym and studios which have lots of classes including a spinning studio. It’s in Park Road near the Heath Centre.

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