Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Impassable Park
The implication of these two gates, at either end of the path beside the railway, is that at some time, the park will be impassable North south. Has this been the case in previous years?
Or is it a land grab By the festival promoters.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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LITTLE of the money raised on the back of our park is spent on repairs (much or most of the gross receipts are siphoned off).
The council charge their customers a derisory Damage Deposit of just £15,000.
The damage done sees little of this paltry sum until c. 10 months later, just in time before the council's following "Events Season".
A good example was the major repair to the southernmost drain in the park, that was completed just days before Festival Republic began to set up.
In any event, not all damage is repaired. Those repairs that are made are sometimes performed poorly or partially.
As for the gradual customising of our public park to better suit the needs of the council's corporate client, it is unclear who pays. It's probably Festival Republic, but Haringey's negotiating ability is such that it would not surprise me if council-tax payers foot that bill.
After 10 years of receipts ex-the Land Use Agreement, there is still not a public water drinking fountain.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh
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This post brings to my mind research I was doing on the origins of Endymion Road and the Park some weeks ago. Various Acts of Parliament dealt with rights of way through the park. Most of the Acts are referenced in my article here and I've given some idea of the rights of way that were involved. A diligent person could check through the Acts and see if those rights reman to this day. The rights may have been removed by the 1875 or 1874 Acts, but may not have been. I don't remember the details and don't have the time to check, but it would certainly be worth a motivated person checking up. (I should point out that the Haringey Public Rights of Way map doesn't show any through Finsbury Park;- or indeed any of our parks, which seems odd and warrants checking. Copy of map below - click to enlarge) - taken from https://www.haringey.gov.uk/streets-roads-travel/rights-way/public-....)
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Permalink Reply by Park
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According the BBC, disabled gig goers were trapped in an area by security and not allowed to leave last night, even though the festival had finished, leading to some people trying to force their way out as they were so panicked about being trapped.
Wireless and festival republic have such a bad track record when it comes to disability, they have been forced to commit to improvements by the EHRC: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/live-nation-commits-improve-fes...
Trapping disabled people doesn't really seem to fit into this order from the EHRC.
Hugh, great stuff on the footpaths, where would one start to establish if there is a historic right of way please?
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