Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Who on here is a Haringaeite?
Either born and/or bred
Or a Haringeyite
Or even just a Londoner
Me, born in Sarf London, returned as a young(ish) adult and finally ended up in Harringay some years ago.
Bizarrely, there was /is no maternity unit in the LB Haringey when my children were born so I guess only home birthed children of a certain age can claim to be true Haringaeites!
Or a Haringeyite
Or even just a Londoner
Me, born in Sarf London, returned as a young(ish) adult and finally ended up in Harringay some years ago.
Bizarrely, there was /is no maternity unit in the LB Haringey when my children were born so I guess only home birthed children of a certain age can claim to be true Haringaeites!
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Or let's see if anyone was found in a handbag under a juicy gooseberry bush on the northern platform at Harringay Green Lanes, with a one-way ticket to Barking. Would s/he qualify?
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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This from Twitter:
@harringayonline lived in Harringay since 1987 so I think I qualify 30 minutes ago via web GeorgeMacD
George MacDonald
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Following the example of our second-best public school, " Harringavian " sounds better (to my ear ) :)
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. . . . a suffix strictly for the birds, John. But then Harringay ain't short of a few attractive boids.
(Just waiting for the rap on the knuckles.)
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Course not, they are 'Zugereister' (now why don't you have this word in English?)
http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=179466&...
That's how come they don't understand why it has to to Harringaeite/ harringayite/ Harringayikes!!
and I bet they don't use wotcha as a greeting either.. but as a sarf-Londer I bet you prefer to say alright instead of hello.
Harringaeites will also say Endy-mion Road.. instead of the soppy RP En-dymion Road.. lol
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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So we have just one HOL member born, bred & still living here in Harringay ... out of 3500 HOL members. I knew our population was transient but that's incredible. There are of course others who have lived here all their lives but aren't HOL members. I know of a least one resident in Falkland Rd.
But there we have it ..... 'Harringay, always on the move.'
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I was born in umferville road ha ha and so were my brothers and my mum .....haringey boys and girls are we
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