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Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

We wuz flown over

The Lancatser and hurricanes went straight over Harringay on their way home. Right over the top of my house, giving me a great view from my living room window. Quite spine tinglingly nostalgic.

Did anyone else catch a peep?

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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on May 3, 2011 at 12:33

So you too resisted the temptation to join the loyal crowds downtown.  I saw the planes right enough as they flew north up the ladder.

Nostalgia indeed; when I was a little boy in the late 1940s we lived across the road from what is now Norwich airport which was then home to Spitfires or Hurricanes (or both, I still can't tell the difference).  By the time we left the area in 1952, they had been replaced by very noisy early jets, Meteors and Vampires.  No one breathing would have missed the fly past if those had been included at the same altitude.

Deborah PhillipsPermalink Reply by Deborah Phillips on May 3, 2011 at 14:38

Yes i saw them---Brilliant

Deborah

Permalink Reply by Neil van der Knutsen on May 4, 2011 at 10:59
Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 4, 2011 at 12:40
Another good pic. Thanks Neil.
Permalink Reply by Sapphireblue on May 4, 2011 at 23:00
Wow - what a brilliant shot - so jealous!
Permalink Reply by ingo pless on May 6, 2011 at 8:19
Cool pic!
Permalink Reply by matt on May 6, 2011 at 12:06
Fantastic pic Neil
Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 6, 2011 at 12:16

Couldn't resist getting at it with photoshop - shows up colour and detail better (especially if you click and click again on the picture to enlarge), but perhaps less atmospheric:

 

 

Permalink Reply by Sapphireblue on May 4, 2011 at 22:59

I saw them on the telly and then went out in the garden to see if they came this way - .but nought.  I went down to Green Park for a bit with James ... but they'd blocked off the Mall by the time we got there - rotters.  Anyway James filmed the crowds and I wrote a pome - soon to be published on HoL ie both together, James's latest creative project!

 

Permalink Reply by Steve McCarthy on May 6, 2011 at 10:38
Certainly, my highlight of the Royal Dreading Day to see them fly over St. Anns Primary School viewed from Chesnuts Park.
Katy MendesPermalink Reply by Katy Mendes on May 6, 2011 at 11:16

What with WW2 flyovers (which always bring a tear to my eye), and the steam engines that regularly zoom through Harringay station you'd could easily be in 40's Harringay.

 

I just googled Harringay WW2 actually (wanted to see if it was hit) and came up with this interesting little story.

Permalink Reply by Liz on May 6, 2011 at 11:34
Have a dig around in the History of Harringay group for more on wartime Harringay and don't miss Flower's post on growing up in wartime Harringay here. There's also bits and bobs in the gallery

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