Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

New Harringay Bridge Banner - a first look

After more than just a little chat about the banner on Harringay Bridge and the bridge itself on the site here, there was optimism abroad with the news that some of Harringay's Outer London Fund award will be used to improve the bridge.

The local team managing the project decided to put up a temporary banner as a signal of things to come. Its design has had more community input than has been the case before and so it has a real community feel to it. Following the same idea as Harringay Online's Harringay History timeline, it reflects our neighbourhood's history from the Ice Age to the present day.

The design incorporates a somewhat eclectic range of symbols from Harringay's history including some that will be instantly recognisable and others that aim to stimulate enquiry.

I was pleased to be able to contribute suggestions of some of the weird and wonderful bits of Harringay's History that I've dug up over the past few years, but once again the driving force has been Rob Chau of Tao Sports with lots of ideas and energy from Andy Newman and others.

Below is a near final draft of the main banner that will cover the whole width of the north side of the bridge. (Click to enlarge, then click again for full size).

Or, if you prefer, here it is scrolled for you to the tune of the music that played at the start of the stock car racing at Harringay Stadium:

The southern side will retain the ads at the sides of the bridge till the end of their contract. The central span will be simple and will just bear our neighbourhood name. It will be printed on 3M material which has reflective properties so that the banner can still be seen at night.

I think these are a great step forward. But let's hope people don't get too attached since they will only be temporary. Both banners will be up for about six months after which period the permanent bridge improvement works will be carried out.

Tags for Forum Posts: harringay banner, harringay bridge, harringay regeneration 2012-13, outer london fund

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Permalink Reply by Liza on May 3, 2012 at 22:03

Its great. I'm really impressed. well done all.

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Permalink Reply by The Black Lark on May 4, 2012 at 9:34

Congratulations to all involved - especially for using the design talents of Åbäke!

Really look forward to seeing it up...

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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on May 4, 2012 at 9:44

Here's some feedback that come in via HoLMail personal messaging (so it's been added as anonymous) :

"Excellent ! thanks to all the people involved in organising/designing the banner. Let's hope that it will not fade away too quickly or become covered in graffitis. We look forward to seeing it. "