Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
1885 Harringay Map Unveiled at Garden Ladder
Left to right: Consortium members, "the WInkworth's guy" (he's going incognito at his own request!), Bethany Burrows, Rob Tao, Alison Park and Justin Guest face to face with the mighty map
After clubbing together to buy a historic map of Harringay on ebay, local residents and traders met last night at The Garden Ladder to see their new acquisition.
More than 20 'consortium' members met up at The Garden Ladder last night to pore over the five feet by three feet plan of the southern part of the Ladder at the start of its urban development. After paying a spine-tingling £410, expectations were high.
Ladder local, Bethany Burrow said, "Quite apart from the sheer size of the map, there's so much fascinating detail in the paragraphs around it's borders, I could easily spend a day looking at it!"
Local resident and Harringay trader, Rob Tao who was there with his son Keaton was delighted with the map, but explained that the purchase meant much more to him than just acquiring an artefact, "The map is superb, but I loved the fact that residents and traders joined together on Harringay Online and bought it as a community for the community. It's just a toe in the water of what we can do when we all pull together'.
As for the future, the map is being sent off to the London Metropolitan Archives for specialist copying next week (a snip at £45). Rob of Tao Sport and Elan Winkworth have both promised to follow up with contacts about having a few full size copies made for public display. Other consortium members are planning to have prints made, but perhaps at a slightly reduced size!
After it is copied, the consortium have agreed to donate the original to Bruce Castle Museum, where they hope it will be professionally cared for and made available for local and academic interest.
One of the copies will go on public display over the next few weeks as part of the public consultation on the forthcoming works to Harringay's high street. (More on that very soon!)
There's at least one intriguing oddity on the map for which none of the group last night had an answer. I'll be interested to hear whether anyone has any ideas about what's behind it - but I'm not going to tell you what it is. That'll spoil the surprise.
Thanks from us all last night to consortium member and gaffer of the The Garden Ladder, Simon Walters, for hosting us and arranging for a protective frame to be made for the map. Also thanks to another consortium member, Evgeniy Kazannik of Green Lens Studios, for taking the photos last night.
Left to right: Nigel Lupton, John McMullan, Justin Guest, "the WInkworth's guy" (he's going incognito at his own request!), Hugh Flouch, Maggie Sullivan, Simon Walters, Peter Miles, Edie Finnegan, Fionnuala, David Schmitz
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Permalink Reply by Dick Harris on
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May I buy a reduced size copy?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Certainly. Reduced sized copies will be available for general purchase. I'll let folks know the cost once we're a bit further down the line - lots of nice detail where your house is, Dick.
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Permalink Reply by Paul W Kelly on
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What about a scanned PDF copy, then whoever gets a copy can print it to their own delights.
Cheers PK.
Oh one other thing, Is John Cathles Hill mentioned anywhere on it. My other curiosity would be what street names are used. :) I had a great uncle did a small development in Box Hill Melb Victoria, Aust, and he used family names. even one street called Nan Street. LOL
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Initially, I'll just be selling printed copies. That was part of the agreement made between the consortium members. The aim being to sell sufficient numbers so as to reduce towards nil the cost to the consortium members of acquiring this historic artefact for the museum.
In the unlikely case that there are any excess funds, we will agree their future use. It occurs to me writing this that one option could be to establish a kind of rolling fund for the acquisition of additional items in the future.
No mention of Cathles Hill. He was Gardens only.
PK?
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Permalink Reply by Jack on
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I would love a full size copy if possible. 5x3 would be just about perfect for the hallway!
Weel done to all that saved it!
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Absolutely Brilliant - just one example of amazing things arising out of HOL. I can't wait to see the map.
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Permalink Reply by Andy H on
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how far does it stretch in each direction?
Are Endymion and Lothair Road included?
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Endymion is on there, and the amazing thing is that about half the houses on Endymion are actually named (they have names...). I thought that was quite cool
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on
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And in the other direction it goes about half way up the ladder. Most of the Endymion names were quaint, but a bit unimaginative, I thought - "Park View", "Fair View" etc. A few seemed to be named after people or other places, though.
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I've now had quotes from the London Metropolitan Archives Museum to copy the map an make professional prints. Because of the size of the map, it's not cheap, but we will be getting a professionally produced product.
I'm going down to the LMA on Thursday to get the copying done. I'm also taking orders for an initial print-run, also to be done on Thursday. I'm not sure when we'll get the next print-run done, probably next year. So, if anyone who wasn't in the consortium would like either a full or a half-size copy in this first print-run, you can place an order here.
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Hiya Hugh, I tried to order a copy but Paypal says there's a problem with your site and can't process the transaction. I'll try again when I'm home but thought you should know in the meantime.
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