Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Walter Purkis

Walter Purkis, Crouch End

Yesterday I went into this wonderful local fishmongers to buy some of their home-smoked salmon, to be told that they aren't currently allowed to use their smokehouse. A neighbour, who apparently has built his office next to Purkis' chimney, has complained, and the council has stopped the smoking.

The smokehouse has been in use for over 100 years, and produces superb smoked haddock and salmon. It was very sad to see one of the counters empty apart from packets of machine-smoked salmon.

For the history of Purkis see http://purkisfishmongers.homestead.com/AboutUsduplicate.html

Do other people feel as outraged as me?

At Cllr David Winskill's suggestion, I've emailed Cllr Nilgun Canver (Nilgun.Canver@haringey.gov.uk)

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Permalink Reply by Anette on January 13, 2013 at 22:18

Great news!! It's weird though, there's been more than one complaint about Zams Pigeon on the corner of Seymour and Green Lanes, and that's still going strong. A much loved shop gets ONE complaint and the council comes down on it like a ton of bricks. Just sayin'..