Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Picture: Wightman Road Closed as Man on Window Ledge Threatened Jump
Pictured: Man on the window ledge of the Shelton Hotel was threatening to Jump Photo: YB
In the early hours of this morning the emergency services closed Wightman around Station Approach Road by Harringay Station as a man was threatening to jump from the first floor window of the Shelton Hotel.
Leading up to the incident an argument between a couple staying at the hotel had grown increasingly heated. Eventually it turned to violence with the male guest attacking his female partner. Disturbed guests alerted the hotel's management who immediately called the police.
Rather than going quietly the violent guest refused to accompany the police and made his way on to the window sill of the corner room facing Wightman Road.
The bid for freedom lasted less than an hour and the road was reopened in time for the morning rush hour.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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That's fascinating. Because I'd assumed - wrongly perhaps - that online publishing and the convergence with video and audio has opened up new freedoms. In much the same way as in the 1960s /70s with cheap offset litho and the blossoming of independent magazines and publishers.
I'd also wondered if now, at a local level, search engines might produce a different effect. Perhaps helping people find their way to more quirky, non-standard stuff.
An odd example. I've noticed that some people reach one of my Flickr pages by searching for Ita O'Donovan a former Haringey Chief Executive. A Google search shows the usual "dull keyword soup" about her work. But also a number of links to Peter Connelly (Baby P). This is mainly due to Mark Pack's digging.
But one of the also-ran pages is my photo titled: "Comical Gobbledegook about Factory Lane". A dull topic and hardly exciting keywords.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Fury as boffin slams slump in standards.
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Make Wikipedia your friend, Clive. Look up Boffo.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Alan's quite right.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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For those with a more developed social conscience who may have been disgusted by the usual suspects' need to turn this potentially tragic situation into a word game about media habits:
(a) Lady OAE and I have returned to our usual Wightman Residence;
(b) my two sprained ankles are making a reasonable attempt at recuperation;
(c) our somewhat strained relationship has survived our otherwise pleasurable week at the London Shelton;
(d) I still think Her Ladyship should keep to her normal LEFT side of bed even when staying at a luxurious hotel.
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