London V2 sites mapped - were there any in Harringay?

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 12, 2009 at 20:51

It's only Hornsey so doesn't show Grand Parade

Permalink Reply by Liz on January 12, 2009 at 20:54

Shame, that would have helped with the assignment I'm supposed to be working on instead of chatting with the history heads online. I 'll have to look it up at some point.

Permalink Reply by StephenBln on January 12, 2009 at 20:48

Thanks for that Hugh... It's interesting in that it clearly shows how regular bombs generally came in strings 1-2-3-4 (-5?). Am I allowed to ask where it came from? I notice it's a HBC map and not a TBC one. I suppose Bruce Castle have records, but I can never manage to get there on my visits..

Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 12, 2009 at 20:52

I got it from the family of a guy called Graham Inward who used to live round here.

Permalink Reply by John D on January 12, 2009 at 21:08

"On 10 November 1944, a V2 landed on the corner of Ribblesdale Rd and Totteham Lane opposite the Railway Hotel (now the Wishing Well ) which was relatively undamaged.

Not Harringay of course. Apparently a little girl was playing outside and was vapourised.

Permalink Reply by Liz on January 12, 2009 at 21:15

Thanks John, what's the source for this pic?

Permalink Reply by John D on January 12, 2009 at 21:29

I found it some time ago in a Library book about the war in North London. It will be copyright of course - oops :-)

I think you would find it in that snooty bookshop in Crouch End - Prospero's Books ?

Actually, I think the copyright will be with the Imperial War Museum

Permalink Reply by StephenBln on January 12, 2009 at 21:32

I think we should all proceed exactly like the US military does with gay people -

Don't ask - Don't tell !!

Permalink Reply by StephenBln on January 12, 2009 at 21:33

p.s. I've got this photo somewhere else... I'll have to look it out .. or perhaps it's one looking in the opposite direction?

Permalink Reply by Liz on January 12, 2009 at 21:38

I think you're right John that the source of the info must be the IWM.

Permalink Reply by John Hinshelwood on January 16, 2009 at 9:53

You might be interested in this note I drafted some time ago for a possible information panel outside the flats built on the sites of bomb damage. The idea of a poster was not taken up.

Attachments:

• Bomb damage and council flats v2.doc, 2.6 MB

Permalink Reply by Hugh on January 16, 2009 at 10:00

Thanks for that John.

Any idea if the site of Iceland on Green Lanes was bomb damage?

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