Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Keevans Wood Green High Road c 1935 (New design by Taperell and Haase)

This image shows the shop in context at almost exactly the same time.

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Comment by Lydia Walter on February 7, 2025 at 3:51: Many a school uniform purchased from here!

Comment by John Hough on February 7, 2025 at 9:49: Are you sure this is Wood Green Keevans??? The Keevans I used in Wood Green was a corner building.

Comment by Lydia Walter on February 7, 2025 at 9:57: Good point! I wonder if the b&w photo is Crouch End???

Comment by John Hough on February 7, 2025 at 10:36: Much older picture, With Keevans just behind the tram and the Alexandra Pub on the left.

Comment by Hugh on February 7, 2025 at 10:57: I linked to that trolley bus photo in my caption. The buildings look the same to me. Compare the ground floor of the building shown in the trolley bus photo with the main photo. They look the same. You can even just about discern the curvature of the first floor window in that main photo. Also, the give-away for me is the fact that this architects advertising card says beneath the photo that the shop is in Wood Green.

Comment by Glenn Masters on February 7, 2025 at 11:37: I went to Finchley Grammar (1961-1969), and my parents found the shop very expensive. The Manager had bad breath and was very keen on taking inside leg measurements! I had only 2 blazers and caps, which started XXL and ended XXS. I imagine others shared this experience.

Comment by Richard Woods on February 7, 2025 at 16:26: Where we all paid silly money for our school uniforms!

Comment by Richard Woods on February 14, 2025 at 12:50: Reading more I agree - this is the Crouch End shop.

Comment by Hugh on February 14, 2025 at 13:28: You're thinking of this one, Richard at 25 Topsfield Parade. There are several distinct differences to the Wood Green one shown above, including that it showed its street number and the fact that, like pretty much every Crouch End shop, it was only on the ground floor. It had no first floor, like the one above.

Comment by Hugh on February 14, 2025 at 13:52: The architects are of interest. Known for art deco design and working in concrete, they were most active in the late 20s and the 30s. They also designed the Foyles building in Tottenham Court Road (now sadly demolished), the Daimler building on Store Street and the quite well-known art deco block of flats on Gray's Inn Road called Trinity Court. I think we can assume that they were reputable enough to get the information right on the card above.

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