"The map is fascinating, and it reminded me of a passage in C H Rolph’s autobiography London Particulars (Oxford, 1980). ‘C H Rolph’ was the pseudonym of Cecil Rolph Hewitt (1901-1994), first a policeman in the City of London force…"
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Broadway, Crouch End, c1936
"Thank you for another fascinating photograph. I should just like to make one small ciorrection. The telephone exchange shown on the map was not ‘new’, but the original Hornsey exchange opened on 7 November 1907. Its name was changed to…"
A cobbled Green Lanes by Northumberland House c1955
"The last day of operation for routes 521 and 621 given in the linked website is incorrect. Their last day was Tuesday 7 November 1961. I travelled from Croydon for my last rides on these routes on the previous Saturday. Route 641 along Green Lanes…"
Crouch End Hill c1960
"In 1979 Fred Cleary (1905-1984) published his autobiography, I’ll Do It Yesterday (London, The Carlos Press, 1979). In it he describes his motives in the 1940s, as a Hornsey resident, for wanting to improve the look of Hornsey and how he…"
"Hugh, many thanks for another fascinating piece of research. My uncle Ronald Bond (1913-2011) worked at Argyll Motors for the whole of the WW2 period. He wrote an account of his experiences there which was published in the Hornsey Historical…"
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Jolly Butcher's Hill (colourised) c 1905
"The 'Herald Office' would be that of the Wood Green and Southgate Weekly Herald (first appeared in 1861) which was published by Crusha & Son at 210 High Road, Wood Green (reference from Willing's Press Guide for 1918). Checking…"
"Sorry, I should have made that clearer. The photo copied for the print is LTM reference number 1999/8313, but 1999/20591 and 1999/10175 were also taken at Wood Green Depot."
"The location the photograph was taken is Wood Green Tram Depot. Before it was reconstructed for trolleybuses in 1937 the tramshed was set back from Jolly Butcher's Hill with an open space in front. What is misleading is that the place the…"
Alexandra Palace miniature railway
"As the author of the article in the Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin I was pleased to see this photograph, as images of the Alexandra Park miniature railway in the public domain are scarce. One of the film clips shows Mrs A H Farley, wife of the…"
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