"Hi there,
Sorry about your experience. It's not 100% directly what you're after perhaps, but below is a link to a whatsapp group that's for Friends of Belmont Rec. It's mainly people who live near the Rec, and it sometmes covers…"
Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
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Vintage desk - £60
Started Dec 26, 2020 0 Replies 0 Likes
Wooden spindle-leg desk, with drawers. Quite old, so has a bit of minor wear-and-tear.We're moving home and need to shed some belongings. This has served us well as a bedroom side-table for 5…Back to Harringay Online
4 farmhouse style wooden chairs
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We're moving to a smaller place and have some wooden dining chairs for sale. They've given us great service over 5 years, but are still in good condition.£120 for the four of them. To collect from N8…Back to Harringay Online
Extendable dining table - for sale
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Moving to a smaller place, so time to say farewell to our Ikea BJURSTA table.It's robust and easy to use, and has given us 5 years of good service.One tiny mark on the surface. Otherwise, as…Back to Harringay Online
Super King size mattress, and low-rise slat base, for free.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Alex Palex Aug 21, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I'm moving house, and have a very comfortable super-king-size mattress to give away for free, to anybody willing to collect it.It comes with a slat-style base, that holds it above the floor and…Back to Harringay Online
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"ah that's a real shame. As another poster said, it's a real godsend, as a frazzled parent, to have hava space where the little one can just play while I have a cup of tea"
"Yes, it's a good shop and it would be a shame if they went under.
To the point about 'beaten track' - yes, their current location is worse than that of an earlier incarnation, on Brampton Park Rd. There are enough empty shops on the…"
"Ah that's good news. A few new places open too I guess. "
"Trying to think of the local pubs that have closed their doors since I moved to the area (2007).
The Goat, the Earl Haig, the Queen's Head, the Devonshire arms, the jolly anglers, couple up past wood green station, the Wetherspoons in Crouch…"
"Ah, shame. To each their own, but I've been impressed whenever I've gone there by the number of punters, the different beers, the atmosphere, and the skill of the staff. Not to mention the prices."
"Just to register another side to this debate... there's huge pressure on social housing and council budgets, and a lack of viable council-owned land in Haringey. That area is very well served by parks (Belmont, downhils, Russell, …"
Edwardian mother with pram in Downhills Park, c1905
"Love this. We often do a turn around downhills with pram over the past year since our firstborn arrived. Slightly less well dressed though. "
"Thank you Derek, and Hugh, for some brilliant "micro-history". Going into such depth about a small handful of streets gives a real insight into the extent and pace of change in 2 short centuries. When you start to zoom out and think of the…"
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"But what would that prove Glen? I could just as easily take photos of the nightmare family that i used to live next to on Arnold road, with their stinking car, and nappies overflowing out the bin, and screaming rows, and refusal to…"
"Yeah you're right Esat. I think that some people allow a limited bad experience of HMOs to cloud their view of all such properties / tenants, which is a shame and quite unnecessary (especially when many of them might have lived in HMOs, or…"
"Well said Esat.
I may have issues with some of your points about, as I see it, the structures that have seen housing values inflated and the rent-seekers who benefit from this...
...but you make some really valid corrective points about the…"
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- At 19:14 on October 20, 2014,
Tosh said…
Hi Alex, All are still available. Sophie changed her mind.
- At 11:02 on January 20, 2013,
Hugh said…
Hi Alex,
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