By Janet Owen and John Hinshelwood This publication, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Hornsey Historical Society, presents a selection of over one hundred and twenty 19th and early…
By Janet Owen The story of a man from rural Cumbria, who trained as an architect and surveyor, and played a vital part in creating a large part of the…
…will be supervised by John Hinshelwood (U3A) & Janet Owen (HHS). It will involve a small number of U3A and HHS members researching and selecting Archive postcards, photographs, prints and…
…The Grand Opera House Belfast, The Bristol Old Vic, The Empire Theatre Sheffield. Janet Owen Images Street view of 10 Hazelmere Road – Janet Owen; Blue Plaque – Spudgun67/Creative Commons…
An article by Janet Owen John Farrer (1843-1930), a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who lived in Crouch End for forty years of his life, was responsible for designing over eighteen hundred…
An extract from John Farrer The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen London was sucking in people from the countryside as its industrial strength grew throughout the nineteenth century…
…heart of the community. Janet Owen Image Credits Smithfield Square today courtesy Janet Owen; all colour photographs of Hornsey Baths and site courtesy Lesley Ramm; all other photographs copyright HHS…
…what Smithfield Square used to be like, we would love to hear your recollections in the comments section below. Janet Owen Image Credits Hornsey High Street today Courtesy Janet Owen;…
…End Four Walks, Hornsey Historical Society, 2015 Janet Owen & John Hinshelwood, A Vision of Middlesex The North Middlesex Photographic Society’s Survey & Record of Middlesex, Hornsey Historical Society, 2011,…
The project will be supervised by John Hinshelwood (U3A) & Janet Owen (HHS). It will involve a small number of U3A and HHS members researching and selecting Archive postcards, photographs,…