Unfortunately the Old Schoolhouse will be closed until further notice. We will post here as soon as we can with information on re-opening.
News
HHS Talks 2020 – Postponed
With the wellbeing of our Members our highest priority, and in line with the latest advice from the Government and Public Health, we regret to announce that all HHS lectures and events/outings are postponed until further notice.
Public Local History Surgeries Suspended Until Further Notice
In light of the government’s latest advice on social distancing we have taken to the decision to suspend the Local History Surgeries until further notice. If you have any online queries please do email hornseyhistoricalsurgery@gmail.com.
FoHCT Towers and Turrets Tour – Postponed
Unfortunately the Friends of Hornsey Church Tower trip that was scheduled for Saturday April 25th, the Towers and Turrets Tour, has been …
The 2020 HHS Bulletin
Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 61 has just been published. It is a long issue this time, full of interesting and varied articles, three of them by new contributors: Katy Ferguson on that wonderful local resource, the Park Road Lido, and David Pashley and Steven Wright, who have in very different ways explored the history of the roads in which they live, Mount View and Ferrestone. There is in fact a fourth contributor, but one no longer alive: Mr G. J. Richards, whose story of his long life and work at the now-defunct Barratt’s sweet factory in Wood Green was presented to the HHS in a hand-written manuscript by his son. This very personal (and very long) account has been edited down to manageable proportions.
Oliver Tambo Statue Unveiled
If you’ve visited the Albert Road Recreational Ground on the Bounds Green/Muswell Hill border over the last few weeks you’ll have notice an additional object of interest, commemorating a famous resident.
LAMAS Award for HHS Bulletin 59
Hornsey Historical Society’s Bulletin 59 (2018) was judged the best local history society journal submitted this year to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS).
A Park for Finsbury – Crowd Funding Appeal
The Friends of Finsbury Park have asked author Hugh Hayes to revise his book A Park for Finsbury to celebrate the 150th anniversary this August of the founding of Finsbury Park.
LAMAS award for HHS Bulletin 58
Bulletin 58 won the 2017 London & Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) Journal Prize, having secured this accolade two years previously also.Hearty congratulations go to Sandra Clark, Bulletin Editor, to those who contributed articles and reviews to this edition and to Keith Phillips who undertakes all the design work and arranges the printing. This Bulletin was Sandra’s first as editor which is another reason for celebrating.
Peter Barber and the HHS on BBC Television
For the second time in a few weeks the HHS has featured on the BBC. Peter Barber, our president, was interviewed in the Old Schoolhouse for the BBC1 documentary Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village.