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Then & Now

A series of articles comparing how places are now, and how they were in the past.

Smithfield Square’s Fascinating Past: Part Two

Dust destructor chimney

Recycling a new idea? No, over a hundred and fifty years ago our Hornsey predecessors had organised the recycling of their domestic waste in an impressive way on part of …

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Smithfield Square’s Fascinating Past: Part One

Hornsey High Street circa 1910

This major building development on a 13 acre site in Hornsey High Street has radically altered the appearance and character of Hornsey Village. What was there before the bulldozers got …

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Hornsey: Birthplace Of Lotus Cars

Colin Chapman in a Lotus

Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars, started the business here in Hornsey.

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Abyssinia: Hornsey's Lost Village
ABYSSINIA: Hornsey's Lost Village
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  1. HHS Volunteers on The Fishmongers’ and Poulterers’ Almshouses, Wood Green High Road29th August 2025

    Hi Brett, thank you for your comment. You may be thinking of the Printers Almshouses located south of St Michael's…

  2. Alison L on Memories of Mountview?27th August 2025

    I saw a performanace of the Tempest at the Mountview Theatre sometime around 1981 or 2. Never forgotten it. I…

  3. Michael Parkinson on A Brief History of Highgate23rd August 2025

    My wife is looking into ancestry and she is trying to establish the location for St James church Highgate rise…

  4. Phillip hamilton on Greenridings House: What was there before?23rd August 2025

    Y grandfather and grandmother lived on high street they left wood green in 1923 for australia my grandfather was a…

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