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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. Philip brougham on Memories of Weston Park Shopping Parade10th November 2025

    Yes me to ,along Weston park road ,towards crouch end turned left down small turning .Not for milk powder but…

  2. Colin Marr on William Wallace and ‘The Flying Spur’ plaque in Southwood Lane, Highgate5th November 2025

    I see this is "In Memory of Malcolm Stokes,..... who passed away on 19th July." But it doesn't say what year…

  3. Kaz on Memories of Weston Park Shopping Parade29th October 2025

    I remember the turning down Weston Park with offices was where my mum in the early 1960s went to get…

  4. Hazel Greenfield on Memories of Mountview?20th October 2025

    I met Mollie Guilfoyle on a Tourism course at Bournemouth in 1968, and I heard that she went on to…

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