Hornsey Journal, 9 July 1948
A Borough Engineer of Distinction
Newspaper Archive
Press cuttings from the Hornsey Journal and other local newspapers covering historic events and other items of interest.
Wood Green’s New Library
Bowes Park Weekly News, 5 October 1907
Brilliant Opening Ceremony
Millionaires and Libraries
Men who made Muswell Hill: James Edmondson
The Muswell Hill Record, 8 May 1908
If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a benefactor, surely the man who builds a beautiful town, and builds it well, is equally so.
Children Have the Time of Their Lives
Hornsey Journal, 18 May 1945
VE night celebrations were more or less spontaneous while Saturday’s festivities were well planned and catered-for parties, especially for children.
Hornsey Celebrates VE Day
Hornsey Journal, 11 May 1945
Profound relief was the dominant note in Hornsey’s rejoicings on the morning of VE Day.
Inquest on Chung Ling Soo
Bowes Park Weekly News, 6 April 1918
The inquest on Chung Ling Soo, whose real name was William Elsworth Robinson, 58, of 50, Lonsdale-road, Barnes, was begun at Wood Green Town Hall on Thursday of last week.
Death of G.O. Barratt
Bowes Park Weekly News, 6 October 1906
Grand old man of confectionary dies at green old age
Building Operations in Muswell Hill
The Muswell Hill Record, 14 February 1908
It is gratifying to notice on all sides a distinct revival in the building trade, so far at least as Muswell Hill is concerned.
1919 and 1920
Hornsey Journal, 26 December 1919
Christmas 1919 and the passing of another year – a year whose advent was welcomed with the greatest hopes and the sincerest wishes that have ever accompanied the annual birth!