Books by Albert Pinching

Bounds Green – A History and Walk

By Albert Pinching

This book is about a less well-known, but nevertheless interesting, corner of Haringey, initially a rural hamlet which became a cosmopolitan residential district of Wood Green. [Read more…] about Bounds Green – A History and Walk

Discovering Old Wood Green – A Walk

By Albert Pinching with illustrations by Peter Garland [Read more…] about Discovering Old Wood Green – A Walk

Haringey Civic Centre: What was there before ?

Wood Green was at the geographical centre of the 1965 local authority amalgamation which created the Borough of Haringey. So the new Civic Centre was located in the High Road opposite the turning to White Hart Lane. This site had a long history.

Haringey’s Hidden Streams Revealed

By Albert Pinching and David Dell

This book retraces the routes of Haringey’s several natural streams which once flowed in the open from the “northern heights” of Highgate and Muswell Hill but are mainly now underground. [Read more…] about Haringey’s Hidden Streams Revealed

Wood Green Past

By Albert Pinching

The first history of a district which began as an unpretentious hamlet and is now mainly residential but also an important shopping centre of north London. Wood Green’s past is surprisingly interesting and well recounted in this lavishly illustrated hardback book in a popular format. [Read more…] about Wood Green Past

Wood Green Through Time

By Albert Pinching

Another title in this popular format with 92 pages of old and recent views of Wood Green linked by informative captions describing developments in Wood Green over the past century or so. It includes unique images of Alexandra Palace made during the First World War. [Read more…] about Wood Green Through Time

Books by Albert Pinching

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