Victorian Heyday – The Alexandra Palace Theatre 1873-1901
This book tells the story of the Victorian theatre which opened on 1 May 1875. In its heyday, some of the leading production companies of the age brought top actors, singers, dancers and entertainers to Alexandra Palace.
Hampstead Heritage Trail is one of a new series of booklets describing a 15-mile walk through London’s Northern Heights from Camden Town to Alexandra Palace.
HHS Bulletin 45 includes articles about Wood Green in 1844 and the Noel Park Estate.
HHS Bulletin 48 includes articles about synagogues in Hornsey, the North Middlesex Photographic Society Collection at the HHS and memories of Alexandra Palace & Park.
Bulletin 54 includes two articles which focus on the history of Hornsey Cottage Hospital along with others looking at the Hornsey Enclosure Act, 1813, and 1902 Education Act.
This issue includes a timeline for 1917, a continuing look at Hornsey during the First World War and a survey of the shops on Quernmore Road from 1900-2016.
Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 59 contains articles with a wide chronological range, covering aspects of the history of our part of London from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The articles in HHS’s Bulletin 60 focus on the century between the ending of the First World War and the present day.
HHS Bulletin 61 is full of varied articles ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day.
The issue includes 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.
With visits to all public venues, including Alexandra Palace, postponed for the foreseeable future as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic, we can read about an HHS outing to ‘The People’s Palace’ which provides an intriguing and evocative glimpse into the past.