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. [Read more…] about HHS Visit to “The Secret Palace”
The stories of six of Haringey’s long vanished theatres once located in Highgate, the Alexandra Palace, Crouch End, Tottenham and Wood Green. [Read more…] about Lost Theatres of Haringey
An Advantage to Muswell Hill An article from the Bowes Park Weekly News, 26 May 1906
For many months there has been an agitation for an entrance to the Alexandra Palace and Park from the top of Muswell Hill, and we are now informed on quite reliable authority that such an entrance is about to be opened. [Read more…] about NEW ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE
With a unique collection of photographs, this book tells the true story of the “People’s Palace”, as well as the facts and the legends from its origins on rural Muswell Hill to the present time. [Read more…] about Palace on the Hill
A revised and updated edition of this popular book by railway enthusiast Reg Davies which tells the story of the railway line which once ran between Finsbury Park and the Alexandra Palace from 1873 to 1954. [Read more…] about Rails to the People’s Palace
During the coronavirus lockdown and the fine weather that accompanied it I took the opportunity to sit on my terrace in the New River Village to focus on the view of Alexandra Palace and its surrounding Park. [Read more…] about Reflections on Tottenham Wood
To coincide with the reopening of the Alexandra Palace Theatre, Keith Armstrong’s book Restoration : Alexandra Palace The East Wing is published on Monday 3rd December. [Read more…] about Restoration by Keith Armstrong
