Alexandra Palace and Park

Television comes to Alexandra Palace (1938)

Newsreel footage of the preparations for the first television broadcast from Alexandra Palace in 1938. [Read more…] about Television comes to Alexandra Palace (1938)

TELEVISION HOPES AND FEARS

An article from the North Middlesex Chronicle, 13th January 1940

The fact that the Alexandra Palace television studio is closed continues to be a very sore point with the founders of the system. It is feared that the lead gained before the war will be lost, as was the lead in films during the last war, never to be regained. [Read more…] about TELEVISION HOPES AND FEARS

The 2018 HHS Bulletin

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. [Read more…] about The 2018 HHS Bulletin

The 2019 HHS BULLETIN

The articles in HHS’s Bulletin 60 focus on the century between the ending of the First World War and the present day. [Read more…] about The 2019 HHS BULLETIN

The 2020 HHS Bulletin

Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 61 has just been published. It is a long issue this time, full of interesting and varied articles, three of them by new contributors: [Read more…] about The 2020 HHS Bulletin

THE ALEXANDRA PALACE

An extract from an editorial in the Hornsey Journal, 6 June 1919

The statement was made not long ago that on the removal of the German prisoners from the Alexandra Palace the Government intended to use the premises as public offices. [Read more…] about THE ALEXANDRA PALACE

The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green

London Screen Archives

This 30 minute film, made in 1961, can be viewed online at the London Screen Archives. It tells the history of Wood Green from tiny hamlet to major shopping centre told through still photographs and additional materials including maps, paintings, engravings, newspaper advertisements, motion footage. [Read more…] about The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green

Young HHS Bulletin Writer Wins Award

Music in Alexandra Palace internment camp by sixth-former Patrick Hegarty Morrish was short-listed in the ‘short article’ category by the British Association for Local History (BALH) in their awards for publications in 2018. His article came joint second out of about 500 entries which is a considerable achievement for an A Level student. [Read more…] about Young HHS Bulletin Writer Wins Award

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