For the second time in a few weeks the HHS has featured on the BBC. Peter Barber, our president, was interviewed in the Old Schoolhouse for the BBC1 documentary Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village.
Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 59 has just been published and 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
Wherever you are in Crouch End or Muswell Hill you are never more than a short distance from a house or building built by the Collins family. [Read more…] about The Collins Family
As part of this years Crouch End Festival Steve Amor tells the story of Hornsey Town Hall from the decision to build in Crouch End to the opening ceremony in 1935 – illustrated with remarkable archive photos from the Nobbs archive. [Read more…] about The Evolution of Hornsey Town Hall
The Friends of Priory Park N8 are working with a company to design a sundial to be placed in The Philosophers’ Garden in the park. But why does the garden have the name it has? [Read more…] about The Priory Park Philosophers
Sean Azzopardi will be presenting a two part talk covering his cartoonist/self-publishing career and his new project The Voice of the Hall as part of the Crouch End Festival.
A graphic novel
To develop and publish this book he was awarded a grant for the Arts from the Arts Council of England. The Voice of the Hall is about Hornsey Town Hall, North London. Built in 1935 it was the first Modernist building in England. Its 80-year history of modernism to gentrification is narrated by the building itself. The graphic novel is now complete and copies will be available on the day.
For the second time in a few weeks the HHS has featured on the BBC. Peter Barber, our president, was interviewed in the Old Schoolhouse for the BBC1 documentary Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village.
Hornsey Historical Society Bulletin 59 has just been published and 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 Hornsey College of Art occupation took place 50 years ago. Were you a student or a member of staff who was involved? Does the Hornsey Film of the occupation bring back any memories of those historic times? [Read more…] about The Hornsey Art School Occupation
The Friends of Priory Park N8 are working with a company to design a sundial to be placed in The Philosophers’ Garden in the park. But why does the garden have the name it has? [Read more…] about The Priory Park Philosophers