Crouch End

The Priory Park Philosophers

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

THE PROPOSED TOWN HALL

An extract from a Hornsey Journal editorial 19 September 1919

Ten years ago or more the erection of a town hall for Hornsey was seriously considered by the Town Council. A site was to be had in Tottenham Lane, spacious and with a good frontage. [Read more…] about THE PROPOSED TOWN HALL

The Proposed Town Hall : Background

The iconic Art Deco Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End opened at the end of 1935. Yet the Hornsey Journal, 19 September 1919, refers to town hall plans on this site then. Why did it take so long to realise these ambitions? Where was the original town hall and why did that building and its location have to change? [Read more…] about The Proposed Town Hall : Background

The Voice of the Hall

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.

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Entrance is free, but you need to book to ensure entry. This can be done on the Hornsey Town Hall Arts Centre website.

Crouch End

A graphic novel

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