London Screen Archives
This 30 minute film, made in 1961, can be viewed online at the London Screen Archives.
Housing Developments
The Collins Family
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. Beginnings This family …
The Rookfield Estate
Muswell Hill’s Garden Suburb
This book traces the early history of the Rookfield Estate from when the site was first enclosed from Muswell Hill Common to its acquisition by W. J. Collins in 1899. It includes a history of the Collins family who were responsible for the development of the Estate.
The Urbanisation of Hornsey
An extract from John Farrer The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen London was sucking in people from the countryside as its industrial strength grew throughout the nineteenth century …
Tower Gardens Cottage Estate: A Resident’s Perspective
Ruth Crowley introduces us to Tower Gardens Cottage Estate on White Hart Lane in Haringey where she found her home. This little known Article 4 conservation area was one of …
Wood Green (1974-1976)
A British Pathe report about the difficulties faced by Haringey Council developing Wood Green in the 1970s.