Hornsey Past

Hornsey Past

By Steven Denford

Hornsey Past provides a comprehensive local history, covering part of Hornsey parish including Crouch End, Muswell Hill and Hornsey Village. It is part of the popular Historical Publications Ltd “Past” series format.

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Ian Christie Wins TLA Book Award

Animatograph sketch

Congratulations to Ian Christie for winning a prestigious Theatre Library Association (TLA) Book Award earlier this month. Ian won the 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award for an exemplary work in the …

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Lockdown in Muswell Hill

Alexandra Park Road, 11 April 2020

We are hoping to add to our Lockdown Gallery of images with a collection of people’s written accounts of their experiences during the Lockdown period. In this way we hope …

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Memories of Grove Lodge as a Children’s Home

Grove Lodge, 1986

It was quite strange in the late 1980s being uprooted from Cambridge in the middle of the night and being taken to London to go into foster care. I watched from the car and tried not to cry – even in the dark London scared me.

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Memories of Grove Lodge when occupied by the Red Cross

Hornsey Red Cross HQ, Grove Lodge, 1995

Mention of Grove Lodge in the last Newsletter brought back memories to me. In 1948 I was a Red Cross Cadet and did voluntary duty there. At that time the Commandant was Mrs Blue when the house was a home for elderly ladies in need of full-time care.

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Muswell Hill – Four Walks

Muswell Hill - Four Walks

By Eleri Rowlands

Muswell Hill – Four Walks is a new walk booklet that replaces our popular 2003 publication, A Walk Around Muswell Hill, by Ken Gay.

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