The articles in HHS’s Bulletin 60 focus on the century between the ending of the First World War and the present day.
Muswell Hill
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.
The Early History of Muswell Hill Library
Muswell Hill Library was recently threatened with closure. After a huge local campaign, it was eventually kept open. This is the early history of what would have been lost.
Beauty in the Borough
A 20 minute amateur film, without sound, from 1959 about floral colour in Haringey. It’s as interesting for the people, buildings and vehicles as it for the abundance of flowers.
Muswell Hill Girls – Leaders in Fashion
A 1959 film of girls at the William Grimshaw School in Muswell Hill learning to make and model the latest fashions.
The Collins Family
An article by David Frith
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.
Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?
An article by Janet Owen
John Farrer (1843-1930), a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who lived in Crouch End for forty years of his life, was responsible for designing over eighteen hundred houses and shops for seventy three roads in our area and he laid out fifteen estates for local landowners and builders.
Our Northern Heights
Our much acclaimed first documentary written and directed by Andy Attenburrow. The film tells the story of Hornsey, Highgate, Muswell Hill and Crouch End through the years 1850 to 1939.
Muswell Hill – History & Guide
By Ken Gay
In a new format local historian Ken Gay uses some 150 views, most previously unpublished, to illustrate his account of Muswell Hill’s unfolding story.