A fascinating 12 minute film, without sound, of Mrs Mary Cannon of Crouch Hill doing the shopping and picking up her ration books in post-war Crouch End.
People
A Goldmine of Memories
David Winskill reviews “Memories of Tenants of Margaret Hill House”
Margaret Hill House on Middle Lane has always brought to mind a large German Schloss! I think that is because of the big round tower on the corner of Palace Road and the broad, low pitched roof.
A Hornsey Engineer’s Speech
Hornsey Journal, 14 March 1919
William Foster Watson, 37, a turner’s engineer, of Inderwick Road, Hornsey, and Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, was charged at Bow Street on Saturday with seditious utterances in a speech at the Albert Hall, at a “Hand Off Russia” meeting, convened by the British Socialist Party.
A Hornsey Engineer’s Speech: Conviction and Sentence
Hornsey Journal, 28 March 1919
At Bow Street Police Court on Saturday, Sir John Dickinson concluded the hearing of the case of William Foster Watson, 37.
A Hornsey Mystery
The HHS features in this week’s Ham and High in an article about the tombstone of Harriet Long and Jacob Walker in the St Mary’s Churchyard in Hornsey. Using HHS …
Alexander McKenzie Landscape Designer
This is an online talk organised by London Parks and Gardens. Alexander McKenzie (1829 – 1893) designed and laid out some of the great open spaces in the metropolitan and …
Alexandra Palace and People
These stories are from Fred Clark’s reminiscences of the interesting people he met, and of some of the problems and pleasures which came to him and his growing family.
An Introduction to St Mary’s Hornsey Churchyard
The author sets out short biographies of ten notable Victorians and their families and gives the location of their graves in the churchyard.
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin (1799-1881) was one of the most successful British architects in the first half of Queen Victoria’s reign. The reason why we note Salvin today is because of his …
Brunel – Father, Son and Grandson
Speaker: Bill McNaught This online talk explores the lives of three generations of one of the greatest Victorian engineering families, and their remarkable achievements. The father, Marc Brunel (son of …