‘What Future for Haringey?’ is a film that was made by Haringey Council in 1974 about the challenges facing the borough. We can’t link directly but you can find it …
A British Pathe report about the difficulties faced by Haringey Council developing Wood Green in the 1970s.
Little do the people entering in trepidation the portals of the imposing Wood Green Crown Court in Lordship Lane N22 suspect that this building and what stood on the site …
This is the first history of a district which began as an unpretentious hamlet and is now mainly residential but also an important shopping centre of north London. Wood Green’s past is surprisingly interesting and well recounted in this lavishly illustrated hardback book in a popular format.
Our latest quiz concentrates on the history of Wood Green – have a go.
Bowes Park Weekly News, 5th January 1940
The six Wood Green elementary schools were re-opened on Tuesday on the terms recently reported, and in spite of wintry weather, the attendance of children was very good.
North Middlesex Chronicle, 10 February 1940
The snowfall at Wood Green last week caused great losses to shopkeepers, and never has there been weather so bitter.
Wood Green Through Time is another title in this popular format with 92 pages of old and recent views of Wood Green linked by informative captions describing developments in Wood Green over the past century or so. It includes unique images of Alexandra Palace made during the First World War.
Bowes Park Weekly News, 5 October 1907
Brilliant Opening Ceremony
Millionaires and Libraries