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Can you Crack the Code – Solution !
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 104: September 2005
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In June 2005 readers of the HHS newsletter were presented with a puzzle – a postcard from 1906 written in code. Here is the solution presented in the following Newsletter, number 104, together with some members’ responses. [Read more…] about Can you Crack the Code – Solution !
Can you Crack the Code ?
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 103: June 2005
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In June 2005 readers of the HHS newsletter were presented with a puzzle – a postcard from 1906 written in code. Have a go and we’ll post the responses next week. [Read more…] about Can you Crack the Code ?
Trams in Hornsey High Street
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 106: April 2006
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This is the story of the encounter Hornsey High Street had with trams during the first half of the twentieth century. [Read more…] about Trams in Hornsey High Street
From Our Archive : Introduction
2021 will be the 50th anniversary of Hornsey Historical Society. One way in which we intend celebrating the remarkable progress of our well respected local history society is by highlighting important items in our Archive. [Read more…] about From Our Archive : Introduction
The Piccadilly Line Extension : Did you know ?
Our articles on the development of the Piccadilly Line extension cover some of the commercial and political elements of the process, but here are a few of the logistical points of interest. [Read more…] about The Piccadilly Line Extension : Did you know ?
The Piccadilly Line Extension : Part Two
As we’ve seen, Parliamentary powers to build the Piccadilly Line extension were given in June 1930 and the first section of the extension from Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove opened for business in September 1932. Just over two years between conception and opening seems exceptionally speedy by today’s standards when large infrastructure projects seem inevitably to overrun. In fact, The London Electric Company (LER) under the stewardship of Frank Pick had been quietly working on the extension for many years. [Read more…] about The Piccadilly Line Extension : Part Two
1919 – 1920 : The Uncertainties
Each month in 2019, using Hornsey Journal extracts, we have looked at the issues facing Hornsey and the country in 1919 and at their impact locally and nationally. The Hornsey Journal extract, 26 December 1919, makes it clear that solutions to these issues were as distant as when the year started and that pessimism about British and global instability had settled over the people of Hornsey like a black cloud. What were these uncertainties? [Read more…] about 1919 – 1920 : The Uncertainties
1919 and 1920
An editorial from the Hornsey Journal, 26 December 1919.
Christmas 1919 and the passing of another year – a year whose advent was welcomed with the greatest hopes and the sincerest wishes that have ever accompanied the annual birth! [Read more…] about 1919 and 1920
The Proposed Town Hall : Postscript on Kellers Field
The search for land by Hornsey Councillors also included their purchase of another site on which to locate the new town hall. This was Keller’s Field which lay between Middle Lane and Tottenham Lane in Hornsey. [Read more…] about The Proposed Town Hall : Postscript on Kellers Field
Before the Cypriot Community Centre
This building in Earlham Grove, Wood Green, serves all sections of the local Cypriot community, providing vital community services and facilities. The land it stands on has a long history, having been the site of a family home and educational establishment. What story has it to tell? [Read more…] about Before the Cypriot Community Centre