This is where you will find the latest additions to the website, with the most recent material at the top. Future events are listed separately in the “What’s On” section.
Lockdown in Highgate
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 to have a written as well as a visual record of these months. [Read more…] about Lockdown in Highgate
Before River Park House: Wood Green’s Carnegie Library
River Park House, a tall modern office block, has been home to Haringey Council since 2005. It stands on the corner of the Jolly Butcher’s Hill section of Wood Green High Road and Station Road, opposite Wood Green tube station. What stood on this prime position before it? [Read more…] about Before River Park House: Wood Green’s Carnegie Library
HHS Talks 2020 – Update
We have been in discussion with the Union Church on the corner of Weston Park and Ferme Park Road N8, regarding hire of the church hall where we hold our lectures and meetings. [Read more…] about HHS Talks 2020 – Update
WOOD GREEN’S NEW LIBRARY
An extract from an article in the Bowes Park Weekly News,
5th October 1907
BRILLIANT OPENING CEREMONY
MILLIONAIRES AND LIBRARIES
Well, they had a gorgeous day for it, at all events. At four p.m. on Saturday last there was a bigger assemblage of local somebodies and their friends, than has ever been seen at the Wood Green Town Hall before. [Read more…] about WOOD GREEN’S NEW LIBRARY
Life in Lockdown Gallery
A collection of images reflecting the affects of the lockdown on our area; from streets devoid of activity to public messages of hope and thanks, and the changing nature of business as we’ve adapted to life in lockdown. View the photographs
Holy Trinity, Stroud Green
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 132: September 2012
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The Parish of Holy Trinity was the fifth to be carved out of the original Anglican parish of St Mary, Hornsey, as the population grew. The first was St Michael, Highgate in 1832 and Holy Trinity was established in 1878 on the corner of Granville and Stapleton Hall Roads. [Read more…] about Holy Trinity, Stroud Green
A Walk around Stroud Green
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 6: 6 January 1972
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Eleven HHS members and friends took part in an enjoyable walk round Stroud Green on October 30th, starting at Finsbury Park Station. The excellent weather gave us some splendid views from the vantage points of Finsbury Park and Mount View Road and the tour was enlivened by the reminiscences of several local members. [Read more…] about A Walk around Stroud Green
Edwin James Lovegrove 1861-1948 Shouldn’t we honour him?
HHS members and readers probably know a lot about John Farrer and his contribution to Hornsey’s housing. He was honoured when a road was named after him. But who now remembers Edwin Lovegrove and his contribution to Hornsey’s housing, sanitation and health? [Read more…] about Edwin James Lovegrove 1861-1948 Shouldn’t we honour him?
MEN WHO HAVE MADE MUSWELL HILL: JAMES EDMONDSON
An Extract from a profile in the Muswell Hill Record, 8th May 1908
If the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a benefactor, surely the man who builds a beautiful town, and builds it well, is equally so.
[Read more…] about MEN WHO HAVE MADE MUSWELL HILL: JAMES EDMONDSON
Shaftesbury Hall in Bowes Park
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 116: September 2008
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Situated in Herbert Road N11, Shaftesbury Hall was registered in 1885 and became an Infants School in the early 1900s. It was still used by the Baptists in the late 1930s but closed in 1954. It is owned by the Samaritans and Hornsey Housing Trust who want to sell it and redevelop the site and put up a block of three one-bed flats. [Read more…] about Shaftesbury Hall in Bowes Park