Hornsey Journal, 10 October 1919
Everybody in Hornsey has suffered by the great strike of the railway men, some in one way, some in another. And the effects of it have not ceased with its cessation.
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The King’s Highway
Hornsey Journal, 3 October 1919
Every railway station that serves Hornsey – Great Northern, Midland and ‘Tube’ – were closed in the early part of this week owing to the strike of the railway men and the public took to the King’s highway as it has probably never done before.
The Piccadilly Line Extension: Part One
We take it for granted today that from the more northerly reaches of the HHS district it can take under thirty minutes to get to central London by tube. This was not …
The Proposed Town Hall: Background
The iconic Art Deco Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End opened at the end of 1935. Yet the Hornsey Journal, 19 September 1919, refers to town hall plans on this …
The Proposed Town Hall
Hornsey Journal, 19 September 1919
Ten years ago or more the erection of a town hall for Hornsey was seriously considered by the Town Council.
Hollywood Green, Wood Green: What was there before?
It is very difficult to imagine that central Wood Green with its cinema complex, shops, road junction and busy traffic was ever peaceful countryside with the New River meandering through. …
Hornsey’s Proposed War Memorial: The Continuing Story
The ongoing fractious debate and depth of feeling felt over the type of borough war memorial best for Hornsey was highlighted in the first of the series Hornsey in 1919. …
Borough of Hornsey War Memorial
Hornsey Journal, 8 August 1919
His Worship the Mayor requires a full list of the residents of Hornsey who gave their lives in the Great War for inclusion in the War Memorial.
Hornsey’s Response to the Treaty of Versailles and to Peace Day
An Armistice had ended the Great War on 11 November 1918. The peace treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly 5 years after Archduke …
A Children’s Day at Hornsey
Hornsey Journal, 25 July 1919
Schools celebrate peace
The Peace celebrations in Hornsey were mainly confined to the children.