Hornsey Historical Society’s Bulletin 59 (2018) was judged the best local history society journal submitted this year to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS).
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The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.
“I am going to get it”
A Politician’s Promise in November 1919 which came to nothing – plus ca change! Reading the Hornsey Journal extract from November 1919 may give you a feeling of déjà vu. …
A Local Tube Promised – Mr Kennedy Jones MP at Muswell Hill
Hornsey Journal, 14 November 1919
A tube to Muswell Hill and a solution of London’s traffic congestion were promised by Mr Kennedy Jones MP at a meeting of his constituents held by the Muswell Hill ward of the Hornsey Conservative and Unionist Association at the Presbyterian Hall, Princes Avenue, on Friday night.
The Hush in the High Road
Bowes Park Weekly News, 15 November 1919
The “great silence” on Tuesday came upon the district as a good deal of surprise. The tram and busmen evidently had their instructions from headquarters, and their vehicles stopped automatically.
The Strike – And After
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.
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. …