The latest articles and news from the Hornsey Historical Society.
For many of us it is a shock to read the Tender (Hornsey Journal 30 May 1919) for the supply of provisions to a workhouse. Surely the workhouse, such a …
The Friends of Finsbury Park have asked author Hugh Hayes to revise his book A Park for Finsbury to celebrate the 150th anniversary this August of the founding of Finsbury Park. …
Bowes Park Weekly News, 26 May 1906
An Advantage to Muswell Hill
For many months there has been an agitation for an entrance to the Alexandra Palace and Park from the top of Muswell Hill, and we are now informed on quite reliable authority that such an entrance is about to be opened.
Alexandra Palace and its Park dominate the skyline for miles around in North London. What was on the site previously? The land on which the Palace and Park are located …
Hornsey Journal, 11 April 1919
Meeting at Crouch End
Under the auspices of the Hornsey Conservative and Unionist Association, a meeting for women was held at the Parish Hall, Edison Road, Crouch End on Thursday afternoon last week (4th).
The Representation of the People Act 1918 extended the franchise in parliamentary elections (right to vote) to men aged 21 and over, whether or not they owned property, and to …
Hornsey Journal, 28 March 1919
At Bow Street Police Court on Saturday, Sir John Dickinson concluded the hearing of the case of William Foster Watson, 37.
Hornsey Journal, 14 March 1919
William Foster Watson, 37, a turner’s engineer, of Inderwick Road, Hornsey, and Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, was charged at Bow Street on Saturday with seditious utterances in a speech at the Albert Hall, at a “Hand Off Russia” meeting, convened by the British Socialist Party.
William Foster Watson (see Hornsey Journal 14 March 1919 and 24 March 1919) used the stage of the Royal Albert Hall and the dock of Bow Street Police Court as platforms …