Hornsey Journal, 7 February 1919
The housing problem is becoming more acute. Building fell off about nine years ago, and it ceased altogether on the outbreak of war.
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Hornsey’s National Kitchens 1918-1919
A Ministry of Food was established in December 1916 to combat food shortages and price inflation, results of the ‘submarine menace’. Hornsey’s MP, Kennedy Jones, was appointed director-general of the …
Hornsey Food Control Committe
Hornsey Journal, 24 January 1919
A meeting of the Hornsey Food Control Committee was held at the offices, Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, on Saturday afternoon.
Beneath the Clocktower
Harvey Marcus’s film, Beneath The Clocktower, about the independent shops and businesses in Crouch End, has been one of the most popular items on our website. If the film triggers …
LAMAS Award for HHS Bulletin 58
Bulletin 58 won the 2017 London & Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) Journal Prize, having secured this award two years previously also. Hearty congratulations go to Sandra Clark, Bulletin Editor, to …
Hornsey after the War
As the Great War ended there were many issues occupying the minds of Hornsey folk which will be highlighted during 2019 through selected Hornsey Journal articles on this website. Five …
Phospherine: A Proven Remedy
An advertisement from the Hornsey Journal, 27 December 1918
Rifleman William Oatway(M. M.) Royal Irish Rifles, British Expeditionary Force:
“I have very much pleasure in testifying to the beneficial effects derived from taking your Phosferine while on active service, because I was a Battalion Despatch Runner.
Christmas Festivities
An advertisement from the Hornsey Journal, 6 December 1918
Messrs Harvey and Shillingford
Crouch End, Hornsey and Stroud Green
Peter Barber and the HHS on BBC Television
For the second time in a few weeks the HHS has featured on the BBC. Peter Barber, our president, was interviewed in the Old Schoolhouse for the BBC1 documentary Pubs, Ponds …