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A Crouch End Housewife’s Story (1948)
A fascinating 12 minute film, without sound, of Mrs Mary Cannon of Crouch Hill doing the shopping and picking up her ration books in post-war Crouch End.
Television comes to Alexandra Palace (1938)
Newsreel footage of the preparations for the first television broadcast from Alexandra Palace in 1938.
Wood Green (1974-1976)
A British Pathe report about the difficulties faced by Haringey Council developing Wood Green in the 1970s.
Water Witches – Hornsey Open Air Swimming Pool (1929)
A British Pathe newsreel from 1929. “This picture explains why Adam frequents the pools so eagerly – because of the water witches there. “
The Changing Years: The History and Development of Wood Green
London Screen Archives
This 30 minute film, made in 1961, can be viewed online at the London Screen Archives.
Dr Barton’s Airship
It is little known that that London suffered its first air raid not in World War Two, but just over one hundred years ago, in May 1915. Bombs were dropped …
The Collins Family
Wherever you are in Crouch End or Muswell Hill you are never more than a short distance from a house or building built by the Collins family. Beginnings This family …
Ever Heard of the Local Architect and Surveyor John Farrer?
John Farrer (1843-1930), a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who lived in Crouch End for forty years of his life, was responsible for designing over eighteen hundred houses and shops for seventy …
Hornsey and The New River: 400 Years of History
A Hornsey Historical Society DVD
The story of Horney’s connection with the New River covering 400 years of local history.