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A Hornsey Mystery
The HHS features in this week’s Ham and High in an article about the tombstone of Harriet Long and Jacob Walker in the St Mary’s Churchyard in Hornsey. [Read more…] about A Hornsey Mystery
SHAFTESBURY HALL- NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY
An extract from an article in the Bowes Park Weekly News, 14th January 1905
The Rev. Winston Haines presided last Wednesday evening over the nineteenth anniversary of Shaftesbury Mission Hall, Bowes Park Station. [Read more…] about SHAFTESBURY HALL- NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Hornsey Gasworks: A Structure at risk
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 107: June 2006
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Imagine it is 1929 and you are on a train steaming north out of Kings Cross. There is a man in his mid-30s sitting opposite you – he is Barnes Wallace, later to be knighted and famed for his bouncing bombs. As you pass through Hornsey station he looks out of the window and gazes at the smaller of the two gasholders at Hornsey Gasworks – he smiles at its skeletal structure of repeating triangular shapes. [Read more…] about Hornsey Gasworks: A Structure at risk
The Haringey Heartlands Masterplan
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 86: March 2001
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Planning permission is now being sought by the developers of an ambitious scheme, known as the Haringey Heartlands Masterplan, to regenerate and develop the area of Wood Green between Mayes Road and the Great Northern Eastern Railway (GNER). [Read more…] about The Haringey Heartlands Masterplan
Life in Lockdown Gallery Two
This is the second of our Lockdown Galleries – a collection of images reflecting the affects of the lockdown on our area; from streets devoid of activity to public messages of hope and thanks, and the changing nature of business as we’ve adapted to life in lockdown. view the photographs
SUFFRAGETTE LEADERS AT MUSWELL HILL
An Extract from an article in the Muswell Hill Record, 22 May 1908
UPROARIOUS MEETING !!
Countess Russell and Miss Christabel Pankhurst have a lively time
Interrupters and Bell Ringers Ejected
Speakers Escorted by Police to the Railway Station
The Suffragettes held their meeting at Muswell Hill on Tuesday night, and the upshot was that Countess Russell and Miss Christabel Pankhurst had to be escorted by policemen to the railway station. [Read more…] about SUFFRAGETTE LEADERS AT MUSWELL HILL
The Athenaeum, Muswell Hill
As the Old Schoolhouse is closed for the time being, we thought we’d share some extracts from HHS publications over the coming weeks and months. Cinemas of Haringey by Jeremy Buck was published by HHS in 2010 and includes a section on The Athenaeum. [Read more…] about The Athenaeum, Muswell Hill
DEATH OF THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY
An article from the Hornsey Journal, 9 July 1948
A BOROUGH ENGINEER OF DISTINCTION
DEATH OF “THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY”
Mr Edwin James Lovegrove, a former Borough Engineer of Hornsey, who died at Hove on Friday in his 87th year, carried out many important municipal schemes in the borough during its rapid development in the early years of the present century. [Read more…] about DEATH OF THE MAN WHO MADE HORNSEY
Lockdown in Stroud Green
We are hoping to add to our Lockdown Gallery of images with a collection of people’s written accounts of their experiences during the Lockdown period. In this way we hope to have a written as well as a visual record of these months. [Read more…] about Lockdown in Stroud Green
The Mossy Well, Muswell Hill
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From Our Archive
Newsletter 145: November 2015
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When the building served milk not alcohol
Substantial building development has changed the appearance of the top of Muswell Hill. The Green Man, probably a public house from the mid-16th century, has become Pinnacle, luxury town houses and apartments. [Read more…] about The Mossy Well, Muswell Hill