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This is where you will find the latest additions to the website, with the most recent material at the top. Future events are listed separately in the “What’s On” section.

The Barralet Collection Gallery 2

The Barralet Collection Gallery 1

Panorama of Colney Hatch Asylum and the Freehold, 1887

The Barralet Collection

This collection consists of 64 photographs taken by Joseph Percy Barralet between 1886 and 1889 and donated by his nephew to HHS in 1981. [Read more…] about The Barralet Collection

Once Upon a Time in Crouch End 1860-1980

This 6 month project brought together members of the Crouch End & District University of The Third Age (U3A) and the Hornsey Historical Society (HHS) who have an interest in the history of Crouch End but little or no experience of local history research. [Read more…] about Once Upon a Time in Crouch End 1860-1980

People and Places-William Jeakes

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. [Read more…] about People and Places-William Jeakes

A Vision of Middlesex-Part Three

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. [Read more…] about A Vision of Middlesex-Part Three

A Vision of Middlesex-Part Two

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. [Read more…] about A Vision of Middlesex-Part Two

Pandemic Poems (ii)

An HHS member living in N8 has been busy writing her response to Covid 19 in verse form. Here is the second of her poems; a serious and respectful parody of ‘Naming of Parts’, a World War Two poem in which Henry Reed lightly but grimly muses on the lack of equipment for the soldiers’ training for battle. [Read more…] about Pandemic Poems (ii)

Pandemic Poems (iii)

An HHS member living in N8 has been busy writing her response to Covid 19 in verse form. Here is the third of her poems: [Read more…] about Pandemic Poems (iii)

Pandemic Poems (i)

An HHS member living in N8 has been busy writing her response to Covid 19 in verse form. Here is the first of her poems, a serious and respectful parody of ‘Your Attention Please’ by Peter Porter. [Read more…] about Pandemic Poems (i)

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