Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Warsaw1948
Rock Street, Finsbury Park. 1930 & 2014. Route 236 was numbered 263 until 1934.
Warsaw1948 has a nice album of photos of Finsbury Park, mostly centred on public transport, but not exclusively. Well worth a click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/warsaw1948/albums/72157626005913574
He also has other has other North London albums here (including Tottenham in the 1950s): https://www.flickr.com/photos/warsaw1948/albums
Tags for Forum Posts: ., Finsbury Park, London Transport, Public Transport, Tottenham
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Jeez we really messed up allowing all those cars in here.
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Thanks John and Angela..
My favourites are definitely those of the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Charing Cross Road before Centrepoint. I can just about remember these buildings. Recall thinking how modern Centrepoint was, but now it's clear how it totally spoilt that area and blighted it, by making it possible to be used as bus 'turnaround point' - TCR as London's Busmen know it.
Seen here in 1959:
St Giles High Street was part of the ancient road from London to Oxford. New Oxford Street is a late victorian addition - A 'St Giles' by-pass.
In this album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/warsaw1948/albums/72157629469822347
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Going a bit OT, this 1850 map shows very clearly the relevance of St Giles High Street to the East West thoroughfare London to Oxford. http://london1850.com/cross11.htm
New Oxford Street had already been pushed through to the north, in order to by-pass High Street and Broad Street, St Giles.
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