Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Railway Approach, Harringay, 1957
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Comment by matthew cuthbert on December 8, 2016 at 20:17
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If the Little Green Book Store existed during this era, it would have been on this turning.
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When I arrived in Harringay the stores had recently burned down, (at least 22 years ago.)
The existing flats by Jewsons sprang up in their place.
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On a positive note there are more Oxford cycle hoops!
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Comment by Richard Woods on December 9, 2016 at 12:10
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My walk to and from Stationers between 1954 and 1960 - many thanks for the contemporary reminder.
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Comment by Hugh on December 9, 2016 at 12:33
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Did you see this cheeky contemporary view from the other side of the bridge, Richard?
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I have now! Brilliant - there was a day in early summer 1957 or 8 when a cloud burst sent loads of us under the sun shades for shelter - except they collapsed under the wight of water and we had to fill the shops! I 'think' the grocers referred to above was Home and Colonial - a precursor of Liptons? There was also a sweets, fags and papers shop and the boss there said there were too many sheltering so customers could not get in. Presumably he thought a few passing dolphins would make the effort! It rained in stair roads for about 30 minutes and the water was cascading down the slope, into the station!
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Comment by Geraldine on December 10, 2016 at 0:07
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Did this walk at least once a week to Hornsey Public Library. Happy memories!
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Aha - so settle an argument; am I right - the library phone number was Mountview 3220?
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An archive of the Education Committees Yearbook of 1947 suggests that this was the Town Hall number.
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Well, I guess I kind of remembered something! But I lose! Of course I used that one a lot too as a young hack. Many thanks.
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