Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

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An unknown music legend with a Green Lanes connection A friend recently discovered a local connection for Clem Cattini. Nope. I hadn't heard of him either. Born in Stoke Newington in 1937, he… Started by Dermot	10	Mar 3 Reply by John Shulver
Pioneering Cartoons Made in 1940s Harringay Back in 2008, I posted an old piece of newsreel about a pioneering film studio based in Harringay in the 1940's. Making some of the UK's fi… Started by Hugh	9	Mar 3 Reply by John Shulver
The plan to make Green lanes the main arterial road to the north (in 1943) I was in the Museum of London Docklands on Sunday (highly recommended) & I spotted a map of the 1943 "Country of London Plan" that was… Started by michaelw	29	Mar 2 Reply by Hugh
40 years since St Paul's old church burnt down It's 40 years this week since the old St Paul's Harringay church building burnt down in one night. Ironically and unforgettably, it was on… Started by Pete	9	Feb 22 Reply by Kevin Nairn
Found - image of North end Wightman Road towards junction with Turnpike Lane, 1948 Finally, I found an image of the north end of Wightman Road; a part that was so much changed by the creation of the Wood Green bypass. It… Started by Hugh	8	Feb 16 Reply by Harry Carson
Anyone know what used to occupy this plot behind Conway Road? I walked down Conway Road yesterday evening and saw an entrance to a site which I imagine must have been a workshop/light factory. It's now… Started by Hugh	51	Feb 6 Reply by John Shulver
Over a century and a quarter of butcher history on Broadway Parade - will the shop-front be saved? Fig. 1: 23 Broadway Parade in December 2023 In the Summer of 2022, Crouch End lost Morley's Butcher. There had been a butcher's shop in t… Started by Hugh	1	Jan 4 Reply by Hugh
Pre-1975 local football: Haringey & Edmonton I am researching the history of Haringey Borough FC, who play at Coles (sic) Park on White Hart Lane (next to the Sea Cadets) Does anyone h… Started by Mr M	0	Jan 2
Harringay Ladder road name origin: second airing for a sound speculative explanation Some exchanges on my road WhatsApp group today sent me back to see if I could learn anything new about how the roads on the Ladder were nam… Started by Hugh	7	Dec 22, 2023 Reply by Chrisandsally
Awful traffic on Wightman Road This from the local press reporting Councillor Askey in a debate about adopting and making up Wightman Road: "Wightman-road was not in a st… Started by Hugh	1	Dec 15, 2023 Reply by Dick Harris