earthquake? - Harringay online2024-03-29T07:04:03Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/earthquake-1?feed=yes&xn_auth=no@James I 've now found the ar…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-10:844301:Comment:1636192010-07-10T12:16:25.492ZStephenBlnhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/IsarSteve
@James I 've now found the article of 50 years of Modern UK Postcodes in the October 2009 Issue here: <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1;jsessionid=2KGNNXPA41G04FB2IGDENZQUHRAYUQ2K?catId=51000703&mediaId=51000705" target="_blank">http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1;jsessionid=2KGNNXPA...</a><br />
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According to Richard West.. It was Sir Rowland Hill (of Bruce Castle fame) who devised the idea of dividing London into ten postal districts, with East Central EC and…
@James I 've now found the article of 50 years of Modern UK Postcodes in the October 2009 Issue here: <a href="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1;jsessionid=2KGNNXPA41G04FB2IGDENZQUHRAYUQ2K?catId=51000703&mediaId=51000705" target="_blank">http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/content1;jsessionid=2KGNNXPA...</a><br />
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According to Richard West.. It was Sir Rowland Hill (of Bruce Castle fame) who devised the idea of dividing London into ten postal districts, with East Central EC and West Central WC surrounded by eight principal compass points, N, NE, E, SE, etc.<br />
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Hill's plan was implemented in 1857/1858, with the public being asked to add of their district at the end of their address. About ten years later, both the NE AND S Districts were dropped as unnecessary. <b>*1</b>.During the First World War, in 1917, the idea was extended, mainly to help the women who had been recruited as postal sorters and who understandably had not built up the knowledge of London's geography <b>*2</b>. Outside of EC and WC, all others being numbered in alphabetical order.<br />
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<b>*1</b> I actually think it occurred later.. and NE and S might have continued to have been used until the numbered districts were introduced. (see Felix's signs - above)<br />
<b>*2</b> Why is it understandable that women wouldn't be aware of London's geography? Nobody has mentioned the Vict…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-10:844301:Comment:1636142010-07-10T12:05:16.686ZStephenBlnhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/IsarSteve
Nobody has mentioned the Victoria Line either, which follows a course North under Finsbury Park turning eastwards just south of Hermitage Road..
Nobody has mentioned the Victoria Line either, which follows a course North under Finsbury Park turning eastwards just south of Hermitage Road.. That would be the freight tra…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-09:844301:Comment:1633292010-07-09T09:45:09.139ZTheahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/TheaHeintz
That would be the freight trains that run through Harringey Green Lanes station. The houses in our road shake constantly. There have been many complaints about it but nothing has been done and they have even increased the number that run through at high speed. It causes a slow ripple effect tremor that can last for ages. When we first moved into our place we had items leaping off shelves and one neighbour is constantly repairing a crack in the hallway wall.
That would be the freight trains that run through Harringey Green Lanes station. The houses in our road shake constantly. There have been many complaints about it but nothing has been done and they have even increased the number that run through at high speed. It causes a slow ripple effect tremor that can last for ages. When we first moved into our place we had items leaping off shelves and one neighbour is constantly repairing a crack in the hallway wall. Small earthquakes in the UK a…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-09:844301:Comment:1632902010-07-09T07:54:21.025ZSimon Attfieldhttps://harringayonline.com/xn/detail/u_SimonAttfield
Small earthquakes in the UK are not uncommon. Heres a <a href="http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/recent_events.html" target="_blank">list of recent quakes</a> reported by the British Geological Survey. Nothing there for our area on the 2nd though.
Small earthquakes in the UK are not uncommon. Heres a <a href="http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/recent_events.html" target="_blank">list of recent quakes</a> reported by the British Geological Survey. Nothing there for our area on the 2nd though. lol - very good Michael.. No,…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-04:844301:Comment:1623902010-07-04T08:55:15.655ZStephenBlnhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/IsarSteve
lol - very good Michael.. No, NE & S were later used up for Newcastle and Sheffield..<br />
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BTW, a nice map showing the District Offices here:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Post_Office_Railway_Map.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Post_Office_Railway_Map.jpg</a>
lol - very good Michael.. No, NE & S were later used up for Newcastle and Sheffield..<br />
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BTW, a nice map showing the District Offices here:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Post_Office_Railway_Map.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Post_Office_Railway_Map.jpg</a> Or simply that NE is used for…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-04:844301:Comment:1623822010-07-04T07:03:53.639ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
Or simply that NE is used for Newcastle?
Or simply that NE is used for Newcastle? Maybe, I suspect there was so…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-03:844301:Comment:1623662010-07-03T21:55:33.623ZStephenBlnhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/IsarSteve
Maybe, I suspect there was some sort of Economy going on ..<br />
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All, Postal Areas have a Main or Head sorting office, The one responsible for London N is at Mount Pleasant.<br />
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In fact London W, London SE and London SW all have two head district offices, which can be clearly seen, at least in SE & SW, because the district numbers are both divided into two alphabetical sequences. i.e SWI Head, SW2 Brixton > SW11 Stockwell SW12 Balham > SW20 West Wimbledon
Maybe, I suspect there was some sort of Economy going on ..<br />
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All, Postal Areas have a Main or Head sorting office, The one responsible for London N is at Mount Pleasant.<br />
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In fact London W, London SE and London SW all have two head district offices, which can be clearly seen, at least in SE & SW, because the district numbers are both divided into two alphabetical sequences. i.e SWI Head, SW2 Brixton > SW11 Stockwell SW12 Balham > SW20 West Wimbledon StephenBin.
Maybe there wasn'…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-03:844301:Comment:1623232010-07-03T16:11:01.664Zjames walshhttps://harringayonline.com/xn/detail/u_1lf96b0mfjf5x
StephenBin.<br />
Maybe there wasn't enough population in the area to justify a separate postcode ?
StephenBin.<br />
Maybe there wasn't enough population in the area to justify a separate postcode ? There used to be a London NE…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-03:844301:Comment:1622822010-07-03T13:36:11.155ZStephenBlnhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/IsarSteve
There used to be a London NE postal area and some now very old street signs in Hackney & Stoke Newington still have NE on them.. look here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=London%20NE&w=28179929%40N08" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=London%20NE&w=28179929%40N08</a><br />
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Problem is that I can't find the Postal Code History page with link that I was looking for.. --later!!<br />
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Off the top of my head, around 1906/10 it was decided to update the system and London S…
There used to be a London NE postal area and some now very old street signs in Hackney & Stoke Newington still have NE on them.. look here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=London%20NE&w=28179929%40N08" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=London%20NE&w=28179929%40N08</a><br />
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Problem is that I can't find the Postal Code History page with link that I was looking for.. --later!!<br />
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Off the top of my head, around 1906/10 it was decided to update the system and London S and London NE were disbanded and split between London N & London E and London SW and London SE.<br />
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I think Wanstead and Woodford would have been NE22 instead of E18 Anyone know why there is no N…tag:harringayonline.com,2010-07-03:844301:Comment:1622642010-07-03T13:14:07.043Zjames walshhttps://harringayonline.com/xn/detail/u_1lf96b0mfjf5x
Anyone know why there is no North East London postcode ? (as in NE22 which would be walthamstow)
Anyone know why there is no North East London postcode ? (as in NE22 which would be walthamstow)