Magic Lantern Slides offer a Peek into Comfortable Middle Class Edwardian Life at 'The Laurels', Hornsey - Harringay online2024-03-29T11:43:40Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/magic-lantern-slides-offer-a-peek-into-upper-middle-class-edwardi?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A988143&feed=yes&xn_auth=noPics most certainly "enjoyed"…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-09:844301:Comment:14216382021-04-09T16:23:49.558ZJohn Shulverhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/John_Shulver
<p>Pics most certainly "enjoyed" Hugh. As also all accompanying text.</p>
<p>Pics most certainly "enjoyed" Hugh. As also all accompanying text.</p> Love that attachment Hugh.tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-09:844301:Comment:14217242021-04-09T16:17:24.761ZJohn Shulverhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/John_Shulver
<p>Love that attachment Hugh.</p>
<p>Love that attachment Hugh.</p> I remember so well being unde…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-09:844301:Comment:14215982021-04-09T08:22:40.346ZGeraldinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeraldineTaylorThomas
<p>I remember so well being under the table. I quite liked it there.</p>
<p>I remember so well being under the table. I quite liked it there.</p> An amazing set of pictures, t…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-09:844301:Comment:14215922021-04-09T08:11:12.713ZLydia Walterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/LydiaWalter
<p>An amazing set of pictures, thank you for sharing them, and a great historical source. My grandma always used to say: In my time, children were seen and not heard. We used to sit under the table listening while the adults talked. No wonder! If the moved around or played together any number of accidental breakages could have occurred. </p>
<p>An amazing set of pictures, thank you for sharing them, and a great historical source. My grandma always used to say: In my time, children were seen and not heard. We used to sit under the table listening while the adults talked. No wonder! If the moved around or played together any number of accidental breakages could have occurred. </p> Yes it is a fabulous set of…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14209252021-04-06T20:24:58.016ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>Yes it is a fabulous set of pictures. </p>
<p>Yes it is a fabulous set of pictures. </p> Absolutely magnificent! Such…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14211442021-04-06T20:11:07.728ZElisahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/ElisaFazio
<p>Absolutely magnificent! Such a treat to see all the objects in situ. Shane that the watermark is plastered over everything. Not entirely sure of its purpose. </p>
<p>Absolutely magnificent! Such a treat to see all the objects in situ. Shane that the watermark is plastered over everything. Not entirely sure of its purpose. </p> Maximilism for me! tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14210212021-04-06T20:07:54.449ZElisahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/ElisaFazio
<p>Maximilism for me! </p>
<p>Maximilism for me! </p> In 1897 Hornsey Council did a…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14209992021-04-06T14:40:46.613ZHughhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk
<p>In 1897 Hornsey Council did a three-way deal over land on Tottenham Lane. They bought the Laurels with its garden that stretched almost down to the railway line. They swapped the long thin back part of the land with the Great Northern Railway Company in exchange for a slice of land to the east of and adjoining the Laurels alongside Tottenham Lane.</p>
<p>The Laurels itself, along with its cut-down, but still large garden, was leased to Cornish (see above) for 40 years. The council's original…</p>
<p>In 1897 Hornsey Council did a three-way deal over land on Tottenham Lane. They bought the Laurels with its garden that stretched almost down to the railway line. They swapped the long thin back part of the land with the Great Northern Railway Company in exchange for a slice of land to the east of and adjoining the Laurels alongside Tottenham Lane.</p>
<p>The Laurels itself, along with its cut-down, but still large garden, was leased to Cornish (see above) for 40 years. The council's original aim was to build a swimming bath on the land. But, plans were soon adapted to focus on the building of Hornsey Council's own electricity generating station. </p>
<p>In 1904, Cornish released another 60 feet of land at the bottom of his garden to allow the council to build two further cooling towers. (See 1912-14 map below)</p>
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<p>By 1938, with the house in the hands of the electricity operation, more of the Laurels' garden had been lost to further electricity generation related buildings. (See 1938 map in the original post).</p>
<p>As to what the snowy picture shows, I am not sure. Given the date of the photo, it could certainly be one or both of the cooling towers. It could be the house, but I'd probably plump for it being the tower/s.</p> I wonder what is the tower lo…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14207242021-04-06T13:26:54.472ZDick Harrishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/DickHarris
<p>I wonder what is the tower looming over the snow dusted garden. Maybe, it belongs to the electrical company.</p>
<p>I wonder what is the tower looming over the snow dusted garden. Maybe, it belongs to the electrical company.</p> Thank you, Hugh. It's good t…tag:harringayonline.com,2021-04-06:844301:Comment:14208272021-04-06T09:37:19.847ZGeraldinehttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GeraldineTaylorThomas
<p>Thank you, Hugh. It's good to re-read this research on the lives of the middle classes. I know from the censuses that my grandfather's family lived similarly in Maidenhead, though any residual comfort was subsequently frittered away by the several children. With all that Edwardian clutter in the home it's little wonder they needed servants. Something we have in common, though, a flutter of snow and out come the cameras.</p>
<p>Thank you, Hugh. It's good to re-read this research on the lives of the middle classes. I know from the censuses that my grandfather's family lived similarly in Maidenhead, though any residual comfort was subsequently frittered away by the several children. With all that Edwardian clutter in the home it's little wonder they needed servants. Something we have in common, though, a flutter of snow and out come the cameras.</p>