2024-04-27T04:01:37Z https://harringayonline.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=history&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:harringayonline.com,2019-10-31:844301:Video:1201143 2019-10-31T13:40:52.726Z Hugh https://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/fire-that-burned-down-harringay-s-old-st-paul-s-church-1"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3689264475?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><p>Broadcast by Thames news on 7th of March 1983. The footage shows the devastating fire that gutted the old St Paul's church on Wightman Road. The new church opened in 1993.</p>

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/fire-that-burned-down-harringay-s-old-st-paul-s-church-1"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3689264475?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><p>Broadcast by Thames news on 7th of March 1983. The footage shows the devastating fire that gutted the old St Paul's church on Wightman Road. The new church opened in 1993.</p> tag:harringayonline.com,2008-04-06:844301:Video:35313 2008-04-06T01:51:09.745Z Hugh https://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:35313"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="196" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177392366?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br><br></br> Well, not quite - the first (and as far as I can find out the never-to-be-heard-of-again) National Colliery Music Festival 1948. But it has its own enchantment. The front end is blank.<br></br> <br></br> See <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/show?id=844301%3APhoto%3A49084">a picture of the programme cover…</a>

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:35313"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177392366?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240" height="196" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><br/> Well, not quite - the first (and as far as I can find out the never-to-be-heard-of-again) National Colliery Music Festival 1948. But it has its own enchantment. The front end is blank.<br /> <br /> See <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/show?id=844301%3APhoto%3A49084">a picture of the programme cover here</a> tag:harringayonline.com,2008-02-17:844301:Video:25646 2008-02-17T23:55:17.387Z Hugh https://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:25646"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="97" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177387996?profile=original&amp;width=130&amp;height=97" width="130"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Harringay's London Music Festival in 1947 included the hugely popular debut of Pierino Gamba. 10,000 people watched this ten year old boy conduct the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing Beethoven and Dvorak. This You Tube Video shows Gamba conducting an orchestra in Paris in the same year as he came to Harringay. If you'd like to learn more about Harringay Arena, see…

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:25646"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177387996?profile=original&amp;width=130&amp;height=97" width="130" height="97" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Harringay's London Music Festival in 1947 included the hugely popular debut of Pierino Gamba. 10,000 people watched this ten year old boy conduct the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra playing Beethoven and Dvorak. This You Tube Video shows Gamba conducting an orchestra in Paris in the same year as he came to Harringay. If you'd like to learn more about Harringay Arena, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay_Arena" target="_blank">my article on Wikipedia about the Arena</a>. tag:harringayonline.com,2007-10-03:844301:Video:5833 2007-10-03T14:27:26.443Z Hugh https://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:5833"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177388284?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240" height="196" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Another oldie - not great, but gives a hint of what the Arena was like.

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:5833"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177388284?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240" height="196" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Another oldie - not great, but gives a hint of what the Arena was like. tag:harringayonline.com,2007-10-03:844301:Video:5826 2007-10-03T14:10:07.321Z Hugh https://harringayonline.com/profile/hjuk

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:5826"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="196" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177395699?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br><br></br> A little bit of Harringay - not a lot - but don't you just love these old newsreels. One item on the reel reports on Billy Graham's Crusade at Harringay Arena, but enjoy the reel.<br></br> <br></br> See also <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/listTagged?tag=Billy+Graham">these photos of Billy Graham</a>.…

<a href="https://harringayonline.com/video/844301:Video:5826"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177395699?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=196" width="240" height="196" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><br/> A little bit of Harringay - not a lot - but don't you just love these old newsreels. One item on the reel reports on Billy Graham's Crusade at Harringay Arena, but enjoy the reel.<br /> <br /> See also <a href="http://www.harringayonline.com/photo/photo/listTagged?tag=Billy+Graham">these photos of Billy Graham</a>.<br /> <br/> <br/>