Grand Stroud Green Photo Quiz

Detritus · March 2012

temper temper the old dairy

krappyrubsnif · March 2012

NO ! ! !

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krappyrubsnif · March 2012

Ooooh Misscara you do have beady eyes. I think it's gone now.

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krappyrubsnif · April 2012

Misscara, I thought you were more familiar with the insides of pubs than the outsides. Rather a sweet, 1950-ish painting I thought. Anyone else have a picture?

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poxy · April 2012

Not a picture, but... Where and what are/were Gilbert & How? If I had a photo it would give the game away.

ChangN4N6 · April 2012

Park Tavern Pic is of Detritus and Muss Annie in there younger dayz

ChangN4N6 · April 2012

G&h - department store.

poxy · April 2012

Nope.

krappyrubsnif · April 2012

Photographers studio in SG Road

poxy · April 2012

Nope.

andy · April 2012

Was that the name of a furniture shop? Possibly now sainsburys local?

kreuzkav · April 2012

John Jones.

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krappyrubsnif · April 2012

No, that was Elkins Bros. Brilliant for underpants.

krappyrubsnif · April 2012

This has to have come from one of the photos in the back room of the Shaftesbury - it could have been a butchers or a greengrocers

odd stewart · April 2012

This thread is cool. Can anyone add a pic or do we get the last one first?

poxy · April 2012

The evidence of Gilbert and How is still visible in situ.

mapsa · April 2012

Auctioneers - next door to the Old Dairy.

poxy · April 2012

Not next door. The dining room. Fully G&H were Auctioneers, Estate Agents and Surveyors.

Fstrthnthspdflght · April 2012

Really like this thread - haven't a clue about some of photos or comments...but know that I will be looking for that red brick and all the other stuff I've just discovered on the next 4 pages!

krappyrubsnif · April 2012

Glad you could stop by, Fstrthnthspdflght. Fancy starting a Slow Party branch here? Slwrthnslth

krappyrubsnif · April 2012

Next question. Where is this gable, and what's the connection between it...... <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/7102395875_3407b556ed.jpg"> ....and these? <img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8161/6956327264_3191a0a183.jpg">

Ali · April 2012

<SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Mr Bassett live there above Doc surgery I think ?

krappyrubsnif · April 2012

Nearly right! It's the building where Sainsbury's is now (used to be Woody's). It was once the home of George Osborne Barratt, founder of the confectionery company that made Liquorice Allsorts, Aniseed Balls, Jelly Babies, Dolly Mixtures, and Sherbet Fountain. The building is now little Sainsbury's at the top of Stroud Green Road. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Stroud_Green">this website</a> George Barratt lived at number 175 in the 1880s. The firm he started produced sweets in Wood Green until the 1970s. It's now part of Cadbury's. (The old Chocolate Factory in Wood Green has now got a restaurant and arts centre and stuff in it.) Apparently old George Barratt was a good employer and built a little model village in Wood Green for his employees - some of the houses are still there.

charliep · April 2012

loving this thread - really interesting. I've been taking a lot more interest in local ... what would you call it, trivia? ... lately after reading up on the history of Parkland Walk. and the green man! and then discovering that Stephen King wrote a short story inspired by said walk/green man called '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org7/wiki/Crouch_End_(short_story)">Crouch End</a>'. keep em coming, krappyrubsnif!

ADGS · April 2012

The Stephen King story is excellent. The TV adaptation...isn't. But is almost worth watching for how thoroughly wrong it gets, well, everything.

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