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New Court Cong. chapel, Tollington Pk., built 1871 by worshippers from New Ct., Lincoln's Inn Fields, whose chapel had been demol. for Law Courts. Neo-classical bldg. by C. G. Searle, with giant Corinthian portico, seating 1,340 in 1884. During mi…
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If that is the big church like a Roman Temple in Tollington Park opposite Fonthill Rd then that's right, that was part of the story, but when I moved to SG in 1960 the church had already moved and was in a small wooden church in Everleigh St and the…
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Thought I would first post a piece of SG history. In 1961 New Court Congregational Church (the main non catholic church in SG at the time) moved from a humble church in Everleigh Rd to a new star shaped church in Regina Rd. The latter is still ther…
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Thanks Detritus, I have a scanner and can post email style, just not clued up on how to post pictures to a blog?I will make more posts. With regards to Campbell Bunk I have studied the area quite a lot for two reasons, first I was amazed why my grea…
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Thanks Arkady sent
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Its Marquis, sometimes at night as a kid we could hear it. Crouch Hill, Musewell Hill, Ally Pally and Highgate Hills are actually glacier skree from the last ice age pushed into London Clay. Crouch Hill was originally called Mount Pleasant and it wa…
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gardener-joe and Thomas. The barrage balloon centre for FP was where the cricket field once stood (think it may be baseball today) between Endymion Rd and Green Lanes is. I know for a fact because I had 2 aunties (lived in TPL - Raleigh Rd) who used…
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ADGS, originally when I first started work in 1968 there was a train from FP Station that ran to Broad St (now Braodgate) via Dalston Junction that was great. Ran via tunnel that is next to Emirates. In those days the tube ran from FP (where Victori…
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In the 60's & 70's the 236 always used to park outside the Silver Bullet, next to were the 19 docked and only travel back to Blackstock Rd, so I never remember it coming up SGR.
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Sutent, It was something to do with London Transport and when Hornsey fell out of Middlesex and into Greater London. Everything changed...and nothing for the better! Checkski, the 236 was a godsend on Sundays if you were playing football at Hackney …
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Thought these old bus facts might interest. In the 60's the W3 route was the 213, the W7 was 212, the 210 and 236 are the same I believe
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I have Ordance Survey Maps of FP & SG 1912 & 1894 if anyone wants me to look something up for them.
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Ansio My Nanny lived at # 34, she was Nellie Barrett, her father was Charles and her mother was Hannah and her nearest sister (Charles had 3 daughters from a previous marriage, Hannah had 2 children from previous marriages, both parties partners had…
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Ansio, My father was born at 15 Playford Road (formerly Palmerston and I was brought up in the flats off Strough Green Rd, on the Hornsey side. The strangest thing is that although we knew that Dad lived off Liverpool Rd, he never mentioned his lif…
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Just testing that this is working