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Bulletin No. 64 (2023)
Notes on Contributors
Articles
Unremembered: London’s Favourite Racecourse at Alexandra Park, Hugh Flouch
The Lost World of Early North London Filmmaking, Ian Christie
The Mystery of the Stroud Green Jewel, Michael Durham
The New River, Hornsey, Nick Higham
Mapping a Village? Highgate on Maps 1688-1842, Peter Barber
History of Stationers’ Company’s School, 1858-1993, Stephen Collins
The Early Suburban Development of Hornsey and National Freehold Land Society, John Hinshelwood
Reviews
The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good – A History of London’s Water, David Winskill
100 Stories from the Archive, Andrew Whitehead
Bulletin No. 63 (2022)
Notes on Contributors
Obituary: Albert Pinching (1939-2021), Keith Fawkes
Articles
The Parkland Walk: a multispecies history, Patrick Hegarty-Morrish
The story of New Beacon Books: over 50 years of independent radical and specialist bookselling, Michael La Rose
The Open University at Alexandra Palace, Roger Hancock and Kirsten Forrest
Maria Hawes Ware (née Gurney) of Middle Lane, Crouch End, John Hinshelwood
Hornsey Road – did the main road to Hornsey take its name from a highwayman or the devil? Hugh Flouch
The Piccadilly Line Extension, Deirdre Dean
The Muswell Hill Brigade, Brian Lancaster
Shorter Articles
Mr Connolly Goes to the Pictures, Jeremy Buck
Bounds Green School – The Photo Album Project, Catherine Lima
Paul’s Last Stand – 40 Years of Selling Newspapers on the Broadway, Harry Taylor
Review
Curious Crouch End, David Winskill
Bulletin No. 62 (2021)
Editorial, Notes on Contributors
A Short History of the Hornsey Historical Society, Janet Owen
Articles
‘Jones for Hornsey’: when a Communist took 10,000 Hornsey votes, Andrew Whitehead
The Life and Family of Edward Gray of Harringay House, John Hinshelwood
‘We have all the young men at hand. We have only to call them and they come’: Lauderdale House in the age of Jane Austen, Peter Barber and Kenneth L Edmondson
Where did Frank Matcham live during his career?, Richard Norman and Keith Fawkes
The Freemans: North London bakers for two hundred years. Part 2, David Winskill
Shorter Articles
Fifty Years Ago – A Ramble from Highbury to Wood Green (Extract from the Bowes Park Weekly News, 6 October 1906), Deirdre Stowell-Smith
Life on the Ladder, Richard Woods
Haringey’s Local Hero: Brett MacKay Cloutman VC MC (1891 – 1971), Keith Fawkes
Reviews
Endell Street: The Trail Blazing Women Who Ran World War One’s Most Remarkable Military Hospital, Eleri Rowlands
William Morgan: Eighteenth Century Actuary, Mathematician and Radical, Janet Owen
A History of Alexandra Park, Deirdre Stowell-Smith
Curious King’s Cross, David Winskill
Correspondence
Re; Bulletin 61 – Barratt and Co’s Sweet Factory, Wood Green, John Ward
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Bulletin No. 61 (2020)
Notes on Contributors, Editorial
Articles
The History of Park Road Lido, Katy Ferguson
Living in Victorian Mount View Road, David Pashley
Turnpike Lane Shops: their history, character and development, John Hinshelwood and Stephen Rigg
The Ramblings of Mr G. J. Richards, Sandra Clark
The Freemans: North London bakers for two hundred years. Part 1, David Winskill
‘A train-band captain eke was he, of famous London town’: Romantic antiquarianism and early depictions of statues of soldiers in Cromwell House, Peter Barber
Ferrestone Road’s stories, Steven Wright
Shorter Articles
Gracie Fields and Archie Pitt at Alexandra Palace Theatre, Keith Fawkes
Highgate Model Yacht Club, Keith Fawkes
Vic McRae: an appreciation, Sandra Clark
Reviews
Palaces of Power by Stephen Hoare, David Winskill
Murray’s Cabaret Club by Benjamin Levy, David Winskill
London’s Docklands by Fiona Rule, David Winskill
The King’s Cross Story by Peter Darley, David Winskill
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Bulletin No. 60 (2019)
Notes on Contributors, Editorial
Preliminary : Moving into Twenty-first Century Technology, Janet Owen
Articles
The Lakeside Miniature Railway at Alexandra Palace, John Liffen
The Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – a brief history, Sandra Clark
The Ferme Park Road Shopping Centre, Stephen Rigg and John Hinshelwood
Hornsey after the Great War, Nicholas Allaway
The Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919 and how it affected Hornsey, Eleri Rowlands
Shorter Articles
William George Spendiff, 1881-1918: The Story of a Soldier from Wood Green, Brenda Griffith-Williams
The Completion of Muswell Hill Broadway, David Frith
Beneath the Clocktower: A film by Harvey Marcus, David Winskill
Reviews
The Voice of the Hall by Sean Azzopardi, David Winskill
Street Photography in London, An overview of recent books, David Winskill
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Bulletins Nos. 59-50
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Bulletin No. 59 (2018)
Notes on Contributors, Editorial
Timeline for 1918, Janet Owen
Articles
Early Maps of Highgate, Peter Barber
Medieval Pilgrims, Badges and Holy Wells, Keith Fawkes
Historic Finds at Alexandra Palace, Kirsten Forrest
Crouch End Festival Chorus – a brief history, Betty Rosen
The Lost Shops of Harringay, John Hinshelwood and Stephen Rigg
Hornsey at War 1914-18 Part 5, Nicolas Allaway
Shorter Articles
Muswell Hill Cottages, David Frith
Ann’s Memories of St Mary’s Church, Ann Jones
Reviews
Tottenham Walks, Lesley Ramm
Margaret Hill House, David Winskill
Correspondence
Re: Nicholas Allaway, Hornsey at War 1917 (Bulletin 58)
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Bulletin No. 58 (2017)
Notes on Contributors, Editorial
Timeline for 1917, Janet Owen
Articles
Music in Alexandra Palace Internment Camp, Patrick Hegarty-Morrish
Hornsey at War 1914-18 Part 4, Nicolas Allaway
Heath Robinson and North London, Sandra Clark
Quernmore Road Shops: A Survey, 1900-2016, John Hinshelwood and Stephen Rigg
History of Prickett and Ellis, Philip Ellis
Shorter Articles
An Appreciation of Ruth Hazeldine, Keith Fawkes
The Society of Woodmen of Hornsey, Keith Fawkes
Reviews
Richard Webber (ed), The Story of the Highgate Society 1996-2016, Ruth Hazeldine
Eleri Rowlands and Lesley Ramm, Muswell Hill Four Walks, David Winskill delete one comma
Joan Schwitzer, Highgate Walks: A Local History Guide, Richard Webber
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Bulletin No. 57 (2016)
Articles
Timeline for 1916, Janet Owen
Appreciation of Ken Gay, Bridget Cherry
Appreciations of Elizabeth Israel, Peter Barber & Keith Fawkes
Hornsey at War 1914-18 Part 3 (1916) Nicolas Allaway
The Men who said No – Conscientious Objectors in Hornsey: Part 2, Jennifer Bell
Searching for Hugh Victor Hember, Hugh, Ruth & Chris Garnsworthy
Conscientious Objection and the Hornsey Military Service Tribunal in the context of Middlesex, John Hinshelwood
Muswell Hill Shop Fronts, David Frith
Notes & Queries
How I became a Local Historian, Albert Pinching
Brick Place, Malcolm Stokes
Albert Pinching Appreciation, Janet Owen
Reviews
Ivy Mantled Tower, Prof. Michael Port
Crouch End Four Walks, David Winskill
Harringay: A Century of Change, David Winskill
Loyal to the Crown, Malcolm Stokes
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Bulletin No. 56 (2015)
Articles
Timeline for 1915, Janet Owen
Hornsey at War 1914-18 Part 2 (1915), Nicolas Allaway
The Churches in Hornsey during the First World War: At Home, Janet Owen
The Churches in Hornsey during the First World War: Abroad, Janet Owen
The Beginning of Local Government in London to the end of Hornsey, David Frith
My Early Years in Hornsey, David Frith
Council Housing in Hornsey, John Hinshelwood
Notes & Queries
Memories of Palace Gates Road, David Berguer
Memories of St. Luke’s, Hornsey, Brooke Lunn
Reviews
Bounds Green – An interesting corner of Haringey: A History & Walk by Albert Pinching, David Winskill
Hornsey Village – A Walk by Lesley Ramm and Eleri Rowlands, David Winskill
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Bulletin No. 55 (2014)
Articles
Prelude to the First World War, Janet Owen
Hornsey at War 1914-18 Part 1, Nicolas Allaway
WW1 Conscientious Objectors in Hornsey, Jennifer Bell
Hornsey and Suffragettes: at Alexandra Palace, Keith Fawkes
Hornsey and Suffragettes: Activities in Hornsey and a Hundred Year Old Mystery, Pat Breary
Notes & Queries
An Old Map Investigated, Janet Owen
More on the Blackwell Collection, John Hinshelwood
Researching the Dead of the First World War, Lesley Ramm
Correspondence
Battle for the Alexandra Palace and Park, Sir Hugh Rossi
Reviews
Carscapes – The Motor Car, Architecture and Landscape in England by Kathryn Morrison and John Minnis, Ken Gay
Highgate From Old Photographs by Michael Hammerson, Ruth Hazeldine
My Life by David Jason, Ken Gay
Rod – The Autobiography by Rod Stewart, Ken Gay
The Rookfield Estate: Muswell Hill’s Garden Suburb by David Frith, David Winskill
Two Tottenham Theatres by Marlene McAndrew, Keith Fawkes
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Bulletin No. 54 (2013)
Articles
A View of the New River, Rachael Macdonald
The Hornsey Enclosure Act 1813, David Frith
Hornsey Cottage Hospital: The story of our hospital from 1897 to 1948, Eleri Rowlands
Hornsey Cottage Hospital: Some later memories, Sue Hessel
Hornsey, the 1902 Education Act and Passive Resistance, Janet Owen
Battle for the Alexandra Palace and Park, Jacob O’Callaghan
Notes & Queries
Thomas Draper’s Coat of Arms, John Hinshelwood
The Key to Stroud Green, 1949, Keith Fawkes
The Mansfield Portraits and John Henry Lloyd of Highgate, Keith Fawkes
Wood Green Common, Albert Pinching
100 years ago at North Middlesex Cricket Club, Crouch End, Richard Cracknell
Reviews
London – A History in Maps by Peter Barber, Bridget Cherry
St. Pancras Station by Jack Simmons and Robert Thorne, Ken Gay
A Lust for Window Sills by Harry Mount, Ken Gay
Free Illustrated Historical Leaflets, Albert Pinching
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Bulletin No. 53 (2012)
Articles
Mike Hazeldine – An Appreciation, Albert Pinching
Are you being served? The story of Wilsons, Crouch End’s own department store, Janet Owen
Guillemont – Hornsey’s ‘Adopted’ Town, Eleri Rowlands
Muswell Hill Odeon celebrates 75 years, Jeremy Buck
Carrying the Olympic Torch for Haringey, Deborah Hedgecock
Notes & Queries
The Kutzlebens of Muswell Hill, Brenda Griffith-Williams
The Movie Stars of Muswell Hill, Editor
Lewcock’s Field – A Conundrum Solved, Janet Owen
Charles Dickens’s Hornsey, Jacob O’Callaghan
More on the Blackwell Collection, John Hinshelwood
Reviews
A Vision of Middlesex by Janet Owen and John Hinshelwood, John Richardson
How Harringay Happened by John Hinshelwood, Ken Gay
Stroud Green – A History and Five Walks by John Hinshelwood, Bridget Cherry
The Campsbourne Estate by John Hinshelwood, Bridget Cherry
Tottenham and Wood Green – Then & Now in Colour by Christine Protz and Deborah Hedgecock, Albert Pinching
A History of New Southgate by Jackie Foster, Ken Gay
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Bulletin No. 52 (2011)
Articles
The HHS – 40 Years On, Albert Pinching
Hornsey in 1971, Jacob O’Callaghan
Lewcock’s/Peacock’s Field – A Priory Park Conundrum, Janet Owen
A Last Hurrah from Old Highgate, Peter Barber
The Blackwell Collection and the NMPS, John Hinshelwood
Haringey’s Town Twinning, Eleri Rowlands
100 Years of Quakers in Muswell Hill, Mark Tod
Ted Johnson’s Memories of Trade Unionism in Hornsey, Margaret Mitchell
Notes & Queries
Henry St. John of Hornsey, Florence St. John Heller
Do you live on Topsfield or Fernfield Manor? David Frith
Haringey’s Green Plaques, Keith Fawkes
Reviews
Cinemas of Haringey by Jeremy Buck, Prof. Ian Christie
The Phoenix Cinema – a Century of Film in East Finchley by Gerry Turvey, Ken Gay
Lost London 1870-1945 by Philip Davies, Ken Gay
London – The Illustrated History by Cathy Ross and John Clark, Ken Gay
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Bulletin No. 51 (2010)
Articles
Joan Schwitzer – An appreciation of her life and work, Editor
Stapleton Hall, Stroud Green; the myth exposed, John Hinshelwood
Sir Francis Cory-Wright and the Welsh Connection, Janet Owen
John Henry James: builder, developer and public servant in Wood Green, Michael Cordwell James
Dr Barton and his Airship, Eleri Rowlands
Gerrit van de Linde: a handshake across the years, Marita Mathijsen
Notes & Queries
Local Record Shops, Sherifa Rashidally
Christopher Dresser and Alexandra Palace, Ken Gay
Wood Green Cycle Track revisited, Albert Pinching
Wetherspoons – a first for Haringey, Jacob O’Callaghan
Pre-Raphaelites plucked from the Palace flames, Jacob O’Callaghan
Reviews
John Farrer – the Man who changed Hornsey by Janet Owen, Bridget Cherry
Crouch End – Past and Present, a DVD by David Evans, Ken Gay
Tottenham – A History by Christine Protz, David Winskill
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Bulletin No. 50 (2009)
Articles
How the Bulletin began, Joan Schwitzer
Landscape of the Bishop’s Park, Malcolm Stokes
Hornsey in the Sun: The Sun Fire Office Records, Brenda Griffith-Williams
The Cowleys of Stone Cottage: the story of a Crouch End family in the 19th century, Janet Owen
Our Middlesex Heritage: The NMPS contribution to the NPRA collection, John Hinshelwood
Sir Henry Wood at the Palace: the 1939 Handel Festival Concert, Mike Hazeldine
Memories of Evacuation during World War II, Eric Vogel
Notes & Queries
Local Commemorative Plaque: W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944), cartoonist, Keith Fawkes
Local Commemorative Plaque: W J Collins (1856-1939), developer, David Frith
Local Commemorative Plaque: W B Tegetmeier (1816-1912), naturalist, Keith Fawkes
Local Commemorative Plaque: Vivian Stanshall (1943-1995), musician, Jacob O’Callaghan
Durnsford Road Lido, David Dell
Reviews
Walking across London by Patrick Hamilton, Ken Gay
Hornsey Past by Steven Denford, Albert Pinching
Hornsey 1968 by Lisa Tickner, Ken Gay
How Rural Tottenham Disappeared by Kenneth Barker, Albert Pinching
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