Crimea Veteran’s Death at Hornsey

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Hornsey Journal, 21 February 1919

The tiny band of Crimea veterans living in Hornsey has been made still smaller by the death of Mr. William Coombs. Mr Coombs went out with the expeditionary force to the Crimea as a sapper in the Royal Engineers.

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HHS Bulletin 60

Front cover HHS Bulletin 60, 2019

The articles in HHS’s Bulletin 60 focus on the century between the ending of the First World War and the present day.

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Hornsey after the War

As the Great War ended there were many issues occupying the minds of Hornsey folk which will be highlighted during 2019 through selected Hornsey Journal articles on this website. Five …

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Hornsey Food Control Committe

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Hornsey Journal, 24 January 1919

A meeting of the Hornsey Food Control Committee was held at the offices, Topsfield Parade, Crouch End, on Saturday afternoon. 

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Hornsey Women and the Vote

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Hornsey Journal, 11 April 1919

Meeting at Crouch End

Under the auspices of the Hornsey Conservative and Unionist Association, a meeting for women was held at the Parish Hall, Edison Road, Crouch End on Thursday afternoon last week (4th).

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Hornsey’s National Kitchens 1918-1919

Female cooks serving the public at a National Kitchen during the First World War

A Ministry of Food was established in December 1916 to combat food shortages and price inflation, results of the ‘submarine menace’.  Hornsey’s MP, Kennedy Jones, was appointed director-general of the …

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Hornsey’s Post War Housing Problem

The opening paragraph of the Hornsey Journal editorial, 7 February 1919 describes the housing shortage which Britain faced in the months after the 11th November 1918 Armistice. How would Hornsey …

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