Inside Alexandra Palace Theatre

Wooden rafters inside Alexandra Palace Theatre 1992

A look at the progress of the restoration, seen during a recent visit to the theatre for a group of Theatre Friends. Another milestone The Theatre regeneration project reaches another …

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Ivy-Mantled Tower

Distant View of Hornsey Churcy, J Clennell, Beauties of England and Wales, 1816

As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications. Ivy-Mantled Tower was published in 2015. Its author, Bridget Cherry, is Vice …

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John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey

The Three Compasses, October 2020

As the Old Schoolhouse has been closed, we’ve been running an occasional series sharing extracts from HHS publications.  John Farrer: The Man who Changed Hornsey by Janet Owen was published …

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Lost Houses: Brick Place

Sir Hugh Cholmeley's Tomb

This month we are starting a 2021 series of articles on Lost Houses of the Hornsey area. We begin with Brick Place, the oldest known substantial house we know of, …

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