Armistice Day at Hornsey

Holland Cycle Shop, Hornsey, 1918

Hornsey Journal, 15 November 1918

“In loving memory of the brave heroes who gave their lives to give us peace”

The news that an armistice had been signed and hostilities with Germany would cease at 11 o’clock took Hornsey by surprise on Monday morning.

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Borough of Hornsey War Memorial

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Hornsey Journal, 8 August 1919

His Worship the Mayor requires a full list of the residents of Hornsey who gave their lives in the Great War for inclusion in the War Memorial.

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Christmas Festivities

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An advertisement from the Hornsey Journal, 6 December 1918

Messrs Harvey and Shillingford

Crouch End, Hornsey and Stroud Green

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Dr Barton’s Airship

Dr Barton's Airship (1902)

It is little known that that London suffered its first air raid not in World War Two, but just over one hundred years ago, in May 1915. Bombs were dropped …

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HHS Bulletin 44

HHS Bulletin 44 cover

HHS Bulletin 44 includes articles about Hornsey in WW1 and the Hornsey Red Sox Baseball Club 1936-1951.

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HHS Bulletin 49

HHS Bulletin 49

HHS Bulletin 49 includes articles about Joseph Percy Barralet, St George’s Georgians Tennis Club and the beginnings of Scouting in Hornsey.

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HHS Bulletin 51

HHS Bulletin 51

Bulletin 51 includes an appreciation of the life and work of Joan Schwitzwer and a look at the myth of Stapleton Hall.

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