Did you know that in their heyday Harringay Arena and Stadium were world famous? In 1948 the Olympics Basketball competition was held in the Arena.
Barbara Windsor lived at 42 Grand Parade in the 1960s (above where Pizza Hut is today). People who lived nearby at the time remember hearing raging arguments between her and her boyfriend.
Originally part of the North Eastern Fever Hospital (subsequently St Ann's Hospital), after the war Ever Ready built a battery research lab on this bomb damaged plot.
Harringay Fire Station became the first in England to adopt petrol motor traction in 1903
Here's how this building looked as the Premier Electric Cinema back in 1938 - just before the current art deco facade was added
In 1912 the Grand Picture Palace cinema was built in the corner of Wightman Road and Turnpike Lane. It was demolished in the 1970's as part of a road widening scheme.
Built by Quaker merchant Edward Gray in 1792, the house was demolished in the mid 1880s. Gray built up one of the best private art collections in the country with works by most of the Old Masters. 자세히 보기
Here's a picture of the old church that stood here from 1891 till 1984 when it burned down.
In 1935 Challen, one of Harringay's piano manufacturers, built the largest piano in the world. At 11 ft 8 ins long and over one and quarter tons, the piano held its record till early this century. 자세히 보기
Did you know that in their heyday Harringay Arena and Stadium were world famous? In 1948 the Olympics Basketball competition was held in the Arena.
In a famed incident Dick Turpin leapt the Hornsey Turnpike on his horse whilst being pursued by a posse led by the chief constable of Westminster. Turpin escaped, making it all the way to York.
