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An Edwardian Family Christmas in New Southgate

The Museum of London have unearthed what they believe to be the earliest recordings of a family Christmas celebration. The Wall family liv…

Started by Richard McKeever

0 Dec 20, 2012

Centenary of Derwent Road air crash

One hundred years ago today - a bizarre incident occurred just North of Broomfield Park, in Derwent Road, Palmers Green. Pilot Jean de Mani…

Started by Richard McKeever

3 Dec 14, 2012
Reply by Mary Blake

Historic bottle - from the Fishmongers Arms

The recent sequence of blog posts from Caroline Simpson about clearing the New River Tunnel included information about a fascinating collec…

Started by Richard McKeever

0 Nov 23, 2012

Fallen Heroes: A little bit of local history for Remembrance Week

The article below is reprinted from the June 10th, 1915  edition of The Recorder, the local newspaper for Southgate, Palmers Green and Winc…

Started by Richard McKeever

0 Nov 4, 2012

The Passmore Edwards Centennial

In June 1895 the Wood Green Cottage Hospital was opened by Mrs Eleanor Edwards, the wife of John Passmore Edwards, who provided the funding…

Started by Dean Evans

9 Oct 4, 2012
Reply by Michael Cordwell James

Olympic Cycling success and a Wood Green Connection

After the terrific success of the "Team GB" Olympic cycling and Bradley Wiggins' success in the Tour de France, much has been made of the f…

Started by Richard McKeever

1 Aug 3, 2012
Reply by Peter Williams

Derelict London

Not sure if anyone's seen this site, but its amazing. Brought back some memories for me: http://www.derelictlondon.com/home_page.htm Ther…

Started by Johnny Asbo

3 Jul 23, 2012
Reply by Richard McKeever

Enfield Telephone Exchange - do you know a "Hello Girl"?

In recent years we have come to expect ever faster broadband connections on or home computers; permanently connected electronic communicati…

Started by Richard McKeever

1 Jun 19, 2012
Reply by Lindsey Berthoud

Finsbury Gardens: History down a hole!

This week some workmen have been digging a trench in in Finsbury Gardens (pictured right). We recently featured a discussion about the Musw…

Started by Administrator

2 Jun 18, 2012
Reply by Rachella Sinclair

Re naming the Days of the Week

Here's a quirky news story. It comes from an Archive  report in the New Zealand Evening Post, from 5 January 1907. Bowes Park Congregationa…

Started by Richard McKeever

4 May 18, 2012
Reply by David Parkin

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