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Permalink Reply by Hutch Woodward on May 18, 2017 at 12:00

Jolly butcher hill - looking downhill - long long gone!

Look at the trees - to the left right and the middle and the two posts - one on the corner and in front of the trees - with the finials on top.

Later became spouter's corner i am led to believe.

Tube station is now on the left corner.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 18, 2017 at 18:21

Well spotted Hutch! I am convinced...

Your reference to Spouters corner provided a very timely reminder to this local history article from a while ago.

• Spouters Corner - A local tradition of political free speech
   

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Permalink Reply by Zoe Roberts on May 18, 2017 at 19:16

Good stuff, Richard. I may expand my bit on Spouter's corner a little, with reference to this. Also read, enjoyed, borrowed from & referenced your article on music at the Fisherman's Arms. Hope that's o.k. (P.S Remember me?  Joe's mum from Woodcraft folk. Hi!)

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 18, 2017 at 19:29

Hi Zoe, of course feel free to re-use any of the content here... Hope all is well with you, best wishes to Joe
Richard

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Permalink Reply by Zoe Roberts on May 18, 2017 at 19:08

Excellent. Well done, Hutch Woodward!

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Permalink Reply by Richard Matz on May 19, 2017 at 2:51

Palace Gates to Seven Sisters – The lost railway line of Bounds Gre...

Wow, that's kept me up well past my bedtime! Great to see clips of the old Commerce Road that, along with Finsbury Road, was once the Victorian commercial, light industrial & retail heart of Wood Green (with some 80 concerns - the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker... etc.) A similar number of small businesses were also grouped around Myddleton Road, and the relationship between the two areas seems to be along Tesco/Waitrose lines ("Bowes Park is Wood Green with its Sunday clothes on. Wood Green is the original Jack Jones; Bowes Park is Jack Jones ‘come into a bit o’ splosh")

All power to your elbow, Zoe (and well impressed by Hutch's forensic vision!) You might find more local history nuggets in my own article above, especially in the comments section. I'm sure you've also come across Albert Pinching's works on the area. Let me know if I can be of any assistance.

Kind Regards

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Permalink Reply by Zoe Roberts on May 19, 2017 at 11:38

Thanks. I may tweak slightly in the light of your comment.  And what a great article on the Palace Gates line! Will give it a more leisurely read later, but am already struck, not just by the research, but also the character you give it. I love "clanking, whistling, hissing, industrial cacophony", for example.

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