If you look up next time you're outside 471 Hornsey Road you'll see this man above the carpet shop:
Look closer. He's wearing a red frock coat and black hat, has a bell in one hand and scroll in the other.
He looks kind of like this lady:
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| Shirley Ballard, the Isle of Wight's official town crier Thanks to jonno259 on flickr |
It's signed MS. The shape of the building and its being on a corner near what was once a railway station made me wonder if it had been a pub, but there's no sign of it on deadpubs.co.uk
I'm stumped. Any ideas?
I've always wondered about that building, too. It definitely does look like an old pub - but I have no idea about the background!
ReplyDeleteI think I've worked out what the building was until 1937, but it doesn't explain the mural. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have looked at this before and wondered... I think it was either a pub or a shop called (possibly) The Town Crier's, as in T.C.s.
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