Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Tollington's a foreign country, they do things differently there.

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There are roads round here called Tollington Park,  Tollington Place, Tollington Road and Tollington Way and there's even a   Tollingt...
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She Bangs the drums on Seven Sisters Road

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Bangs (est. 1907) has left no trace on t'interweb. I'm hoping there'll be more at the  Islington Local History Centre .  I...
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Monday, 30 January 2012

Durian Cake seems an odd idea (Hua Run supermarket)

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In my early days living round here someone more thorough than me at following recipes dragged me round half the shops in search of black...
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012

The murder trial of Sidney Clay, Part III: Sentencing

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[Part II is here ] After Dr Gruyther went to the police to report his suspicious behaviour Clay was arrested and tried for ' unlawfully...

The murder trial of Sidney Clay. Part II: 'I want you to get rid of this child for me'.

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[Part I is here ] Gruyther and Sidney Clay's third and last conversation was on the 22nd of January 1883. As reported by the doctor, th...
Tuesday, 24 January 2012

The murder trial of Sidney Clay. Part I: 'If this thing gets about it will ruin me'.

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On November 19 1832 Sidney Clay and Maud Morris had a child. He was a tobacconist with a shop on the Holloway Road and she was a dressmaker...
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Monday, 23 January 2012

Streetscaping

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Mizhenka found a survey  that helps make sense of last week's post about Hornsey Road getting £571,000. 'The main elements of th...