THE HORNSEY ROAD

Not Abbey Road.

Thursday, 29 May 2014

A river runs under it

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This is where the Hackney Brook ran. Sort of. Probably.  There certainly was a Hackney Brook and it certainly ran from west of Hol...
Friday, 28 March 2014

Poses

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For the full effect read this with 'Poses' by Rufus Wainwright playing in the background. This is the new Dennis Bergkamp sta...
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Monday, 17 March 2014

Stargazer

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“Marcus couldn't believe it. Dead. A dead duck. OK, he'd been trying to hit it on the head with a piece of sandwich, but he tried t...
Tuesday, 11 March 2014

we put all the beds in one room, so that if we died we’d all go together

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Irene Ellis' story: My mother lived with me and she was stone deaf. We had heavy wooden tables in the kitchen. My husband worked on the...
Sunday, 9 March 2014

Elegant residences that have come down in the world.

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This is from Thomas Burke 's 'The Outer Circle: Rambles in Remote London', published in 1921 'If you start from Hollo...
Friday, 7 March 2014

This is not paradise

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I've  written before  about number 382, the Pool and Amusements building that's been rotting for decades. The door was open today ...
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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Hornsey Road*

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Holloway Life image This is  Philip Aris  (@ArisPhilip on twitter). He wants to resurrect the Station that Vanished  and bring the G...
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