Culture Archive

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    Hornsey in the mist

    Have you ever walked down Hornsey Park Road and imagined the road without the Shopping Centre and Sky City sitting at the end of it? Perhaps you wondered what it would look like if the water works disappeared and the multi-storey car park had never...

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    Olympic Flame comes to Hornsey Park

    Great news if you are waiting to line the streets to welcome the Olympic Flame: you will not have far to walk. On Wednesday, 25th July, the torch will be coming from Lordship Lane and parade down Wood Green High Road, turn right into Turnpike...

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    The fantastic snow-creatures of Hornsey Park

    Residents in Hornsey Park got themselves into a friendly artistic competition when the snow fell last weekend. Chris Rose, who lives in Park Ridings wanted to create something for his front garden, but a snowman just did not seem special enough, so he built an...

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    Community Garden – Heartlands School Mosaic ready to start

    Creating a mosaic as part of the community garden project has long been a hope.  Thanks to Haringey Council’s making the Difference funding, we have now raised enough money and support to make it possible and want to get started. With the support of the local...

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    Christmas Quiz

    It may have been ‘Bleak Mid Winter’ but, with the heating turned up we were all toasty warm for our ‘quiz of the year’. In a close fought contest, the winning team, the appropriately named “Christmas Crackers”, generously donated their winnings to the two host...

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    Join us for our Christmas party!

    The date for this popular and enorously fun event has just been announced. The night is a collaboration between PMRA and our friends and neighbours in Noel Park North Residents Association, with whom we have worked over the past year. All are welcome – come...

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    Kids need fun!

    Did you know our area has a successful cub & scout group for boys and girls based at St.Mark’s Church Hall, Ashley Crescent, two minutes from the Shopping City. Kids can enjoy a wide range of games and activities, indoors and out. The pack would...

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    Harringay Festival

    A mile of food stalls, bands, balloons and jolly locals enjoying the sunshine. After missing out on the Harringay Festival in 2009, we were determined not to miss it this year. Now renamed the ‘Harringay Food Festival’ it covers the area between the Salisbury pub...

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    Come on in, we are open!

    What is the value, for a neighbourhood and community, to have in its midst a shop that can provide a rich choice of books, books which you can look at before you buy, maybe read a bit, while you are having a cup of coffee?...

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    Restaurant Review: Mosaica at the Chocolate Factory

    After a couple of disappointments, visits at Christmas and in February have confirmed Mosaica to be back on form! Eclectic, hidden away and with a style of its own, it’s Wood Green at its best. Serving modern European (and beyond) food, there really isn’t anything like it and this good...

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