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The New Waste Collections – a good start but we need to meet!
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsNow, nearly a month into the new collection routine, it is possible to see where the challenges lie. Predictably, the problem is not the volume of waste but the willingness of residents to change lifelong habits and start recycling at the level of our European... -
Olympic Flame comes to Hornsey Park
Posted on March 20, 2012 | No CommentsGreat 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... -
Community Garden – Heartlands School Mosaic ready to start
Posted on January 3, 2012 | No CommentsCreating 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... -
Hornsey Park Road–One Way Street Log
Posted on November 11, 2011 | 7 CommentsHornsey Park Road is no longer a temporary one way street. This page logs our experiences during and after National Grid works have taken their course… -
Another Betting Shop in Wood Green…
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsPlease consider this petition to allow local people a say over what happens in their area: change.org Yet another betting shop has recently opened in Wood Green. A little history at this point: In the late spring/early summer of last year, a sign went up... -
Kids need fun!
Posted on October 10, 2011 | No CommentsDid 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... -
Another family house to be converted to flats – should we be concerned?
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe Association has received notice of a planning application to convert 89 Alexandra Road, N8 from a single family house to two flats. On its own, it represents a modest change but as part of a trend that is seeing areas close to the High Road being dominated... -
Come on in, we are open!
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsWhat 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?... -
A (short) walk back in time
Posted on September 11, 2010 | No CommentsAs previously announced, the Big Green Bookshop and the Hornsey Historical Society had organised a Wood Green History Walk to take us around the area and back into times past. Well, it looked promising, we met about 30 fellow would-be local historians just outside the... -
I Dream of Gasometers
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsIn 2004, Sarah Wilkens, a former Malvern Rd resident, created a beautiful animation which features our local landmarks, Gasholder 1 and 2. If you like this, and we are sure you will, more of her work can be found here: http://vimeo.com/5701505 I Dream of Gasometers...