Wood Green chitter-chatter..

[Hollis]

Exciting times in Wood Green as a FLOOD hits the High Road.. and damn I missed all the action.

 

[Elpenor]

Hello, maybe some of you Wood Green people can help - hope this is allowed - mods please delete if not

One of my closest friends has recently moved there and unfortunately she had someone rip her off with some work she had planned - fitting some decking in her garden. The guy has basically fucked off pocketing the money leaving it half finished

Can anyone recommend someone good who she can trust - so important who can help her finish off the job? Thank you a million in advance

 

[blossie33]

Can't help I'm afraid but I'm very sorry for her - it's so difficult to know who is trustworthy without a personal recommendation.

 

[Hollis]

I've emailed someone who may know someone on the local community board.

Watch this space..

 

[rutabowa]

Hello, maybe some of you Wood Green people can help - hope this is allowed - mods please delete if not

One of my closest friends has recently moved there and unfortunately she had someone rip her off with some work she had planned - fitting some decking in her garden. The guy has basically fucked off pocketing the money leaving it half finished

Can anyone recommend someone good who she can trust - so important who can help her finish off the job? Thank you a million in advance

My good friend fits decking and is in wood green, I can vouch for trust worthiness 100%. He's got a portfolio of work to show. Give me a shout if you need

 

[rutabowa]

(He is also good at most general practical builder type stuff if anyone needs, but gardens and decking are his specialty)

 

[Hollis]

JD Wetherspoon announces Turnpike Lane pub sale | Haringey Community Press

No words.

 

[Hollis]

Protests in Wood Green tonight against the LTNs - don't recall seeing a demo like this in last 20+years.

 

[Hollis]

 

[Hollis]

Wood Green Shopping City.. under construction..

 

[blossie33]

Wood Green Shopping City.. under construction..

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What was there before, do you know?

 

[Hollis]

I think the railway line and Noel Park station took up a large part of it on the East side... it cut across what is now Shopping City..

 

[Elpenor]

Wood Green Shopping City.. under construction..

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Wonder if I can see my friends house on Lordship Lane in that old pic?

 

[Hollis]

Loads more here on Noel Park Station:

Disused Stations: Noel Park & Wood Green Station

 

[klang]

I'm very keen on that little green just marked 'Rec.Grd.' off Westbury Av. I'm there quite a lot. Russell Park it is now.

 

[Hollis]

I've found this from 1915- which is the east side of what is Shopping City.. probably where WHSmiths is:



High Road Wood Green c1915

 

[Hollis]

Interesting one of High Road/Lordship Lane c1970..

Can see they knocked down the buidling with the green dome - the old library - to make way for the hideous council offices..




Wood Green High Road / Lordship Lane Junction c1970

 

[Hollis]

This is looking north up high road in1905 towards where Wood Green tube would be.. the Wine & Spirit shop is where Boots in shopping city is now!



Wood Green High Road Circa 1905

 

[Hollis]

And this is the view from where the tube is now in 1906.. to the left is Spouter's Corner - home of Hollywood Green cinema:

 

[Hollis]

This is the old railway bridge across the High Road - removed when Shopping City built..

 

[blossie33]

Thanks for all the information Hollis !
I didn't know about the old stations however, I remembered I've walked down Avenue Road, which leads into West Green Road and there's an old railway bridge where the track would have gone under.

 

[Pickman's model]

I think the railway line and Noel Park station took up a large part of it on the East side... it cut across what is now Shopping City..

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it's also interesting there that it marks ducketts green - now of course ducketts common

 

[andysays]

Thanks for all the information Hollis !
I didn't know about the old stations however, I remembered I've walked down Avenue Road, which leads into West Green Road and there's an old railway bridge where the track would have gone under.
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That's where my allotment is!

 

[klang]

That's where my allotment is!

...and the toddlers first nursery.
....and a cute little hidden orchard.

 

[klang]

also - wrt to that old map: I think that Noel Park is one of the most beautiful pockets of North London. That and the Tower Gardens Estate.

 

[klang]

The little park in the middle of Tower Gardens is a hidden gem. Great for picnics and long summer evenings.

 

[Pickman's model]

The little park in the middle of Tower Gardens is a hidden gem. Great for picnics and long summer evenings.

it's not in or even near tower gardens, and i haven't actually explored it (despite admiring it for many years), but the estate to the south of woodhouse road n12 is i think very pretty

 

[klang]

it's not in or even near tower gardens, and i haven't actually explored it (despite admiring it for many years), but the estate to the south of woodhouse road n12 is i think very pretty
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haven't been. Looks a bit like the estate just north of Tower Gardens.

 

[klang]

fun fact - Tower Gardens is named after Tower Hamlets as it was built to re-settle Tower Hamlets slum-dwellers.

 

[blossie33]

fun fact - Tower Gardens is named after Tower Hamlets as it was built to re-settle Tower Hamlets slum-dwellers.

Was that in the late 60's then - Tower Hamlets only became a borough in 1965?