Did someone say North London drinks?I lived in Hornsey when I first moved to London so was familiar with the WG down to Finsbury Park bit. Then living in Hackney, I'd done the NG to Clissold Park section loads and sometimes up to Turnpike Lane. But never the northern bit and never all at once until I fulfilled my walking all of GL ambition.
(This could be an idea for an Urban walk combined with N London drinks...?)
Wood Green chitter-chatter..
- Thread starter Hollis
- Start date
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
no later than 25 April 1961, when 629 trolleybus became 269 bus.
general 'feel' is late 50s / early 60s.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
(This could be an idea for an Urban walk combined with N London drinks...?
a few urbanites have been known to cross the river in either direction in the last year or two.
in case you're not aware, there is a 'thread of threads' for 'real world' urban gatherings - probably worth posting on there if something does happen.
andysays
Love and solidarity
I was wondering for a minute what all those weird dark shapes in the sky were, then I realised they were power lines for a trolley bus
blossie33
trailer trash
For anyone who travels north from Wood Green, the Piccadilly line will be closed for two weeks from Saturday until 1st September to get the line ready for the new trains...
Piccadilly line to close between Cockfosters and Wood Green
The northernmost section of the Piccadilly line will close for two weeks from Saturday.
www.bbc.co.uk
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
The Big Art Fun Adventure sculpture trail launches tomorrow, with many owls to be found in Wood Green (and surrounding areas):
Oh, that'll mess with the art adventure a bit
For anyone who travels north from Wood Green, the Piccadilly line will be closed for two weeks from Saturday until 1st September to get the line ready for the new trains...
Piccadilly line to close between Cockfosters and Wood Green
The northernmost section of the Piccadilly line will close for two weeks from Saturday.www.bbc.co.uk
Oh, that'll mess with the art adventure a bit
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
That's the Salisbury isn't it, behind the bus?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Nooooo, the Salisbury is up on Hoppers Road...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I think you're forgetting the one in n4
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
yes, although i'd question 1944 (may have been a postcard sent in 1944 of course) but the photo very much looks pre-war - no sign of the war (e.g. kerbs painted white for visibility in the blackout, netting on bus windows to reduce risk of glass flying around if a bomb drops anywhere near, and looks like the bus has a silver painted roof, which was done away with quite quickly in the war, as they were too visible from above.)
would say 1938-39 as there's a trolleybus heading towards the photographer, tram rails are still in place but don't know exactly when they were dug up. Trams in that patch were replaced by trolleybuses in a couple of stages in 1938.
bus looks similar to this survivor (photo taken at event last year) - the standard London bus of the late 30s
yes, i make it about here
blossie33
trailer trash
Ah yes, the Castle, once part of the New River reservoir works - now a place for indoor and outdoor climbing!
I often walk round that way and get a coffee from their cafe, it's a nice place. I can remember the filter beds across the road when I first came to London late 1997 and lived in the Finsbury Park area, they were redundant by then and the housing estate was built shortly afterwards.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Sounds about right. There's electric string in the sky for trams - don't think I've got anything to hand that says when that bit of road got electric trams.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
May 1968 timetable has route 251 (via Romford, Brentwood, Wickford) as 2 hours 40, route 151 (via Basildon instead of Wickford) as 2 hours 44 - each route was every 30 minutes, so bus every 15 minutes. (151 was diverted at Basildon to go to Canvey instead in 1971, and the route ran (to Wood Green) until 1981.
More on route 251 here.
orient slacker
Well-Known Member
As a nipper we’d sometimes jump on the 251 to Southend with mum & sis for a day out, first from Walthamstow Bell, then later from the Green Gate at Newbury Park. Used to love that journey, but then I was a sucker for bus trips. I did live in N22 for a chunk of the ‘90s - even got hitched in the WG Town Hall registrars office - but the Eastern National depot and service had long gone by then.
Similar threads
