Local History

Tottenham High Road - Courtesy: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)

Tottenham High Road: Heritage, Restoration and Regeneration

Wednesday, 25 September 2013 - 7:00pm
Bruce Castle

Joyce Rosser of the Tottenham Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC) looks at this erstwhile important route for London and its magnificent architectural heritage.

Doors open at 7pm...

Events, Local History, Tottenham Civic Society

Victorian Mayhem at Markfield Park

Victorian Mayhem at Markfield Park

Sunday, 14 July 2013 - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Markfield Park, South Tottenham, N15 4RB

125th Anniversary of the commissioning of the Beam Engine

Step back in time to the Industrial Revolution... Hear the hissing of steam... The smell of hot oil... See the action of the Engine...

Beam Engine & Museum, Crafts, Events, Gladesmore School, Local History, Markfield Park, Markfield Secondary School, Moselle Memories, Performances, River Lea, River Moselle, Story-Telling, Victorian, Waste Water

Bruce Castle Museum & Park

Reminisence Cafe @ Bruce Castle Museum

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 - 2:45am

Reminisence Cafe @ Bruce Castle Museum, lead by Christine Protz, this months title is "Whatever The Weather" 2-4pm. A chance to hear about our older residents memories of the Moselle`s mis-...

Bruce Castle Museum & Haringey Archive Service, Clouds, Events, Flooding, Heavy Rain, Local History, Songs, River Safety, Watery Street Names

Moselle Memories: Interview with Judith Hanna

Judith Hanna is Co-Chair of Growing in Haringey and plays a leading role in the local community's efforts to make Haringey more environmentally-friendly and sustainable. She is the Principal...

Broadwater's Farm, Broadwaters, Clay, Flooding, Local History, Moselle Memories, River Lea, River Moselle

Moselle Memories: Interview with Joan Curtis

Joan Curtis is an artist who lives on the Tower Gardens estate, near to the Lordship Rec. She was one of the original members of the Friends of Lordship Rec, a Friends of... Group who were...

Friends of Lordship Rec, Local History, Lordship Rec, Lost Rivers, Moselle Memories

Timeline

Farms, Nurseries, Allotments and Market Gardening

Mid 13th Century: Tottenham was mainly arable farming with only small area of pasture land.
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Allotments, Beam Engine & Museum, British Rail, Broadwater Farm Estate, Broadwater's Farm, Broadwaters, Bruce Castle Museum & Haringey Archive Service, Burial Ground, Carbuncle Ditch, Clean Water, Cole Pottery, Dig for Victory, Education, Edwardian Period, Farming, Farms, Flooding, Hidden Moselle, High-Density Social Housing - 1960s, Horticulture, Industrial Archaeology, Local History, Market Gardening, Markfield Park, Markfield Piggery, Pollution, Quakers, Railways, River Health, River Moselle, River Moselle Valley, Rural Landscape, Schools, Scotland Green, Sewage, Signs of the River Moselle, Tottenham Cemetary, Urban Development, Victorian, Visible Moselle, Wood Green, Workers' Cottages, World War I, World War II

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