Tag - history

Sir Jules Thorn

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Lighting the way

15 October 2021

The aftermath of the V2 rocket attack at Palmers Green Station in October 1944 (credit Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive)

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Attack on the track

17 September 2021

Outside the mock fire station at The Whitewebbs Museum of Transport are Alex Watt, chair of Enfield and District Veteran Vehicle Trust (left), plus trustees Chris Whippe (centre) and Robert Haydock (right)

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All hands to the pumping station

23 August 2021

Merryhills Way is one of the many rights of way crossing the former royal hunting ground of Enfield Chase

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Enfield’s rite of pannage

19 July 2021

The gasholder finials at Millennium Green

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Gasworks memorial installed in New Southgate park

18 July 2021

The original Great Northern Railway terminus station at Windmill Hill, Enfield, in 1898 (Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive)

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The railway that transformed Enfield

24 May 2021

Sir Henry with wife Lady Florence at Forty Hall (credit Enfield Local Studies Library and Archives)

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The remarkable life of Sir Henry Bowles

1 May 2021

Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive is currently situated on the first floor of the Dugdale Centre

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Local archive’s relocation confirmed

23 April 2021

Ken Rolland inside the shop back in its heyday

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Part of the furniture

20 March 2021

Edmonton Town Hall stood for more than a century before being knocked down and replaced by an Asda supermarket

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How past redevelopment shaped Edmonton’s present

18 February 2021

A depiction of slaves aboard a ship crossing the Atlantic in the 19th Century. Engraving by Swain circa 1835 (credit Wikicommons)

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Revealing Enfield’s links to the slave trade

24 November 2020

The Two Brewers in Ponders End, prior to its destruction

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Remembering The Two Brewers bombing, 80 years on

4 October 2020

Sampson's Coaches began running route 217b, seen here at Enfield Town, in 1986

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All hail Enfield’s old buses

16 September 2020

Lance Bombardier Joe Denton, a soldier who was with the Royal Artillery

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Fighting for survival

12 September 2020

The Dugdale Centre is home to both the Museum of Enfield and Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive

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Future of local history in doubt

2 August 2020

A rare postbox marked with the emblem of Edward VIII in Dennis Parade, Southgate (credit David Chandler)

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Postboxes of Enfield

28 July 2020

The VE Day street party held in Aylands Road, Freezywater, in May 1945

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Wartime memories from my father

18 June 2020

Trent Park House

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Cash boost for museum plans

30 May 2020

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When trams led the way

28 May 2020

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Stories from Southgate

16 May 2020

Enfield No2, a standard-issue revolver during the Second World War

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Out of Ordnance

16 September 2019

Members of Selborne Bowling Club celebrate planting up a drinking trough in Southgate

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Blooming marvellous

13 July 2019

Enfield Town fountain 1895

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Set in stone

25 December 2018

'Secret Listeners' at Trent Park

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Revealing Enfield’s wartime history

14 November 2018