John talks about horses, identifies a number of parts on a harness and describes the relationship between horse and carter. Recorded in 1952.

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Middlesex Accent: John Andrews(b.1868, Male, Retired Farm Bailiff)

Mr Kent recalls various forms of horse-drawn public transport. Cambridge Heath (just to the south of Hackney) Bloomsbury (to the southwest) Dalston (just to the west) and Pentonville (just to the southwest) are all nearby areas of East London.  Read a transcript of this recording on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website. Recorded in 1967.

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Middlesex Accent (Hackney) Kent, H. J. (b.1888, Male, Shoemaker & Engineer) 2

Birdsong in the grounds of St Ann's Hospital, 15th July 2015

Evening Birdsong in St Ann's Hospital Grounds, 15th July 2014

End of Harringay Public Traffic Meeting

This birdsong was recorded on the Harringay Ladder in North London at two in the morning amidst a midsummer thunderstorm and torrential rain.

Storm Bird

Harringay resident, Julia Smith interviewed by the BBC's Robert Elmsa bout her mudlarking.

Julia's blog is at http://mudlarking.blogspot.co.uk/

Julia Smith, on the Robert Elms programme 19th April 2012

Robert Elms has picked up that we're organising a cashmob for Harringay Market tomorrow and just gave us a plug on his show. Thanks Robert.http://hgyol.in/QXk8yB

Robert Elms on the Harringay Market Cashmob

On 23rd September 2012, Harringay Online organised the UK's second ever cashmob to support our neighbourhood market.

The BBC's Anna O'Neill spent the morning with us at Harringay Market as we prepared to get mobbed!

This recording includes two sections and was originally live broadcast on the the Jenni Barnett Show.

The Cashmob at Harringay Market on BBC Radio London

Cllr Karen Alexander on the BBC Radio London Breakfast show, 5th November 2011

Cllr Karen Alexander on BBC Radio London about Harringay's Betting Shops

From a speech at Harringay Arena in 1954. Surely the inspiration for the voice of the daleks!

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