Homebase at Harringay
As a child, I think I went to an ice show at the Harringay Arena, which in the 1950s was one of the biggest indoor arenas in the country.
I actually remember the area reasonably well, as my father’s Uncle Charlie lived just off Green Lanes. I can remember him giving me a glass of cider with a sugar lump in it, at the age of about six or seven. I can certainly remember seeing the Arena from the bus on Green Lanes and perhaps even when I started to drive in the 1960s, although the Arena had closed long before.
Now it is a retail park and yesterday I went to Homebase there. It was a rather depressing experience, as the store was a very inferior one compared to those I’ve used in Suffolk. Effectively, I just walked around for a bit and then got the bus home.
The Anonymous Widower 
I hate to say it but that’s probably one of the best in London… Looks like Suffolk has the edge (and space) on better HB stores.
Comment by Emma | February 25, 2011 |
Homebase in Suffolk is much better than B & Q, but this one wasn’t better than the B & Q at Tottenham Hale or Lewisham.
Comment by AnonW | February 25, 2011 |
I was also taken to the Arena by my dad and saw Tex Ritter ‘live’ as well as a nameless maniac fired from a giant cannon into a net 100 yards away.
Comment by peter p | February 25, 2011 |