Reminiscence Café - Some Iconic Buildings

The history of our local communities can be read in our buildings, the different styles of architecture and the stories they tell. Some may still be with us, others vanished with changing fashions. The handsome Wood Green Empire and the Tottenham Palace are evidence of past entertainment pleasures – music hall, theatre, bingo and cinema. The 1930s Muswell Hill Odeon, on the other hand, with its beautiful Art Deco architecture, still survives.

Our changing shopping choices are also reflected in a changing High Street. The grand department stores – Burgess’s, the Co-op and Ward’s Stores – have given way to internet shopping and supermarkets. But the once-elegant Ward’s building still survives, reinventing itself with help from the local community. Civic life was represented by the old Town Halls and libraries – Hornsey and Tottenham Town Halls and the Wood Green Carnegie Library.

What building – past or present – would you single out, and what stories can you tell us?

Come along to the Museum and share your memories over a cup of tea.

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