Crop Drop – groceries for the community, from the community

Crop Drop – groceries for the community, from the community

ocal and organic vegetable box organizations have been around for many years, their steady and continuous growth in popularity thanks in part to consumers becoming increasingly aware of the processes and pitfalls behind industrial-scale commercial farming, and of the environmental problems of shipping imported produce half way...

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Competition time

Competition time

pring is well and truly sprung and it’s time to celebrate all that’s wonderful about Tottenham and its environs with a little photographic competition. Fear not, you don’t need to be David Bailey or Mario Testino for this one. Simply come up with a caption for this stunning photograph, captured by SeventhSister’s very own...

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A century of family service at Hall’s Fruit and Veg

A century of family service at Hall’s Fruit and Veg

id you know that Hall’s Fruit and Veg Stall, run by Dave and Andy Hall, is the oldest currently running business to grace Tottenham High Road? Family-run for over 100 years, the market stall was passed down to the brothers by their great-grandfather. Situated on Holcombe Road next to the Santander on Tottenham High Road,...

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Five minutes with…Suzanne Williams

Five minutes with…Suzanne Williams

uzanne Williams has just returned to Tottenham after a year travelling around eco-villages and organic farms in Spain. Having grown up just off Lordship Lane, she is delighted to see that the community spirit she found in those small Spanish villages can easily be found here in Tottenham as well. Suzanne has been writing for...

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A taste of everything at Harringay Local Store

A taste of everything at Harringay Local Store

  f you’re strolling along the Turnpike Lane end of Green Lanes, be careful not to walk past the unassuming glass shopfront of Harringay Local Store. Pop in and you’ll discover one of the area’s coolest and most eclectic shops. As the sign outside says, this is definitely ‘not another Tesco’. Focusing on organic produce,...

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Market cocktails

Market cocktails

ount Camillo Negroni, most likely inventor of the classic aperitif that takes his name, was almost certainly a bit of a wide boy. Substituting gin where soda water would normally be used is undeniably bold. Likewise his latter-day countryman, Luca, who imports Sardinian delicacies to Tottenham Green Market, tends his stall...

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Murder at the Lordship Hub

Murder at the Lordship Hub

ue to the overwhelming success of the first performance of ‘The Moselle Mystery’, there will be a second showing this Saturday night, at Lordship Rec’s Eco hub, for those who missed out last time. Directed by Sue Jameson, ‘The Moselle Mystery’ is a satirical murder mystery night performed by local drama group Acting Out. The...

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Come for the burgers, stay for the shishas

Come for the burgers, stay for the shishas

beguiling mixture of modern restaurant and classic shisha lounge, The Banc opened its doors in a former Barclays building – hence the name – on West Green Road back in 2011. Its younger sister Banc Brasserie is located just across the street and features a café-style menu, whilst The Banc is very much about ‘Burgers, Steaks...

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Get creative with Tottenham Art Classes

Get creative with Tottenham Art Classes

ocal duo Taz and Tom have been running Tottenham Art Classes for over two years now - weekly drop-in art sessions in life-drawing and watercolour. “We've achieved so much since starting the classes with a packed first session," Taz explains. "We’ve gone from launching day courses in oil painting, illustration and printmaking,...

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Behind the scenes at the Green Rooms art hotel

Behind the scenes at the Green Rooms art hotel

here is a big old building diagonally opposite Wood Green Station which I must have walked past a thousand times, assuming it was just another derelict. But this one is about to be transformed. Green Rooms will be the first arts-led independent social enterprise hotel in the country. This completely new concept will stand...

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