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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie
I lived in a large house divided into a zillion bedsits. It was next to the Parkland Walk, which is a disused railway line turned into a nature reserve, running east to west between Finsbury Park and Highgate, criss-crossing the streets, exactly as I remember it. Recommended.
This is a strange coincidence but I lived on Hornsey Lane for a couple of years, with a garden that backed onto Parkland Walk. I went walking/running along it up to Highgate station many times in the 2000s.
You might remember hearing about how the owner of the large house a few doors down was notorious for being a brothel keeper in a different residence lol (I think she was done for tax evasion but can't remember).
Banners cafe around the corner made for a very relaxed hangover cure at the weekend, and during the week my friend Guy and I would often meet up in the Queens, The Railway or the Hope and Anchor in Hornsey. I used to enjoy the walk across suicide bridge and up to Highgate, or down the unusual steps to Archway. It's a fascinating area but lost its focal point for me, as Stepney/Whitechapel also did, when the pubs started to become food resellers.
Last edited by jalfrezi; 11-26-2020 at 07:35 PM.