The tale of a local dairyman and cowkeeper
Posted by Hugh on May 6, 2021 at 20:49 in History of Harringay
Nicholas Walker dairy cart, c1900. Given that a photo was being taken was probably a special event, I m assuming that this is Walker himself, perhaps with his son, Menoah, or perhpas a milk carrier boy - see newspaper article below. (Can anyone identify the road?)
Hornsey dairyman and cowkeeper Nicholas Walker was born in Necton, Norfolk in 1860. The youngest of six children, his father was the village glover. in the mid 1870s he moved to Finsbury Park where his older brother Menoah was running a dairy at 88 Mountgrove Road, on the corner of Finsbury Park Road.
The tale of a local dairyman and cowkeeper
Posted by Hugh on May 6, 2021 at 20:49 in History of Harringay
Nicholas Walker dairy cart, c1900. Given that a photo was being taken was probably a special event, I m assuming that this is Walker himself, perhaps with his son, Menoah, or perhpas a milk carrier boy - see newspaper article below. (Can anyone identify the road?)
Hornsey dairyman and cowkeeper Nicholas Walker was born in Necton, Norfolk in 1860. The youngest of six children, his father was the village glover. in the mid 1870s he moved to Finsbury Park where his older brother Menoah was running a dairy at 88 Mountgrove Road, on the corner of Finsbury Park Road.
A week in the battle between detectives and Merseyside s criminal underworld
A number of high-profile raids were carried out on Merseyside or linked to the region over the past week
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Seven people have been arrested after raids in Liverpool and Oldham as part of Operation Venetic (Image: Greater Manchester Police)
Dozens of suspects have been arrested, thousands of pounds seized and drugs valued at more than £1.5m recovered in a dramatic week in the battle between detectives and Merseyside s underworld.
High-profile raids have been carried out in connection with probes linked to cross-country drugs gangs and the EncroChat communications network.
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