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    • CommentAuthorbreton
    • CommentTimeApr 2nd 2009
     
    Hi all,
    I've lived in SGR (Oxford Road and then Victoria Road) for 3 years now and love it.
    So pleased to have discovered this online communtity, am already finding it really useful.
    Thanks to the people who run it!
    Liz
    • CommentAuthormatt
    • CommentTimeApr 3rd 2009
     

    damok, i've sent several messages about a quiz - no responses as far as I can see?

    let me know.

    • CommentAuthorsimon_g
    • CommentTimeApr 6th 2009
     
    Hello,

    I found this place a while ago and it's been very handy for restaurant, pub and other local info, including what the hell is going on when the police close off roads! Have finally got round to signing up.

    I live on Victoria Road, down at the Stapleton Hall Road end - moved in with my girlfriend about 6 months ago, she's been there a few years now.
    • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeApr 6th 2009
     

    Welcome to you simon_g.

    • CommentAuthortg
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2009
     
    hello
    i've been living in stroud green for 3 years now and have enjoyed many a good read on this about all things local. love the parkland walk, jai krishna and getting used to the noble. a big fan of the "shop of dreams" (is it a londis?) on ferme park road, so re-named as it has almost everything you dream of in it and they always say hello and chat in a neighbourly way. also a little obsessed with someone turning the nicolas nickleby into something a little less intimidating.

    sadly my first post was moaning about parking. i'm already a little embarrassed.
    • CommentAuthorN4mality
    • CommentTimeApr 15th 2009
     
    Hi there,

    I've been living in the Stroud Green area for a decade.
    A lot has changed since then, the majority for the better.

    I've only discovered this website recently, and it's good to see a thriving local community online as well.
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    Hello,
    I've just signed up and it seems I should come and say hello.
    I lived in SG for over 5 years but then moved to the wrong side of the tracks. Having spent 2 years on 'The ladder' I am know back in N4 - and how happy I am!
    • CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeOct 5th 2009
     
    We are Ninja

    yaga, tell me about the bad ladder stuff. We almost moved over there for more space this summer. Whereabouts too?

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    David,
    We were on Fairfax Road (towards the turnpike lane end).
    We had a large family a few doors down who had no control over their rampaging kids (and the parents weren't any better) - Even the threat of an ASBO didn't make any difference and I got mugged by a bunch of hooded youths(!) in the Passage.

    Generally just not a great area. It is cheap, but there is a reason. The only decent pub is the Salisbury and there are no decent cafes, although it does have an abundance of 24 hour corner shops which are great when returning home from a night out.

    I may be being harsh but I wouldn't want to live their again.
    • CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeOct 6th 2009
     
    We are Ninja

    Yeah, doesn't sound suprising. We were looking at the lower end, below say Warham and on the other side, below St Anne's in the 'gardens'. Do you think it is probably the same deal as further up towards Turnpike?

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    I lived in Pemberton Road for 2 years and have a couple of friends in the area. It's perfectly fine, lots of families, students and professionals living nearby. It does get a bit grotty once you get past Hewitt Rd and the closer you get to Wood Green.
    The houses round there offer great value for money and though I do prefer SG, I'd go back and live there and still go to Green Lanes to shop and eat.
    • CommentAuthorPopsicle
    • CommentTimeOct 6th 2009
     
    Slight change of recent topic, but does Corbyn St still count as SG?

    Blurred boundaries - much like my Saturday nights.
    • CommentAuthordion
    • CommentTimeOct 7th 2009
     

    yes

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    I live with Yagamuffin in a totally hetro-life-partner way. I think he's harsh on the ladder, but then I never got mugged and did grow up in a Seaside town.

    Team Tollington for life, y'all.
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    Hello,
    I've just realised that i should have started on here instead of on the 'new members, exciting' thread so I've done the old cut and paste thing onto here.
    I've lived in the local N postcodes for donkey's years now but I'm new to Stroud Green - Moray Road. I'm afraid I don't have a dog or a cat, just a goldfish. I do have a blog (just for my creative projects, not to witter on about my general mundane activities), if you'd like to have a nosey it's at http://annieopalfruit.blogspot.com/
    I like the Noble, but I've not discovered the Faltering Fullback yet, in fact I didn't know it existed until I read about it on here so thank you all for the tip off, sounds good.
    The site is great, I look forward to joining with the banter and chat.
    • CommentAuthorTallboy
    • CommentTimeJan 20th 2010
     
    Hello,

    I've lived most of my adult life (18 years) around the top of SGR and now live on Stapleton Hall Road.

    Looking forward to behaving like a grumpy old man with you all!
    • CommentAuthorstaplejack
    • CommentTimeJan 20th 2010
     
    Welcome to the grump zone, tallboy, from a fellow SHR grump.
    • CommentAuthorSutent
    • CommentTimeJan 20th 2010
     
    I have been living round stroud green for a number of years and have only just discovered this site. Glad to have found the community as I hope it will be home for many years.
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    Come on chaps, I claim the grumpy crown.
    • CommentAuthorJenny
    • CommentTimeJan 20th 2010
     
    Hello Stroud Green
    I've lived in the Finsbury Park area for 5 years and specifically Stroud Green for just over a year.
    I'm expecting my 2nd baby in 4 weeks so with a years maternity leave ahead of me thought it was a good opportunity to join this forum and get a bit more info on the local area.
    • CommentAuthorstaplejack
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    Thought you might, KRS...
    • CommentAuthorN4OMI
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    Hello! I live in Stroud Green : )
    • CommentAuthorkptownend
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    Hello!

    I've been in SG for about....blimey...a year now. Just found this site and it looks like an appropriately eclectic place to say hello! I'm in the deceptively intimidating Shelley Court just off Hanley Road with my flat mate Chris, and loving it. Lived in Highbury/Finsbury Park for about 4 years prior to moving up the road and am so pleased I did.

    Now just to clear up my position on a few things...

    Old Dairy - Cracking pub, bar manager we are all secretly in love with, but most of the staff are total bobbins. Particularly the Cat Deeley look-a-like who waitresses. So bad, it's (nearly) funny

    Woody's- We thought it was a great place, and it is pretty good for random cravings, but it is fair to say I've had friendlier service in a knife fight in the Larrick! Still, I'll be getting my humus form there Sat no doubt.

    Faltering Fullback - Again, staff are total d*gshit (apart from the landlord), but still love the place. Where else lays on a free, homely, Irish stew with your Guinness? It's like my Granny never died really painfully in Northwick Park.

    Other than that and bumping in to James MacAvoy & Anne-Marie Duff a lot on Hanley Road I can't think of anything else.

    Anybody fancy a game of cricket in the summer? We're starting a team (Stroud Green Willows C.C.).
    Cheers,
    K
    • CommentAuthorArkady
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    @kptownend: If you a search on the form you will find a picture taken during the war showing the bomb site that led to the 'deceptively intimidating' Shelley Court being built. Someone less lazy may provide a link.

    Where do MacAvoy and Duff live? I'd have thought that the Hanley Rd was a bit scrappy for them (apologies to residents, but you're on the wrong side of SGR).

    Arky
    • CommentAuthormiss annie
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010 edited
     
    Ooooh, they should be on the 'Top Celeb Spot' thread! See them over the border in Crouch End M&S quite often but not spotted them in SG.
    • CommentAuthorandy
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    We are Ninja
    Why "townend" KP?

    I'm secretly hoping it's a tribute to one of the finest stands in football, but I doubt it.
    • CommentAuthorkptownend
    • CommentTimeJan 21st 2010
     
    Your doubt is correct, Andy....Alas it's a cunning spin on my name. The only football stand I would ever honour would be the Paxton in any case.

    See a lot of the very talented A.M. Duff getting off the W7. Some of my post was recently sent in error to their flat. It's a modest 2nd floor effort the Hornsey Road end of Hanley Road. Keeping it real (or just very tight) on the West side of SGR. Oh yes! Nowt wrong over our side Arky!

    Annie, I've seen Capaldi and Ian Hart floating about too, but MacAvoy is the best I can come up with.
    • CommentAuthorSlabber
    • CommentTimeJan 31st 2010
     
    Hi.
    • CommentAuthorSlabber
    • CommentTimeJan 31st 2010
     
    I've seen Jimi Mistry, Simon Pegg, Neil Morrissey, Giani off Eastenders, Minty off Eastenders, Billy Mitchell off Eastenders, that girl who had an American accent off Eastenders, basically the entire cast of Eastenders past and present, and some other semi-famous people that I've forgotten. A friend saw Michael Atherton the other day but that wasn't in Finsbury Park.
    • CommentAuthorTemeraire
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2010
     
    Hello
    Not spotted any celebs and have lived round here for a couple of years now. It all looks very interesting - especially the book group.
    • CommentAuthorAils39
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2010
     
    Hi, not sure if I am in the right thread. Just wanted to say Hi, after joining this great website. Lived here for around 10 years, moved away for 3 and now back again! Looking forward to working my way through all the tips!
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    Greetings fellow Green Strouders! Finally joined this fabbo site!

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