Who has lived in Stroud Green the longest?

dion

a measly 4 years 4 months

Liz

Don't think I'll win, but 6 years and 10 months.

tosscat

7y 4m

David

a wee pup at 2 years pretty much on the nose. a guest and close neighbour for many years before however.

Ian

Moved here in 97. OK - I have moved south of the park in the interim for a bit but home is where the heart is and all that.

SimonB

I've lived here off and on since 1996 ... missing out for 6 months in SE London ( ...erk!) and a year in Highgate

andy

A little over 6 years I think. Jesus. We were only stopping in for a cup of tea. We registered the domains because we needed an email address and couldn't think of anything else.

Ali

Since 1981 when the area was really was quite dodgy! There was only the Stapleton Hall Tavern , the Osborne, the Park Tavern in Tollington Pk, The Duke of Edinburgh in Perth Road and the Worlds End was a very republican Irish Bar which was most interesting late on Friday on the stagger back at 11pm from town as it stayed open late.

By 1983 you had Marlers Bar open which was the trendy pub of the area and absolutely packed to the door every night. It was pub no 6 win the Weatherspoons chain and is now the Nobel. The White Lion when it opened in 1986 was revolutionary and was the biggest pub in the chain and even made it into the style pages of the Observer Magazine at the time !

The shining light the was the Vegie Indian which used to be frequented by Annie Lennox who was living in Stapleton Hall Road with Dave S. Still owned by the same people as well.

matt

since 1998 for me, but Ali wins no doubt! Great to read some local history, thanks for that

flembo

Just a mere 2 and a half years. I enjoyed Ali's history too...

David

Bring back [Busby](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/464/).

tosscat

Yeah, whatever happened to the wily old curmudgeon?

andy

I think we can safely say that David [scared](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/516/) [him](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/488/) [off](http://www.stroudgreen.org/discussion/450/)

Liz

Ah, the good old days, when David was randomly rude to people he's never met. Is it a coincidence that member numbers have increased since he stopped?

David

I could be pointedly rude to people I have met if you'd prefer Liz, and ban you.

andy

Ace. We haven't had random threats of banning for ages.

David

Not true, I think I did one last week too.

Liz

David, it's good to have the real you back.

David

Ah no, that was a threat of douche bagging, not banning. Getting soft in my old age.

Ali

Poor Busby !

Thought his comments about the Stone of Destiny (he called it Stone of Scoon ( should be Scone)) interesting.

If it is true that it did go up SGR after the heist from Westminster Abbey maybe we should watch out for film crews and a film about this is currently being made by Charles Martin Smith starring Charlie Cox and Robert Carlyle.

katiejane

Does Tollington Way count?? We were right on the corner of Hornsey Rd...

If it does, then we're just shy of 7 years and 6 months, but I suspect not, in which case it's 5 years and 3 months.

tosscat

It's not a competition, is it? Is there a prize?

andy

Geoff started it, so I guess the right to declare winners and award prizes sits with him

dion

the winner is Ali with an awesome 27 odd years

i dare say that that is more time than some people on this site are old.

katiejane

Hear hear Geoff!

Ali

maybe I am only 30 or so !

matt

I doubt anybody on here is less than 27. I am 31

andy

I'm 25

katiejane

I'm 26

David

Them two would have a terrible shock if they met up.

katiejane

Har har!! How old are you David?