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How do you spell Haringey?
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says... In article , (Brian Robertson) wrote: Graham Harrison wrote: The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay. You spell Haringey......errrrrrm, Haringey. And you spell Harringay, Harringay. Harringay is a residential area of North London and Haringey is a London Borough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay When I were a lad Harringay was a dog stadium. Even worse. When I were a lad I went to see Billy Graham there .... later watched dogs there, always made a profit and got my entrance fee back plus a little bit. |
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How do you spell Haringey?
"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in message m... In article , says... In article , (Brian Robertson) wrote: Graham Harrison wrote: The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay. You spell Haringey......errrrrrm, Haringey. And you spell Harringay, Harringay. Harringay is a residential area of North London and Haringey is a London Borough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay When I were a lad Harringay was a dog stadium. Even worse. When I were a lad I went to see Billy Graham there .... later watched dogs there, always made a profit and got my entrance fee back plus a little bit. You sinner! Obviously Billy didn't get through. You'll have to repent of your vice. DW downunder |
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How do you spell Haringey?
On Jan 17, 2:55*pm, wrote:
In article , (Brian Robertson) wrote: Graham Harrison wrote: The local council uses Haringey -http://www.haringey.gov.uk/but the railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.. You spell Haringey......errrrrrm, Haringey. And you spell Harringay, Harringay. Harringay is a residential area of North London and Haringey is a London Borough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harringay When I were a lad Harringay was a dog stadium. According to a note at the very end of this page, in the 1930s they tried to race cheetahs the http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/glias.htm As for spelling, the council and the railways are both right; plenty of local businesses seem to get it wrong - eg 'Haringay' and 'Harringey' |
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