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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.

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In article ,
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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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"Jim Brittin" [wake up to reply] wrote in
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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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Default 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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