The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.

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
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"Brian Robertson" wrote in message
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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
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http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk


Thank you. And, in case anyone is remotely interested; the specific
explanation is here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...ngay#Etymology

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.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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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.

"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

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'

On 17 Jan, 10:05, "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.

Harringay the place, Haringey the London Borough created in 1965. All
explained he

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A842942

"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the way
they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne for
Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Ian

"Ian Bidwell" wrote in message
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in
message news
The local council uses Haringey - http://www.haringey.gov.uk/ but the
railways use Harringay and I've just used (probably wrongly) Haringay.


Railways are well known for having their own dictionary as shown by the
way they spell station names- e.g. Whittle sea for whittlesey, Fulbourne
for Fulbourn

Never rely on railway spelling

Ian


Dam spill chucker Whittlesea for Whittlesey