Plaque

North South route in Haringey

Erection date: 12/9/1990

Inscription

This plaque was unveiled by John Prescott MP in the presence of the Mayor, Councillor Mary Neuner, to mark the opening of the North South Route in Haringey on 12 September 1990.
Designed by the Borough Engineer's Service of Haringey Council and the London Residuary Body.
Contractors - Birse Construction Ltd and Fitzpatrick & Son (Contractors) Ltd

Site: North South route in Haringey (1 memorial)

N17, Watermead Way

We missed all the publicity there must have been when this was unveiled in this car park, but, John Prescott - we are impressed. Alan Stanton was similarly struck by the importance of this piece of street furniture. There we learn that it used to be in the station forecourt. The plaque is rather lost in this new location - hope they are more careful with it in the next move, or it might be lost altogether, which would be a real shame.

2024: Paul Peters wrote to inform us that, as we feared might happen, this plaque has indeed gone.  All good things must end sometime.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
North South route in Haringey

Subjects commemorated i

North South Route in Haringey

Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
North South route in Haringey

Created by i

London Borough of Haringey

Created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs: Hornsey, Wood G...

Read More

Councillor Mary Kathleen Neuner

Mayor of Haringey 1990-1 and 2001-2. Labour councillor 1986 -2002. Honoured w...

Read More

John Prescott

Born in Wales as John Leslie Prescott. Deputy PM 1997 to 2007. During the 200...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Prince of Wales WW2 bomb

Prince of Wales WW2 bomb

SW9, Clapham Road, 294

We think this plaque was installed c.2012, to replace the lost one. We are puzzled by the reference to "coffin-shaped beds". Flowerbeds, ...

2 subjects commemorated
Willesden Boer War memorial - lost

Willesden Boer War memorial - lost

NW6, Dyne Road, Town Hall

We think a plaque commemorating the Willesden men who served in the South Africa, 1899 - 1900 may have been displayed in this building. H...

Duke of Albany

Duke of Albany

WC1, Queen Square, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery

The part of the building fronting Queen Square was redeveloped and opened (although this is not mentioned on the plaque) by the Prince of...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
IC - Gilbert

IC - Gilbert

SW7, Imperial College Road, Observatory Road, Chemistry RCS

From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...

1 subject commemorated
Bert Barnes

Bert Barnes

SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery

This ruined chapel contains 3 memorials related to the Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy.  This tragedy's main memorial  (the remains of the or...

2 subjects commemorated