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Phillip Hambling
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3311F B52APP

Location Link/s
Manor House

Date added to site
12/04/2021

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Details: Ford Escort van 3311F was seen parked outside the Manor House offices in November 1987. This van was leased from Hertz in 1985 as part of the Distribution Services (Group 3) fleet, and it was allocated to Wood Green Garage. There is a lot I can say about this photo, or more specifically, about this location. Sited on Seven Sisters Road, this large building contained offices for London Transport. I had originally thought that Manor House was the name of the building but it turns out that the name was taken from the 'Manor House Tavern' that stood at the junction with Green Lanes (the back of this building is just visible in the top left corner). The office building does not seem to have had a name, although following sale in the late 1980s and redevelopment as housing, it was named 'Ivy House'. This is slightly ironic as the extensive ivy growth across the front of the building was completely removed at the same time. Adjoining and behind the office building was a large shed, accessed by a roadway (with tram tracks) round the corner on Green Lanes. This latter building is also still in situ, now used as a private warehouse. There is another London Transport facility nearby, this being a ventilator shaft and electrical substation on Woodberry Grove. This is the only one of the three to remain in its original use, although it is not thought it has ever had a service vehicle allocation. Manor House Station is served by the Piccadilly line, although it is notable that the Victoria Line (which follows the alignment of Seven Sisters Road) also passes through the location. There had been plans to include a station on the Victoria Line, but it was decided that the interchange at nearby Finsbury Park would suffice, enabling the Victoria Line to offer a faster service to points beyond.

My last comment is to say that I did go inside the Manor House offices when I was a kid. At the Edmonton Garage open day in 1983, I had entered a competition which I won. I had to go Manor House to be presented with the prize, by the head of Leaside District as I recall. Oddly I can't remember what the actual prize was, though a free travel pass of some kind rings a feint bell.

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Thomas YoungCuriously I dug out my 1983 diary today, looking for something completely unrelated to this. And I found that on 2nd July that year I went to Manor House and met Mr W E Hillman, head of Leaside District. No mention of the prize, or of anything else in fact.Fri 16/04/2021, 19:29