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Muswell Hill Road, LONDON, N10 3HT

The road is well lined on both sides by pollarded Plane trees. Metroline bus TE671 collects a female passenger from the stop by Church Crescent - her odd stance is because she is pushing a buggy onto the bus. Behind, TP48 waits on the 603 route. It has finished its runs for the day and is heading back to the depot.

The former St Luke's Hospital is now a construction site. A few of the nicer old buildings have been retained.

This building, once known as "Norton Lees", is one of a number making up St Luke's Hospital. The site has recently acquired for development by a housing association, although planning permission (once refused), has yet to be secured. A comprehensive account of the buildings on the site may be found at this http://www.planningservices.haringey.gov.uk/portal/servlets/AttachmentShowServlet?ImageName=506044. "Norton Lees" was the nurses' home.

This site in north London was once Cranley Gardens railway station. The station closed in 1954 and was subsequently demolished. A residential care home was built on the site. The care home closed in 2012 and stood empty, until it was demolished in 2022 or 2023. The site will now be used for new homes.

Built in the 1920s to the designs of Quaker architect Frederick Rowntree.

The bridge carries Muswell Hill Road over the dismantled Alexandra Palace Branch of the Great Northern Railway. Through the bridge, where houses and St.James' school now stand, is the site of Cranley Gardens Station. The track bed has been turned into the 'Parkland Walk'. Information about and photos of the old Cranley Gardens station can be found at http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/cranley_gardens/index.shtml .

Situated in Grand Avenue, this TE, which has the code LNMUS, would appear to date from the 1930s like several others in Greater London. It provides telephone and broadband services to 16,296 residential and 783 non-residential premises in Muswell Hill plus Colney Hatch, Cranley Gardens and Fortis Green nearby. The wording "TELEPHONE EXCHANGE" can be seen above the grey doors to the left of the building. Also, the notices adjacent to the doors say "No parking in front of these gates" and "No parking in this area", the latter being on a red background.

This photo shows the TE in Grand Avenue N10 3AY, with trees to the left. It used to have HIGhgate Wood and TUDor numbers until the late 1960s. Now it has 0208- 444, 883 xxxx, plus other Outer London numbers. Incidentally, HIGhgate Wood was the first all-electronic TE in Great Britain in the early 1960s, but following trials that took place, the electronic equipment was taken out in the mid 1960s. Now this TE has System X digital equipment as do other TEs throughout the country. Incidentally, the notice in red on the gates says "No parking in this area" although a large white car is parked in front of those same gates.