The full programme is set out below.

Sheikh Nazim Sufi Centre

Saturday 20 March 2010, 2.00pm

Tour leader: Haci Osman, Managing Director

The Sufi Centre is situated in the old St Mary’s Priory.  This was a Roman Catholic convent established in 1871 (the building was extended with an eastern wing in 1906).  The Sufi Centre opened in 1991.  Haci Osman will take us on a tour of the building and tell us about Sufism and the activities of this Centre.

Meet: Sheikh Nazim Sufi Centre, 277 St Ann’s Road, N15 5RG (entrance in Suffolk Road).  67 bus from Turnpike Lane or Stamford Hill.

Brook Street Chapel

Saturday 10 April 2010, 2.00pm

Tour leader: John Frost, Elder and Trustee of Brook Street Chapel

Brook Street Chapel (right), formerly known as the Brook Street Meeting House, opened in 1839.  It is a simple brick building occupying almost the entire length of Brook Street and is sometimes referred to as "Tottenham’s Hidden Church" because its double fronted entrance has been partially obscured by the development of the High Road.  It had its own burial ground on the south side of Brook Street which is now maintained as an open space by Haringey Council.  In the mid to late nineteenth century, numerous nationally and locally well known men and women were members of the congregation. Discover the connection between this local place of worship and quinine, clouds and orphans.  John Frost will talk about the Chapel’s history and its present activities.  Refreshments will be provided at the end of the visit.

Meet: Brook Street Chapel, Brook Street, High Road, N17 9JG (opposite Bruce Grove station)

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TCS Annual General Meeting

Sunday 11 April 2010, 2.00pm

Christine Protz will talk and answer questions about her new book Tottenham: A History, followed by AGM business.  Only paid-up members of the Society will be eligible to attend and vote at this meeting.

Venue: Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU

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Historic Heart of Tottenham

Sunday 25 April 2010, 11.30am

Walk leader: Steve Amor, local architectural historian

This circular walk will begin at Bruce Castle, then cross Bruce Castle Park to All Hallows Church (the inspiration of painters Beatrice Offor and John Bonney) before going back onto Lordship Lane and past the Georgian terrace.  The walk will continue into the High Road to see the many period houses and buildings, and return via Bruce Grove past the house of Quaker meteorologist Luke Howard (the English Heritage plaque is to the left), the Drapers’ Almshouses at Edmansons Close ("a Victorian Gothic fairytale village"), the Old Vicarage, Prospect Place cottages and Tottenham Cemetery.

Meet in front of Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane, N17 8NU (junction Lordship Lane and Bruce Grove).  Buses 243 from Seven Sisters and Wood Green tube stations or 123 from Turnpike Lane tube station.

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Green Lanes Harringay history walk

Sunday 30 May 2010, 10.30am

Walk Leader: John Hinshelwood, local historian and Harringay resident

Green Lanes, Harringay, became a major North London shopping parade when it was developed at the end of the nineteenth century.  The walk will start at the oldest pub, the Beaconsfield Hotel, and make its way to the most celebrated pub, the Grade II listed Salisbury Hotel, and then back again.  On the way the Harringay Gardens will be explored, and the Harringay Ladder and Passage visited.

Meet at the Beaconsfield Hotel, Green Lanes, N22 7AY (opposite Arena Retail Park).  Nearest tube station Manor House. Buses 141, 341 or 29 to Endymion Road.

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Heritage-led Regeneration on Tottenham High Road

Sunday, 6 June 2010. 11.00am

Walk leader: Yvette Chin, Regeneration and Conservation Projects Officer, Haringey Council

Over a number of years, Haringey Council regeneration and conservation departments have accessed funding from English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and various other partners to carry out a major heritage-led regeneration programme to repair the external façade of historic buildings in Bruce Grove on Tottenham High Road, which include the magnificent 1907 Windsor Parade (right) at 538-554 High Road.  Yvette Chin will lead a tour of the buildings that have benefited from grant funding and explain how the Council has worked extensively in partnership with external funders and various key stakeholders to improve and preserve the historic fabric of Bruce Grove town centre.

Meet at the Bruce Grove exit of Bruce Grove railway station (near San Marco Restaurant).  Buses 243 from Seven Sisters and Wood Green tube stations or 123 from Turnpike Lane tube station.

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Alexandra Palace to Bruce Castle: a walk across the old parish of Tottenham

Sunday 27 June 2010, 11.00am

Walk leader: Joyce Rosser, Heritage & Conservation Officer, Haringey Federation of Residents Association

This five-mile walk starts at Alexandra Palace, goes through nine parks and seven conservation areas (Alexandra Park and Palace, Wood Green Common, Trinity Gardens, Noel Park, Tower Gardens, Bruce Castle, Tottenham Cemetery), takes in various listed buildings and ends at Bruce Castle Museum at about 1.00pm.  Light refreshments will be available at Bruce Castle.  Walkers might wish to bring a packed lunch.

Meet in front of the BBC TV Tower at Alexandra Palace, N22 7AY.  W3 bus from Finsbury Park or Wood Green tube stations.

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Tower Gardens: Tottenham’s Hampstead Garden Suburb

Saturday 3 July 2010, 11.00am

Walk leader: Matthew Bradby, Chair of Tottenham Civic Society

A tour of the Tower Gardens Estate and Conservation Area.  Tower Gardens Estate is the most successful housing achievement of the early London County Council.  One of the first Garden Suburbs, heavily influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, its diverse cottages are full of inspiration; modest but evocative, practical and beautiful.  The walk will show the various stages of the development, pre- and post-1914, focusing on the architectural detail of the homes, materials used, significance of street names, surviving original tree planting and some social history, as well as modern threats to the estate's character.

Meet by the gates of Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane (opposite Waltheof Road), N17.  Bus 243 from Wood Green tube station or bus 123 from Turnpike Lane tube station.

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Boat trips along the River Lea with the Friends of Tottenham Marshes

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July 2010

A six-hour trip on the River Lea, organised jointly with the Friends of Tottenham Marshes.  Buffet provided.  Cost £12; limited number of places on each trip.  Further information and booking details from Rita Cottridge on 020 8808 1341 or see contact details on the FoTM website.

Tottenham Civic Society Summer Garden Party

Date to be announced

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Architectural walk around Tottenham Green conservation area

Sunday 19 September 2010, 11.00am

Tour leaders: Matthew Bradby and Stuart Chapman

This will be a London Open House event.

An external historical guided tour around the buildings of Tottenham Green, including 18th century Georgian houses, the 19th century Jewish Hospital, the Prince of Wales Hospital and Holy Trinity Church, the ancient High Cross Monument, the old Swan pub, the Edwardian Town Hall complex, recent housing developments, the new Bernie Grant Arts Centre and the recent Banksy mural (if it hasn't been scrubbed away by then!).  In this small area there are 17 nationally listed and over 50 locally listed buildings.  (The 18th century Mountford House, one of the locally listed buildings, is to the left.)  The tour will last up to two hours with an optional visit afterwards to the Kitap Evi Book House Turkish Restaurant for refreshments.

Meet: outside Old Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach Road, N15 4RY.  Nearest tube is Seven Sisters; there are also numerous buses along the High Road.

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Last year: people may be interested to see some photographs from three of the events which took place in 2009.  The first was a walk across the old parish of Tottenham from Alexandra Palace to Bruce Castle, through nine parks and seven conservation areas, which was led by Joyce Rosser and had been listed in Time Out.  Some photographs are here.

Another walk, led by Chris Barker and Judith Hanna, followed the route of the Great Eastern Railway's branch line from Palace Gates station -- the nearest it got to Alexandra Palace -- to the junction with the still existing line at Seven Sisters, along the streets and boundaries which follow the line of the now vanished track.  The walk included visits to the allotments at Mannock Road and Elmar Road, two of the open spaces where rails were once laid.  Some photographs of the walk are here.

Another walk took in the Tottenham Green Conservation Area.  Some photographs and a handout with some details of the buildings seen are here.