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| . | Many of the questions below involve the Stoke Newington area. Quite a few can be answered simply by taking a walk. Other answers may be found in articles within the magazine. 1. Name the ancient waterway that flowed to the north of Church Street and which still exists today buried as a mains sewer? 2. Which type of bus is normally operated on the route 73? 3. Which two points on the Thames does Silverlink connect? 4. What sort of museum can you find at the eastern end of the line? 5. Name the organisation which arranges regular art shows in The Gallery in Edwards Lane? 6. How long would it take to travel by train from Stoke Newington Station to Cambridge (not via Liverpool St)? 7. Which great English gardener laid out the Abney Cemetery arboretum? 8. Where was Arsenal Football Club's first home? 9. What organisation did William Booth create? 10. London Pride on Stoke Newington High Street occupies the former home of the local branch of which famous store? 11. What relic of World War Two still lingers on the Town Hall? 12. Where is 'Christmas Common' (name the nearest town)? 13. And 'High Easter' (name the nearest town)? 14. How many primary schools can be found on Church Street? 15. Can you name the MP who represents Stoke Newington? 16. How many councillors represent Stoke Newington wards? 17. What is the name of the famous 19th century builder who built a major part of Albion Road? 18. By what title/name was he known? 19. Complete the following old advert which can still be seen on Albion Parade: Win her... with All ... 20. Which Stoke Newington writer wrote the following lines and from what work is it taken? 'I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.' 21. In which room at a museum to our south might you currently find Samuel Pepys's Christmas dinner? 22. Which Stoke Newington writer wrote the following lines and from whatwork is it taken? 'All that we see or seem 23. Which is Stoke Newington's nearest airport? 24. If the pub at the top of the hill is The Prince what is the pub at the bottom called? 25. Following on from question 24 - if you are standing by the bottom pub what is the name of the small park directly to the south? 26. Where to the south of Church Street can you find a plaque which commemorates the first bomb dropped by a Zeppelin on London in World War 1? 27. Name the famous hymn writer whose statue can be found in Abney Park Cemetery? 28. Which Stoke Newington writer wrote the following lines and from what poetic work is it taken? 'So fades the summer cloud away; 29. Who designed the 19th century St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington? 30. Which is nearer to London - Oxford or Cambridge? 31. Which Charles Dickens Christmas novel did the Muppets turn into a film?
32. For what purpose was the building pictured above built? 33. What is it used for today? 34. From which building was the original design inspired? 35. According to Norse legend nothing could harm the sun god but mistletoe - which in the form of an arrow killed him. What was his name? 36. Christmas Island is the world's largest ... ? 37. Which circus regularly performs in Clissold Park? 38. Which charity sponsors bike racks in Stoke Newington? 39. What was the name of the animal that Dr Seuss's Grinch used instead of a reindeer? 40. What was the original name of the Bar Lorca? 41. What was the original name of The Tup? 43. What was the original name of The Auld Shillelagh? 44. What is the oldest continually operating business on Church Street? 45. From a 73 where might you find strung angels to the north of Essex Road and before The Angel? 46. Where can you go sailing in Stoke Newington? 47. Does Stoke Newington touch the Greenwich meridian? 48. In medieval times what would you use Hippocras for? Would you eat it, drink it or rub it on your chest to keep a cold away? 49. Name the infamous highway man who operated on Stamford Hill? 50. Who wrote 'Twas the night before Christmas' and what is the title of the work? Answers on page 37.
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