Good morning
A quiet few days on the Broadway, but two stories are worth your attention: the Old Dairy's brief flicker back to life on Crouch Hill, and a run of bus diversions and tube disruption that will have caught a few of you out this weekend. Thames Water is digging up Tottenham Lane and the Victoria line had a rough Saturday night.
The big story
Old Dairy opens three nights, not as a pub
The listed building at the bottom of Crouch Hill, dark since Greene King closed it earlier this year, hosts three comedy and cabaret nights on 31 October, 28 November and 12 December, organised by Martin Besserman of Monkey Business Comedy Club under the name Finsbury Park Cabaret. Besserman is explicit that these are 'one-off pop-up nights' rather than a reopening, and says the pub has been shut for 'the past few weeks' — shorter than some earlier reporting suggested. Worth knowing if you've been wondering whether the Old Dairy is coming back as a pub: not yet, and not like this. READ →
Getting around
Tottenham Lane works send six bus routes round the houses
Thames Water works at the Tottenham Lane/Elmfield Avenue junction have put the W3, W5, 41, 91, N41 and N91 on diversion until Wednesday 7 October, missing stops between Hornsey Station, Crouch End Broadway and Tottenham Lane YMCA. Diversions run via Park Road, Priory Road, Church Lane and Ferme Park Road depending on direction and route — check TfL's live status page before you travel if you rely on these for Hornsey station or the Broadway. SOURCE →
Victoria line cut between Victoria and Brixton overnight
A track fault at Brixton took out the Victoria line between Victoria and Brixton from 7.30pm Saturday to 10am Sunday, with severe delays on the rest of the line through the evening. TfL was accepting Victoria line tickets on buses and National Rail services between the two stations while the fault was fixed. SOURCE →
What's on
Babies welcome at the ArtHouse this week
ArtHouse Crouch End's baby-and-carer screening, Babes in Arms, runs Tuesday 6 October at 11.30am — lights up, buggies in, crying tolerated. SOURCE →
Subtitled documentary screening Wednesday
Extra Geography, a subtitled documentary, screens at ArtHouse Crouch End on Wednesday 7 October at 7.30pm. SOURCE →
Gong bath at the Town Hall
A sound-healing gong bath session runs at Hornsey Town Hall's Committee Room on Sunday 11 October at 3pm, using Earth Gong resonance for guided relaxation. SOURCE →
Follow-ups
Chicken Valley reinspected, holds 4 out of 5
The Topsfield Parade takeaway on Tottenham Lane was reinspected on 28 August and retains a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5. This is a routine reinspection of an established business, not a new opening. READ →