13-647: The George Padmore Institute ( GPI ), founded in 1991 in Stroud Green Road , North London , by John La Rose (1927–2006) and a group of political and cultural activists connected to New Beacon Books , is an archive, library, educational resource and research centre that houses "materials relating to the black community of Caribbean, African and Asian descent in Britain and continental Europe". The institute also hosts talks and readings, as well as other educational and cultural activities. The George Padmore Institute (GPI)
26-512: A number of associated public events and workshops for schools taking place during the course of the exhibition. The ground floor of the GPI building is occupied by the New Beacon Bookshop . The archives in the care of the GPI include the following: 51°34′05″N 0°06′35″W / 51.5680°N 0.1096°W / 51.5680; -0.1096 Stroud Green Road Stroud Green
39-529: A wide range of restaurants and other mainly independent shops. There are also two high-street supermarkets. The Finsbury Park end of the road, though different in character to the stretch further north, is currently benefitting from a large regeneration scheme centred on Finsbury Park town centre. The folk record label Topic Records was based at 48–50 Stroud Green Road and many folk LPs were recorded there. The label has since moved to Uppingham in Rutland. In
52-510: Is 7406. The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024 The station has two platforms, one for each direction. Platform 1 is for trains toward Gospel Oak and platform 2 is for trains toward Barking Riverside . This station does not have a ticket office except for the security office, which is not officially part of the station but
65-486: Is a populous thoroughfare linking Crouch Hill with the major north London transport interchange of Finsbury Park station . In 1407, the area was called Strode , which is formed from the Old English 'stōd' and means 'marshy ground covered with brushwood'. It is recorded as Stowde Grene in 1546, the 'grene' suffix is Middle English and means 'village green'. The neighbourhood high street, Stroud Green Road, includes
78-402: Is a suburb and electoral ward in north London , England, split between the London boroughs of Haringey and Islington . On its south-western side, Stroud Green Road forms part of the boundary between the two boroughs. Stroud Green Road is the main local hub and shopping area. At its eastern end it intersects Seven Sisters Road and Blackstock Road at a major crossroads. Stroud Green Road
91-431: Is four trains per hour in each direction between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside . During the late evenings, the service is reduced to three trains per hour in each direction. Whilst the station has no direct interchange to a tube station, Finsbury Park station is a fifteen-minute walk away along Stroud Green Road . Archway tube station is also a twenty-minute walk away. London Buses routes 210 and W7 serve
104-640: Is named in honour of Trinidad -born pan-Africanist George Padmore , although the organisation does not house archive collections relating to him. It was founded in 1991 by John La Rose together with fellow political and cultural activists, including Sarah White, Gus John , and others. The work of the GPI is directed by a board of trustees, whose founding chair was La Rose. Current and former trustees include Sharmilla Beezmohun, Aggrey Burke , Janice Durham, Azim Hajee (treasurer), Roxy Harris (chair), Ali Hussein (vice-chair), Linton Kwesi Johnson , Milverton Wallace (died 2021), and Sarah White (died 2022). Since 2010
117-584: Is next to the stairs to one of the platforms. However, staff are present on the platforms during the hours trains are running. This station has two ticket and two Oyster card machines; one for each platform as well as two waiting rooms. This station has a shelter on each platform. The platforms are only reachable by stairs. There are no current plans to introduce lift access. The station was briefly equipped with APTIS ticketing equipment in 1988–89. All services at Crouch Hill are operated by London Overground using Class 710 EMUs . The typical off-peak service
130-725: The Northern line of London Underground , but World War II intervened. Crouch Hill railway station Crouch Hill is a station on the Suffragette line of the London Overground , located on Crouch Hill in the London Borough of Islington , north London . It is 3.8 miles (6.1 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and is situated between Upper Holloway and Harringay Green Lanes . The National Location Code (NLC) for this station
143-620: The GPI has received grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund to catalogue and interpret its collections and materials. Among other projects, the funding has enabled the GPI to open up to public access the archives of founding chair John La Rose through The Dream to Change the World Project. The exhibition Dream to Change the World: The Life & Legacy of John La Rose was mounted at Islington Museum from 22 May to 29 August 2015, with
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#1732855410270156-620: The east of the neighbourhood, next to Harringay railway station is the Stroud Green & Harringay Library. Stroud Green Road runs north west from the transport hub of Finsbury Park station , and stops just 150 yards south east of Crouch Hill railway station on the Gospel Oak to Barking line . On the eastern border of Stroud Green is Harringay railway station on the Great Northern Line. London bus routes W3 , W7 , 310 and 210 run
169-463: The length of Stroud Green Road, terminating at Finsbury Park. The low railway bridge at Finsbury Park prevents bus routes running directly from areas north of Finsbury Park such as Stroud Green Road directly into central London. Stroud Green railway station closed in 1954. It was on the Finsbury Park to Edgware line , and along with nearby Crouch End railway station had been planned to be added to
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