Trust stories

The Trust has since 1933 built up a rich heritage of working to provide safe and comfortable accomadation for people in the London borough of Haringey. We have accumlated many stories to tell, some of which we have published in two books.

A Place to Call Home: The first 90 years of Hornsey Housing Trust

In 2023, to celebrate our 90th anniversary, we published a book, wirtten by former Trust Chair Rosie Boughton, charting the story of the Trust. From the beginnings when it was set up by Margaret Hill CBE in the 1930s, through World War II and to the present day, it provides a fascinating account of how the desire to make sure older people had a safe place to live led to the creation of a community housing association which still continues to grow today.

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The book is available for free to Hornsey Housing Trust tenants, or for anyone to buy at Highgate Bookshop, Muswell Hill House of Books, Crouch End House of Books and the All Good Bookshop in Turnpike Lane. The All Good Bookshop has also made the book available for anyone to order online, which you can do here: https://allgoodbookshop.co.uk/order-items/ols/products/a-place-to-call-home

Stories from tenants of Margaret Hill House

In 2017 we produced a book recounting in their own words the life stories of eight tenants from Margaret Hill House.

'Memories of Tenants of Margaret Hill House' contains collected life stories from a selection of people living at Margaret Hill House in Hornsey, North London. Eight people recounted their stories, varying from people who had lived in the Hornsey area all their lives to those from elsewhere in the UK or from further afield – from Nigeria, the Caribbean and Cyprus.

Their stories show the breadth and depth of experience of the people we pass in the street and see at the bus stop. They also demonstrate the importance of memories not only for the people themselves, but for younger generations’ understanding of how Britain has become the nation it is today.

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This book is available for free to Hornsey Housing Trust tenants, or to buy from the Hornsey Historical Society.