Friern Barnet Photo Archive - The Griffin, 1262 High Road, Whetstone

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No: 49 Contributor: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Year: 1955 District: Whetstone

The Griffin, 1262 High Road, Whetstone

Outside The Griffin (rebuilt 1929) stands the whetstone whose origin is uncertain but is not, as some people claim, a stone used by soldiers in the Battle of Barnet to whet their swords. It was probably erected around 1733 and could have been used as a mounting block Oppositevthis site was the toll gate which was removed in 1863

Picture added on 21 September 2009 at 11:21

Comments:

Could I respectably suggest that this picture was taken considerably earlier than 1980. The war-time markings of the traffic light and what appears to be trolleybus overhead wires and pole would date it pre 1962.
Also, having grown up in Whetstone in the 1960s & 70s, the first shop I can remember where 'Pullham & Son's' is in the picture was a toy shop.

Added by Ken Goldsmith on 05 June 2014

Much earlier. I worked for Studio Cole from 1969 until 1974. The shopfront in this photo is from the 50's.

Added by Paul Wilmshurst on 22 August 2014

Whetstone