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The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
Hampden Road, N10The former Freehold Institute, now home to Jaystock auto parts supplier. see also image number 4236
Picture added on 30 January 2013 at 12:25
According to the voters lists my great uncle (William George Redmond) and his family lived here for a number of years. In 1945 they are listed a living at "The Institute" and in subsequent years it is listed as "Freehold Social Club". What was this institution and why would they be living there?
Added by Valerie Collins on 18 April 2017