Editing Wood Green (section)

===Post-war===
In mid century, Wood Green was known locally as the "Golden Mile of North London". Some shops and buildings were demolished in the 1960s and buildings were cleared to construct Shopping City, now known as [[The Mall Wood Green]], which is one of London's major shopping centres.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dx_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|title=Shopping, Place and Identity|isbn=9781134733910|last1=Jackson|first1=Peter|last2=Rowlands|first2=Michael|last3=Miller|first3=Daniel|date=20 September 2005|publisher=Routledge }}</ref>

====Entertainment history====
The [[Alexandra Palace]], which is within Wood Green parish, played a leading role in the development of public service television. It is now an events and entertainment venue hosting exhibitions, concerts and sporting events.

Wood Green also played its part in the history of commercial television in the UK. In 1955, with the opening of [[Lew Grade]]'s London weekend franchise [[Associated Television Network|Associated Television]] (ATV), the Wood Green Empire in Lymington Avenue was home to variety programmes on Independent Television ([[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]); one of which was ''The Arthur Haynes Show'', starring the host himself and his straight man [[Nicholas Parsons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/studio%20history.htm#wood%20green%20empire|title=TV Studio History|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051915/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/studio%20history.htm#wood%20green%20empire|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Only the frontage of The Wood Green Empire survives. It is now a branch of the [[Halifax (United Kingdom bank)|Halifax]].

The now-demolished bus depot at Wood Green was used for [[location filming]] by [[London Weekend Television]] for their 1970s [[situation comedy]] ''[[On The Buses]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onthebusesfanclub.com/id45.html|title=BUSES from the show|website=www.onthebusesfanclub.com|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041811/http://www.onthebusesfanclub.com/id45.html|archive-date=22 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 1940s and 1950s the [[Fishmongers Arms]] pub in Wood Green was a popular [[jazz]] venue, and in the 1970s it became a [[rock music]] venue, hosting early performances by musicians and bands including [[John Mayall's Blues Breakers]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[Zoot Money]], [[Graham Bond]], [[Brian Auger]], [[Julie Driscoll]], [[Long John Baldry]], [[Joe Cocker]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Ten Years After]], [[The Groundhogs]], [[The Kinks]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], and [[Pink Floyd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowesandbounds.org/m/blogpost?id=6278630%3ABlogPost%3A46792|title=Our Musical Heritage: Live at the Fishmongers Arms|website=Bowes and Bounds Connected|last=McKeever|first=Richard|date=26 September 2012|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>