The story
The college was founded in 1880 as the Hornsey School of Arts by Charles Swinstead, an artist and teacher who lived at Crouch End, Hornsey. The college passed to his son, Frank Swinstead, following his death in 1890. During the inter-war years, the school's curriculum was composed of Fine Art, Advertising Design, and Industrial Applied Art. It continued its day-time classes during the Second World War and was one of only two London art schools which did not leave the capital during the blitz.
In 1955 the school became the Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts and continued under that name until 1973, when it was merged with Enfield Technical College and Hendon Technical College as part of Middlesex Polytechnic. The Polytechnic later became Middlesex University.
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