memories of palmers green

Ive only just found your comment. He was a bit of a nifty jiver down Wood Green Jazz Club. Wonderful. I do remember though looking at one of those planes that were bombs without pilots (forgot what they were called could it be doodle bug) with my dad and its engine stopped right over head. Next..The Triangle Cafe shut (ABC an Lyons) also shut at 5.. However, you might ave missed as Waitrose now sez ere in Cornywall.Hazelwood Lane an the Pilgrims Rest (maitred, a Swiss gentlemanlater to command The Cherry Tree on Southgate Green) tho never done it better than Pilgrims in my an my Patricias opinionOther Cafes in Lunnon Town.. Savoy, Carlton Towers, The White House, Tante Clair etc..an them Cafes in Bray, Berks, dont make it in my list but that MacDonalds (you know, the one just across the road from Valencia (Espagne?) I now live in Bedfordshire. But although it stopped above us it must have drifted because the next day going to school I saw it had hit the house the other side of the field in Hazelwood Lane. The price stickers rather than bar codesThe staff cafeteria the bag searches as you left the building after a shift etc etc. Winchmore Hill - Wikipedia I dont recall the cart. I lived next to the Bird In Hand Pub in the early 79s, but my grandparents used to own a toy and Oran shop on the corner of Tottenham road and wolves lane. Best wishes Regards, Brian Watling. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? I must have been about 5 or 6. They sold lovely solid, classy furniture. Lovely doctor. I remember Dr Baxter well, he plastered up my left hand when I broke a finger playing leapfrog at school! People were lying everywhere because a bus had been crushed, and there had been a dance going on in the hall above Pitmans College which had been bombed. Yes Bob good memory, striking looking car, my MK 3 Cortina was yellow with black vinyl roof, which was unfortunately mostly removed by a group of baboons at Whipsnade safari park during a warm summer in the 70s, I believe the place has now closed. Trusted memories of the museum By Suzanne Beard October 23, 2012 2 Comments If you were a child (or even an adult) in Palmers Green between 1925 and the early 1980s, chances are that a highlight of a visit to Broomfield Park would have been a nose around Broomfield House Museum. The bombs which fell in Green Lanes/Princes Avenue referred to earlier were caused because one of our anti-aircraft guns which were mounted on the railway line shot off the back of a plane carrying bombs to drop on London and the whole stick fell there. Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories - Facebook The name Bezazz brings back happy memories of the late 50s and early 60s. I used to get birthday cards and my daily paper there. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. in the 70s I delivered your free paper for a while. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. It is the oldest remaining pub in Palmers Green to have continuously stood on the . Peter. I recall Evans and Davis, Jane and Adams and the owner had an e type jaguar. Glossops was near J&A. They were great times at that school but I then left at 11 to go to Ambrose Fleming Technical Grammar School for boys, what an awful place, hated every minute and left at 15. It is open on Sunday afternoons from 2.00 to 4.30pm Model Boating Pond The Model Boating Pond was dug in 1903, shortly after the opening of the Park. Opposite were the cottage gates where Italian Prisoners of War sold the plaitings of straw for pocket money. Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. Annyway after ostilities e also gigged (very fashionable nowadays, eh?) For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. I have a friend who is bit older than me who has lived up near Hedge Lane all her life and she might be able to enlighten us about that mystery when I can contact her. Before marrying my first wife I too lived in Muswell Hill then Palmerston Road before buying a flat in Woodberry Avenue. I suspect we would just love them x ! Once upon a time in Palmers Green, Southgate - a glimpse into the past, Fond memories of Winchmore Hill Alan Dumayne Enfield Matthew Eccleston Enfield at War 1939-1945 Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society Theatres, Music Halls and Cinemas in the London Borough of Enfield Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? There was a Palmers Field here in 1204 and a road called Palmers Green in 1324 but there is no record of a settlement until the late 16th century, when there were . Mum was Pool Attendant at Barrowell Green but we still had to join those long queues to get in..so long a waitso full had to wait as Mrs. Barry only allowed the extras in as people left. Mum rode her bike to Tottenhall Road to care for patients in the old fever hospital. Julia. Hospital. Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. Does anyone remember Palmers Green High School in the early to mid 60s. Was it a post office too? One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? When we were small the barber put a piece of wood across the arms of the chair for us to sit on or we could not be seen in the mirror! Church under rev. He was simply the best jiver (having been a professional dancer in his younger days). Sylvia. Can you remember the name of it? Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North No this barbers was near Janes and Adams Electrical shop and also bicycle shop. Nothing wrong in that!..seems the 50s 60s & 70s had a lot going for them, I look at kids today and think theyve missed the best bits! Janes & Adams was my favourite shop in Palmers Green. "Post your memories, photos, questions and stories relevant to Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. Hi Raymond, It was Sid Ran your uncle that I remember as a friend of my father, I believe I as at that party you mention but cannot recall the present I received but it may have been a small accordion. The owners were brother and sister Dominic & Anna both born in Italy who arrived in England after the second world war,they were very hard working & organised, so much so they only lived 200 yards opposite in Tottenhall Rd. Arnos and remember Mr collier miss wastel and headmaster Mr Rossi also school nurse nitty Nora! The farmhouse was built in 1720 by a Mrs Childs. Down by the Diploma Mills Stream | WIRED Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? ..annyway the day come in 46 for the first consignment of Dinky Toys on sale at J&AI got there late in the queue and only the hEmplacement Coastal Gun was leftbought it but should .ave kept itin its box what price now? Hi Mike, yes I remember Bruno walking from the cafe with snooker cue in hand after a days work to the Cock pub to try & win a few bob in the billiard room, he also had the Bezazz Coffee Bar corner of Princes Ave, with juke box & pin ball machines great times all for the price of a coke or coffee with your mates. Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . I remember we got a TV from Stanwood Radio and remember the tiny shop on alderman shill that had wood showing decay in the window. I also remember Burtons at the triangle and having a girl friend who lived in Tottenham road and the estate agents around Doms cafe including Dennis, Maxwell Miel who had a reg. At this point it is appropriate to include some of the memories of Cecil Hughes who, with his family, had been resident in the area . Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. Palmers green life 24pp july by Tony Ourris - Issuu The Sales Department was at 44-46 Aldermans Hill and Service was at 234 Green Lanes. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? Hi Sylvia, in the P.Green archives somewhere there is a report that on the night of March 15th 1941 the Princes Dance Hall (corner of Princes Ave) was packed with young couples. James what year were you at Ambrose Fleming , I was there from when it first opened in 1962 [ I think ] until 1965 . Remember the bovril machine. In my form 5 of us went on to become teachers.so much for the 11+ . The sound of a siren still turns my stomach over to this day. I then went to The other side of the Bank was a school outfitters where I was bought school uniforms, blazers and badges etc. Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. Daughter of Uncle Sid Rann (Imperial Father of the Chapel. I lived in Winchmore Hill while married and enjoyed the playing field that is now Sainsburys and Baker, butcher and tea shop with the Green by Broadwalk and have fond memories of PG and WH as a young man. Which barbers do you mean?

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