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Again has anyone any info on Bruno? And the wonderful smell Once purchased the items would be carefully wrapped in brown paper and tied with string before the exciting moment (for me anyway) of paying. Doms! Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories - Facebook Good times. We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. But we used to dangle fishing lines from the river bridge in Hazelwood lane in an effort to catch something. I am Geoffreys sister Carole. I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. Visiting Palmers Green Walkfo Preview Palmers Green is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. Annyway, do you ave a clue as to whether the proprietor ,Mr. Pogson was related to THE Mr. E. O. Pogson. OK sorry Lorna, but just thought the name being similar and all that. There was a big fat man with tattoos who ran it and used the F word all the time. Possibly during WW2 it was requisitioned for war work. Im doing some research on my family who lived in Tottenhall Road where teenagers and young adults hung out. The Fox has a number of accolades. When I was in the juniors my friend and I used to like nothing more than to lay down on the railway bridge near the Church at the top of Hedge Lane and let the smoke of the trains roll over us. Daughter of Uncle Sid Rann (Imperial Father of the Chapel. I was in my late teens when it was opened. One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. The surgery was in a big detached house with a lovely garden round it & you walked through a long pergola covered in flowers to get to the house. Happy memories of Greenwood Gate Tennis Club in the Rec too, circa 1959 1963. Getting my school blazer and cap at Isaac Waltons. I wasnt as lucky as you & never actually ate at Doms though, but if I was very good my treat was the ice cream and I still have a sweet tooth to this day. Good lunch time food & very good value. Remember the Rag and Bone man had a horse and cart and my mum would send me out with a shovel and bucket to scoop up any droppings the horse might leave. He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. All will be revealed on Google Street View. In the 50s there was a shop towards the end of Palmers Green (on the right hand side as you went toward Winchmore Hill) that ground coffee. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. I used to have a paper round in the paper shop top of hedge lane and green lanes in 1963 I got fifteen Bob a week Mr pogson was the proprietor does any body remember him. The shop later became Tesco. As she asked for opera top petticoats and long legged knickers the woman behind the counter would operate the very cleaver drawers lining the walls holding the goods. 2 min read. Also the sports shop was further up on the parade of shops opposite the old Woolworths. So many happy memories. . History Dr Stewart was a wonderful Dr who never seem to rush you, yet never seemed to run late with his apt & made you feel really at ease. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. I remember the coffee shop in the 1960s as a child. Key Study: Leading questions and the misinformation effect - " the car This was run by a short tubby lady. I remember the entrance to Appleyards next to the post office. Dad did buy furniture at A an Asand all else for Elsie (my Mum) without consulting er. It may be that your memory of PG is slightly off but, as I recall, it was the Home & Colonial grocer shop and it was on the left hand side as one went north towards Winchmore Hill; it was on that side shortly before Devonshire Road, the Fox Inn and Fox Lane, possibly about where the Red Cross shop has been in recent times. One old lady lost her life in the fire. It was a black moment for Palmers Green as the bodies of the dead & injured were laid out on the pavement. Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. weve already ad enough laughs for the day over your conviction that The Sahara Desert is in the middle of Australia. A quaint . Seifert refused to save my an my Dads life in the 40Sannyway no ard feelins e saved my life later..,as for Tottenhall Roadmore our memories istories. Mr Mardell was the Station Master, Dave Conway was a Porter and Ron Newman was the leading Porter. As Mr. Auger sed want to be a farmer eh-eh-young-un? Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. He made me move it in all directions to see what damage Id done and he really hurt me but he was so stern that I was too scared to complain and laid there with my eyes filled with tears but kept a stiff upper lip and wouldnt cry as that would have been seen as weak! Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, I owned a Maicoletta scooter in those days which out- paced the Vespas and Lambrettas of those days. John. Hi Anna, I remember the tea shop next to t he. I remember the Coffee place & it wasnt Home & Colonial.. that was a few doors up!! My father, Bert Hart, worked for Allen & Appleyard making furniture. Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? Miss Gibbs. Although we joke about the shop you could actually buy just about anything you required in the haberdashery line, ric-rac braid, elastic, cotton, american cloth by the yard etc. I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. Once in, the shop was very narrow and long with coats of all sorts hanging along the walls. & knickers etc. (When I was a boy is banned in daylight hours this family). There was no bomb site where the garage was. Think pool is still there. . you may remember I also had a retail shop in Muswell hill, = 253 Muswell hiil broadway. I wonder if anyone remembers Dr Baxter who had a surgery in Hazelwood Lane at the junction with New River Crescent where the maisonettes are now? I have a friend who grew up in Palmers green and he says that there was no Tesco in Palmers green?!! 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. Since opening its doors in 2014, FUFU (meaning lucky) has established itself as one of . We went to Sothgate County Grammer School in Fox Lane. Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. Mr. Pratt was very critical of my dovetail jointing but roped me in scenery building for the annual Gilbert and Sullivan Operas as did Miss Green, Art, for paintings. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. Remember the barbers shop. Around the mid 60s lovely to see we all grew up in such a cherished place. I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Cam rember going to your uncles house one Xmas where everybody joined in to play Charades, I played out being a Milkman with horse and cart! Which barbers do you mean? In my form 5 of us went on to become teachers.so much for the 11+ . It would have been maybe late 60s/ early 70s Also I remember the very high slide in Broomfield park with concrete below scary! Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. Since 1970 Ive lived in the Netherlands and from 1980 am the fortunate owner of a mint condition, unrestored 1963 Jaguar Mk 2, 3.4 litre. Further up another pet shop Hoopers? Do I get commission on the bet payout? Hi Jenny, slightly different location, a bomb did fall near the intersection of Green Lanes & Bowes Rd/N.C.Rd opposite Princes Ave. People were killed and the site was eventually leased by two brothers and used a a used car lot space called Keith Cars until the late 70s. That would have been where visitors could wave to their loved ones in the hospital. Any idea of what it was called? Janes & Adams, Wendy. Symms Davies tempering miss Bennett miss Edith Ashby miss Doris woods When I read Jenny H & Martins comments about Doctors, it reminded me of the first one I had. The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. My Godmother was a local schoolteacher in .1930 onwards ish ( Miss Una Cook). An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. Even on cross country runsI wonder what dear old Mr Robertson, Physical Training Master at Southgate County would have commented. After the war he ran various bands Bert Harts band any combination. The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. Have a nice trip! Back to the New River, us 4 from 3b Southgate County met on Sundays in Geoffs Grannys House, Riverway and mounting to her Summer House Roof Platform at the end of her garden invented the game of Catchreeling, making our apparatus from cotton reels and cottons supplied by Granny the object was to cast as fly fishing to snare the bundles of cut grasses that seasonally the New River Authority trimmed from the banks. No I cannot remember the name of the garage and can barely remember the garage let alone that it was selling Jags. Hi Gerry, I,m not sure but you could well be right as I do not remember any other type of restaurant there, Regards Brian. Dordrecht, Netherlands I remember the tremendous explosion and my father tying the washing up bowl over his head with a towel and running down Sidney Avenue to help. Barrowell Green pool was always on the cards in the summer! Until it closed. Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. Dear Ray, If your Dad was Eric Rann, then he was my Great Uncle brother to my Granddad Syd, who also lived at The Larches. julia, I remember Victor Value, we used the shop sometimes. Sylvia. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. Was this the Barbers that was in a room behind Glossops the sweet and tobacco shop. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. Also Victor Value supermarket. Mum rode her bike to Tottenhall Road to care for patients in the old fever hospital. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. I know Pete and Bill Starling locally, not related though. I think it was called Harvey Sports (a friend of mine had a Saturday job there) & next door was a fabric shop called Metres which sold everything from net curtains to dress fabrics and upholstery materials, The couple who ran it were very kind & patient working our how much material you needed for your windows etc. Community life - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Happy times at Arnos school and some not so nice if you got the cane. And how kind he was to. I used it fir a while to work as a mini cab driver for a bloke called Roy that was in a tacky office opposite Woodberry Avenue (where I lived) in Green Lanes. No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. Also went to Hazelwood Lane school then to Winchmore school previously. These chairs had the smallest seats Ive ever seen and I often thought it was a miracle that my Gran ever managed to perch on one. I recall Evans and Davis, Jane and Adams and the owner had an e type jaguar. Its great. I used to get home absolutely filthy but so happy. Annyway back to Patricia (and her Ma), they worshipped Grouts and in my stores upstairs I ave loads oGrouts stuff and the 60s lectric Singer sewing machine kept ready an oiled like for my grandaughter (6) and er new baby sister comin October. When you entered the shop there was another door immediately opposite the entrance door. Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. Annyway she sees the ambience of Palmers Greenery so later Dad as to buy a property to satisfy er haspirations Palmer Green wise N14annyway my Palmers Green is Jewell in Crown (I am salutin you er Majesty) no rushkeep crackin on, eh? I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. 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! 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. There were two blokes in the back workshop mending bikes and preparing new ones. I dont remember the Rubber Mac ShopMa made me buy my Mac (Grey Gabberdine, de reguer worn over the right arm when hescortin the ladies (no rain at the wrong time in them pre global warmin days) but de reguer in Broomfield or Grovelands Park to spread for the ladies (Sir Walter Raaly like etc)) from Fifty Shillin Tailors? She was a lovely lady; then onto Junior school run by Miss Belfontaine, who was a bit of a demon but very good at her job. Can you imagine leaving two young children in a caf now, you would probably get a visit from Social Services. I had a mini and a few cortinas in the 70s all with big bore exhausts and used to make a deliberate noise going up Green lanes. Dad livin then in Islinton/ighbury played piano, accordian, dubblebase, all sizes of saxophones and clarinet as reserve needed in the West End otels in Lunnon includin the Savoy otel (10/6d an evenin)(after the War e was to reminisce when taken to lunch in Savoy Grill by conglommerats an councils gaspin to get old of Shells munny) as assistant investment manager (16th Floor) for Shell Oil (millions to spend) and for No.1 Balloon Barrage Dance Band (later the Squadronnaires an Skyrockitts) that is when e wasn,t tendin is personal barrage balloon in East am 1939. (Miss Watts?) Still beautiful. Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. I worked in that Bricks mens shop in1971. The reference to Palmers Green was prompted by the fact that Trouble had split up with his girlfriend and was at a party thrown by his friend Charles "Charlie Farley" Hallinan near The Fox, Palmers Green. Remember the Windsor Caf. Winchester) and was amazed when on a route march or exercise and dreading the eventas soon as we turned the corner from barracks, everyone from Sergeant to PTI had to fall out for a smoke. Tall and imposing, for those coming to Palmers Green from the north, it acts as a gateway into Palmers Green's main shopping area. no NHS .no grudgis but years go on this tripe celebration with fireworks still upsets loads o animals for a month (even pets let alone them foxis an badgers) annually..Annyway ice cream an jellys under a glass case (repro) at the Ritz cinema 1943 in Leyton (before the doodle bugs) but nil else at the Odeon Southgate (2/9 for the best seats and icis (extra) in the interval (with my wife 1959). However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! Lots of happy memories of Palmers Green ice cream at John Coombs sweet shop. Nice to hear from you. With the Winchmore Hill conservation area as a focal point, the district is bounded on the east by Green Lanes (the A105 road), Barrowell Green, Firs Lane and Fords Grove, and on the north-west by Grovelands Park; in the south it extends to part of Aldermans Hill, and in the north . I have so many memories of Palmers Green in the late 1940s [through to the present day] that I could be here all night, tomorrow and for the next month typing them up. Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. I bet you noticed big changes to the shops in PG when you went to The Fox. Ill be checking your face book page. Just read (13.10.17) email of your history contribution. Jeremy Hoare, pictured left aged nine, grew up in Palmers Green, north London, next to an image of him now (Jeremy Hoare/PA) A community radio station presenter has recalled the "fabulous" photographs he took on his Kodak Box Brownie camera as a schoolchild at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. Later, I remember seeing my very first E Type Jaguar outside the shop with a number plate personalised JA number forgotten. I used tio get my school uniform in Evans & Davies. Memories of Grouts - Palmers Green Community Forums - Palmers Green Further up from Ashwells towards Devonshire Rd.was a beautiful shop selling china and glass.This was close to the shop with the heavy coffee smella quite small shop which was probably next door to the 2nd. Palmers Greenery Community Caf open 10.30am - 12.00am Coronation street party at Bounds Green Bowls and Tennis Club 10.30am - 12.00pm Councillors' surgery: Palmers Green, New Southgate, Bowes and Highfield wards 2.30pm - 4.30pm People with Voices poetry and ideas workshop 8.00pm - 12.30am Live music: Jiminy Rockit Band I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. Im not sure where Jays originated in Croydon or elsewhere but in any case it appears to have ended up as a national chain, with branches in places such as Bristol, Luton, Northampton, Croydon and Sheffield, as well as areas of London including Palmers Green, Stoke Newington, and Walthamstow.. Biking from The Larches to Holborn Kingsway, clock in at 8 am, carry bike up 4 flights of stairs, no smoking allowed, no sitting down cept lunch time at the frame.
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