memories of palmers green

The shop later became an extension to Gateway Film Productions (where I worked). I went to Brownies and Guides at that church too! Most of the sites stayed flattened for many years afterwards some right up to the 60s. (with Pa as escort we did go to the Queens later on seein Cat an the Canary (Bob Hope, avent bin able to sleep in a bed with edboard since and Pinnochionightmares cos o the Whale swallerin (Jonah?) Was this the Barbers that was in a room behind Glossops the sweet and tobacco shop. Anniversary Edition. The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . . You walked up a long gravel path under the pergola to get to the house which had dark wooden panelling etc., very posh! I remember once using the underground public toilet at the triangle and sure there was an assistant there in the days before we considered disabled people. So many happy memories. As Mr. Auger sed want to be a farmer eh-eh-young-un? David. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. Open in Google Maps. !.thank you for jogging my memory. 1940, I have enjoyed reading all of your comments, because my Mother was so proud to have lived there, and reminisced so often. My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. Later, I remember seeing my very first E Type Jaguar outside the shop with a number plate personalised JA number forgotten. It is being discussed today and frequently, on my Facebook page Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. 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. Getting my school blazer and cap at Isaac Waltons. Train Station (not the new International Train Hestacion) (tho the coffee an croissants is worth a go ere (ambience etc)) Soits between Palmers Green Pilgrims (overalls, ambience) etc., Valencia, McDonalds (frys) and Sgt Craven (Army Caterin Corps) attached Rifle Brigade (Winchester)Savoury Mincenow for Lamb Chops a la Remoska at Colebrook Cornywall. Just a qwik qweery (my daughter is out this evenin an Im baby sittinso privit time on the computer, eh?) Visiting Palmers Green Walkfo Preview Palmers Green is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Charing Cross. Ill call you a Fcab etc. memories those were the best days. This isnt the place to get involved in that discussion so Ill just say that changes arent always for the best! I remember my Nan going I to Tescos on Green Lane and used to run around Brookfield park and go into the burned down museum with the bees and the art work. Visit Palmers Green places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Palmers Green places to visit. He even used to ask children for a tip! The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. 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. There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. He was on duty the night a German bomber that had been badly damaged by ack-ack fire abandoned his bomb load on the dance hall above the shops in Green Lanes between Princes Avenue and Tottenhall Road. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. Hi David, I think I remember you from Winchmore. When a change of scenery was called for, it was all off to the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood. My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. Please?? The Fox has a number of accolades. 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. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. xx, Hi If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. 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. Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. In 1961 the company was acquired by Car Mart Sales Ltd, but retained its name. Winchmore Hill is a suburb and electoral ward in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district. I remember the mac shop. Those were the days. Does anyone happen to know? The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. Palmers Green, Enfield A poor man's Muswell Hill, as architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called it, consisting of an Edwardian core surrounded by interwar estates on the borders of Southgate, Winchmore Hill and Bowes Park. She showed us the brick steps built under the ground floor windows. 'The Palmers Greenery' will serve locally-sourced, fresh, healthy and affordable drinks and snacks, and will be staffed by volunteers from the community. Used to live in Palmers Green (1976-1983). Hi Raymond We went to Sothgate County Grammer School in Fox Lane. They ran the cafe on their own with no other help. 1st. Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories Join group About this group This worldwide local history, nostalgia and memories group has been active since 2012, we have thousands of photos in our albums and many memori See more Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. 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. My mum used to take me to the clinic in Broomfield House and I can still taste the orange juice they gave us,fantastic! I went there with my sister and her friends I think the Small Faces were signing autographs ? Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. [10] Can anyone help? In 1914 he was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and was killed on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. I guess that makes you and she cousins! Bruno would leave the bar at 9.30pm each night, snooker cue in hand and walk to the Cock Tavern for several beers & a few games of snooker. Other teachers were Miss Sweeny who would let you ring the bell if it was your birthday, Miss Calcott (horrible) and Mrs Dark. although i dont remember it having a cafe, maybe it did before my time though. As I was only young then, I have no idea why that happened. us failed musicians worship for evermore.no rush puttin the latest grandaughter Reenie to bed..ope she gets on the bandstand soon shes got the lungs for it and we may need er thirty shillins a week to pay orf the mortgage.Annyway (am I keepin you up?) 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. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! 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! very posh! I practically lived in the Bezzaz Coffee Bar!!!! History . The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Thank you Suzanne. Yes, and the gas fire which hissed and stuttered. Its a hazy memory but I do remember buying a basket for my school books (they were the in thing then) It was a glorious place to live as a child. Hi Anna, I remember the tea shop next to t he. 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. Spent a few happy days with him and also his parents at their house up by the new river. 213 p. 239 halftone & black & white line illustrations. I have very clear memories of it. It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. Hello Brian, Im so glad you remember Dr Baxter. 348 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5TJ. however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. Before marrying my first wife I too lived in Muswell Hill then Palmerston Road before buying a flat in Woodberry Avenue. Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. Thanks Dave. 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. I used to get home absolutely filthy but so happy. hang across the window pegged on string!!! He was ARP in WW2 and a member of Fives Clubafter the war ended 5s Club held a party for local children in the club house. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. I bet you noticed big changes to the shops in PG when you went to The Fox. I wish I had found this page earlier as he would have loved to chatted with you about Palmers Green as that is where he had his office and owned several properties in that area. and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! Was sad to see it go. But the mac an the suit attracted my beloved Patricia nee Cable (Winchmore ill) (not me, you unnerstand). 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. I retired at 44 and have now become an expect at doing nothing. Maybe it was rebuilt very quickly or my memorys going! Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? If my memory is correct that represented .W.W. It had engraved glass in it and behind this door there was a barbers shop with two chaps who cut mens hair. February Edition Issue 12. 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 remember the Ford Zephyr. It was a large detached house surrounded by a beautiful garden which took up the whole of that corner site. Ray in Cornywall. Hi John ! Seems a long time ago now! My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. The headmistress, Miss Hughes must have been about 110, My class teacher was a woman aptly named Mrs Dark a horrible and spiteful woman. Me Opposite Grouts well almost. It wasnt the Home & Colonial that was a few shops further up, I will ask around about the name but ohhh!! Dear Ken. 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? I remember J&As when the windows were boarded, just a square foot to stare in. I was born in Southgate in October 1936 and lived with my parents at 6 Tintern Gardens until September 1956, when they moved to Willingdon, Eastbourne. You just came up in conversation and I Googled you. At the time Kennings had a garage in Edmonton which I remember was a Jaguar dealer so I imagine our old car hire site was the Jaguar dealer you recall and would most likely have also been a Kennings branch. Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) Does anyone have a photo of prewar broomhill park with its original railings? One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. She ated the chairs and the oover and most else e lovingly carried ome. The Beezaz was like a second home !! David.just seen your mail regardin Palmers\Geen Photo istory and sees you now lives in Australiado you know my cousin Jill Rann (as was) lived at 22 The Larches.N13? Going back a bit who used to run up Fox Lane, stand on the bridge and wait to be covered in steam from the trains . Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. The coffee shop WAS on the right going towards Winchmore Hill, surely? Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. Contact . National Service. 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. 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. Across Hedge Lane, does anyone remember the wartime pill boxes which stood close to where the trolleybuses made their turn-round at journeys end. I have fond memories of Palmers Green, as I worked at the station from aged 15 in 1963 till 1968. Visit Website. Sylvia 0 I grew in in NRC, What was there before the maisonettes were built. I also was in the cubs and then the scouts,153 North London which met at the Congregational church at the end of Burford Gardens where my sister also got married around 1967 I think. Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Firs Farm Firs Farm circa 1914, reproduced by kind permission of Enfield Local History Archive Firs Farm was to the east of Firs Lane - just north of the present day Fairway. One old lady lost her life in the fire. Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? The shop later became Tesco. Daughter of Uncle Sid Rann (Imperial Father of the Chapel. I lived at no46 Conway road, My mother knew your parents. He has also now retired and the surgery has now moved nearer to the roundabout at W.Hill next to the petrol station. Does anyone the name of the 1960s Record Shop in the parade of shops at the Cambridge Roundabout at the junction of Hedge Lane and the North Circular Road ? The Prisoners were building the estate up to Ash Grove. Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. Miss Bellefontaine was head of junior school. The manager in the 60s was Keith Small, very nice man who had a daughter Jacqueline. Laura. I just recall the horse. Was this a WW2 bomb? I remember that day vividly as, just as the tv was made to work, on the screen we were just in time to see the Boat Race with Oxford sinking up to their waists in water. Memories of a lovely green and leafy suburb, with a beautiful park Broomfield. I also got a passion for steam trains watching them working the sidings at the station. Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. Ray. Remember the bovril machine. Lovely doctor. In those days they called a spade a spade! We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. I also used to enjoy swimming lessons and free practice twice per week at the schools Arnos Grove Swimming pool is that still a local schools facility? The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. The walls were lined with painted tongued and grooved wood. I remember the Brody and Hicks name and Fotovalue. I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. And a bycycle from J&A (Rudge) set me free on those open roads, YHA and the romances. Think pool is still there. Far nicer than some well known overated areas of London. Call now on: 0203 095 2916; get a quote for. 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). So back ome goin West? He was a bit of a nifty jiver down Wood Green Jazz Club. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Miss Gibbs. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. no munny for the trollybus past Evans an Davies Pritchards Restaurant (Mas favourite cept for Shell Oils Social Club at Teddington) Same waitress uniforms, black, with frilly white eddressis an apronsso the long walk ome to The Larches an cheese sanwiches. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. The Sales Department was at 44-46 Aldermans Hill and Service was at 234 Green Lanes. A lift man too to take you to the upper floor who would call out Corsetry and Carpets. I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . Its great. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. Now Mr Shepherd, Im afraid that a majority were not keen,malthough you must speak as you find. The song's lyrics were written by Lewie's friend Keef Trouble, a fellow member of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. The only place Ive ever found an equivalent to Doms, is in the home of ice cream, Italy and thats a long way to go for a cornet!!! I cannot recall any other bombs round that area. Sylvia. Remember Dr Meldrums surgery opposite Janes and Adams, and his receptionist? Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. 2 min read. The manager was named Mr Hemmings and his daughter Lesley was a good friend of mine in the Girl Guides at St Johns Hall, Ah yes. My parents bought our furniture there. No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. Yes Bezazz coffee bar, went their most nights as well around 1964 onwards coffee, egg & chips, juke box, pinball machine, 3/6d last all night!..some faces Denis Day, Mick Stanton, Mick Smith, Dave Todd, Michael joannou, Michael De Bear,Wendy & Susan Smale, Laureen Blackwell, the cast goes on! Thanks. 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. Hello Stephen..thanks for your promptin memorriesjust south of your late employer street-wise in them days on the corner of edge Lane was alf a shop where I ad to take mas dry cleanins, come snow or shineannyway Dad ad to ave is dickies starched weekly ,cos he was appearin (come snow or shine) on Friday nights at the Manor ouse Turnpike Lane or Tottnam Muniplayin sax(s) clarinet, piano, accordian, dubble base etc for the fashionable dancers in them days. Shame I cannot post some photos here. Annyway I have told already of my Mum on this lovely chat previous, being part-time life saver and attendant at THE POOL, she could not swim a stroke. He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! You even remember the prices! As I hadnt had any response to my original comment I was beginning to think I had imagined him. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. I would supply Aubrey with items from the palmers green branch by which time I think you where becoming involved in running the shop KELVIN PHOTOS Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. I dont recall the cart. Where do you live now? I used to buy my records from Ashwells which was next door to Lloyds Bank. Sorry to say my own Weddin Photos (brilliant) from Artricia, Winchmore Hill selected by my father-in-law Edward Cable Later on in Advertisin I helped to promote the 10 fare to Australia for adventurous families but had to stay behind to assist David Bailey, Don McCullin, Billy Apple et al.. No rush now but still on the familly tree search (Sixteen String Jack Rann and Sue) (Sue still rowing back to GB from Botany Bay 1779)ave you eard from yore coastgards annythin? I have vague recollections of my mother taking us to what seemed quite a posh tea shop called Shepherds which was on Aldermans Hill opposite the park, does anybody remember this? Thanks for your rememberins. John. Where are you now and all the others from these years? He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. The garage was called Saul and Slatters. I grew up in Palmers green I was given an anointing spoon to commemmorate the big day. When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? I was Jean cook then with a brother Brian l remember the bombing of the dance hall between princes avenue and Tottenhall rd and the trolly bus wires catching fire and my friend Louise loosing a leg l remember Doreen young and Gary spicer.also the smell of Mac fisherys shop. Responding to the notes on Barrowell Green Swimming pool, I was born in Southgate and lived at 6 Tintern Gardens from 1936 56, and attended Southgate County Grammar School. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. 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. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. 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? Hi I lived in Princes Avenue with my grandparents in 1969 and reading the comments the memories came flooding back. A unique way to experience Palmers Green's places, Walkfo allows you to explore Palmers Green as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides. Aldermans Hill had some fascinating shops too.the tiny pet shop opposite the station, the flower man then on to an electrical shop where I bought my first portable telly for my room with my first wages! Once upon a time in Palmers Green by Alan Dumayne 1988; Fond memories of Winchmore Hill by Alan Dumayne 1990; Semi-detached London, Suburban Development, Life and . Julia. She must have been quite young then (unless it was a different Miss Hughes), but then young children think anyone over 20 is old. There was nearly always a queue to have your hair cut and my Mum would go shopping while I and my brothers sat and waited next to the coat stand. The front half was a sweet shop and there was hair all over the floor, The old buzzard who cut the hair used to ask for a tip. Anyone remember The Quick Service Cafe on the corner of Bowes Rd and N Circular run by James what year were you at Ambrose Fleming , I was there from when it first opened in 1962 [ I think ] until 1965 . The owner, Bruno & his wife lived opposite in Green Lanes 3rd floor above Phiipes: Ladies Hairdressers. There were something over 50 people killed as the dance had just ended and many had left the dance hall to get buses in Green Lanes. Dr Stewart was our doctor too. Doms and the baker opposite were always good pitches! Will email direct I then started my apprenticeship at Kenning Car Mart at the Triangle behind Woolworths. I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. Joy's memories of Palmers Green My family, all three of us, moved to Palmers Green from Haringay in 1936 when I was five years old. I lived in Madeira Road. I remember being in your house when she visited them. Do you remember a bus that got his by a bomb during the war as no one seems to have any photos or accounts about this. Sylvia. They were green wooden gates. Thank you for any help you can give Any idea of what it was called? We were spoilt for choice for cinemas at that time with the 2 in Palmers Green, Southgate, Regal at Edmonton, Enfield and Bowes Road and they all had a different atmosphere. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. I lived in New River Crescent 1950, 60s and 70s. Definitely around 1958 when Bezazz opened: frothy coffee in tiny glass cups. Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. Palmers Green N13, is lovely, a Edwardian area with plenty of independence shops, the parade of shops has beautiful building above them a lovely 1930s style park, a railway station journey to the countryside and Moorgate and properties are still very affordable. After the last chip was scoffed the owner would place in front of us a huge strawberry milkshake made with the soft ice cream they were known for, this shake was always served in a heavy fancy thick glass with a straw to slurp up the last visible clinging bubbles. Celia Rutterford, Thanks so much for your reply I havent lived in Palmers Green since the late 60.s and loved living there.so many memories and so much fun again thanks.
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