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However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. I came across the stories related to Palmers Green and was immediately taken back to my early years at Franklin House school in the 50's and 60's. 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. Motorcycle Repairs & Services near Palmers Green Grouts the haberdashers on the corner of Green Lanes and a small side road the name of which I cant recall and then a little further down, near Fox Lane and on the other side a huge white post office. I think that he worked on the railways. July 2015. Hazy memory? Share this forum post Hello Brian, thank goodness Im not losing the plot! I remember going there with my Grandmother in the 40s/50s. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. Not sure what to write? 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. Beg to differ, Miss Hughes was headmistress of the Infants, and Miss Bellfontaine was headmistress of the juniors. 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. 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. Until it closed. Remember Reg Hart who has posted here- he was interested in meteorology back then. Palmers Green Library, London WebPalmers Green Garage Stencil..These were phased out in the 1960s but there were a few left lying around until 1970 though rarely used. Also in Aldermans Hill was a butcher called Drakes and the Gas Company with the Electricity Co round near the current McDonalds in Lodge Drive. I remember the Coffee place & it wasnt Home & Colonial.. that was a few doors up!! As previous I lived in the Larches from 1938 at no 64. Clowes Sports Ground, Barrowell Green, London N21 1961-2016- Satellite Ground. Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! Mr Mardell was the Station Master, Dave Conway was a Porter and Ron Newman was the leading Porter. As you may be aware, the Large Hall and Parish Centre at Cannon House require major investment. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. By Regards David. 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. Can someone confirm the existence of a Tesco store in Palmers Green at this time? Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. although i dont remember it having a cafe, maybe it did before my time though. Both my cousin and I remember the shop and the smell but not the name of it. Sometime around 1960 (when my father was around 15) the contact stopped. 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! WebPalmer Green Estates, in Palmer, MA, is an affordable community designed with families and seniors in mind. It's easy - just think of a place that brings back a memory for you and write about: Here are some of the places people are talking about in our Share Your I now live in Bedfordshire. But life began to improve when his mother arranged for him to have a holiday with family friends the Pargeters at Burston Hill Farm near Aylesbury. flexible offerings for business. Pennie, I can tell you have great taste! Me to help others in the future delve back into their past. I still have a tennis racquet in the loft that I bought from P Green branch when I was about 13/14! Across Hedge Lane, does anyone remember the wartime pill boxes which stood close to where the trolleybuses made their turn-round at journeys end. Recall Mrs Potts and Mrs Langford and Miss Buchanon (whom I disliked nasty old bat). Also Victor Value supermarket. Does anyone know of an old folks home in Lakeside Road around that time, possibly number 59? In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. Happy days at Nans. Can somebody help with this? I was just 15 and left school to become the first employee your father Aubrey gave me my first job and I never looked back and went on to become a photographer in the RAF as national service was compulsory at 18 after I joined a Photo retail shop in Turnpike lane named A M DAVIS after I started my own career in Muswell Hill N10 Then went on to open 7 more shops before starting a Franchise called FOTOVALUE with over 1000 outlets throughout Europe allowing the owners to retain their own name with just banners to say the where part of Fotovalue. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. The ice cream was served from a sliding glass hatch facing the street, so you didnt have to go inside if an ice cream was all you wanted, in the summer the servery was always open otherwise a light tap on the glass and brother or sister would serve you with beautiful soft ice cream in a cone and a smile all for threepence. since 1860. Okay Pennie. you may remember I also had a retail shop in Muswell hill, = 253 Muswell hiil broadway. This marked the spot where lorries slowed, changed gear to ascend New River bridge and I would grab a tailboard chain and be towed up and up Bourne Hill by a Foden on my bicycle (not the Rudge yet) to St. Georges Road and peel off easily to Southgate County School in Fox Lane. Palmers Green The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. Was Mrs Dark the wife of Mr. I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. And to locate Colin Russell Fisher, of whom I only have the above mentioned bits and pieces of information. I lived in Wolves Lane. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! It is located within the N13 postcode district, around 8 miles (13km) north of Charing Cross. Can you remember the name of it? , some of my best memories of that time. My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and I was at Winchmore when Mr Shepherd was there as Head. Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. AU $25.00. Annyway she, (my Ma) also directed me to buy my first suit from them (powder blue with just a touch o pink pin stripes) for my first day to work in 1950. Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. I was living there from 1948 - 1956 (4 years old till 12 ). Some of the musicians achieved International fame (not meI was on drums) . Up until the purchase of the motorised bike I used to cycle in every day from Muswell hill. The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. 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. She would sit regally on the little wooden chairs by the counter. Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? Some are specific others generic. The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. The Dance Hall suffered badly but most of the fatalities were caused by the wrecking of the shop premises opposite on both corners with Sidney Avenue. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. Very interesting. Lived in New River Crescent during 60s and 70s. There was a big fat man with tattoos who ran it and used the F word all the time. By the way, the founder of the H&C chain of grocers made a lot of money and had built for him the last castle to be built in England; Castle Drago in Devon now a National Trust Property. Ive lived here all my life (born 45) but dont remember that or Keiths being a bomb site. Palmers Green Police Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. Dr Baxter used some of the rooms for his surgery and, I would imagine, must have lived there in the rest of the house. The shop later became Tesco. If my memory is correct that represented .W.W. Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. Was it The Queens? Palmers Clothing for Men Im doing some research on my family who lived in Tottenhall Road where teenagers and young adults hung out. Perhaps you know somebody who lived on that road in that period of time? Palmers Green Does any one remember the fever hospital in this rd? Back in 2019, a time capsule was found at Chase Farm Hospital from the days when it was Chase Farm Hospital School, founded to take poor and orphaned children out of the Edmonton workhouse. You must be signed in to save to an album. I used tio get my school uniform in Evans & Davies. Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. By the way I went to Winchmore Secondary Modern in the days when Mr. Shepherd was headmaster I liked him a lot the naughty kids called him the beak but he was a nice man. 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. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. Hi I lived in Princes Avenue with my grandparents in 1969 and reading the comments the memories came flooding back. Sherers Drive-In in the 1960s. The Intimate Theatre was opened in a building that had been built in 1931 as St Monica's Church Hall. The walls were lined with painted tongued and grooved wood. Regards, Brian Watling. Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. I really love this website for bringing back all those memories stored in the depths of our brains. The Beezaz was like a second home !! When you entered the shop there was another door immediately opposite the entrance door. David they are wonderful memories arent they? Some of the shops that havent been mentioned from my memory, are; The mens raincoat shop at the top of Windsor Road and the little old man who stood at the door he was creepy!. For the streets to have virtually no cars? Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. Had good times in Broomfield park and fishing in Grovelands park lake. very posh! I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. It had engraved glass in it and behind this door there was a barbers shop with two chaps who cut mens hair. Raymond, did you go to Ilfracombe Devon during the war. I lived in Conway Road all of my early life from 1944 to 1968 when I emigrated to Canada. Since Will email direct My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. Remembered the lift in Evans & Davies, Grouts, Courts, Bishops (supermarket), Stephen Gracey estate agents, A Legg & Sons hardware (now Occasional Half pub), Bakers Oven, Tesco (supermarket and a smal local one between Kelvin and Melbourne Aves). Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. Hi Jenny, I took a photo of these homes about this time (1966) before the fire for a school photo project on old buildings I believe they were called Skinners Alms Houses. Winchmore School was my school from 1955-1960. Register to find out more and create your first album! I believe some time in the 80s Doms was sold but the new owner had the good foresite to retain the classic Doms signage, but not the good foresite to retain the ice cream servery!. The owner, Bruno & his wife lived opposite in Green Lanes 3rd floor above Phiipes: Ladies Hairdressers. But he was ever present in our living rooms in Out of Town and in the childrens programme he devised and presented with Fred Dineage How! which ran until 1981. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. I owned a Maicoletta scooter in those days which out- paced the Vespas and Lambrettas of those days. We would love to hear about your memories of the area, andhow ithas changed, over a cup of tea. These Bus lines stop near Morrisons: 102, 121, 329, 34, W6. WebA winner by just 300 votes in 1990, Doug Palmer has easily been re-elected Trenton's mayor ever since. I used to go out with a boy who lived along The Larches, (number 92), in the 1960s. He had been a prisoner of war and always seemed incredibly nervous. Thanks again. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. I seem to recall that it was situated in Princes Avenue on the right, a short distance from Green Lanes. 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. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth Doc Meldrum had a most interesting signature it resembled WWWWWWWW Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! The smell really made me sick. Speaking to The Stage this week, Parsons said, It would be so sad to see the Intimate Theatre disappear as many artists learned their trade there, perfecting their craft, not only in acting but also how to walk a stage, as they say., Berkoff was characteristically more direct, In the past 20 or more years, we have lost hundreds of libraries, score upon score of theatres, endless lido swimming pools, and the reason always given is to build yet more soul-destroying rabbit hutches.. Gerry. 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.

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