palmers green 1960's

PALMERS GREEN our school on fire by insendery bombs ,also the sky appearing like a red sun set and being told it was London docks on fire.mr rodwell Mrs green are. Hello Brian, Im so glad you remember Dr Baxter. Can someone confirm the existence of a Tesco store in Palmers Green at this time? Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, The management of waste in north London has long been an area of concern, all too often subject to seemingly unsatisfactory answers to reasonable questions. I lived in Windsor Road from 1965 to 1970 and I remember a sweet shop called The Windsor we always called it the red shop as the front was painted red. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and Dad has been pottering around outside in the cold all morning, doing odd jobs but now, while Mum cooks, he is in the living room in his chair in front of the television, still in his baggy green jumper, which is gradually becoming more hole than jumper. Pennie, I can tell you have great taste! It is quite heavy as solid hardwood. And of course, it gave its name to Fox Lane. Annyway, do you ave a clue as to whether the proprietor ,Mr. Pogson was related to THE Mr. E. O. Pogson. Also why did they demolish whatever was there before? The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. 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. Palmers Green to Tottenham by bus The bus journey time between Palmers Green and Tottenham is around 8 min and covers a distance of around 2 miles. Sometime around 1960 (when my father was around 15) the contact stopped. OK sorry Lorna, but just thought the name being similar and all that. Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. In those days they called a spade a spade! Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. Gerry. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. I think it then became Volvo (Triangle Motors) followed by a high end mens outfitters selling suits, shoes etc. The coffee shop WAS on the right going towards Winchmore Hill, surely? Palmers Green Its great. Then out agin on bike round to Patricias house and on to Capitol Winchmore Hill (if in money) or Queens, Palmers Green. The aim is to encourage more commuter, school journeys and leisure cycling than was possible under the previous road layout, which combined four lane sections subject to speeding and other dangers to cyclists. 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. You must be signed in to save to an album. Thank you. Hazy memory? If my memory is correct that represented .W.W. 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!!! The Tesco replaced a cinema that used to be there, In the early 60s I saw Robin Hood,there, the Walt Disney cartoon production. 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. Palmers Green Restaurants Make a free reservation Lets go Available for breakfast now in Winchmore Hill View all Promoted Tuttons 3.6 765 reviews BritishCovent Garden Booked 2 times today Find next available Bantof 4.4 42 reviews EuropeanSoho Booked 14 times today Find next available Sydney Rocks 4.8 19 This weeks parish newsletter announces plans to demolish it and to also sell the current Parish Centre on Cannon Hill which is a Grade 2 listed regency villa. Northbound trains run to Hertford North regularly and on to Stevenage once an hour. Opposite were the cottage gates where Italian Prisoners of War sold the plaitings of straw for pocket money. I have some letters from around that time, describing the move and the area. On the other side of the road there was a record shop called Opus I used to spend a lot of time in there in the 70s, you could also buy records from John Menzies a few doors down. 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. Palmers Green Clowes Sports Ground, Barrowell Green, London N21 1961-2016- Satellite Ground. Next, The Curzon just past the Post Office (not goin in there Raymond, too hexpensive). After the dentist located at the Triangle mum would take me across to Lyons tea house, Download this free history of the Collection. The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. Me Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) You done a bit of boxing? 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. And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. or Best Offer. Enjoy Miss Wrigley used to rattle you back and forward in your desk if you didnt behave. We dashed under our iron table which was a kind of indoor shelter. Sherers Drive-In in the 1960s. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? although i dont remember it having a cafe, maybe it did before my time though. flexible offerings for business. There have been theatre productions, celebrity drinkers, a ghost, a comedy club, and community cinema. After more than 20 years of discussion, the North Circular A406 was widened to two lanes each way at Bounds Green,[when?] Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. would go down there most nights and you need only buy one coffee & that had to last you all evening what great times in there !!!! I believe she moved up to Scotland after living in Ibiza for a while. [5] The Conservatory in the park has recently reopened after a refurbishment.[6]. Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! 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. 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. https:// smartsurvey.co.uk/s/FC1F4B/ 1. We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. Palmers Green is 235 meters away, 4 min walk. By 1801 Palmers Green had 54 dwellings, including two inns and two farms. Despite the opening of the station on Aldermans Hill in 1871, little development occurred at first, mainly because wealthy landowners like the Taylor family had no need to sell. watts north Miss? Sit down Raymond! Ah yes. Dad wasnt a countryman as such, though he grew up in the country (son of an oft time farm worker and bringer home of rabbits and pheasants that might not strictly have belonged to him) and has always loved its ways and traditions. The memories this place inspires for you? Remember the Windsor Caf. The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. Then, of course, the great Grouts with its artistic window displays! 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 owner, Bruno & his wife lived opposite in Green Lanes 3rd floor above Phiipes: Ladies Hairdressers. Seekin relatives of a gentleman printer named Richard Wall who lived at No.8 The Promenade N13 opin to return some property I found, I come across this Jewel and your writinsare you related to Joe Hart for whose band my Dad used to play the saxophoneusually Friday evenins for 32/6? WebDescribed by its residents as the Jewel in the North, Palmers Green is home to the largest Cypriot community outside of Cyprus, bringing a distinctive Mediterranean flavour to the neighbourhood, with supermarkets and stores providing creative Until they pulled the cinema down and built Telsco's. Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. in the 70s I delivered your free paper for a while. on Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, on Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons, The twentieth century and urban life in literature, Palmers Green Baptist Church, Green Lanes, Palmers Green United Reformed Church, Fox Lane/Burford Gardens, St Georges Presbyterian Church, Fox Lane / St Georges Road (demolished), Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue, Brownlow Road, Palmers Green Mosque and Education Centre, Oakthorpe Road, Local dignatories, bigwigs and characters, Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons, http://www.palmersgreenn13.com/2015/11/03/every-street-in-palmers-green-5-ladies-and-gentlemen-live-from-palmers-green/, For more about the Intimates heady days of stage and screen, see. Inside, the shop was very long with a back section which you rarely ventured into, mainly sheets and towels and net curtaining, Down the middle of the shop, arranged on chairs were tatty cardboard boxes holding items like socks, childs vests etcspecial offers, I guess! Some boys from Winchmore worked for him on the window cleaning. Probably some of my first photographs were taken there. Since She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. AU $39.80. Can anyone help? Hi Reg. Bus routes 34, 102, 121, 141, 232, 299, 329, W4, W6, W9 and the N29 operate locally. Living in The Larches 1938off to Devon November 1940..back to Palmers Green 1946..11+ and off to Southgate County School. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. AnnywayI bought my first camera from Mr Kalms (Dixons) Edgeware (Agfa Silette) on the knock (so much a week) and cycled to Edgeware to pay the monthlya Canon copy of the Leica followed f1.8 lens but paid its way at weddins and I think I was one of the first to get back with ome developed colour (Ferrania) to the celebrations in them days. WebHazelwood Sports Ground, Madeira Road, Palmers Green, N13 1958-date - Main Ground. Most of the sites stayed flattened for many years afterwards some right up to the 60s. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) julia, I remember Victor Value, we used the shop sometimes. I went to The Bezazz in 1961 and 1962 when I was nursing at the North Mid. My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. Yep, remember Doms very well too in the 50s. Okay Pennie. Peter. See https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-intimate-theatre-palmers-green. Or anyone that you may imagine could know? She was young and trendyin fact I saw her once in the old HMV shop in Wood Green buying a Yes album ! 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! Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. Lorna, is it possible the furniture store you refer to was Ways? 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). I remember being in your house when she visited them. Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. The shop later became Tesco. I used to by comics from him in the 60s. Broomfield House, in Broomfield Park, remains a burnt-out shell despite numerous redevelopment proposals and an appearance on the BBC2 programme Restoration. 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. Symms Davies tempering miss Bennett miss Edith Ashby miss Doris woods But if it is the right Colin Fisher, I do not yet know. I remember Tom I worked opposite him at Triangle Cars for 5 years in th 60s . 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.. hang across the window pegged on string!!! My parents bought our very first television from them a Bush table model which was also installed by them. Opposite Grouts well almost. Was this a WW2 bomb? Ma used to send me there up Hedge Lane in the school olidays with a shillin for my lunch (includin tip)I remembers the custard. St. Clements Press. I then went to Dad was in the ARP with your uncle, I have been trying to find some photos of the ARP at Palmers Green but as yet not successful. Terms & Conditions of Use More details 1. also the restuarant above the sweet shop in Green Lanes which was opposite the Queens Cinema? Gerry Hicks, Hi. 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. Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? Also there was an old style Sainsburys Bricks mens shop, No Job Centres in those days. Doc. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. I used to get birthday cards and my daily paper there. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. It is located within the N13 postcode district, around 8 miles (13km) north of Charing Cross. Palmers Green Community 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. 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. Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. Mr Mardell was the Station Master, Dave Conway was a Porter and Ron Newman was the leading Porter. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. Wow! I cannot recall any other bombs round that area. 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. Lots of great memories. When it was Download the app Get a free listing Advertise 0800 777 449. keywords location Search. Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? When the V1 flying bomb attacks on London began in the summer of 1944 I Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. I just recall the horse. Hi Christine. Did your dad run a newspaper stand by The Fox. Palmer, then 29, won the 1960 U.S. Open with the most mesmerizing birdiefest in golf history, six in the first seven holes to start his fourth round. Life isnt all about the big We had to make our own fun in those days, there were no iPads, computers,,,,,,,,,,, etc. They could be dropped down to serve the goods. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. Remember Dr Meldrums surgery opposite Janes and Adams, and his receptionist? Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. I also bought a BSA Winged Wheel from them and had it fitted to my pushbike on which I commuted from Palmers Green to Tottenham Hale every day for my Apprenticeship at Keith Blackmans Ltd. A female named Jane lived above the J&A shop. 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. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. I farms in Cornwall now an apologise for the grammer neglected at Southgate County Grammar (an spellins). All in advance of any actual details. I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. There was some credible evidence that the house on the corner of New River Crescent and Hedge Lane in the direction of Green Lanes was haunted. Richard Franklin. Now retired living in Strawberry Hill. No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. I remember one of my friends falling into the river off the bridge and clambering out the other side after swimming under the bridge in the river current. Those were the days. 60 years old and still looking good! - Palmers Green Community Amazing to find others to share memories with from those times. I retired at 44 and have now become an expect at doing nothing. One of us is going mad!! She and my Father were married at Palmers Green in 1935. 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. There was a garage forecourt at the top of Hedge Lane where in intersects with Green Lanes, Was that a WW2 bomb site does anyone know? He retired in about 1956 when I was 11 and the house was demolished after that and the land must have been sold to a developer who built the maisonettes. New River Crescent was bisected at the foot of Park Avenue. Share this forum post Does anyone know of an old folks home in Lakeside Road around that time, possibly number 59? Hi Anna, I remember the tea shop next to t he. Website Terms of Service Contact UsRegularLabs.EmailProtector.unCloak("ep_81d610ff", true); Switch to Mobile Version, Palmers Green Town Centre Improvement Project 2012: Survey responses, Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area, captured on film at the opening ceremony in this footage, When nearly 3 million emergency food parcels are needed, it's time to Guarantee our Essentials, Government rejects London Assembly call for devolution of suburban rail services, Council proposing new active travel route through Palmers Green, Come to the aid of Enfield's special vineyard. 60 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. 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 Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. An abundance of dress shops and Evans and DaviesAn unforgetable shop that sold everything. Perhaps it was awakening the same kinds of feelings as it did with Dad in homes up and down the country, people whose lives had moved away from their beginnings and now worked in offices, but who treasured the fields and pastures and the skills you needed to make a living from them. I have lots of childhood memories about Palmers Green Railway Station. 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?)

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