Cafe between Gambles an J an Adams (Ma says not goin in there Raymond, too cheep ) on our way back from The Palmadium. The shop later became an extension to Gateway Film Productions (where I worked). Making own fun! There were no school playing fields so we had to go to Ford's Grove in Winchmore Hill for sport. A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. She mopped up my tears when I failed the 11+ (I did however become a teacher myself and always remembered her kindness) Then onto Winchmore County School -what a great school. The adults who gave their time for us were great people! an dreemin on ..do you remember Lou Ansell and is Dance Band founded I believe at Hazlewood Lane Skool and practicin evenins before puttin on dances for the skool and other worthy causes. Yes, and the gas fire which hissed and stuttered. A clip of shire horses gently nodding along pulling a plough and that music, a little slice of country life, and then Sunday lunch. . 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 I hated the dumplings at school dinners. Which barbers do you mean? Sun May 3rd 2015, at 7:28 pm, Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 - 1960, Download this free history of the Collection. Wood Green is 729 meters away, 10 min walk. Walked there & back four times a day! Sylvia. I started at Hazelwood in 1963 too and l also live in Singapore. Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. 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. Sue Beard, Palmers Green Jewel in the North The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. New River Crescent was bisected at the foot of Park Avenue. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. I was born at 7 Oakthorpe Rd, PG in 1944 and moved to East Anglia in 1971. The, I lived in a flat over Walton, Hassell & Port in Alderman's Hill. Southgate County School organised its annual swimming gala there whilst I was at the school from 1948-53, under the leadership of Mr. Reg Pratt, the handicrafts master. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. David they are wonderful memories arent they? 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! of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. Thank you for any help you can give Thank you. Pennie, I can tell you have great taste! Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. 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. Some of the musicians achieved International fame (not meI was on drums) . I fondly remember "Barrowell Green swimming pool. I seem to remember it being a Vauxhall dealer then a Volvo garage (?Triangle motors), in the 80s & 90s. 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. 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. I attended Bowes Road School and Southgate County Grammar School. 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. Lived in New River Crescent during 60s and 70s. Until it closed. Im doing some research on my family who lived in Tottenhall Road where teenagers and young adults hung out. Worked at Burtons in palmers green for most of the. I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. 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. In 1988 Palmers Green's only hospital, Greentrees Hospital, was closed and demolished.[4]. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. The community of one- to -three-bedroom apartments offers meticulously Who remembers Tom the singing flower seller at the top of the access between the buildings? 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. I then went to He played an accordion and the drums for many of the big orchestras and hotels in central London. 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! Hi Reg. And it seems that so too will our old Intimate. Sylvia 0 I grew in in NRC, What was there before the maisonettes were built. Hi Gerry It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! What a lovely road it was then. I remember headmaster Mr Bennett at t ottenhall rd junior school This extraordinary My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. Does any one remember the fever hospital in this rd? So many happy memories. Rebecca Andrade, president of Newark Preschool Council; a founder and executive director of Head Start Program, 1968. Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. Search for Motorcycle Repairs & Services and other automotive services near you on Yell.com. I also recall Roberts toy shop on the other side. It was owned later by a mate of mine Bruno. I lived in New River Crescent. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? I bet virtually nobody has one of these fictitious Swiss bank accounts etiher. Hello everyone. Rosalie lived in Palmers Green during the war, and provided this memory of her wartime life as part of the BBC project the WW2 Peoples War, an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC. 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. Glossops was near J&A. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. I ad no spare cash for new comics in them daysdid you ever deliver the EagleIm payin 8.00 a copy for the good ones now.. My grandparents moved to Palmers Green in 1910. The 70 volunteers in only one group working towards a Better Palmers Green is really, really impressive. I also attended Hazelwood school and remember Mrs bellefontaine I am now 66 years old. One day I remember hearing some youths had put a razor blade on the shoot and I was terrified. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. Not sure what to write? 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! 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. fondly recall a Cafe/restaurant upstairs some shop it was opposite one of the cinemas, Special treat of afternoon tea at Pritchards, next door to Evans and Davies. Before Victor Value there was a lovely old music hall. He had been a prisoner of war and always seemed incredibly nervous. I was in my late teens when it was opened. Arnos and remember Mr collier miss wastel and headmaster Mr Rossi also school nurse nitty Nora! Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. [5] The Conservatory in the park has recently reopened after a refurbishment.[6]. I remember the mac shop. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. 70s. Later, I remember seeing my very first E Type Jaguar outside the shop with a number plate personalised JA number forgotten. Regards Hi. Hi Christine. . She showed us the brick steps built under the ground floor windows. I smiled when I read about the visits to Dom's Cafe, just a five minute walk from the school. I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. It was called Briggs and there was another branch down at Wood Green. Okay Pennie. Was Mrs Dark the wife of Mr. I used to get home absolutely filthy but so happy. Did you work in the Muswell Hill shop? The wood walls remained! The shop later became Tesco. Can anyone remember the Bamboo coffee bar in Bowes Rd, cant find any history of the place or photos. In those days they called a spade a spade! These drawers had glass fronts so you could see the contents. The manager was named Mr Hemmings and his daughter Lesley was a good friend of mine in the Girl Guides at St Johns Hall, All rights reserved. Before you object that the government "can't afford" to pay claimants enough for them to live on, just think about this. Dr Baxter used some of the rooms for his surgery and, I would imagine, must have lived there in the rest of the house. An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. 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. The chemist at the top of Hazelwood Lane was called Cross & Herbert. And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. Butter being knocked into shape, with wooden paddles, by ladies behind the counter at the original Sainsbury's, left side of High Street, midway towards General Post Office. The guy that ran it looked like Carlos out of Crossroads . Back in London, knuckling down to school at Merchant Taylors proved a rude awakening but he was still able to gain a place at Kings College to study veterinary science before disaster struck: a collapse in James Hargreaves business and Jacks plans to marry meant that Jack had to abandon his studies and get a job writing advertising copy for Spratts Dob Biscuits at Unilever before moving into the theatre, variety and then radio and finally TV. ps. There was no bomb site where the garage was. I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. Thank you Suzanne. Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. We moved to Crawley in about 1955 or 6. In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. More details Which Bus lines stop near Morrisons? Collecting shrapnel since 1939 in Leytonstone gutters and still collecting turning over neolithic shards in Cornish fieldsmy motto: Its Fun Finding Out (Chapman Pincher and Bernard Wicksteed, 1947) shaped my career. 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. 6% was Indian and 5% of 'any other ethnic group'. Those were the days. yes recall them well. I now live in Bedfordshire. Can anyone help? Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. The, Today is the 7th July. Or anyone that you may imagine could know? By then of course, Jack was long gone from Palmers Green, and truth be told, was probably little ever here, though in his day Palmers Green was still being built and there were still some fields to roam north of Bourne Hill. I lived in Burford Gardens from 1954 until 1978,went to Hazelwood school where I had a huge crush on a girl called Hilary Taylor. I retired at 44 and have now become an expect at doing nothing. Remembering the first Wimpy Bar which opened just near Woolworth's and of course, the wonderful Broomfield Park which offered space, beauty, fun, and sport. Memories of a lovely green and leafy suburb, with a beautiful park Broomfield. Mrs Palmers Shorts Mens Size 32 Black Pinstripe. We were entranced by the trendy clothes and selection of jazzy tights. I went back to PG last year for a look around and was amazed at all the cars parked in my old road, Lynbridge Grdns as when I lived there there were none. By 1801 the area had grown to a village of 54 buildings, including two inns (according to the Middlesex Record Office). Do you remember one opposite Arnos Grove tube in early 80s? Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! I couldn't remember the name of the cinema, but it was on Green Lanes, near The Triangle on the east side. I learned from research that my grandmother had died in 1970, aged 45 in Essex. friedmanjenny He said there was money all over the place and as far as he could see it was all being collected up to be given back, The other corner was also hit and certainly Keith`s cars set up business there and eventually on both sides of Sidney Avenue, becoming a flourishing business. I assume there was no ammunition in the house, though! More details And a bycycle from J&A (Rudge) set me free on those open roads, YHA and the romances. Recommended option Train Take the train from Old Street to Palmers Green 24 min 5 - 8 3 alternative options Line 141 bus And to locate Colin Russell Fisher, of whom I only have the above mentioned bits and pieces of information. He has also now retired and the surgery has now moved nearer to the roundabout at W.Hill next to the petrol station. 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. Dont start me on the shops the wonderful Evans and Davies and the evocatic smell of Grouts! Also remember Mrs Dark who took 4A, an excellent teacher. Truly some of the best times of my life in Palmers Green. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? Situated on the corner of Groveland's Road opposite Broomfield Park. After the war Jack edited the magazines Lilliput and Picture Post, before being recruited by the National Farmers Union to set up a new information department. Geno Washington once played there. But then came THE GIRLS. Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. We recently had an email from Bente Dalsbaek who is trying to trace members of her family from when they lived in Palmers Green in the 1970s. I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Thanks for the info. Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. OM G how I hated Grouts, I was marched in there twice a year by my mother to buy the navy knickers, beige brown high woollen socks and worst of all the liberty bodices with their horrible rubber buttonsall of which had to be worn to school until the end of May..despite a heat wave .I m shuddering to think of that shop and the humiliation it brought to me at Hazelwood Primary School. Please take a look at Palmers Green Virtual Ward Panel Survey for January 2023 via the link below. Local pickup. I went to Brownies and Guides at that church too! Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. Just request to join and add your own memories and photos. )(i am yet to be convinced I wos wrong). Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. 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 dont recall the cart. 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. I studied at Southgate County 1946-1950. 2023 Palmers Green Jewel in the North, Palmers Green history, people and community, 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. Well the years are rolling back! accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). Can you help? We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. Good times. Im impressed. 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. 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. Had good times in Broomfield park and fishing in Grovelands park lake. Symms Davies tempering miss Bennett miss Edith Ashby miss Doris woods Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. Definitely around 1958 when Bezazz opened: frothy coffee in tiny glass cups. Palmers Green, United Kingdom One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, London is a travellers delight. It was a black moment for Palmers Green as the bodies of the dead & injured were laid out on the pavement. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. Why not add your memory today and become part of our I would go and visit her with my mother when I was quite small and then, when I was a teenager, I helped her during school holidays by making sandwiches at a sandwich bar inside the shop to the right of the front door. I practically lived in the Bezzaz Coffee Bar!!!! The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. 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. Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 1960 A Memory of Palmers Green. Can you imagine leaving two young children in a caf now, you would probably get a visit from Social Services. Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments). I worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. Have a nice trip! I could go on and on reallybut one last one for now the Box o Chicken next to Martins the newsagentand I remember that bloke in Martins, youre right he did look like Reg Varney!! the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. By then of course, Jack was long gone from Palmers Green, and truth be told, was probably little ever here, though in his day Palmers Green was still being built and there were still some fields to roam north of Bourne Hill. This isnt the place to get involved in that discussion so Ill just say that changes arent always for the best! Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. Yes.thats where I learnt to swim. you may remember I also had a retail shop in Muswell hill, = 253 Muswell hiil broadway. For well over 10 years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences Thanks again. Was it a post office too? Monica's Church, Palmers Green St Monicas, 1 Stonard Road, Palmers Green, London N13 4DJ Phone: (+44) 020 8886 9568 Email: palmersgreen@rcdow.org.uk Website: Also the sports shop was further up on the parade of shops opposite the old Woolworths. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. One of us is going mad!! Gerry Hicks, Hi. The Hargreaves were not short of a bob or two, and James and his milliner wife Ada set up a second home in London so as to be nearer business contacts and better healthcare and prospects before starting their family. Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. No self-service yet. My parents continued to live there until 2009 in Kelvin Avenue. As Mr. Auger sed want to be a farmer eh-eh-young-un? I remember the flower man James! At the 1960 Masters Tournament, Palmer gave a glimpse of things to come when he birdied the final two holes to nip Ken Venturi and win by a stroke. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. WebPalmer Green Estates, in Palmer, MA, is an affordable community designed with families and seniors in mind. To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? Baptist An extra curricular fishing trip with the cameraman led to Out of Towns predecessor Gone Fishing in the 1960s and the rest, as they say, is history. He also made excellent onion omelettes. 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. I have some letters from around that time, describing the move and the area. Was this a WW2 bomb? He was very stern and terrified me! We lived in Sidney Avenue from 1952 until 1961. I used tio get my school uniform in Evans & Davies. flexible offerings for business. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. People who have only had soft ice cream have no idea what theyre missing. Can you remember the name of it? Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? Send a personal message with a photo to anyone, anywhere. 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. G lenda Jackson met Stevie Smith on a poetry-reading platform in the 1960s, when the poet from Palmers Green came into a late-blossoming fame. Yep, remember Doms very well too in the 50s. Sylvia. Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. I still as the familly piano bungin up my front room, opin the latist sprog will unravvell its potential. Jack enjoyed the rough and ready country life, hunting, shooting and fishing and the farm became his second home. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. I lived in Tottenham rd during the war and remember being wrapped in a tartan rug and carried out side by my dad who was an air raid warden to see. Does anyone remember Victor Value supermarket in Wood Green it was not far from the Civic center and before myddleton road. Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. According to the 2011 census, 64% of the ward's population is white (34% British, 27% other, 3% Irish). Palm Court Restaurant, upstairs on the opposite side of the road near Cinema. The buildings are not energy-efficient and some areas cannot be accessed by thosewith impaired mobility. Yes Simon there are on this site. Its best to just have fond memories of how it was Sylvia. It was a large detached house surrounded by a beautiful garden which took up the whole of that corner site. I was at Winchmore when Mr Shepherd was there as Head. 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. See https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-intimate-theatre-palmers-green. Good times eh Dad?. In myddleton road there was a fish and chip shop He must have spent a lot of time fixing kids injuries as my memory of him was from when I fell off my scooter whizzing round the garden and I damaged a tendon in my leg. Hazy memory? He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. 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. I have very clear memories of it. julia, I remember Victor Value, we used the shop sometimes. My parents bought our very first television from them a Bush table model which was also installed by them. Ah yes. 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 and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! I think it was late 50s . Exactly fifty years ago today, I went to my local cinema in Palmers Green to see A Hard Days Night. on I recall Evans and Davis, Jane and Adams and the owner had an e type jaguar. 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? What about the old corn merchant on the corner of Osborne Road and the tiny sweetshop nextdoor! [2], Recorded as Palmers grene 1608, 'village green associated with a family called Palmer' (mentioned in local records from the 14th century), from the Middle English grene.[3]. John. I lived in Palmers Green from 1965 to 1993 and I have many memories of the shops back in the 60s and 70s, I even had a saturday job in Gambles the corn merchant, in 1977. Yes, remember it as Roberts. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. raleigh charter high school dress code, kauai obituaries february 2021,
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