I think your Father was there too. yes recall them well. St. Clements Press. Remember the Windsor Caf. The wood walls remained! Sad as I am, I have just had a look on Google maps and as of August 2014, there was still a Doms offering Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner no mention of ice cream though! Did I swap it or sell at a profit. Good times. Regards David. She bought all her underwear from there. Gerry. More please! Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 1960 - Francis Frith As previous I lived in the Larches from 1938 at no 64. The other side of the Bank was a school outfitters where I was bought school uniforms, blazers and badges etc. I have also contacted the Enfield Walking Team since I found a Colin Fisher on their team, when they broke a world record in 1977. In answer to your question about tescos, I worked there for many years and there was a Tescos there. Saturday morning pictures at the Palladium was always good fun watching Roy Rogers, Flash Gordon etc. Hallo Raymond, Wondered whether or not your father was Fred Rann who used to go to the Fives Club? I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Many toys purchased there! Once purchased the items would be carefully wrapped in brown paper and tied with string before the exciting moment (for me anyway) of paying. In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. Palmers Green - Wikipedia Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. 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. Stories about the community, its history and people? In 1988 Palmers Green's only hospital, Greentrees Hospital, was closed and demolished.[4]. Miss Tibbets was the head I believe. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. 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. now. AU $9.95 postage. Happy days playing in the yard out back. The coffee shop WAS on the right going towards Winchmore Hill, surely? (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?) Can u help??!! To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? Download the app Get a free listing Advertise 0800 777 449. keywords location Search. in days gone by. No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. AU $39.80. to help others in the future delve back into their past. I used to get home absolutely filthy but so happy. He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! When I read Jenny H & Martins comments about Doctors, it reminded me of the first one I had. She must have been quite young then (unless it was a different Miss Hughes), but then young children think anyone over 20 is old. Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? Work began on building St Georges Presbyterian Gothic style church in 1912. Boots the Chemist had a small book lending library upstairs and usually had a good selection of Enid Blyton Mysteries. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. I have very clear memories of it. And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. And how kind he was to. 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. Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! These drawers had glass fronts so you could see the contents. Existing expenditure on maintaining these building is costly and will continue to be in thefuture. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. By 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. Your change would come whizzing back in the rather splendid looking canisters. Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. And it was Dads favourite programme. I could probably bore everyone to death with them! Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. Cullens sold loose biscuits from large tins and lots of different dried fruits and unpacked ingredients that could be bought in any quantities and were then bagged in paper bags. Did you work in the Muswell Hill shop? My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. I also loved the names of the park keepers you remember they just seem very appropriate somehow! I wonder if anyone out there can help with a memory? memories those were the best days. If I remember correctly you used to play the piano, Michelle I started Hazelwood in January 1964. Thanks. Yes, very tall, Scottish doctor with elderly receptionist and very noisy gas fire. Also remember Mrs Dark who took 4A, an excellent teacher. As Mr. Auger sed want to be a farmer eh-eh-young-un? Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. All in advance of any actual details. Wonderful area. See the Some of the musicians achieved International fame (not meI was on drums) . Cafe between Gambles an J an Adams (Ma says not goin in there Raymond, too cheep ) on our way back from The Palmadium. Please take a look at Palmers Green Virtual Ward Panel Survey for January 2023 via the link below. dont make us laugh its football or economics ere. 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? I can still remember how I felt when I saw it. Even on cross country runsI wonder what dear old Mr Robertson, Physical Training Master at Southgate County would have commented. would love to know.. oh that did make me laugh yes remember him. Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? Then they returned to London, where they bought a house in The Larches, Palmers Green together with Colin Fishers parents as I understand it. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. Hi. 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!! How everyone stayed so skinny in those days I have no idea! When I lived in London and just started my business Aubrey would do most of my black and white printing and I also did a few weddings for him. 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. Still beautiful. 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: I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! My parents continued to live there until 2009 in Kelvin Avenue. 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). Dark..my teecher at Winchmore ill and Southgate County Grammer, Fox Lane, do you remember? Ray in Cornywall. All had presentsmine was miniature guitarwere you at that party? And another question on the same side as the H&C but further towards Winchmore Hill opposite a photographers, there was a Jaguar garage. He also made excellent onion omelettes. Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. In 1914 he was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and was killed on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. I lived in Tottenhall Road until 1955 when we moved to Winchmore Hill but I remember the home made guys outside the shops on Green Lanes. I believe she moved up to Scotland after living in Ibiza for a while. An electric tramway along Green Lanes as far as Winchmore Hill was developed in 1907, helping to further develop the area. No seats until the Union got a concession. on Some good times at Arnos. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. One day I remember hearing some youths had put a razor blade on the shoot and I was terrified. He played an accordion and the drums for many of the big orchestras and hotels in central London. Nostalgic memories of Palmers Green's local history Ive only just found your comment. Hi Jenny ! Remember the minicab office at the top of Hedge Lane in the 1970s. I lived at 409 Green Lanes in1960. Hello again, I posted a question about your possible father Fred Rann, but I now realise I meant Sid Rann, was he your father? Thanks Dave. The mention of Grouts brouht back many memories. 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. Dave Todd. The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. watts north Miss? Sit down Raymond! I went there 1953 1958. yes: miss belfontaine was head of Hazelwood juniors and mis hughes head of infants. In 1961 the company was acquired by Car Mart Sales Ltd, but retained its name. Seems a long time ago now! Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. But I was answering Jenny Hs comment about the site at the top of Hedge Lane which was a car dealership etc & is now a very good Turkish Deli, which she thought had been a bomb site. One called Bourlet (nr Smokers Paradise) & Hinds which was almost opposite I think. Was that called Pritchards or am I mixing it up with somewhere else? Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? Unsentimental I am not so sure, but whether it was fishing for tench, making cart wheels, baskets or floats, putting sheepdogs through their paces, or, the favourite, Appleby Horse Fair, it was gentle and strangely hypnotic and as Sunday in the seventies as meat and two veg. I hated the dumplings at school dinners. Yes, and the gas fire which hissed and stuttered. 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. Annyway, do you ave a clue as to whether the proprietor ,Mr. Pogson was related to THE Mr. E. O. Pogson. I think that surgery was based in the houses that Martin mentioned (10/8/14) for a short while and then to a tiny building, like a garage, at the top of Windsor Rd with a bigger branch in Winchmore Hill, nr Green Dragon Lane. Lorna, I now have an ad for Jays Stores Surrey branches, a 1952 invoice from Palmers Green branch and a photo of their location, adjacent to Spencer Avenue, posted on my page. It's easy to add your own memories and reconnect with your shared local Palmers Green What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. 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. I was born 1935 in Clapton E. Clapton Mothers Home, but my Mum was born in 1917, er Mum born in St. Pancras Workhouse (next to St. Pancras Station Lunnon) of them days.,Mum went to skool in Islington of very poor (financial m,barrased) parents (both boxmakers on the premises)annyway er memories included bein sent from er classroom in Islington with a friend as escort on the tram to Ulleswater Road, Palmers Green, becos er teacher ad left certain documents behind (or wassit sanwiches (any teacher memories ere?). It catered for men and women. Happy times at Arnos school and some not so nice if you got the cane. So many happy memories. Hello Dave, I didnt know Victor Madden when he was young as I live in Ely, nr Cambridge, but luckily, I met Victor on a Rock and Roll weekender in 2009 and we spent the next 7 years together. 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. Many of those have of course passed now. For my Dad, Out of Town only got better when the theme changed from Max Bygraves to the lovely Improvisacion, A Granada, Cantiga Arabe written by the Spanish composer Francisco Elxes Torrega. Palmers Green was once a tiny hamlet in the parish of Edmonton, situated at the junction of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. I was at Winchmore when Mr Shepherd was there as Head. Conway park and blagdens lane were my playground when the old rubbish dump was behind the stables a goldmine of wartime and Victorian memorabilia. On June 12, 1990, Douglas H. Palmer made history, winning election as Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. Palmers Green National Service. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, plate MAX 2 and Stephen Graces. 1960: Palmer's fantastic finish | 2022 Masters - The Augusta Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? Thank you Suzanne. 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. Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. It is now a tyre suppliers and fitters. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. Life isnt all about the big 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. hang across the window pegged on string!!! Served by I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . I just recall the horse. How the location features in your personal history? Can you help? Was sad to see it go. I worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. xx, Hi Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. When it was 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. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. I also seem to remember that the path to Dr Baxters surgery had a pergola over it which used to be covered with blossom (? It was a large detached house surrounded by a beautiful garden which took up the whole of that corner site. I attended Bowes Road School and Southgate County Grammar School. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. The ford zepher was back in the 60s it would have been the 70s in PG. The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! It would have been maybe late 60s/ early 70s Also I remember the very high slide in Broomfield park with concrete below scary! Also Victor Value supermarket. Yes.thats where I learnt to swim. Recommended option Train Take the train from Old Street to Palmers Green 24 min 5 - 8 3 alternative options Line 141 bus Janes & Adams, Wendy. Thank you for any help you can give Next, The Curzon just past the Post Office (not goin in there Raymond, too hexpensive). Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. 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. Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. Do you John manses I use to buy my records in the 70s and 80s, Lived in Palmers Green from 1966 to 1987. 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.
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