memories of palmers green

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 !!!! When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? We used to have a grocers van come around each week, does anyone remember Mr Meadows who ran this van? Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. Dr Stewart was a wonderful Dr who never seem to rush you, yet never seemed to run late with his apt & made you feel really at ease. Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. Palmers Green; Palmers Green Funeral Directors. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. Holborn). I retired at 44 and have now become an expect at doing nothing. We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. What a great guy he was. 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. I remember the mac shop. Perhaps he moved out of the area or maybe passed away and the family sold it but thats only a guess. 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. in the 70s I delivered your free paper for a while. Now retired living in Strawberry Hill. 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. I suspect we would just love them x ! Lorna, is it possible the furniture store you refer to was Ways? 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. She showed us the brick steps built under the ground floor windows. She ated the chairs and the oover and most else e lovingly carried ome. I lived in Wolves Lane. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. People who have only had soft ice cream have no idea what theyre missing. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. I also recall Roberts toy shop on the other side. I think Myrtle Road was built in 1950, is that right? I can still remember how I felt when I saw it. Thanks for the info. In my form 5 of us went on to become teachers.so much for the 11+ . Thank you for any help you can give Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! Syds daughter, Jill, is my Mum, now living in Midhurst, W.Sussex and still thriving, thankfully. Palmers Green Congregational Church hall was built in Fox Lane in 1909, with a church designed in a late Gothic style by George Baines and Son being added alongside in 1913-14. . Hello Brian, thank goodness Im not losing the plot! Hello Raymond, Your memories of Palmers Green are a real Gold Mine. also the Unigate milkman who had an electric cart and kept saying oh brother. This isnt the place to get involved in that discussion so Ill just say that changes arent always for the best! Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. Can anyone remember the Bamboo coffee bar in Bowes Rd, cant find any history of the place or photos. He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! Okay Pennie. dont make us laugh its football or economics ere. 020 8881 7304. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. 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. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. I guess that makes you and she cousins! I seem to recall that it was situated in Princes Avenue on the right, a short distance from Green Lanes. I suppose the range of shops in every High St has changed so much these days because almost everyone has a car, fridges and freezers and generally shop only once or twice a week, whereas when I was young, people shopped every day and had to walk to the shops for fresh produce. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. We lived in Osborne Road (1955 ) but then moved to Old Park Road just over 10 years later where we stayed until the late 70s. Miss Bellefontaine was head of junior school. The owners were brother and sister Dominic & Anna both born in Italy who arrived in England after the second world war,they were very hard working & organised, so much so they only lived 200 yards opposite in Tottenhall Rd. I bet you noticed big changes to the shops in PG when you went to The Fox. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. Fantastic David, thats amazing. 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! 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. Michael do you remember Mr Forkin at St. Michaels school Tottenhall Rd.arranging a boxing ring with proper gloves in the playground afternoon break with you & Everett Houghton as contenders? Call now on: 0203 095 2916; get a quote for. We moved to Crawley in about 1955 or 6. My parents bought our very first television from them a Bush table model which was also installed by them. 1940, I have enjoyed reading all of your comments, because my Mother was so proud to have lived there, and reminisced so often. When the V1 flying bomb attacks on London began in the summer of. No seats until the Union got a concession. If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'. Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments ). I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. Annyway Mike Ovenden was our form springboard expert at both Barrowell and Arnos Grovetho I seem to remember that Jackie Brown at the Pool was overall open diving champion. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. Lots of happy memories of Palmers Green ice cream at John Coombs sweet shop. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. Later, they raised us four kids in York Road. Which one is it?? Glossops was near J&A. 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. I also went to Bowes Road School but only from 1952 to 1953 in the infants. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. Palmers green life feb14 final. I wasnt as lucky as you & never actually ate at Doms though, but if I was very good my treat was the ice cream and I still have a sweet tooth to this day. Doc Meldrum had a most interesting signature it resembled WWWWWWWW Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. We lived in Sidney Avenue from 1952 until 1961. you could add doms cafe where you had a great breakfast there. Otherwise it was as you describe with the coffee grinding machine in the window and the aroma pervading Green Lanes. In fact on A10 between Lister Gardens and Ostliffe Rd, there is still a gap in the terrace where 2 houses were hit during the war. 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? Please help! 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! I also attended Hazelwood school and remember Mrs bellefontaine I am now 66 years old. I have very clear memories of it. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. Also Jack the window cleaner who lost a leg at the Somme. I cannot believe Miss Hughes was still there in 1960s. Janes & Adams, Wendy. Coronation fireworks display in the park. Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. My brother and I also used to park our guy on the days leading up to Guy Fawkes night outside Doms (with his permission) as it was always busy and situated between two bus stops. I have lots of childhood memories about Palmers Green Railway Station. My grandmother moved to Halifax in 1919 and remarried. I remember the Ford Zephyr. The lived AT 56, Lightcliffe Road and granddad worked at a city bank. Remember Roberts toy shop near the corner of Hazelwood Lane? Nowadays there arent park keepers any more and some people get up to all sorts in local parks making some of them no-go areas in some cases. 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?) Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. I lived in Palmers Green from 1938 to 1964. In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. xx, Hi Church under rev. The adults who gave their time for us were great people! Annyway, do you ave a clue as to whether the proprietor ,Mr. Pogson was related to THE Mr. E. O. Pogson. Rosalie lived in Palmers Green during the war, and provided this memory of her wartime life as part of the BBC project the WW2 People's War, an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC. 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. Ill be checking your face book page. Where are you now and all the others from these years? 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. and had a Saturday job in Grouts!!!! Lovely doctor. If I remember correctly you used to play the piano, Michelle I started Hazelwood in January 1964. 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!! Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? Cafe between Gambles an J an Adams (Ma says not goin in there Raymond, too cheep ) on our way back from The Palmadium. We had to make our own fun in those days, there were no iPads, computers,,,,,,,,,,, etc. . 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. Miss Wrigley used to rattle you back and forward in your desk if you didnt behave. Maybe it was rebuilt very quickly or my memorys going! It was nice to hear your memories. Was Mrs Dark the wife of Mr. 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 ? Does anyone remember Victor Value supermarket in Wood Green it was not far from the Civic center and before myddleton road. 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 Visible Anyone can find this group. Before Victor Value there was a lovely old music hall. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. 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? The ford zepher was back in the 60s it would have been the 70s in PG. 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. 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. Back to the New River, us 4 from 3b Southgate County met on Sundays in Geoffs Grannys House, Riverway and mounting to her Summer House Roof Platform at the end of her garden invented the game of Catchreeling, making our apparatus from cotton reels and cottons supplied by Granny the object was to cast as fly fishing to snare the bundles of cut grasses that seasonally the New River Authority trimmed from the banks. It is the oldest remaining pub in Palmers Green to have continuously stood on the . 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. Can u help??!! Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? Hi Christine. Visit Palmers Green places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Palmers Green places to visit. Bowling Green Miss Tibbets was the head I believe. Happy days playing in the yard out back. When you entered the shop there was another door immediately opposite the entrance door. Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) (When I was a boy is banned in daylight hours this family). Can someone confirm the existence of a Tesco store in Palmers Green at this time? Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? I manage to find scraped ice cream every now and then but nothing like the taste I remember. A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Memories in Palmers Green Read people's stories relating to this area: A Young Person's War in London: Hospital Care, Saved by Dad, Music from German POWs Contributed originally by Julian Barrett ( BBC WW2 People's War) As I was only 3 at the outbreak in September 1939 my strongest memories are of the latter stages of the war. Koubes here are also a match for Aroma with a slightly deeper, sweeter taste from sticky caramelised onions. I also remember being taken into a shelter during this time due to the `doodle Bugs, although I was only about 3-4 years of age. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill In the mid 50s we lived in St Georges Road Palmers Green my brothers and I went to St Georges Presbyrtarian Church for Sunday school and Hazelwood Lane Primary School. But we used to dangle fishing lines from the river bridge in Hazelwood lane in an effort to catch something. I have found on the website for Enfield Sports that the swimming pool was closed in 1979 it was probably too old to justify renovation and the annual maintenance costs pity, we had most enjoyable swimming afternoons there. 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. The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. (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?) We met at Bowes Road School Tuesday evenings and learnt first aid, home nursing, drill, lots of things. Had good times in Broomfield park and fishing in Grovelands park lake. Arnos and remember Mr collier miss wastel and headmaster Mr Rossi also school nurse nitty Nora! My main memory of the Queens Cinema was the film The King and I which I watched there with one of my friends Malcom Oldhill. A saxophonist my father often booked had the first name of Larry. But it is the cramped interior, with drawers reaching up the the ceiling, full of mysterious items linked with the esoteric art of higher level dressmaking that wont leave my memory, and the old ladies (probably not that old, but thats how I recalled them aged less than 9, when we moved from PG). I attended Bowes Road School and Southgate County Grammar School. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. Does anyone have a photo of prewar broomhill park with its original railings? Singapore 45. Most of the sites stayed flattened for many years afterwards some right up to the 60s. She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. Dordrecht, Netherlands I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Was it also another name? Peter. My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. 213 p. 239 halftone & black & white line illustrations. Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. The following year came a new head Mrs Cannon in 1968 I went up into the juniors and the head there was Mrs Gibbs . Yes, remember it as Roberts.

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