In 1964 I had started working for Souhgate Council as a tractor driver, and cut the grass all over the borough including Broomfield Park. He made me move it in all directions to see what damage Id done and he really hurt me but he was so stern that I was too scared to complain and laid there with my eyes filled with tears but kept a stiff upper lip and wouldnt cry as that would have been seen as weak! I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. I suppose those of us `of a certain age` have lots of war memories stored away. My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. SPONSORED. We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. 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. Devonshire Road. Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. N21. I left in 1986 as a Grocery Manager. More please! Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. Im doing some research on my family who lived in Tottenhall Road where teenagers and young adults hung out. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. My parents bought our furniture there. We often played up the Wreck at the end of Lynbridge grdns where the parky Mr Moody and his co parky Mr Savage would chase us if we caused them any trouble! 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. Palmers Green was once a tiny hamlet in the parish of Edmonton, situated at the junction of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. I must have been about 5 or 6. Well the years are rolling back! 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 Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. He had been a prisoner of war and always seemed incredibly nervous. One was called the UK tea company. Before you object that the government "can't afford" to pay claimants enough for them to live on, just think about this. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Yes, remember it as Roberts. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth I bet you noticed big changes to the shops in PG when you went to The Fox. (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?) Remember the Pet Shop across the road from there, selling all manner of exotic animals (would be prohibited today) including Marmaset monkeys! 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. He even used to ask children for a tip! Sylvia , there was a WW2 bombsite at the corner of Sidney Ave/Green Lanes near Bowes Rd it was used in the 50/60/70s as a car yard called Kieth Cars, no longer live in PG so not sure what stands there today. Can u help??!! I remember the shop well.think it was called Cullens. Once purchased the items would be carefully wrapped in brown paper and tied with string before the exciting moment (for me anyway) of paying. Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. Since 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. [5] The Conservatory in the park has recently reopened after a refurbishment.[6]. I used to by comics from him in the 60s. This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). Some trains also terminate at Gordon Hill. She was young and trendyin fact I saw her once in the old HMV shop in Wood Green buying a Yes album ! I have fond memories of Palmers Green, as I worked at the station from aged 15 in 1963 till 1968. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. 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. 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. I started at Hazelwood school infants in 1965 and I remember the head Mrs Hughes in my first year. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. Remember the barbers shop. AU $9.95 postage. I dont remember it being a bomb site though, Hi Jennie, I manage to find scraped ice cream every now and then but nothing like the taste I remember. If so I knew him, he was a great friend of my Father Frank Watling who found the Fives Social Club. Did I swap it or sell at a profit. Have a nice trip! The owner, Bruno & his wife lived opposite in Green Lanes 3rd floor above Phiipes: Ladies Hairdressers. I guess that makes you and she cousins! Sometime around 1960 (when my father was around 15) the contact stopped. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. So many happy memories. My grandmother moved to Halifax in 1919 and remarried. 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. An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. 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. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cypriots outside Cyprus and is often nicknamed "Little Cyprus" or "Palmers Greek". I used it fir a while to work as a mini cab driver for a bloke called Roy that was in a tacky office opposite Woodberry Avenue (where I lived) in Green Lanes. Some good times at Arnos. Palmers Green Police WebA winner by just 300 votes in 1990, Doug Palmer has easily been re-elected Trenton's mayor ever since. Was it also another name? Nicholas Parsons and Steven Berkoff are among the latest stars who have trod the Intimates boards and are now calling for the theatre to be saved. They could be dropped down to serve the goods. The smell really made me sick. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. I lived in New River Crescent. The reference to Palmers Green was prompted by the fact that Trouble had split up with his girlfriend and was at a party thrown by his friend Charles "Charlie Farley" Hallinan near The Fox, Palmers Green. Best wishes One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. We would love to hear about your memories of the area, andhow ithas changed, over a cup of tea. That, I attended Palmers Green High School in the late fifties and early sixties. 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. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. 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?) Of course, the Intimate already has a legacy, and was successfully nominated for Enfield Councils Local Heritage List two years ago. 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?) Annyway I have told already of my Mum on this lovely chat previous, being part-time life saver and attendant at THE POOL, she could not swim a stroke. Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 1960 Special treat of afternoon tea at Pritchards, next door to Evans and Davies. Hi Victoria, I remember the milkman well, his horse was called Dobbin and Mum used to get me running out in the road with a bucket and shovel if he dropped his business near us so it would be good for the roses in her garden. I am Geoffreys sister Carole. Later, they raised us four kids in York Road. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. Bit of paint on the ground for cyclists, which drivers will ignore, That graphic shows an upwards trend FYI.. As often a pedestrian (not a car owner and over 65)I feel prompted to say that I really appreciate the introduction of Cycle lanes. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, Was this a WW2 bomb? Some major congestion still exists on the A406. The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. I lived next to the Bird In Hand Pub in the early 79s, but my grandparents used to own a toy and Oran shop on the corner of Tottenham road and wolves lane. Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. Since 1970 Ive lived in the Netherlands and from 1980 am the fortunate owner of a mint condition, unrestored 1963 Jaguar Mk 2, 3.4 litre. 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? Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments). Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. https:// smartsurvey.co.uk/s/FC1F4B/ 1. Sylvia. & knickers etc. The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. The following year came a new head Mrs Cannon in 1968 I went up into the juniors and the head there was Mrs Gibbs . Happy memories of Greenwood Gate Tennis Club in the Rec too, circa 1959 1963. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. Operated by London Buses and Go Ahead London, the Palmers Green to Tottenham bus service departs from Melville Gardens and arrives in Victoria Road Edmonton. By 1908, when they had their first son Ronald, later an eminent doctor, they were living in Eaton Park Road but by 1911 they had set up home at 48 Fox Lane. Terms & Conditions of Use Memories Community ten years between 1960 and until her death. We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. Footnote: Dad an is fellow freelances performed under aliasis to avoid problems with HMCRC.why else am I cultivatin a full Santa Claus beard5 months to go! Public access to the New River waterway has been improved with waterside paths and access gates. Broomfield House, in Broomfield Park, remains a burnt-out shell despite numerous redevelopment proposals and an appearance on the BBC2 programme Restoration. Catering to a wide range of tastes, theres something for everyone in the English capital. Amazing to find others to share memories with from those times. Lived in Melville Gardens and Grenoble Gardens. Sylvia. The name Bezazz brings back happy memories of the late 50s and early 60s.

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