These chairs had the smallest seats Ive ever seen and I often thought it was a miracle that my Gran ever managed to perch on one. Yes, and the gas fire which hissed and stuttered. John. Remember the Windsor Caf. The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! Park, and the slide which we used to grease with candle wax in the fifties so that it was so fast you went flying of the end! Palmers Green Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2 We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. I do not expect a comment, as this was many years ago. although i dont remember it having a cafe, maybe it did before my time though. Palmers Green Community Directory: Local History/Local Studies No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. 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 !!!! Mr. Music Baggarley, S.County did not think much of my voice, a judgement echoed by Regimental Sgt.Major, Rifle Brigade, on the Square, Winchester. It catered for men and women. thanks to Mr Sheppard, our brilliant Headmaster who never gave up on us and of course Mrs Phair who was the most fantastic teacher ever created-.such a `one off, Dear David and Pennie, must interjectno rushannyway, avin a larf in cornywall now and rememberin Palmers Green an Winchmore ill. So my story really jumps forward to 1944. Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. You will also find memories from contributors below, and across other pages on the website, where a post has maybe triggered a memory or two, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a2115316.shtml. As I was only young then, I have no idea why that happened. If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? Your change would come whizzing back in the rather splendid looking canisters. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? Dad livin then in Islinton/ighbury played piano, accordian, dubblebase, all sizes of saxophones and clarinet as reserve needed in the West End otels in Lunnon includin the Savoy otel (10/6d an evenin)(after the War e was to reminisce when taken to lunch in Savoy Grill by conglommerats an councils gaspin to get old of Shells munny) as assistant investment manager (16th Floor) for Shell Oil (millions to spend) and for No.1 Balloon Barrage Dance Band (later the Squadronnaires an Skyrockitts) that is when e wasn,t tendin is personal barrage balloon in East am 1939. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. For the streets to have virtually no cars? Best regards, Nick Hurst. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. remember the milkman coming round with his horse? Hi David I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. 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. Otherwise it was as you describe with the coffee grinding machine in the window and the aroma pervading Green Lanes. You might remember the Saturday boy who wrote the window tickets and went on to be a successful photographer in the eighties. Richard Franklin. Amazing to find others to share memories with from those times. Remembered the lift in Evans & Davies, Grouts, Courts, Bishops (supermarket), Stephen Gracey estate agents, A Legg & Sons hardware (now Occasional Half pub), Bakers Oven, Tesco (supermarket and a smal local one between Kelvin and Melbourne Aves). .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. N21. Gerry, my email is [email protected] would like to know more as cant use [email protected] my mail is returned. When the V1 flying bomb attacks on London began in the summer of. Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! 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. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. I used to sing in the small choir there on stage just before the pictures started, members of the choir got in for nothing via the back door instead of having to pay sixpence like all the others. In my form 5 of us went on to become teachers.so much for the 11+ . Your memories may come from non-local areas, this is permitted as long as the page content is mainly about our locality." Last updated: October 2015 I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. Dark..my teecher at Winchmore ill and Southgate County Grammer, Fox Lane, do you remember? Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. I remember once using the underground public toilet at the triangle and sure there was an assistant there in the days before we considered disabled people. Please help! Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. The shop later became Tesco. I have edited this comment because what it says was of a personal nature and could cause offence. I remember Tom I worked opposite him at Triangle Cars for 5 years in th 60s . One called Bourlet (nr Smokers Paradise) & Hinds which was almost opposite I think. I used to by comics from him in the 60s. Good times. We dashed under our iron table which was a kind of indoor shelter. I do remember the restaurant above the sweet shop too. Holborn). 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. Good Morning America is still very much interested in doing further fake degree segments. I worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. Dinky toys and we once had a red motor bike (brand new) for sale. He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. Helen. Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. Meldrum. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. It is now a tyre suppliers and fitters. Once in, the shop was very narrow and long with coats of all sorts hanging along the walls. My parents bought our furniture there. a great character called Brun Hill. I recall Evans and Davis, Jane and Adams and the owner had an e type jaguar. 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 grew up in Palmers green I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. I used to work weekends 1970-1972 for Kenning Car Hire which Im sure was probably on the site you recall. Some boys from Winchmore worked for him on the window cleaning. Mr and Mrs Glossop were a very jolly couple always ready to share a yarn. Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? 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). Palmers Green; Palmers Green Funeral Directors. I remember being in your house when she visited them. Celia Rutterford, Thanks so much for your reply I havent lived in Palmers Green since the late 60.s and loved living there.so many memories and so much fun again thanks. I went there with my sister and her friends I think the Small Faces were signing autographs ? Regards, Brian Watling. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. 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. No seats until the Union got a concession. I cannot recall any other bombs round that area. Up until the purchase of the motorised bike I used to cycle in every day from Muswell hill. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. Thanks for the info. 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. Patricia loved the picturesbut for me the sing along organ player at Capitol Winchmor ill.. why did we did disagree occasion like.ladies may comment, no rush. Sylvia Gambin. 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. The one on the right going North was Cullens The coffee machine was dark red and black.Cullens also had another outlet nr the Cherry tree at the end of the Mall. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? 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. I can still remember how I felt when I saw it. Annyway after ostilities e also gigged (very fashionable nowadays, eh?) I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. Sylvia. you may remember I also had a retail shop in Muswell hill, = 253 Muswell hiil broadway. In the meantime, here are some memories of Palmers Greenfrom other sites. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. Can you remember the name of it? What's On - Palmers Green Community Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. She was there when I was there in 1940s. It was owned later by a mate of mine Bruno. I remember the shop well.think it was called Cullens. I recall watching with amazement whilst waiting as the barber lit a candle and singed older mens hair, hoping desperately he would not set light to m,e when my turn came! Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. Socks, vests, liberty bodices(!) Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. 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. 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 have written up many of my memories.. Hello Roger. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. It was called Lawleys I believe. In the late 60s, early 70s a small ladies shop appeared near Burtons. He was ARP in WW2 and a member of Fives Clubafter the war ended 5s Club held a party for local children in the club house. Yes, very tall, Scottish doctor with elderly receptionist and very noisy gas fire. . And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. I lived in Wolves Lane. Hi David, I think I remember you from Winchmore. 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. Further up from Ashwells towards Devonshire Rd.was a beautiful shop selling china and glass.This was close to the shop with the heavy coffee smella quite small shop which was probably next door to the 2nd. Bruno was my neighbour in the flats above the shops on the N Circular Rd and round the corner to Bows road He moved from the Quick service cafe to the Bezazz and as you say it was the hub for many. 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. Since opening its doors in 2014, FUFU (meaning lucky) has established itself as one of . Hi John Its not my memory of PG thats off, its my ability to tell right from left Im waving my left hand around saying Im sure it was on this side!!! We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. 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 ? Sylvia. 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. Opposite were the cottage gates where Italian Prisoners of War sold the plaitings of straw for pocket money. I started at Hazelwood in 1963 too and l also live in Singapore. I lived at no46 Conway road, My mother knew your parents. Does anyone remember Palmers Green High School in the early to mid 60s. Maybe it was rebuilt very quickly or my memorys going! Palmers Green LI FE www.palmersgreenlife.co.uk. Hi Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. There was a big fat man with tattoos who ran it and used the F word all the time. Laura. My understanding is that the building was originally built as a roller-skating rink, and then became a garage of sorts with just a few pumps virtually on the pavement. Doc Meldrum had a most interesting signature it resembled WWWWWWWW 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. 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 & Southgate LIFE Autumn 2015 by Tony Ourris - Issuu Palmers Greenery Community Caf open 10.30am - 12.00am Coronation street party at Bounds Green Bowls and Tennis Club 10.30am - 12.00pm Councillors' surgery: Palmers Green, New Southgate, Bowes and Highfield wards 2.30pm - 4.30pm People with Voices poetry and ideas workshop 8.00pm - 12.30am Live music: Jiminy Rockit Band Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. Dear Ken. It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. 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. Just read (13.10.17) email of your history contribution. Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green I also remember going to the Intimate Theatre with my mother every Tuesday evening. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. ps. Also remember Mrs Dark who took 4A, an excellent teacher. hang across the window pegged on string!!! It was called something like The Rubber Mac shop!!!! Miss Tibbets was the head I believe. 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. Er, Dave, surely The Bezazz opened nearer 1957 than 1967 frothy coffee and all that. Living in The Larches 1938off to Devon November 1940..back to Palmers Green 1946..11+ and off to Southgate County School. 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. 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. Hi Gerry in the 70s I delivered your free paper for a while. Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. [10] Ray in Cornywall. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. The song's lyrics were written by Lewie's friend Keef Trouble, a fellow member of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. you may ask) too fashionable and hexpensive now thanks to ebay. the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. Happy searching, Sylvia Gambin. watts north Miss? Sit down Raymond! 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? The money offered was flushed along and up to the cashier in the small glass fronted cash office, high up. Next..The Triangle Cafe shut (ABC an Lyons) also shut at 5.. In myddleton road there was a fish and chip shop And how kind he was to. She and my Father were married at Palmers Green in 1935. In answer to your question about tescos, I worked there for many years and there was a Tescos there. Sylvia, I. Visible Anyone can find this group. Best wishes Both my cousin and I remember the shop and the smell but not the name of it. Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green Paperback - 30 Nov. 2006 by Geoff Bowden (Author) 4 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 50.00 3 Used from 49.90 1 Collectible from 22.99 Print length 213 pages Language English Publisher Badger Press Publication date 30 Nov. 2006 ISBN-10 0952607638 ISBN-13 Again has anyone any info on Bruno? Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. Far nicer than some well known overated areas of London. VangelisVangelis: Delectus 2016 Universal Music International BV / Polydor (UK). When a change of scenery was called for, it was all off to the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood. Doc. I farms in Cornwall now an apologise for the grammer neglected at Southgate County Grammar (an spellins). It would have been a V1 flying bomb Lilian. The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. My memory goes back to 1956, I would have been 8 years old and my Dad used to take myself & my younger brother to Doms most Saturdays during the summer holidays for a midday lunch treat, He would put us on one of the 5 bar stools which were positioned at the rear of the cafe on the right hand side, we would pick up the menu because it looked grown up! The Beezaz was like a second home !! Mum rode her bike to Tottenhall Road to care for patients in the old fever hospital. Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. The day the dance hall fell silent - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. Happy days at Nans. Aldermans Hill had some fascinating shops too.the tiny pet shop opposite the station, the flower man then on to an electrical shop where I bought my first portable telly for my room with my first wages! Hi Reg. Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? She bought all her underwear from there. Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. My family name was Church but we have moved away now. Research prior to the following two 1974 experiments suggested that people are quite inaccurate when asked to report numerical details regarding events. PS. Can someone confirm the existence of a Tesco store in Palmers Green at this time? I wonder if anyone out there can help with a memory? Life was never the same again. As she asked for opera top petticoats and long legged knickers the woman behind the counter would operate the very cleaver drawers lining the walls holding the goods. Its best to just have fond memories of how it was Sylvia. Which one is it?? We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. Sylvia & Pennie have jogged my memory of Doms cafe in Palmers Green. There was a bank on one corner of Sidney Avenue which had also been hit. Welcome to Harrington University (also known as the University of San Moritz, University of Palmers Green and University of Devonshire, among others), where anyone can purchase a bachelor's or. Other teachers were Miss Sweeny who would let you ring the bell if it was your birthday, Miss Calcott (horrible) and Mrs Dark. One of us is going mad!! This was a more calm shop selling much the same things as the other one. She ated the chairs and the oover and most else e lovingly carried ome. I believe some time in the 80s Doms was sold but the new owner had the good foresite to retain the classic Doms signage, but not the good foresite to retain the ice cream servery!. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. Memories: You can, and others, can share memories at the bottom of the page including photos and stories; Donations: . She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. !.thank you for jogging my memory. Also went to Hazelwood Lane school then to Winchmore school previously. I lived in Madeira Road. Memories of Grouts - Palmers Green Community Forums - Palmers Green Who remembers Tom the singing flower seller at the top of the access between the buildings? Glossops was near J&A. Now Mr Shepherd, Im afraid that a majority were not keen,malthough you must speak as you find. I had a mini and a few cortinas in the 70s all with big bore exhausts and used to make a deliberate noise going up Green lanes. Much later in I guess the 70s? 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. 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. Koubes here are also a match for Aroma with a slightly deeper, sweeter taste from sticky caramelised onions. We moved to Crawley in about 1955 or 6. Have a nice trip! Our Dad would pay the 2/6d, and pick us up 45 minutes later as he worked nearby. Julia. And the wonderful smell We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. I seem to remember it being a Vauxhall dealer then a Volvo garage (?Triangle motors), in the 80s & 90s. There was and old git who served behind the sweet counter. Palmers Green - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Palmers Green My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962.
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