Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. Register to find out more and create your first album! weve already ad enough laughs for the day over your conviction that The Sahara Desert is in the middle of Australia. 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 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. Stories about the community, its history and people? We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs. The guy that ran it looked like Carlos out of Crossroads . Lots of happy memories of Palmers Green ice cream at John Coombs sweet shop. I remember juke box was playing a lot of Take these Chains From my Heart and set me Free. I was born in Oakthorpe Road during the War (February 1944) and attended the Convent in Oakthorpe Road. Palmers Green, The Triangle c1965. In the window there was a (seemingly) huge coffee grinding machine. Happy memories of Greenwood Gate Tennis Club in the Rec too, circa 1959 1963. Ill call you a Fcab etc. Next..The Triangle Cafe shut (ABC an Lyons) also shut at 5.. it was victor value supermarket first then tescos. 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. Carol shares her memories of Grouts on the London RIP website, Memories of Palmers Green from the Francis Frith website, http://www.francisfrith.com/palmers-green/memories/. My grandmother moved to Halifax in 1919 and remarried. There may soon be one fewer historic building in Palmers Green following news this week of plans to demolish the Intimate Theatre and replace it with a new parish centre and flats. Sadly the open air pool no longer exists, I believe it has been replaced by our Council recycling centre on that site. Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. This weeks parish newsletter announces plans to demolish it and to also sell the current Parish Centre on Cannon Hill which is a Grade 2 listed regency villa. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. Also went to Hazelwood Lane school then to Winchmore school previously. I have vague recollections of my mother taking us to what seemed quite a posh tea shop called Shepherds which was on Aldermans Hill opposite the park, does anybody remember this? At the moment I am trying to come as far as I can on the Internet, before I visit the UK and try to walk in my grandmothers footsteps, trying to imagine her life. Meldrum. I have spoken to a friend of mine who was born in the mid 30s & has lived near Hedge Lane most of her life but she doesnt remember a bomb dropping at the top of Hedge Lane. I still have a tennis racquet in the loft that I bought from P Green branch when I was about 13/14! Just request to join and add your own memories and photos. WebPalmers Green. Glenda Jackson on playing poet Stevie Smith archive, 1977 London Paddington Station to Palmers Green That, I attended Palmers Green High School in the late fifties and early sixties. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. 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. Palmers Green was once a tiny hamlet in the parish of Edmonton, situated at the junction of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. My family name was Church but we have moved away now. 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. David Way of Winchmore Hill Broadway? It would have been maybe late 60s/ early 70s Also I remember the very high slide in Broomfield park with concrete below scary! Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . Palmers Green was once a tiny hamlet in the parish of Edmonton, situated at the junction of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. I remember the Ford Zephyr. Reg I remember you from St Michaels at Bowes, I recall you had a interest in meteorology, and went on to Arnos School ans I went to Winchmore Hill Secondary. Helen. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. plate MAX 2 and Stephen Graces. The Tesco replaced a cinema that used to be there, In the early 60s I saw Robin Hood,there, the Walt Disney cartoon production. My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. 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. Also Jack the window cleaner who lost a leg at the Somme. Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. 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? Yes, remember it as Roberts. It was a super meeting place for a great crowd, all feeling very sophisticated drinking coffee from glass cups. on See the 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. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. After more than 20 years of discussion, the North Circular A406 was widened to two lanes each way at Bounds Green,[when?] )(i am yet to be convinced I wos wrong). Edwardian Housing Estates in Palmers Green I assumed that the horse was some kind of pet that he took with him on his deliveries. I suspect we would just love them x ! 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. I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! I also got a passion for steam trains watching them working the sidings at the station. In those days they called a spade a spade! Speaking to The Stage this week, Parsons said, It would be so sad to see the Intimate Theatre disappear as many artists learned their trade there, perfecting their craft, not only in acting but also how to walk a stage, as they say., Berkoff was characteristically more direct, In the past 20 or more years, we have lost hundreds of libraries, score upon score of theatres, endless lido swimming pools, and the reason always given is to build yet more soul-destroying rabbit hutches.. Dear Ken. I fondly remember "Barrowell Green swimming pool. It catered for men and women. 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. The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! I attended Bowes Road School and Southgate County Grammar School. I wonder if anyone out there can help with a memory? Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. Rebecca Andrade, president of Newark Preschool Council; a founder and executive director of Head Start Program, 1968. !955, Concriptd to the Rifle Brigade..married Patricia (Winchmore ill 1957) where was Doms in the igh street?. Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! 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. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. The only place Ive ever found an equivalent to Doms, is in the home of ice cream, Italy and thats a long way to go for a cornet!!! Regards David. Until it closed. Those were the days. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! The area remained largely undeveloped for thirty more years, as local landowners refused to sell their large estates for building. 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. Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. He used to fish the river during his leisure time, the only person in those days who could legally do so as the river was out of bounds to all. Those who have trodden the boards includeRichardAttenborough (making his stage debut), Irene Handl,Anna Wing, Nicholas Parsons, Roger Moore, Arthur Lowe, Bill Owen, John Inman, Dads Army writer Jimmy Perryand his wife Gilda, Tony Blackburn, Stephen Berkoff, DavyGraham, David Bowie, The Wurzels, Joe, David Bowie appeared in Poirrot in Turquoise for four nights in the late 1960s. Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. Palmers Green past | Hi I was in Palmer's Green briefly in Hello Raymond, Your memories of Palmers Green are a real Gold Mine. Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! Clowes Sports Ground, Barrowell Green, London N21 1961-2016- Satellite Ground. Share this forum post Me Conway park and blagdens lane were my playground when the old rubbish dump was behind the stables a goldmine of wartime and Victorian memorabilia. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Share by email. I can say that Victor enjoyed every minute of every day. WebPalmers Green Town Centre 60 years old and still looking good! I remember being in your house when she visited them. More details Thank you Suzanne. Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! Probably in winter. I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. Was this a WW2 bomb? The manager in the 60s was Keith Small, very nice man who had a daughter Jacqueline. The Fox public house, which has been in its present guise since 1904, was once the site of the Electric Mouse comedy venue. Time to create page: 0.262 seconds Powered byKunena Latest forum posts 60 years old and still looking good! Sylvia & Pennie have jogged my memory of Doms cafe in Palmers Green. If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? Hazy memory? We lived in Sidney Avenue from 1952 until 1961. I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. I think your Father was there too. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . memories those were the best days. (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?) Yes.thats where I learnt to swim. Singapore 45. Dave then joined him at Kelvin and we became great mates and we would go to Arsenal matches together. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful.

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