I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. All through his time at IBC he also managed key accounts for a number of large companies, though Peacock says that there were the occasional blips like having to pull an entire newspaper print run carrying one of Jacks ads which innocently announced the biggest development youll ever see in trousers. I remember being in your house when she visited them. A clip of shire horses gently nodding along pulling a plough and that music, a little slice of country life, and then Sunday lunch. Remember the bovril machine. I remember going there with my Mother and having lovely ice cream in a silver sundae dish. The lived AT 56, Lightcliffe Road and granddad worked at a city bank. I cannot believe Miss Hughes was still there in 1960s. In 1988 Palmers Green's only hospital, Greentrees Hospital, was closed and demolished.[4]. Mrs Palmers Shorts Mens Size 32 Black Pinstripe. The, I lived in a flat over Walton, Hassell & Port in Alderman's Hill. Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? Now retired living in Strawberry Hill. Winchmore School was my school from 1955-1960. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Register to find out more and create your first album! 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 !!!! No self-service yet. I remember going there with my Grandmother in the 40s/50s. He said there was money all over the place and as far as he could see it was all being collected up to be given back, The other corner was also hit and certainly Keith`s cars set up business there and eventually on both sides of Sidney Avenue, becoming a flourishing business. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Join the thousands who receive our regular doses of warming nostalgia! 10 X MEN'S PALMER'S UNDERWEAR SHORTS BOXERS BRIEFS SIZE S-XL. . All rights reserved. history. the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. Terms & Conditions of Use Where are you now and all the others from these years? Thank you Suzanne. Take butchers, for instance, within 10-15 min walk of me (Chequers Way, where Metal Box Co was), there were 5/6 butchers that I remember walking to with my Mum. My taste dress-wise (MENS) was Bricks across the road, specially them T-shirts. The buildings are not energy-efficient and some areas cannot be accessed by thosewith impaired mobility. The shop later became Tesco. Lovely caf. Can anyone help?my partner is looking for his father.his fathers name is trevor george burgess and the only info we have is trevors mother lived on princes ave palmers green.if anybody knows of the above person and can help my partner find his dad please contact me on 07986272734.thankyou for reading x. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. It was called Briggs and there was another branch down at Wood Green. Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. From the kitchen, smells of roasting meat and potatoes, bubbling gravy, the windows steaming up. I also went to Bowes Road School but only from 1952 to 1953 in the infants. So a fuss over nothing. 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. I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. So my boyhood dreams finally became reality! 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. Ive lived here all my life (born 45) but dont remember that or Keiths being a bomb site. Now hears a thing opposite the pool was a old derelict house who lived there? A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. Many toys purchased there! No I cannot remember the name of the garage and can barely remember the garage let alone that it was selling Jags. Palmers Green, The Triangle c1965. Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. People on the breadline who receive more money won't squirrel it away in 60 years ago, on 20th April 1963, Edmonton Council officially inaugurated an impressive new public utility - the building now referred to as Ridge Avenue Library. I lived in Palmers Green from 1965 to 1993 and I have many memories of the shops back in the 60s and 70s, I even had a saturday job in Gambles the corn merchant, in 1977. Hello Raymond, Your memories of Palmers Green are a real Gold Mine. Otherwise it was as you describe with the coffee grinding machine in the window and the aroma pervading Green Lanes. His house and grounds backed onto the new river on the opposite bank to ours which was in Lynbridge gardens. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. Hospital. Does any one remember the fever hospital in this rd? At the time Kennings had a garage in Edmonton which I remember was a Jaguar dealer so I imagine our old car hire site was the Jaguar dealer you recall and would most likely have also been a Kennings branch. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs. I have edited this comment because what it says was of a personal nature and could cause offence. Memories of a lovely green and leafy suburb, with a beautiful park Broomfield. My brothers and I were trying to remember where the furniture store Jays was located in Palmers Green, can someone help. Residing in Florida but will be returning to the UK some time early next year and looking forward to checking out the old haunts. I couldn't remember the name of the cinema, but it was on Green Lanes, near The Triangle on the east side. Which barbers do you mean? Its great. National Service. When he retired (1956 ish), I was 11 and my family were transferred onto Dr Stewarts list. The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. 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. I suppose those of us `of a certain age` have lots of war memories stored away. Palmers Green is a suburban area and electoral ward in North London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. I know Pete and Bill Starling locally, not related though. Can you remember the name of it? I went there with my sister and her friends I think the Small Faces were signing autographs ? Remember the barbers shop. The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Time to create page: 0.262 seconds Powered byKunena Latest forum posts 60 years old and still looking good! 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. Boots the Chemist had a small book lending library upstairs and usually had a good selection of Enid Blyton Mysteries. PS. flexible offerings for business. Responding to the notes on Barrowell Green Swimming pool, I was born in Southgate and lived at 6 Tintern Gardens from 1936 56, and attended Southgate County Grammar School. Local pickup. I could probably bore everyone to death with them! Wishin you Happy New Year! After the Quick Service Cafe Bruno in 1967 moved 100mts to the corner of Princes Ave/Green Lanes & opened a coffee bar called The Bezazz Bar.Juke box, two pin ball machines, served tea/coffee/& light snacks.Spent most of my teenage years using this coffee bar as a meeting place to ponder over a two hour cup of coffee to decide what our next move would be!! 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. She mopped up my tears when I failed the 11+ (I did however become a teacher myself and always remembered her kindness) Then onto Winchmore County School -what a great school. But then came THE GIRLS. 6% was Indian and 5% of 'any other ethnic group'. We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. St. Clements Press. Share this forum post In the window there was a (seemingly) huge coffee grinding machine. Just found this: The next occupant of the premises was Jays Furnishing Stores, a hire-purchase furniture store first listed in Wards 1911 directory. 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. 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. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. My father, Bert Hart, worked for Allen & Appleyard making furniture. This was back in the early 60s. She and my Father were married at Palmers Green in 1935. Im impressed. Yell.com Yell Business. ps. Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. The name Bezazz brings back happy memories of the late 50s and early 60s. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. 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. For well over 10 years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences She must have been quite young then (unless it was a different Miss Hughes), but then young children think anyone over 20 is old. I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. 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. 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.. There is a parade of shops known as Palmers Green Shopping Centre along Green Lanes, with many restaurants, clothing shops, independently owned cafes, beauty salons, and branches of Superdrug, Wetherspoons (The Alfred Herring), Boots UK, and Morrisons. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. There was also Kate Riddle, a hat shop with a tasteful window display. So many happy memories. Those were the days. 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. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, Brody & HICKS camera shop was started by me Gerry Hicks Im now retitred living in Cockfosters. Going back toward Hedge Lane on the North sideremember a chap who used to make basket work/wicker goods/walking sticks? In 1964 I had started working for Souhgate Council as a tractor driver, and cut the grass all over the borough including Broomfield Park. Broomfield House, in Broomfield Park, remains a burnt-out shell despite numerous redevelopment proposals and an appearance on the BBC2 programme Restoration. Remember the Pet Shop across the road from there, selling all manner of exotic animals (would be prohibited today) including Marmaset monkeys! as many did back then or another location. There was some credible evidence that the house on the corner of New River Crescent and Hedge Lane in the My mum used to take me to the clinic in Broomfield House and I can still taste the orange juice they gave us,fantastic! I was given an anointing spoon to commemmorate the big day. Dobbin fell over on the slope below the New river bridge in Hazelwood Lane when the road was very icy one winter and we all rushed out with buckets of cinders to spread over the road so the horse to get e grip and get back on its feet, luckily no harm was done and the milk was just a bit late being delivered that day. 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I am Geoffreys sister Carole. Happy memories of Greenwood Gate Tennis Club in the Rec too, circa 1959 1963. Winchester) and was amazed when on a route march or exercise and dreading the eventas soon as we turned the corner from barracks, everyone from Sergeant to PTI had to fall out for a smoke. I lived in Windsor Road from 1965 to 1970 and I remember a sweet shop called The Windsor we always called it the red shop as the front was painted red. When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? That would have been where visitors could wave to their loved ones in the hospital. Which one is it?? I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. Hello Jenny, I just recall the horse. Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. See https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-intimate-theatre-palmers-green. Hi I lived in Princes Avenue with my grandparents in 1969 and reading the comments the memories came flooding back. There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. Remember the Windsor Caf. Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments). 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. welcome Its been a busy summer in Palmers Green culminated by the Palmers Green Festival held on the 6th September. In Denmark, where I am from, she left behind a son (my father) from a previous marriage. 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. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. Hi Christine. Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. The Hargreaves family were originally from Huddersfield, where father James Hargreaves established his business first as a commercial traveller and ultimately as a wool manufacturer. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. two of the teachers l remember and Mr bennet was our headmaster,.true air raid shelter was at the top of the play ground. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. Can anyone help? 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. 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. Cam rember going to your uncles house one Xmas where everybody joined in to play Charades, I played out being a Milkman with horse and cart! Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. I remember the Ford Zephyr. Palmer, then 29, won the 1960 U.S. Open with the most mesmerizing birdiefest in golf history, six in the first seven holes to start his fourth round. [5] The Conservatory in the park has recently reopened after a refurbishment.[6]. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. Good lunch time food & very good value. I lived in Palmers Green from 1938 to 1964. AU $25.00. Until it closed. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. Was it The Queens? for our site. I also seem to remember that the path to Dr Baxters surgery had a pergola over it which used to be covered with blossom (? The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. Regards To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? It would have been maybe late 60s/ early 70s Also I remember the very high slide in Broomfield park with concrete below scary! I still have a tennis racquet in the loft that I bought from P Green branch when I was about 13/14! !955, Concriptd to the Rifle Brigade..married Patricia (Winchmore ill 1957) where was Doms in the igh street?. Even after such investment they remain, in design, a theatre and private residence. G lenda Jackson met Stevie Smith on a poetry-reading platform in the 1960s, when the poet from Palmers Green came into a late-blossoming fame. 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? Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? We met at Bowes Road School Tuesday evenings and learnt first aid, home nursing, drill, lots of things. A saxophonist my father often booked had the first name of Larry. He said the new housing development that is now Myrtle Road just off The Fairway (where I was born),was built on the site of a Nursery. There was and old git who served behind the sweet counter. Hi Gerry Yes, very tall, Scottish doctor with elderly receptionist and very noisy gas fire. Hi Reg. It's easy to add your own memories and reconnect with your shared local The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. It was a journey to Southern Television to give them a piece of his mind about an inaccurate programme on meat marketing that gave him his next big break, headhunted by top man Roy Rich to become programme maker and controller of a new production, Farm in the South. Also Jack the window cleaner who lost a leg at the Somme. We used to have a grocers van come around each week, does anyone remember Mr Meadows who ran this van? Wow! I remember the bloke who served there and was a grumpy old git so I suspect this could be the same place. Yes, Dave, I knew Vic Madden by sight only, in the early 60s. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and Remember the minicab office at the top of Hedge Lane in the 1970s. By the way, the founder of the H&C chain of grocers made a lot of money and had built for him the last castle to be built in England; Castle Drago in Devon now a National Trust Property. Hope this helps. Absolutely free. What a lovely road it was then. Dordrecht, Netherlands Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? John. Gerry Hicks, Hi. WebPALMERS GREEN FARMHOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1083776 | Historic England Home Listing Search the List List Entry PALMERS GREEN FARMHOUSE PALMERS GREEN FARMHOUSE Listed on the National Heritage List for England. A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Then they returned to London, where they bought a house in The Larches, Palmers Green together with Colin Fishers parents as I understand it. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. Among the actors who performed there were Richard Attenborough, Vivien Leigh, Roger Moore and (in a mime production) David Bowie. Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. Saturday morning pictures at the Palladium was always good fun watching Roy Rogers, Flash Gordon etc. or Best Offer. . There was no bomb site where the garage was. it was victor value supermarket first then tescos. Probably some of my first photographs were taken there. Back in London, knuckling down to school at Merchant Taylors proved a rude awakening but he was still able to gain a place at Kings College to study veterinary science before disaster struck: a collapse in James Hargreaves business and Jacks plans to marry meant that Jack had to abandon his studies and get a job writing advertising copy for Spratts Dob Biscuits at Unilever before moving into the theatre, variety and then radio and finally TV. I guess that makes you and she cousins! an dreemin on ..do you remember Lou Ansell and is Dance Band founded I believe at Hazlewood Lane Skool and practicin evenins before puttin on dances for the skool and other worthy causes. 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 ? By 1801 the area had grown to a village of 54 buildings, including two inns (according to the Middlesex Record Office). 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. Then for a short while it was a Menswear shop that sold high end suits, shoes etc. The main foreign languages are Turkish, spoken by 795 people, and Greek, spoken by 605. you may remember I also had a retail shop in Muswell hill, = 253 Muswell hiil broadway. They ran the cafe on their own with no other help. When we were small the barber put a piece of wood across the arms of the chair for us to sit on or we could not be seen in the mirror! I think it was called Harvey Sports (a friend of mine had a Saturday job there) & next door was a fabric shop called Metres which sold everything from net curtains to dress fabrics and upholstery materials, The couple who ran it were very kind & patient working our how much material you needed for your windows etc. David Way of Winchmore Hill Broadway? Can u help??!! Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. In his biography of Jack, writer and colleague Paul Peacock notes that though many people would assume that Jack found fame in the 60s and 70s, he first achieved recognition before the second world war at the Independent Broadcasting Company where he was head of Universal Programme Productions, twinning revenue opportunities for products like Horlicks with broadcast output. Sun May 3rd 2015, at 7:28 pm, Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 - 1960, Download this free history of the Collection. Palmer's Green and Southgate Born in July 1939, when the war started I would have been about 6 weeks old. So my story really jumps forward to 1944. We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. 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. Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . You done a bit of boxing? 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. It was a large detached house surrounded by a beautiful garden which took up the whole of that corner site. I also remember Miss Bellfountain (Spelling) she was head of the Junior before Miss Gibbs. After the war he ran various bands Bert Harts band any combination. Hi David, yes, I remember Keiths Cars being there for many years &, as Richard S says, it is now a tyre dealer and I remember Pitmans just opp.

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