Like a Local: 7 Great Cafes and Restaurants in Palmers Green 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!! Did you work in the Muswell Hill shop? People who have only had soft ice cream have no idea what theyre missing. Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. Coronation fireworks display in the park. The award-winning Orchard was created by volunteers in 2009 on the site of a disused bowling green. 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. I remember the bloke who served there and was a grumpy old git so I suspect this could be the same place. I suspect we would just love them x ! We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. If I remember correctly you used to play the piano, Michelle I started Hazelwood in January 1964. Key Study: Leading questions and the misinformation effect - " the car Thanks again. Ray in Cornywall. 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. no NHS .no grudgis but years go on this tripe celebration with fireworks still upsets loads o animals for a month (even pets let alone them foxis an badgers) annually..Annyway ice cream an jellys under a glass case (repro) at the Ritz cinema 1943 in Leyton (before the doodle bugs) but nil else at the Odeon Southgate (2/9 for the best seats and icis (extra) in the interval (with my wife 1959). I could probably bore everyone to death with them! My brothers and I were trying to remember where the furniture store Jays was located in Palmers Green, can someone help. and had a Saturday job in Grouts!!!! 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. Oh and one of our members mum and aunt used to work there! The money offered was flushed along and up to the cashier in the small glass fronted cash office, high up. I remember juke box was playing a lot of Take these Chains From my Heart and set me Free. Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. . Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? The ice cream was served from a sliding glass hatch facing the street, so you didnt have to go inside if an ice cream was all you wanted, in the summer the servery was always open otherwise a light tap on the glass and brother or sister would serve you with beautiful soft ice cream in a cone and a smile all for threepence. No I cannot remember the name of the garage and can barely remember the garage let alone that it was selling Jags. This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). Haveyou and your family lived or worked inthe Palmers Green area for donkeys years? Up until the purchase of the motorised bike I used to cycle in every day from Muswell hill. 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! Was it a V1 or a V2? Palmer's Green and Southgate dont make us laugh its football or economics ere. Is it still haunted? I lived in Palmers Green from 1938 to 1964. 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. Those were the days. I also remember Burtons at the triangle and having a girl friend who lived in Tottenham road and the estate agents around Doms cafe including Dennis, Maxwell Miel who had a reg. Everytime I see Shirley Bassey, I remember Tom; for he gave 2 tickets to my friend Chris West, who worked in Woolworths (me at Evans & Davies, at 16 years of age) for the London Palladium. 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. two of the teachers l remember and Mr bennet was our headmaster,.true air raid shelter was at the top of the play ground. Did your dad run a newspaper stand by The Fox. Remember the Pet Shop across the road from there, selling all manner of exotic animals (would be prohibited today) including Marmaset monkeys! One old lady lost her life in the fire. .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'. I used to buy my records from Ashwells which was next door to Lloyds Bank. My family name was Church but we have moved away now. My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. Do you remember one opposite Arnos Grove tube in early 80s? I remember the Ford Zephyr. 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. Sue Beard, who runs the Palmers Green Jewel in the North website, has discovered a 15-minute film about Grouts , the former Palmers Green emporium of tea towels, socks, knickers and corsetry that brought a glimpse of pre-WW2 (and even pre-WW1) shopping into the 21st Century. as many did back then or another location. Palmers Green - Wikipedia Remember the barbers shop. 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! Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. N21. Penny for the Guy! I will try & search the attic for the pic & copy & send it. Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. It had engraved glass in it and behind this door there was a barbers shop with two chaps who cut mens hair. Sylvia Gambin. Mrs Gibbs, Mr Roper, Mrs Langford(Nee Anstey) Mrs Potts, Mrs Buchannon, Mr Hollingsworth, Mr Streatham,Mrs Chapman, Mrs Rupert, Also the caretaker who was aptly named Mr Moody. Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. weve already ad enough laughs for the day over your conviction that The Sahara Desert is in the middle of Australia. I still as the familly piano bungin up my front room, opin the latist sprog will unravvell its potential. He was a bit of a nifty jiver down Wood Green Jazz Club. I remember the entrance to Appleyards next to the post office. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. The mention of Grouts brouht back many memories. I dont recall the cart. Any idea of what it was called? We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. The Beezaz was like a second home !! 8.1K members Join group About Discussion 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 memories and photos being posted daily. Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) In 1914 he was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and was killed on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. 213 p. 239 halftone & black & white line illustrations. February Edition Issue 12. I also, an geography class at Southgate County Fox Lane Please Miss! A quaint . I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. And gloves which were cleverly (!) 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. 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. Memories of a lovely green and leafy suburb, with a beautiful park Broomfield. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Nice to hear from you. Winchmore Hill - Wikipedia Also remember Mrs Dark who took 4A, an excellent teacher. The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Truly some of the best times of my life in Palmers Green. Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! you could add doms cafe where you had a great breakfast there. The bombs which fell in Green Lanes/Princes Avenue referred to earlier were caused because one of our anti-aircraft guns which were mounted on the railway line shot off the back of a plane carrying bombs to drop on London and the whole stick fell there. What a job to have, stuck up there in this rather dark shop every day!! Jeremy Hoare, pictured left aged nine, grew up in Palmers Green, north London, next to an image of him now (Jeremy Hoare/PA) A community radio station presenter has recalled the "fabulous" photographs he took on his Kodak Box Brownie camera as a schoolchild at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. One day I remember hearing some youths had put a razor blade on the shoot and I was terrified. Getting my school blazer and cap at Isaac Waltons. People were lying everywhere because a bus had been crushed, and there had been a dance going on in the hall above Pitmans College which had been bombed. But then came THE GIRLS. Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. Was it a post office too? Lots of great memories. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at $50.53. VangelisVangelis: Delectus 2016 Universal Music International BV / Polydor (UK). What's On - Palmers Green Community It wasnt the Home & Colonial that was a few shops further up, I will ask around about the name but ohhh!! After several meetings of our Catchreeling Society, girls were allowed to participate. We were entranced by the trendy clothes and selection of jazzy tights. His house and grounds backed onto the new river on the opposite bank to ours which was in Lynbridge gardens. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. Lovely caf. Yes, Dave, I knew Vic Madden by sight only, in the early 60s. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. FUFU - Chinese dining at its best in Palmers Green by Ellie Sales. 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! 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. 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. There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. Thanks. Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? 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. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. Making own fun! An abundance of dress shops and Evans and DaviesAn unforgetable shop that sold everything. 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. The shop later became Tesco. Obviously at that time, there werent many shops selling fresh coffee let alone grinding it on the premises. Happy days playing in the yard out back. I remember J&As when the windows were boarded, just a square foot to stare in. All will be revealed on Google Street View. It was called Lawleys I believe. When he retired (1956 ish), I was 11 and my family were transferred onto Dr Stewarts list. it was victor value supermarket first then tescos. yore memories are late stuff to me for my writins as I sink into the westI remembers Janes an Adams afore the lectric shop hexpansion.in my days the winders were boarded up..just a sq.ft peepole like all shops (Ma an I urried past on our Fridy night out to Palmadium Pictures (Ma wouidnt go to the Queens, bit seedy she sed)(no one looked in them dark doorways then cos o things goin on! Further up another pet shop Hoopers? Hi Jenny ! I left in 1986 as a Grocery Manager. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. Hello again, I posted a question about your possible father Fred Rann, but I now realise I meant Sid Rann, was he your father? If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? memories those were the best days. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. James what year were you at Ambrose Fleming , I was there from when it first opened in 1962 [ I think ] until 1965 . Grouts the haberdashers on the corner of Green Lanes and a small side road the name of which I cant recall and then a little further down, near Fox Lane and on the other side a huge white post office. My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. They ran the cafe on their own with no other help. We dashed under our iron table which was a kind of indoor shelter. Can you remember the name of it? He was on duty the night a German bomber that had been badly damaged by ack-ack fire abandoned his bomb load on the dance hall above the shops in Green Lanes between Princes Avenue and Tottenhall Road. The Prisoners were building the estate up to Ash Grove. plate MAX 2 and Stephen Graces. 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. The front half was a sweet shop and there was hair all over the floor, The old buzzard who cut the hair used to ask for a tip. 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. In the last few years Windsor Rd closed and we had to go to W Hill. Barrowell Green pool was always on the cards in the summer! Hello Jenny, Joy's memories of Palmers Green My family, all three of us, moved to Palmers Green from Haringay in 1936 when I was five years old. Lefteris Bakery/Instagram. I used to work weekends 1970-1972 for Kenning Car Hire which Im sure was probably on the site you recall. Thanks for your rememberins. [10] 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/. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. Also Jack the window cleaner who lost a leg at the Somme. Dads brother, Uncle Sid Rann lived at no 22. Just found this by chance and been reading some of the comments as I grew up near this area. Community life - Palmers Green Jewel in the North 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!!! Memories of Grouts - Palmers Green Community Forums - Palmers Green 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. Ma used to send me there up Hedge Lane in the school olidays with a shillin for my lunch (includin tip)I remembers the custard. Doms! And the wonderful smell Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) 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. also the Unigate milkman who had an electric cart and kept saying oh brother. I used to by comics from him in the 60s. My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. Hi David I owned a Maicoletta scooter in those days which out- paced the Vespas and Lambrettas of those days.
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