Saturday morning pictures at the Palladium was always good fun watching Roy Rogers, Flash Gordon etc. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. Did your dad run a newspaper stand by The Fox. Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! Visit Palmers Green places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Palmers Green places to visit. As to guy fawkes nightI was shot n the leg by a lout with an airrifle November, Beech Avenue 1948..no rush. After several meetings of our Catchreeling Society, girls were allowed to participate. It would have been maybe late 60s/ early 70s Also I remember the very high slide in Broomfield park with concrete below scary! Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. My father, Bert Hart, worked for Allen & Appleyard making furniture. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. 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! I still as the familly piano bungin up my front room, opin the latist sprog will unravvell its potential. Yes, very tall, Scottish doctor with elderly receptionist and very noisy gas fire. History Memories Of Green (Remastered) - YouTube Sylvia 0 I grew in in NRC, What was there before the maisonettes were built. Wonderful. Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments ). There was also Kate Riddle, a hat shop with a tasteful window display. Brody & HICKS camera shop was started by me Gerry Hicks Im now retitred living in Cockfosters. you could add doms cafe where you had a great breakfast there. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. 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! Oh and one of our members mum and aunt used to work there! I remember we got a TV from Stanwood Radio and remember the tiny shop on alderman shill that had wood showing decay in the window. Details of the garage are in my 1963 copy of the Jaguar Sales & Service Facilities in the United Kingdom. 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? My Godmother was a local schoolteacher in .1930 onwards ish ( Miss Una Cook). 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). She was a lovely lady; then onto Junior school run by Miss Belfontaine, who was a bit of a demon but very good at her job. 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. 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! I was at Winchmore when Mr Shepherd was there as Head. Remember the Windsor Caf. 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! 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. Doc Meldrum had a most interesting signature it resembled WWWWWWWW New River Crescent was bisected at the foot of Park Avenue. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. In 1967 I became the signalman there. I remember the Coffee place & it wasnt Home & Colonial.. that was a few doors up!! Annyway she, (my Ma) also directed me to buy my first suit from them (powder blue with just a touch o pink pin stripes) for my first day to work in 1950. 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. 23 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London N13 4TN, UK. 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. ..annyway the day come in 46 for the first consignment of Dinky Toys on sale at J&AI got there late in the queue and only the hEmplacement Coastal Gun was leftbought it but should .ave kept itin its box what price now? would love to know.. oh that did make me laugh yes remember him. There was nearly always a queue to have your hair cut and my Mum would go shopping while I and my brothers sat and waited next to the coat stand. Hello Brian, Im so glad you remember Dr Baxter. Sylvia & Pennie have jogged my memory of Doms cafe in Palmers Green. I now live in Bedfordshire. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. Sylvia. 'The Palmers Greenery' will serve locally-sourced, fresh, healthy and affordable drinks and snacks, and will be staffed by volunteers from the community. I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. !955, Concriptd to the Rifle Brigade..married Patricia (Winchmore ill 1957) where was Doms in the igh street?. Think pool is still there. 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. I lived in New River Crescent 1950, 60s and 70s. Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. Does anyone remember Victor Value supermarket in Wood Green it was not far from the Civic center and before myddleton road. Laura. We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. Great memories, we lived in Winchmore Hill, in the 60s, 70s and 80s these comments bring back so many memories. 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. Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! I also, an geography class at Southgate County Fox Lane Please Miss! Mon May 03 Palmers Green LI FE www.palmersgreenlife.co.uk. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. Much later in I guess the 70s? Winchmore Hill - Wikipedia I think that he worked on the railways. also the restuarant above the sweet shop in Green Lanes which was opposite the Queens Cinema? 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. I also recall Roberts toy shop on the other side. Which one is it?? Tall and imposing, for those coming to Palmers Green from the north, it acts as a gateway into Palmers Green's main shopping area. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! Life was never the same again. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. VangelisVangelis: Delectus 2016 Universal Music International BV / Polydor (UK). In the meantime, here are some memories of Palmers Greenfrom other sites. I wonder if anyone out there can help with a memory? One old lady lost her life in the fire. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? I remember the coffee shop in the 1960s as a child. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. hang across the window pegged on string!!! Until it closed. The Dance Hall suffered badly but most of the fatalities were caused by the wrecking of the shop premises opposite on both corners with Sidney Avenue. Thanks. What a lovely road it was then. 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. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! The coffee shop WAS on the right going towards Winchmore Hill, surely? I lived in Tottenham rd all through the war being born in ,1935. For the streets to have virtually no cars? 70s. Lorna, is it possible the furniture store you refer to was Ways? Visit Website. Palmers Green past - Facebook Trusted memories of the museum - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Any idea of what it was called? Do I get commission on the bet payout? This was a more calm shop selling much the same things as the other one. Inside, the shop was very long with a back section which you rarely ventured into, mainly sheets and towels and net curtaining, Down the middle of the shop, arranged on chairs were tatty cardboard boxes holding items like socks, childs vests etcspecial offers, I guess! 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. also the Unigate milkman who had an electric cart and kept saying oh brother. Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. I seem to remember it being a Vauxhall dealer then a Volvo garage (?Triangle motors), in the 80s & 90s. I just recall the horse. He had been a prisoner of war and always seemed incredibly nervous. Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. Happy days playing in the yard out back. My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. 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. Does anyone have a photo of prewar broomhill park with its original railings? Remember Roberts toy shop near the corner of Hazelwood Lane? Once upon a time in Palmers Green by Alan Dumayne 1988; Fond memories of Winchmore Hill by Alan Dumayne 1990; Semi-detached London, Suburban Development, Life and . I know Pete and Bill Starling locally, not related though. I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. Arnos and remember Mr collier miss wastel and headmaster Mr Rossi also school nurse nitty Nora! With the Winchmore Hill conservation area as a focal point, the district is bounded on the east by Green Lanes (the A105 road), Barrowell Green, Firs Lane and Fords Grove, and on the north-west by Grovelands Park; in the south it extends to part of Aldermans Hill, and in the north . 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! Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Yes, Dave, I knew Vic Madden by sight only, in the early 60s. But then came THE GIRLS. Who remembers Tom the singing flower seller at the top of the access between the buildings? If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? . Living in The Larches 1938off to Devon November 1940..back to Palmers Green 1946..11+ and off to Southgate County School. 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. David.just seen your mail regardin Palmers\Geen Photo istory and sees you now lives in Australiado you know my cousin Jill Rann (as was) lived at 22 The Larches.N13? Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. Michael do you remember Mr Forkin at St. Michaels school Tottenhall Rd.arranging a boxing ring with proper gloves in the playground afternoon break with you & Everett Houghton as contenders? Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. 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. Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green I believe she moved up to Scotland after living in Ibiza for a while. There were two blokes in the back workshop mending bikes and preparing new ones. 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. 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 used to work weekends 1970-1972 for Kenning Car Hire which Im sure was probably on the site you recall. I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. Visit Palmers Green Places things-to-do & travel guide What a great guy he was. I think it then became Volvo (Triangle Motors) followed by a high end mens outfitters selling suits, shoes etc. 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. 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. There were something over 50 people killed as the dance had just ended and many had left the dance hall to get buses in Green Lanes. I think that this garage was called Saul & Slatters a John Slatter who worked there, married my cousin Margaret Cantwell in 1962. Palmers Green Community Directory: Local History/Local Studies Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill In the mid 50s we lived in St Georges Road Palmers Green my brothers and I went to St Georges Presbyrtarian Church for Sunday school and Hazelwood Lane Primary School. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. I also remember going to the Intimate Theatre with my mother every Tuesday evening. He has also now retired and the surgery has now moved nearer to the roundabout at W.Hill next to the petrol station. roses) at certain times of the year and was very beautiful. My parents bought our furniture there. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. Later, they raised us four kids in York Road. More please! When you entered the shop there was another door immediately opposite the entrance door. It is the oldest remaining pub in Palmers Green to have continuously stood on the . Play nicely please. Palmers Green Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2 They sold lovely solid, classy furniture. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) ps. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. Yes I remember Miss Hughes, she was the head of Hazelwood Primary around 1946 when I started. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. "Post your memories, photos, questions and stories relevant to Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. Well the years are rolling back! He must have spent a lot of time fixing kids injuries as my memory of him was from when I fell off my scooter whizzing round the garden and I damaged a tendon in my leg. Hi Raymond 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. 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! Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. She showed us the brick steps built under the ground floor windows. Going back toward Hedge Lane on the North sideremember a chap who used to make basket work/wicker goods/walking sticks? London My Palmers Green - movethat.co.uk Hi. When he retired (1956 ish), I was 11 and my family were transferred onto Dr Stewarts list. Yes.thats where I learnt to swim. A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Collecting shrapnel since 1939 in Leytonstone gutters and still collecting turning over neolithic shards in Cornish fieldsmy motto: Its Fun Finding Out (Chapman Pincher and Bernard Wicksteed, 1947) shaped my career. A lift man too to take you to the upper floor who would call out Corsetry and Carpets. It was owned later by a mate of mine Bruno. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Please?? Maybe a member will remember Jays. 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. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. It is being discussed today and frequently, on my Facebook page Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. 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 used to by comics from him in the 60s. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? Which barbers do you mean? Thanks Dave. Wonderful area. This was run by a short tubby lady. Palmers Green, Greater London Old Photos, Historic Maps, Local History Books and Memories of Palmers Green Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Palmers Green. The money offered was flushed along and up to the cashier in the small glass fronted cash office, high up. Regards David. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. 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. Was that called Pritchards or am I mixing it up with somewhere else? Dordrecht, Netherlands 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 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. Hi Reg. There was a second Grouts shop at 470 Green Lanes just before Hedge Lane. 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. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. Palmers Green Congregational Church hall was built in Fox Lane in 1909, with a church designed in a late Gothic style by George Baines and Son being added alongside in 1913-14. . I lived at no46 Conway road, My mother knew your parents. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. House backed on to the river. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'. Was it a V1 or a V2? Palmer's Green and Southgate I certainly went in there c1961. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. I also seem to remember that the path to Dr Baxters surgery had a pergola over it which used to be covered with blossom (? There was and old git who served behind the sweet counter. Yes, remember it as Roberts. In myddleton road there was a fish and chip shop Palmers Green photos, maps, books, memories - Francis Frith What about the old corn merchant on the corner of Osborne Road and the tiny sweetshop nextdoor! I guess that makes you and she cousins! Good Morning America is still very much interested in doing further fake degree segments. My father was in the home guard and attended when the bomb dropped at that site, it was a dance hall at the time. I can still remember how I felt when I saw it. 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. 348 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5TJ. Remember Martins the newsagents- corner of Green Lanes and Hedge Lane. Who helped me get accepted for nursing training. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean.