I certainly went in there c1961. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. Sylvia, I. Now living in East Anglia. St Monicas, who own the site, first made a successful planning application to replace the theatre (also known as the Large Hall) with a single story parish centre in 1992. Yes, and the gas fire which hissed and stuttered. And another question on the same side as the H&C but further towards Winchmore Hill opposite a photographers, there was a Jaguar garage. My parents continued to live there until 2009 in Kelvin Avenue. Beg to differ, Miss Hughes was headmistress of the Infants, and Miss Bellfontaine was headmistress of the juniors. WebPalmers Mens Size Large Purple Checkered Button Up Short Sleeve Shirt. Was this the Barbers that was in a room behind Glossops the sweet and tobacco shop. Palmers Green is 235 meters away, 4 min walk. We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! I owned a Maicoletta scooter in those days which out- paced the Vespas and Lambrettas of those days. Then they returned to London, where they bought a house in The Larches, Palmers Green together with Colin Fishers parents as I understand it. Very interesting. I would dearly like to know what Bruno did/go next, does anyone know pleasealso did anyone know a window cleaner same era, bit of a wide boy,one of two brothers, called Vic Madden, not to be confused with an actor of a similar name. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. On the other side of the road there was a record shop called Opus I used to spend a lot of time in there in the 70s, you could also buy records from John Menzies a few doors down. When a change of scenery was called for, it was all off to the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood. Seems a long time ago now! There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. The Beezaz was like a second home !! Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. WebThere are 4 ways to get from Old Street to Palmers Green by train, bus, taxi or car Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner. [10] Jona Lewie slightly amended the words, but still mentioned the "do in Palmers Green". I assumed that the horse was some kind of pet that he took with him on his deliveries. CameraCraft shop. Work began on building St Georges Presbyterian Gothic style church in 1912. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. We got into terrible trouble when we got back to school late and, for the rest of the term, we had to stay at school and write out, 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. It was a black moment for Palmers Green as the bodies of the dead & injured were laid out on the pavement. Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. You walked up a long gravel path under the pergola to get to the house which had dark wooden panelling etc., very posh! Dads brother, Uncle Sid Rann lived at no 22. My father, Bert Hart, worked for Allen & Appleyard making furniture. Website Terms of Service Contact UsRegularLabs.EmailProtector.unCloak("ep_81d610ff", true); Switch to Mobile Version, Palmers Green Town Centre Improvement Project 2012: Survey responses, Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area, captured on film at the opening ceremony in this footage, When nearly 3 million emergency food parcels are needed, it's time to Guarantee our Essentials, Government rejects London Assembly call for devolution of suburban rail services, Council proposing new active travel route through Palmers Green, Come to the aid of Enfield's special vineyard. Seekin relatives of a gentleman printer named Richard Wall who lived at No.8 The Promenade N13 opin to return some property I found, I come across this Jewel and your writinsare you related to Joe Hart for whose band my Dad used to play the saxophoneusually Friday evenins for 32/6? I think that surgery was based in the houses that Martin mentioned (10/8/14) for a short while and then to a tiny building, like a garage, at the top of Windsor Rd with a bigger branch in Winchmore Hill, nr Green Dragon Lane. One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. Sometime around 1960 (when my father was around 15) the contact stopped. All will be revealed on Google Street View. My parents bought our very first television from them a Bush table model which was also installed by them. Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. Where do you live now? You must be signed in to save to an album. By 1908, when they had their first son Ronald, later an eminent doctor, they were living in Eaton Park Road but by 1911 they had set up home at 48 Fox Lane. OK sorry Lorna, but just thought the name being similar and all that. The Intimate Theatre was opened in a building that had been built in 1931 as St Monica's Church Hall. vintage Alabama diners and drive-ins A burning question in my mind : is that red public fire alarm still on the verge at the end of Madeira Road near opposite Bruton Enamels. I remember the flower man James! I have so many memories of Palmers Green in the late 1940s [through to the present day] that I could be here all night, tomorrow and for the next month typing them up. Annyway.back to on the North side an them basketsI remembers a cafe at this location. (Source: Birmingham Rewound) Sherer's in Athens in the 1960s. New River Crescent was bisected at the foot of Park Avenue. 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. Have a nice trip! The manager was named Mr Hemmings and his daughter Lesley was a good friend of mine in the Girl Guides at St Johns Hall, 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. Many of those have of course passed now. St Monicas are holding a parish meeting about the plans on 18 September at 7.30. Bus routes 34, 102, 121, 141, 232, 299, 329, W4, W6, W9 and the N29 operate locally. [9] The song's lyrics were written by Lewie's friend Keef Trouble, a fellow member of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. I remember Dr Baxter well, he plastered up my left hand when I broke a finger playing leapfrog at school! Annyway my best buy camera wise was a Thornton Pickard plate (Camera Craft) in original tweed hold-all includin tripod. Er, Dave, surely The Bezazz opened nearer 1957 than 1967 frothy coffee and all that. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. Thank you. It was called Briggs and there was another branch down at Wood Green. Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments). I have fond memories of Palmers Green, as I worked at the station from aged 15 in 1963 till 1968. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. Also the sports shop was further up on the parade of shops opposite the old Woolworths. Thank you Suzanne. Wonderful. From the kitchen, smells of roasting meat and potatoes, bubbling gravy, the windows steaming up. To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? One was called the UK tea company. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses When I lived in London and just started my business Aubrey would do most of my black and white printing and I also did a few weddings for him. You just came up in conversation and I Googled you. Mrs Palmers Shorts Mens Size 32 Black Pinstripe. Some are specific others generic. The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. Was that called Pritchards or am I mixing it up with somewhere else? Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? Motorcycle Repairs & Services near Palmers Green All in advance of any actual details. Play nicely please. There have long been rumours that the Intimates days were numbered. 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. the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. I really love this website for bringing back all those memories stored in the depths of our brains. Living in The Larches 1938off to Devon November 1940..back to Palmers Green 1946..11+ and off to Southgate County School. Just a qwik qweery (my daughter is out this evenin an Im baby sittinso privit time on the computer, eh?) An abundance of dress shops and Evans and DaviesAn unforgetable shop that sold everything. It had locations in Sumiton and Jasper. Miss Wrigley used to rattle you back and forward in your desk if you didnt behave. Did your dad run a newspaper stand by The Fox. I remember the coffee shop in the 1960s as a child. Ho for the old days, Mike, (have you still got the Roller!?) Palmers Green Have our latest blog posts and archive news delivered directly to your Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. 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! 1940, I have enjoyed reading all of your comments, because my Mother was so proud to have lived there, and reminisced so often. Search over 400,000 listed places Overview Official List Entry Comments and Photos Previous Overview Next Comments and Photos Annyone remember that great Destroyer model opposite the counter in J&As, is it still cutttin the seas in defence of our Realm? 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. I lived in New River Crescent 1950, 60s and 70s. 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. And gloves which were cleverly (!) Then they returned to London, where they bought a house in The Larches, Palmers Green together with Colin Fishers parents as I understand it. Both my cousin and I remember the shop and the smell but not the name of it. By then of course, Jack was long gone from Palmers Green, and truth be told, was probably little ever here, though in his day Palmers Green was still being built and there were still some fields to roam north of Bourne Hill. The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. Obviously at that time, there werent many shops selling fresh coffee let alone grinding it on the premises. The Prisoners were building the estate up to Ash Grove. 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!!! Can you help? I wonder if anyone remembers Dr Baxter who had a surgery in Hazelwood Lane at the junction with New River Crescent where the maisonettes are now? for our site. Recall the police fishing bodies out of the water occasionally suicides. There's a version of the Local Democracy Reporter's report on the London Assembly debate with some additional information and comments, which are relevant also to commuters in Enfield. 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!! Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. After the dentist located at the Triangle mum would take me across to Lyons tea house, Download this free history of the Collection. Nostalgic memories of Palmers Green's local history For the streets to have virtually no cars? The List of Firsts: African-Americans Who Pioneered the Way Used to live in Palmers Green (1976-1983). I went to Brownies and Guides at that church too! Then for a short while it was a Menswear shop that sold high end suits, shoes etc. The owners were brother and sister Dominic & Anna both born in Italy who arrived in England after the second world war,they were very hard working & organised, so much so they only lived 200 yards opposite in Tottenhall Rd. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. These Bus lines stop near Morrisons: 102, 121, 329, 34, W6. They ran the cafe on their own with no other help. 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. If so I knew him, he was a great friend of my Father Frank Watling who found the Fives Social Club. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. Little did we know when we saw Shirley Bassey at her first performance, that she would go on to become such a great star. Memories Palmers Green Jewel in the North He also made excellent onion omelettes. Lovely to have you posting again Raymond Randolph! After my first day in Old olborn never wore the suit agin at work or come to think o it, any suit (retired 1988). We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. Hello Stephen..thanks for your promptin memorriesjust south of your late employer street-wise in them days on the corner of edge Lane was alf a shop where I ad to take mas dry cleanins, come snow or shineannyway Dad ad to ave is dickies starched weekly ,cos he was appearin (come snow or shine) on Friday nights at the Manor ouse Turnpike Lane or Tottnam Muniplayin sax(s) clarinet, piano, accordian, dubble base etc for the fashionable dancers in them days. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. It had engraved glass in it and behind this door there was a barbers shop with two chaps who cut mens hair. 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. Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 1960 A Memory of Palmers Green. An electric tramway along Green Lanes as far as Winchmore Hill was developed in 1907, helping to further develop the area. Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? I remember juke box was playing a lot of Take these Chains From my Heart and set me Free. Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! In answer to your question about tescos, I worked there for many years and there was a Tescos there. Do you remember a bus that got his by a bomb during the war as no one seems to have any photos or accounts about this. An extra curricular fishing trip with the cameraman led to Out of Towns predecessor Gone Fishing in the 1960s and the rest, as they say, is history. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Can someone confirm the existence of a Tesco store in Palmers Green at this time? Exactly fifty years ago today, I went to my local cinema in Palmers Green to see A Hard Days Night. The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. It is home to the largest population of Greek Cypriots outside Cyprus and is often nicknamed "Little Cyprus" or "Palmers Greek". Now retired living in Strawberry Hill. As to guy fawkes nightI was shot n the leg by a lout with an airrifle November, Beech Avenue 1948..no rush. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. Thesite of Sir John Clements famous theatre company, the first play ever tohave been broadcast live on television was beamed from the Intimate and it is one of the last surviving local theatres in London. Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? My entire lunch money would be spent on a Cola float, Coke and ice cream with a cherry and a fruit pie for dessert! I used to by comics from him in the 60s. Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. Hi Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. 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. since 1860, Special treat of afternoon tea at Pritchards, next door to Evans and Davies. Ta. Absolutely free. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? Does anyone remember Palmers Green High School in the early to mid 60s. I can say that Victor enjoyed every minute of every day. 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. on Palmers Green roses) at certain times of the year and was very beautiful. Best regards, Nick Hurst. And neither, strictly speaking, at least to begin with, was its presenter, the pipe puffing Jack Hargreaves, who, you have guessed it, was born in Palmers Green in 1911. And it was Dads favourite programme. julia, I remember Victor Value, we used the shop sometimes. in days gone by. One called Bourlet (nr Smokers Paradise) & Hinds which was almost opposite I think. Sylvia. 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!