Ive only just found your comment. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. Palmers Greens horse drawn buses once ran into central London from the Fox Hotel, as it once was. Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. WebPalmer Green Estates, in Palmer, MA, is an affordable community designed with families and seniors in mind. Before Victor Value there was a lovely old music hall. Public access to the New River waterway has been improved with waterside paths and access gates. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. Helen. In 1871 the railway line from Wood Green to Enfield was opened and a station was built in Aldermans Hill to serve Palmers Green (half a mile away from the nearest houses). The area remained largely undeveloped for thirty more years, as local landowners refused to sell their large estates for building. welcome Its been a busy summer in Palmers Green culminated by the Palmers Green Festival held on the 6th September. Thanks for the info. Situated on the corner of Groveland's Road opposite Broomfield Park. Firs Farm Recreation Ground, Firs Lane, N13 1960-1961: Ground: Hazelwood Sports Ground, Madeira Road, Palmers Green, N13: Ground 2: Tottenhall Sports Ground, Palmers Green: Holborn). These Bus lines stop near Morrisons: 102, 121, 329, 34, W6. Truly some of the best times of my life in Palmers Green. He was no secret in the new marriage, but remained in Copenhagen with his grandmother. This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). Enjoy David they are wonderful memories arent they? WebPalmers Mens Size Large Purple Checkered Button Up Short Sleeve Shirt. Okay Pennie. our school on fire by insendery bombs ,also the sky appearing like a red sun set and being told it was London docks on fire.mr rodwell Mrs green are. They sold lovely solid, classy furniture. 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. Patricia loved the picturesbut for me the sing along organ player at Capitol Winchmor ill.. why did we did disagree occasion like.ladies may comment, no rush. Dr Stewart was our doctor too. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. Aldermans Hill had some fascinating shops too.the tiny pet shop opposite the station, the flower man then on to an electrical shop where I bought my first portable telly for my room with my first wages! Then came the day of the first postwar consignment of new Dinky ToysI was late in the queue, all vehicles sold but I did secure a Gun Emplacement Canon. There was also Kate Riddle, a hat shop with a tasteful window display. 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I manage to find scraped ice cream every now and then but nothing like the taste I remember. I do remember the restaurant above the sweet shop too. Many toys purchased there! Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. . Just request to join and add your own memories and photos. It is quite heavy as solid hardwood. I came across the stories related to Palmers Green and was immediately taken back to my early years at Franklin House school in the 50's and 60's. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. on Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, on Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons, The twentieth century and urban life in literature, Palmers Green Baptist Church, Green Lanes, Palmers Green United Reformed Church, Fox Lane/Burford Gardens, St Georges Presbyterian Church, Fox Lane / St Georges Road (demolished), Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue, Brownlow Road, Palmers Green Mosque and Education Centre, Oakthorpe Road, Local dignatories, bigwigs and characters, Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons, http://www.palmersgreenn13.com/2015/11/03/every-street-in-palmers-green-5-ladies-and-gentlemen-live-from-palmers-green/, For more about the Intimates heady days of stage and screen, see. Have a nice trip! To meet the present and envisaged future needs of the parish, it is proposed to build a newParish Centre, one that will be a legacy for future generations. I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. I believe she moved up to Scotland after living in Ibiza for a while. Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Built in the late 1930s, it stands as a handsome example of civic architecture from the period. The former Southgate Town Hall has now been converted into flats. I also loved the names of the park keepers you remember they just seem very appropriate somehow! Can you help? There was a second Grouts shop at 470 Green Lanes just before Hedge Lane. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. The other side of the Bank was a school outfitters where I was bought school uniforms, blazers and badges etc. In myddleton road there was a fish and chip shop We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. 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. 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. I dont recall the cart. Hope this helps. I remember the entrance to Appleyards next to the post office. Fantastic David, thats amazing. I fondly remember "Barrowell Green swimming pool. on Was this the Barbers that was in a room behind Glossops the sweet and tobacco shop. Spent a few happy days with him and also his parents at their house up by the new river. I seem to recall that it was situated in Princes Avenue on the right, a short distance from Green Lanes. Stories about the community, its history and people? since 1860, Special treat of afternoon tea at Pritchards, next door to Evans and Davies. In 2018 I interviewed the then manager of Forty Hall Farm for a The news about the vineyard's problems reminded me of a couple of things that Kate McGeevor told me. I also bought a BSA Winged Wheel from them and had it fitted to my pushbike on which I commuted from Palmers Green to Tottenham Hale every day for my Apprenticeship at Keith Blackmans Ltd. A female named Jane lived above the J&A shop. List of teachers at Hazelwood school 1960s, Miss Hughes, Mrs Jones, Mrs Lee, Mrs Dark. Bruno would leave the bar at 9.30pm each night, snooker cue in hand and walk to the Cock Tavern for several beers & a few games of snooker. I remember going there with my Mother and having lovely ice cream in a silver sundae dish. We went to Sothgate County Grammer School in Fox Lane. If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? WebA winner by just 300 votes in 1990, Doug Palmer has easily been re-elected Trenton's mayor ever since. Thanks for your rememberins. 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. 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. two of the teachers l remember and Mr bennet was our headmaster,.true air raid shelter was at the top of the play ground. I bet virtually nobody has one of these fictitious Swiss bank accounts etiher. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. Hallo Raymond, Wondered whether or not your father was Fred Rann who used to go to the Fives Club? Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. Hospital. The buildings opposite however, which was the bombed out Princes Dance Hall, were rebuilt in a totally different style. Can somebody help with this? I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. 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! There was a bank on one corner of Sidney Avenue which had also been hit. 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? But then came THE GIRLS. flexible offerings for business. 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. At the 1960 Masters Tournament, Palmer gave a glimpse of things to come when he birdied the final two holes to nip Ken Venturi and win by a stroke. Hello Brian, Im so glad you remember Dr Baxter. Dad did buy furniture at A an Asand all else for Elsie (my Mum) without consulting er. More details WebHazelwood Sports Ground, Madeira Road, Palmers Green, N13 1958-date - Main Ground. Hello Raymond, Your memories of Palmers Green are a real Gold Mine. Sylvia. 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. I dont remember it being a bomb site though, Hi Jennie, It was nice to hear your memories. Gerry Hicks, Hi. I have very clear memories of it. The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. Me ten years between 1960 and until her death. The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. Palmers Green, The Triangle c1965. remember the milkman coming round with his horse? and thank you for posting. Ive lived here all my life (born 45) but dont remember that or Keiths being a bomb site. I was at Winchmore when Mr Shepherd was there as Head. St. Clements Press. We lived in Sidney Avenue from 1952 until 1961. He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! I remember J&As when the windows were boarded, just a square foot to stare in. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. Also in Aldermans Hill was a butcher called Drakes and the Gas Company with the Electricity Co round near the current McDonalds in Lodge Drive. Will email direct My Godmother was a local schoolteacher in .1930 onwards ish ( Miss Una Cook). It will be a load of rubbish I bet. I also, an geography class at Southgate County Fox Lane Please Miss! Palmers Green, United Kingdom One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, London is a travellers delight. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. 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. No seats until the Union got a concession. Sun May 3rd 2015, at 7:28 pm, Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 - 1960, Download this free history of the Collection. I was just 15 and left school to become the first employee your father Aubrey gave me my first job and I never looked back and went on to become a photographer in the RAF as national service was compulsory at 18 after I joined a Photo retail shop in Turnpike lane named A M DAVIS after I started my own career in Muswell Hill N10 Then went on to open 7 more shops before starting a Franchise called FOTOVALUE with over 1000 outlets throughout Europe allowing the owners to retain their own name with just banners to say the where part of Fotovalue. You done a bit of boxing? My brothers and I were trying to remember where the furniture store Jays was located in Palmers Green, can someone help. My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962. Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 1960 A Memory of Palmers Green. Regards, Brian Watling. My father, now age 74, is following my research with great interest and I hope to be able to provide him with some answers as well. This was a more calm shop selling much the same things as the other one. Was Mrs Dark the wife of Mr. There were no school playing fields so we had to go to Ford's Grove in Winchmore Hill for sport. We lived in Osborne Road (1955 ) but then moved to Old Park Road just over 10 years later where we stayed until the late 70s. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. I worked in that Bricks mens shop in1971. It catered for men and women. Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? The community of one- to -three-bedroom apartments offers meticulously Hi Raymond, It was Sid Ran your uncle that I remember as a friend of my father, I believe I as at that party you mention but cannot recall the present I received but it may have been a small accordion. Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. How the location features in your personal history? 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. Laura. Which one is it?? 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!!! those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and To supplement income he was a musician from 1926. Bus routes 34, 102, 121, 141, 232, 299, 329, W4, W6, W9 and the N29 operate locally. By 1801 Palmers Green had 54 dwellings, including two inns and two farms. Despite the opening of the station on Aldermans Hill in 1871, little development occurred at first, mainly because wealthy landowners like the Taylor family had no need to sell. 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. How does it feel, seeing these places again, as they used to look? I now live in Bedfordshire. Some of the musicians achieved International fame (not meI was on drums) . I have written up many of my memories.. Hello Roger. Happy days playing in the yard out back. Thank you. 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. Dear Ray, If your Dad was Eric Rann, then he was my Great Uncle brother to my Granddad Syd, who also lived at The Larches. 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. browsing more recent contributions There have been theatre productions, celebrity drinkers, a ghost, a comedy club, and community cinema. All will be revealed on Google Street View. Probably some of my first photographs were taken there. There was a big fat man with tattoos who ran it and used the F word all the time. Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! Opposite were the cottage gates where Italian Prisoners of War sold the plaitings of straw for pocket money. The management of waste in north London has long been an area of concern, all too often subject to seemingly unsatisfactory answers to reasonable questions. 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. Happy times at Arnos school and some not so nice if you got the cane. See the Dad was in the ARP with your uncle, I have been trying to find some photos of the ARP at Palmers Green but as yet not successful. in days gone by. I remember juke box was playing a lot of Take these Chains From my Heart and set me Free. 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. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . I think Myrtle Road was built in 1950, is that right? Nothing wrong in that!..seems the 50s 60s & 70s had a lot going for them, I look at kids today and think theyve missed the best bits! Spent a lot of time in the park, on the swings etc & collecting conkers. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. Sorry to say my own Weddin Photos (brilliant) from Artricia, Winchmore Hill selected by my father-in-law Edward Cable Later on in Advertisin I helped to promote the 10 fare to Australia for adventurous families but had to stay behind to assist David Bailey, Don McCullin, Billy Apple et al.. No rush now but still on the familly tree search (Sixteen String Jack Rann and Sue) (Sue still rowing back to GB from Botany Bay 1779)ave you eard from yore coastgards annythin? There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. Church under rev. 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. 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. Also Jack the window cleaner who lost a leg at the Somme. Search for your favourite UK places and read memories of the local area Best regards, Nick Hurst. What a job to have, stuck up there in this rather dark shop every day!! My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. 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. Oh and one of our members mum and aunt used to work there! I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? Hi David those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and The money offered was flushed along and up to the cashier in the small glass fronted cash office, high up. Miss Gibbs. Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Palmers Green Police Its great. Butter being knocked into shape, with wooden paddles, by ladies behind the counter at the original Sainsbury's, left side of High Street, midway towards General Post Office. Hello Dave, I didnt know Victor Madden when he was young as I live in Ely, nr Cambridge, but luckily, I met Victor on a Rock and Roll weekender in 2009 and we spent the next 7 years together. 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! 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. I used it fir a while to work as a mini cab driver for a bloke called Roy that was in a tacky office opposite Woodberry Avenue (where I lived) in Green Lanes. Also why did they demolish whatever was there before? Coronation fireworks display in the park. Later, I remember seeing my very first E Type Jaguar outside the shop with a number plate personalised JA number forgotten. The Tesco replaced a cinema that used to be there, In the early 60s I saw Robin Hood,there, the Walt Disney cartoon production. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, Biking from The Larches to Holborn Kingsway, clock in at 8 am, carry bike up 4 flights of stairs, no smoking allowed, no sitting down cept lunch time at the frame. Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? 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. Founded in 1901 by my grandfather, but was knocked down in the 60s to make way for the widened North Circular? The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. also the restuarant above the sweet shop in Green Lanes which was opposite the Queens Cinema? and had a Saturday job in Grouts!!!! And another question on the same side as the H&C but further towards Winchmore Hill opposite a photographers, there was a Jaguar garage. Try putting dance hall into search, or I will find the link for you later! Can anyone remember the Bamboo coffee bar in Bowes Rd, cant find any history of the place or photos. One such building is Palmers Green Library (1938-40), located at the eastern end of Broomfield Road, at the junction with Green Lanes. CameraCraft shop. 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. What a lovely road it was then. The Fox public house, which has been in its present guise since 1904, was once the site of the Electric Mouse comedy venue. Recall the police fishing bodies out of the water occasionally suicides. I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! I remember the bloke who served there and was a grumpy old git so I suspect this could be the same place. The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. After the war he ran various bands Bert Harts band any combination. I remember the mac shop. Clowes Sports Ground, Barrowell Green, London N21 1961-2016- Satellite Ground. I farms in Cornwall now an apologise for the grammer neglected at Southgate County Grammar (an spellins). Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. In the summer we sold ex Wimbledon tennis balls. Very interesting. I am Geoffreys sister Carole. Until it closed. Remember the minicab office at the top of Hedge Lane in the 1970s. It's easy - just think of a place that brings back a memory for you and write about: Here are some of the places people are talking about in our Share Your We had to make our own fun in those days, there were no iPads, computers,,,,,,,,,,, etc. Hi Gerry, I,m not sure but you could well be right as I do not remember any other type of restaurant there, Regards Brian. Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. After several meetings of our Catchreeling Society, girls were allowed to participate. Hi Christine. 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. Register to find out more and create your first album! 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. 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. Dark..my teecher at Winchmore ill and Southgate County Grammer, Fox Lane, do you remember? Hi Jenny, I took a photo of these homes about this time (1966) before the fire for a school photo project on old buildings I believe they were called Skinners Alms Houses.