I am Geoffreys sister Carole. Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. Search over 400,000 listed places Overview Official List Entry Comments and Photos Previous Overview Next Comments and Photos Happy memories of Greenwood Gate Tennis Club in the Rec too, circa 1959 1963. No self-service yet. London Paddington Station to Palmers Green Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. As a schoolboy I attended Southgate County Grammar School in Fox Lane from 1948-53, and remember admiring new Jaguar cars in the Saul and Slatter showroom in Aldermans Hill. Well the years are rolling back! I couldn't remember the name of the cinema, but it was on Green Lanes, near The Triangle on the east side. To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? Er, Dave, surely The Bezazz opened nearer 1957 than 1967 frothy coffee and all that. She bought all her underwear from there. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. I was born at 7 Oakthorpe Rd, PG in 1944 and moved to East Anglia in 1971. Nice to hear from you. Dave Todd. ..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? Annyway.back to on the North side an them basketsI remembers a cafe at this location. Palmers Green Community Church under rev. Annyway back to Patricia (and her Ma), they worshipped Grouts and in my stores upstairs I ave loads oGrouts stuff and the 60s lectric Singer sewing machine kept ready an oiled like for my grandaughter (6) and er new baby sister comin October. flexible offerings for business. Singapore 45. I also went to Bowes Road School but only from 1952 to 1953 in the infants. How the location features in your personal history? We met at Bowes Road School Tuesday evenings and learnt first aid, home nursing, drill, lots of things. No expense spared by Mr.Grout!! I fondly remember "Barrowell Green swimming pool. with various junction improvements. for our site. 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. Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. These Bus lines stop near Morrisons: 102, 121, 329, 34, W6. 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. Then they returned to London, where they bought a house in The Larches, Palmers Green together with Colin Fishers parents as I understand it. This weeks parish newsletter announces plans to demolish it and to also sell the current Parish Centre on Cannon Hill which is a Grade 2 listed regency villa. You walked up a long gravel path under the pergola to get to the house which had dark wooden panelling etc., very posh! I also attended Hazelwood school and remember Mrs bellefontaine I am now 66 years old. 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. Beg to differ, Miss Hughes was headmistress of the Infants, and Miss Bellfontaine was headmistress of the juniors. Life isnt all about the big In 1902, however, large tracts of land were sold for building and the area began to develop rapidly. 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 assume there was no ammunition in the house, though! Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. How everyone stayed so skinny in those days I have no idea! Helen. Hospital. Probably in winter. I especially appreciate the care and teaching some of us received as St John Ambulance cadets. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. Sylvia. Even after such investment they remain, in design, a theatre and private residence. Who remembers Tom the singing flower seller at the top of the access between the buildings? Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? roses) at certain times of the year and was very beautiful. Janes & Adams, Wendy. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. 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. I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. Also why did they demolish whatever was there before? I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Irvington Center - 1960's; W.T. OK sorry Lorna, but just thought the name being similar and all that. But then came THE GIRLS. I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. List of teachers at Hazelwood school 1960s, Miss Hughes, Mrs Jones, Mrs Lee, Mrs Dark. 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. 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. He was very stern and terrified me! A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Much later in I guess the 70s? The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. But the mac an the suit attracted my beloved Patricia nee Cable (Winchmore ill) (not me, you unnerstand). Miss Gibbs. Cameracraft now theres a blast from the past too! It was a super meeting place for a great crowd, all feeling very sophisticated drinking coffee from glass cups. He took the train each morning from Palmers Green station. 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. Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice.