memories of palmers green

One of us is going mad!! I assume there was no ammunition in the house, though! Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. And a bycycle from J&A (Rudge) set me free on those open roads, YHA and the romances. Few people in those days owned a car, most of us used public . Baptist Hi Mike, yes I remember Bruno walking from the cafe with snooker cue in hand after a days work to the Cock pub to try & win a few bob in the billiard room, he also had the Bezazz Coffee Bar corner of Princes Ave, with juke box & pin ball machines great times all for the price of a coke or coffee with your mates. Hi Victoria, I remember the milkman well, his horse was called Dobbin and Mum used to get me running out in the road with a bucket and shovel if he dropped his business near us so it would be good for the roses in her garden. Good to have found this site. Further up from Ashwells towards Devonshire Rd.was a beautiful shop selling china and glass.This was close to the shop with the heavy coffee smella quite small shop which was probably next door to the 2nd. I remember the Coffee place & it wasnt Home & Colonial.. that was a few doors up!! Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. I also remember Miss Bellfountain (Spelling) she was head of the Junior before Miss Gibbs. Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. 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. 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. I worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. Hi David, yes, I remember Keiths Cars being there for many years &, as Richard S says, it is now a tyre dealer and I remember Pitmans just opp. After the Quick Service Cafe Bruno in 1967 moved 100mts to the corner of Princes Ave/Green Lanes & opened a coffee bar called The Bezazz Bar.Juke box, two pin ball machines, served tea/coffee/& light snacks.Spent most of my teenage years using this coffee bar as a meeting place to ponder over a two hour cup of coffee to decide what our next move would be!! Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. My parents bought our furniture there. 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. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. 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. Hi Gerry And another question on the same side as the H&C but further towards Winchmore Hill opposite a photographers, there was a Jaguar garage. Organising A Cremation Funeral In Palmers Green. Meldrum. Also, as memory has been shown to be reconstructive in nature, Loftus and Palmer predicted that the wording of a question could influence recall. Regards, Brian Watling. VangelisVangelis: Delectus 2016 Universal Music International BV / Polydor (UK). I remember the tremendous explosion and my father tying the washing up bowl over his head with a towel and running down Sidney Avenue to help. Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. for Joe Hart at Tottenham Muni and Manor ouse Finsbury P, Dick Davis an Billy Cotton etc. you may ask) too fashionable and hexpensive now thanks to ebay. Hi Raymond Janes & Adams was my favourite shop in Palmers Green. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'. Its great. In the 50s there was a shop towards the end of Palmers Green (on the right hand side as you went toward Winchmore Hill) that ground coffee. I started at Hazelwood in 1963 too and l also live in Singapore. 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. I lived at no46 Conway road, My mother knew your parents. 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. As I was only young then, I have no idea why that happened. It would have been a V1 flying bomb Lilian. 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. 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. Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. The surgery was in a big detached house with a lovely garden round it & you walked through a long pergola covered in flowers to get to the house. There was some credible evidence that the house on the corner of New River Crescent and Hedge Lane in the direction of Green Lanes was haunted. I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Who helped me get accepted for nursing training. I wasnt as lucky as you & never actually ate at Doms though, but if I was very good my treat was the ice cream and I still have a sweet tooth to this day. Which one is it?? Trusted memories of the museum - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Best regards, Nick Hurst. An MD with a MBA from Palmers Green | DegreeInfo Other teachers were Miss Sweeny who would let you ring the bell if it was your birthday, Miss Calcott (horrible) and Mrs Dark. 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. Did I swap it or sell at a profit. The farmhouse was built in 1720 by a Mrs Childs. Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! Dordrecht, Netherlands My family name was Church but we have moved away now. 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. Hazy memory? I remember the Ford Zephyr. He was very stern and terrified me! Janes & Adams, Wendy. 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. would go down there most nights and you need only buy one coffee & that had to last you all evening what great times in there !!!! Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? Sylvia Gambin. Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. Dads brother, Uncle Sid Rann lived at no 22. As to guy fawkes nightI was shot n the leg by a lout with an airrifle November, Beech Avenue 1948..no rush. Thanks Richard for the update on Vic, knew him from his window cleaning business in P.Green, cups of tea in Doms cafe & long discussions on where to go for the next holiday in Spain. 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. The guy that ran it looked like Carlos out of Crossroads . We would love to hear about your memories of the area, andhow ithas changed, over a cup of tea. 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. I suspect we would just love them x ! Mr. Pratt was very critical of my dovetail jointing but roped me in scenery building for the annual Gilbert and Sullivan Operas as did Miss Green, Art, for paintings. Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! It is open on Sunday afternoons from 2.00 to 4.30pm Model Boating Pond The Model Boating Pond was dug in 1903, shortly after the opening of the Park. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Very interesting. Yes, very tall, Scottish doctor with elderly receptionist and very noisy gas fire. I remember the Brody and Hicks name and Fotovalue. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. February Edition Issue 12. Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. Gerry, my email is g.hicks@msn.com would like to know more as cant use laura@yahoo.com my mail is returned. A unique way to experience Palmers Green's places, Walkfo allows you to explore Palmers Green as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. I really love this website for bringing back all those memories stored in the depths of our brains. 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. Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. OK sorry Lorna, but just thought the name being similar and all that. But then came THE GIRLS. AnnywayI bought my first camera from Mr Kalms (Dixons) Edgeware (Agfa Silette) on the knock (so much a week) and cycled to Edgeware to pay the monthlya Canon copy of the Leica followed f1.8 lens but paid its way at weddins and I think I was one of the first to get back with ome developed colour (Ferrania) to the celebrations in them days. To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? Train Station (not the new International Train Hestacion) (tho the coffee an croissants is worth a go ere (ambience etc)) Soits between Palmers Green Pilgrims (overalls, ambience) etc., Valencia, McDonalds (frys) and Sgt Craven (Army Caterin Corps) attached Rifle Brigade (Winchester)Savoury Mincenow for Lamb Chops a la Remoska at Colebrook Cornywall. Mr and Mrs Glossop were a very jolly couple always ready to share a yarn. Remember Dr Meldrums surgery opposite Janes and Adams, and his receptionist? PS. Palmers green life 24pp july by Tony Ourris - Issuu as many did back then or another location. No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. Janes and Adams was my first job after leaving school circa 1959. 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.

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memories of palmers green

memories of palmers green