Many years ago. Memories in Palmers Green Read people's stories relating to this area: A Young Person's War in London: Hospital Care, Saved by Dad, Music from German POWs Contributed originally by Julian Barrett ( BBC WW2 People's War) As I was only 3 at the outbreak in September 1939 my strongest memories are of the latter stages of the war. The smell really made me sick. 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. Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. Ill call you a Fcab etc. And gloves which were cleverly (!) A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. David Way of Winchmore Hill Broadway? I remember the bloke who served there and was a grumpy old git so I suspect this could be the same place. Can u help??!! 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. I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. They ran the cafe on their own with no other help. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. Palmers Green - Hidden London My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. Dad livin then in Islinton/ighbury played piano, accordian, dubblebase, all sizes of saxophones and clarinet as reserve needed in the West End otels in Lunnon includin the Savoy otel (10/6d an evenin)(after the War e was to reminisce when taken to lunch in Savoy Grill by conglommerats an councils gaspin to get old of Shells munny) as assistant investment manager (16th Floor) for Shell Oil (millions to spend) and for No.1 Balloon Barrage Dance Band (later the Squadronnaires an Skyrockitts) that is when e wasn,t tendin is personal barrage balloon in East am 1939. We lived in North London on the boundary of Palmers Green, N13 and Southgate, N14. Visible Anyone can find this group. Mum rode her bike to Tottenhall Road to care for patients in the old fever hospital. After the last chip was scoffed the owner would place in front of us a huge strawberry milkshake made with the soft ice cream they were known for, this shake was always served in a heavy fancy thick glass with a straw to slurp up the last visible clinging bubbles. My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Hazy memory? Do you remember one opposite Arnos Grove tube in early 80s? remember the milkman coming round with his horse? Visit Palmers Green Places things-to-do & travel guide My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. 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. Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. Nice to hear from you. The following year came a new head Mrs Cannon in 1968 I went up into the juniors and the head there was Mrs Gibbs . Was it a post office too? Meldrum. 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. Little did we know when we saw Shirley Bassey at her first performance, that she would go on to become such a great star. Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . Research prior to the following two 1974 experiments suggested that people are quite inaccurate when asked to report numerical details regarding events. Hi Jenny ! I just recall the horse. I was in my late teens when it was opened. We lived just at the top of Sidney Avenue in Palmerston Road and I remember crouching under the kitchen table as a very small girl with my mother and my brother and I can still recall the sound of the planes going overhead and the gun fire. Then in to tea and rock cakes and bashing out Boogie on Grans cherished piano. 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 have a friend who is bit older than me who has lived up near Hedge Lane all her life and she might be able to enlighten us about that mystery when I can contact her. History One day I remember hearing some youths had put a razor blade on the shoot and I was terrified. Organising A Cremation Funeral In Palmers Green. The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. Responding to the notes on Barrowell Green Swimming pool, I was born in Southgate and lived at 6 Tintern Gardens from 1936 56, and attended Southgate County Grammar School. 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. yes recall them well. Palmers Green 60s To The 70s: A memory of Palmers Green Maybe it was rebuilt very quickly or my memorys going! Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. When you entered the shop there was another door immediately opposite the entrance door. I also got a passion for steam trains watching them working the sidings at the station. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. As I was only young then, I have no idea why that happened. You might remember the Saturday boy who wrote the window tickets and went on to be a successful photographer in the eighties. Sylvia 0 I grew in in NRC, What was there before the maisonettes were built. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. In the window there was a (seemingly) huge coffee grinding machine. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. The money offered was flushed along and up to the cashier in the small glass fronted cash office, high up. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. Think the shop with the coffe grinder and gorgeous smell was called Rawlins.went to school with the daughter of the owners. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! In 1967 I became the signalman there. Church under rev. 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. We were entranced by the trendy clothes and selection of jazzy tights. "Post your memories, photos, questions and stories relevant to Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. 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. Much later in I guess the 70s? I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. Ill be checking your face book page. And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. I was Jean cook then with a brother Brian l remember the bombing of the dance hall between princes avenue and Tottenhall rd and the trolly bus wires catching fire and my friend Louise loosing a leg l remember Doreen young and Gary spicer.also the smell of Mac fisherys shop. I could probably bore everyone to death with them! The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. It was nice to hear your memories. I think it was late 50s . My taste dress-wise (MENS) was Bricks across the road, specially them T-shirts. Since the fake University of Palmers Green didn't come into existence until 1998, the good doctor is not only using two fake degrees, he is lying about when he got them! Until it closed. Dave then joined him at Kelvin and we became great mates and we would go to Arsenal matches together. FUFU - Chinese dining at its best in Palmers Green by Ellie Sales. Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. But it is the cramped interior, with drawers reaching up the the ceiling, full of mysterious items linked with the esoteric art of higher level dressmaking that wont leave my memory, and the old ladies (probably not that old, but thats how I recalled them aged less than 9, when we moved from PG). It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. 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? Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. Did I swap it or sell at a profit. . After several meetings of our Catchreeling Society, girls were allowed to participate. you may ask) too fashionable and hexpensive now thanks to ebay. Man who attended late Queen's coronation as a schoolchild remembers Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories - Facebook Opposite Grouts well almost. We were spoilt for choice for cinemas at that time with the 2 in Palmers Green, Southgate, Regal at Edmonton, Enfield and Bowes Road and they all had a different atmosphere. I went to Brownies and Guides at that church too! 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! Very interesting. A quaint . These chairs had the smallest seats Ive ever seen and I often thought it was a miracle that my Gran ever managed to perch on one. I think that this garage was called Saul & Slatters a John Slatter who worked there, married my cousin Margaret Cantwell in 1962. After my first day in Old olborn never wore the suit agin at work or come to think o it, any suit (retired 1988). Gerry, my email is g.hicks@msn.com would like to know more as cant use laura@yahoo.com my mail is returned. memories those were the best days. Ta. What's On - Palmers Green Community 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. There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. I remember the mac shop. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. I started at Hazelwood school infants in 1965 and I remember the head Mrs Hughes in my first year. Does anyone have a photo of prewar broomhill park with its original railings? My brothers and I were trying to remember where the furniture store Jays was located in Palmers Green, can someone help. By the way, the founder of the H&C chain of grocers made a lot of money and had built for him the last castle to be built in England; Castle Drago in Devon now a National Trust Property. Can anyone help? The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. Hi Raymond I now live in Bedfordshire. The garage was called Saul and Slatters. Local history - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. 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 worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. Doc Meldrum had a most interesting signature it resembled WWWWWWWW Palmers Green - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green - Francis Frith Wonder what happened to him, I would love to know. Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. But we used to dangle fishing lines from the river bridge in Hazelwood lane in an effort to catch something. us failed musicians worship for evermore.no rush puttin the latest grandaughter Reenie to bed..ope she gets on the bandstand soon shes got the lungs for it and we may need er thirty shillins a week to pay orf the mortgage.Annyway (am I keepin you up?) Coronation fireworks display in the park. London My Palmers Green - movethat.co.uk Lots of great memories. Good lunch time food & very good value. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. Im not sure where Jays originated in Croydon or elsewhere but in any case it appears to have ended up as a national chain, with branches in places such as Bristol, Luton, Northampton, Croydon and Sheffield, as well as areas of London including Palmers Green, Stoke Newington, and Walthamstow.. Mr and Mrs Glossop were a very jolly couple always ready to share a yarn. 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. Dad did buy furniture at A an Asand all else for Elsie (my Mum) without consulting er. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! 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. The guy that ran it looked like Carlos out of Crossroads . Does anyone remember Palmers Green High School in the early to mid 60s. What a job to have, stuck up there in this rather dark shop every day!! When we were small the barber put a piece of wood across the arms of the chair for us to sit on or we could not be seen in the mirror! No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. Dont start me on the shops the wonderful Evans and Davies and the evocatic smell of Grouts! Cameracraft now theres a blast from the past too! Great memories, we lived in Winchmore Hill, in the 60s, 70s and 80s these comments bring back so many memories. 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. xx, Hi . Going back a bit who used to run up Fox Lane, stand on the bridge and wait to be covered in steam from the trains . There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. 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. Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? Definitely around 1958 when Bezazz opened: frothy coffee in tiny glass cups. I think that he worked on the railways. a great character called Brun Hill. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. I went there with my sister and her friends I think the Small Faces were signing autographs ? 1940, I have enjoyed reading all of your comments, because my Mother was so proud to have lived there, and reminisced so often. Joy's memories of Palmers Green My family, all three of us, moved to Palmers Green from Haringay in 1936 when I was five years old. The price stickers rather than bar codesThe staff cafeteria the bag searches as you left the building after a shift etc etc.
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