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. Dom drove a maroon Renaualt Dauphine, which I remember being the first foreign car I saw in Palmers Green. If notat last space for my clockwerk trainset (O guageTrix or Bing(not Hornby? We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. When I was in the juniors my friend and I used to like nothing more than to lay down on the railway bridge near the Church at the top of Hedge Lane and let the smoke of the trains roll over us. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. Palmers Green 60s To The 70s: A memory of Palmers Green Hello Raymond, Your memories of Palmers Green are a real Gold Mine. The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. As Mr. Auger sed want to be a farmer eh-eh-young-un? Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. The shop later became Tesco. and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! All will be revealed on Google Street View. Very interesting. 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. A quaint . Ill call you a Fcab etc. I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. My Godmother was a local schoolteacher in .1930 onwards ish ( Miss Una Cook). Which one is it?? Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. Still beautiful. My earliest memories of the site are from WW2 when, as a youngster in a pushchair I saw an aircraft being wheeled out of the building which stood there. Edwardian Housing Estates in Palmers Green and Grange Park We went to Sothgate County Grammer School in Fox Lane. Now Mr Shepherd, Im afraid that a majority were not keen,malthough you must speak as you find. 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. If I remember correctly you used to play the piano, Michelle I started Hazelwood in January 1964. Its best to just have fond memories of how it was Sylvia. There was also Kate Riddle, a hat shop with a tasteful window display. the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. The garage was, or became Kennings opposite Camera Craft. Palmers Green - Wikipedia 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. Grouts the haberdashers on the corner of Green Lanes and a small side road the name of which I cant recall and then a little further down, near Fox Lane and on the other side a huge white post office. no munny for the trollybus past Evans an Davies Pritchards Restaurant (Mas favourite cept for Shell Oils Social Club at Teddington) Same waitress uniforms, black, with frilly white eddressis an apronsso the long walk ome to The Larches an cheese sanwiches. This was back in the early 60s. They were green wooden gates. 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. 020 8881 7304. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. Doms! I also attended Hazelwood school and remember Mrs bellefontaine I am now 66 years old. (Miss Watts?) Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. I lived next to the Bird In Hand Pub in the early 79s, but my grandparents used to own a toy and Oran shop on the corner of Tottenham road and wolves lane. Peter. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. In my form 5 of us went on to become teachers.so much for the 11+ . Baptist Hi John Its not my memory of PG thats off, its my ability to tell right from left Im waving my left hand around saying Im sure it was on this side!!! Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green Paperback - 30 Nov. 2006 by Geoff Bowden (Author) 4 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback 50.00 3 Used from 49.90 1 Collectible from 22.99 Print length 213 pages Language English Publisher Badger Press Publication date 30 Nov. 2006 ISBN-10 0952607638 ISBN-13 He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. Church under rev. Yes.thats where I learnt to swim. Best wishes Hope this helps. Opposite were the cottage gates where Italian Prisoners of War sold the plaitings of straw for pocket money. Dinky toys and we once had a red motor bike (brand new) for sale. The garage was called Saul and Slatters. Winchmore Hill - Wikipedia In fact on A10 between Lister Gardens and Ostliffe Rd, there is still a gap in the terrace where 2 houses were hit during the war. I was Yvonne Farmer and our form teacher was Mrs Phair. 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. Conway park and blagdens lane were my playground when the old rubbish dump was behind the stables a goldmine of wartime and Victorian memorabilia. Regards David. Hi Anna, I remember the tea shop next to t he. Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. Janes and Adams was my first job after leaving school circa 1959. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! for Joe Hart at Tottenham Muni and Manor ouse Finsbury P, Dick Davis an Billy Cotton etc. She was young and trendyin fact I saw her once in the old HMV shop in Wood Green buying a Yes album ! Ray in Cornywall. Palmers green life 24pp july by Tony Ourris - Issuu A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. I worked in that Bricks mens shop in1971. Palmers Green & Southgate LIFE Autumn 2015 by Tony Ourris - Issuu Lovely shops, great parks such a pretty place. It was called something like The Rubber Mac shop!!!! I also seem to remember that the path to Dr Baxters surgery had a pergola over it which used to be covered with blossom (? There was nearly always a queue to have your hair cut and my Mum would go shopping while I and my brothers sat and waited next to the coat stand. Does anyone the name of the 1960s Record Shop in the parade of shops at the Cambridge Roundabout at the junction of Hedge Lane and the North Circular Road ? Hi Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. As I hadnt had any response to my original comment I was beginning to think I had imagined him. Amazing to find others to share memories with from those times. 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. Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! 2023 Palmers Green Jewel in the North, Palmers Green history, people and community, 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. The name Bezazz brings back happy memories of the late 50s and early 60s. Happy searching, Sylvia Gambin. 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 am yet to be convinced I wos wrong). . I bet you noticed big changes to the shops in PG when you went to The Fox. Shame I cannot post some photos here. Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! I have edited this comment because what it says was of a personal nature and could cause offence. Memories Of Green (Remastered) - YouTube Thank you for any help you can give Welcome to Harrington University (also known as the University of San Moritz, University of Palmers Green and University of Devonshire, among others), where anyone can purchase a bachelor's or. Remember Reg Hart who has posted here- he was interested in meteorology back then. 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. It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. David Way of Winchmore Hill Broadway? I remember we got a TV from Stanwood Radio and remember the tiny shop on alderman shill that had wood showing decay in the window. My understanding is that the building was originally built as a roller-skating rink, and then became a garage of sorts with just a few pumps virtually on the pavement. Seifert refused to save my an my Dads life in the 40Sannyway no ard feelins e saved my life later..,as for Tottenhall Roadmore our memories istories. Many toys purchased there! What a great guy he was. 1st. Annyway my best buy camera wise was a Thornton Pickard plate (Camera Craft) in original tweed hold-all includin tripod. In 1914 he was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and was killed on 1st July 1916 at the Somme. Then, of course, the great Grouts with its artistic window displays! Lived in New River Crescent during 60s and 70s. 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. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. Devonshire Road. 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. Far nicer than some well known overated areas of London. "Post your memories, photos, questions and stories relevant to Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories. Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. Did your dad run a newspaper stand by The Fox. Okay Pennie. Palmers Green Congregational Church hall was built in Fox Lane in 1909, with a church designed in a late Gothic style by George Baines and Son being added alongside in 1913-14. . It may be that your memory of PG is slightly off but, as I recall, it was the Home & Colonial grocer shop and it was on the left hand side as one went north towards Winchmore Hill; it was on that side shortly before Devonshire Road, the Fox Inn and Fox Lane, possibly about where the Red Cross shop has been in recent times. Anniversary Edition. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. I just recall the horse. 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. I used to have a paper round in the paper shop top of hedge lane and green lanes in 1963 I got fifteen Bob a week Mr pogson was the proprietor does any body remember him. Have a nice trip! Great memories, we lived in Winchmore Hill, in the 60s, 70s and 80s these comments bring back so many memories. Do you mean `Tom the flower man at the Triangle next door to Woolworths? Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! Remembered the lift in Evans & Davies, Grouts, Courts, Bishops (supermarket), Stephen Gracey estate agents, A Legg & Sons hardware (now Occasional Half pub), Bakers Oven, Tesco (supermarket and a smal local one between Kelvin and Melbourne Aves). Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. Hello again, I posted a question about your possible father Fred Rann, but I now realise I meant Sid Rann, was he your father? Good to have found this site. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. My Aunty Jean used to make his partners costumes and lives in Princess Avenue. 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 . very posh! I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. 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. Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? I used to work weekends 1970-1972 for Kenning Car Hire which Im sure was probably on the site you recall. Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. I used to go out with a boy who lived along The Larches, (number 92), in the 1960s. There was a garage forecourt at the top of Hedge Lane where in intersects with Green Lanes, Was that a WW2 bomb site does anyone know? 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. I left in 1986 as a Grocery Manager. Contact . Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories Join group About this group This worldwide local history, nostalgia and memories group has been active since 2012, we have thousands of photos in our albums and many memori See more Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. I grew up in Palmers green Play nicely please. She retired when I was there and replaced my Mrs Gibbs trendy and Beatles fan. The manager in the 60s was Keith Small, very nice man who had a daughter Jacqueline. 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. We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. Cam rember going to your uncles house one Xmas where everybody joined in to play Charades, I played out being a Milkman with horse and cart! The lived AT 56, Lightcliffe Road and granddad worked at a city bank. Later, they raised us four kids in York Road. (opposite Courts Furnitures?) I remember my Nan going I to Tescos on Green Lane and used to run around Brookfield park and go into the burned down museum with the bees and the art work. 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. Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. But the mac an the suit attracted my beloved Patricia nee Cable (Winchmore ill) (not me, you unnerstand). There was a second Grouts shop at 470 Green Lanes just before Hedge Lane. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, Sylvia, I. Thanks again. I think it was late 50s . Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. 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! Doms and the baker opposite were always good pitches! Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? Visit Palmers Green Places things-to-do & travel guide 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. Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Symms Davies tempering miss Bennett miss Edith Ashby miss Doris woods Happy days at Nans. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? Wonder what happened to him, I would love to know. To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? Stephen Woodward I recall Miss Bellefontaine Im exactly ten years younger that you and started at Hazelwood in 1963. I worked at burtons at the triangle in the 60s until at closed inthe 70s some very happy memeries of those times. 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! To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? Lots of great memories. OM G how I hated Grouts, I was marched in there twice a year by my mother to buy the navy knickers, beige brown high woollen socks and worst of all the liberty bodices with their horrible rubber buttonsall of which had to be worn to school until the end of May..despite a heat wave .I m shuddering to think of that shop and the humiliation it brought to me at Hazelwood Primary School. Ill be checking your face book page. Palmers Green - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green - Francis Frith The headmistress, Miss Hughes must have been about 110, My class teacher was a woman aptly named Mrs Dark a horrible and spiteful woman. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . 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. It was called Briggs and there was another branch down at Wood Green. This was a more calm shop selling much the same things as the other one. I lived in New River Crescent. Probably TottenHALL RdSchool Mr bennett was headmaster was St. Michaels School..The fever hospital was Greentrees further up Tottenhall past Bird in Hand Pub and before Norfolk Pk alleyway. Once in, the shop was very narrow and long with coats of all sorts hanging along the walls. You even remember the prices! When he retired (1956 ish), I was 11 and my family were transferred onto Dr Stewarts list. Visit Website. I lived in Palmers Green from 1938 to 1964. Also Victor Value supermarket. I remember Tom I worked opposite him at Triangle Cars for 5 years in th 60s . I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. Across Hedge Lane, does anyone remember the wartime pill boxes which stood close to where the trolleybuses made their turn-round at journeys end. 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!

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