for Joe Hart at Tottenham Muni and Manor ouse Finsbury P, Dick Davis an Billy Cotton etc. 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. remember the milkman coming round with his horse? And gloves which were cleverly (!) 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. Dr Baxter used some of the rooms for his surgery and, I would imagine, must have lived there in the rest of the house. One day I remember hearing some youths had put a razor blade on the shoot and I was terrified. My grandmother moved to Halifax in 1919 and remarried. 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. 2 min read. Next, The Curzon just past the Post Office (not goin in there Raymond, too hexpensive). Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? 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. 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. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. I used to by comics from him in the 60s. History Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! I can say that Victor enjoyed every minute of every day. I have vague recollections of my mother taking us to what seemed quite a posh tea shop called Shepherds which was on Aldermans Hill opposite the park, does anybody remember this? All had presentsmine was miniature guitarwere you at that party? Do you John manses I use to buy my records in the 70s and 80s, Lived in Palmers Green from 1966 to 1987. Palmers Green is often nicknamed 'Palmers Greek' or 'Little Cyprus' because of the many Greek, Cypriot and Turkish immigrants who have made this bustling enclave of north London their home. you could add doms cafe where you had a great breakfast there. Dr Stewart was our doctor too. Are you skating on thin ice already in the Netherlands? 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. The walls were lined with painted tongued and grooved wood. Annyway after ostilities e also gigged (very fashionable nowadays, eh?) Mr Mardell was the Station Master, Dave Conway was a Porter and Ron Newman was the leading Porter. The adults who gave their time for us were great people! My parents continued to live there until 2009 in Kelvin Avenue. Fortunately my mother never chastised me about it. The headmistress, Miss Hughes must have been about 110, My class teacher was a woman aptly named Mrs Dark a horrible and spiteful woman. It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. My father was in the home guard and attended when the bomb dropped at that site, it was a dance hall at the time. 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. 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. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. 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). There was no bomb site where the garage was. 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. xx, Hi Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. There was a Palmers Field here in 1204 and a road called Palmers Green in 1324 but there is no record of a settlement until the late 16th century, when there were . Church under rev. After the war he ran various bands Bert Harts band any combination. We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. I seem to remember it being a Vauxhall dealer then a Volvo garage (?Triangle motors), in the 80s & 90s. We dashed under our iron table which was a kind of indoor shelter. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . Our dentist was Mr Finkel and I remember a story about a wall falling down by his house and squashing someone! 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. So back ome goin West? And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. Winchmore School was my school from 1955-1960. 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. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. Was this a WW2 bomb? Palmers Green - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Palmers Green 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. thanks to Mr Sheppard, our brilliant Headmaster who never gave up on us and of course Mrs Phair who was the most fantastic teacher ever created-.such a `one off, Dear David and Pennie, must interjectno rushannyway, avin a larf in cornywall now and rememberin Palmers Green an Winchmore ill. Anyone remember him? Organising A Cremation Funeral In Palmers Green. 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. I lived in New River Crescent 1950, 60s and 70s. Er, Dave, surely The Bezazz opened nearer 1957 than 1967 frothy coffee and all that. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . The manager in the 60s was Keith Small, very nice man who had a daughter Jacqueline. as many did back then or another location. !.thank you for jogging my memory. It was a large detached house surrounded by a beautiful garden which took up the whole of that corner site. Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. Doms! I dont remember you should I? 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. In 1961 the company was acquired by Car Mart Sales Ltd, but retained its name. I used to go out with a boy who lived along The Larches, (number 92), in the 1960s. She was there when I was there in 1940s. One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. I would supply Aubrey with items from the palmers green branch by which time I think you where becoming involved in running the shop KELVIN PHOTOS He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. 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. Mon May 03 Maybe a member will remember Jays. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? I remember being in your house when she visited them. 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 were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. 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. I think your Father was there too. Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. My first girlfriend used to go there, she was one of a pair of twins, the Bower girls. N21. Happy days playing in the yard out back. Yep, remember Doms very well too in the 50s. 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? And a bycycle from J&A (Rudge) set me free on those open roads, YHA and the romances. Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. More please! Happy searching, Sylvia Gambin. Can anyone help? 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. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. Many toys purchased there! Mr. Music Baggarley, S.County did not think much of my voice, a judgement echoed by Regimental Sgt.Major, Rifle Brigade, on the Square, Winchester. I remember the Ford Zephyr. Dear Ken. an dreemin on ..do you remember Lou Ansell and is Dance Band founded I believe at Hazlewood Lane Skool and practicin evenins before puttin on dances for the skool and other worthy causes. I also went to Bowes Road School but only from 1952 to 1953 in the infants. however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. Wow! Do I get commission on the bet payout? I suspect we would just love them x ! 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. To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? . 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.

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