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No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. 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. Some are specific others generic. 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. Remembering the first Wimpy Bar which opened just near Woolworth's and of course, the wonderful Broomfield Park which offered space, beauty, fun, and sport. Since She was young and trendyin fact I saw her once in the old HMV shop in Wood Green buying a Yes album ! Was it a V1 or a V2? Palmer's Green and Southgate My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. He suspected everyone under the age of 18 of being a shoplifter. Thank you. No this barbers was near Janes and Adams Electrical shop and also bicycle shop. I bet virtually nobody has one of these fictitious Swiss bank accounts etiher. Lots of happy memories of Palmers Green ice cream at John Coombs sweet shop. Local records mention a Palmers Field in 1204 and a Palmers Grove in 1340. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. As I hadnt had any response to my original comment I was beginning to think I had imagined him. Then came the day of the first postwar consignment of new Dinky ToysI was late in the queue, all vehicles sold but I did secure a Gun Emplacement Canon. Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? Well the years are rolling back! She bought all her underwear from there. Barrowell Green pool was always on the cards in the summer! To Gerry Hicks- yes I remember you, you had a wife called Rose and a daughter called Carol? But he was ever present in our living rooms in Out of Town and in the childrens programme he devised and presented with Fred Dineage How! which ran until 1981. But I was answering Jenny Hs comment about the site at the top of Hedge Lane which was a car dealership etc & is now a very good Turkish Deli, which she thought had been a bomb site. This isnt the place to get involved in that discussion so Ill just say that changes arent always for the best! I have lots of childhood memories about Palmers Green Railway Station. AU $25.00. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. She and my Father were married at Palmers Green in 1935. I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Some of the musicians achieved International fame (not meI was on drums) . 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. Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. I had some really good teachers and friends I missed a lot when we moved. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! 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. Hi Sylvia, in the P.Green archives somewhere there is a report that on the night of March 15th 1941 the Princes Dance Hall (corner of Princes Ave) was packed with young couples. 2sainsbury s & 2 Macfisheries , 2 China shops Lawleys and Moors or was it Muirs. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. It wasnt the Home & Colonial that was a few shops further up, I will ask around about the name but ohhh!! Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. And another question on the same side as the H&C but further towards Winchmore Hill opposite a photographers, there was a Jaguar garage. I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. Gerry. Terms & Conditions of Use Veluchis barber shop near the Triangle- only one and three pence for a mod style hair cut. Since Ray in Cornywall. He used to fish the river during his leisure time, the only person in those days who could legally do so as the river was out of bounds to all. I went to Hazelwood Lane School. I especially appreciate the care and teaching some of us received as St John Ambulance cadets. 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 ? Lovely tiered plates of sandwiches and cakes. Dordrecht, Netherlands memories those were the best days. you may ask) too fashionable and hexpensive now thanks to ebay. On the corner of Aldermans Hill and Devonshire Gdns was the United Dairies shop. The wood walls remained! We used to have all the hire vans parked on the forecourt in front of what clearly had been a showroom. 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 wonder if anyone remembers Dr Baxter who had a surgery in Hazelwood Lane at the junction with New River Crescent where the maisonettes are now? WebPalmers Green Garage Stencil..These were phased out in the 1960s but there were a few left lying around until 1970 though rarely used. I remember the mac shop. on I think that this garage was called Saul & Slatters a John Slatter who worked there, married my cousin Margaret Cantwell in 1962. Church under rev. 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. Some of the shops that havent been mentioned from my memory, are; The mens raincoat shop at the top of Windsor Road and the little old man who stood at the door he was creepy!. It catered for men and women. 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). She would sit regally on the little wooden chairs by the counter. I was given an anointing spoon to commemmorate the big day. Miss Gibbs. Annyway my best buy camera wise was a Thornton Pickard plate (Camera Craft) in original tweed hold-all includin tripod. 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. 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. 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. Please take a look at Palmers Green Virtual Ward Panel Survey for January 2023 via the link below. My mum used to take me to the clinic in Broomfield House and I can still taste the orange juice they gave us,fantastic! We were entranced by the trendy clothes and selection of jazzy tights. https:// smartsurvey.co.uk/s/FC1F4B/ 1. Grants in Bloomfield; Old Bus with Palisades Ad; Ben Franklin in Pompton Lakes; Colonial Theater in downtown Pompton Lakes; Main It's easy - just think of a place that brings back a memory for you and write about: Here are some of the places people are talking about in our Share Your Work began on building St Georges Presbyterian Gothic style church in 1912. When a change of scenery was called for, it was all off to the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood. WebPalmers Green Town Centre 60 years old and still looking good! This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). Next, The Curzon just past the Post Office (not goin in there Raymond, too hexpensive). Thank you for any help you can give The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! How everyone stayed so skinny in those days I have no idea! Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. However, local schools do still use Arnos Grove, Southgate, Edmonton Green pools etc. We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. 6% was Indian and 5% of 'any other ethnic group'. Also there was an old style Sainsburys Bricks mens shop, No Job Centres in those days. 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! The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. Was this the Barbers that was in a room behind Glossops the sweet and tobacco shop. Ill be checking your face book page. Life was never the same again. No expense spared by Mr.Grout!! WebPalmer Green Estates, in Palmer, MA, is an affordable community designed with families and seniors in mind. There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. or Best Offer. The shop later became Tesco. I also attended Hazelwood school and remember Mrs bellefontaine I am now 66 years old. Irvington Center - 1960's; W.T. 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. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. An extra curricular fishing trip with the cameraman led to Out of Towns predecessor Gone Fishing in the 1960s and the rest, as they say, is history. ps. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. As she asked for opera top petticoats and long legged knickers the woman behind the counter would operate the very cleaver drawers lining the walls holding the goods. Hello Stephen..thanks for your promptin memorriesjust south of your late employer street-wise in them days on the corner of edge Lane was alf a shop where I ad to take mas dry cleanins, come snow or shineannyway Dad ad to ave is dickies starched weekly ,cos he was appearin (come snow or shine) on Friday nights at the Manor ouse Turnpike Lane or Tottnam Muniplayin sax(s) clarinet, piano, accordian, dubble base etc for the fashionable dancers in them days. Lovely shops, great parks such a pretty place. Hi Gerry, I,m not sure but you could well be right as I do not remember any other type of restaurant there, Regards Brian. For the streets to have virtually no cars? Palmers Green - Wikipedia Both my cousin and I remember the shop and the smell but not the name of it. Good times eh Dad?. A train service runs at Palmers Green railway station, operated by Great Northern, with southbound trains running to Moorgate. I think Myrtle Road was built in 1950, is that right? 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? history. Played my first games of tennis there and before that many happy times using swings, slide and roundabouts in the play area. The smell of freshly ground coffee from the Home and Colonial grocers at top of the High Street. I still have a tennis racquet in the loft that I bought from P Green branch when I was about 13/14! The List of Firsts: African-Americans Who Pioneered the Way Singing Tom used to give me all the flower heads to play with. And for Freya, sad as it evidently was when articulated in her marvellous single, Lost Without Lots of predictable responses. How does it feel, seeing these places again, as they used to look? In 1992 the building housed a Radio Cracker studio. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. Fantastic David, thats amazing. fondly recall a Cafe/restaurant upstairs some shop it was opposite one of the cinemas, Special treat of afternoon tea at Pritchards, next door to Evans and Davies. Gerry, my email is g.hicks@msn.com would like to know more as cant use laura@yahoo.com my mail is returned. Green Lanes has changed so much since we were youngsters especially the current work on the cycle lane which is quite an issue locally. Dave Todd. 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. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. All in advance of any actual details. Palmers Green was once a tiny hamlet in the parish of Edmonton, situated at the junction of Green Lanes and Fox Lane. 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. Hope this helps. The following year came a new head Mrs Cannon in 1968 I went up into the juniors and the head there was Mrs Gibbs . Annyway after ostilities e also gigged (very fashionable nowadays, eh?) I now live in Bedfordshire. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and The former Pilgrims Rest (reflecting the name Palmers "medieval pilgrim who carried a palm branch as a token of having visited the Holy Land") has already been demolished for housing. Julia. Could you tell me where Beezaz was situated and were there any other coffee shops in the area. Until they pulled the cinema down and built Telsco's. We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. 60 ..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? I seem to remember it being a Vauxhall dealer then a Volvo garage (?Triangle motors), in the 80s & 90s. Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. After the war it was on weekly visit. 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! Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. Sylvia. Buying three pennyworth of. My father, now age 74, is following my research with great interest and I hope to be able to provide him with some answers as well. Very interesting. Recall the police fishing bodies out of the water occasionally suicides. The green plastic leaves on top could be unscrewed to put the tomato sauce in. Hi Reg. Palmer's 1960 In 1871 the railway line from Wood Green to Enfield was opened and a station was built in Aldermans Hill to serve Palmers Green (half a mile away from the nearest houses). Ive only just found your comment. Ken Elvery, Also the lady who sold us orange flavoured ice cubes for 1 penny . Details of the garage are in my 1963 copy of the Jaguar Sales & Service Facilities in the United Kingdom. Nicholas Parsons and Steven Berkoff are among the latest stars who have trod the Intimates boards and are now calling for the theatre to be saved. An electric tramway along Green Lanes as far as Winchmore Hill was developed in 1907, helping to further develop the area. Ta. I will appreciate any directions you could give. Between Windsor Road and Park Avenue was a greengrocers called Burkes, there were 2 Janes and Adams shops, the toy shop already mentioned, plus 2 doors from that there was the electrical shop an old sign saying Ultra Radio was still up on the front at the first floor (last time I looked). And the wonderful smell The price stickers rather than bar codesThe staff cafeteria the bag searches as you left the building after a shift etc etc. Palmers Green Police Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? Even after such investment they remain, in design, a theatre and private residence. 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 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. Dear Ken. Thanks again. Thanks David, my son has just shown me some pictures of that dreadful scene at Sidney Ave but I think I must be losing the plot because I really dont remember it being a bomb site after the war. Search for your favourite places and look for the 'Add Your Memory' buttons to begin. 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. I remember the big round plastic tomatoes containing tomato sauce. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . WebHazelwood Sports Ground, Madeira Road, Palmers Green, N13 1958-date - Main Ground. I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990.