Best teacher was the top class with Mr Smith. Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! Dad joined the Home Guard and I remember him cleaning his rifle regularly which used to stand in the corner of the kitchen. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. In answer to your question about tescos, I worked there for many years and there was a Tescos there. This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). Before marrying my first wife I too lived in Muswell Hill then Palmerston Road before buying a flat in Woodberry Avenue. Palmers Green is mentioned as a highway in 1324 (in Westminster Abbey Muniments). Sylvia Gambin. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. (Miss Watts?) My parents bought our furniture there. The area remained largely undeveloped for thirty more years, as local landowners refused to sell their large estates for building. Hi Reg. Annyway I have told already of my Mum on this lovely chat previous, being part-time life saver and attendant at THE POOL, she could not swim a stroke. 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! One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. Lots of great memories. We moved to Crawley in about 1955 or 6. I remember the mac shop. Lived in New River Crescent during 60s and 70s. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. 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 !!!! Palmers Green, United Kingdom One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, London is a travellers delight. Served by waitresses in smart black dresses with white aprons and little frilly hats. Who helped me get accepted for nursing training. Palmers Green is 235 meters away, 4 min walk. 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. Ray. 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. Rebecca Andrade, president of Newark Preschool Council; a founder and executive director of Head Start Program, 1968. Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. The garage was called Saul and Slatters. Wonderful. I lived in New River Crescent. Its best to just have fond memories of how it was Sylvia. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. I also, an geography class at Southgate County Fox Lane Please Miss! For the streets to have virtually no cars? I was born 1935 in Clapton E. Clapton Mothers Home, but my Mum was born in 1917, er Mum born in St. Pancras Workhouse (next to St. Pancras Station Lunnon) of them days.,Mum went to skool in Islington of very poor (financial m,barrased) parents (both boxmakers on the premises)annyway er memories included bein sent from er classroom in Islington with a friend as escort on the tram to Ulleswater Road, Palmers Green, becos er teacher ad left certain documents behind (or wassit sanwiches (any teacher memories ere?). Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. The Hargreaves family were originally from Huddersfield, where father James Hargreaves established his business first as a commercial traveller and ultimately as a wool manufacturer. Here is how it was reported by the BBC. Life was never the same again. Sun May 3rd 2015, at 7:28 pm, Palmers Green High Street Circa 1955 - 1960, Download this free history of the Collection. Nowadays there arent park keepers any more and some people get up to all sorts in local parks making some of them no-go areas in some cases. I also recall Roberts toy shop on the other side. 6% was Indian and 5% of 'any other ethnic group'. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. Website Terms of Service Contact UsRegularLabs.EmailProtector.unCloak("ep_81d610ff", true); Switch to Mobile Version, Palmers Green Town Centre Improvement Project 2012: Survey responses, Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area, captured on film at the opening ceremony in this footage, When nearly 3 million emergency food parcels are needed, it's time to Guarantee our Essentials, Government rejects London Assembly call for devolution of suburban rail services, Council proposing new active travel route through Palmers Green, Come to the aid of Enfield's special vineyard. Dad has been pottering around outside in the cold all morning, doing odd jobs but now, while Mum cooks, he is in the living room in his chair in front of the television, still in his baggy green jumper, which is gradually becoming more hole than jumper. Obviously at that time, there werent many shops selling fresh coffee let alone grinding it on the premises. WebThere are 4 ways to get from Old Street to Palmers Green by train, bus, taxi or car Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner. Remember the minicab office at the top of Hedge Lane in the 1970s. Remember Roberts toy shop near the corner of Hazelwood Lane? Within the latter development the building that now serves as Hazelwood Infant School and Hazelwood Junior School was built in Hazelwood Lane in 1908. Notable local buildings include Broomfield House and Truro House. AU $34.95. Other teachers were Miss Sweeny who would let you ring the bell if it was your birthday, Miss Calcott (horrible) and Mrs Dark. Register to find out more and create your first album! Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. Annyway after ostilities e also gigged (very fashionable nowadays, eh?) We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels.