His house and grounds backed onto the new river on the opposite bank to ours which was in Lynbridge gardens. Well the years are rolling back! (opposite Courts Furnitures?) Went to St Monica School from 1970-71 before we were transferred to the new Our Lady of Lourdes School in Arnos Grove. Palmers Green N13, is lovely, a Edwardian area with plenty of independence shops, the parade of shops has beautiful building above them a lovely 1930s style park, a railway station journey to the countryside and Moorgate and properties are still very affordable. Has any reader furniture in use purchased from Allen & Appleyards at 362 Green Lanes, replacing Kiltycakes Cafe next to the still existing post office? Ray. Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. One was called the UK tea company. Your memories may come from non-local areas, this is permitted as long as the page content is mainly about our locality." Last updated: October 2015 348 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5TJ. Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. I grew up in New River Crescent during the 1960s. She would sit regally on the little wooden chairs by the counter. 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! Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. Yep, remember Doms very well too in the 50s. Is it still haunted? We lived in Upsdell Avenue from 1941 to 1957. We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. remember the milkman coming round with his horse? I know Pete and Bill Starling locally, not related though. Although we joke about the shop you could actually buy just about anything you required in the haberdashery line, ric-rac braid, elastic, cotton, american cloth by the yard etc. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at $50.53. Palmers Green LI FE www.palmersgreenlife.co.uk. I started at Hazelwood school infants in 1965 and I remember the head Mrs Hughes in my first year. I lived in Palmers Green from 1938 to 1964. . Seems a long time ago now! Hi Jenny ! for Joe Hart at Tottenham Muni and Manor ouse Finsbury P, Dick Davis an Billy Cotton etc. It was nice to hear your memories. Hi Gerry Also the sports shop was further up on the parade of shops opposite the old Woolworths. 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. Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. Once upon a time in Palmers Green, Southgate - a glimpse into the past, Fond memories of Winchmore Hill Alan Dumayne Enfield Matthew Eccleston Enfield at War 1939-1945 Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society Theatres, Music Halls and Cinemas in the London Borough of Enfield Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society St. Clements Press. Not in my collection still but maybe will turn up on Ebay or Boot Fair. I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. I think it then became Volvo (Triangle Motors) followed by a high end mens outfitters selling suits, shoes etc. Im doing some research on my family who lived in Tottenhall Road where teenagers and young adults hung out. "One night in March 1941, the Dance Hall (held in the Princes Hall above Pitman's College) in Green Lanes, Palmers Green was bombed. Yes, remember it as Roberts. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. The following year came a new head Mrs Cannon in 1968 I went up into the juniors and the head there was Mrs Gibbs . I also remember Miss Bellfountain (Spelling) she was head of the Junior before Miss Gibbs. A few doors away was a grocers shop called Crows. Wow Thanks Richard awesome now I win the bet with my brothers!! I remember one of my friends falling into the river off the bridge and clambering out the other side after swimming under the bridge in the river current. . Some are specific others generic. She was there when I was there in 1940s. watts north Miss? Sit down Raymond! I used to get birthday cards and my daily paper there. I used to get home absolutely filthy but so happy. as many did back then or another location. I will try & search the attic for the pic & copy & send it. But then came THE GIRLS. New River Crescent was bisected at the foot of Park Avenue. An elderly man worked there and a younger surely man. We lived in Sidney Avenue from 1952 until 1961. I lived in Tottenhall Road until 1955 when we moved to Winchmore Hill but I remember the home made guys outside the shops on Green Lanes. I dont remember it being a bomb site though, Hi Jennie, Dom drove a maroon Renaualt Dauphine, which I remember being the first foreign car I saw in Palmers Green. He was a bit of a nifty jiver down Wood Green Jazz Club. 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. I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. Best wishes Please?? This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). No this barbers was near Janes and Adams Electrical shop and also bicycle shop. After the war he ran various bands Bert Harts band any combination. Jeremy Hoare, pictured left aged nine, grew up in Palmers Green, north London, next to an image of him now (Jeremy Hoare/PA) A community radio station presenter has recalled the "fabulous" photographs he took on his Kodak Box Brownie camera as a schoolchild at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. For the coronation, we all went to the Ritz not on the day itself to see it on the big screen. All had presentsmine was miniature guitarwere you at that party? 70s. !955, Concriptd to the Rifle Brigade..married Patricia (Winchmore ill 1957) where was Doms in the igh street?. Good to have found this site. Perhaps he moved out of the area or maybe passed away and the family sold it but thats only a guess. Symms Davies tempering miss Bennett miss Edith Ashby miss Doris woods Residing in Florida but will be returning to the UK some time early next year and looking forward to checking out the old haunts. Little did we know when we saw Shirley Bassey at her first performance, that she would go on to become such a great star. And a bycycle from J&A (Rudge) set me free on those open roads, YHA and the romances. 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. I had the best 7 years of my life with Victor, but sadly he died only last month, February 7 of cancer. Those were the days. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! 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. 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. Dordrecht, Netherlands . Remember the bovril machine. After several meetings of our Catchreeling Society, girls were allowed to participate. The price stickers rather than bar codesThe staff cafeteria the bag searches as you left the building after a shift etc etc. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. Fantastic David, thats amazing. Great memories, we lived in Winchmore Hill, in the 60s, 70s and 80s these comments bring back so many memories. Take butchers, for instance, within 10-15 min walk of me (Chequers Way, where Metal Box Co was), there were 5/6 butchers that I remember walking to with my Mum. I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. I have edited this comment because what it says was of a personal nature and could cause offence. All will be revealed on Google Street View. 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. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, 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. Definitely around 1958 when Bezazz opened: frothy coffee in tiny glass cups. The manager was named Mr Hemmings and his daughter Lesley was a good friend of mine in the Girl Guides at St Johns Hall, 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? I have so many memories of Palmers Green in the late 1940s [through to the present day] that I could be here all night, tomorrow and for the next month typing them up. Our Dad would pay the 2/6d, and pick us up 45 minutes later as he worked nearby. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . I remember Peter Townsend the sports car dealer opposite the library and the ABC and the Wimpy bar at the triangle. Teachers were Mrs Bear?, Miss Lettice, Mr Pearce and his friend Sammy Slipper if the boys were naughty. Buy Intimate Memories: The History of the Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green by Geoff Bowden online at Alibris. The sound of a siren still turns my stomach over to this day. Hallo Raymond, Wondered whether or not your father was Fred Rann who used to go to the Fives Club? Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? Other fine dinin hexperiences in dear ol Palmers Greengeograffical-wise goin east. Its great. Gerry, my email is g.hicks@msn.com would like to know more as cant use laura@yahoo.com my mail is returned. It was called Lawleys I believe. Celia Rutterford, Thanks so much for your reply I havent lived in Palmers Green since the late 60.s and loved living there.so many memories and so much fun again thanks. Many years later when I was adult he told me what he saw. Again has anyone any info on Bruno? A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? If I remember correctly you used to play the piano, Michelle I started Hazelwood in January 1964. Does anyone remember Victor Value supermarket in Wood Green it was not far from the Civic center and before myddleton road. Who helped me get accepted for nursing training. Thank you for any help you can give In those days they called a spade a spade! Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. It was a black moment for Palmers Green as the bodies of the dead & injured were laid out on the pavement. Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. There was and old git who served behind the sweet counter. Was the camera shop you are thinking off Camera Craft just beyond the top of Osborne Road and some way short of Hedge Lane? 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). Sue Beard, who runs the Palmers Green Jewel in the North website, has discovered a 15-minute film about Grouts , the former Palmers Green emporium of tea towels, socks, knickers and corsetry that brought a glimpse of pre-WW2 (and even pre-WW1) shopping into the 21st Century. The name Bezazz brings back happy memories of the late 50s and early 60s. and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! They were green wooden gates. James what year were you at Ambrose Fleming , I was there from when it first opened in 1962 [ I think ] until 1965 . I used to go out with a boy who lived along The Larches, (number 92), in the 1960s. 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. Ray in Cornywall. Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. 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). That would have been where visitors could wave to their loved ones in the hospital. I think your Father was there too. Can you remember the name of it? I do remember a Vauxhall dealer being at the top of Hedge Lane where Yaser Halim is now. Since 1970 Ive lived in the Netherlands and from 1980 am the fortunate owner of a mint condition, unrestored 1963 Jaguar Mk 2, 3.4 litre. It is used by the Broomfield Model Boat Club. Ah yes. I assumed that the horse was some kind of pet that he took with him on his deliveries. Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. 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!. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. We had lunch at the Fox pub and then went for a stroll around Grovelands Park. Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. 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. Mum rode her bike to Tottenhall Road to care for patients in the old fever hospital. 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. Not too many Starlings in the area. I have a friend who grew up in Palmers green and he says that there was no Tesco in Palmers green?!! The garage was called Saul and Slatters. Visible Anyone can find this group. I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. N21. He even used to ask children for a tip! Ta. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. David they are wonderful memories arent they? I have created this group to remember the good times and the fun times of palmers Green growing up in the 70s and the 80s I look back on for memories of palmers Green so please feel free to share. There was no bomb site where the garage was. Thanks very much Saul & Slatter it was! 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, Dave, I knew Vic Madden by sight only, in the early 60s.