Hi Mike, yes I remember Bruno walking from the cafe with snooker cue in hand after a days work to the Cock pub to try & win a few bob in the billiard room, he also had the Bezazz Coffee Bar corner of Princes Ave, with juke box & pin ball machines great times all for the price of a coke or coffee with your mates. David. Living in The Larches 1938off to Devon November 1940..back to Palmers Green 1946..11+ and off to Southgate County School. "One night in March 1941, the Dance Hall (held in the Princes Hall above Pitman's College) in Green Lanes, Palmers Green was bombed. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. I also remember being taken into a shelter during this time due to the `doodle Bugs, although I was only about 3-4 years of age. Dave Todd. Wow! My Godmother was a local schoolteacher in .1930 onwards ish ( Miss Una Cook). Doms and the baker opposite were always good pitches! Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! Very interesting. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. Also the sports shop was further up on the parade of shops opposite the old Woolworths. The shop later became Tesco. There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. Bowling Green 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. 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. Hi John ! Areas like Palmers Green have changed a great dealover the years;the memories of others help us see where we live with new eyes. Palmers Green - Hidden London Was that called Pritchards or am I mixing it up with somewhere else? Just request to join and add your own memories and photos. Even on cross country runsI wonder what dear old Mr Robertson, Physical Training Master at Southgate County would have commented. Also Broody and Hicks who sold cameras in the 1970s. 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. Dobbin fell over on the slope below the New river bridge in Hazelwood Lane when the road was very icy one winter and we all rushed out with buckets of cinders to spread over the road so the horse to get e grip and get back on its feet, luckily no harm was done and the milk was just a bit late being delivered that day. The mention of Grouts brouht back many memories. Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories - Facebook A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. Remember the Windsor Caf. List of teachers at Hazelwood school 1960s, Miss Hughes, Mrs Jones, Mrs Lee, Mrs Dark. Regards, Brian Watling. I dont remember it being a bomb site though, Hi Jennie, Hey are you the same Anne Poole from Southgate SC. A burning question in my mind : is that red public fire alarm still on the verge at the end of Madeira Road near opposite Bruton Enamels. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. I lived in Conway Road all of my early life from 1944 to 1968 when I emigrated to Canada. Palmers green life feb14 final by Tony Ourris - Issuu I remember once using the underground public toilet at the triangle and sure there was an assistant there in the days before we considered disabled people. Here in Cornwall too warm and damp this week for me as a farmer. 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 ? The wood walls remained! Daughter of Uncle Sid Rann (Imperial Father of the Chapel. I think it then became Volvo (Triangle Motors) followed by a high end mens outfitters selling suits, shoes etc. 2 min read. John. a great character called Brun Hill. I worked in that Bricks mens shop in1971. Thanks She was there when I was there in 1940s. Ray in Cornywall. All had presentsmine was miniature guitarwere you at that party? The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. 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 get birthday cards and my daily paper there. Please?? .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. I owe so much to your father who be came friends with my father and would meet for a drink in the COCK TAVERN. 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. The owners were brother and sister Dominic & Anna both born in Italy who arrived in England after the second world war,they were very hard working & organised, so much so they only lived 200 yards opposite in Tottenhall Rd. 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! Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. It was a black moment for Palmers Green as the bodies of the dead & injured were laid out on the pavement. Some good times at Arnos.
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