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. Dr Stewart was a wonderful Dr who never seem to rush you, yet never seemed to run late with his apt & made you feel really at ease. There was no bomb site where the garage was. I think it was late 50s . Hello Jenny, Getting my school blazer and cap at Isaac Waltons. I remember Tom I worked opposite him at Triangle Cars for 5 years in th 60s . Ray in Cornywall. Residing in Florida but will be returning to the UK some time early next year and looking forward to checking out the old haunts. Best regards, Nick Hurst. you could add doms cafe where you had a great breakfast there. When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? My parents bought our furniture there. Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. Recall the police fishing bodies out of the water occasionally suicides. [10] The other memory was of the caf Doms (Dave Todd 1/7/14) where they sold really delicious ice cream too! The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. Had good times in Broomfield park and fishing in Grovelands park lake. Yes the coal man also had a horse and cart to make deliveries. The wood walls remained! You might remember the Saturday boy who wrote the window tickets and went on to be a successful photographer in the eighties. Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! Details of the garage are in my 1963 copy of the Jaguar Sales & Service Facilities in the United Kingdom. John. I really love this website for bringing back all those memories stored in the depths of our brains. Raymond, did you go to Ilfracombe Devon during the war. Memories of Grouts - Palmers Green Community Forums - Palmers Green Call now on: 0203 095 2916; get a quote for. Remember the bovril machine. Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. The mention of Grouts brouht back many memories. Remember Roberts toy shop near the corner of Hazelwood Lane? Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories - Facebook Further up from Ashwells towards Devonshire Rd.was a beautiful shop selling china and glass.This was close to the shop with the heavy coffee smella quite small shop which was probably next door to the 2nd. 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. More please! Hospital. A saxophonist my father often booked had the first name of Larry. When I lived in London and just started my business Aubrey would do most of my black and white printing and I also did a few weddings for him. We sold nuts, bolts, spares for bikes, tyres wheels, skates with steel wheels. You even remember the prices! Remember the Pet Shop across the road from there, selling all manner of exotic animals (would be prohibited today) including Marmaset monkeys! 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 still as the familly piano bungin up my front room, opin the latist sprog will unravvell its potential. 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. My brothers and I were trying to remember where the furniture store Jays was located in Palmers Green, can someone help. 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. I then went to I went back to PG last year for a look around and was amazed at all the cars parked in my old road, Lynbridge Grdns as when I lived there there were none. My mum had a job doing tailoring above Burtons and in school holidays I had to go in with her some days. Janes and Adams was my first job after leaving school circa 1959. Sylvia. 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. Didnt stay for long as my parents moved away but certainly enjoyed it whilst I was there. David they are wonderful memories arent they? 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). 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. I wish I had found this page earlier as he would have loved to chatted with you about Palmers Green as that is where he had his office and owned several properties in that area. Dinky toys and we once had a red motor bike (brand new) for sale. .and ALWAYS ordered egg, sausage & chips. Singapore 45. Again has anyone any info on Bruno? But although it stopped above us it must have drifted because the next day going to school I saw it had hit the house the other side of the field in Hazelwood Lane. Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. Also in Aldermans Hill was a butcher called Drakes and the Gas Company with the Electricity Co round near the current McDonalds in Lodge Drive. Recall Mrs Potts and Mrs Langford and Miss Buchanon (whom I disliked nasty old bat). I have a friend who grew up in Palmers green and he says that there was no Tesco in Palmers green?!! The bombs which fell in Green Lanes/Princes Avenue referred to earlier were caused because one of our anti-aircraft guns which were mounted on the railway line shot off the back of a plane carrying bombs to drop on London and the whole stick fell there. The Tesco replaced a cinema that used to be there, In the early 60s I saw Robin Hood,there, the Walt Disney cartoon production. Visit Palmers Green places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Palmers Green places to visit. Palmers Green Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2 Going back toward Hedge Lane on the North sideremember a chap who used to make basket work/wicker goods/walking sticks? I farms in Cornwall now an apologise for the grammer neglected at Southgate County Grammar (an spellins). My grandmother moved to Halifax in 1919 and remarried. Please help! Can u help??!! Dave Todd. Both my cousin and I remember the shop and the smell but not the name of it. Ooooh now youve switched a bright light on.The Pilgrims Rest what a gem. The archive can be found at bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar'. We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? I remember the bloke who served there and was a grumpy old git so I suspect this could be the same place. Just read (13.10.17) email of your history contribution. however, it did changes hands to a new type of shop a few years later. Sylvia. 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. Hi Jenny, slightly different location, a bomb did fall near the intersection of Green Lanes & Bowes Rd/N.C.Rd opposite Princes Ave. People were killed and the site was eventually leased by two brothers and used a a used car lot space called Keith Cars until the late 70s. Visit Website. It had engraved glass in it and behind this door there was a barbers shop with two chaps who cut mens hair. The Sales Department was at 44-46 Aldermans Hill and Service was at 234 Green Lanes. Reg I remember you from St Michaels at Bowes, I recall you had a interest in meteorology, and went on to Arnos School ans I went to Winchmore Hill Secondary. No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. Palmers Green; Palmers Green Funeral Directors. I hated the dumplings at school dinners. 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. My mum used to take me to the clinic in Broomfield House and I can still taste the orange juice they gave us,fantastic! London My Palmers Green - movethat.co.uk FUFU - Chinese dining at its best in Palmers Green by Ellie Sales. I started at Hazelwood in 1963 too and l also live in Singapore. When I read Jenny H & Martins comments about Doctors, it reminded me of the first one I had. Lorna, is it possible the furniture store you refer to was Ways? By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! My parents told me that they, as newly weds, lived in a flat over the Dolls Hospital in Palmers Green. I remember having lunch with you on quite a number of occasions when I came down after moving to Bedfordshire, then Milton Keynes. Doms! I remember the coffee shop in the 1960s as a child. A unique way to experience Palmers Green's places, Walkfo allows you to explore Palmers Green as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides. No I cannot remember the name of the garage and can barely remember the garage let alone that it was selling Jags. N21. Winchmore Hill - Wikipedia Palmers Green Congregational Church hall was built in Fox Lane in 1909, with a church designed in a late Gothic style by George Baines and Son being added alongside in 1913-14. . Everytime I see Shirley Bassey, I remember Tom; for he gave 2 tickets to my friend Chris West, who worked in Woolworths (me at Evans & Davies, at 16 years of age) for the London Palladium. Poultney and his Perlice in the Guardroom. weve already ad enough laughs for the day over your conviction that The Sahara Desert is in the middle of Australia. (appy Famiily memories agin, eh? He said the new housing development that is now Myrtle Road just off The Fairway (where I was born),was built on the site of a Nursery. Hi Reg. As I hadnt had any response to my original comment I was beginning to think I had imagined him. Memories: You can, and others, can share memories at the bottom of the page including photos and stories; Donations: . Beg to differ, Miss Hughes was headmistress of the Infants, and Miss Bellfontaine was headmistress of the juniors. Memories Of Green (Remastered) - YouTube 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. The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. It is open on Sunday afternoons from 2.00 to 4.30pm Model Boating Pond The Model Boating Pond was dug in 1903, shortly after the opening of the Park. I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. He made me move it in all directions to see what damage Id done and he really hurt me but he was so stern that I was too scared to complain and laid there with my eyes filled with tears but kept a stiff upper lip and wouldnt cry as that would have been seen as weak! A lift man too to take you to the upper floor who would call out Corsetry and Carpets. The corner premises were never re-built on and the empty space was then used as an open car forecourt called Kieths Cars. Life was never the same again. House backed on to the river. Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. I recall Evans and Davis, Jane and Adams and the owner had an e type jaguar. AnnywayI bought my first camera from Mr Kalms (Dixons) Edgeware (Agfa Silette) on the knock (so much a week) and cycled to Edgeware to pay the monthlya Canon copy of the Leica followed f1.8 lens but paid its way at weddins and I think I was one of the first to get back with ome developed colour (Ferrania) to the celebrations in them days. Palmers Green 60s To The 70s - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Call +44 (0)1722 716376 Archive Shopping Gift Ideas Themes ePostcards Memories Blog Business Home Palmers Green Memories Palmers Green 60s To The 70s Palmers Green 60s To The 70s A Memory of Palmers Green. Miss Bellefontaine was the head teacher at Hazelwood Infants school during the forties, I know as I attended that school. Palmers Green - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green - Francis Frith Annyway she sees the ambience of Palmers Greenery so later Dad as to buy a property to satisfy er haspirations Palmer Green wise N14annyway my Palmers Green is Jewell in Crown (I am salutin you er Majesty) no rushkeep crackin on, eh? Can you remember the name of it? Mr and Mrs Glossop were a very jolly couple always ready to share a yarn. At this point it is appropriate to include some of the memories of Cecil Hughes who, with his family, had been resident in the area . Welcome all - Palmers Green Jewel in the North One called Bourlet (nr Smokers Paradise) & Hinds which was almost opposite I think. Memories - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Doc. He was on duty the night a German bomber that had been badly damaged by ack-ack fire abandoned his bomb load on the dance hall above the shops in Green Lanes between Princes Avenue and Tottenhall Road. Annyone remember that great Destroyer model opposite the counter in J&As, is it still cutttin the seas in defence of our Realm? It was never built on, apart from a temporary building. We used to have all the hire vans parked on the forecourt in front of what clearly had been a showroom. Yes, remember it as Roberts. 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. 8.1K members Join group About Discussion About this group This worldwide local history, nostalgia and memories group has been active since 2012, we have thousands of photos in our albums and many memories and photos being posted daily. Can somebody help with this? Palmers Green Cremation - In Memory Of Life Funerals Organising A Cremation Funeral In Palmers Green. They were green wooden gates. Seifert refused to save my an my Dads life in the 40Sannyway no ard feelins e saved my life later..,as for Tottenhall Roadmore our memories istories. Thank you for any help you can give 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. Definitely around 1958 when Bezazz opened: frothy coffee in tiny glass cups. The whizzing of the overhead cash canisters as they zinged above to the cashier fantastic system. She bought all her underwear from there. Could you tell me where Beezaz was situated and were there any other coffee shops in the area. I think Myrtle Road was built in 1950, is that right? Was sad to see it go. Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. And talk of the Beezazwe had the Two Bare Feet coffee bar in Winchesterif you could get past Sgt. 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. It is managed by a group of volunteers. But you are right about the window where you got served. Hi Christine. Which barbers do you mean? I remember the Ford Zephyr. What a great guy he was. Palmers Green - Wikipedia Can anyone remember the Bamboo coffee bar in Bowes Rd, cant find any history of the place or photos. Just found this: The next occupant of the premises was Jays Furnishing Stores, a hire-purchase furniture store first listed in Wards 1911 directory. Pennie, I can tell you have great taste! When we were small the barber put a piece of wood across the arms of the chair for us to sit on or we could not be seen in the mirror! (When I was a boy is banned in daylight hours this family). All had presentsmine was miniature guitarwere you at that party? In answer to your question about tescos, I worked there for many years and there was a Tescos there. My name is John Bye, I dont know if you remember me. I lived in Windsor Road from 1965 to 1970 and I remember a sweet shop called The Windsor we always called it the red shop as the front was painted red. 2023 Palmers Green Jewel in the North, Palmers Green history, people and community, The twentieth century and urban life in literature, Palmers Green Baptist Church, Green Lanes, Palmers Green United Reformed Church, Fox Lane/Burford Gardens, St Georges Presbyterian Church, Fox Lane / St Georges Road (demolished), Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue, Brownlow Road, Palmers Green Mosque and Education Centre, Oakthorpe Road, Local dignatories, bigwigs and characters, Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons. Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. Lovely to have you posting again Raymond Randolph! Lorna, I now have an ad for Jays Stores Surrey branches, a 1952 invoice from Palmers Green branch and a photo of their location, adjacent to Spencer Avenue, posted on my page. Regards 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. Remember the Windsor Caf. The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. Does anyone remember Victor Value supermarket in Wood Green it was not far from the Civic center and before myddleton road. He really lowered the tone of Palmers Green. , some of my best memories of that time. My Grandparents ,my mother and my god mother were residents of Palmers Green in the 1910 onwards til abt. Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? 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. Dr Baxter used some of the rooms for his surgery and, I would imagine, must have lived there in the rest of the house. I remember being in your house when she visited them. I still have a tennis racquet in the loft that I bought from P Green branch when I was about 13/14! I used to go out with a boy who lived along The Larches, (number 92), in the 1960s. I assume there was no ammunition in the house, though! By the way, the founder of the H&C chain of grocers made a lot of money and had built for him the last castle to be built in England; Castle Drago in Devon now a National Trust Property. Winchmore Hill And Palmers Green Memories Join group About this group This worldwide local history, nostalgia and memories group has been active since 2012, we have thousands of photos in our albums and many memori See more Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. A group of Palmers Green residents, in association with Friends of Broomfield Park, are planning to open a small, not-for-profit Community Cafe in a disused building in Broomfield Park. I remember the Brody and Hicks name and Fotovalue. I used to work weekends 1970-1972 for Kenning Car Hire which Im sure was probably on the site you recall. I suspect we would just love them x ! 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!. I also recall Roberts toy shop on the other side. Can you imagine what it would be like to be caught in an air raid? Hi. No expense spared by Mr.Grout!! I think that this garage was called Saul & Slatters a John Slatter who worked there, married my cousin Margaret Cantwell in 1962. I worked with a tall thin man who was the manager. Is it still haunted? I recall Miss Gibbs as having a scary face she had pictures of the Beatles up in the corridors and wore rather wayout clothes. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? I cannot believe Miss Hughes was still there in 1960s. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. Ta. When a change of scenery was called for, it was all off to the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood. Happy searching, Sylvia Gambin. There was a car dealership at the top end of Hedge Lane on the site currently occupied by Yaser Halim. Did you work in the Muswell Hill shop? Ill call you a Fcab etc. Remember the minicab office at the top of Hedge Lane in the 1970s. Few people in those days owned a car, most of us used public . Bamboo cane area dividers, Italian shiny coffee machines and music.. He was a brilliant dancer and he and his partner won many competitions in the old days. Shame I cannot post some photos here. 'The Palmers Greenery' will serve locally-sourced, fresh, healthy and affordable drinks and snacks, and will be staffed by volunteers from the community. Visit Palmers Green Places things-to-do & travel guide Im impressed. Was it a post office too? Sylvia Gambin. The reference to Palmers Green was prompted by the fact that Trouble had split up with his girlfriend and was at a party thrown by his friend Charles "Charlie Farley" Hallinan near The Fox, Palmers Green.

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