The small side road was Devonshire Avenue which continued behind the shops and ended near the railway station at the Triangle. Was Mrs Dark the wife of Mr. The Dance Hall suffered badly but most of the fatalities were caused by the wrecking of the shop premises opposite on both corners with Sidney Avenue. !.thank you for jogging my memory. Keith Headley, did you live on N.C.R? There was a garage forecourt at the top of Hedge Lane where in intersects with Green Lanes, Was that a WW2 bomb site does anyone know? I think that this garage was called Saul & Slatters a John Slatter who worked there, married my cousin Margaret Cantwell in 1962. We used to have all the hire vans parked on the forecourt in front of what clearly had been a showroom. 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. Most of the sites stayed flattened for many years afterwards some right up to the 60s. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. My taste dress-wise (MENS) was Bricks across the road, specially them T-shirts. The shop later became an extension to Gateway Film Productions (where I worked). To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? 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. Dr Stewart was our doctor too. Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. Julia. The Sales Department was at 44-46 Aldermans Hill and Service was at 234 Green Lanes. Im sure Fred Rain lived in the Larches. Hi David, I think I remember you from Winchmore. I bought my first motorised bike from them, a cycle master, which had an engine in the back wheel. It was called something like The Rubber Mac shop!!!! I dont remember you should I? Regards, Brian Watling. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! We lived in Hamilton Crescent and the kids played in the Rec but it was short for Recreation Ground.lol. Contact . Was this a WW2 bomb? I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. This was back in the early 60s. 2 min read. I must have been about 5 or 6. 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. A man who was the spitting image of Reginald Varney (On the Buses fame} served behind the counter. The song's lyrics were written by Lewie's friend Keef Trouble, a fellow member of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. !955, Concriptd to the Rifle Brigade..married Patricia (Winchmore ill 1957) where was Doms in the igh street?. Visible Anyone can find this group. remember the milkman coming round with his horse? He played an accordion and the drums for many of the big orchestras and hotels in central London. Going back toward Hedge Lane on the North sideremember a chap who used to make basket work/wicker goods/walking sticks? Does anyone happen to know? Seiferts (e the owner of the Studebaker Car and Parker Pen (2/6d for cesstificats after the War) practice. 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. Remember the Pet Shop across the road from there, selling all manner of exotic animals (would be prohibited today) including Marmaset monkeys! 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. In 1961 the company was acquired by Car Mart Sales Ltd, but retained its name. Conway park and blagdens lane were my playground when the old rubbish dump was behind the stables a goldmine of wartime and Victorian memorabilia. Sylvia. When I read Jenny H & Martins comments about Doctors, it reminded me of the first one I had. no NHS .no grudgis but years go on this tripe celebration with fireworks still upsets loads o animals for a month (even pets let alone them foxis an badgers) annually..Annyway ice cream an jellys under a glass case (repro) at the Ritz cinema 1943 in Leyton (before the doodle bugs) but nil else at the Odeon Southgate (2/9 for the best seats and icis (extra) in the interval (with my wife 1959). Which barbers do you mean? I was given an anointing spoon to commemmorate the big day. 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 ? I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. We moved to Crawley in about 1955 or 6. 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! Shame I cannot post some photos here. Residing in Florida but will be returning to the UK some time early next year and looking forward to checking out the old haunts. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. We went to Sothgate County Grammer School in Fox Lane. Palmers Green, Greater London Old Photos, Historic Maps, Local History Books and Memories of Palmers Green Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Palmers Green. It was owned later by a mate of mine Bruno. I was in my late teens when it was opened. 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! 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. 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 assume there was no ammunition in the house, though! Remember John Menzies where I used to buy records in early 70s. People who have only had soft ice cream have no idea what theyre missing. 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. Sylvia. Hi Dave, I do remember you and your dads photography business. [10] 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. The ice cream was served from a sliding glass hatch facing the street, so you didnt have to go inside if an ice cream was all you wanted, in the summer the servery was always open otherwise a light tap on the glass and brother or sister would serve you with beautiful soft ice cream in a cone and a smile all for threepence. 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 I remember the flower man James! Probably some of my first photographs were taken there. Lived in New River Crescent during 60s and 70s. 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. The ford zepher was back in the 60s it would have been the 70s in PG. Since opening its doors in 2014, FUFU (meaning lucky) has established itself as one of . 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. Brody & HICKS camera shop was started by me Gerry Hicks Im now retitred living in Cockfosters. also the Unigate milkman who had an electric cart and kept saying oh brother. Collecting shrapnel since 1939 in Leytonstone gutters and still collecting turning over neolithic shards in Cornish fieldsmy motto: Its Fun Finding Out (Chapman Pincher and Bernard Wicksteed, 1947) shaped my career. you may ask) too fashionable and hexpensive now thanks to ebay. Yes Bob good memory, striking looking car, my MK 3 Cortina was yellow with black vinyl roof, which was unfortunately mostly removed by a group of baboons at Whipsnade safari park during a warm summer in the 70s, I believe the place has now closed. Up until the purchase of the motorised bike I used to cycle in every day from Muswell hill. A saxophonist my father often booked had the first name of Larry. dont make us laugh its football or economics ere. I still hanker for an ice cream like Doms scraped onto a cornet with a spatula not scooped! Dordrecht, Netherlands. Also, as memory has been shown to be reconstructive in nature, Loftus and Palmer predicted that the wording of a question could influence recall. Saturday morning pictures at the Palladium was always good fun watching Roy Rogers, Flash Gordon etc. Was sad to see it go. Happy times Hazelwood Primary School, Hazelwood Lane youth club, the Rec on sunny days. The Roberts toyshop changed its name in the mid 70s to Zodiac if I remember correctly. (Miss Watts?) I think it was late 50s . I also loved the names of the park keepers you remember they just seem very appropriate somehow! I also went to Bowes Road School but only from 1952 to 1953 in the infants. no munny for the trollybus past Evans an Davies Pritchards Restaurant (Mas favourite cept for Shell Oils Social Club at Teddington) Same waitress uniforms, black, with frilly white eddressis an apronsso the long walk ome to The Larches an cheese sanwiches. Glossops was near J&A. Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. Miss Gibbs. Used to live in Palmers Green (1976-1983). Dont start me on the shops the wonderful Evans and Davies and the evocatic smell of Grouts! The old boy used to stand outside and entice you in with phrases like.this one would suit youetc. Do you remember one opposite Arnos Grove tube in early 80s? Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. I could probably bore everyone to death with them! Wishin you Happy New Year! as many did back then or another location. Not prescribed by my doctor Seifert of Hedge Lane fame. Clock out 5.30 pm and ride home. We were entranced by the trendy clothes and selection of jazzy tights. Me and my two brothers been discussing the dept store at the triangle but didnt think it was Evans & Davies at that time . Can u help??!! I cannot believe Miss Hughes was still there in 1960s. She and my Father were married at Palmers Green in 1935. I cannot recall any other bombs round that area. What about the old corn merchant on the corner of Osborne Road and the tiny sweetshop nextdoor! She bought all her underwear from there. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. And how kind he was to. 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. I assumed that the horse was some kind of pet that he took with him on his deliveries. and had a Saturday job in Grouts!!!! I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . us failed musicians worship for evermore.no rush puttin the latest grandaughter Reenie to bed..ope she gets on the bandstand soon shes got the lungs for it and we may need er thirty shillins a week to pay orf the mortgage.Annyway (am I keepin you up?) I lived in New River Crescent. I would dearly like to know what Bruno did/go next, does anyone know pleasealso did anyone know a window cleaner same era, bit of a wide boy,one of two brothers, called Vic Madden, not to be confused with an actor of a similar name. No, RIchard is it was definitely Jays but I think it was further down towards Bowes Road. As I was only young then, I have no idea why that happened. Miss Hughes was head of the infant school. 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. 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. And the wonderful smell Hi Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. 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. The owner, Bruno & his wife lived opposite in Green Lanes 3rd floor above Phiipes: Ladies Hairdressers. Miss Wrigley used to rattle you back and forward in your desk if you didnt behave. Scores were listed and published on my Dads old Barlock Typewriter. I think that surgery was based in the houses that Martin mentioned (10/8/14) for a short while and then to a tiny building, like a garage, at the top of Windsor Rd with a bigger branch in Winchmore Hill, nr Green Dragon Lane. Wonderful area. Spent a few happy days with him and also his parents at their house up by the new river. I remember going there with my Grandmother in the 40s/50s. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, 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. This was for medical reasons (wheezy chest and pneumonia). I havent been back for many years but believe the Doms cafe is still there. Once in, the shop was very narrow and long with coats of all sorts hanging along the walls. No Dave,my brothers name is Derek married to Cathy. 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. (appy Famiily memories agin, eh? 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. 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 020 8881 7304. And gloves which were cleverly (!) She ated the chairs and the oover and most else e lovingly carried ome. 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? 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. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at $50.53. He was simply the best jiver (having been a professional dancer in his younger days). Thank you Suzanne. 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. We were spoilt for choice for cinemas at that time with the 2 in Palmers Green, Southgate, Regal at Edmonton, Enfield and Bowes Road and they all had a different atmosphere.

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