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I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. Annyway, do you ave a clue as to whether the proprietor ,Mr. Pogson was related to THE Mr. E. O. Pogson. Last I heard he was still alive and well in his house in The Meadway, starving comfortably! One called Bourlet (nr Smokers Paradise) & Hinds which was almost opposite I think. Palmers Green is often nicknamed 'Palmers Greek' or 'Little Cyprus' because of the many Greek, Cypriot and Turkish immigrants who have made this bustling enclave of north London their home. I lived in Tottenham rd all through the war being born in ,1935. 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. Bombs dropped in Palmers Green - Bomb Sight 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!. Incidentally Gran used to black her ever smouldering grate with liquid something which inevitably warmed the proceedings. House backed on to the river. Its great. Church under rev. Ray in Cornywall. Penny for the Guy! Do you remember the Toy shop opposite too? Janes and Adams was my first job after leaving school circa 1959. In those days they called a spade a spade! Hello Christine, I do remember the china and glass shop which I went in with my Mother to buy any special gifts for people. I dont remember it being a bomb site though, Hi Jennie, Holborn). We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at $50.53. He was ARP in WW2 and a member of Fives Clubafter the war ended 5s Club held a party for local children in the club house. Far nicer than some well known overated areas of London. We lived just at the top of Sidney Avenue in Palmerston Road and I remember crouching under the kitchen table as a very small girl with my mother and my brother and I can still recall the sound of the planes going overhead and the gun fire. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. The headmistress, Miss Hughes must have been about 110, My class teacher was a woman aptly named Mrs Dark a horrible and spiteful woman. Getting up early after a windy night to get conkers in Broomfield park. Hi. I remember the mac shop. Palmers Green LI FE www.palmersgreenlife.co.uk. The farmhouse was built in 1720 by a Mrs Childs. . Saturday morning pictures at the Palladium was always good fun watching Roy Rogers, Flash Gordon etc. Happy days playing in the yard out back. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! My parents bought our very first television from them a Bush table model which was also installed by them. Good to have found this site. 70s. Also, as memory has been shown to be reconstructive in nature, Loftus and Palmer predicted that the wording of a question could influence recall. No seats until the Union got a concession. He was very stern and terrified me! Raymond, did you go to Ilfracombe Devon during the war. He pierced my ears in the early 60s very unusual then and done with a big needle! 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. When the V1 flying bomb attacks on London began in the summer of. It is the oldest remaining pub in Palmers Green to have continuously stood on the . Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? Anyway againthanks for reminding metime to order on the net, Bovril, at Sainsburys Bude, not Winchmore Hill Broadway. Oh and one of our members mum and aunt used to work there! I attended Bowes Road School and Southgate County Grammar School. Then along from there was a sports shop where I bought my school tennis racquet. A hardware emporium and a very old fashioned (even then) gift/tobacco /sweet shop toward the end of the parade. Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill In the mid 50s we lived in St Georges Road Palmers Green my brothers and I went to St Georges Presbyrtarian Church for Sunday school and Hazelwood Lane Primary School. Ive only just found your comment. Further down , a few doors from the Fox was a confectioner called J.Vercoe. I lived in Palmers Green from 1965 to 1993 and I have many memories of the shops back in the 60s and 70s, I even had a saturday job in Gambles the corn merchant, in 1977. and the old St Pauls hall that had the live groups there!Great times and we didnt have any booze either.good memories!! I can still remember how I felt when I saw it. Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? Hi David You walked up a long gravel path under the pergola to get to the house which had dark wooden panelling etc., very posh! Does anyone remember Palmers Green High School in the early to mid 60s. Opposite Grouts well almost. I also loved the names of the park keepers you remember they just seem very appropriate somehow! Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. Spent a few happy days with him and also his parents at their house up by the new river. The wood walls remained! Did I swap it or sell at a profit. Doc. So many happy memories. For Palmers Green to have a department store, two cinemas and no betting shops or nail bars? He even used to ask children for a tip! Have a nice trip! Happy days at Nans. There were a couple of shops where fresh coffee was roasted and ground. Will email direct I used tio get my school uniform in Evans & Davies. Great times, scooters, mods, good jukebox, used to go upstairs. I knew of Joe performing at the Municipal Hall, Tottenham but he is not in our family tree. 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. I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. . Hi Gerry, Im nearly retired and living in Australia, you may remember my father Aubrey Todd who ran Kelvin Photos. 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. I think Myrtle Road was built in 1950, is that right? Intended for professional and scholarly audience. I have lots of childhood memories about Palmers Green Railway Station. She was there when I was there in 1940s. 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. Steak Chips and peas 2/6p and the included bread and butter, My father, Bert Hart, worked for Allen & Appleyard making furniture. I remember Dr Baxter well, he plastered up my left hand when I broke a finger playing leapfrog at school! Palmers Green, Enfield A poor man's Muswell Hill, as architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called it, consisting of an Edwardian core surrounded by interwar estates on the borders of Southgate, Winchmore Hill and Bowes Park. 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. I remember the flower man James! 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. I also, an geography class at Southgate County Fox Lane Please Miss! Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. Amazing to find others to share memories with from those times. David they are wonderful memories arent they? Memories - Palmers Green Jewel in the North 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. He had been a prisoner of war and always seemed incredibly nervous. . Hi Christine. Hello Jenny, Brody & HICKS camera shop was started by me Gerry Hicks Im now retitred living in Cockfosters. Remember Dr Meldrums surgery opposite Janes and Adams, and his receptionist? Gerry, my email is g.hicks@msn.com would like to know more as cant use laura@yahoo.com my mail is returned. Welcome all - Palmers Green Jewel in the North 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. Can you remember the name of it? Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner.