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It's now online at the Myddleton Road website... Enjoy!

Haringey's last nursing home for frail elederly people is being closed by the Haringey Cabinet decision of last December, yet the Scrutiny Panel of the Council, relatives of residents, and those who took part in a long consultation exercise have all said this should be paused at very least until the options of future functions for this very well designed and located site are considered. This will now not be until after the May elections, when a different decision is anticipated - to keep the…

The February newsletter from the community campaign group We Love Myddleton is now online here. 

It has all the latest news from Bowes Park's Myddleton Road! 

I currently run my private counselling practice from rooms close to Bounds Green tube and Bowes Park underground, a location which works well for many clients. I need to find new premises by the end of March - please contact me if you know of a quiet private room for rent where I could see clients on two days (probably Tuesday and Friday) and one evening (Wednesday) a week.

Many thanks,

Susie Ward

Some transparencies of Spring

Some of my hopes have air in them -

Polluting and renewing;

They are inhabited by light breezes and hurricanes

Erratically, like prayer flags

On a Himalayan hillside;

A photon spectrum like daggers and gifts, like galaxies.

My hopes grow quietly after winter chills;

So many bulbs gently budding through cold earth

Trigger my cynical self, as I hold down the…

People are usually more prone to illness during the winter season. Colder weather associated with the winter can cause serious health complications. Here are some useful tips to help you stay well over the winter, including information about services you can use.



NHS Choices

NHS Choices has lots of advice that you can use to keep you and your family well this winter. Find out more:…

We now have a Facebook page which concentrates in our plans to restore sections of the Lanscroon Murals. Its at

https://www.facebook.com/BroomfieldHouseTrust/

We are currently trying to develop links with local schools and the latest posting on Facebook covers ideas on arts based projects focusing on the Murals

We expect that final decisions on the future of the House will be put to the Council…

Samaritans national awareness campaign Talk to Us encourages people from all over the UK to take a few minutes to improve their listening skills by following the charity’s simple SHUSH! listening tips. 

Samaritans volunteers will be at Bowes Park Station and Hornsey Station on Monday July 24th handing out SHUSH listening tips and highlighting the support they provide for the community.  

Every six seconds, someone in the UK and Ireland contacts Samaritans, and every 90 minutes…

North London Samaritans will have a stall at the Myddleton Road street festival on Sunday July 2nd. Come and ask us how we are getting on fundraising to rebuild Shaftesbury Hall on Herbert Road. We now have a tentative start date as we are doing well versus our local fundraising target. …

I highly recommend a visit to Bruce Castle to see Gabriela's panaramic drawings of Myddleton Road.

Such detail and precision has to been seen in person to be appreciated. What a positive contribution to our community.

A mass of granite thrust up

Through the schists and gneiss of lower hills;

Planed down by the ice cap;

Split, shattered and scooped

By frosts, glaciers and the strength of running water.

Its strong flight haunts not precipice, but plateau –

One summer day, your ear catches the plover-like cry –

You pause and watch – no bird is there;

You move softly towards the sound,

And in a moment, one bird, then another,

Rises…

If you don't need me,

as much as I want you,

why do I see my hopes

fluttering

like a hundred prayer flags

on a Himalayan hillside?

Samaritans @ Karamel Club, London Featuring: Oliver Hoare And The Late Great, The Phoenix Collective, Katie Brayben, Matt Rawle, Daisy Maywood, Danny Horn, Megan Leigh

June 11, 2017 from 8pm to 11pm – Karamel Club Address: Chocolate Factory 2 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green London N22 6UJ Sun 11th Jun at 8:00pm

Book here…

NLS will be at the Myddleton Road market on May 7th.
https://www.facebook.com/MyddletonRoadMarket/
Some free pot plants and a chance meet us and get an update on our fundraising for re building Shaftesbury Hall. 

The Media Society has joined forces with the London Learning Consortium to promote a competition to support aspiring citizen journalists across London. The deadline for entries is 22^nd May 2017.

The ‘London Voices’ competition is for everyone with something to say - if you live, work or study in London and are over 16, this competition is for you. No previous experience required - it's all about encouraging new talent and getting Londoners to have a…

Confessions of a Middle Aged Girl

We met at the retreat,  friends at first. 

Casual conversations, weeding organic vegetables.

Occasional weekenders, just friends.

You were slightly younger, tall, dark, attractive

In an ugly way.  Kind words.  Common sense.

Good hugs, but friends, just friends.

Then one weekend it changed:  or I changed.

Friday as usual, Saturday transition,

Sunday I was…

Hi,

I am looking for a gardener, top soiled and turf !

A little pebble/stone border also

Thanks