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Number 123 Myddleton Road is one of the finest remaining frontages in this once proud Edwardian shopping street.

If you imagine hard you might just see beyond the grimy cracked glass and flaking grey paint to relive its former grandeur.

But it’s unlikely that you would conceive…

George Dunnion and Serge Charles received an Award of Merit in the Gardening Against the Odds awards last week for their transformation of a duff plot on Haringey’s Golf Course Allotments, Winton Avenue, N11 into a spectacular rose garden. 

I wrote about the…

In recent times we have heard much discussion about questionable journalism. Sensationalist stories in poor taste however, are nothing new - one of the earliest British tabloids was the Illustrated Police News.

Published…

I was doing some research on London borough coats of arms and found this nice image of Wood Green's:

Isn't it striking how green it is! The "official blazon" or explanation for the image…

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In case any of you haven't seen it, I love this post about the Goatman of Harringay on Harringay Online …

Just off Muswell Hill Broadway a few paces down Hillfield Park, outside number 1, is one of our rare local Blue Plaques.

This  marks the former home of performer, painter, poet,…

Alexandra Park Cricket Club is always on the look out for new players. In particular we are trying to expand our junior section and youngsters from 5 to 15 are very welcome to join in our sessions. Currently these run on Tuesday evenings at 6.00 in the Sports Hall at Heartlands School on Station Road, Wood Green.

We…

If you  like sacred music, there is a performance of Elgar's "The Kingdom" with small orchestra and professional soloists plus Barnet Choral augmented (that includes me!) choir on this Saturday 16th March 2013 starting 7.30pm at Queen Elizabeth's School, Queens Road, Barnet, EN5 4DQ.  it is £12 to get in and there will be an interval.  It will be the most fabulous sound.

Whilst much has been made of the London Underground's 150th birthday this year - our local tube stations are not quite as old as the earliest central London parts of the system.

March 13th 2013 marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of Southgate Tube Station as part of the northern extension…

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New Wall Art in N8 by Irony & Boe.

Boe …

Whenever I try to pull up to a space to pop into a local shop it infuriates me that parking meters dominate the area, I got an £80 fine because I did not buy a ticket to pop into the dry cleaners near bounds green tube, seemingly even if I had of popped in Sisley ? Cafe for a coffee, I would not have be fined, as the parking outside those shops are private that but does not apply to the dry cleaner!



Having 30 mins or even 15 mins free parking to allow us to pop Into to local shops…

Theo Thomas, from the Thames 21 clean water campaign group Love The Lea, has provided this blog post explaining the background to the pollution of several local water courses - and the action underway to rectify the problems.

Enfield has the most rivers of any London Borough and some of…

I live in Passmore Edwards House which is a sheltered housing scheme near Bounds Green Station.   It's a strange name...bit of a mouthful.  Yet quite elegant.  (the name - and the building)

Today my daughter sent me an e-mail with an attachment which explains that Mr Passmore Edwards was a Victorian philanthropist…

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Doodle is supporting Mummy Valerie Stavrinides in knitting baby clothes for premature babies. All the handknitted items will be donated to a charity called Upon Butterfly wings. We are currently on 326 likes and we will donate 20p for every new like on our doodle page. This money will go towards buying lovely soft baby wool!

Please follow the link below & like our…

Since the snow, I've become obsessed with feeding the birds in the back yard. And with the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch coming up this weekend, I've even started buying food specially for them - nuts, seeds, dried fruit - to complement their regular diet of old brown bread and tired cheese ends and I'm putting out…

This morning on Radio 4's Broadcasting House a DJ was recalling his favourite record shops.   He mentioned one of his favourites which is a little record shop in Palmers Green run by a bloke called Derek.

I wonder who Derek is and where is his shop.  It sounds really interesting.  Anyone know?

I was feeling a bit blue and just went over the shops on the parade at Bounds Green.  There was a guy busking outside the tube station - a jazz saxophonist playing Take Five by Dave Brubeck amongst other stuff.  I hope he returns, he cheered me up no end. (Yes, I did donate!).

On Saturday last I went to The Cinema Museumin Kennington. (Not to be confused with the Film Museum in Covent Garden)  It was a great afternoon. If you are nostalgic for the days of usherettes, ice cream in the interval, film posters and programmes, this is the place to go.…