Who are our Local Heroes? - Bowes and Bounds Connected2024-03-29T01:38:04Zhttps://bowesandbounds.org/forum/topics/who-are-our-local-heroes?feed=yes&xn_auth=noGood shouts both, I'd say.
tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-08-28:6278630:Comment:1002912015-08-28T20:17:36.231ZMichael Cordwell Jameshttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/MichaelCordwellJames
<p>Good shouts both, I'd say.</p>
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<p>Good shouts both, I'd say.</p>
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<p>Another Dead White European Male (DWEM) I know, but how about....</p>
<p>The businessman and philanthropist John Passmore Edwards (1823-1911) who founded The Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital which opened in 1895. It expanded gradually to become the 45 bed Wood Green and Southgate Hospital before closing in 1983. The site is occupied now by Passmore Edwards…</p>
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<p>Another Dead White European Male (DWEM) I know, but how about....</p>
<p>The businessman and philanthropist John Passmore Edwards (1823-1911) who founded The Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital which opened in 1895. It expanded gradually to become the 45 bed Wood Green and Southgate Hospital before closing in 1983. The site is occupied now by Passmore Edwards House (sheltered housing) on Rhys Avenue, close to Bounds Green Health Centre & tube station.</p>
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<p>A local heroine should surely be radio presenter, Clare McDonnell, of the much lamented BBC London radio station, GLR. Her excellent breakfast show used to be laced with references to Bounds Green, although I'm not sure where exactly on our patch she resided or if she's still here.</p>
<p></p> The full list of 47 blue plaq…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2015-08-28:6278630:Comment:1003622015-08-28T13:23:05.512ZDonald Smithhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/DonaldSmith
<p>The full list of 47 blue plaques available to Google for London Borough of Enfield is attached</p>
<p>The full list of 47 blue plaques available to Google for London Borough of Enfield is attached</p> Another Blue Plaque fairly cl…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-27:6278630:Comment:424182012-06-27T16:37:55.370ZRichard McKeeverhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/3hwxkqhdde8gc
<p>Another Blue Plaque fairly close by is particularly pertinent today. June 27th marks the 45th anniversary of the first use of an ATM in the UK - at Barclays Enfield Town - the celebrity making the first withdrawal was none other than Reg Varney - star of On the Buses! <a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/forum/topics/anniversary-of-the-first-cash-machine-an-enfield-claim-to-fame" target="_blank">Follow this link for picture and more information</a></p>
<p>Another Blue Plaque fairly close by is particularly pertinent today. June 27th marks the 45th anniversary of the first use of an ATM in the UK - at Barclays Enfield Town - the celebrity making the first withdrawal was none other than Reg Varney - star of On the Buses! <a href="http://www.bowesandbounds.org/forum/topics/anniversary-of-the-first-cash-machine-an-enfield-claim-to-fame" target="_blank">Follow this link for picture and more information</a></p> One of my favourite London me…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-25:6278630:Comment:423612012-06-25T15:19:50.892ZRichard McKeeverhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/3hwxkqhdde8gc
<p>One of my favourite London memorials is not that far away - just over in Bruce Grove - Tottenham. It is a plaque commemorating the home of Luke Howard - 18th / 19th Century meteorologist who devised the system for classifying clouds.</p>
<p>It has the delightful inscription: <em>"Luke Howard ... Namer of Clouds"…</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenduffett/4061604644/" title="Coolest job description. Ever. by Helen Duffett, on Flickr"><img alt="Coolest job description. Ever." class="align-center" height="375" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/4061604644_75370df121.jpg" width="500"></img></a></p>
<p>One of my favourite London memorials is not that far away - just over in Bruce Grove - Tottenham. It is a plaque commemorating the home of Luke Howard - 18th / 19th Century meteorologist who devised the system for classifying clouds.</p>
<p>It has the delightful inscription: <em>"Luke Howard ... Namer of Clouds"</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/helenduffett/4061604644/" title="Coolest job description. Ever. by Helen Duffett, on Flickr"><img class="align-center" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2474/4061604644_75370df121.jpg" alt="Coolest job description. Ever." height="375" width="500"/></a></p> How about if once a year we a…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-22:6278630:Comment:423222012-06-22T21:34:04.838ZWalter Haweshttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/WalterHawes
<p>How about if once a year we ask people to submit names of people to be commemorated? People like Albert would be a great source of reference but we coud also try and get the local traditions....I was in Ponders End Library the other day and it was amazing listening to these two elderly gentlemen discussing the end of the trolley buses.......I felt really priveleged to be able to connect to something quite vital as is our local history and traditions which can also be in an oral form.</p>
<p>How about if once a year we ask people to submit names of people to be commemorated? People like Albert would be a great source of reference but we coud also try and get the local traditions....I was in Ponders End Library the other day and it was amazing listening to these two elderly gentlemen discussing the end of the trolley buses.......I felt really priveleged to be able to connect to something quite vital as is our local history and traditions which can also be in an oral form.</p> Another nearly local hero is…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-22:6278630:Comment:421402012-06-22T20:58:35.310ZColin Marrhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/ColinMarr
<p>Another nearly local hero is Jerome K Jerome, the author of “Three men in a Boat”. JKJ wasn’t born in New Southgate, but he is known to have spent some of his childhood there. He is on the 1871 census as living at 7 Springfield Villas N11, which is long demolished. The site of the house is thought to be almost opposite the Postal Sorting Office in Springfield Road N11 by the entrance gate to Garfield School.</p>
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<p>A local historian (Colin Barratt) had access to some of the Jerome…</p>
<p>Another nearly local hero is Jerome K Jerome, the author of “Three men in a Boat”. JKJ wasn’t born in New Southgate, but he is known to have spent some of his childhood there. He is on the 1871 census as living at 7 Springfield Villas N11, which is long demolished. The site of the house is thought to be almost opposite the Postal Sorting Office in Springfield Road N11 by the entrance gate to Garfield School.</p>
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<p>A local historian (Colin Barratt) had access to some of the Jerome family documents and the story is that JKJ’s interest in playing with boats had its origins in his teenage games with small boats on the lake in what is now Scout Park off Passmore Gardens/ Bounds Green Road. It’s not much of a lake now, but it might have been in the late 19<sup>th</sup> Century.</p>
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<p>Colin</p> I quite agree, and as elsewhe…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-22:6278630:Comment:421392012-06-22T20:26:31.285ZMichael Cordwell Jameshttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/MichaelCordwellJames
I quite agree, and as elsewhere suggested, local historian Albert Pinching would be an invaluable guide in identifying local people who have contributed to the local community.
I quite agree, and as elsewhere suggested, local historian Albert Pinching would be an invaluable guide in identifying local people who have contributed to the local community. That is great and is what we…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-22:6278630:Comment:421382012-06-22T18:53:53.013ZWalter Haweshttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/WalterHawes
<p>That is great and is what we should be doing more of.....so how did that happen, and is there a process wherby we can get people recognized? I'd like to know how that happens.......I know a sort of Art trail was done in Edmonton with local people being mentioned........but did it involve the community?</p>
<p>That is great and is what we should be doing more of.....so how did that happen, and is there a process wherby we can get people recognized? I'd like to know how that happens.......I know a sort of Art trail was done in Edmonton with local people being mentioned........but did it involve the community?</p> I too agree there is a tenden…tag:bowesandbounds.org,2012-06-22:6278630:Comment:422292012-06-22T18:42:44.500ZRichard McKeeverhttps://bowesandbounds.org/profile/3hwxkqhdde8gc
<p>I too agree there is a tendency to the attitude of <em>"<span dir="auto">Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</span>"</em> (and men they too frequently are!)</p>
<p>I'd love to hear suggestions for other notable locals - perhaps a more democratic commemoration of the contributions of local folk - not just the rich and famous.</p>
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<p>I too agree there is a tendency to the attitude of <em>"<span dir="auto">Let Us Now Praise Famous Men</span>"</em> (and men they too frequently are!)</p>
<p>I'd love to hear suggestions for other notable locals - perhaps a more democratic commemoration of the contributions of local folk - not just the rich and famous.</p>
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