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Good Neighbourliness, technology, itea and social media surgeries

hi folks,

Just a few ideas about neighbourliness and what we might like to offer/receive. Most of you probably have a lot to offer but not much time that is why we are encouraging even short bits of help to take place as part of good neighbourliness.

You might or might not be a cuppa and chat type of person... you might be more willing and able to do something else.

Age UK have a lot of ideas, events and activities around technology and older people.…

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Added by Ruth Cherrington on December 14, 2010 at 9:30 — No Comments

I would like...... Writers' Group Exercise

I Would Like..... by Andie Phillips

I would like to delve into the wet leaves,

feel their wetness,

slippery rounded oak leaves,

immerse my senses in the smell,

musty and sharp.

I would like to enter the wave as it rolls and crashes,

salty stinging,

stopped breath,

flashing foam bubbling.

I would like to crawl into the earth,

crumbling mulch,

meeting worms,…

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Added by Andie Phillips on December 12, 2010 at 20:30 — 1 Comment

vacuum cleaner for 128

Has anyone got a small vacuum cleaner that we could have for 128. Will mostly be used on wooden floor.

Added by Cathy Herman on December 12, 2010 at 12:25 — No Comments

Tottenham Cake

While sharing a photo of Tottenham Pudding on Twitter recently, a couple of local tweeters mentioned Tottenham Cake to me. It turns out this cake is nothing to do with Chris Morris or something that you give young Spurs fans on their birthdays.

If you, like me, have never heard of it, it is described in this way by Ted Willis (creator of Dixon of Dock…

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Added by Liz Ixer on December 1, 2010 at 17:00 — 2 Comments

Do you know about 128 Myddleton Road?

Haringey Neighbourhoods Connect @128 Myddleton Road

Myddleton Road is an interesting street. And amongst the interesting places along this street is 128, a shop that has been transformed into a community centre with many uses.

Every other Thursday, between 2 -4pm, there is a drop-in for older people, with tea, biscuits and cake… Continue

Added by Ruth Cherrington on November 17, 2010 at 14:30 — No Comments

I Don't Believe In Ghosts But .......

I Don’t Believe In Ghosts, But…. By Andie Phillips

I don’t believe…

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Added by Andie Phillips on November 6, 2010 at 21:21 — No Comments

'Spirit of the Orchard' at Tring Apple Day - a short story

‘SPIRIT OF THE ORCHARD’, TRING APPLE DAY by Andie Phillips - A short story

She wrote the Mummers…

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Added by Andie Phillips on October 29, 2010 at 20:00 — No Comments

Woman held in King's Cross Tube train murder inquiry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11626267

Anyone with information regarding this is asked to contact BTP on 0800 40 50 40.

Added by British Transport Police on October 26, 2010 at 14:21 — No Comments

Launching the site

At the meeting on Monday evening we started thinking about how to launch the site and making 'connections' in the area-thought of going from 128 to The Prince (thai food) to the Ranleagh(don't know how to spell it)-how does that seem in the cold light of day?

Added by Cathy Herman on September 15, 2010 at 9:13 — No Comments

Bounds Green and the Blitz

Early autumn, marks the anniversary of the start of Nazi bombings of London during the the Second World War. The London Blitz began on September 7th 1940 and continued until the following April.

Tube stations across the capital were being used as makeshift bomb shelters - as this remarkable…