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 of the Piccadilly line to Cockfosters from Arnos Park.…

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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…

It's 217 years old and is back on display as part of the new Enfield Life exhibition at the Dugdale Centre. Admission is free,…

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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!

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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 water so they can have a drink or a bath while it's frozen…

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.

It was good to hear that…

I couldn't sleep last night so was wandering around my flat when at 2:00 a.m. I heard the birds begin to sing. I made a little film of it  which only gets a short blast of their cheery song!   My batteries ran out.  And as sod's law would have it they went full throttle after that - until about 4:00.  I thought they were supposed to be asleep at that hour of the night - but it was nice to have company! …

Pete has just published new dates for his Bizarre Bowes Park walks in 2013. Here's the lowdown:

Bizarre Bowes Park

If you're in Muswell Hill do drop into the library to see these amazing maps. 

My colleague Matt wrote about the maps on Londonist yesterday with some detailed photos. 

And you can watch a video of the artist Anya Beaumont talking about the project - while it was a work in…

Earlier in the autumn I was involved along with Hugh from Harringay online in setting up a local “cashmob”. A cashmob, for those unfamiliar with the term is an interesting new way for people to act together in support of independent local businesses. This “shop local” movement emerged in New York about a year ago. Many of you will have heard about 'flash mobs' -…

400 years to the day an intrepid group of London enthusiasts will be celebrating the official opening of The New River at The New River Head in Finsbury and raising a glass to Hugh Myddleton and to all those connected with this incredible feat of early 17th century engineering. To get to the party they will have walked the length of the New…

Just along the  Bowes Road - near the junction with Brownlow Road - is a sight that is rarely seen anywhere apart from the seaside ... and even then, not seen so often since the 1960s or 70s... so it's a little odd to encounter it on the edge of the North Circuar Road.

Outside Nitin Cash and Carry is a Kiddy Ride in the form of a horse - I understand from the shop owner that this fine creature has been in our neighbourhood for almost 30 years. Well worth a 20p…

The Guardian has just published a photo essay on the history of the London Underground. The 11th image is a poster from 1933 promoting our station as a destination in itself: "The latest in Railway Station Architecture, come and see it."

An extract from the poster. To see it in full, and all twenty in the series, follow the link.…