This year marks the centenary of the publication of an exceptional little book.

Henrietta Cresswell's book Winchmore Hill: Memories of a Lost Village is a personal account of the changing face of a rural…

Hi - can anyone recommend someone local who can fix my daughter's lap top please?  I'm looking for someone, reliable and speedy as well as good value for money. Also some other IT related issues at home that could do with attention.

Thanks very much,

Lou

Hi,I used to live at 209 Bowes Rd way back in the late 70's-mid 80's and drove past recently and could not believe what they have done to the place.The road was scheduled to be built back in the 60's,but was always put off,which was also the main reason I moved away,as the whole area was blighted and you never knew what was going to happen next.I was really surprised to see 209 still standing,and even more surprised to see it was being renovated,as it was one of the properties at the top of…

Want to help people aged 60+ keep warm and healthy during the cold months this winter? Can you help an older person living in your neighbourhood?

If you have 2 hours per week available- please get in touch. This limited volunteering opportunity is available on a first come first serve basis.

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I was sorry that the brilliant series Garrow's Law has ended. Inspired by it, I thought I'd have a look on the Old Bailey trials which are now on line dating from 1674 to 1913.    I came across a fascinating account of a murder committed in 1869 in Truro Road and the poor…

Part 2 of The Great British Property Scandal shows tonight on Channel 4.  It really is a great way to use television, to highlight urgent social issues. It began last night and it featured some boarded up houses on the North Circular which are five minutes down the road and which I noticed about two years ago when I was taking a walk round the area. 

These houses have been empty for years but take note - they are on one of the main roads to the Olympic Stadium and so…

For about three years I've been trying to photograph the ducks that fly in formation over my flat - at the moment they are arriving at about 4 oclock in the afternoon.  However, sometimes they are really awkward and arrive late by which time I am thoroughly fed up and just as I put the camera down and go to make a cuppa, those darn ducks arrive squawking (mockingly, it seems to me).  Or if I do manage to point the camera at them the battery seems to run out at that precise…

The Scaffold.  by Andrea Phillips

Guilty. Hang, Draw and Quarter him.

      

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Hello Bowes and Bounds Connected

I feel very fortunate to have started a new post at Age UK working with the Forum for Older People as Development Officer.

The Forum has been in existence for almost 10 years and has done much good work across the Borough, putting across the views of older people from diverse backgrounds and circumstances, campaiging on many issues and raising awareness of the needs and potential of…

I'm a bit biased about Mr Grimshaw - he lived in Leeds where I come from.  But I think you might like him too and a rare opportunity to see his work is being offered by the Guildhall Art Gallery.  He managed, like Whistler, to create a nocturnal, nostalgic loneliness in his paintings.  It might not be to everyone's taste, but I love it and it is a very…

As member of the Bowes Park Community.    I need members helps to support Wellbeing of Women, a women's health charity that I work for.

Wellbeinog of Women need your VOTE to help become Superdrug’s charity partner for 2012!



Superdrug is asking you the public, for one week only, to help them choose their charity partner for next year. Please…

Most evenings I am privileged to hear a lovely bird singing in our communal garden.  Here's a short video - sorry about the sound of the traffic, but I think you'll still agree, it's lovely.  Is it a blackbird?

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Today I put some photos on Flickr of cloud formations which I see from my flat - I am so fortunate to have a view of lots of sky and it is really fascinating watching the ever-changing beauty of these wonderful drifting shapes.  Most of these pics have Alexandra Palace somewhere in the distance.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39561132@N08/sets/72157627438462196/

Maybe I should join…

In these days of austerity, how lucky we women are to live just a bus ride from one of the cheapest places on the planet to buy clothes. This is my guide to a unique shopping experience which hopefully, is still as enjoyable despite the financial gloom.

Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park - Unique Shopping…

I love cycling and over the last 3 years, I've been working for a terrific social enterprise called Bikeworks, working as a cycling instructor on their All Ability cycling programme. The club encourages children and adults with learning and physical disabilities to ride bikes. They can ride two-wheelers, tricycles, recumbants and hand-cranks, making cycling accessible for all.

The only bike the club no longer has, as it was on loan, is a Wheelchair bike. This means that…

The recent news that the Victorian Gas Holder Hornsey No 1 is  threatened with demoliition as part of the Haringey Heartlands regeneration has unearthed the following fascinating article and inspiring image from site member Kathleen…

A poem I wrote about living in our area.

The place I like to wake

Bounds green, 

The place where I like to be, 

21 years, …

Bowes Park Station dates from 1880 - it was built as an additional station on the already existing GNR line. In a recent article in The London Railway Record Peter Kay provides a detailed history.

Having refused a station in the area when the line was built in 1871 The GNR board were finally…

Hi Everyone,

As some of you may already be aware, I am currently fundraising for the Lymphoma Association, a charity which offers information and emotional support to patients and their families affected by lymphatic cancer.  In October, I will be trekking nearly 70 miles across the desert to Petra in Jordan in aid of this cause.  Over six days, we will cross a wide variety of challenging terrains including stony…