In the runup to the 2014 Council elections, we're holding an open session at the Enfield Civic Centre tonight from 7pm to 10pm

Charity shops won't take them and even Ebay have failed me.

So, does anyone in Bowes and Bounds have a video cassette player and want some FREE videos? Photo and list below. I'm putting my reputation on the line here folks, showing that I'm obviously one of the biggest kids of my generation. They are all FREE, as I would like to give them a good home rather than go in to landfill. However, just spotted this website that will recycle old video cassettes.…

Bikeworks are teaming up with Haringey Council to provide 24 lucky residents the opportunity to take part in a new cycling course, aimed at equipping people with the tools to enjoy their daily commute. Spaces are currently available from January - March 2014. IT'S ALL FREE!!!

Participants will receive:

• A free recycled bike from the Bikeworks Re-Use Centre

• Free lights and lock, brand new

• A free six hour bicycle…

On 28 September, an intrepid group of Londoners set out from Hertford East station to walk the length of the New River Path on the weekend of its 400th anniversary. 

It was a wonderful, friendly group including some Bowes & Bounds locals and London enthusiasts.…

The war memorial at St John the Evangelist church in Palmers Green had an overhaul and clean-up in time for 2013's Remembrance Week.

The Palmers Green war memorial is a very fine piece of work. Carved from coarse limestone it stands around 12 feet high on a wide stepped base.  The statue dominates the front of the church at the corner of…

Sharing a message from Thames21's Love The Lea Facebook page. I recommend 'liking' it or having a look at the Love the Lea campaign page. It's shocking how polluted the Lea and its tributaries are. 

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A great new source of local historical information has just been made available with the publication this week by the Wellcome Trust of annual reports from London’s Medical Officers of Health (MOHs).

The online resource – called London’s Pulse contains more than 5,000 fully searchable reports, from 1848 to 1973, detailing the health of Londoners…

I picked up a copy of A Death at the Palace on Richard's recommendation. It's a murder mystery set around Wood Green. 

The blurb on the back cover tickles me: "Stunning new crime set in the capital's least loved quarter". Which is ironic, as any reader will instantly feel Matt Baylis's love for and deep connection with the area. Our anti-hero, reporter Rex Tracey,…

Here is an updated version of the letter that Achilleas, Yasemin and I have just distributed as Bowes Labour councillors in the West Bowes area

Dear resident,

Linsdsey has posted a photograph of the newly re-painted sign on the bridge over Pymmes Brook and it reminded me of a mystery that has been touched on…

It's all your fault, Bowes & Bounds Connected!   If I hadn't clicked on a post by Martin Stogden - who was shamelessly touting for complete beginners for the North London Brass - then I would still be curled up in front of the telly on Wednesday nights relishing the life of an OAP.

Instead, I have to get on a bus no…

Had a mobile with them for many years

Service improved when Orange come on board

But now having issues in N6 5BB Area - where have Signal Bars - But unable to make Calls - comes up on screen - unavailable

And when phone called - states users currently unavailable

Have taken it up Direct with T- mobile - was issues several weeks ago of equipment issues

But that was several weeks ago

Seems to have got worse since…

Enfield Council statement is forthcoming

http://www.nlwa.gov.uk/news/newsdetail/2013/09/27/north-london-waste-authority-decides-to-end-procurement-process

North London Waste Authority decides to end procurement process

Jointly run by Enfield Council and Haringey Council

For further info, contact Achilleas, Yasemin or me (details http://boweslabour.blogspot.co.uk/)

Or also Joanna, Matt and Ali, our Bounds Green friends

I'm copy-pasting here the post uploaded onto our blogspot

http://boweslabour.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/today-bowes-labour-councillors-held.html

These kinds of events can be difficult, because different people will have different opinions, because the issues at hand are always complicated, because there are rarely any perfect solutions, and because a few people always come to express negativity instead of working towards positive outcomes

But I was really struck by residents' solidarity, civic-mindedness and focus on the issues Monday. Admirable

For Enfield Council and the Bowes Labour councillors, this…

Exciting arts and creative workshops will be run by arts charity Wise Thoughts as a part of its Creative Cultural Hub – CCH initiative in Haringey Libraries. The workshops are led by experienced and enthusiastic workshop facilitators.

Well-known and accomplished workshop leader MC Angel will show how to spin lyrics like Tinie Tempah and weave your life story with words like Nicki Minaj at St Ann’s Library from 23 September to 11 October.

From 7 October to 11 October…

"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's a really stupid thing to want to do."

-- Elvis Costello, in an interview by Timothy White entitled "A Man out of Time Beats the Clock." Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52.

Our local area has a bit of hidden history as a location for the performance and recording of music…