Thank you Richard.

Thanks Richard - just moved to Bowes Park last month and already loving it. 

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the welcome and information – it certainly looks like there's plenty going on. Look forward to moving to Bounds Green in January. 

Best,

Ross

That's it ... the Springfield Tavern. I didn't know Bowie appeared at the Intimate. The former Spurs player Bobbie Smith lived in the block of flats opposite but when I lived down the road in Woodberry Avenue he had become almost down and out and would scrounge things from the local shops. Sad really but he only had himself to blame as he'd apparently turned to gambling and lost his job as a mini cab driver through drinking.

Not been down there for some considerable time now. Until he retired ... I was a patient of Michael Stern at the dentists opposite the Odeon above Woolwich B/S I think it was. He was also a live wire in amateur dramatics at the pub on the left just before you get to Bounds Green Station (was it the Park Tavern or something?) and also prior to this at the Intimate Theatre.

As a further interesting aside of well known people that lived in the area; when I was a kid in Park Ridings, the Spurs players Johnny Brooks and Eddie Clayton had digs at the top of the street and would sometimes kick a few balls with my mates and me when we played football in the street. In those days of course (around 1957) there weren't many cars about.

Ah! Old Park Ridings is, I think, a road that runs between Winchmore Hill and Enfield. I also remember seeing a troupe of dwarfs regularly on Wood Green High Road that I think were performers called the 'Harmonica Gang' Alan Jones, the tennis coach of Jo Dury was also in my class at school and the great tennis photographer, Tommy Hindley was in my football team and lived in River Park Road. Tom is probably the best known tennis photographer of all time.

Thanks Richard. I found your site while searching for info on Chung Ling Soo who died at the old Empire. I was born in Wood Green in 1949 and lived there and in Bowes Park, Muswell Hill, Crouch End and Winchmore Hill prior to moving to Milton Keynes. I was educated at Alexandra School, Glendale Grammar and then Wood Green School. So, the site has plenty for me as I enjoy exploring the history of he area and may well have some stories to tell myself. I assume you knew that Millicent Martin ('That Was the Week That Was') lived in the road where I was born (Park Riding) and her cousin, Bob Bedford, who lived net door to her was the Advertisement Manager of 'Record Mirror' in the 1960s and was the first person I ever knew who owned a Rolls Royce.

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the welcome.

serpil

Thank you for your suggestion.  I wanted to 'reply' to your comment but don't know how to.  Please instruct.

Actually I had looked at the site and there are almost no rooms available in the area for the approximate dates I want.

Thank you for the nice welcome! 

Thankyou for the welcome :)

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the welcome. I should say that I am a small business owner in the area, but I have joined as a way of finding out what's happening in the area out of personal interest (I've worked in the area for many years and have known it all my life). I'll be careful not to use the forum to promote my business, although it's possible some of your members may know me because of it.

Hi Richard, 

Thanks for the welcome. As well as being a local resident and parent, I'm also an antenatal teacher with the NCT. Would it be possible to raise awareness of my courses on the site? 

Thanks,

Natalie

Thank you Richard for the welcome. My husband and I actually live in Palmers Green, but we were at the fabulous Myddleton Road market on the weekend as stall holders. We had a lovely time, your neighbourhood is very friendly and everyone who stopped by our stall raved about the area!

that's great news. I'll leave it in your hands..