July 2012
Wood Green Bowls Club gradually fading into decline.
A couple of years ago I managed to get into the grounds of Wood Green Bowls Club and took a few photographs of the gradually fading clubhouse and scoreboard.
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Wood Green Bowls Club gradually fading into decline.
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Olympics Travel Upheaval
Just seven days to go until the Olympics opening ceremony - however I've already noticed more people around on my London commute this week... and it looks like its going to get more difficult to move…
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Olympics Travel Upheaval
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Bowes Park on the tourist trail?
We all know what lovely places Bowes Park and Bounds Green are to live... but it seems our neighbourhood is not universally loved - or even known.
in a new venture Peter Berthoud, (a qualified and aw…
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Bowes Park on the tourist trail?
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Let's name the footpath that runs at the bac…
Let's name the footpath that runs at the back of Bowes Park Station!
<a href="http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/jul/after-more-200-years-street-no-name-becomes-joshua-lane-it-finally-appears-map">http://www.camdennewjournal.com/news/2012/jul/after-more-200-years-street-no-name-becomes-joshua-lane-it-finally-appears-map</a>
I w…
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Let's name the footpath that runs at the bac…
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Our Musical Heritage: Wood Green Jazz Club
Elvis Costello is quoted as saying: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's a really stupid thing to want to do." but…
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Our Musical Heritage: Wood Green Jazz Club
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garden front
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garden front
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Spice-up Your Sunday Lunch at Haringay Market
We've just got back from Haringay Market (N8 ONU). Its on Haringay ladders from 11:00 to 15:00, perfectly timed for a…
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Spice-up Your Sunday Lunch at Haringay Market
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Various plants and flowers, Passmore Edwards…
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Various plants and flowers, Passmore Edwards…
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Pictures from the live acoustic blues at The…
Thought people might like to see a few pictures from the blues night at The Step on Saturday - was a great gig and lot's of regular faces seemed to be enjoying themselves. Huge thanks to John Crowthe…
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Pictures from the live acoustic blues at The…
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Palmers Greenery Community Cafe: Update and…
Dear Friends of Palmers Greenery
As our list of supporters for a volunteer-led, not-for-profit Community Cafe in the disused 'Dolls House' toilets (opposite Tennis Courts) in Broomfield Park continue…
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Palmers Greenery Community Cafe: Update and…
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Glorious Guerrilla Gardening - Hollyhocks of…
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Glorious Guerrilla Gardening - Hollyhocks of…
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Celebrating Independent Booksellers Week
This week is Independent Booksellers Week - whilst is seems almost every day is an awareness day for something or other, a few of these events really do deserve to be celebrated.
To mark the week Sim…
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Celebrating Independent Booksellers Week
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Bowes Road School Swimming Club 1900s
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Bowes Road School Swimming Club 1900s
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Finsbury Gardens Re-opened!
A message from the Friends of Finsbury Gardens:Hurrah! Open again.We are all delighted that Finsbury Gardens is open again.The Friends of Finsbury Gardens are very sorry that it has been closed for s…
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Finsbury Gardens Re-opened!
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Regenerating Ally Pally
Over the past few months the Trustees of Alexandra Palace have been developing a masterplan for the future use of the building; looking at the whole site and how people might use it and move around i…
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Regenerating Ally Pally
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Bounds Green's neighbourliness score
"On my London street, you're lucky if your direct neighbour waves a greeting. Anyone living four houses down could be living in Timbuktu; I don't even know what they look like." That's what I…
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Bounds Green's neighbourliness score
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Is Turnpike Lane becoming the UK centre of S…
Hot on the heels of the recent "Banksy" mural at Whymark Avenue, Turnpike Lane now has a new piece of high profile Urban Art. "Envision Peace" is by Frank Shepard Fairey the US graphic designer and i…
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Is Turnpike Lane becoming the UK centre of S…
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Professor Harold Rosen - Palmers Green Park Bench
A fairly ordinary bench in Palmers Green's Broomfield Park - by the…
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Professor Harold Rosen - Palmers Green Park Bench
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Torema Thompson - Athlete
Here is a great short film showcasing Bounds Green athlete Torema Thompson a member of the Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club, who runs the 100m and the 4x100m relay. Torema has also represented GB a…
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Torema Thompson - Athlete
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June 2012
Anniversary of the First Cash Machine - an E…
Today - June 27th marks the anniversary of the UK's first bank cash dispenser originally piloted in a pioneering 'robot-bank' scheme just up the road at at Barclays in Enfield Town.
The scheme had a…
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Anniversary of the First Cash Machine - an E…
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Britain from Above - fascinating aerial phot…
A new web site from English Heritage was launched yesterday, Britain from Above, is a collection of fascinating historic aerial photography from across the UK.
A four year project aims to both conser…
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Britain from Above - fascinating aerial phot…
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