April 2014
Red kite in Bounds Green
This afternoon my partner heard some crows mobbing a bird and expected to see a heron flying over our garden but it was a Red Kite! He managed to get one quick shot:
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Red kite in Bounds Green
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Myddleton Road -on the brink
Just back from a stroll along the road. Well! It is beginning to feel different; on the cusp of some change. The Greek deli, as reported, has some great stuff and very good value. I spoke to the woma…
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Myddleton Road -on the brink
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March 2014
Pls support this campaign to save one Sixth…
I am asking for your support with our campaign to save one of our Sixth Form students being deported next Tuesday. She was detained last Wednesday when she signed on at the Home Office and is current…
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Pls support this campaign to save one Sixth…
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One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
Ovi, the legendary egg-eating dinosaur of Myddleton Road has been removed in the past couple of days.
I snapped Ovi on Wednesday and today, to my dismay, I realised that he had been snatched.
Ovi…
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One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
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On a walk round the block I saw....
.... on Blake Road, the humble art of cementing elevated to a higher…
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On a walk round the block I saw....
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Burglary Arrests - York Road - 20th March
I just thought I would make the community aware for those of you who may of been awoken by the police helicopter in the early hours of the morning that two arrests were made including one from my bac…
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Burglary Arrests - York Road - 20th March
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Very Entertaining Programme About a Bus Trip Through North London
I have just been listening to a programme on Radio 4 Extra which is being repeated because one of the men in it, Alan Coren, has died recently. He was a great broadcaster.
The…
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Very Entertaining Programme About a Bus Trip Through North London
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February 2014
Working Horses make a return to Queens Wood…
Queens Wood contracted Iain Loasby of Rivenwood Coppice to do some coppice work in the ancient woodland remnant to continue the revitalisation of this old woodland management system. The wood consist…
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Working Horses make a return to Queens Wood…
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Wood Green Bowling Club Badge 1906
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Wood Green Bowling Club Badge 1906
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We Love Myddleton Road - actions & ideas
Hi everyone,Following Nell’s post on this site before Christmas and the Caroline Simpson’s resignation from the Myddleton Road Strategy group (see here), we saw a huge outpouring of positive energy f…
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We Love Myddleton Road - actions & ideas
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January 2014
Can You Find Your Place on this Victorian Map?
This week I found the most amazing Victorian map of London online. Virtually every sheet of the Ordnance Survey's 1893-6 "Five Feet to the Mile" scale series has been painstakingly layered on top…
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Can You Find Your Place on this Victorian Map?
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The Old Victorian Theatre at Alexandra Palace
Today I went on an organised tour around London's Alexandra Palace - 'back stage'.
The most interesting place for me was the old Victorian theatre which is…
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The Old Victorian Theatre at Alexandra Palace
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Whittington Road resident inventor of world's first security camera, 1933
Pete found this story and wrote about it on his website:
In 1933 Mr…
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Whittington Road resident inventor of world's first security camera, 1933
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New Year, new skill: learn a musical instrum…
North London Brass is a professionally-run brass band network with local projects in Muswell Hill and Enfield. We specialise in helping adult learners and in encouraging people to come back to playin…
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New Year, new skill: learn a musical instrum…
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December 2013
Final sunset of 2013
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Final sunset of 2013
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Finsbury Arms, 65 Truro Road
Every time I walk past this building on the corner of Finsbury Gardens I wonder about its history as a pub. Then I stumbled across this photo of it on Flickr and a link to the pubology website which…
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Finsbury Arms, 65 Truro Road
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Scram, from Myddleton Road
A much missed and nationally known company once had its head quarters in Myddleton Road.
Today 120 Myddleton Road is home to Barnet Brake & Clutch Services, Motor…
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Scram, from Myddleton Road
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My First Gig with North London Brass - Outlandish, Outrageous, Outdoors!
Last Saturday I played my first public gig with North London Brass! It was at…
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My First Gig with North London Brass - Outlandish, Outrageous, Outdoors!
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New Drinking Fountain at Wood Green 1879
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New Drinking Fountain at Wood Green 1879
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Myddleton Rd Xmas Lights / Any carolers avai…
We are having a gathering to celebrate the first ever Christmas Lights on Myddleton Road which will be switched on this Sunday 8th December at 5pm.
Joining us will be esteemed poet and Myddleton Road…
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Myddleton Rd Xmas Lights / Any carolers avai…
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November 2013
Missing black cat
'Coco' 6 month old, black cat, missing from Lascotts Road since saturday morning. Much loved and missed - please check your gardens and sheds. Contact 07932 080 284
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Missing black cat
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