He was on duty the night a German bomber that had been badly damaged by ack-ack fire abandoned his bomb load on the dance hall above the shops in Green Lanes between Princes Avenue and Tottenhall Road. I think it was late 50s . They sold lovely solid, classy furniture. I remember the Bamboo I used to go there a lot. There was and old git who served behind the sweet counter. Play nicely please. would go down there most nights and you need only buy one coffee & that had to last you all evening what great times in there !!!! After the Quick Service Cafe Bruno in 1967 moved 100mts to the corner of Princes Ave/Green Lanes & opened a coffee bar called The Bezazz Bar.Juke box, two pin ball machines, served tea/coffee/& light snacks.Spent most of my teenage years using this coffee bar as a meeting place to ponder over a two hour cup of coffee to decide what our next move would be!! We bought our first TV off him, black and white of course. I have a friend who is bit older than me who has lived up near Hedge Lane all her life and she might be able to enlighten us about that mystery when I can contact her. A unique way to experience Palmers Green's places, Walkfo allows you to explore Palmers Green as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides. Cafe between Gambles an J an Adams (Ma says not goin in there Raymond, too cheep ) on our way back from The Palmadium. My memory goes back to 1956, I would have been 8 years old and my Dad used to take myself & my younger brother to Doms most Saturdays during the summer holidays for a midday lunch treat, He would put us on one of the 5 bar stools which were positioned at the rear of the cafe on the right hand side, we would pick up the menu because it looked grown up! Hi Normathese Palmers Green Memories are great, eh? I lived in Pasteur Gardens from 1960 to 1966, and went to Oakthorpe School and the Latymer. Also why did they demolish whatever was there before? Yes Bezazz coffee bar, went their most nights as well around 1964 onwards coffee, egg & chips, juke box, pinball machine, 3/6d last all night!..some faces Denis Day, Mick Stanton, Mick Smith, Dave Todd, Michael joannou, Michael De Bear,Wendy & Susan Smale, Laureen Blackwell, the cast goes on! It was called Briggs and there was another branch down at Wood Green. the smell as you walked anywhere near it .lovely. Which barbers do you mean? I assumed that the horse was some kind of pet that he took with him on his deliveries. Also, as memory has been shown to be reconstructive in nature, Loftus and Palmer predicted that the wording of a question could influence recall. Doms also made excellent onion omelettes. It was quite good really if you wanted a weatherproof coat and were prepared to go in! roses) at certain times of the year and was very beautiful. would love to know.. oh that did make me laugh yes remember him. . Image supplied by Enfield Local Studies and Archive. as many did back then or another location. 2023 Palmers Green Jewel in the North, Palmers Green history, people and community, The twentieth century and urban life in literature, Palmers Green Baptist Church, Green Lanes, Palmers Green United Reformed Church, Fox Lane/Burford Gardens, St Georges Presbyterian Church, Fox Lane / St Georges Road (demolished), Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue, Brownlow Road, Palmers Green Mosque and Education Centre, Oakthorpe Road, Local dignatories, bigwigs and characters, Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves, Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons. [10] Sylvia 0 I grew in in NRC, What was there before the maisonettes were built. Coronation fireworks display in the park. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? There was also Kate Riddle, a hat shop with a tasteful window display. July 2015. A quaint . I went to Brownies and Guides at that church too! Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Firs Farm Firs Farm circa 1914, reproduced by kind permission of Enfield Local History Archive Firs Farm was to the east of Firs Lane - just north of the present day Fairway. Apparitions were seen and there was some poltergeist activity mainly at night with loud bangs downstairs. Hello Brian, thank goodness Im not losing the plot! .Yes I remember the cafe well, 1964, it was on the corner of N.C Rd & Green Lanes. Anyone remember The North London Decorating Company at the junction of The North Circular and Green Lanes? Regards, Brian Watling. For Palmers Green to have a department store, two cinemas and no betting shops or nail bars? Open in Google Maps. I could probably bore everyone to death with them! Memories Of Palmers Green & Winchmore Hill - Francis Frith watts north Miss? Sit down Raymond! I lived in Pateur Gardens From 1950 to 1966 does any one recall the Barrowell Green swimming pool . My taste dress-wise (MENS) was Bricks across the road, specially them T-shirts. I farms in Cornwall now an apologise for the grammer neglected at Southgate County Grammar (an spellins). Further up from Ashwells towards Devonshire Rd.was a beautiful shop selling china and glass.This was close to the shop with the heavy coffee smella quite small shop which was probably next door to the 2nd. Dear (if I may say so having lived in The Larches since 1937) Reg. Everett was the first black lad in our school in the mid 50s. And how kind he was to. 23 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London N13 4TN, UK. Once in, the shop was very narrow and long with coats of all sorts hanging along the walls. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the Hedge Lane premises,hope this is helpful. I met him later as a tenant in one of his many properties and worked for him for a short while in the 90s. Bruno would leave the bar at 9.30pm each night, snooker cue in hand and walk to the Cock Tavern for several beers & a few games of snooker. Sylvia. My understanding is that the building was originally built as a roller-skating rink, and then became a garage of sorts with just a few pumps virtually on the pavement. It is now a tyre suppliers and fitters. I also remember Miss Bellfountain (Spelling) she was head of the Junior before Miss Gibbs. Residing in Florida but will be returning to the UK some time early next year and looking forward to checking out the old haunts. I would dearly like to know what Bruno did/go next, does anyone know pleasealso did anyone know a window cleaner same era, bit of a wide boy,one of two brothers, called Vic Madden, not to be confused with an actor of a similar name. Mr Mardell was the Station Master, Dave Conway was a Porter and Ron Newman was the leading Porter. Ha ha yes and he had those bottle top glasses Dr Meldrum !!! I could go on and on reallybut one last one for now the Box o Chicken next to Martins the newsagentand I remember that bloke in Martins, youre right he did look like Reg Varney!! Yes..most definitely, I have a memory of a house flattened at the bottom of Park Avenue near to NRC. Those were the days. Thats where I bought my comics tooBeano, Whizzer & Chips and Sparkey. . Used to live in Palmers Green (1976-1983). Gerry, my email is [email protected] would like to know more as cant use [email protected] my mail is returned. You will also find memories from contributors below, and across other pages on the website, where a post has maybe triggered a memory or two, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/16/a2115316.shtml. I remember we got a TV from Stanwood Radio and remember the tiny shop on alderman shill that had wood showing decay in the window. Like me, she does remember the car dealer being there though. Once upon a time in Palmers Green, Southgate - a glimpse into the past, Fond memories of Winchmore Hill Alan Dumayne Enfield Matthew Eccleston Enfield at War 1939-1945 Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society Theatres, Music Halls and Cinemas in the London Borough of Enfield Geoffrey Gillam, Enfield Archaelogical Society I also remember Vic Madden the window cleaner. The manager in the 60s was Keith Small, very nice man who had a daughter Jacqueline. As to guy fawkes nightI was shot n the leg by a lout with an airrifle November, Beech Avenue 1948..no rush. Although we joke about the shop you could actually buy just about anything you required in the haberdashery line, ric-rac braid, elastic, cotton, american cloth by the yard etc. Across Hedge Lane, does anyone remember the wartime pill boxes which stood close to where the trolleybuses made their turn-round at journeys end. In Green Lanes itself there were 2 jewellers too. By the way I went to Winchmore Secondary Modern in the days when Mr. Shepherd was headmaster I liked him a lot the naughty kids called him the beak but he was a nice man. Also the first Wimpy Bar at the triangle in the mid 60s? Seifert refused to save my an my Dads life in the 40Sannyway no ard feelins e saved my life later..,as for Tottenhall Roadmore our memories istories. I then went to What a lovely road it was then. I now live in Bedfordshire. What about the lovely pantos at the Intimate theatre. In the window there was a (seemingly) huge coffee grinding machine. Arnos and remember Mr collier miss wastel and headmaster Mr Rossi also school nurse nitty Nora! The Fox has a number of accolades. I remember going there with my Mother and having lovely ice cream in a silver sundae dish. Baptist When I was in the juniors my friend and I used to like nothing more than to lay down on the railway bridge near the Church at the top of Hedge Lane and let the smoke of the trains roll over us. Our Joe Hart lived in edge Lane opposite Doc. It was a super meeting place for a great crowd, all feeling very sophisticated drinking coffee from glass cups. He also made excellent onion omelettes. Palmers Greenery Community Caf open 10.30am - 12.00am Coronation street party at Bounds Green Bowls and Tennis Club 10.30am - 12.00pm Councillors' surgery: Palmers Green, New Southgate, Bowes and Highfield wards 2.30pm - 4.30pm People with Voices poetry and ideas workshop 8.00pm - 12.30am Live music: Jiminy Rockit Band Wishin you Happy New Year! Collecting shrapnel since 1939 in Leytonstone gutters and still collecting turning over neolithic shards in Cornish fieldsmy motto: Its Fun Finding Out (Chapman Pincher and Bernard Wicksteed, 1947) shaped my career. Firs Farm - Palmers Green Jewel in the North Janes & Adams, Wendy. !.thank you for jogging my memory. The Sales Department was at 44-46 Aldermans Hill and Service was at 234 Green Lanes. Dad was in the ARP with your uncle, I have been trying to find some photos of the ARP at Palmers Green but as yet not successful. Yep, remember Doms very well too in the 50s. I lived in Wolves Lane. Loved it there in palmer s green even earlier where l myself grew up too. Who remembers Tom the singing flower seller at the top of the access between the buildings? julia, I remember Victor Value, we used the shop sometimes. Lovely caf. Happy searching, Sylvia Gambin. Janes & Adams was my favourite shop in Palmers Green. Thanks I remember the flower man James! Annyway I was bursting with fitness with all this pedalling on the Rudge when my time came to do National Service (Rifle Brigade. Lots of great memories. I lived in Burford Gardens from 1954 until 1978,went to Hazelwood school where I had a huge crush on a girl called Hilary Taylor. Nothing wrong in that!..seems the 50s 60s & 70s had a lot going for them, I look at kids today and think theyve missed the best bits! Visit Palmers Green Places things-to-do & travel guide Remember the old peoples home burning down in 1966.Buses were diverted down Windsor Road. One in Tottenhall Rd, Drakes at The Cambridge roundabout & at the Triangle, another at Empire Parade and Dewhurst in Green Lanes opp Tottenhall Rd. Southgate County School organised its annual swimming gala there whilst I was at the school from 1948-53, under the leadership of Mr. Reg Pratt, the handicrafts master. Hi Mitchell thank you for fillinin some potoles,, The garage was Saul and Slatter Ltd. Ray in Cornywall. He was very tall, very Scottish and prescribed bottles of Minadex (green and foul tasting) for almost all childhood ailments! I also remember going to the Intimate Theatre with my mother every Tuesday evening. For the streets to have virtually no cars? Magic for post-war Palmers Green teenagers. Hi Gerry More please! My main memory of the Queens Cinema was the film The King and I which I watched there with one of my friends Malcom Oldhill. (Miss Watts?) She showed us the brick steps built under the ground floor windows. Palmers Green past - Facebook

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