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A beautiful day in Palmers Green …

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Palmers Greeners gather round the bandstand for an afternoon of music
The sun was out, the sky was blue … thousands of people flocked to the Palmers Green Festival for a day that was so good it took us half the week to recover.

Palmers Green Jewel in the North were there with a joint stall with local history compadre Joe Studman’s Jaywalks, as well as a display of fascinating old views of the area and publications from Southgate District Civic Trust.

Thank you to everyone who came to say

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David Cooper of SDCT deep in conversation with Joe Studman of Jaywalks

hello – it was great to meet so many wonderful people – and thank you in particular to the Palmers Green Festival team for all the hard work which went into such a brilliant event (I am sure we don’t know the half of it!).

If you signed up for information about Jaywalks, the oral history project Rock n Roll Enfield, or to receive our articles about Palmers Green, we will be back in touch very soon.

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Mrs Saunders is so nice to come home to

In 1945 a Mrs Kathleen Saunders of Palmers Green won a wartime Sunday Pictorial competition,  having been nominated by her husband. In answer to the question, ‘who is the perfect woman to come home to’, Sgt Saunders, away on active service, wrote in his winning letter, “Exactly why she is the one world in the girl for me I cannot explain ….I feel proud that behind our [wartime] efforts are wives like mine who have made our lives so happy.”

Did you know the Saunders family? View the Pathe News video here Mrs Saunders  

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Palmers Green festival week begins this Sunday

The Palmers Green festival kicks off on Sunday with the first in a string of events leading up to our Festival Day in Broomfield Park on Sunday 1 September.

Opening the festivities Sunday lunchtime are the Chicago and Memphis Electric Blues Band, playing from 1-5 at the bandstand in Broomfield Park. At 5.30 there is another opportunity to join Joe Studman on a fascinating walk through the history of Palmers Green. Booking is through Jaywalks.co.uk.

red minies talkiesOn Monday there is a BBQ and live music at the Inn on the Green, and more live music at the Bookafe (Bookafe also have live music on Tuesday). Talkies at the Fox hosts Red Minies on Tuesday evening, featuring short films  from students at Middlesex University.

On Wednesday, Baskervilles hosts a summer tea concert with live cellist at 12 and 2, and the Ruth Winston Centre has a pop up cafe and live music from 11.30 to 2.30.

bishopsgreenlanessmallPalmers Green residents are encouraged to share their memories of the area over the last 50 years with Talkies and friends (including Palmers Green Jewel in the North, Jaywalks and the Southgate Photographic Society) on Thursday at the Ruth Winston Centre, and Thursday evening sees wine and cheese tasting also at Ruth Winston.

On Friday you can try line dancing at Ruth Winston from 11-1.30, or hear some classics at The Vintage, St Harmonica’s Blues Club on Friday evening. Skinners Court hosts a garden party on Saturday, and there will be flashmob song and dance courtesy of Centre Stage Performing Arts at Morrisons at 1. Festival Eve sees Talkies hosting singalonga (and optional dressy-uppy) Wizard of Oz at Burford United Reformed Church.

And of course, Sunday is festival day itself, with music, food, games and over 80 stalls descending on Broomfield Park for an afternoon of neighbourly fun.

For full details of the festival programme, visit http://www.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk/palmersgreenfestival.org.uk/home.html. The festival team still need people to help manage and steward the day, so if you have a few hours and can help, please get in touch via the website.

See you there!

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Winchmore Hill’s arty party

Summer_Exhibition_winchmore_hill_green_N21_Final_webThe Winchmore Hill Festival is back next Saturday with a Summer Exhibition on the Green and at the Kings Head.

The exhibition will include work by some of the area’s most interesting artists, photographers, sculptors, ceramicists and jewellers, some of it for sale.

There is also a chance to wet your whistle at the N21.net Get Together Bar.

The event runs from 10 to 6. Bag yourself a beautiful bargain …

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How Enfield got its name

There is a fascinating post by Matt Brown on the Londonist website today about how the London Boroughs got their names, including Enfield…You might also be interested in the Londonist’s amusing redrawing of the boroughs in an article written by  Jonn Elledge last year – click on the map to go straight there…

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New film celebrates Broomfield Park

A new film has been launched this week to promote Broomfield Park.  Created,  directed and produced by Christine Lalla, who grew up in Palmers Green, the intention is to support the efforts of local groups to restore the house, water garden and stable yard, by showing Broomfield’s unique history and heritage.

The film features historic clips and local people speaking about their memories and connections with the house and park including Kate Godfrey, Ralph Hutchings, and Janet Iorns, grandaughter of Broomfield’s first head gardener, William Ellis.

Music is by Graham Hine

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For more information about work to conserve and restore the house and park, visit http://www.friendsofbroomfieldpark.org/  and http://www.broomfieldhouse.org/