If you are one of the growing band of people who like good food and like it to be local, you might want to check out the new Facebook page, Foodies Enfield.
The page has been set up to help local people find out about and share tips on the best independent food businesses in Enfield, as well as helping foster the development of a ‘good food’ culture in the area.
Visit the site at https://www.facebook.com/FoodiesEnfield
The weather is set to ‘sun’, and all the planning is done. This Sunday’s Palmers Green Festival is set to be huge. Held in Broomfield Park, it runs from 12-7, and music from the festival is is being streamed live on Tropical FM. Why not plan your visit with the help of this brilliant map from Pauline Hazelwood (www.paulinehazelwood.co.uk) and the festival website http://www.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk/Festival/welcome.html
Enfield MP David Burrowes has raised the issue of The Woodman and tenanted pubs in general with Ministers following local dismay at the pub’s closure.
The Woodman closed its doors just a few days after the Olympic torch passed by at the end of July. Since then it has been open for the odd evening to run down stock, while negotiations continue with the brewery, Marstons.
The Woodman is the oldest pub continuously occupying the same building in Palmers Green, and began life in 1727 as a pair of cottages. It has been a pub since 1868. There is more on the history of our pubs, old, new, and now lost, at http://www.palmersgreenn13.com/places-2/inns-and-pubs/
A clue to Palmers Green’s wartime past, still visible on the London bound platform at Palmers Green station……..
There were over 1.4 million ARP officers in the UK during the Second World War. Their functions were many and various including patrolling the streets during blackout, helping those whose houses had been bombed, issuing gas marks and Anderson shelters. Some became ARP Ambulance Attendants, providing first aid, and the sad task of helping recover bodies.
Alastair Parmar of Southgate District Civic Trust is asking local residents to come forward with memories of the shelter and the events that happened there. Likewise, we would be interested to hear your memories, particularly if you, a friend or relative remember the bombing of Palmers Green station in October 1944. You can email the trust directly here mailto:info@southgatedistrictcivictrust.co.uk or share your stories below.
London Open House runs again on the weekend of 22 and 23rd September, and is a brilliant opportunity to see London’s best kept secrets and nose around some of its most famous buildings.
Enfield will have 13 properties opening over the weekend
If you would like to stay local but venture a little further, there is the wonderful Studio A and theatre at Alexandra Palace and the Muswell Hill Odeon – both worth a look.
Some events require pre booking and not all venues are open both days, so check before setting out. Venues can be busy and the London Open House website has also been experiencing a few glitches, so don’t delay planning your day.
Are there any buildings in Palmers Green you would like to see opened for Open House day?
The Palmers Green Festival is just a week away and the festival website is now live for you to plan your day.
Running from 12-7 on Sunday 2 September in Broomfield Park, the festival aims to offer something for everyone – food, music, dancing, crafts……. and our very own community games.
The aim of the Community Games is to bring the inspiration of London 2012 to Palmers Green –activities will include a chance to climb the world’s tallest climbing wall, 7 hours of nonstop dancing and dance lessons, children’s 5 a side football, girls rugby, tennis lessons and bowls. Many of the local sports groups will be welcoming new members – there is more information on how to get involved on the website.
If you don’t fancy getting hot and sweaty, there will be music from 20 performers during the day, including rock, folk, indie, Americana, rap and hard groove. Live performances will also be streamed on Tropical FM at http://www.tropicalfm.com/ (so being on holiday is no excuse!).
Funds raised by the festival will go to the on-going work of the Friends of Broomfield House and the new Improvement Opportunity Fund, which aims to help local people develop projects which will benefit the community (see last week’s post).
The organising committee have put a huge amount of work into the event. All they need now is for you to go along and make it all worthwhile!
Visit the Palmers Green Festival Website at http://www.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk.
