A much missed Bowes Park venue reopens...
The announcement of events scheduled for 23rd, 24th and 25th July at 101 Myddleton Road signals the reopening of a popular local cafe/bar after it was purchased by the community. The former Step, now rechristened Hillbilly Social at 101, will play host on Tuesday to Bowes Park Folk Club, on Wednesday to Homebrew Poetry and on Thursday to an open mic session hosted by musical duo That Blue Patch.
The reopening is the culmination of a campaign launched to prevent the ground and upper floors of the building being converted into a House in Multiple Occupation, in other words being divided up into small flats and bedsits. The campaigners first persuaded Haringey Council to designate the former bar as an Asset of Community Value, which then gave them an option for the local community to buy it. Which is what eventually happened.
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...While in PG another pub closes (hopefully temporarily)
Palmers Green's most far-flung and rustic-looking pub - the Woodman - has closed after the pub operator Marstons sold it.
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Arnos Park river restoration project
Enfield Council is inviting residents to an engagement event regarding a potential river restoration project in Arnos Park on Saturday 20 July, 10am to 1pm, at the Arnos Road entrance.
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'A touching, sometimes heartbreaking evening in the theatre, with some surprisingly funny moments...'
Rabbit Hole, a Pulitzer Prize winning drama by David Lindsay Abaire, charts a couple's bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light of day. All this week at Incognito Theatre in Friern Barnet.
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Not the Livestock Festival...
The organisers of the big annual music event at Forty Hall Farm had to cancel this year or risk its entire future, but instead they're putting on an alternative that is Not the Livestock Festival. It's restricted to 500 attendees and tickets are going fast!
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Consultation on updated Licensing Policy Statement
Last week I posted a link to a consultation that was due to expire the day after the newsletter - if the council had tried to flag it up previously, then I'd missed it. So alerting the public to the consultation was issue No 1.
Issue No 2 was the fact that we were just presented with the full text of a long document without any attempt at a layperson's explanation.
Issue No 3 was that a key annex was missing.
Since last week the key annex has been published - but without maps of the parts of Palmers Green and Bowes that the "cumulative impact policy" will apply to.
Another change is that the deadline for responses is now 11th August.
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Also this week...
Community music festival issues a cry for help - forum discussion
Reported elsewhere...
Hospices facing financial ruin, warn charity bosses
Avoidable deaths have increased in the UK: the damning data political parties aren’t discussing
Extreme heat waves broiling the US in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world
Tom Hardy warns of the many tipping points due to global heating which could spell disaster for human life on earth
Earth is getting hotter – so why is this summer so dismal?
Assembly responds to London Climate Resilience Review report
Eye doctors say private cataract operations have hurt the NHS
Chaos on Harringay's high street as Turkish Far right target Kurdish Community Centre
Summer Cycling Fun is back!
Petition: Make Walking Easy Again: Adopt the International Zebra Crossing Design on 20mph Streets
Londoners should be charged for paving gardens, says climate resilience report
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