With phone thefts frequently in the news and London numbers measured in the tens of thousands pa, you may well be careful and feel prepared should the worst happen to yours. I did, until recently. My son is 25, smart[…]
Read more...A couple of incidents this week gives the opportunity to pass on police advice to a wider audience. “Nottingham Knockers”, door-to-door cold callers typically selling cleaning goods, are encountered a few times per year in my street. The first contact[…]
Read more...Meanwhile in Harry Potter World, Florida if the Palmers Green train from King’s Cross to Watton at Stone is cancelled there’s another to Cuffley in 3 minutes!
Read more...My earlier message had an incorrect link to information about the Alexandra Palace Station step-free plans. Now corrected in the earlier message. The correct link is https://alexandraparkneighbours.org.uk/forum/update-on-alexandra-palace-station-refurbishment . Thanks for Bill for pointing this out.
Read more...I asked Dave Cockle from the Enfield Society, who's something of an expert on public transport in the borough, if he had any news. He didn't, though he thinks that the station will be made step-free eventually. He did think[…]
Read more...It is extraordinary how far they got with the planning before realising it wasn't possible. It is the same situation with Winchmore Hill Station and several more stations further up the line but they haven't wasted any resources on proposals[…]
Read more...Thanks for this response – albeit, disappointing news. Based on my experience of asking receiving information from Network Rail (or, e.g., local councils), I think your reading is probably right. They are unlikely to say, simply, we've ditched it.
Read more...Look at the history of this. It's not going to happen.
Read more...I chased up Network rail earlier this month out of curiosity given the project seems to be the most complex engineering project in history given progress. The update wasn't good news: 'I am sorry I am unable to provide you[…]
Read more...Agree, minimum 3 per hour off-peak, ideally back to pre-Covid's 4, and a dream result of the once-claimed objective of 6. Separately, I remain baffled by TfL's refusal to include our train line, and several equivalents, on their transport in[…]
Read more...I have been using the line regularly since I moved to the area in 2014 and it is a very useful route. Initially, I was commuting to work most days but since the pandemic have worked from home and use[…]
Read more...Thanks, Basil, for this comprehensive and, dare I say, slightly optimistic overview/answer.
Read more...Straightforward questions, but no straightforward answers. I'll do my best to introduce Julius and other recent arrivals about the recent troubled history of our trains services, but I'm sure others will have things to add. First, my brief answers to[…]
Read more...I think it is interesting that this post doesn't say why we got to this situation of needing the survey in the first place. It is a bit of an 'elephant in the room' and understand fully why this has[…]
Read more...What happened to this proposal?
Read more...Thanks for sharing the following story in PG Community Newsletter: . I'm new to Palmers Green and likely to use the train from its station regularly. To me, it seems like good news that trains stopping at our station will be[…]
Read more...[Original article] Article not displaying properly? Click here The Southgate Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team, together with the council's Journeys and Places Team and the Met Police, are running an event on 14th March to find out women's feelings about their[…]
Read more...Nice report on the Enfield Dispatch website from this afternoon's dedication of Barney's Bridge: Beloved cat immortalised as ‘Barney’s Bridge’ unveiled in Enfield Town Believe it or not, the previous story posted to the Dispatch website was about a dog![…]
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A Tale of Two Towns
Much has been made of the death of the high street, but some places are staging a comeback.
The government has announced this Spring a £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund to help less well-off areas. Six hundred million pounds of that will be shared out to towns which can come up with credible plans to help their high street adapt to the rapidly changing retail environment.
So what does it take to turn a town around? In this programme, Ruth Alexander visits two towns in Cheshire - Northwich and Altrincham - which have tried two quite different approaches to see what works, and what doesn’t.
Presenter: Ruth Alexander
Producer: Elisabeth Mahy
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