In the same week that Southgate District CivicTrust placed a blue plaque on the former home in Winchmore Hill of wildlife photographer and author Oliver Pike, their members celebrated winning the Local History Publications Award for Best Journal 2014 for the latest edition of their local history bulletin, Oakleaves. The prize was given on Saturday 22 November at the annual Local History Conference held at the Museum of London by LAMAS (London and Middlesex Archaeological Society).
Edited by Peter Hodge, Oakleaves 5 has articles about the early days of the Trust, suffragette activity in the local area, letters from Flora Robson to friends in Palmers Green, a Victorian dispute over religious ritual at St Paul’s Church Winchmore Hill, Risley Musical Theatre Company, Shakespeare productions at the Intimate Theatre, the Pike family and a miscellany, People and Places. Also included is The Early History and Mystery of Oakfield Road, Southgate by the late Geoff Jacobs, which in its previous essay form won the Mary Larrett Award from Edmonton Hundred Historical Society.
For information about obtaining Oakleaves and other SDCT publications, see the SDCT website.
