Talkies Community Cinema has never been known to rest on its laurels. This month the locally based "pop-up" cinema will be launching its third HERE film festival with a special event featuring for the first time a live orchestra. The film in question is of great historical importance and was itself a groundbreaking achievement when it was first shown just over a hundred years ago.
Talkies' screening of The Battle of the Somme on 22nd March at Heartlands High School will form part.......
Yvonne Quigley is inviting everyone to a special tea party at the Ruth Winston Centre from 2pm to 4pm on Friday 31st March.
We are holding a fundraising tea party for Dementia UK to support their work with Admiral Nurses who are funded by them. They carry out vital work with those who have dementia and those caring for them so we want to do our part to keep their work on going. As more and more of our loved ones are being struck down with dementia we need to spread the word,.......
The following article by Richard McKeever is cross posted from Bowes & Bounds Connected
We have had previous contributions on the forum about the project to declare London a National Park City. This is a grassroots movement which has captured the imagination of the capital. Over 85% of polled Londoners and Mayor Sadiq Khan support the aims to connect more of us with nature, make the majority of London green and to celebrate living within a special habitat.
London is Europe’s.......
The latest addition to the Community Directory is a website that offers a "one-stop shop for anything a local parent needs".
Sophia’s Diary is a one-stop website for anything a local parent needs. We promote children’s group and classes, family events, family friendly places to go, and local business. Many businesses offer exclusive discounts to users too.
We also have a community page to keep you up-to date with matters that are relevant for families.
Please visit.......
Ringway Jacobs have sent the following letter to Palmers Green residents and business owners.
Dear Resident / Business Owner,
This letter is to inform you of work in your area as part of the Cycle Enfield project and the associated complimentary measures.Work to increase the number of parking bays within the Lodge Drive car park is due to take place from Monday the 6th of March until the end of April 2017. Work will take place primarily between 7am and 6pm Monday to Friday.Once the work.......
A105 Scheme
Green Dragon Lane to York Road – Most substantive work on this section is complete. A zebra crossing will be commissioned next week. Borden Avenue to Walnut Grove – We have removed and replaced a bus shelter and completed the drainage. Some additional surfacing and lining work will take place during daytime hours.
Work is expected to be complete by the end of March.
Sainsbury’s Junction – We will be working on the traffic signals at the junction.
Work.......
Enfield Council has relaunched its Quieter Neighbourhoods (QNs) project, an important element of its Mini Holland bid which has been on hold since early 2015. Leaflets will soon be posted through doors of people living in the first areas to be surveyed and it is already possible to fill in an online Residents' Perception Survey.
The thinking behind the QNs schemes is summed up on the Cycle Enfield website:
We're working with residents to make their streets quieter and safer. By.......
It may have escaped your attention, but we are already nearly a third of the way through a "public consultation" about rationing NHS knee, hernia and other operations and medical procedures for Enfield residents.
The consultation period - outrageously short for such an important question - began on 1st March at a poorly advertised public meeting and finishes on 31st March. Between now and then there will be only two more public meetings, both during the working day, one on the 22nd and.......
Enfield Council has published the following information about parking along the A105 for disabled people.
Disabled parking on the A105 scheme
We are aware concerns were raised over the cycle lane reducing the availability of parking spaces and preventing people with disabilities transported by private vehicles gaining access in certain areas. We also understand the concerns that the cycle lane could restrict the dial-a-ride from operating at locations such as the Ruth Winston Centre.
We.......
Healthy Streets for London, published last month by Transport for London, is an important document which outlines in broad terms the strategy that will be adopted by the Mayor of London and his Walking and Cycling Commissioner in order to increase "active travel" by people living and working in London.
The health benefits of daily activity are shown in the diagram. Conversely, the disbenefits stemming from current inadequate amounts of activity among the general population are.......
Palmers Green's longest running Play Street was in the news again this week, though for the wrong reason. An ugly incident when a non-resident drove "at some speed" past barriers in Devonshire Road designed to protect children from cars was picked up in this week's Enfield Gazette. The aggressive driver even returned later and the police were called.
However, the organisers of the play street say that this is only the second time that anything similar has happened in the three years.......
Two more "primary care access hubs" are now operating in Enfield, including one on Green Lanes in the Palmers Green/Winchmore Hill borders. Appointments, including at weekends and on public holidays, will be available to all patients registered with a GP in the borough.
The announcement below appeared on the Enfield CCG website.
Evening and weekend GP appointments for Enfield patients
27 February 2017
Enfield CCG is pleased to announce that a further two primary care access hubs.......