Storm Katie arrived in London on Sunday night/Monday morning and did a fair amount of damage. On the Friends of Broomfield Park Facebook page Tomas Adomaitis has posted photographs of the effect on the recently planted lime trees in Broomfield Park. Obviously, it doesn't compare to a pub having its roof ripped off (elsewhere in London), but it's a pity. Hopefully, the Council will be able to fix the ten or so trees that were.......
Few things could be more indicative of the revival of a recently run-down and moribund suburban high street than the opening of a smart new shop selling pianos costing up to £35,000 and providing a Music Academy to help plug the gaps in musical tuition in the present-day English school system. So when Paul Handley moved his piano shop from Alexandra Park Road to Bowes Park's Myddleton Road last year, he chose the most appropriate name: Renaissance.
Renaissance Men: Paul and.......
The Pinkham Way Alliance (PWA) has published the text of its detailed submission to Haringey Council in response to the public consultation on Haringey Local Plan documents. Its representations are aimed at preventing development of open land which was once the site of the Friern Barnet Sewage Works site at Pinkham Way, adjacent to the North Circular Road and Muswell Hill Golf Course.
In its draft planning documents Haringey is designating the land both as a Site of Importance for Nature.......
Redevelopment plans at Chase Farm Hospital receive final approval
The following report was posted on the Healthwatch Enfield website on 24 March 2016.
The redevelopment of Chase Farm Hospital has received the final go-ahead. The finalised plans were approved by Enfield Council in January, and have now been approved by the government, which is the final stage of the approval process.
Government approval of the full business case means public funds can now be released; in total the government.......
Well, not exactly "here", but only just down the road, in Bounds Green, and part of the 2016 Here Suburban Film Festival, brought to you by Talkies Community Cinema.
Why "Men in Shorts"? Because there will be six short films about men. all introduced by their writers or directors or one of the actors (also men).
MEN IN SHORTS
a wealth of local talent on screen
FRIDAY 8 APRIL 7.30BOUNDS GREEN BOWLS & TENNIS CLUBoff Goring Road N11 2DD Show Map
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The body that represents public transport users in London is to ask the operator of Great Northern and Thameslink rail services to reconsider its proposed changes to ticket offices, including those at Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill.
The Board of London Travelwatch met on 22nd March to consider Govia Thameslink Railway's proposals, along with a report prepared by the London TravelWatch Secretariat and some 8,000 responses to the consultation from various organisations and individuals, plus.......
As of Tuesday 29th March there will be a new regular bus service connecting Cockfosters Station with Luton, via Potters Bar, Hatfield, Wheathampstead and Dunstable.
The new connections come about as the result of changes to an existing bus route, the 610, run by UNO, a company set up primarily to serve the University of Hertfordshire, but whose services are available to everyone.
As previously, a few peak hour buses will operate to and from Enfield Town, but they will now be routed via.......
Easter Sunday is the last Sunday in March and therefore the last chance to see this month's Spirals of Life sculptures in Broomfield Conservatory before they give way to the April exhibits.
The March exhibits are sculptures of lilies and ferns created by Cathy Taylor and June Dawes.
Cathy writes:
"Ferns first caught my eye in the beautiful La Mortella Gardens in Ischia, Italy, where the fronds of giant tree ferns interlaced against the sky. Tree ferns are a very old form of life, familiar.......
The fourth annual photographic competition held by the Friends of Broomfield Park has been announced. Visitors to the Park are invited to take photographs while there and submit them in one of two categories: Adults and Under 16s.
The competition runs until 4th August, after which a shortlist of entries will be exhibited in Broomfield Conservatory. Visitors to the Conservatory will be able to cast votes for their favourite photographs.
Last year's competition was won by.......
On 8th April the Dugdale Centre will be hosting a cycling conference. On the same date there will be a Cycling Fair held at Fountain Island in Enfield Town between Noon and 5pm.
Enfield Cycling Fair 8 April 2016 12pm - 5pm
London Cycling Campaign and Enfield Council will be holding a cycling fair on Friday 8th April, 12-5pm, on Fountain Island, Enfield Town.
Try-a-bike area with Dutch bikes, e-bikes, bromptons and more.
Have your bike looked over by a trained mechanic
Talk to Enfield.......
Work has started to create a new park on an area of open land just south of the North Circular Road - and local people have been invited to suggest a name.
The new park - currently known as Russell Road Green Space - is partly situated on top of the underground section of the New River which passes beneath the Bowes Road section of the North Circular - slightly to the east of the railway bridge. The land belongs to Thames Water, who are leasing it to Enfield Council. The cost of.......
The project to transform an unexciting area of playing fields into a haven for wildlife and attractive open space while simultaneously helping to mitigate flooding reached another milestone on 9th March, when the Firs Farm Wetlands and Cycle Path were formally opened.
See here at the ribbon cutting ceremony are (from left to right) Cllr Bambos Charalambous (Associate Cabinet Member Enfield Southgate), Ian Russell (Senior Engineer from Enfield Council), Cllr Daniel Anderson (Enfield.......