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To enable construction of the new buildings at Chase Farm Hospital, some services have been or are about to be temporarily relocated.   They include the Urgent Care Centre, which will relocate on 4th August. The table below sets out what services are due to move, where they will move, and when: ServiceNew locationDate of move Older person's assessment unit Highlands wing 20 July 2015 Sleep and lung function clinic Highlands wing 22 July 2015 Rheumatology.......

This video is a couple of years old, but is worth revisiting in the context of letters that have recently appeared in the Enfield newspapers about the pros and cons of cycling rather than driving........

The project to indentify and record local "built heritage" that we have reported on previously (on 6th June and 13th June) is now well under way, but there is still time for new volunteer surveyors to come forward and for anyone to suggest buildings or other objects that they think might be suitable for "local listing". The project involves many local societies and other groups, but the three main bodies involved are Enfield Council, the Enfield Society and Urban Vision.  Urban Vision are.......

The exhibtion at the Fox last weekend marked the start of the 12-week consultation period during which members of the public are invited to give their views on the plans for cycle lanes between Enfield Town and Palmers Green. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it should be to find the relevant information on the Enfield Council website, so here's a short guide with direct links. The start page for consultation is cycleenfield.co.uk/consultation/a105-scheme-consultation, where you can watch the.......

As anyone who went last year or the year before will know, Palmers Green Festival is a brilliant way of bringing people together and having fun.  It's entirely volunteer run and a big festival needs a lot of volunteers to make it run smoothly and safely. The Festival organisers are still looking for more volunteers for various roles.  If you fancy helping out, visit the Festival 2015 Volunteers Zone to find out how to get involved........

The Pinkham Way Alliance has issued the following message about what happened at last week's meeting of Haringey Council. As Stephen Brice says, the new draft of the North London Waste Plan (PDF, 9MB) does include Pinkham Way in its list of proposed future waste sites - though it refers to the site as the "Friern Barnet Sewage Works" - something which has not existed for a very long time! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!.......

Tottenham Art Classes have provided details of taster workshops to learn printmaking and illustration. For anyone who has ever wanted to try printmaking or illustration, now's your chance! We're holding taster workshops in Printmaking and Illustration in August. Open to anyone aged 14 years and over and adults. PRINTMAKING TASTER WORKSHOPS Choose from two dates: Tuesday 11th August from 1pm - 5.30pm Saturday 12th August from 11am - 3.30pm Course info: An introductory workshop to mono.......

Enfield Carers' Centre - a volunteer-staffed organisation that looks after volunteer carers - is looking to recruit additional trustees to its Executive Board, who must have skills in the following specific areas: organisational managment marketing fundraising. For details of the specific vacancies and the role of trustees, please download these two documents: ECC Trustee Vacancies July 2015 ECC Trustee Information Pack.  .......

The first of this year's Proms in the Park was hot and sunny, the second - held last Sunday - was overcast with occasional drizzle.  But the weather didn't deter over a hundred people gathering to listen and dance to musicians from Bowes Park Folk Club and local singer/songwriter Luke Carey - as you can see from the cutting below, taken from the Enfield Gazette.  Click on the picture for a bigger version As the Gazette also points out, this weekend will see a change of style: .......

These are the new shopfronts in original style that were recently installed in Myddleton Road, Bowes Park, replacing the unattractive frontages that had been fitted to these shops. The restoration work cost more than £200,000, the funds coming from Haringey Council, Historic England and the shopkeepers.  As well as the work on the shopfronts, new sash windows have been fitted to upper storeys. An official opening ceremony was held on 7th July, organised by We Love Myddleton.......

The Centre Stage Summer Course returns to keep your performing dreams alive during those Summer Holidays! This years theme... DISNEY! Places book up fast, so don't delay and get yourself booked in for a week of Singing, Dancing and Acting, resulting in an 'End of Week Performance' on the Friday! Call 0208 886 4264 or email info@centrestageuk.com  to reserve a place now! www.centrestageuk.com.......

The video below, released in connection with an exhibition at Bruce Castle Museum, is a beautifully filmed and soberly narrated tour of the architectural and artistic delights to be found within churches in Tottenham, Hornsey, Stamford Hill, Noel Park and Harringay.  The buildings date from the middle ages right through to the 1990s - but the modern buildings contain some astounding items salvaged from demolished buildings. Well worth spending half an hour watching (I could have done.......