People were lying everywhere because a bus had been crushed, and there had been a dance going on in the hall above Pitmans College which had been bombed. Would love to hear your memories of the 50s & 60s. Since 1970 Ive lived in the Netherlands and from 1980 am the fortunate owner of a mint condition, unrestored 1963 Jaguar Mk 2, 3.4 litre. Wendy (was Wendy Small ), Hello Wendy, I do recall the ladies shop you mean. Good lunch time food & very good value. My memory goes back to 1956, I would have been 8 years old and my Dad used to take myself & my younger brother to Doms most Saturdays during the summer holidays for a midday lunch treat, He would put us on one of the 5 bar stools which were positioned at the rear of the cafe on the right hand side, we would pick up the menu because it looked grown up! Before marrying my first wife I too lived in Muswell Hill then Palmerston Road before buying a flat in Woodberry Avenue. David. I believe some time in the 80s Doms was sold but the new owner had the good foresite to retain the classic Doms signage, but not the good foresite to retain the ice cream servery!. Sylvia , there was a WW2 bombsite at the corner of Sidney Ave/Green Lanes near Bowes Rd it was used in the 50/60/70s as a car yard called Kieth Cars, no longer live in PG so not sure what stands there today. I lived in Wolves Lane. Im sure he was in my class at Winchmore? Then came the day of the first postwar consignment of new Dinky ToysI was late in the queue, all vehicles sold but I did secure a Gun Emplacement Canon. Bombs dropped in Palmers Green - Bomb Sight Since the fake University of Palmers Green didn't come into existence until 1998, the good doctor is not only using two fake degrees, he is lying about when he got them! We dashed under our iron table which was a kind of indoor shelter. Do you mean `Tom the flower man at the Triangle next door to Woolworths? Life is very different now and this great website has brought back lots of lovely memories for me. The headmistress, Miss Hughes must have been about 110, My class teacher was a woman aptly named Mrs Dark a horrible and spiteful woman. Also went to Hazelwood Lane school then to Winchmore school previously. Koubes here are also a match for Aroma with a slightly deeper, sweeter taste from sticky caramelised onions. By the way do you have a brother Brian, married to Rosemarie? The shop later became Tesco. When were all the doctors, dentists, solicitors along Green Lanes private residences? Had good times in Broomfield park and fishing in Grovelands park lake. We had to make our own fun in those days, there were no iPads, computers,,,,,,,,,,, etc. Its population was very small, and there were no more than a few isolated houses in the mid-17th century. Palmers Green 60s To The 70s - a nostalgic memory of Palmers Green Call +44 (0)1722 716376 Archive Shopping Gift Ideas Themes ePostcards Memories Blog Business Home Palmers Green Memories Palmers Green 60s To The 70s Palmers Green 60s To The 70s A Memory of Palmers Green. Julia. By the way my dentist was also Dr. Finkel! I think it was called Harvey Sports (a friend of mine had a Saturday job there) & next door was a fabric shop called Metres which sold everything from net curtains to dress fabrics and upholstery materials, The couple who ran it were very kind & patient working our how much material you needed for your windows etc. dont make us laugh its football or economics ere. I worked in Tesco in Palmers Green when I was 16 years old in roughly 1990. I used to sing in the small choir there on stage just before the pictures started, members of the choir got in for nothing via the back door instead of having to pay sixpence like all the others. Remember the excellent Doms Cafe at Bowes Rd; Sainsburys and its snaking queues for freshly cut cheese and butter. roses) at certain times of the year and was very beautiful. Haveyou and your family lived or worked inthe Palmers Green area for donkeys years? Then for a short while it was a Menswear shop that sold high end suits, shoes etc. Yore Dad probably employed my Dad (as a freelance) their musical doins seems to ave run parallels. Footnote: Dad an is fellow freelances performed under aliasis to avoid problems with HMCRC.why else am I cultivatin a full Santa Claus beard5 months to go! As a schoolboy I attended Southgate County Grammar School in Fox Lane from 1948-53, and remember admiring new Jaguar cars in the Saul and Slatter showroom in Aldermans Hill. Obviously at that time, there werent many shops selling fresh coffee let alone grinding it on the premises. thanks to Mr Sheppard, our brilliant Headmaster who never gave up on us and of course Mrs Phair who was the most fantastic teacher ever created-.such a `one off, Dear David and Pennie, must interjectno rushannyway, avin a larf in cornywall now and rememberin Palmers Green an Winchmore ill. To be one of the first Irish or Greek families to settle in the area? Just a qwik qweery (my daughter is out this evenin an Im baby sittinso privit time on the computer, eh?)
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