Palmers green & southgate life august 2014

&Palmers GreenSouthgate LIFE

August 2014 EditionIssue 18

The Intimate Theatre, the little theatre with the big reputation, 1966

Past Times• The Intimate Theatre

Anthony Webb• Supporting Community events

Jewel in the North• A personal story of remembrance

commemorating WW1

welcomeWhilst August is traditionally a quite time of year in the property market we havebeen busy working on renovating our 2nd office on Aldermans Hill. Please visit ourwebsite to take a look at the original features we are restoring including the floorand wood paneling before our grand opening in September.

For me personally August is an extremelybusy month as I am undertaking three oflife's most stressful events, getting marriedto my wonderful fiancé Alex, moving houseand opening the new office, let's hope 3 isthe magic number!

As London's property market is nowappearing to slow down, we are beginningto see a hint of a natural correction inhouse prices in our area. Mortgages arebecome a little more regulated, howeverthey are still available and can still beobtained on a fixed rate before anyimpending rise in the bank rate expectedlater in the year. If you are thinking aboutselling your home now would appear to bea good time to take advantage of ourintroductory offer of 0.5% in the

Southgate area. Please give us a call for aninformal chat and advice about how bestto market your property.

On the 4th August, exactly 100 years sinceWorld War 1 was declared a newcommemorative information board will beunveiled at Broomfield Park’s Remem -brance Garden. Read Suzanne Beard’spoignant story on page 15 as we rememberall those that lost their lives and fought forour country during the war.

In Past Times Geoff Bowden, the author ofthe book Intimate Memories: The Historyof the Intimate Theatre tells the interestingstory of ‘The little theatre with the bigreputation'. We also welcome a newcolumnist this month AlexandraCharalambous, see page 11 for her article

on dating hot spots in Palmers Green.

I would like to thank those that took thetime to visit our stand at the Palmers GreenShopping Carnival, it was lovely to hearyour comments, and share memories ofPalmers Green and Southgate. If you havean interesting story to tell please do get intouch with us.

Enjoy the good weather.

TonyTony OurrisDirectorAnthony Webb Estate Agents

ContentsAnthony Webb Community News...............3 Green Lanes Business Associationby Costas Georgiou ....................................4Love Your DoorStep by Emma Rigby...........4FOR SALE – Cranley Gardens ....................5Councillor's Cornerby Bambos Charalambous..........................6Parliamentary Commentby David Burrowes .....................................6FOR SALE – Fox Lane ................................7Past Times, The Intimate Theatreby Geoff Bowden ....................................8-9FOR SALE – Belmont Avenue ..................10Get the dating life you deserveby Alexandra Charalambous.....................11Fabulous Hair Company by Kiri.................11Anthony Webb Testimonials .....................12Anthony Webb Showcase .........................13Baskervilles blog by Diane........................14Savour the Season by Shelley Shapir ........14Jewel in the North by Suzanne Beard.......15What’s on Local Events ............................16Talkies Community Cinema ......................16Music Review with Lester Clayton............17Learn to play the drums withWill Jackson .............................................17Palmers Green Tales by Jenny Bourke .......17Drape Masters by Julia Sondack...............18TO LET – Hazeltree Lodge........................19TO LET – Osborne Road...........................20TO LET – Kingsley Road...........................21North London Hospice..............................22Your Legal Questions Answeredby Fariz Uvais ...........................................23 Creative Exchange Network .....................24

Tony OurrisDirector / Editor at [email protected]

Martin McKelveyOffice [email protected]

Nick FitzsimonsSenior Sales and Lettings [email protected]

Susan BabaieSenior Sales and Lettings [email protected]

John ConstantineSales and Lettings [email protected]

Panayiota KyriakidesAdministrator

Ellie Sales, Magazine [email protected]

Anthony GeorgiouAdministrator Assistant

Anthony Webb supporting localschools, charities and local actiongroups to enrich our community

Sevda Aksu, Administrator [email protected]

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Community NewsSummer is always a great time to live in Enfield as we are lucky to have a number of fantastic events happeningacross the borough, arranged by community groups and volunteers to help bring residents together.Anthony Webb joined in the fun andcelebrations at three of these events overthe last month giving us the opportunityto connect with our clients and communityat a grassroots level. Conway Recreation Ground CentenaryCelebrationsOn Sunday, 29th June, Friends of the Rec, a group ofvolunteers at the Conway Road Recreation Ground,welcomed the community to the Rec for their centenarycelebration, formerly opened by local resident Sir WilliamAtkinson. Anthony Webb were proud to sponsor thecelebration that, despite the rain, attracted neighbours andtheir families.Keith Weller, chairman of Friends of the Rec, said: “Morethan 300 people braved some slightly 'iffy' weather to jointhe Friends of Conway Recreation Ground in celebratingthe centenary of the creation of the park as a public space.The event was twinned with the Big Lunch encouragednationally by the Eden Project. Visitors enjoyed a historicaldisplay, a World War I allotment stall, The Oakfield StringQuartet, park tours, Punch and Judy, face painting of littlecreatures from the park, snacks, drinks, a treasure trail andlots of entertainment for children. The Friends of the Parkappreciated the support of local business and thecommunity and are delighted to say that the day raisedsome helpful funds for the continuing work in the Rec.”

The Friends of the Rec welcome volunteers,to get involved please,

email [email protected] their facebook page or call Keith on

07810 621 779.The Palmers Green Shopping CarnivalOn Saturday, 5th July, Green Lanes Business Associationhosted the 2014 Palmers Green Shopping Carnival. Thisyear saw the addition of stalls on the Triangle, two musicstages, one on Aldermans Hill and the second at the top ofHazelwood Lane. The crowds were entertained by the choirand HazeSamba drumming troop from Hazelwood School,

stilt walkers and clowns, local Enfield Blaze cheerleadersthat accompanied Enfield’s Carnival Queen, Enfield’s Mayorand Costas Georgiou on their parade float as they travelledthe length of our high street.

The great British weather did bring the occasional rainshower, even so, the event gave businesses the opportunityto introduce themselves to locals, many stopping to talk.Anthony Webb were giving out free Palmers Green totebags, we still have a few left if you would like one, pleasepop into see us. It was also a great opportunity to tellpeople about our new office that will be opening onAldermans Hill this August.

N21’s Super Summer Sunday The Super Summer Sunday held at the WoodcroftWildspace, on Woodcroft road, Winchmore Hill on the 13thJuly, entertained families with live music, children’s shows,bouncy castles, sporting challenges, orienteering as well asfresh food and local business stallholders.

Anthony Webb had a stand at the event and met withlocals in the beautiful backdrop of the nature reserve savedby conservationists. The event was well attended and raised£500 for three great causes.

Bob Ladell the lead volunteer at Woodcroft said, “A bigthank-you to all the volunteers, stallholders and the Enfieldcommunity who helped make the N21 Super SummerSunday, organised by Dani and Tracy, in aid of theNightingale Centre, North London Hospice and WoodcroftWildspace a thoroughly successful day enjoyed by all. Theplan came together! Do visit again soon and enjoy thetranquillity of the Wildspace.”Dani from Stardust Events, based in Enfield is hoping to makethe event an annual attraction in Winchmore Hill. Woodcroftis a place where people can bring their children to learn aboutnature - insects, birds, small mammals, pond life, plants andtrees in a natural habitat. For more information on WoodcroftWildspace please visit their website www.woodcroft.org.uk. Professional photos of Woodcroft bywww.andrewprod.com

The next big community event to put in your diary is the Palmers GreenFestival: Sunday, 7th September @ Broomfield Park, from 12.00pm to 7.00pm.

Conway, Punch and Judy Show

Conway, Tennis Team in Edwardian dress

Palmers Green Shopping Carnival

Anthony Webb’s Music Stage Sevda & Costas

Woodcroft's Dani & Bob Woodcroft Wildspace N21

Sevda & Susan

by Costas Georgiou, [email protected] GLBA (Green Lanes Business Association) are pleased to inform you thatthis year’s newly named Palmers Green Shopping Carnival held on Saturday5th July 2014 was a huge success, despite the rain showers in the morning.

Green Lanes Business Association

Local jobs for local peoplewww.loveyourdoorstep.co.uk

Visit us on facebook

Love Your DoorStep by Emma Rigby

When we first set up Love Your Doorstepwe wanted to help the community to cometogether. Enfield residents could find outmore about Enfield and what it had tooffer, and we were putting them in touchwith local independent traders andencouraging everyone to shop locally anduse local services. The aim was tostrengthen the community and helpimprove Enfield’s economy.

We have had great success with ourDirectory, which has helped both localresidents and local businesses, and ouronline community is a more personal andtrusted source of information than theYellow Pages could ever be. It is also muchmore fun…

Now that more of us are shopping locallyand investing in the local economy, wewould like to move on and help Enfield’sunemployed to find work locally. We setup our Job Board at the beginning of theyear so that we could help local people

who are out of work to fill local jobvacancies. It is a win win situation and ithas been working well.

Having brought some community spiritback into the area, we want to encourageEnfield residents to find work in theBorough too. The vacancies on our ‘Jobs inEnfield’ section (found in the Welcome tabat present), are across the board andextremely varied. We are aiming forsomething for everyone.

There are full-time jobs, part-time jobs,some night jobs and even live-in jobs.Some jobs are for skilled workers or requirespecific qualifications and there are otherswhere no particular qualifications areneeded at all, except a willingness to do thejob well. Whether you are looking to earnthe London Living Wage or £30,000 pa, orwhether you want to work outside in thefresh air or inside in a cosy office, there issomething there for you!

Unfortunately unemployment in Enfield isstill rather high. At 7.5%, we are not thehighest in London, that title goes toBarking and Dagenham with almost 10%unemployment, but nor are we the lowest.The lowest is Kensington and Chelsea with4% unemployment.

If you would like to advertise your job onour job board it is very easy. Write thedetails and a short description of the jobyou want to advertise and send it in anemail to [email protected] or call the office on 0203689 3272. We charge weekly and you canhave your ad on the site for as many weeksas you require.

Instead of commuting to work we hope tobe able to encourage the people of Enfieldto look on their doorstep for their next joband be able to spend more free time inEnfield too. There is so much going onhere, it would be a shame to miss it all…

The event was opened at 11am by the Mayor ofEnfield, Councillor Ali Bakir and Enfield’s CarnivalQueen. The Mayor, Enfield’s Carnival Queen andCostas Georgiou proceeded to welcome PalmersGreen residents and visiters on a float that circledthe high street. We were also joined at the eventthroughout the day by our three local Councillors.The event was organised differently to previousyears which saw “Kids Corner” at the junction ofHazelwood Lane and Green Lanes where we had theever popular Punch and Judy show, Monkey Music,S.O.U.P Ukulele group, Steppaz Dance Group wherewe were lucky enough to watch a performance bythis year’s “Youth Got Talent 2014 Winners”, and wewere joined by Enfield Blaze Cheerleaders whostrutted their stuff up and down Green Lanes. Wealso had various food outlets including El Dorado,candy floss and popcorn, burgers and hotdogs. Thekids as always enjoyed the bouncy castle and merry-go-round.This year we had a music band stage sponsored byCity and Urban Estate Agents, where we had livemusic throughout the day performed by variouslocal bands and artists. Further up on the Triangle –where the brand new three faced landmark clockwas placed earlier that week – for the first time we

had stall holders including Talkies Cinema, PalmersGreen and Southgate Life Magazine, Bookcafe andBaskervilles.Aldermans Hill was not exempt from the fun! Therewas a second music band stage sponsored byAnthony Webb Estate Agents, where the publicenjoyed Blues, Jazz and Rock music throughout theday. This year we had a second bouncy castlesituated on Aldermans Hill which was sponsored byWinkworth Estate Agents.It was fantastic to see the whole of Palmers Greenbustling and busy the whole day – particularly asour event coincided with St Johns Church AnnualSummer Fete and Ruth Winston House’s annual

summer event. The whole area had something goingon from one end of the Town Centre to the other.This generated a great community feel, which washeart-warming to see as everyone was wonderingaround enjoying the atmosphere and entertainmentthroughout the day.The Palmers Green shopping festival always provesto be a light-hearted, fun day out for all the familyand this year was certainly no exception. It bringsthe community together and reminds Enfield’speople what a fantastic Town Centre Palmers Greenis. The GLBA would like to thank all the sponsors,entertainers and local residents of Palmers Green fortheir part in the Palmers Green Shopping Carnival.The chairman, the members and committee of GreenLanes Business Association GLBA and Mark LeaverTown Centre Manager for Enfield Business RetailersAssociation EBRA who arranged this year’s eventlook forward to seeing you again next year.In the meantime, the GLBA has been privy tosomething very exciting that will be happening inPalmers Green over the summer, unfortunately atthe time of submitting our monthly column we arestill obligated to keep details confidential, however,we look forward to sharing the news with you allsoon!

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An extended, well proportioned four bedroom Edwardian house located

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retains many original features including a tessellated tiled hallway,

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Cranley Gardens is within easy walking distance of Palmers Green's shops,

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Councillorʼs Corner by Cllr. Bambos Charalambous

Social Care in [email protected] www.davidburrowes.com

Constituency: 020 8360 0234 Westminster: 020 7219 5414

Parliamentary Comment by David Burrowes MP

I love libraries and as someone who also enjoysreading and learning I have always regarded thecreation of public libraries under the PublicLibraries Act 1850 was one of the most farreaching pieces of legislation which has done somuch good for society. Some of the argumentsespoused against the passing of this Act werethat public libraries weren’t a necessity as literacylevels were low and that access to certainpublications would lead to public agitation andunrest! Luckily the arguments for the Act weremore rational and persuasive and local boroughswere given the power for the first time to providepublic libraries. Public libraries were then seen asa being places for learning and self improvementand for the community to come together andwhilst many things have changed over the last164 years the principles underpinning that pieceof legislation have not.

As someone who campaigned to save PalmersGreen library from relocation, I was delighted thatmy colleagues on Enfield Council agreed in

October last year to fund significantimprovements for the library. On 26 July thelibrary closed its doors in order to undergo thismajor refurbishment which will see £4.455millionspent on improving it.

The refurbishment will include bringing more ofthe downstairs of the building into public use andalso creating a community space for local peopleand the plans also include a GP surgery for muchneeded local health services.

The entrance to the library will be improved withbetter access and some of the dead space at theGreen Lanes entrance to the library will bebrought into use making it look modern andwelcoming from the street and also new insidebut at the same time we hope to retain some offamiliarity and charm of the old building. Thelibrary will have first rate facilities and upgradedtechnology and other improvements will ensurethat the building is more efficient andenvironmentally friendly.

Whilst the library is closed provision will made toaccommodate increased visitors to other librariesand people will be reminded that any borroweditems will be able to be returned to any libraryand also reissued either on line or by telephone.

To part pay for the library refurbishmentSouthgate Town Hall has been sold for housingdevelopment and the works to the town hall andlibrary will be going on at the same time. Theiconic facade of the Town Hall will remain. Whilstthere will inevitably be some inconvenience forlocal residents and users I’m sure that when thelibrary re-opens in early autumn 2015 that peoplewill think that it is well worth the wait and wewill have local community library that will servethe people of Palmers Green and beyond well intothe middle part of this century. I can’t wait to startusing it!

Please get in touch if you want moreinformation about the library or any othermatters to do with the Council.

Some immediate benefits of stepping down lastmonth as a ministerial aide have been to avoidthe merry go round of the recent reshuffle and tobe elected as a member of the Public AccountsCommittee (PAC). It is the oldest Commons SelectCommittee and arguably the most significantbecause it holds Government to account forproviding sufficient value for taxpayers' money.

The PAC's work is not the preserve of politicalanoraks but deals with practical issues of realconcern to constituents. For example the latestreport called attention to a great adult social caresqueeze. The PAC was particularly concerned thatlocal authorities have cut costs, partly for payinglower fees to providers of care, which has led tovery low pay for care workers, low skill levelswithin the workforce and inevitably poorer levelsof service for users. Safeguarding referralsrecorded by local authorities have risen 13% inthe two years from 2011.

It is appalling that up to 220,000 people workingin the care system, including some of my ownconstituents, earn less than minimum wage. Insome areas, whilst local authorities might payprivate providers £13 an hour, the worker onlyearns the minimum wage of around £6 per hour.Therefore, to make improvements to social carein areas like Enfield, we need collaboration atevery level of government. We need to make itclear to local authorities what the changes in theCare Act will mean for them; what impact theyare having on carers and quality of care by drivingdown providers’ fees; and what scope there is forauthorities to make further efficiency savings,taking account of both best practicebenchmarking of cost and wider social, economicand demographic trends over which they have nocontrol.

I do hope that Enfield Council will considerworking with me, both as a local MP and a

member of the Committee of Public Accounts, toensure that our carers are being paid properly andthat the quality of care in Enfield is improving andnot declining.

The subject of care for the vulnerable at the endof their lives was recently debated in the House ofLords. The Assisted Dying Bill would allowpatients, given 6 months left to live, the right todie with assistance by a doctor's lethal injection.I am helping to lead the opposition to this Billwhen it reaches the Commons. It is a sensitiveissue with examples of individuals in great painwanting the freedom to choose when they die.However I fear that a 'right to die' would becomea 'duty to die' for vulnerable patients. We need towork harder at funding end of life social care andsupporting quality palliative care, and not allowthe door to be opened to legalising euthanasia.

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Geoff Bowden looks back at the fascinating history of theIntimate Theatre

Intimate Evenings in Palmers Green

I wonder how many local residents realisethat Palmers Green once boasted a theatrethat played to packed houses, week afterweek; featured many future stars in early-career appearances; received reviews from thenational newspapers, and in the 1940s madetelevision history. What is more, the theatre isstill in use by local amateur groups today.

‘The little theatre with the big reputation’ wasone newspaper’s description of the IntimateTheatre in Palmers Green in the late 1930s -an apt soubriquet for this well-loved suburbanplayhouse. Built as a parish hall for St.Monica’s Roman Catholic Church in 1931, itboasted a stage, fully equipped toaccommodate the local drama groups’demands of the time, a sprung floor, ideal fordances, and a balcony where extra seatingcould be fitted. A useful building, then, usedfor a variety of local events, but probably nodifferent from many other church halls up anddown the land. However, the fate of thisparticular hall was to change radically in 1935when the celebrated actor John Clements

took out a lease on the venue to fulfil hisambition of becoming an actor-manager,renaming it the Intimate Theatre.

The 458-seater playhouse opened its doors forthe first time on Boxing Day, 1935 with aproduction of A.A. Milne’s play The DoverRoad. Preparations for any new venture rarelyrun smoothly and the transformation of thisvenue was no exception. Fog delayed thedelivery of the new tip-up seating for the stallson Christmas Eve and, when they finallyarrived, the workmen refused to install themas it was now Christmas Day! In truetheatrical fashion the actors rolled up theirsleeves and fitted the seating themselves toensure the opening night went ahead.

After a week’s break, the company begantheir policy of staging a different play everyweek, slowly building up an audience base,with tickets priced at 3/6, 2/6, 1/10 and 1/.Clements gave himself a punishing workloaddirecting more than forty plays in the first yearalone as well as playing roles in at least thirty-four of them and dealing with theadministration duties of an actor-manager! Ifthis wasn’t enough to keep him fully occupiedhe was also making films and even foundtime to get married to Inga Ahlgren in June1936. The ceremony at St. John’s Church inBourne Hill was followed by a weddingbreakfast on the theatre’s stage.

By the time Clements left the Intimate in 1940the theatre had achieved a well-deservedreputation for staging first-class productionsand audiences flocked to the venue from allover London. Because of the worsening warconditions, the theatre closed from September

1940 to August 1941, when it reopened withlocal man Frederick Marlow as the new lessee.

It is amazing to see that from August 1941until July 1952, when the theatre introduceda four week summer break, the managementstaged a different play every single week ofthe year, including Christmas week. For theregular actors in the company this meantappearing in a play six evenings a week plustwo matinees, whilst rehearsing for nextweek’s play during the day. At the same time,they were trying to learn their lines for theplay that would take to the stage in twoweeks time. Hard work indeed!

Marlow employed, as the new director ofproductions, Ronald Kerr, whose workloadwas almost on a par with that of JohnClements. For the next six years Kerr directedvirtually every production at the theatre aswell as playing the occasional leading role.Although he left Palmers Green in 1947, Kerrreturned to the Intimate in 1950 but his lifewas tragically cut short in March 1951 whenhe was arrested for ‘importuning malepersons for an immoral purpose’. Summonedto appear before Marylebone MagistratesCourt the following day, he never made thatappointment, as he committed suicide in theearly hours of that morning, just ten days afterhis last production at the theatre.

In 1946 the Intimate made television history.The fledgling BBC television service atAlexandra Palace decided to present, for thevery first time, a live transmission of acomplete play from a theatre’s stage and theIntimate was chosen as the venue. ThePalmers Green and Southgate Gazette

Intimate Theatre, 1953 Intimate Theatre, 1966 Intimate Theatre, 1988

The cast of Gerald Savory's play George AndMargaret, the first play to be televisedcomplete from a theatre by the BBC, gatherround the television camera on 2nd December1946.

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trumpeted the news on its front page: ‘WorldPremiere In History Of Television: IntimateTheatre Fame’. So successful was this venturethat over the next few years fourteen playswere screened from the Intimate with the BBCtaking over the car park for thesetransmissions and setting up three cameras inthe circle to relay the plays to televisionviewers.

Many well-known actors made early careerappearances at Palmers Green over the years.Whilst still a student at RADA, RichardAttenborough made his professional debut atthe Intimate in September 1941 in aproduction of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wildernessand Roger Moore, later to find fame as JamesBond, was fresh from army service when heappeared as juvenile lead in severalproductions in the late 1940s. Other well-known names to tread the Intimate’s stageinclude Robert Eddison, June Whitfield,Nicholas Parsons, Arthur Lowe, PatrickMacNee (Steed in TV’s The Avengers), MichaelHordern, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, PeterBarkworth, Patricia Hayes, Irene Handl, BryanForbes, James Hayter, Eric Portman, MervynJohns and Kenneth Williams. The rock iconDavid Bowie even appeared there for a weekin early 1968 with Lindsay Kemp’s dancecompany.

When one looks at the British theatre sceneof the ‘50s and ‘60s two playwrights stand outfrom the crowd – John Osborne and HaroldPinter - so it is intriguing to find Pinter, underhis stage name David Baron, appearing at theIntimate as the second male lead in hiscontemporary’s most famous play Look Back

In Anger in March 1958. Aubrey Woods, whoplayed Jimmy Porter in that production recallsthat Pinter was finishing off his script for TheBirthday Party at that time.

The Intimate also had a flourishing PlaygoersClub, which held monthly meetings on Sundayafternoons featuring distinguished guests,including Sybil Thorndike, theatre historian W.MacQueen Pope, Marie Burke, Judy Campbelland Fenella Fielding. In October 1950, thePlaygoers had a special treat when celebratedBritish actor Jack Hawkins chaired a meetingwhere the guest of honour was Hollywoodfilm star Tyrone Power.

Changing tastes and the popularity oftelevision saw a sharp decline in audiences inthe 1960s. With Fred Marlow’s death in 1964,his sons gamely tried to keep the theatregoing but by July 1968 they conceded defeatand a new company led by Howard Kent tookcontrol of the theatre. Kent promised localtheatregoers fortnightly productions with starnames, such as Richard Todd, Penelope Keith,Dickie Henderson and Gwen Watford, butsadly these failed to fill the theatre and by theend of 1969 the Intimate was no longer a full-time professional playhouse. The theatre’sclosure, however, was mercifully brief.

Amateur companies were invited to use thefacilities and these societies together withoccasional professional productions (Ayouthful Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and EmmaThompson appeared in 1982 in a CambridgeFootlights revue) ensured the Intimate wasopen most weeks of the year. ‘One-nighter’professional concerts were also bookedfeaturing such artistes as Matt Monro, FrankieHowerd, Kenny Ball, June Bronhill, Cleo Laine,Frankie Vaughan, Hinge and Bracket, GeorgeMelly and Jack Warner and each Christmas aprofessional pantomime, with stars such asTony Blackburn, Ruth Madoc, Bill Owen andShirley Anne Field, filled the venue. TheIntimate flourished until St. Monica’s Churchdecided to reclaim the venue as a communityhall in 1988.

Many thought that this was the end of theroad for the dear old Intimate but it was notto be. After a year or two of theatrical non-activity some amateur productions returnedto the venue and, although it is not usedanything like its golden years, today, over 78years after it first became a playhouse,audiences are still being entertained at theIntimate.

John Clements and the cast of S.I. Hsiung'sLady Precious Stream, September 1937.

John Clements and Sheila Raynor in a scenefrom Alberto Casella's Death Takes A Holidayin February 1938.

Sheila Raynor and John Clements in a scenefrom J. M. Barrie's Mary Rose, January 1939.

Geoff Bowden is the author of the book INTIMATE MEMORIES: THE HISTORY OF THE INTIMATE THEATRE, PALMERSGREEN which was published by The Badger Press in 2006. ISBN: 978 0 9526076 3 2.

Now out-of-print, copies can be found in Enfield’s libraries.

Geoff gives various talks (including one on the Intimate Theatre) to groups and societies in North London, Essex andHertfordshire, and is the editor of the British Music Hall Society’s quarterly magazine, The Call Boy. He has lived in PalmersGreen since 1975.


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A Picnic at Grovelands ParkBest for: 1st DateWhen: Saturday 9th August,Grovelands Park, The Bourne, N14 6RAIt is the summer so to make full use of the gloriousweather, a picnic for a first date at the lovely grounds ofGrovelands Park is ideal. It’s a light, informal date andyou can mix things up by going for a walk, sitting andrelaxing, looking at nature or sharing an ice-cream ortwo.

Talkies Community Cinema:Le Week-EndBest for: 2nd DateWhen: Tuesday 12th August, 7.45pm,Dugdale Centre, Enfield Town, EN2 6DSAfter Date 1, it’s time to share a common interest andwatching a film is a good way to start. Le Week-End isabout a couple returning to their honeymoon destinationof Paris. The theme of relationships will give you plentytalk about especially if you want to know your date’sopinions and views on matters of the heart.

Broomfield Bandstand Blues:Jazz Them BluesBest for: 3rd DateWhen: Sunday 17th August, 1:30pm,Bandstand, Broomfield Park, N13An outdoor music event is perfect for a third date. Youwill now be comfortable enough with each other to not

feel the need to talk throughout the date but can sit backand soak up the music and atmosphere. If the music isa little loud, it gives you the perfect opportunity to leanand whisper in your date’s ear.

Tree Climbing, Alexandra PalaceBest for: 4th DateWhen: 2nd - 30th August,Alexandra Palace Way, N22 7AYThis may not be for everyone but for those more physicaltypes, it would be a date to remember! After three dates,time to take the date to a whole new level – up a tree,in fact. Adrenaline pumping and action fuelled, thisdating experience gives you the added bonus of aworkout whilst demonstrating your competitive edge tosee who can get to the tree top first.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s,Open Air Cinema, Regent’s ParkBest for: 5th DateWhen: Monday 1st September, doorsopen 6:45, Regent's Park, London NW1 4NUAnyone can take their date to the local cinema but howabout venturing to the glorious setting of Regent’s Parkto catch the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s? It gives youthe opportunity to share some popcorn, gaze up at thestars and when your date begins to feel chilly, subtlyplace an arm over her shoulder and pull her close.

Classic and Vintage Vehicle ShowBest for: 6th DateWhen: Sunday 7th September,10am – 5pm, Capel Manor Gardens,Bullsmore Lane, EN1 4RQTime for a bit of dressing up! By this time, you will becomfortable enough for a spot of dressing up so donyour best trilby and slick your hair into a side parting,showing off your fun side. It’s a chance to bring backsome old school gentlemanly-like behaviour such asopening the car door (there’ll be plenty to open) andpulling out the chair for your lady friend to sit on. Showyour date that chivalry is not dead.

Have fun dating this summer!Alexia Charalambous is a dating and relationship coach.

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1. Separate the redcurrants and blackcurrants from their stalks. Rinse all the fruits.2. Place the fruits, apart from the raspberries, with the sugar in a large saucepan over a

medium heat and let them cook for about 3-5 minutes, only until the sugar hasdissolved and the juices begin to run – don't overcook and so spoil the fresh flavour.Now remove the fruit from the heat, and add the raspberries. Line the pudding basinwith the slices of bread, overlapping them and sealing well by pressing the edgestogether. Fill in any gaps with small pieces of bread, so that no juice can get throughwhen you add the fruit.

3. Pour the fruit and juice in (except for about two thirds of a cupful), then cover thepudding with bread. Place a small plate or saucer (one that will fit exactly inside the rimof the bowl) on top, and on top of that place a 3 lb or 4 lb (1.3 kg or 1.8 kg) weight, andleave in the fridge overnight.

4. Just before serving the pudding, turn it out on to a large serving dish and spoon thereserved juice all over, to soak any bits of bread that still look white. To serve, cut intowedges, with thick cream or ice cream.

Ingredients• 1kg (2lb) of

summer fruit

• 5 oz (150 g)caster sugar

• 7-8 slices stalewhite bread

Summer PuddingThey say that the Lakes Estate is the “quintessential Edwardian suburb” and a summer pudding is the quintessentialEdwardian pudding. It always brings to mind my grandmother, who while a bit young to be truly Edwardian was of thatage and this was one of her favourites. She claimed her secret was adding black grapes to the fruit and I agree - althoughthere is no rule about which fruit to use – it is up to you. Her other secret was to use stale white bread, a few days old,as it absorbs the juices and hold together better. The pudding is best with fresh seasonal fruit although you can now buysummer fruits all year long so you can enjoy the taste of summer even in the deepest winter.

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Summer Pasta

Savour the Season

You know how it goes: the planning what veg isgoing to be planted followed by the tender careof the ‘babies’. Out into the patch with them,nurture and watch them start to shoot up.

Then that torturous wait for mature plants to startbearing fruit, followed by a seemingly overnight massproduce overload. Ah, the seasonal GLUT.

How I watched and waited as my courgettes began toflower, and then small yellow, white, green darlingsbegan to elongate. About 20 of them, all at once!

So I decided to come up with some interesting ideas,other than my usual ‘grilled with everything’approach. I have done some divine fritters, but I can’tstand the heat in the kitchen long enough to fry themat the moment; who could?!

Next came the idea of little ribbons onpasta…..simple, straight forward, nice and fast! I giveyou .... Summer Pasta.

This recipe can easily be adapted to your personalpreferences. See it as a mere guide, really. This feeds4, with about half pasta, half courgette in the finishedresult.

• 5 medium courgettes• knob of salted butter• 2 cloves garlic, crushed• 1 sweet onion, chopped finely.• lemon, zest and juice• fresh herbs (mint, basil, or parsley)• salt and pepper• grated Parmesan• pasta of choice (I used spaghetti)• Pop a large pot of salted water on to boil.

Wash, top and tail your courgettes. I have a bowlready, so my ribbons will fall nicely in. Using a vegpeeler, peel ribbons from the cougettes, turning it toa fresh side when you get down to the really seedybit. Do all the sides and discard the middle bit. Repeatwith all your courgettes. Set them to one side. Heat alarge frying pan on medium heat, and pop in the

butter. Add in the onions and garlic. As they arebecoming clear and yummy (NOT browned!) add inyour ribbons, and turn the heat down a smidge. Theidea is to sweat the courgettes, not brown them. Thiswill keep them sweet and succulent. While they aresoftening, sort your lemon out. I just use a zester onthe lemon, not bothering to chop it after. I like the biteyou get when you occasionally chomp into a bit. Addthe juice of half the lemon to the pan.

Meanwhile, your water should be boiling, so chuck inwhatever pasta you fancy, following packetinstructions.

You are ready to plate to when the pasta is ready. Thecourgettes should be limp, but not falling apart. Heapsome pasta onto the plate, a sprinkle of Parmesanfollowed by the courgettes. Another sprinkling ofParmesan, salt and pepper, and a sprinkling of herbs,et voila!

Gorgeous with an ice cold beer, or glass of SauvignonBlanc.


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Suzanne Beard of Palmers Green Jewel in the North reflects on the FirstWorld War, which began in this month 100 years ago.

A military tattoo

At the time of writing there is a campaign toswitch the lights out on 4 August to mark onehundred years since the start of the First World War.I hope that it will be successful. I don’t think warshould be glorified but 16 million people lost theirlives and 20 million more were wounded. Thosewho survived saw Britain and our wider worldchange forever. What exactly should we remember,if not that?

As time moves on, of course, our perceptions of thepast and our relationship with it change, but for aslong as I can remember in my own life, the eventsof the First World War have been writ large in myunderstanding of our history. It’s not history in theTudors-and-Stuarts sense, but much much closer,something that people I knew experienced at firsthand.

My granddad, Reg Beard, was in Palestine andEgypt during the First World War. He’d been atraction engine driver, and in 1914 was one of thefew people who could drive; he probably had agood understanding of how machines worked too,so though we aren’t sure when, he was sent towork on the Palestine railway.

We never knew much about what he experiencedthere: partly because we never sat him down toask, but also because a lot of people returningfrom war simply didn’t talk about those things,though he did used to say that in Palestine youcould pick oranges from the trees and they werethe best he had ever tasted.

My father often says “That’s in the past now, moveon”. Perhaps that is what my granddad thoughttoo. I do remember though, that there was a tattooon granddad’s forearm. I asked him about it onceand he said it was because he had “been anaughty boy”. For years after, I thought tattoosmust be a kind of punishment. I think now thatperhaps he got it in Palestine. Or Egypt. Or, perhapsmore likely, Chelmsford.

To see the impact of the war on Palmers Green, youneed only visit the Garden of Remembrance,tucked away at the Powys Lane/Broomfield Avenueend of Broomfield Park. It’s a lovely, peaceful areawith a pergola, formal gardens and a simplememorial to those lost in two world wars. 530names are listed in the 1914-18 conflict, includingmany family names that are still familiar in thearea today.

Some surnames are listed again and again. In thesecond world war this is often due to civiliancasualties of bombing, but in the First World War itmore likely tells the story of families hit by lossagain and again as one by one their sons went towar, often willingly with best foot forward andeven lying about their age to be able to take part.In his book Akenfield, Ronald Blythe tells us thatmany a lad who went to war actually grew a fewinches taller on war rations, such was the diet ofthe farm labouring poor.

The story of the coming of war to Palmers Green asdepicted in local paper The Recorder makessurprising reading now, knowing what we do. Inthe issue at the end of July there is no sense ofwhat lay ahead and stories are of alterations to thetown hall, liberal fetes and scarlet fever scares. ByOctober, the Recorder was publishing lists ofpeople who had joined up and the new rifle rangeat Broomfield Park, which had only beenestablished a few weeks before but had 800members and was getting through over 1000rounds of ammunition daily. The Recorder itself didnot make it though the war. It stopped suddenly in1917

There is one more sign of the changes World WarOne brought to Palmers Green. The expansion that

had begun only 10 or 15 years before came to ahalt. Some roads were stopped in their tracks, andthere are tales that some houses started before thewar went though it without roofs. It’s one of thereasons why you will see different house styles inone street, and pre war motifs appearing in postWWI houses.

But this article is for my granddad, who survivedthe war with hat at a cocky angle, became thefather of my uncle Reg and my dad Dennis - andchose to live his life in the present, and not tell thetale.

Reg Beard (second on the left)

Broomfield war memorial ©Den Beard Garden of Remembrance ©Den Beard Photo credit Susan Younger

Granite memorial plaques in Broomfield Park©Den Beard

For more about Palmers Green history and people, visit www.palmersgreenn13.com or‘like’ us on Facebook. And if you have any Palmers Green stories, please get in touch.

'Lest we forget' World War I commemorativeflower bed in Broomfield Park


Palmers Green Farmers MarketEvery Sunday 10-1pmPalmers Green Train Station car park

Zumba Gold with SoniaClasses are £5 for 45 minutes, pay as you go @ TheWaterhouse Hall, 77 Compton Road N21 3NUThe Grange Park Methodist Church,Old Park Ridings N21 2EUSee website for times www.soniatonge.zumba.com

Musical Mummies - A Choir for busy MumsWednesday 11.30 & 2pmFriends Meeting House, N21 1LEExplore music as a tool for relaxation, expression and ameans to bond with your childwww.musicalmummies.com contact 07715 272878

Elite Feet Football summer camp July- AugustAges 5 +, 9-3.30 pm £20 per day,£90 per weekBroomfield Park Sports Pavillionwww.eliteyouthdev.com

Primal Health Summer Holiday Tennis Courses10am -12.30pm, Ages 5-10 yrs £10 dailyin Southgate, Palmers Green and Enfieldsee www.ph-tennis.co.uk for details

"Survival Walk" in Trent ParkSunday 17 August 10.00amIf you ever found yourself lost in remote countryside,would you know how to survive? If you fancy yourself asa closet Ray Mears (or even a budding Bear Grylls), joinus on this fun and informative walk that ventures intothe wild and learn some tips and techniques to help yousurvive the great outdoors!Meet 10:00am at the main car park near the CockfostersRoad entrance (approx. 12:00pm finish). No need tobook.

Middlesex Keep Fit AssociationStarts July 15th at 8pmthen weekly at 7:30pm till August 26thSummer Over 50's Classes - £5St Andrew's Hall Silver St EN1 3EG (free parking) Any questions call Sue on 020 8882 8443 for moreinformation.

Palmers Green FestivalSunday, 7th SeptemberTime 12.00pm to 7.00pm@ Broomfield Park - FREE ENTRYBringing people together tocelebrate the diverse culturesaround Palmers Green.Entertainment, food and stallholders. Can you volunteer?Visit www.palmersgreenfestival.org.uk

St Harmonica’sSummer line upFriday August 8thThe BluesPrescription. WithTim Hill up front thePrescription bringyou classic Bluesalong with Swingand Rock n' Roll. Bring your dancing Shoes.

Friday August 15thDebbie Bond & The TruDats. Over from Memphis andon tour in the UK, we're delighted to get hold of them,you hold on to your hats! The real deal!

Friday August 22ndThe Barbara Ella Band. Classics and originals from thehuge talent that is Barbara with an exciting new line upin her band.

Friday August 29thPaul Lamb and Chad Strentz. Quite simply one of thebiggest names in British Blues and a master harmonicaplayer. We were packed when he and Chad lastperformed their acoustic duo set at the club. Don't belate.

Whatʼs going on in and around Palmers GreenIf you have an activity to list here please get in touch [email protected]

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A TIME OF PLENTY ….August is high season for holidays, so webring you a film to inspire a romantic tripto Paris… perhaps like Jim Broadbentand Lindsay Duncan in Le Week-End…

We have been harvesting your greatideas to bring to you an interestingautumn menu! Some of it is still beingfinalized, but we thought we would giveyou a taste….

Local produce from directors and actors,delicious venues and a variety of flavoursfrom Bolivia, Germany, Italy and France,not to mention some very tasty morselsfrom our own back yard - we hope you fillyour boots with the feast laid beforeyou…

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Or in person at:Anthony Webb Office (opposite Fox)Annita’s Café (Palmers Green Station)

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LE WEEK-END TUE 12 AUGUST 7.45DUGDALE CENTRE, ENFIELDIn this magically buoyant and bittersweet film, Jim Broadbentand Lindsay Duncan play a mature couple who revisit Paris fora long weekend for the first time since their honeymoon, inhopes of rekindling their relationship or, perhaps, to bring it toan end.

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Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who wasa part of The Palmers Green ShoppingCarnival and The Southgate Festival. Thesun came out, the rain stayed off, and everyonehad 2 great days full of community spirit. Wewere lucky to have 2 stages of live music, oneran by myself and the other by the wonderfulDave Thomas who brought his StHarmonicas Blues Club to the streets ofPalmers Green and Southgate. All of the artistson both stages were from the area, and put ona great show for their neighbours. One of the artists who played on my stage onboth days was Luke Carey, a 19 year oldsinger/songwriter who has played at my eventsa few times over the last couple of months. Ihave gotten to know him fairly well since we

first met at a local open mic night, and whenhe told me about his “100 gigs in 100 Daysfor The Alzheimer's Society” I thought itwas something I should share with you all. His idea is to use music as a medium to reachout to as many people as possible to raisemoney for a great cause. As I write he is onshow 60 out of 100, which has seen him gig invarious shows across London, to hundreds ofpeople, and has seen interest from TheEdinburgh Fringe Festival who want tofeature him to help spread the word.His Just Giving page has so far raised £1600and has seen donations coming from all overthe UK and America, and has been sharedacross the internet.

'The overwhelming support I received onlineinstantly made it clear how many people areaffected by Alzheimer's and how a charity likethe Alzheimer's Society is greatly appreciated.Although 100 gigs in 100 days won't find acure, if it helps then I'm happy with what thishas done'Musically Luke became inspired to pick up aguitar and write songs after seeing EdSheeran on SBTV, and after a chance meetingwith him he has been determined to get outand make a name for himself. When I first methim the comparisons to Ed Sheeran wereobvious, this happens with all youngsongwriters, but slowly, you begin to findyourself musically and create your own soundand image. Luke's own material is moving away from thesongwriter he most looks up to, and havingseen gig 1/100 and seeing him on stage at thePalmers Green Shopping Carnival last monthyou can see how far he has come. Hisconfidence is sky high and that shows in hisperformances. The thing I like most about Luke is his attitude:he wants to gig, he turns up eager to get onstage and he gives everything he can in eachshow. He also knows he hasn't reached his

potential yet, he is very honest about where heis at musically, but he is growing and learningwith every show he does and his willingnessto learn is what will take him places.When I asked him about The 100 gigs in 100Days he said ''I've been passionate aboutmusic for years and I've always enjoyedgigging. In order to better myself as a liveperformer I found that doing as many showsas possible is the best way to hone my craft.However I realised that just gigging to promotemyself wasn't enough, I'm doing loads of gigsand being in front of lots of people and Ithought I could do something positive throughmusic and promote the great work of TheAlzheimer Society to help and raise awarenessfor a good cause''For someone so young to have this attitude isjust what is missing from the music scene. Toomany people are after fame and fortune, andthe music industry can be a very tough place,but Luke Carey is coming at it from acompletely different angle, he wants toperform, but at the same time he wants tomake a difference.

Donate on his Just Giving Page –www.JustGiving.Com/Luke-Carey1

Lester Clayton is a Palmers Green based songwriter who has supported Ed Sheeran, Just Jack, Lemar and PeteDoherty amongst others, and runs various music nights across London which supports the development of localoriginal music at the grass roots level. Stay up to date with Lester on www.LesterClayton.co.uk and onTwitter @LesterClayton for information about live shows and news.

Music ReviewLester Clayton presents... Luke Carey

To find out more about where you can catch him on one of his 100 gigs in 100 days Like his Facebook page www.Facebook.Com/LukeCarey1

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We have been busy once again and have now uploaded the films of our interviewswith David Williamson and John Crowther. We learn about David’s interest in film andhis involvement in the community, from being a school governor to ensuring we havea lovely children’s playground in Broomfield Park and now his vital role in setting upand running, with a group of very active volunteers, Talkies. We are all sure thatPalmers Green is a more interesting place to live since the advent of Talkies,www.talkies.org.uk.

John’s interview tells us about thedevelopment of another great local nightout, St Harmonicas. John talks about hisdevelopment as a musician and how whenhe moved to Palmers Green he was co-opted onto the Hazelwood Pantomime. Healso traces how the same group ofmusicians, went on to start playing at theWaiting Room Café and then to St Harmonicas, Friday nights and some Sundayevenings at the St Monica’s social club. St Harmonicas now attracts a great group ofBlues musicians from near and far, www.thevintage.org.uk/VintageSite/St_Harmonicas_ Blues_Club/ St_Harmonicas_Blues_Club.html

Has anyone got some photos of the recent events in Palmers Green, the shoppingfestival, the picnic at the Conway Road Rec, any street parties?

I would like to post a compilation of photos during August, please message me withany you have available. Please join Palmers Green Tales and our Facebookgroup. I hope you like the selection of photos I have posted from theSouthgate Photographic Society.


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Manufacturers have worked hard onreducing heat loss and radiation andhave some great products availableincluding roller, vertical and pleatedblinds with insulation properties andcontrol of solar heat by reflection.Blinds have the additional advantageof giving us an excellent command ofthe amount of light entering a room.

A great benefit of pleated blinds isthey can be manufactured to fit anyshape of window so are ideal as roofblinds as well. Great advances intechnology mean that we no longerhave to stand on a chair with a poletrying to open or close our roof blindsas motorisation of most blinds isavailable.

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North London Hospice has been caring for the people of Barnet, Enfield andHaringey since 1984, providing specialist end-of-life care to people living witha terminal illness. At present we treat 1400 patients a year.

Our specially trained multi-professional teamsprovide emotional, practical and spiritual support topatients as well as their families, friends and carers.We also work extensively within the widercommunity to improve people’s quality of life. Thisranges from our day services, where patients cometo have a day out and enjoy a wide variety ofactivities and therapies, to providing support in ourpatients’ homes.

As a registered charity North London Hospice isnot directly part of the NHS. Although we receivesome government funding, we rely on donationsand legacies to meet the cost of providing three

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Pinkham Way AllianceThe Pinkham Way Alliance is a communitycampaign group which came together in early2011 when a small number of people living inthe vicinity of an ecologically valuable greenspace at a site just south of the A406 and to thenorth of Muswell Hill, known as Pinkham Way,

began to realise the scale of The North London Waste Authority(NLWA) proposals to build a 300,000 tones per annumMechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) waste plant on that land,and decided to oppose these plans.

We now have well over 3000 supporters and rising. Ourmembership is drawn largely from the areas that the plant willmost seriously effect - Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.

As our understanding grows so we come to realise that theimpact of the plans goes far beyond the despoiling of a locallyimportant site for nature conservation. It has become a muchwider fight and one where with each day we increasingly believewe have it right and the NLWA have it badly wrong.

The campaign is entirely reliant on the help of volunteers. Evenif you don't have much time to spare, you can still make adifference. Simply by encouraging your neighbours to sign up toour newsletter, or by offering to leaflet your street, yourcontribution will really count.

For more information please visit www.pinkhamwayalliance.orgor email [email protected]

Your Legal Questions Answered by Fariz Uvais

I have recently had a car accident and when I explainedthe circumstances giving rise to the accident, I wasinformed that my claim is likely to result in a split liabilityaward. Can you please explain what this means?

When you are involved in a road traffic accident you needto consider the circumstances of the accident to establishwho was at fault (i.e. who caused the accident to happen).In many cases it will be relatively straight forward toestablish and one party will be liable. However, if oneparty is not clearly responsible for the accident, it will benecessary to consider split liability.

If, for example, you reversed out of a parking space whileanother car was also reversing out of a parking space andboth vehicles collide. It is likely that liability will be

equally apportioned between the two parties, as neitherparty was paying adequate attention to their surroundings.

Another example is if you saw the other party reversingand stopped your vehicle but the other party did not seeyou and continued to reverse into your vehicle. Althoughyou would consider the other party at fault for the accident,if there is no independently verifiable evidence to showthat your vehicle was stationary at the moment of thecollision, liability may still be apportioned between thetwo parties.

The compensation recovered in relation to split liabilityclaims depends on the apportionment of blame. So if yourresponsibility for the accident is determined at 25%, youwould be entitled to recover 75% of the compensationfrom the other party.

Disclaimer: The information provided in this article should not be construed as legal advice and the information is offered for information purposes only.You should always seek advice from an appropriately qualified solicitor on any specific legal enquiry.

Fariz Uvais is a consultant in the law firm Harper & Odell. Write in and ask your legalquestions. Fariz will try and answer your questions in Palmers Green LIFE each month. Sendyour questions to Harper & Odell, 61-63 St John Street, London EC1M 4AN or by email [email protected].

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Creative Exchange News

Autumn is traditionally a time when there are lots of arts courses on offer at localcolleges. But instead of having to commit to a long course there is an alternative.There are many local art practitioners who offer taster courses that are perfect ifyou want to sample a particular art or craft to see if you would like to developyour skills further. Within the Creative Exchange membership there areindividuals who run courses and workshops, often in their own studio.Why not try something new and you could be exhibiting at the nextOpen Studios & Art Trail!

Here are just a few examples of what’s on offer…If you are interested in fused glass art, Karen Davies runs Hearts of Glass – bespoke classesfor individuals or two people sharing. See www.heartsofglass.co.uk/lessons

Christina Stavrinides runs specialist art and ceramic workshops for the whole family,schools and other organisations. For information email [email protected]

Karen Tinney runs ARTShift as a workshop and an online course where you can explorecreativity through magical moments of play, fun and painting. For information [email protected]

Helen Masacz runs classes in her garden studio to develop drawing skills and learningto paint with oils. For information email [email protected]

Kay Dudman, of Crafty Cavy, has courses in knitting, crochet, tatting (a form of lacemaking), hardanger embroidery and rose window appliqué. For information [email protected]

Dan Maier supports creative businesses by offering workshops and one-to-one sessionshelping with pricing, selling, exhibiting at events and more. See www.danmaier.co.uk

Visit the exhibition at Anthony Webb’s office: 348 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5TJ

(corner of Hazelwood Lane)

I've lived in the area for a while and walked many times in our localgreen spaces and seen them evolve. For the last few years I've beenpainting these places. There are often moments where the light orthe weather inspire me to see my surroundings as somethingdifferent and to notice how the same scene looks through eachmonth of the year.

I've worked in three different areas. The one I'm currently exhibitingis Parkside Farm in Enfield. I spent last year walking around it eachmonth and taking photos, seeing it in a different way from when

it's open to the public as a pick-your-own farm, and writing my impressions down beforecoming back to the studio and making the pictures. I use many fine layers and washes tobuild up the final piece, using acrylic paint.

I've always painted, more seriously in the last eight to ten years, selling my work in andaround London, including most recently at Spitalfields Art Market and Forty Hall. For threeyears I've taken part in the Open Studio Art Trail and I’m a member of the CreativeExchange.

All pictures are for sale. If you're interested, contact me at [email protected]

Commissions may be requested and I sell art through my website gillianbeagleyart.com

Please mention this article when contacting Gillian

This month’s artist: GILLIAN BEAGLEY

Tuesday 12 August – Monday 8 SeptemberMonday – Friday: 9am – 7pm, Saturday: 9.30am – 5pm

Take a new course of action this autumnand enhance your creative skills!

Drawing with Helen Masacz

Ceramics with Christina Stavrinides

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