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Enfield Society and MPs issue statements about controversial plan to lease out former golf course - Comment by Darren Edgar
26 Jan 2023 FFS.... Read more...
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Enfield Society and MPs issue statements about controversial plan to lease out former golf course
25 Jan 2023 The Labour MPs for Enfield North and Enfield Southgate and the Enfield Society have written to Enfield Council and issued public statements about the controversy over the proposed leasing of the former golf course at Whitewebbs to Tottenham Hotspur. Though none of them has expressed opposition to the lease in principle, they all wish to see greater assurances about future[…] Read more...
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Safer Neighbourhood News for Palmers Green ward - January 2023
25 Jan 2023 This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available. Read more...
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Curate Enfield: Public art for the borough's town centres
25 Jan 2023 The survey about people's views on new public art in Palmers Green reported on last week turns out to be part of a bigger project, Curate Enfield, covering five of the borough's town centres. The other four are Enfield Town, Southgate, Edmonton Green and Angel Edmonton. Read more...
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The poetry of the Pymmes Brook
24 Jan 2023 River of Stories is a film about the Pymmes Brook and its people. Pymmes BrookERS walked this stretch of the river with communities, walking and talking the river into being. What people said about the river became the soundtrack of this film. Read more...
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Public art in PG: What would you like, and where?
24 Jan 2023 The public art project in Palmers Green and the associated survey are part of a borough-wide project called Curate Enfield , described by the council as follows: Curate Enfield is a grass roots project to create new public artworks in five Enfield town centres: Southgate, Palmers Green, Angel Edmonton, Edmonton Green and Enfield Town. Each town centre artwork will be[…] Read more...
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Building a community hub
24 Jan 2023 A volunteers group's ambitious plans to build a new community hub are coming closer to fruition as contractors start work at a construction site just off Firs Lane, on a disused car park close to Firs Farm Wetlands. Read more...
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Help at hand for people forced to flee home, country and way of life
24 Jan 2023 Imagine you've been forced to flee your home, your country, your culture, your way of life, and set off on a journey to a new and strange country, where you suddenly realise how vulnerable you are. Fortunately, there are some kind and welcoming people ready and willing to assist. Here in Enfield, at the North London Ukrainian Hub. Read more...
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Carbon monoxide warning after PG residents nearly killed by neighbour's open fire - Comment by Darren Edgar
20 Jan 2023 Geroge Monibot has a lot of smart things to say. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/03/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-streets-drivers-violence-oxford "Low Traffic Neighbourhoods transform people’s lives and rebuild community. Resist the angry men trying to destroy them." Read more...
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Carbon monoxide warning after PG residents nearly killed by neighbour's open fire - Comment by Ann Jones
19 Jan 2023 How scary. Thank you to our wonderful emergency service. I think it is also worth highlighting the awful levels of pollution woodburning releases whether from open fires or so called “eco” woodburning stoves. As George Monbiot in the Guardian emphasizes: “Wood smoke is astonishingly harmful. Though only 8% of households in the UK (mostly wealthy ones) have a wood-burning stove,[…] Read more...
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Are you a woman with an idea for a new business?
18 Jan 2023 Enterprise Enfield have sent details of the next Inspiring Women Start-Up programme, which starts next month. The deadline for applying is 30th January. Read more...
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Council consulting on two new walking and cycling routes
17 Jan 2023 Enfield Council has this week launched consultations about two new walking and cycling routes which are proposed as part of the borough's Journeys & Places Programme: Enfield Town to Ponders End Station, and Great Cambridge Junction to Bridport Road (Upper Edmonton). Read more...
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Carbon monoxide warning after PG residents nearly killed by neighbour's open fire
16 Jan 2023 Following an incident in Palmers Green 'which could have had deadly consequences', London Fire Brigade have issued a warning about the risks of carbon monoxide fumes produced by poorly maintained fires. Read more...
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Public art in PG: What would you like, and where?
14 Jan 2023 PG town centre will be getting some new public art later this year. What sort of art would you like, and where would you like it? To find out more and give your opinion you're invited to a meeting at Starfish Loves Coffee on Wednesday 18th January - pop in between 4pm and 6pm. If you can't make it, there's[…] Read more...
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Celebrating another golden year in Broomfield Conservatory
14 Jan 2023 On a very wet Sunday 8th January, volunteers from the Friends of Broomfield Park's conservatory group gathered in their favourite greenhouse to celebrate their achievements in 2022 and look forward to another year welcoming visitors to Palmers Green's own mini-Kew Gardens. Read more...
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The Waste Plan and Pinkham Way - where are things now? - Comment by Karl Brown
13 Jan 2023 The seven north London boroughs – all Waste Planning Authorities – are required to produce a Waste Local Plan. Agreeing to address this task together, they produced the North London Waste Plan (NLWP). It was ultimately found sound in October 2021 and adopted in all seven boroughs by August 2022. It now forms a key part of their respective planning[…] Read more...
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Ten years of PGC! - Comment by Karl Brown
12 Jan 2023 “Amazing how quickly time seems to have passed” highlights Colin yet looking at the decade old headlines: the waste plan ordered to be restarted, problems with the clock on the Triangle, controversy over a planned betting shop, 20mph, and worries about shops closing, it could almost be 10 days ago! But a lot has changed. I would add a shout[…] Read more...
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Ten years of PGC! - Comment by Colin Younger
12 Jan 2023 It's amazing how quickly time seems to have passed. Given the problems we originally had in finding someone to set the site up and continue to support it, the development in the last 10 years is a tribute to Basil. The site's origin was in the opposition to the way that the council handled the sale of the old Southgate[…] Read more...
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Ten years of PGC! - Comment by Adrian Day
12 Jan 2023 Thanks for all you hard work! Read more...
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On the picket line with Defend Enfield NHS
11 Jan 2023 The prime minister says there is no NHS crisis. But today, in the real world, members of Defend Enfield NHS were supporting striking ambulance crews on the picket line at Chase Farm Hospital. Read more...
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Boosting sustainable transport options by 'reclaiming the kerb'
11 Jan 2023 Parking controls can play an important role in encouraging more sustainable modes of transport. A new report commissioned by the Centre for London makes the case for a more strategic approach to managing parking and the kerbside, and for reallocating street space to uses that Londoners value. Read more...
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Hopperstomp: local musicians in a new line-up
10 Jan 2023 Featured at Bowes Park Folk Club's first 2023 session this week will be some familiar local faces in a new line-up, offering an eclectic mix of music played not too seriously. Read more...
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The Fox: Offering a warm Irish welcome from January? - Comment by Darren Edgar
10 Jan 2023 www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dingier Lacking light or brightness. Literally the dictionary definition. Doesn't mean it's a bad boozer. Read more...
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Ten years of PGC!
9 Jan 2023 It's ten years this month since the Palmers Green Community website was revealed to the world (actually, to a handful of people in PG). How did it come about? What did it look like and report? What was in the first newsletter? What events were happening locally back then? Read more...
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