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Local people responding to an SOS call for the NHS
15 Mar 2023 On Saturday 11th March tens of thousands of people - NHS staff and concerned patients and public - amassed outside University College Hospital at the start of a nationwide demonstration under the slogan SOS NHS!. Members of local campaign group Defend Enfield NHS were pleased and proud to be in the thick of it as protesters went on to march[…] Read more...
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Bowes Park community plea to save pub from developers
15 Mar 2023 "A campaign to rescue a Bowes Park cafe, bar and community space has raised more than £150,000 of investment from the local community in just three weeks. "The Save the Step campaign aims to prevent developers from repurposing The Step on Myddleton Road, close to Wood Green and Palmers Green, instead buying and reopening it as a community pub. If[…] Read more...
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Happy birthday, Southgate Station!
14 Mar 2023 It was a day for celebrations in Southgate on Sunday, as people got together to mark the 90th anniversary of the first day of operation of the Piccadilly Line extension from Arnos Grove to Oakwood, and in particular the opening of Southgate Station. Naturally, there was a birthday cake, created by local shop Wiltons. Read more...
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Council seeking views on Journeys & Places projects in the Bowes area
13 Mar 2023 Enfield Council is seeking residents' views on two projects within the Bowes Primary quieter neighbourhood. One will create a walking and cycling route between the two low-traffic neighbourhoods on either side of Brownlow Road; the other involves creating 'a space for people to enjoy' at the junction of Maidstone Road and Warwick Road. Read more...
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Ward Panel, its not the Ward Forum, or the CAPE. - Comment by Karl Brown
13 Mar 2023 “We will have the strongest ever neighbourhood policing…. Community policing is the Met’s foundation and needs to be strengthened. This requires the involvement of London’s communities and our partners in decisions about how we keep London safe…. We will overhaul the current neighbourhood policing model. We will give London the strongest neighbourhood policing ever by investing in more local officers[…] Read more...
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Picking up in PG on the way to the Women's Freedom Ride - Comment by Karl Brown
13 Mar 2023 There’ll be no surprise to me if something along the lines of a “Lineker Window” emerges in the very near term (albeit informally) framing what is and is not seen as acceptable use in public discussion in a new-world which has evolved at breakneck speed. High profile politicians feeding bases with terms such as “swarms” and “invasions” will find themselves[…] Read more...
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Picking up in PG on the way to the Women's Freedom Ride - Comment by Adrian Day
12 Mar 2023 Your daughter is very welcome to come on one of our rides (with an adult if she's a child) - we have another ride in east Enfield on April 30th. Please can you explain in what way LCC 'sacrificed her' ? Read more...
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A British Mafia? - Comment by Karl Brown
10 Mar 2023 Not so long since fly-tipping was a borough political hot potato – Tories vs Labour - the latter apparently being to blame, and the implication that this was a near uniquely Enfield problem. Well, with an apparent one million plus UK incidents pa, it is evidently a tad broader. Why? Well, the chief executive of the Environment Agency says the[…] Read more...
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Picking up in PG on the way to the Women's Freedom Ride - Comment by Ediz Mevlitt
9 Mar 2023 Yes my daughter a young woman had no chance of safety when cycling ….. many in these otitis decided to sacrifice this young woman to provide for themselves. More pollution, congestion and danger from all angles…. Your right young women like my daughter need safety…. LCC done the opposite and sacrificed her Read more...
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Picking up in PG on the way to the Women's Freedom Ride - Comment by Adrian Day
9 Mar 2023 A great profile of a local hero! Read more...
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Pollution campaigners share ideas for improving borough's air quality
9 Mar 2023 Ahead of a meeting of Enfield Council's Environment and Climate Change Scrutiny Panel, members of Enfield Climate Action Forum's air pollution working group have written to all councillors who are members of the Forum to draw attention to a document which the working group submitted during a consultation last year, setting out actions that they consider important for incorporation in[…] Read more...
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Got an old bike you don't need? Recirculate it for use by an NHS staff member
8 Mar 2023 25 bikes were donated to ReCirculate. The bikes will now be sent for refurbishment and will be given a new lease of life later in the year when they will find a new home with a member of staff at the North Mid hospital. Read more...
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Council recognises former PG resident's lifetime of achievement
8 Mar 2023 The awards are also reported by Enfield Dispatch, where the article focuses on a posthumous award to Alison Winfield , who was a long-serving volunteer with the Friends of Conway Rec and died in October. It includes a tribute to Alison by fellow volunteer Keith Weller. Read more...
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Simon says: You have a voice!
8 Mar 2023 Please note the amendments to the article about Simon Gilbert's classes at Ruth Winston. The statement in the original version that the classes were free was incorrect. There is a charge of £4 per session, to cover the cost of hiring the room. Please note also that since the article was written I've been informed that the days and times[…] Read more...
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World Book Day quiz at local libraries
8 Mar 2023 Celebrate World Book Day with Palmers Green Libraries by having a go at our Guess the Author quiz! Read more...
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Picking up in PG on the way to the Women's Freedom Ride
8 Mar 2023 People from Palmers Green were among more than 1100 cyclists who took to the streets of central London on Sunday for the Women's Freedom Ride, and the main organiser of the ride was a PG resident. It was a joyous celebration, but carried a serious message: a demand for a better deal for women cyclists throughout London. Read more...
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New courses starting as Ruth Winston Centre celebrates another birthday
7 Mar 2023 The Ruth Winston Community Centre celebrated its 62nd birthday this week. Various new activities and classes will be starting soon. Read more...
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Simon says: You have a voice!
7 Mar 2023 Local singing and voice coach Simon Gilbert is back at the Ruth Winston Centre helping people learn to project their voice and personality, build self-confidence and discover the Real You. Read more...
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A glimpse inside Broomfield House and other park news
7 Mar 2023 Recent news items posted on the Friends of Broomfield Park's website include updates on plans to memorialise Broomfield House and to refill the model boating pond, plus the story of local characters Julia, Caesar, Dozy, Beaky and Titch and their successful campaign to defend themselves from a lonely outsider. Read more...
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Join the Women's Freedom Ride!
5 Mar 2023 More than a thousand women joined in this afternoon's Freedom Ride around central London, campaigning for increased measures to reduce road danger for people of any gender riding bikes in the capital. A contingent gathered at Palmers Green Triangle just after 9am and reached Marble Arch safely thanks to marshalling by members of Enfield Cycling Campaign. The lead organiser of[…] Read more...
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Council recognises former PG resident's lifetime of achievement - Comment by Bill Linton
2 Mar 2023 Roger wasn't the only one receiving an award - see www.enfield.gov.uk/news-and-events/2023/03/enfield-lifetime-achievement-and-special-recognition-volunteer-awards for the full details. Read more...
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Council recognises former PG resident's lifetime of achievement
1 Mar 2023 On Tuesday last week people gathered in the function room at the Fox to celebrate the awarding by Enfield Council of a Lifetime Achievement award to Roger Hallam, who until a couple of years ago lived in Burford Gardens, and before that in Old Park Road. Francis Sealey tells us why Roger was given the award. Read more...
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Singing Happy Birthday to Southgate's special station
1 Mar 2023 At 2.30 on Sunday 12th March, people will come together to sing Happy Birthday to Southgate Station, marking 90 years, less one day, since its first day in passenger operation in 1933. The sing-a-long will be just over half way through a day of celebration and festivities, which will include behind-the-scenes tours of the striking Streamline Moderne station (book now[…] Read more...
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Cooking course for teenagers starting this month
1 Mar 2023 The charity Cooking Champions is launching a 12-week cooking course for teenagers, starting on 15th March and described as perfect for anyone who wishes to find out about a range of different cuisines. Read more...
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Enfield campaigners highlight excess deaths linked to NHS privatisation
1 Mar 2023 Last Saturday campaigners from Defend Enfield NHS were in Parliament Square along with members of other groups opposed to privatisation of NHS services at a demonstration called to highlight the findings of research published in the respected health sector journal The Lancet that changes to for-profit outsourcing since 2014 were associated with an additional 557 treatable deaths across 173 clinical[…] Read more...
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