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News, comment and features
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The redrafted version of the North London Waste Plan is currently out for consultation. The previous version of the Waste Plan was withdrawn because it had not been properly consulted with affected authorities outside London.
Any resident is able to comment, but clearly most people will not have the expertise to assess the validity of the data it is based on and the policies it proposes. The Pinkham Way Alliance, however, does have the required expertise and is currently formulating.......
Enfield Council are consulting residents about proposals for a controlled parking zone in Palmerston Crescent. There is current and likely future pressure on parking in this street because of the ongoing "Deadmans Bridge" sewer replacement work, the new flats being built on the site of the former Town Hall and in the grounds of Truro House and the planned increase in the number of buses based at Palmers Green bus garage.
For fuller information, see the Bowes & Bounds Connected.......
A resident of the Lakes Estate has contacted us with information about a notice posted outside the former Anthony Webb shop in Aldermans Hill.
I just wondered if residents on the Lakes Estate are aware of the new planning notice in the window of the premises on the corner of Lakeside Road and Aldermans Hall? Anthony Webb were there briefly, but the new owner (who has stated that it will be a coffee house) has now applied for a licence for alcohol, music and TV. I wonder if the.......
Local members of the campaigning group 38 Degrees will be holding an event in Palmers Green on Saturday 22nd August as part of nationwide campaign against TTIP - the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership.
Campaigners will be talking to passers-by and collecting signatures for a petition at the Triangle, starting at 11am and continuing into the afternoon.
TTIP is a proposed deal designed to facilitate trade between the USA and countries in the European Union. However, 38 Degrees -.......
The five Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in north central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington) are proposing to commission the NHS 111 and GP out-of-hours services through a combined contract across north central London (NCL). Engagement with local people has been ongoing.
As part of the commissioning process, contract documentation will be created to describe the kind of service that is required - this is called a service specification. This will help organisations who.......
From 2nd September Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau will provide an independent financial advice service.
The bureau’s new volunteer financial adviser is Minesh Patel, a Chartered Financial Planner who was awarded the prestigious honour of "Adviser of the Year" at the FT Financial Adviser's Life and Pensions Awards in 2014. He will be available by appointment every Wednesday afternoon to provide free advice on a wide range of subjects including planning for retirement or long term care.......
BFI Player, the online video streaming service run by the British Film Institute, recently launched a channel called Britain on Film, featuring footage from across the years and across the country.
Among the local films that can be viewed for free are two featuring Palmers Green in the 1950s:
Southgate Celebrates the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Southgate's New Running Track, Broomfield Park
The Coronation film is fascinating for many reasons, not least for the sheer number of people.......
A major revamp of Enfield Town Market, due to take place in October, has the aim of smartening up the market, increasing the range of goods on sale and extendingopening hours. Good news - but it is important that the new management do not ignore the current traders and the customers who frequent the market because of its low prices and friendly and familiar stallholders.
The body responsible for both the Market and the Market Place on which it is held is the Old Enfield Charitable Trust,.......
This weekend one of the volunteers who help run Talkies Community Cinema will be giving a Talk of her own. Ruth Tosha Mulandi will be giving a lecture on behalf of WEA Enfield & Southgate entitled Down the Rabbit Hole: Cinematic Tales of the Fantastic.
8th August 10:00-12:15DOWN THE RABBIT-HOLE: CINEMATIC TALES OF THE FANTASTIC
150 years of Alice and then 130 years of cinema that continued the tradition of nonsense and fantasy.
WEA tutor Ruth Tosha Mulandi.......
If you'd like to have a stall at the 2015 Palmers Green Festival, you'll need to move fast. It's already too late for food and catering stalls, but there are ten days to go before booking closes for everything.
If you do take a stall, you'll be joining an eclectic collection of organisations large and small. The current list of stallholders is on the Festival website.
As always, the Festival organisers depend on teams of volunteers to run this big event. You too could.......
LYDS-TV, the YouTube channel created by the Love Your Doorstep website, has recorded an interview with Fiona Jackson, who has been the Director of Chase Farm Hospital since its takeover by the Royal Free last year.
Ms Jackson explains the background to the relocation of the urgent care centre and other services, describes the parking arrangements and talks about the future of the rebuilt hospital. She also mentions the new school and housing that will be built on land that currently forms.......
As we confidently forecast in the weekly newsletter, last Sunday was hot and sunny and people turned out in droves to listen to the Broomfield Blues in Broomfield Park. They also stopped by at the Community Orchard to admire the wildflowers, see how the apples were coming on, drink home-made apple wine and observe the insects in their bug hotel, the Bugsingham Palace. A few visitors even tried their hand at croquet on the former bowling green. And there were chilli plants on.......