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      Whats happening in Hadley Wood?
                                                                                     SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE




      Nancy Blishen. Memories.
                                                                  HADLEY WOOD NEWS




      Profile. Nick Staton
      HWGC. Past Lady Captains on parade.
      Bartrams Lane field. Ours.
      The Highstone and Hadley, East and West
      Cricket Match

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Whats happening in                             to the usual field behind Crescent East       father had come down to London from
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Hadley Wood?                                      Work on the Grade 2 listed white gates     developed a firm making fireplaces. It
                 As part of Enfield’s future   at the top of Hadley Road and The             became a very successful business but
                 plans,      the      Local    Crescent is proceeding well. As you know      once central heating was introduced
                 Development Framework         most of the cost is being borne by the        nobody wanted fireplaces anymore. Life
                 incorporates changes to       Friends of Hadley Common. If you would        became a lot tougher and Nick had to
                 the local Green Belt          like to contribute to the preservation of     leave the school. He and his sister went
                 amounting to a reduction      these historic landmarks please send          to work for their father as he started
in size of about three hectares. The           your cheques to Chris Feldman                 again, this time making bedroom
Council have published their proposals         Hon.Treasurer, 66 Hadley Road New             furniture. They worked seven days a
which can be read on their website at          Barnet, Herts EN5 5QS made payable to         week all hours. Nick liked the contact with
www.enfield.gov.uk then following the link     ‘Friends of Hadley Common’. As you            clients, could draw plans and design
to Planning, Land and Regeneration.            swing your car through the famous gates       layouts. “My Dad taught me how to get
   Erika Lindsay who is a local resident       this will allow you to casually mention to    on with people” he said. His sister did the
and a professional planner has drawn our       friends from outside the area that you        administration. After five years of hard
attention to some changes applying to          have been involved in their upkeep.           work the company was doing well
Hadley Wood. One is a slight alteration to     (Modesty of course preventing you from        enough to move to Staples Corner where
the boundary along Bartrams Lane so            mentioning the size of your contribution).    Statons furniture became a well known
that the left hand verge (as you go down          Finally, for those of you involved in      and respected firm employing up to
the lane) is now Green Belt. Other             organising events in Hadley Wood please       eighty men and women in the factory.
changes involve parts of Waggon Rd. by         remember to let us know in plenty of time        Although Nick liked to work with his
the railway bridge as well as down by          so that we can include details in the issue   father he did not want to take over the
Slopers Farm. There are also some small        one month before the event. We can also       firm and with it the daily headaches
changes around the golf course. We             put details of forthcoming events onto our    associated with manufacturing and
have looked at these and cannot find           website at www.hadleywood.org.uk.             factories. An alternative came when his
anything particularly worrying about           Rod Armstrong                                 sister married George Roberts of Blades
them. However if you are living close to       Editor                                        Estate agents based in Totteridge Lane.
the areas mentioned you might like to                                                        Nick was offered a job in the office, loved
check the details yourself.
   On Wednesday September 14th there
                                               Profile. Nick Staton
was the public meeting to discuss plans        Nick Staton is a well known figure in
for a much improved playground on the          Hadley Wood and a great supporter of its
field between the school and our village       institutions. Interested in the various
hall aka the Hadley Wood Association           pathways he followed before arriving on
Hall.                                          our doorsteps, the HW News decided to
   Coming up in November will be the           go and talk to him. Welcomed into the
annual Family Fireworks evening on             inner sanctum of his Hadley Wood Office
Saturday November 5th. The gates will be       I heard his story. Born in Muswell Hill he
open at 5.30pm and the fireworks will          attended Keble before going as a
start at 7.30pm. We hope you will come         boarder to Bishop’s Stortford school. His


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Centenary weekend. The other offices
                                              sponsor Brookman’s Park Fete and the
                                              Essendon fete. “My philosophy” he says
                                              “Is that this is the area I work in and earn
                                              my living. If I can put something back in
                                              by sponsorships or other forms of
                                              support I am happy”.                                                 TAILORING AND REPAIRS BY EXPERTS
                                                What about relaxation? He enjoys
                                              being with the grown up children he
                                              inherited after marrying Nikki three years
                                              ago. “That was a life changing moment.
                                              A wonderful change”. He likes to play
                                              tennis, watches sport on TV and looks

the work and got on well with George                                                                              Nancy Blishen.
who he had known since they were boys.
Sadly George’s marriage to his sister did                                                                         Memories of Hadley
not last and after the divorce Nick felt he                                                                       Wood.
had to leave the office. Jobless he was
offered a position with Macallan and Eve                                                                          When I came to Hadley Wood in 1951,
the estate agents opposite Barnet police                                                                          Number 1 Crescent West was a large
station. There he continued to learn the                                                                          house standing in an acre and a quarter
business. Eventually Stewart Macallan              Concert Dinner                                                 of garden. (The picture is of the house
                                                     Una Birtchnell (Cello) And Katie Grace (Flute)
retired, Nick and his sister bought the                                                                           and back garden, now Bartram’s Lane) It
                                                             Friday 14th October
business and the firm of Statons Estate            Reception at 7.00pm with sparkling wine and                    had been built as a railway hotel.
Agents was launched. “Why black and                  canapés, three course dinner and concert.                    However General Booth of Salvation
yellow” I asked. “Keble colours” said             Price: £55.50 per person. Dress code: Black tie.

Nick. “I must have subconsciously got to                 FREE Dessert
like them”.                                                In the Mary Beale Restaurant
   One day his sister announced they were        Buy two courses for Lunch (Starters and Mains)
                                               and get a dessert free when you present this advert.
moving. The new office was at Hadley
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Highstone opposite the Hadley Green            Wednesday 30th November 2011. Must mention at
Garage. Further expansion followed with           the time of booking. Cannot be used with any
                                                   other offer. 1 per person. Not Valid on Bank
offices now in Radlett, Brookmans Park                        Holidays or Weekends
and Totteridge. There are also links in
central London and abroad. George
Roberts moved back with him and the
Hadley Wood office in Crescent West,                              WEST LODGE PARK
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once Blades, became Statons the only                Cockfosters Road, Hadley Wood, Herts, EN4 0PY.
estate agency in Hadley Wood.                   T: 020 8216 3900 Email: wlpreception@bealeshotels.co.uk
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   Nick likes Hadley Wood. “Sensational
place. Still very sought after”. His own
home is here and he has always been a         after Maisie the spaniel. ‘What else I ask?’                        Army fame, who lived in Lancaster
strong supporter of its many activities. He   Music is very important. He relaxes by                              Avenue fearing drunkenness and all
sponsors the Tennis Club, the Junior          playing the piano, composing music and                              kinds of other wickedness, put his foot
Football, fireworks night by the Hadley       writing lyrics. Pressed he admits to                                down hard enough to prevent this ever
Wood Association and the Scratch team         having his name on a couple of albums.                              happening. Albert Edward Kingwell, bailiff
from Hadley Wood Golf Club. If that was       On the wall above him is a collage of                               for the area, lived and worked on the
not enough he also recently sponsored         people and scenes from Barnet life                                  second floor but hardly used the
the Talent Contest at the St Paul’s Church    produced by the Council. He is there in                             remainder of the house. After he died it
                                              the foreground though it is not the artists                         stood empty for two years and this is
                                              greatest picture.                                                   when my husband and I with two other
                                                Quite rightly he will not be drawn on the                         couples who were friends, found it. It was
                                              topic of Hadley Wood’s celebrities. My                              not a particularly beautiful house but it
                                              chances of an introduction to Cheryl, JLS,                          had possibilities and was ideal for turning
                                              Alexander Burke or various footballers                              into three flats. Finally after much
                                              fade along with the possibility of some                             negotiation, the house was ours and we
                                              great articles for the News.                                        had time to look around the area that was
                                                I get up to go. His phone (kindly left                            to be our home once the conversion was
                                              outside the room) is getting seriously                              complete.
                                              heated up. Back to business.                                          Hadley Wood was a different place
                                              Rod Armstrong                                                       then. For example, the railway station had
                                                                                                                  a canopy with white wooden ‘dags’ round

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Lawdens began building houses in
                                                Duchy, Claremont road and Courtleigh
                                                Avenue. There was no primary school in
                                                the 1950’s. A bus used to pick up our
                                                children near the station and on a long
                                                roundabout journey, take pupils from
                                                outlying farms, finally depositing them at
                                                the village school in Botany Bay, off the
                                                Ridgeway. There was a special treat on
                                                birthdays, when the lucky one was
                                                allowed to sit next to Sam the driver.
                                                   There were several colourful and
                                                eccentric characters in the Crescent. One
                                                lady in particular was apparently a            cottage on Camlet Way. He knew everyone
                                                Bishop’s widow. She met my husband             in Hadley Wood and had his own pet
the outside- remniscent of Hornby train         one day in the street and demanded “           names for most of them (some not very
sets – and the platforms and waiting            Oxford or Cambridge”? Remembering              complimentary!). He told us that Mr
rooms were lit by gas. There were only          boyhood challenges that referred to the        Kingwell when living at Number 1 Crescent
two sets of lines; work had yet to be           Boat Race he promptly answered                 West had swivelling mirrors on all the
started on the building of the second           “Cambridge” although he had not been           ground floor windows –to enable him to
tunnel and the trains were still powered        to either. Presumably she assumed that if      check the gardeners were not shirking.
by steam.                                       you lived in Hadley Wood you must have            As an agent to the Jack estate,
   At the top of the slope by the station       been one or the other.                         Kingwell was responsible for the letting
was an air-raid siren, which was tested            There were only two shops in Hadley         of some of the houses in the Crescents
periodically. We were glad when that            Wood then. The Hadley Wood Stores              and people brought their rents to him.
came to an end! A blue police box was           owned by Mr Collins- who informed me           He apparently had a large cash box in
also there, where our neighbourhood             once “We are the Harrods of Hadley             his office and had the reputation of
policeman used to put his Alsatian dog,         Wood”. I was prepared to dispute this but      being ‘a bit of a miser’. When he died
with instructions not to bark-all part of his   it occurred to me that, as far as prices       the box was never found and we were
training!                                       were concerned he was right! Next door         told to keep our eyes open when the
   There was a shed-type building next to       was a rather formidable lady, Miss             house was demolished eleven years
the station which had originally been a coal    Frusher, who reigned over what can only        later- but no luck. Another of Kingwell’s
office, but by then was being used as a         be described as an emporium, which             habits was to take plants from the
distribution centre for free orange juice and   included newspapers, magazines,                gardens of houses that were for sale
powdered milk for babies as well as             haberdashery and confectionery. The            and put them into his own. Thus we had
Marmite at a reduced price. It later became     shop was lit by gas and hanging over the       a very well stocked garden when we
a greengrocers and was finally pulled           gas bracket there was, amazingly, a pair       moved in. But, on the positive side, the
down when they built the new station.           of what I think used to be called directoire   field at the back of Bartrams Lane,
   The present cricket pitch and football       knickers (double gussets and elastic at        where cricket, football and dog walking
field, which lies behind Bartram’s Lane,        the knees). Clutching their Saturday           still flourish was, to our understanding,
was a lush meadow full of wild flowers,         pennies on a quest for sweets, our             Mr Kingwell’s gift to the residents of
with horses grazing on it and a tethered        children, catching sight of this enormous      Hadley Wood ‘in perpetuity’.
goat in the far corner. Cathy who owned         article of underwear, used to be seized by        Time went by and eleven years later in
the     goat,     finally     married     the   helpless giggles and totally unable to         1964, a local builder asked us if we had
neighbourhood policeman and they                give their orders.                             ever thought of selling the property. He
moved to Devon to start a farm together.           If we had had a town crier it would have    had already discovered that the land we
   Kingwell Road was built first and then       been Frank Pinner who lived in a small         occupied was the only place where more




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shops could be built. By then the children
were growing up and we had discovered
dry rot in the basement. Altogether we
were ready for a change. So a deal was             CONSULTATIONS AT
done. He would erect the shops and flats            HADLEY WOOD &
on Crescent West and build us three
houses at the end of the garden-facing           LOCAL PRIVATE HOSPITALS
the fields at the back.
                                                         SMEAR MONTH
  We had grown very fond of Hadley
                                                A special price Well Women clinic offered
Wood and wanted it to be an attractive
                                                  this month includes, blood pressure,
development. We employed an architect                urine, smear/pv, breast check.
at considerable expense to design the                      Mammogram extra.
houses and the shops. In his plans the
existing curved drive in front of the house
would remain as would the beautiful silver    that at least we tried to get it right.
birch tree at the end of the drive. We were   Nancy Blishen.
young and innocent enough to believe          (Reprinted with the kind permission of Mrs
that all this would be done, but sadly a      Blishen from a previous article in the
tractor ‘accidentally went through the        Hadley Wood News. Photos are from the
roots of the silver birch etc etc.            John Leatherdale ‘Images of Hadley
  I just wanted to say this so you know       Wood’ collection)




                                                                                            Bartram’s Lane field.
                                                                                            The field behind the shops of Crescent
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                                                                                            by Enfield Council. (The photo was
                                                                                            actually taken last year when some
                                                                                            horses from an adjoining field decided
                                                                                            they preferred our grass.) The field rises
                                                                                            up in a sort of inverted U shape over the
                                                                                            railway bridge to join up with the land
                                                                                            behind the Association building (our
                                                                                            Village Hall) and adjoining the Primary
                                                                                            school. Part of the agreement with Enfield
                                                                                            was that the field should be used to
                                                                                            provide sporting and recreational facilities
                                                                                            for the residents of Hadley Wood. So it
          Custom orders also available: contactus@tutusweet.co.uk                           is kept in good condition and is
                                                                                             regularly mowed and cared for by our
                                                                                            groundsman Kamil.
                                                                                              It is used according to the seasons by
                                                                                            the Junior football teams, a cricket team,




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                                                    experience our quadrapower snow
                                                    foam system which is unique to us.
                                                      For more details or booking call                 Are now pleased to welcome to their team,
                                                        Adam on 07973-272347 or                            Dentists with specialist interests in:
                                                          log onto aquavalet.co.uk                       Endodontics (Root Canal Therapy)
                                                                                                                by Dr Marta Suarez
the Boot camp and an assortment of kite            Mums taking their children to and from the         Orthodontics, including incognito braces
flyers, joggers, strollers, dog walkers and        primary school), the tennis courts, the                      by Dr Shahla Rahman
picnickers. At one end are the garages             Association building with its bar, hall, its
which hold the equipment belonging to              playschool and its various clubs.                                 Periodontics
the various clubs. The oldest garage has             If you want to join and help keep all this            (All treatments for gum health)
just been replaced (see picture                                                                                  by Dr Riccardo Zambon
below) as it was very decrepit and                                                                      Please enquire at our practice Reception
leaking. The field is a lovely bit of
countryside on our doorsteps and                                                                            16 Crescent West, Hadley Wood,
it is a facility maintained and                                                                                 Barnet, Herts, EN4 OEJ.
provided for your benefit by the                                                                                  Tel: 02084410257
Hadley Wood Association. Your
Association. That’s why we keep                                                                     going please consider joining. It’s about
nagging you to join so that facilities                                                              £1.00 a week for a family. Email Lisa at
like this can continue to be                                                                        hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com or
available. What are these facilities?                                                               telephone her on 0208 449 7193 and she
The fields, the free car park (used                                                                 will send you a form.
by many residents as well as                                                                        Hadley Wood Association




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The Hadley’s Annual                          Ed Gaeton aged 8 yrs. The oldest ..well
                                             actually no one volunteered this
cricket match.                               information). Mike Bethune Captain of the
                  A September Sunday.        West team and a resident in the area for         “Everybody has a bat and a bowl. Once
                  The annual cricket         thirty five years, kindly explains the system.   you have scored twenty five runs you have
                  match between teams
                  from East and West
                  Hadley is being played
                  on a tree encircled
Hadley Common. (East and West refers
to those residents living to the east or
west of the white gates at Monken
Hadley. Roughly speaking its Hadley
Highstone versus Monken Hadley and
Hadley Wood.) It’s a fixture which has
been keenly contested since 1986, the
winners taking home the Hadley
Challenge Cricket Shield.
  It all makes for a nice scene. One that
has been enacted here and all over the
country for at least three hundred years.

                                                                                              to retire. You cannot be out LBW or run out.
 Golf Club’s Past Lady Captains Day at HWGC                                                   Bowling underarm is acceptable”. Sounds
 Twenty-one of the Past Lady Captains from Hadley Wood Golf Club were reunited                like my sort of cricket.
 for a lunch and a golf competition in August. John Leatherdale the HW News                      I watch the proceedings for a while.
 photographer managed to stop them talking long enough to record the group on                 Over there is Justin Jeffrey normally
 the steps of the Golf Club.                                                                  swinging a golf club but on this occasion
 Left to Right: Front row. Pat Taylor. Gladys Platt. Carolyn Hall. Mary Williams. Joyce       captaining the East team. Simon Walsh,
 Lockhart. Frainy Ardeshir. Second row. Jean Roe. Judy Rennie. Sally Attrill. Mary            Chairman of the Tennis Club is showing
 Bolton. Rita Bailey. Third row. Kari Armstrong. Elsa Tanyar. Vicki Reynolds. Vanda           his versatility with the cricket bat and Lyn
 Sainsbury. Joyce Bloom. Back row. Faith Lovell. Herta Taner. Inge Sudbury. Anne Ward.        Brimson masquerading as a cricketer is
 Shiela Davis.                                                                                fielding at cover point. Whilst I watched
                                                                                              one of the umpires calls out to the
                                                                                              scorer. “How many overs have we had?”
                                                                                              The scorer is not sure. “Probably time for
                                                                                              tea Mike” In they come, ready for the
                                                                                              cucumber sandwiches.
                                                                                                 Who won? East Hadley. 94 runs. West
                                                                                              Hadley 92 runs.
                                                                                              Teams
                                                                                              Team East: Ian Holly, Steve Jacobs, Jake
                                                                                              Chancellor, Olivia Chancellor, Sam Guest,
                                                                                              Simon Walsh, Ann Marie Gildea, Derek
                                                                                              Prior, Mike Bethune, Clive Parker,
                                                                                              Amanda Holly
                                                                                                 Team West: Freddie Walker, Ed Gaeton,
                                                                                              Alan Walker, Justin Geoffrey, Archie
                                                                                              Hunter, Pat Gaeton, Sam Gaeton, Mick
                                                                                              Gaeton, Lyn Brimson, Penar, Oli Gaeton
                                                                                              Rod Armstrong

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   stations, shops, restaurants and local schooling. 4 bedrooms (ensuite to           ft. and includes lounge, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, utility,          room, downstairs cloakroom, family bathroom, and a southerly aspect
   master), family bathroom, 4 receptions, kitchen/breakfast rm, 140’ gdn,            guest cloakroom and integral garage. The rear garden extends to approx.                rear garden extending to approx 130”. There is significant scope to extend
   driveway and garage.                                                               35m (115ft) and enjoys a westerly aspect.                                              (subject to the usual consents).




                                                 The Hadley Wood Association
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                                         Editor Publisher Rod Armstrong 020 8449 5924
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                               Hall Bookings Annie 07903 138 235 hallbookings.hwa@gmail.com
                        Security Task Force Membership secretary/Admin Caroline Berlyn 020 8441 8020
                    Safe Neighbourhood Team Police Sergeant Peter Moxham 020 8721 2688 or 07920 233 775


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Hadley Wood News September 2011

  • 1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE Whats happening in Hadley Wood? SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE Nancy Blishen. Memories. HADLEY WOOD NEWS Profile. Nick Staton HWGC. Past Lady Captains on parade. Bartrams Lane field. Ours. The Highstone and Hadley, East and West Cricket Match DESIGNED & PRINTED BY KALL KWIK BARNET TELEPHONE: 020 8441 4482
  • 2. Whats happening in to the usual field behind Crescent East father had come down to London from and bring the kids. Stoke on Trent and starting with very little, Hadley Wood? Work on the Grade 2 listed white gates developed a firm making fireplaces. It As part of Enfield’s future at the top of Hadley Road and The became a very successful business but plans, the Local Crescent is proceeding well. As you know once central heating was introduced Development Framework most of the cost is being borne by the nobody wanted fireplaces anymore. Life incorporates changes to Friends of Hadley Common. If you would became a lot tougher and Nick had to the local Green Belt like to contribute to the preservation of leave the school. He and his sister went amounting to a reduction these historic landmarks please send to work for their father as he started in size of about three hectares. The your cheques to Chris Feldman again, this time making bedroom Council have published their proposals Hon.Treasurer, 66 Hadley Road New furniture. They worked seven days a which can be read on their website at Barnet, Herts EN5 5QS made payable to week all hours. Nick liked the contact with www.enfield.gov.uk then following the link ‘Friends of Hadley Common’. As you clients, could draw plans and design to Planning, Land and Regeneration. swing your car through the famous gates layouts. “My Dad taught me how to get Erika Lindsay who is a local resident this will allow you to casually mention to on with people” he said. His sister did the and a professional planner has drawn our friends from outside the area that you administration. After five years of hard attention to some changes applying to have been involved in their upkeep. work the company was doing well Hadley Wood. One is a slight alteration to (Modesty of course preventing you from enough to move to Staples Corner where the boundary along Bartrams Lane so mentioning the size of your contribution). Statons furniture became a well known that the left hand verge (as you go down Finally, for those of you involved in and respected firm employing up to the lane) is now Green Belt. Other organising events in Hadley Wood please eighty men and women in the factory. changes involve parts of Waggon Rd. by remember to let us know in plenty of time Although Nick liked to work with his the railway bridge as well as down by so that we can include details in the issue father he did not want to take over the Slopers Farm. There are also some small one month before the event. We can also firm and with it the daily headaches changes around the golf course. We put details of forthcoming events onto our associated with manufacturing and have looked at these and cannot find website at www.hadleywood.org.uk. factories. An alternative came when his anything particularly worrying about Rod Armstrong sister married George Roberts of Blades them. However if you are living close to Editor Estate agents based in Totteridge Lane. the areas mentioned you might like to Nick was offered a job in the office, loved check the details yourself. On Wednesday September 14th there Profile. Nick Staton was the public meeting to discuss plans Nick Staton is a well known figure in for a much improved playground on the Hadley Wood and a great supporter of its field between the school and our village institutions. Interested in the various hall aka the Hadley Wood Association pathways he followed before arriving on Hall. our doorsteps, the HW News decided to Coming up in November will be the go and talk to him. Welcomed into the annual Family Fireworks evening on inner sanctum of his Hadley Wood Office Saturday November 5th. The gates will be I heard his story. Born in Muswell Hill he open at 5.30pm and the fireworks will attended Keble before going as a start at 7.30pm. We hope you will come boarder to Bishop’s Stortford school. His The PARK VETERINARY PARK VETERINARY VETERI ARY ARY PRACTICE P Cockfosters Cockfosters foste Clean • Spacious • Air-conditioned pacious ned The only local practice to p Fully Equipped. • Operating theatre • Xrays • Dental Wo eatre Workshop orkshop be FSA approved for A • Laboratory • Ultrasound • Endoscopy ory copy insurrance insurance claims. • Advanced Anaesthetic Monitoring ed ing • Puppy Parties • Geriatric care y e Call for details on how to Register ster 020 8275 0330 (24 hrs) 275 or visit www.theparkvets.com ww ww.theparkvets.co om Fr i e n d l y, Friendly, Compassionate e The Place for Puppy g & Caring Professionals. Parties! 2
  • 3. Centenary weekend. The other offices sponsor Brookman’s Park Fete and the Essendon fete. “My philosophy” he says “Is that this is the area I work in and earn my living. If I can put something back in by sponsorships or other forms of support I am happy”. TAILORING AND REPAIRS BY EXPERTS What about relaxation? He enjoys being with the grown up children he inherited after marrying Nikki three years ago. “That was a life changing moment. A wonderful change”. He likes to play tennis, watches sport on TV and looks the work and got on well with George Nancy Blishen. who he had known since they were boys. Sadly George’s marriage to his sister did Memories of Hadley not last and after the divorce Nick felt he Wood. had to leave the office. Jobless he was offered a position with Macallan and Eve When I came to Hadley Wood in 1951, the estate agents opposite Barnet police Number 1 Crescent West was a large station. There he continued to learn the house standing in an acre and a quarter business. Eventually Stewart Macallan Concert Dinner of garden. (The picture is of the house Una Birtchnell (Cello) And Katie Grace (Flute) retired, Nick and his sister bought the and back garden, now Bartram’s Lane) It Friday 14th October business and the firm of Statons Estate Reception at 7.00pm with sparkling wine and had been built as a railway hotel. Agents was launched. “Why black and canapés, three course dinner and concert. However General Booth of Salvation yellow” I asked. “Keble colours” said Price: £55.50 per person. Dress code: Black tie. Nick. “I must have subconsciously got to FREE Dessert like them”. In the Mary Beale Restaurant One day his sister announced they were Buy two courses for Lunch (Starters and Mains) and get a dessert free when you present this advert. moving. The new office was at Hadley Valid Monday to Friday from Monday 16th May till Highstone opposite the Hadley Green Wednesday 30th November 2011. Must mention at Garage. Further expansion followed with the time of booking. Cannot be used with any other offer. 1 per person. Not Valid on Bank offices now in Radlett, Brookmans Park Holidays or Weekends and Totteridge. There are also links in central London and abroad. George Roberts moved back with him and the Hadley Wood office in Crescent West, WEST LODGE PARK YO U R C O U N T RY R E T R E AT once Blades, became Statons the only Cockfosters Road, Hadley Wood, Herts, EN4 0PY. estate agency in Hadley Wood. T: 020 8216 3900 Email: wlpreception@bealeshotels.co.uk www.bealeshotels.co.uk HWN53 Nick likes Hadley Wood. “Sensational place. Still very sought after”. His own home is here and he has always been a after Maisie the spaniel. ‘What else I ask?’ Army fame, who lived in Lancaster strong supporter of its many activities. He Music is very important. He relaxes by Avenue fearing drunkenness and all sponsors the Tennis Club, the Junior playing the piano, composing music and kinds of other wickedness, put his foot Football, fireworks night by the Hadley writing lyrics. Pressed he admits to down hard enough to prevent this ever Wood Association and the Scratch team having his name on a couple of albums. happening. Albert Edward Kingwell, bailiff from Hadley Wood Golf Club. If that was On the wall above him is a collage of for the area, lived and worked on the not enough he also recently sponsored people and scenes from Barnet life second floor but hardly used the the Talent Contest at the St Paul’s Church produced by the Council. He is there in remainder of the house. After he died it the foreground though it is not the artists stood empty for two years and this is greatest picture. when my husband and I with two other Quite rightly he will not be drawn on the couples who were friends, found it. It was topic of Hadley Wood’s celebrities. My not a particularly beautiful house but it chances of an introduction to Cheryl, JLS, had possibilities and was ideal for turning Alexander Burke or various footballers into three flats. Finally after much fade along with the possibility of some negotiation, the house was ours and we great articles for the News. had time to look around the area that was I get up to go. His phone (kindly left to be our home once the conversion was outside the room) is getting seriously complete. heated up. Back to business. Hadley Wood was a different place Rod Armstrong then. For example, the railway station had a canopy with white wooden ‘dags’ round 3
  • 4. Lawdens began building houses in Duchy, Claremont road and Courtleigh Avenue. There was no primary school in the 1950’s. A bus used to pick up our children near the station and on a long roundabout journey, take pupils from outlying farms, finally depositing them at the village school in Botany Bay, off the Ridgeway. There was a special treat on birthdays, when the lucky one was allowed to sit next to Sam the driver. There were several colourful and eccentric characters in the Crescent. One lady in particular was apparently a cottage on Camlet Way. He knew everyone Bishop’s widow. She met my husband in Hadley Wood and had his own pet the outside- remniscent of Hornby train one day in the street and demanded “ names for most of them (some not very sets – and the platforms and waiting Oxford or Cambridge”? Remembering complimentary!). He told us that Mr rooms were lit by gas. There were only boyhood challenges that referred to the Kingwell when living at Number 1 Crescent two sets of lines; work had yet to be Boat Race he promptly answered West had swivelling mirrors on all the started on the building of the second “Cambridge” although he had not been ground floor windows –to enable him to tunnel and the trains were still powered to either. Presumably she assumed that if check the gardeners were not shirking. by steam. you lived in Hadley Wood you must have As an agent to the Jack estate, At the top of the slope by the station been one or the other. Kingwell was responsible for the letting was an air-raid siren, which was tested There were only two shops in Hadley of some of the houses in the Crescents periodically. We were glad when that Wood then. The Hadley Wood Stores and people brought their rents to him. came to an end! A blue police box was owned by Mr Collins- who informed me He apparently had a large cash box in also there, where our neighbourhood once “We are the Harrods of Hadley his office and had the reputation of policeman used to put his Alsatian dog, Wood”. I was prepared to dispute this but being ‘a bit of a miser’. When he died with instructions not to bark-all part of his it occurred to me that, as far as prices the box was never found and we were training! were concerned he was right! Next door told to keep our eyes open when the There was a shed-type building next to was a rather formidable lady, Miss house was demolished eleven years the station which had originally been a coal Frusher, who reigned over what can only later- but no luck. Another of Kingwell’s office, but by then was being used as a be described as an emporium, which habits was to take plants from the distribution centre for free orange juice and included newspapers, magazines, gardens of houses that were for sale powdered milk for babies as well as haberdashery and confectionery. The and put them into his own. Thus we had Marmite at a reduced price. It later became shop was lit by gas and hanging over the a very well stocked garden when we a greengrocers and was finally pulled gas bracket there was, amazingly, a pair moved in. But, on the positive side, the down when they built the new station. of what I think used to be called directoire field at the back of Bartrams Lane, The present cricket pitch and football knickers (double gussets and elastic at where cricket, football and dog walking field, which lies behind Bartram’s Lane, the knees). Clutching their Saturday still flourish was, to our understanding, was a lush meadow full of wild flowers, pennies on a quest for sweets, our Mr Kingwell’s gift to the residents of with horses grazing on it and a tethered children, catching sight of this enormous Hadley Wood ‘in perpetuity’. goat in the far corner. Cathy who owned article of underwear, used to be seized by Time went by and eleven years later in the goat, finally married the helpless giggles and totally unable to 1964, a local builder asked us if we had neighbourhood policeman and they give their orders. ever thought of selling the property. He moved to Devon to start a farm together. If we had had a town crier it would have had already discovered that the land we Kingwell Road was built first and then been Frank Pinner who lived in a small occupied was the only place where more 4
  • 5. shops could be built. By then the children were growing up and we had discovered dry rot in the basement. Altogether we were ready for a change. So a deal was CONSULTATIONS AT done. He would erect the shops and flats HADLEY WOOD & on Crescent West and build us three houses at the end of the garden-facing LOCAL PRIVATE HOSPITALS the fields at the back. SMEAR MONTH We had grown very fond of Hadley A special price Well Women clinic offered Wood and wanted it to be an attractive this month includes, blood pressure, development. We employed an architect urine, smear/pv, breast check. at considerable expense to design the Mammogram extra. houses and the shops. In his plans the existing curved drive in front of the house would remain as would the beautiful silver that at least we tried to get it right. birch tree at the end of the drive. We were Nancy Blishen. young and innocent enough to believe (Reprinted with the kind permission of Mrs that all this would be done, but sadly a Blishen from a previous article in the tractor ‘accidentally went through the Hadley Wood News. Photos are from the roots of the silver birch etc etc. John Leatherdale ‘Images of Hadley I just wanted to say this so you know Wood’ collection) Bartram’s Lane field. The field behind the shops of Crescent Forget Prince Charming... This is what every little princess has been waiting West also known as Bartram’s Lane field for. A unique, girls-only, online boutique specialising in clothes with the wow is part of the land leased to the Hadley factor. Visit our website for super-fluffy, extra puffy petti-skirts, tops to tempt and dresses to dazzle. Our collection is just tutu cute to be forgotten. Wood Residents Association (the HWA) by Enfield Council. (The photo was actually taken last year when some horses from an adjoining field decided they preferred our grass.) The field rises up in a sort of inverted U shape over the railway bridge to join up with the land behind the Association building (our Village Hall) and adjoining the Primary school. Part of the agreement with Enfield was that the field should be used to provide sporting and recreational facilities for the residents of Hadley Wood. So it Custom orders also available: contactus@tutusweet.co.uk is kept in good condition and is regularly mowed and cared for by our groundsman Kamil. It is used according to the seasons by the Junior football teams, a cricket team, 5
  • 6. Have your car valeted by us and experience our quadrapower snow foam system which is unique to us. For more details or booking call Are now pleased to welcome to their team, Adam on 07973-272347 or Dentists with specialist interests in: log onto aquavalet.co.uk Endodontics (Root Canal Therapy) by Dr Marta Suarez the Boot camp and an assortment of kite Mums taking their children to and from the Orthodontics, including incognito braces flyers, joggers, strollers, dog walkers and primary school), the tennis courts, the by Dr Shahla Rahman picnickers. At one end are the garages Association building with its bar, hall, its which hold the equipment belonging to playschool and its various clubs. Periodontics the various clubs. The oldest garage has If you want to join and help keep all this (All treatments for gum health) just been replaced (see picture by Dr Riccardo Zambon below) as it was very decrepit and Please enquire at our practice Reception leaking. The field is a lovely bit of countryside on our doorsteps and 16 Crescent West, Hadley Wood, it is a facility maintained and Barnet, Herts, EN4 OEJ. provided for your benefit by the Tel: 02084410257 Hadley Wood Association. Your Association. That’s why we keep going please consider joining. It’s about nagging you to join so that facilities £1.00 a week for a family. Email Lisa at like this can continue to be hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com or available. What are these facilities? telephone her on 0208 449 7193 and she The fields, the free car park (used will send you a form. by many residents as well as Hadley Wood Association St Martha’s School t a artha’s Hadley Wood y Wood Open n Morning ornin ng 1st October 2011, 10am - 12 noon • Academic Excellence xcellence • Outstanding Pastoral Care g Care r • Catholic School welcomin hool welcoming ng all faiths • Bus services and shuttle s nderground to rail and underground • Bursaries and Scholarship nd Scholarships ps • Peaceful, tranquil setting anquil For more information or to request a mation request prospectus please call 020 8449 6889 ase ns@saint-marth has.org.uk or email: admissions@saint-marthas.org.uk St. Martha’s School | Camlet Way | Hadley Wood | Barnet EN4 0NJ www.st-marthas.co.uk t-marthas.co o.uk 6
  • 7. Anthony Trollope probably watched or Pilates Teacher - Personal Trainer played cricket here whilst living with his Established lower back specialist mother Fanny at Grandon in 1836. Today Would you like a more toned, more flexible, longer, its a windy and cloudy day, intermittently leaner, stronger look to your body. sunny but with a threat of rain. On the These are just a few of the benefits Pilates offers. Private sessions are becoming increasingly popular as exercises can be adapted to Common spectators are sitting on folding suit peoples individual needs. chairs or sprawled on the grass. A couple The sessions enable you to have a more personal method of learning. of dogs sit at the feet of their owners Don’t live with back pain book now to see a specialist pleading for attention. Some small boys Lower back pain is extremely common and can be acute enough to stop people functioning normally on a day to day basis. are practising. A nicely eclectic mix of Pilates is a key exercise method for helping to improve posture ladies and gentlemen of all age groups and therefore relieve daily aches and pains. are on the pitch. (The youngest player is Contact Stuart on: 07787 552326 or email: stuart@pilates-stuart.co.uk The Hadley’s Annual Ed Gaeton aged 8 yrs. The oldest ..well actually no one volunteered this cricket match. information). Mike Bethune Captain of the A September Sunday. West team and a resident in the area for “Everybody has a bat and a bowl. Once The annual cricket thirty five years, kindly explains the system. you have scored twenty five runs you have match between teams from East and West Hadley is being played on a tree encircled Hadley Common. (East and West refers to those residents living to the east or west of the white gates at Monken Hadley. Roughly speaking its Hadley Highstone versus Monken Hadley and Hadley Wood.) It’s a fixture which has been keenly contested since 1986, the winners taking home the Hadley Challenge Cricket Shield. It all makes for a nice scene. One that has been enacted here and all over the country for at least three hundred years. to retire. You cannot be out LBW or run out. Golf Club’s Past Lady Captains Day at HWGC Bowling underarm is acceptable”. Sounds Twenty-one of the Past Lady Captains from Hadley Wood Golf Club were reunited like my sort of cricket. for a lunch and a golf competition in August. John Leatherdale the HW News I watch the proceedings for a while. photographer managed to stop them talking long enough to record the group on Over there is Justin Jeffrey normally the steps of the Golf Club. swinging a golf club but on this occasion Left to Right: Front row. Pat Taylor. Gladys Platt. Carolyn Hall. Mary Williams. Joyce captaining the East team. Simon Walsh, Lockhart. Frainy Ardeshir. Second row. Jean Roe. Judy Rennie. Sally Attrill. Mary Chairman of the Tennis Club is showing Bolton. Rita Bailey. Third row. Kari Armstrong. Elsa Tanyar. Vicki Reynolds. Vanda his versatility with the cricket bat and Lyn Sainsbury. Joyce Bloom. Back row. Faith Lovell. Herta Taner. Inge Sudbury. Anne Ward. Brimson masquerading as a cricketer is Shiela Davis. fielding at cover point. Whilst I watched one of the umpires calls out to the scorer. “How many overs have we had?” The scorer is not sure. “Probably time for tea Mike” In they come, ready for the cucumber sandwiches. Who won? East Hadley. 94 runs. West Hadley 92 runs. Teams Team East: Ian Holly, Steve Jacobs, Jake Chancellor, Olivia Chancellor, Sam Guest, Simon Walsh, Ann Marie Gildea, Derek Prior, Mike Bethune, Clive Parker, Amanda Holly Team West: Freddie Walker, Ed Gaeton, Alan Walker, Justin Geoffrey, Archie Hunter, Pat Gaeton, Sam Gaeton, Mick Gaeton, Lyn Brimson, Penar, Oli Gaeton Rod Armstrong 7
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The spacious accommodation extends to approx. 1,650sq. lounge/dining room, open plan kitchen and breakfast area, utility/wc/boiler stations, shops, restaurants and local schooling. 4 bedrooms (ensuite to ft. and includes lounge, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, study, utility, room, downstairs cloakroom, family bathroom, and a southerly aspect master), family bathroom, 4 receptions, kitchen/breakfast rm, 140’ gdn, guest cloakroom and integral garage. The rear garden extends to approx. rear garden extending to approx 130”. There is significant scope to extend driveway and garage. 35m (115ft) and enjoys a westerly aspect. (subject to the usual consents). The Hadley Wood Association 7 Crescent East Hadley Wood Herts EN4 0EL 8449 7193 hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com www.hadleywood.org.uk Chairman Graham Sharp 020 8449 2133 sharpie14@btinternet.com Editor Publisher Rod Armstrong 020 8449 5924 Advertising and Centre Manager Lisa Winston 020 8449 7193 hadley.woodassoc@btconnect.com Advertising Manager Betty Brough 020 8441 6859 bbr1934@aol.com Hall Bookings Annie 07903 138 235 hallbookings.hwa@gmail.com Security Task Force Membership secretary/Admin Caroline Berlyn 020 8441 8020 Safe Neighbourhood Team Police Sergeant Peter Moxham 020 8721 2688 or 07920 233 775 The Hadley Wood News is published usually during the first weekend of each month. It is a community publication with the objective of bringing local news, views and events to the residents and friends of Hadley Wood. It is non-profit making with any surplus going to the Hadley Wood Association (HWA) for the direct benefit of residents. Content is produced voluntarily with the make-up, printing and distribution paid for by advertising. Thank you to all our advertisers, without whom this magazine would not be possible. If you would like to contribute to a future issue or receive updates via email, please contact the Editor and Publisher. The HWA and anyone associated with the content of this newsletter cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy, claims or views expressed. 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