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THE CAR SERVICE Professional Sales & Lettings AT COMPETITIVE RATES 020 8883 5000 020 8444 5222 [email protected] July 2006 No. 157 20p ARCHER ISSN 1361-3952 where฀sold A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Artists ight for Stanley Field By Daphne Chamberlain “Where are you, Stanley? Stanley, save the fields!” Poetry and artwork from East Finchley Open Artists made a strong statement along the railings of Stanley Road Field last month. As Council Leader Mike Freer warned that money for rebuilding Coppetts Wood Festival ield day School might come from selling the “run-down” field, The festival parade on its way to Cherry Tree Wood. See page 6 for our East Finchley Festival pictures. East Finchley was reaffirming that it wants to develop Photo by David Glick the space for the community. In just one hour, 60 people, including several children, added their signatures to a Field supporters petition to save the ield. The Community Development ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Trust, who organised the peti- meet with tion, said that this response, together with the enthusiastic take-up for the new East End Road Youth Group, proved that council leader young people do want a settled By Daphne Chamberlain spot to meet. Representatives from The East Finchley Community This counters Cllr Freer’s recent statement in Council Development Trust, The Walks Residents Association that designated youth venues and Holy Trinity School will meet Council Leader Mike are outdated and unnecessary. Freer at the beginning of July to discuss the future of 36 High Road East Finchley Open Artists PRICKETT Stanley Road Field. They have invited Roger Reed are pleased with the success of & ELLIS East Finchley N2 9PJ from the Football Foundation and Paul Allen from the their “railing” protest, a new National Playing Fields Association to attend the meet- venture into using art to beneit TOMKINS ing with them. the community. Spokesperson 020 8883 0033 Cllr Freer has announced that out that Barnet has obliga- Eti Wade said: “This is the irst Properties urgently required - now is the time to sell! Barnet plans to demolish Hol- tions under the Children and time we have worked to a theme lickwood School in the South Young People’s Act, and in collaboration.” Estate Agents and Valuers - Established 1767 Friern area and to amalgamate that East Finchley is already Karen Fraser’s video of the it with Coppetts Wood School. too densely populated. Sylvia project was shown during the He said: “Rebuilding schools is Duthie, Chair of Holy Trinity Open House weekend earlyier ��������฀�����฀�฀��� a very high priority for Barnet School Governors, said the Council, and will have to come schools regeneration project this month. ������฀������ from somewhere. The commu- already had massive central nity gain may need to come from funding. Our success rate in N2 is very high indeed, the sale of other land, such as There is growing local concern Dear obviously in Hampstead Garden Suburb Stanley Road Field.” over the discovery that Stanley Local councillor Alison Field is not oficially listed any- but also in East Finchley. Moore opposed this, pointing where as a playing ield. Editor… We have often obtained better prices from Does East Finchley need our base in the Suburb, so another betting shop? Please call us for a free valuation Cut-price Photo D&P Should Fortismere be turned or try us if you are on a Coral only £2.99 Fragrances for up to 40 exp into a Foundation School? multiple agency basis (35mm) Pharmacy Will parking for Institute ��฀������฀������฀���������฀������฀������ students crowd out local Stockists of a wide range of vitamins, homeopathic remedies, and herbal products. ������฀����฀��� residents? 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Bald Faced Stag, 69 David Hobbs Land adjoining 60 Lan- kaster Gardens High Road, N2 Daphne Chamberlain Commander Sycamore tree - lift to By John Dearing Demolition of existing Diana Cormack buildings, and erection three metres, thin 25%, Borough Commander Chief Superintendent Mark Ricketts retired on of three buildings between clear building by two SUB฀EDITORS 18 June 2006, after leading Barnet’s Police since February 2004. He three and six storeys in metres. Ann Bronkhorst has been appointed Director of Performance at the London Criminal height, to provide 102 59 Church Lane, N2 Wendy Devine Justice Board. Detective Superintendent Steve Kavanagh, previously residential units and Conversion of irst and at Scotland Yard, has taken over as Borough Commander. 250 square metres of second loor maisonette Pam Kent into two one-bedroom At his inal press conference on house, and seek permission to stay out commercial loorspace. lats. Alterations to roof, PRODUCTION฀EDITOR 12 June, Mr. Ricketts spoke of his late; indeed he had to ask permission Associated landscaping including dormer at rear. satisfaction at the reduction in overall when he got married in 1977! In his and car parking for 102 Alison Roberts 12 Ingram Road, N2 crime in the borough of 8%. Barnet varied career, he has been responsible for cars, accessed from Conversion into two self- Police have become a coherent team policing Premiership football games and Lankaster Gardens. PICTURE฀EDITOR contained lats. after the boundary changes of 2001. providing security for President Bush Former Lonsdale Resi- Erini Rodis 7 Chamberlain Road, N2 Safer Neighbourhood Teams of one and Prince Charles. He has worked dential Care Home, 2 Loft conversion, including sergeant, two constables and six police undercover, in CID, as a sector inspec- Tarling Road, N2 ADVERTISING wrap-around rear dormer. community support oficers (PCSOs) tor at Hackney and in the training school. Details pursuant to condi- 82 - 92 Great North John Dearing are now assured for every ward in the The biggest change he had seen was the tions of planning permis- Road, N2 borough. increased urbanisation of outer boroughs sion C01784BB/05, dated FINANCE Externally illuminated free- Mr Ricketts said that much of the such as Barnet, with consequent empha- 20.10.05. standing advertisement. Sue Holliday feedback from the public was about sis for police on public transport. When 104 High Road, N2 Hope Villa, King Street, N2 “bobbies on the beat” but that while oficers were posted at every key bus Alterations to existing ADMINISTRATION Extension at second loor there was a strong attachment to this and train station on 7 July 2005, street shopfront. Conversion of level, and conversion into Toni Morgan concept, foot patrols in crime hot spots crime plummeted. Subsequent analysis irst and second loors to two self-contained lats. made a clear contribution because much showed that the perpetrators of 25% of two self-contained lats, DISTRIBUTION 27 Brim Hill, N2 crime is opportunist. crime in the borough of Barnet come incorporating loft conver- Removal of an oak. Sue Holliday He thought that, inevitably, his suc- from Brent and Haringey, by public sion with rear dormer cessor would inherit some uninished transport. window. Ground loor side Haringey Council: Pam Kent 40 Midhurst Avenue, N10 business, such as workforce moderni- THE ARCHER wishes the Chief Superin- and rear extension. Single-storey rear exten- LEGAL฀ADVISER sation, team structure and locations, as tendent all the best in his future career. 258 East End Road, N2 sion and rear dormer there were too many sites in use, with Conversion of existing car Francis Coulson window. (Certificate of buildings no longer it for purpose. repair workshops, involv- lawfulness.) PRINTED฀BY Mr. Ricketts joined the Police in ing partial demolition and Car hits 40 Twyford Avenue, N2 1975 as a cadet, straight from school. partial reconstruction, to Eastway Offset Ltd Certiicate of lawfulness He recalled having to live in the section form ive self-contained (proposed) for erection WEB฀MANAGEMENT pedestrian in residential units. of garden shed in rear ARC Media 77 Abbots Gardens, N2 Burglar gains Shed in rear garden to be garden. East End Road used as home ofice and 52 Twyford Avenue, N2 Thank you to Madden’s access through By John Dearing practice room for music. Tree works to various Ale House for providing East End Road was closed for 90-92 High Road, N2 trees on site. us with a meeting place. several hours during the evening Change of use of ground 32 Beech Drive, N2 open window rush hour of Monday 12 June loor from sui generis to Single-storey rear exten- THE ARCHER team wishes A laptop computer, wallet and after a pedestrian was injured Class A2. sion and three rear to thank all the generous mobile phone were stolen from in a collision with a car. Red Lion Hotel, Red dormer windows, one people who give up their a house after the owner left a Just after 5pm, a middle-aged man Lion Hill, N2 with balcony. ground loor window open over- crossing the road near the entrance to Details in pursuance of 2 Lynmouth Road, N2 spare time, in all weather, Modiication of existing to deliver the paper for us. night to ventilate the room. the car park of The Bald Faced Stag conditions of planning per- The burglary happened in the early was hit by a car. Police and the London mission APP/N5090/A/05/ roof slope from hip to reduced hip. Your contributions hours of Sunday 18 June in Long Lane Ambulance Service were called, and 1193322, dated 20.03.06. when the owner went to bed leaving the man was taken to the Royal Free 1 Manor Park Road, N2 15 Shakespeare Gar- If you have a story for us, please open the front ground loor window as Hospital with suspected head injuries, Single-storey side/rear dens, N2 contact us at the above address. it was such a warm evening. and kept there overnight. Fortunately, extension. Demolition of existing Comments to THE ARCHER may be A laptop computer, wallet and his injuries turned out to be “neither life 472A Long Lane, N2 garage and erection of published unless clearly marked single-storey replacement ‘Not for publication’ within the text. mobile phone were stolen. The mobile threatening, nor life changing”. Details in part pursuance phone was a Blackberry and the wallet East End Road was closed at the of condition of appeal deci- extension, to comprise Copy deadlines contained credit and debit cards. junction with the High Road, back to the sion APP/N5090?A/05/ workshop and utility room. August issue: 14 July Anyone with any information is entrance to the Viceroy Close car park, 1193401, dated 20.02.06. 35 Woodside Avenue, N6 September issue: 11 August asked to ring burglary unit oficers on until 7.40pm while police investigated the 59 Summerlee Avenue, N2 Single-storey rear exten- October issue: 15 September 020 8733 4595 or Crimestoppers on accident. The car involved had a broken Alteration to roof, includ- sion and larch-clad storage 0800 555 111. windscreen. No arrests were made. ing rear dormer window to shed in front garden. 3 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 JULY 2006 Clean up closed down East Finchley’s By Diana Cormack An article in our May edition, Clean Up Down Under, suggested that an Australian scheme where councils Gold Medal Poet give training, grafiti removal kits and personal safety By Daphne Chamberlain equipment to volunteers to deal with the problem locally On 7 June, Fleur Adcock took a taxi to Buckingham Palace. She was about could be tried here. to be awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. As she put it, “Suddenly Chairman John Hajdu con- quickly,” Jack said. “We can this amazing thing had come whirling like a discus out of the sky.’ tacted THE ARCHER to say that the now cover a wider area and Muswell Hill and Fortis Green help to keep grafiti at a very In 1996, Fleur had received an OBE for services Association has run a similar low level.” to poetry, but this time her journey and the pres- scheme for over two years. John Hajdu told THE ARCHER entation were ilmed for a television programme Unimpressed by the local coun- that their scheme had worked about the monarchy at work. cil’s grafiti cleaning efforts at extremely well and brought new Unseen by the cameras was her 20-minute pri- that time, they contacted Harin- members into the association. “We vate audience with the Queen, when they chatted gey and offered to help. After are very proud of what we have about New Zealand, Fleur’s birthplace. After eight appropriate training and with done and believe it to be unique years in England during and immediately after the kit, volunteers Bill Jago and in Haringey, if not the whole of Second World War, when she attended 11 schools, Jack Whitehead set off twice north London,” he said. she “very reluctantly” went back there, aged 13, weekly to remove not only The Muswell Hill and Fortis returning here in 1963. With her ive year-old son, offending grafiti but also the Green Association intends to Andrew, she moved briely into Durham Road, many out-of-date notices about monitor the eficiency of the then settled in Lincoln Road. lost pets or coming events. council’s grafiti removal serv- “There has always been a nice, friendly feeling However, new health and ices. If necessary they will ask here, with lots of families and young children,” safety rules have ended their for the situation to be reviewed she says, “but there used to be more of what I work, though local businesses in a couple of months. call useful shops.” Some of those shops, along are able to continue with graf- At the time of writing THE with other pieces of East Finchley life, turn up iti busting activities supported ARCHER was waiting for a com- in her poems. by the council. Jack Whitehead ment from Haringey Council. Fleur was a founder member of the East spoke highly of Finchley Arts Festival committee, arranging the the help they had poetry programme and often reading her work. received from She writes about personal relationships, ecology Haringey and ��������������������������������������� and family history, as well as editing and translat- Fleur Adcock. Picture by John Dearing told THE ARCHER ing anthologies. These include the Faber Book of that he and Bill 20th Century Women’s Poets and The Virgin and The Queen’s Gold Medal, chosen by a panel are still involved � ��������������� the Nightingale (a collection of racy medieval chaired by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, rec- with keeping the Latin verses). ognises her collected work from 1960 to 2000. neighbourhood � �������������� Fleur has also collaborated on a libretto and She is the 38th person to receive this award clean. They � ���� an opera, held several Fellowships and a writing since 1934, the second New Zealander and the now go round � �������� residency, and works on poetry with teenagers seventh woman, including her admired 1969 noting what in schools. predecessor Stevie Smith. needs to be done � ����������� The Gold Medal has aroused much interest and putting the ���������������� in the land of her birth and she has been busy details weekly Post Ofice with interviews for New Zealand radio and on the council’s By Fleur Adcock magazines. Soon she will return there to visit website. ������������� The queue’s right out through the glass doors her family. “This gold medal is so nice for my “It will be �������������� ���������������� to the street: Thursday, pension day. children and grandchildren,” she says. “At last cleaned off very �������������������� They built this Post ofice too small. I’ve done something they can approve of!” Of course, the previous one was smaller - RY & BUILDING SP a tiny prefab, next to the betting-shop, ENT ECIA RP ฀Extensions & Home Improvements LI says the man who’s just arrived; ฀ ST We Have CA Property Repairs & Maintenance and the present one, at which we’re queuing, ฀ was cherry-trees in front of a church. Moved Garden Structures, Fencing & Decking The church was where the supermarket is: For a Friendly Local Service call: M J e r s ) “My wife and I got married in that church” to: Unit 4 G r i f f i t h s ( B u i l d T 9 the man says. “We hold hands sometimes The Old Printworks E L / F A X 0 2 0 8 4 4 5 1 5 7 when we’re standing waiting at the checkout - 25 Tapster Street have a little moment together!” He laughs. Barnet, EN5 5TH The queue shufles forward a step. 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We are here. and the marble slab on the cheese-counter, 115 High Road London N2 and the carved mahogany booth where you went to pay. Tel: 020 8444 5630 or email [email protected] The boy in front of her is chewing gum; his jaws rotate with the same motion as hers: to and fro, to and fro. “Post Ofice” is included in Fleur Adcock’s “Poems, 1960 - 2000”, published Nicky Sharp by Bloodaxe Books in 2000. ISBN 1-85224530-1. BSc (Hons) Ost Med VICTORY AUTO SERVICES For Osteopathy Clinic Air-Conditioning - Recharge & Servicing appointments in East Finchley for appointments: Mechanical repairs, tyres, please call bodywork, clutches, exhausts 07703 404 839 Tel: 020 8815 9433 MOTs by appointment or email At Nova Dental Care 109 Fortis Green East Finchley London N2 9HR Tel: 020 8883 9707 / 0023 Fax: 020 8482 9179 [email protected] 260, East End Road, London N2 8AU 4 JULY 2006 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 How to be a smart shopper Barnet Council is one of the leading councils in the coun- try for recycling waste. Now it is turning its attention to our shopping habits to try to stop us buying so much unnecessary packaging in the irst place. The council has drawn up 10 suppliers. steps to become a smart shopper • Step 5: Buy energy eficient and reduce the amount of waste light bulbs and rechargeable you create. batteries. It claims that by recycling and • Step 6: If possible, have milk trying to reduce waste as much delivered, so greatly reducing as possible we are all helping to the amount of plastic involved. reduce pressure on the council tax Visit www.indmeamilkman.net from the rising costs of disposing or email your name, address and of waste in landill sites. postcode to [email protected] Here, we print the 10 steps in • Step 7: Avoid individually full. Which ones apply to your wrapped or boxed products. Think lifestyle? economy size or try stand-alones. • Step 1: Take your own reus- • Step 8: Avoid buying disposable able shopping bag to the shops. items such as paper napkins and Barnet Council is giving away plastic cups. Buy reusable ones. a limited number of reusable Buy a reusable lunch box or, better Happy members of the East End Road Youth Group. Photo courtesy of Robina Spinks cloth bags. They are available still, reuse a plastic box container. at libraries. Just give your name • Step 9: Choose real nappies. address and contact details. They are practical, easy-to-use, East End Road Youth Group One per household, please. cheaper than disposables, and By Robina Spinks • Step 2: Buy products with little will decrease the amounts of A couple of months ago, two residents of the Thomas More Estate, East End Road, started or no packaging, or products plastic in the waste streams. A a youth group, open to all young people aged 11 to 19 in the East End Road area. They made of recycled or sustainable £54.15 subsidy is available to thought they might get about 10 members, but with 25 to 30 attending each week it is material, for example biodegrad- get you started. already so successful that it now has four youth workers. Three of these are local residents, able plastic bag bin liners. Plastic • Step 10: Ask store manag- while the fourth, Gary Bouho, is a basketball coach recruited from Barnet Bulldogs. should be a last resort. ers to stock more products • Step 3: Choose reills, products with minimal packaging and The East Finchley Com- be very welcome, particularly Servite Housing Associa- that can be reused, concentrates fruit and veg with no plastic munity Development Trust as membership is growing. tion, the landlord of Thomas and bulk buying. This gives you packaging at all, and tell them handles funds and administra- For more information, please More estate, has given help and more product per packaging. if you feel that a product has tion at the club’s request, but contact 020 8346 9811 or a great deal of encouragement, • Step 4: Choose loose fruit and been over-packaged. financial sponsorship would [email protected]. as have the East Finchley Com- vegetables or have them deliv- For further information on munity Police, whose support is ered package-free by a box serv- recycling and waste prevention in enthusiastic and inspiring. After school activities ice. Visit www.barnet.gov.uk/ Barnet please call 8359 7400 or visit The teens now have two eve- smartshopping for a list of www.barnet.gov.uk/recycling nings a week to meet together, Basketball with Barnet Bulldogs is available at Bishop play table tennis, pool, basket- Douglass School, Hamilton Road, with priority given to ball, football, and a number of local children, no matter which school they attend. board games. This free training is held on Wednesdays, with a session for Saying no to knives The venue is Bishop Doug- girls only from 4pm followed by one for boys from 6-8pm. For By Lucy Chamberlin lass School, Hamilton Road, further details phone Barnet Bulldogs on 020 8449 4883. It is a message we have heard many times before: young where the head teacher kindly Irish dancing classes for children aged ive years and above people with knives are a danger to society. But when allows the club to use the are held at the school on Mondays from 4.30-5.30 pm. Contact born-again Christian Des Brown visited the new youth school’s facilities. Sinead Brooks at Bishop Douglass on 020 8444 5211 extension club which meets every Monday evening at the Method- The club meets every Tuesday 210 for more information. ist Church in the High Road, he had the experience to evening, 6-9pm, with basketball back it up. on Wednesday evenings from A welcoming cuppa Having been on both the warmth, Des had a very special 6-8pm. It will close during the giving and receiving end of a presence; he emphasised the school holidays (last meeting 25 The new Contact the Elderly Finchley group got off to knife and subsequently turned to value of body, spirit and soul July, re-opening 5 September) a lying start in late May with a tea at the home of the Christianity, his story was one of and his obvious conviction and but there are plans for outings group’s co-ordinator. change but also of integrity. love inspired the children’s full in August. Anyone interested in The new group was set up to better social life. One Sunday The event began with a tal- attention to his story and then going on an outing should enrol at help some of the most isolated afternoon a month volunteers ented and vivacious sister act participation in a inal prayer. the club before the end of term. local elderly people enjoy a will drive them to a tea party from Des’s local Youth Club in This youth club was started at the home of a volunteer host. Walthamstow, who illustrated in October 2005 through the

   They will enjoy something that the importance of ‘values and vision of Maureen Clemen- ST. JOHNS CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH most of us take for granted: a morals’ with dance, rap with son, who saw the need of local Tele:079 444 989 30 ~ Web: www.stjohnsfinchley.co.uk cup of tea, a slice of cake and ‘positive lyrics’, and anecdo- children with nowhere to go Services a chat in a friend’s house. tal stories which ingeniously and nothing to do. She hopes Sunday 6.30 p.m. Thursday 7.30 p.m. The group still needs to ind involved the children. to buck the trend of closing Holy Communion 1st Sunday of the month 6.30 p.m. Healing every Tuesday between 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. five more welcoming hosts Jude, another of Des’s aides, youth groups, and her hard Weddings ~ Christenings ~ Funerals (at the church or cemetery) willing to provide a simple tea told his own life of crime and work seems to be paying off. by arrangement with the Minister once a year. Hosts need to be redemption through faith in a With over 40 on the register, All are welcome within a 20-minute drive from 4 Woodberry Grove N12 (behind Homebase) slow rap before Des himself mostly aged 9-15 though older Finchley and the only require- took the stage. and younger ones also attend, ments are a downstairs toilet, Aged just 13-14 Des became the children apparently queue A friendly welcome awaits you not too many steps and a warm involved in drugs and alcohol in all weathers to come in. welcome. before moving on to burglary, Assisted by other volunteers EAST FINCHLEY METHODIST CHURCH Houses don’t have to be street robbery and inally a stab- like Maureen Antoinette, the 197 High Road, London N2 (opp. Creighton Ave.) large and the main focus of bing. At the time of his trial he regular programme of football www.eastfinchleymethodist.org.uk the teas is informality and the was discovering a irm belief and street dancing has been chance for a good chat. If you in Christianity and he cited his interspersed with talks from would like to help make a dif- religion as the only explanation policemen, artists and profes- Family service and Junior Church ference to some of the most for his sentence of two years’ sionals. They also have a small Every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. vulnerable, elderly people probation. selection of games available but in Barnet please call Free- A short video clip called ‘Keep are always looking for more phone 0800 716 543 or see It Real’ then highlighted the neces- activities. If you have anything Worship Music Social events Wheelchair friendly www.contact-the-elderly.org sity for showing the same face on suitable to donate, such as an old tel: 020 8349 9340 e-mail: [email protected] or email helen.lord@contact- the street as at home. table-tennis set, please contact the-elderly.org.uk Exuding energy and THE ARCHER. 5 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 JULY 2006 A new face on the This is Big Brother… By John Lawrence Next time you watch Big High Road Brother, look past the back-biting, moaning By Sue Holliday housemates and take a East Finchley now has its own brasserie and cocktail bar closer look at the furniture in the High Road. On 14-15 June there were opening they’re sitting on. parties for Monkey Face and THE ARCHER was invited. That eclectic collection of We were impressed by the breakfast and food will be living room furniture could be changes made to the premises, served all day. the most interesting thing on the formerly Bar XL. It is now After 7pm, the bar will be reality TV show - and its centre- light, airy, well-lit and air- for over 21s only; I expect that piece is there thanks to an East conditioned. On the walls will be when the cocktail bar Finchley businesswoman. are paintings by local artists, person will be doing a Tom Jane Elliott, who runs Ambi- which will be changed on a Cruise impression, which ence Contracts from her home in regular basis. There are plans should be fun to watch. Apart Baronsmere Road, supplied the to put seating outside so that from cocktails there will be eye-catching blue Sliced Sofa customers can enjoy drinks a wide variety of wines and for the Big Brother lounge. and food in the sun. spirits served by a young Described by host Davina Jane Elliott inside the Big Brother house with the funky furniture she Johnny and Mick enthusiastic staff. McCall as an ‘egg-slicer’ supplied. Picture courtesy Jane Elliott. Rayner, the brothers who The venue can be sec- because it looks like it’s been own Monkey Face, want to tioned off so private areas through one, it’s been attracting Feek, for whom Jane is the ing a more affordable polypro- provide a type of venue that can be hired for special par- a lot of attention. sole UK agent. It commands a pylene version.” is missing in East Finchley. ties. Johnny says he is open to Jane approached the Big £4,500 price tag as it is made Another design classic This they should achieve, as ideas for making these parties Brother production team ear- from hand cut slices of foam from Feek will be on show at they will open at 10am for as enjoyable as possible. lier this year to say the sofa glued together, then inished the Cherry Tree gift shop in the would be ideal for the house with layers of a special coat- High Road, courtesy of Jane. but it was only when the Big ing that makes it waterproof and The pebble light glows in six Brother designers saw it in a suitable for use outside. different colours and is great Football lies the lag magazine weeks later that they Jane said: “The price makes for outdoor use. Look out for By Diana Cormack came knocking at Jane’s door. it expensive for many people, it in the shop window next time For the past month there have been few places in England Jane said: “We had tried in but we are looking into produc- you’re passing. where the lag of St George was not on display to support vain to ind the right person our football team in the World Cup. Yet ten years ago at Big Brother to approach and more this would not have been the case. so were delighted to speak to them and they were great to As a teacher then, my intro- passport control forms, it only work with.” ? duction to a lesson about St takes an international sporting The sofa was designed George’s Day was to ask the event to sort out what national- by new talent Frederick Van Bowling could be the perfect solution class what lag they would ity they really are! Heerveld and his company wave if they were watching England play Germany. They Muswell Hill Bowling Club (in Kings always replied “The Union Avenue, Muswell Hill) welcomes new Jack”, thus enabling me to Any umberellas? members and can provide instruction and explain that the union lag is The Hornsey Trust desperately needs old, broken umbrel- equipment. an amalgamation of those of St las to make parachutes for the teddy bears and other soft George of England, St Andrew toys which will loat down from the tower of St. James’s No fee for the first 12 months of Scotland and St Patrick of Church to herald this year’s Muswell Hill Festival on Ireland (The principality Sunday 17 September. For further information, ring of Wales was not included They will jump on the the trust’s centre for children 020 8368 6605 or 020 8883 0433 because, when the irst union Saturday before the show with cerebral palsy at the top lag was created in 1606, it was using chutes in a variety of of Muswell Hill just above the already united with England.) styles and sizes, but many will primary school. Klages Plumbing & Heating Agency LTD. But football put an end to my be made from old umbrellas. All enquiries should be CONTACT TELEPHONE No: 020 8346 7218 / 8636 well-used formula in 1996, They can range in size from made to Alison Wynn, the when Wembley hosted the collapsibles up to golf umbrel- Trust’s fundraiser, on 020 8444 KLAGE European Cup inals. las. The Trust will collect them 7242, mobile 07808 364 033 or A spectacular opening cer- locally, or you can take them to e-mail on [email protected]. 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The fastest growing financial movement in the world Antigua Joe entertains as the Chinese Dragon enters the park. Photo by Toni Morgan 7 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 JULY 2006 Silent wonders By Tony Roberts For the brief period from 1911 to 1916, East Finchley housed one of two studios belonging to the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, Britain’s third most productive makers of silent ilms at that time. At a well-attended talk the year. A barn housed the organised by The Finchley props, scenery and mainte- Society’s Local History nance area. Group, Gerald Turvey gave The opening ball sequence a fascinating account of this of Britain’s irst epic, The proliic period, well illustrated Battle of Waterloo (1913) with a range of slides from ilm was shot at Newstead House, and press. but the battle scenes were not He explained how East ilmed in East Finchley. Finchley’s connection began The company ilmed a wide when the company expanded range of subjects: shipwrecks into larger premises: ofices at sea, crime ilms, war ilms, and manufacture at Endell lives of Shakespeare and of Street and a studio at New- Florence Nightingale; even stead House, East Finchley, one on prostitution. located in large grounds on the The company produced High Road just north of where several film series includ- Sylvester Road is today. ing ones about Dick Turpin Why East Finchley? It was (appropriately for the loca- described then as one of the tion!), Three-ingered Kate Bob and June Wiltshire have gone into the beauty business together. Picture by John Lawrence. most charming of suburbs, (a successful gang leader), easily reached by train and and Lt. Daring RN. Banking on beauty tram. The company was active A couple seeking a new outlook on life have gone into business with their own beauty The studio was mainly into the irst half of 1916 treatment centre. used for filming interior until McDowell, mainstay of June and Bob Wiltshire, of Elmield Road, previously worked in banking, June as a bank worker scenes whilst outdoor action the company, went to France and Bob as part of the team advising wealthy customers for HSBC. was ilmed in a wide variety of as a cameraman. He ilmed the locations, sometimes locally Battle of the Somme. But they reached a turning but also in many parts of the Gerald Turvey is a director point in their lives last year after UK. The interior scenes were of the Phoenix Cinema Trust June had returned to college to ilmed outside in natural light and is researching and writing train as a beautician and Bob on a stage 15 by 30 feet, so about the British and Colonial realised he’d had enough of the summer was a busy time of Kinematograph Company. rat race and the daily commute to Canary Wharf. So the couple grabbed the opportunity to buy a franchise and set up the North London OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Singing in the Passion    By Helen Drake and Molly Hogan IPL Centre, based at Cootes FACIALS MAKE UP MANICURES PEDICURES Pharmacy in Ballards Lane, NAILS BIOSCULPTURE  EYELASH TINT & PERM On Sunday 9 April at the start of Holy Week, the Martin  School Junior Choir travelled with their Choir teacher Finchley Central. EYEBROW TINT & SHAPE AIR BRUSHED TANNING Bob said: “It’s something ST TROPEZ  WAXING  HAIR EXTENSIONS Jan Trott to Holy Trinity Church in Sloane Street, central we both wanted to do. June had   London to sing in J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion. BOTOX RESTYLANE TCA SKIN PEELS given up her career to look after SHIATSU ACUPUNCTURE  REIKI  HOPI EAR CANDLES Performing alongside the for the performance we were our family so it’s her chance to REFLEXOLOGY MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE really excited! do something she loves.” internationally renowned ACUPRESSURE MASSAGE JAPANESE FACIAL MASSAGE Our Choir sang in two June is fully trained and Canticum Choir (of which AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE CHIROPODY  PODIATRY Jan Trott is a member) and the sections of the irst half, one accredited to give treatments REFLEXOLOGY BABY MASSAGE  INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE orchestra, Counterpoint, it was at the beginning and one near using intensed pulsed light,   a great honour for the children the end. When we weren’t hence IPL, for permanent hair YOGA BOWEN THERAPY CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY. to be involved in such a pres- singing we were standing on reduction. IPL is a gentler alter- Telephone 020 8444 4226 tigious event. As one parent either side of the orchestra. native to laser treatments that 1A LEICESTER MEWS, EAST FINCHLEY, LONDON, N2 9EJ said: “It was marvellous to The sound coming from the uses a light source converted to (ON LEICESTER RD - JUST OFF THE HIGH RD BEHIND COOTES PHARMACY) see the children singing so Choir and the orchestra was heat to push out hair follicles. competently, and even more beautiful, it illed the church. Their business is already marvellous considering they We had never performed with attracting international atten- were singing in German!” an orchestra before so it was tion. One client travelled to The three-hour piece looks very exciting. We all really Finchley from Prague because at the last two days of Christ’s enjoyed ourselves and were her sister had recommended life on Earth as told by the proud to have participated.” June. Gospel of St Matthew. Martin School pupil Molly Hogan has written about her experience. Open door for artists “The Choir rehearsed every Local artists are being invited to submit their work to Tuesday morning leading up to The Barnet Open, an annual exhibition to showcase the the performance with Jan, our talent of local artists in Barnet and the neighbouring Choir teacher. On the Sunday before north London boroughs of Brent, Camden, Enield, the actual concert we went Haringey and Harrow. to Sloane Square to practise A panel of experts includ- downloaded from the web- with the other singers. There ing curators, art critics, art site www.artsdepot.co.uk or were two secondary schools enthusiasts and community collected from the box ofice performing with us, along representatives will select the and the Apthorp gallery at with the adult choir. On the work to be exhibited. Entries artsdepot. day, we went with our par- for the exhibition can be made Last year’s exhibition was ents to Sloane Square where till 12 July. the irst of these annual events we had our last rehearsal, The exhibition will be open and has set the mark for a this time with the orchestra. to the public from 8 Septem- future of exciting offerings Afterwards, we went out to ber to 5 October in artsdepot’s from a wealth of local talent. a café nearby. When we got Apthorp Gallery in North This year artists can choose to back people were already Finchley. sell their art work during the arriving. While we waited Submission forms can be exhibition. 8 JULY 2006 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Beckham signs for Holy Trinity By Anum Bandey and Lois Lawrence, Year 4 David Beckham signed an England football shirt that was auctioned at our Summer Fair at Holy Trinity School. Nine other England players had signed the shirt too. When it was auctioned, it raised an amazing £1,700 for the school, thanks to a mystery bidder on the phone. The tombola was good fun too. We won some Bourbon chocolate biscuits, bubble bath, face cream and some toothpaste. If you wanted to win something, then you had to get a ticket with a 5 or 0 on the end. The next one we went to was the toy stall. We got an England rubber, candy, bonus ball, windpipe and a creepy crawly set. The face painting stall was giving children all kinds of faces from sea creatures with dolphin shapes The winning Starsh team with their trophy. Photo by Helen Drake to Count Dracula. We were very hungry so we went to the food and Raise the cup and cheer drink stall. The people serving drinks were always By Kate Fuscoe busy because it was very very hot. There were lots of other things to see, including World Cup fever peaked on Saturday 17 June and the sun a bouncy castle, a cake stall, some nail painting and shone once again for the annual East Finchley Festival even someone giving parents a massage in a chair. football tournament, hosted by Martin Schools at their Everybody there enjoyed the summer fair and Summer Fun Day. it raised thousands of pounds to go towards school Alexander Ormerod with the signed England shirt Play started on the Martin shield inally went to Martin’s funds. Thank you to everyone who came and hope Schools’ ield at 10.30am, with 6J, after a nail-biting inal against that raised £1,700. Picture by John Lawrence. to see you next year. 18 teams from Holy Trinity their opponents 5M. and Martin battling it out for a Overall, the children played place in the inal. After a series of very well, with good sportsman- Martin School Fun Day matches carefully monitored by ship, said the referees. Council- referees James Johnson, David lor Alison Moore presented the By Rosamund Casimir-Brown and Amber Albani, Martin Junior pupils Noden, Steve Parsons, Mike trophies, and congratulated the The Martin School’s Summer Fun Day was great fun, and really hot, but for us, rather wet, Harris and Dave Tossell, the children on their excellent play thanks to four boys who sprayed us with water guns all day! There were loads of people Infant Cup was won by Martin’s (and could someone please there, but it wasn’t overcrowded. Year 2 class, Starish. The Junior explain the offside rule?). There were tons of things to do, includ- ing the tombola, rafle, hook-a-duck, a fancy dress competition, and a giant inlat- able slide! There was also delicious food Save our brownies! and lovely drinks, as well as a relaxing, With their present leader moving on, East Finchley shady spot to eat and drink. Brownie Pack will have to close if a replacement cannot Everyone also enjoyed the live music be found. This popular group meets weekly in term time being played by Alan Gruner (the Schools’ at St Mary’s Church Hall, 279 High Road and carries out Music Co-ordinator) and his band, with the usual Brownie activities, including being successful fund some spectacular vocal numbers from raisers. Recently they held a Keep Fit Challenge and made Martin pupil Laura O’ Driscoll and Luzolo, over £279 for a Great Ormond Street Hospital appeal for a former pupil. children with leukaemia. The Summer Fun Day was especially Now they are appealing for other schools and making new good for some people, as they won a someone with guider experience friends. prize in the rafle. Eti Wade won £200 of to step forward and help them. Clubs like these beneit the Budgens vouchers, Sooay Powell won £150 The Girlguiding Association community as a whole. Our of hair products from 202 Hair Stylists, will provide on-going training. young people need more and Rosamund (me!) won a £100 voucher Rainbows, the pre-Brownie organised activities, not fewer, to spend at Top Shop! Overall, it was a group for ive to seven year olds, and it would be sad to see one fantastic day, and we know it will be just is still going strong and acts as a that has been established in as good next year. Eti Wade, pictured with eldest son Mikhael, after she won feeder group to the Brownies. As the area for many years being well as learning so much from forced to close. If you can help or £200 of Budgens vouchers, the the activities on offer, the girls need more information, please rst prize in the Martin Schools also beneit socially through contact Mrs Antoinette on 020 All Saints’ Church, Summer Fun Day rae. Picture by interacting with children from 8883 5654. Durham Road, East Finchley Helen Drake Church of England By Diana Cormack Sunday masses at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS Weekday masses at 10.00 a.m. Holy Trinity approved and the money received able day at Barnet Cricket Prayer requests are gladly accepted. will be spent on new playground Tournament where they were The school’s commitment to apparatus. just beaten in the knock-out promoting the beneits of physi- The Parish has a flourishing social life. but won all four of their friendly cal activity has been recognised Martin Schools matches. Contact the Vicar, Fr Christopher Hardy, by Holy Trinity receiving the Active on 020 8883 9315. An advisory teacher from Mill Three boys, Devini and Navin Mark Gold Extension Award. Hill County visited the junior Patel and Kieran Nunkoo, have All Saints’ also has a strong musical tradition and an Despite being a small school, school after hearing about the been chosen to represent Britain enthusiastic choir of both adults and children. Holy Trinity entered two teams high quality design technology in an international karate compe- Experienced singers are always welcome. in the Barnet Schools Tag Rugby work going on there. She was tition in Cyprus. Contact Geoffrey Hanson on 020 8444 9214. Sevens Tournament at Finchley immensely impressed by both the The school choir took part in the Rugby Club. The “A” team were http://www.allsaints-eastfinchley.org.uk work and the vibrant atmosphere annual Barnet Music Festival at runners up to a school with three and said that secondary schools the artsdepot. times as many pupils to choose could learn from the imaginative Both schools were involved in from, whom they had beaten but way Martin Junior approached Multicultural Week at the end East Finchley Baptist Church who had scored one more try over- the subject. of June, with an International Just off the High Road in Creighton Avenue N2 all in the group matches. The Holy As part of the drive to increase Evening being one of the planned Trinity teams played each other enthusiasm for science, a highlights. Sundays at 11.00 am and 6.30 pm twice in the tournament and it was parent volunteer organised a The infants celebrated World Cup one win each. special treasure hunt for Year 5 Day on 20 June by wearing their For more information Walk to School Week was well on the theme of space. Working team’s kit to school, for which please contact the Church Office supported in spite of the inclem- in groups, the children had great they paid £1. All countries and Tel: 8883 1544 (Minister: Simon Dyke) ent weather, with many families fun searching the building and types were welcome and the making the effort and thinking ield for clues. money raised was donated to about the environment. The cricket team had an enjoy- the School Amenities fund. Visitors always welcome The School Travel Plan was 9 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 JULY 2006 A week to remember By Diana Cormack Bishop Douglass School in Hamilton Road has held an annual activity week for the past 20 years. This year the events were linked to The London Challenge, a govern- ment-inspired partnership between all those who seek more for London’s young people. As one of the irst schools in the capital to use this community based project, the results at Bishop Douglass are being closely watched. Preparations began in to France. As well as going to January for the week in May Disneyland Paris, they learned when students would be intro- a lot about Paris on their guided duced to new experiences and walking tours and experienced encouraged to take on different a different culture. challenges. Art, English, tech- The cultural aspect was nology, fashion, ilm, website highlighted in the pupils’ design and sport were among performance ending the the suggestions from pupils for week, in which music, dance what they would like included. and drama featured strongly. Years 7, 8 and 9 took part but Songs and dances from many exam commitments prevented cultures were enthusiastically Year 11 from participating; supported by the audience, Year 10 managed to it in a who had been kept up to date special day of their own. by fellow students through a This was “Navy Day” when daily newsletter reporting on visiting naval oficers put the the activities. Photo by Erini Rodis pupils through their paces, Teacher Andy Fyfe, one of with one of their character the main organisers, told THE building methods being a ARCHER: “So far it has been muddy assault course! Mud very successful and it can only I wanted to hug everybody was no doubt involved in get better. We aim to bring in By Erini Rodis Year 8’s PGL week in Lin- new ideas and activities as it One Sunday afternoon, extraordinarily uplifted yoga provides an element of coln, which included caving, grows. This is not a one-off meditation to help focus and walking, abseiling and fencing thing. It is something that the on the mezzanine floor after a session of Yoga Thai of Holy Trinity Church Massage that I wanted to clear the mind. among its many activities. Year staff and students are fully It helps to bring along a 9 had a very successful visit behind.” in Church Lane, I felt so hug everybody and spread the word! friend as it’s a very hands-on Run by local yoga teacher learning process, which sends Sunnah Rose and Thai Massage energy surging all around the Winning the numbers game body. Described as a holistic By Helen Drake practitioner David Stillitz, this workshop is a meditative and healing therapy, this tradi- Year 6 pupil Susannah Fleiss was the star of a special assembly held on Friday 9 June gentle, yet at the same time tional Thai technique focuses at Martin Junior School when she became the irst winner of the Lynn Cornelius Award strenuous and challenging “upon the energy make up of for Outstanding Achievement for her success in mathematics. workout. The enthusiasm of the body, alleviating it of any aches, pains, discomforts or Watched proudly by her parents, the teachers is infectious and the stained glass and arched imbalances - harmonising the 11-year-old Susannah received her mind, body and spirit.” award in front of Councillor John windows add to the sense of peace. It also makes you feel Marshall, Cabinet Member for wonderfully cuddled from the Education and Lifelong Learn- Whether you want to improve flexibility, relax, inside. ing, along with pupils, teachers The next course takes and governors of the school. detox or help heal any inju- ries, Yoga Thai Massage is an place on 30 July, costing Also in the audience was £40 per person or £70 for local resident and former parent effective combination of yoga warm-ups and massage. The two. For further details Robert Winton MBE whose idea contact: sunnah@stretching it had been to create the award. practitioner uses deep tissue massage to help you reconnect people.co.uk, tel: 07941 Mr Winton, who is Secretary of 321772, or david@thaimass the Finchley Society, had read with the rest of your body in a very nurturing way while the agelondon.co.uk, tel: 07976 about the success of Susannah 293521 or 020 7691 1957. and other Martin School pupils in THE ARCHER. He had been so impressed that he felt “the school deserves to have a thank you”. Senior staff chose Susannah to receive the award because of her particular success in two mathematics competitions. In the World Class Tests in November 2005 Susannah gained a distinction FABULOUS FACIALS in the 12-14 years group, an incred- INTRODUCING THE ENVIRON® ible achievement considering she IONZYME® DF MACHINE AT UTOPIA was competing with children up The skin looks and feels younger within 2 or 3 treatments! “Ideally vitamin A to four years older. should be used from an early age” says Of the 10,000 children who took A thrilled Susannah Fleiss Dr Des Fernandes, cosmetic surgeon and part in the irst round of the Primary with her trophy. 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The machine is the first to exceptional pupil.” forlornly on the pavement combine the use of active Sonophoresis Mr Winton did not want his outside a house in Leslie own name on the trophy and so Miss Driscoll added: and intensified Iontophoresis, and is “After the assembly, Road waiting for collection therefore possibly the most advanced it was decided to name the award ® when Susannah went by the waste disposal team, machine of its kind in the world. The specific Environ products used in after Lynn Cornelius, a much these treatments contain the optimum strengths of vitamin A and C, plus out to play, there was a loved member of staff who died was a Christmas tree. additional growth factors, to make the skin more resilient, radiant and to recently. resounding cheer from Was this the last survivor help treat blemishes such as patchy pigmentation, scarring, pimples, photo Head Teacher Maggie Driscoll the whole school. Every of Christmas 2005 or are damaged skin, lines and wrinkles. child clearly agreed with there others still waiting to Environ® facials start at £60. Full range of Environ® products also at Utopia. said: “Lynn would have been really Tel 020 8444 4226 for more information. delighted by Susannah’s success, the teachers’ choice.” meet their maker? 10 JULY 2006 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events SPORT & FITNESS Size matters v Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, at the artsdepot Summers Lane N12. New and By Daphne Chamberlain experienced bowlers welcome. v Keep fit for the Retired I went to the artsdepot last month and contemplated a Wednesdays Christ Church N12. navel. There it was: on the wall, in your face and looking Ring Bridie 8883 5269 exactly like a tunnel burrowing into sand. The sand was vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings Ave, N10. New & experienced bowl- rumpled a little round the mouth of the tunnel, where a ers welcome. Tel: 8883 1178. few blades of grass were luttering. At irst, that is what I vPilates in East Finchley, qualied thought it was showing - this huge black-and-white photo teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 vPilates class Wednesdays, 2.15- mounted on aluminium - until I saw the title. 3.15pm at Youth Theatre, N2. Ring It was part of an Arts but free, and almost on East Penny Hill 8444 2882. Council exhibition called Finchley’s doorstep. The gal- vTae Kwon Do at The Green Man Thursdays 7-9pm 07949 612 706 Size Matters. Thirty exhibits lery is on the irst loor of the vTai Chi at the Green Man on - pictures, models and videos artsdepot. There is playspace Mondays 1.30-3pm. An ageing - explored scale and the way for children, but under-12s need well class for older people. we view people and things an adult with them to get into vTennis club with four clay courts off Southern Road. Call 8440 6953. around us. the exhibition; an activity sheet vWood Walk, meet 10am at On screen, computer- offers children things to do and Cherry Tree Wood cafe on 1st & shrunk aircraft zoomed around ideas to discuss. Size Matters 2nd Mon of month for 1 hr walk, a lat cum airield. Less light continues until 16 July. Call 8883 8750. hearted was the disturbing v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. Footnote: Weekly drop-in classes - N2, N6, “Object of Fun”, a picture of Art Gallery volunteers N10. Phone Judy on 8444 7783. a little girl in short skirt, socks vYoga classes Tuesdays 8-9:30pm and sandals, with an oversize wanted at EF Methodist Church. Experienced man’s head. The artsdepot needs volun- teacher. Call Rosalind 8444 8134. For me, some exhibits teers to give four hours once DANCE, DRAMA, ART did not work. Inspired by the a week (or when possible) 12-4pm or 4-8pm Monday to & MUSIC recent photograph of a mouse with a cloned human ear on its Saturday, or 1-5pm Sundays. Right-left: Peter Bayley MBE, Chief Projectionist, Paul Stanley & Ava v Art Classes. For info call Henry Responsibilities: opening on 020 8888 5133. back, a fantasy “dinomouse” Grauls, Relief Projectionists. Picture by John Dearing v Ballroom dancing classes, was enlarged to the size of the and closing the gallery, wel- beginners and improvers. Phone dinosaur it was squaring up to. coming visitors, answering 01707 642 378 Perhaps it was something about questions, occasional routine Phoenix Cinema v Club Dramatika drama club for its face, but it looked more like administrative tasks; also kids. Call 8883 7110. assistance in hanging exhibi- v East Finchley Writing Workshops. Alice’s teapot dozer gone wrong Creative writing, poetry and prose than a match for T Rex. Art is tions and helping with work- Paradiso Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. always a matter of personal taste, shops and education visits. By Sheila Armstrong v Finchley Jazz Club - 10 & 24 July however, and there was plenty Contact Tracey Lazarus on at 8pm, Wilf Slack Cricket Pavilion, 020 8369 5464 or rebecca.fau Madonna fan, MBE and 50 years in the business, Peter East End Rd, N3. New members of variety here. welcome The exhibition is small [email protected]. Bayley is still on the afternoon shift in the projection v Line dancing Tuesdays from room at the Phoenix Cinema. His goal is to keep working 8.30pm at The Constitutional Club. until 2010 when our local cinema will be 100 years old Call Maureen 8440 8530. and he will have been there for 50 years. v Memory Lane Singing Club - a Music and drama to communal singing club. Call Idit THE ARCHER ’S meeting a car repair garage in High Gold 8458 4508. with Peter was in the projec- Barnet when he left school, v Over 60s come dancing at Ann tion room at the top of the old he’s never looked back. He Owens Centre 8346 8736 my ears cinema, which still retains a feel worked irst for the Gaumont v Pottery Class at The Green Man, By Betti Blatman Call Celia Holmes 8349 9315 of the 1930s from its rebuild North Finchley as a trainee and v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist The North London Festival of Music and Drama this year in 1937 when the screen was then started at the Phoenix in Church. Call 8883 4070 for info. had 1,500 entrants but as an ‘entrant’ may be an orches- moved from the High Street 1960. v Street Dance every Tuesday at Old tra or a choir composed of dozens of individuals (Kaos side of the building to its cur- Gone with the Wind and Barn for children of various ages rent position. The Glenn Miller Story are Contact Lorna 07976 203669. Signing Choir had nearly 100 members) this means well vSwampRock events: Call Carole over 2,000 people participated in this year’s Festival. The most striking thing amongst his favourite ilms and 8810 7454 or Neil 01727 830280 about the room is the huge reel he describes the introduction of www.swamprock.org.uk Rachel Douglas, chair- piano, instrumental and singing of full-length ilm and the noise wide screen and Cinemascope v Symphonic Wind Orchestra of person, inds it “enormously sections are invited to take part it makes as it feeds through the as being the biggest change North London, Contact Caroline rewarding to be involved in an and the standard is extremely projector. in cinemas. They were quite Egan 8340 2706 occasion that taps such talent, high, making it a memorable Peter’s irst opportunity to breathtaking when irst seen, v Tap Dance for children beginning energy and enthusiasm in so concert. at Old Barn every Monday, Contact show ilms came in a geogra- he told THE ARCHER. Sharon 8349 4613 many young people”. The Prize Winners’ Concert, phy lesson at school, when the He is ably assisted by Paul After attending several which is a showcase for the class was challenged to operate Stanley who is just completing CLUBS & SOCIAL preliminary music competi- festival, followed on Sunday 21 th v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays the projector. He was the only his 27 year there, so between at the Green Man. Call 8444 1162 tions, I was delighted to be May. Some of the performers one who could do it. And, apart them they have been at the to book. invited to the President’s Prize were local residents, including from a few years working for Phoenix for 73 years. v East Finchley National Childbirth Competition on Saturday 20 six-year-old violinist Miteki Ochi Trust, Contact Jane Woollard, on 020 May, at which their President, from East Finchley and 10-year- 8883 4340 the conductor Sir Colin Davis, old speaker Lauren Duffus who v meet weekly East Finchley Writers donates the £100 prize each attends Showstoppers Drama Whats On... at The Old White Lion. Call Lilian E-mail your listings to [email protected] 8444 1793 year. Top players from the School in Muswell Hill. v Finchley & District Philatelic The top prize winners were: Sunday 30 July Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 The Phoenix International Short Film Festival presents new and inno- v Friendly Rubber Bridge at The Old Suzie Thorn, oboe: 1) The President’s Prize; 2) Most Outstanding Reed vative work from up and coming film makers; 12pm Phoenix Cinema, Barn. Contact 8349 4613 Instrument Player in the Festival; 3) Premier Challenge Cup (wind). High Road. v Haringey Recorded Music Society Olivia Newbold, piano: Premier Challenge Cup (piano). informal meetings locally. Call David Ori Epstein, cello: 1) Instrumental Cup for most promising player under Mouldon on 8361 1696. v North London Bridge Club, 15 years; 2) Peggy Page Cello Trophy for most promising cellist; 3) Is 2006 the year you learn how to Muswell Hill. Contact 8348 3495 Recital Class for players 12-14 years. v Muswell Hill and Highgate Joon Yeon Sir, violin: 1) Premier Challenge Cup (strings); 2) Concerto surf the web and use email? Pensioners Action Group Call Bob class (any age). Cottingham on 8444 7635. The Green Man Community Centre offers a wide range of courses to v Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, Kitty Whateley, singer: 1) Song Recital Class; 2) Most Outstanding help you make the most of new technology. If you just want to learn contact 8883 4390 Female Singer over 16 years. how to use email or even get a professional qualification we have the v Old Barn pre-school club, contact Youth Music Centre, of Hampstead Garden Suburb: three orchestral course for you. 8349 4613/1961 shields for outstanding orchestras in three age groups. Learners study at their own pace with a friendly tutor on hand to offer v Parent & Toddler Group, Green The Chapel Choir of St Mary’s School, Hampstead: Most Outstanding Man Centre, Julia 8444 2276 help and advice if needed. v Probus Lunch Club for retired Primary School Choir. professionals. Call Eric 8340 0822. For more information about the courses on offer call Helen on vStepping Stones, interactive play The Festival goes from talented and gifted chil- 020 8815 0703. session for under 3s. Karen 07957 strength to strength with dren. I can’t wait for the The Learndirect Centre is managed in conjunction with Barnet College 278860. performances from highly next one! 11 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 JULY 2006 Letters to the editor Send your correspondence to: “Letters Page”, Are you a walnut Letters without veriiable contact addresses will not be reviewed or The Archer, PO Box 3699, printed. Contact details can be withheld, however, at publication. London N2 8JA or e-mail Will Institute parking parking restrictions are lifted.’ [email protected]. or a balloon? The Institute currently operates crowd us out? from two premises: Park House and Research from the LSE shows By Daphne Chamberlain Dear Editor, the McDonalds headquarters, and a that Foundation Schools tend to use “Some people’s heads feel really hard, like walnuts, Park House in the High Road third site is being built behind East their power as an admission authority whereas others’ feel like balloons illed with water.” is in the news again. On 16 June, Finchley station. Students on three to alter their admissions criteria. Craniosacral therapist Anne Hebbron had told me this Barnet Council sent out a notice sites will be looking for parking after The Keep Fortismere coalition before I climbed on her table, so naturally there was one that Hampstead Garden Suburb 6.30pm Monday to Saturday. believes that this will happen. It says Institute is appealing to the Plan- Barnet’s amended notice will NO to selection of any sort. It says question I had to ask. (The answer was “Somewhere in that ALL local children have a right to between”.) ning Inspectorate regarding the only be sent to residents who use of Park House, opposite the responded to the Institute’s appli- attend their local comprehensive. tube station. cation in October 2005. Current priorities for entry are: Barnet’s letter was not clear as to Residents who wish to protect children with Statements of Special what is being appealed against and, their parking amenity should there- Educational Need, then siblings after being pressed for clarity, Barnet fore contact Barnet Council Head of current pupils and proximity to will be sending out an amended letter of Planning immediately on 020 school. Imagine if this were to change to some residents only. 8359 4627 and quote reference and new criteria introduced. I understand that the Institute is C00050Z/05. In 1999 East Finchley Parents won appealing on two grounds. Firstly, for Representations against the the right for our local Barnet children to temporary to permanent change of Institute’s appeal should be received attend the school. We have a wonderful use of Park House from Local Gov- by the Planning Inspectorate by 27 and diverse mix of people locally; our ernment Municipal Ofices to Educa- July 2006. Time is of the essence. children attend primary school together tional Facility. Secondly, against the Yours faithfully, and we want them to go to secondary restriction on opening hours placed Kenneth Cordeiro, school together. on the Institute by the council in Baronsmere Road, N2 If this goes ahead, the future December 2005 ‘to safeguard the of the school, the land, and which amenities of occupiers of adjoining children attend will be in the hands residential properties’. A safe bet? of the Governors and not the local The Institute wants opening Dear Editor, authority. Please ask your Councillor, hours of 7.30am-10.30pm Monday Yet another betting shop for East Parent Governor or Head Teacher Anne Hebbron at work. Picture by Daphne Chamberlain to Friday and 9am-10pm on Satur- Finchley? The prime site opposite about this. Get information from day. Parking restrictions in the streets Budgens, 90-92 High Road, is likely www.keepfortismerecomprehensi around Park House end at 6.30pm. If to become a betting shop unless ve.co.uk. The watery bit is key to the Beauty Clinic, 1A Leicester the Institute’s opening hours restric- enough of us protest. Yours faithfully, whole therapy, which centres Mews. I have booked more tion is lifted, the neighbourhood According to an unobtrusive little Naomi Burgess on the movement of cerebro- sessions, and you can contact would have a permanent problem notice on the window, we must send Bedford Rd, N2 spinal luid. This is the liquid her on 07941 918490. For more with parking after 6.30pm. our letters of objection to the Barnet cushioning the brain and information from the Crani- In November 2005, the Institute Betting Licensing Committee by 27 spinal cord, and it ebbs and osacral Therapy Association, sent out a letter to its students inviting June - except the 7 has been scored The bus that never came lows like a tide. In fact, osteo- ring 07000 784 735 or go to them to park in our streets, stating: out so the date is unclear. Dear Editor, paths discovered nearly 100 www.craniosacral.co.uk. ‘After 6.30pm, most of the local street For the teenagers who congre- As THE ARCHER often reports inci- years ago that every healthy gate on that corner every afternoon, dents about the 263 bus, I thought cell in the body has its own a betting shop would be such a you might be interested in an event rhythmic movement. Bones worthwhile model of civic society, that happened to me. One Friday and membranes are mobile, wouldn’t it? And what a gap would early in May there was a signal and Anne has even felt the Sunshine all the way be illed for us all, with only two failure on the tube at East Finchley. By Toni Morgan roots of her teeth move when other betting shops nearby. Such Travelling from Moorgate the train treating herself. Sunshine was very much the order of the day at the imaginative planning! driver kept us informed all along the Craniosacral therapy has Old Barn Community Centre on Monday 12 June. On Never mind the date, send the way, which was very good. When we got to Archway the driver fascinated me for a long time, what was the hottest day of the year so far, with the sun committee your views. Yours faithfully, announced that we could be held there especially because so many shining in a cloudless blue sky, the Old Barn Youth and for 20 minutes or more, so like many complementary therapists Community Association was presented with a brand new Ann Bronkhorst, Durham Road, N2 other passengers I got off the tube and sing its praises. “Was it what replacement Variety Club Sunshine Coach, sponsored by decided to get the bus. you expected?” asked Anne. Oakield (Foods) Ltd, of New Barnet. Oh, big mistake, as I waited well Not exactly. I had expected Fortismere fears over 10 minutes. During that time just the head to be treated, but Dear Editor, ive 134 buses came and went and the therapist moves around the Keep Fortismere Comprehen- also one 143. I decided to get the body, to where they feel the sive is a coalition group of parents, second 143 because there was still client needs most attention. teachers and union members no sign of a 263. In my case this was a connected with our local compre- I got off at East Finchley station, very precise spot closely hensive school Fortismere. New went into the chemist to buy some- connected with an operation Head Teacher Aydin Onac and the thing, then walked home in line with I had some years ago. Anne Governing Body have declared an the library and there was still no sign intention that Fortismere will become didn’t know this when her of a 263 bus! a Foundation School. Helen Day, hands located it. Many of us believe this will detri- Craniosacral therapy is mentally affect the education of our Leslie Road, N2 completely non-manipula- children currently at the school, and tive. Anne’s hands are so is likely to make admission for future light that I wasn’t always generations more dificult. ��������฀�������� sure she was touching me at Foundation Schools differ sub- Certified organic meat all. What I felt was a pleas- stantially from State Maintained ant warmth and tingling, and schools. Firstly, all schools by law at reasonable prices every now and then a definite have a Governing Body. When a Free-range poultry release of tension. The big school changes status to Founda- Home-made sausages bonus came later: a lifelong Sunshine Day at the Old Barn. Photo by Toni Morgan tion both the make up of the gover- (including Boerwors) insomniac, I began to sleep nors and the scope of their powers really well. The keys and a plaque said that their original coach, changes dramatically. �฀��������฀������� How does it work? were presented to Council- which was in use five days a Essentially, they become able ������฀������฀������฀��� Stresses and strains (includ- lor Alison Moore by actress week for 51 weeks of the year, to make decisions, many of which ����฀���฀����฀���� ing birth traumas) cause the Sheridan Smith, one of the had served them well for ten are independent from their local body’s tissues to contract. The stars of TV comedy Two years and a replacement was education authority, and the needs therapist’s hands very subtly Pints of Lager and a Packet much needed. of the wider local population. The ����฀�������฀���� encourage the body to “forget” of Crisps. Representatives Cllr Moore thanked the new Governing Body becomes their ���������� from the Variety Club, Oak- Variety Club and Oakfield own Admissions Authority, the direct the trauma and move back to �������������฀���฀����� a balanced state. field staff and children from for their generosity and employer of school staff, the owner of school land and buildings and is ������฀������฀��฀������� From childhood, Anne the Old Barn joined in the support for this very worth- able to publish proposals for other ������������������������������������ wanted to help others to heal celebration. while centre of the commu- changes to the school. Essentially ��฀����฀�����฀������฀��฀��� themselves. She treats people Barry Rawlings, Man- nity and wished everyone ager of the Old Barn Youth many enjoyable outings in most aspects of public or democratic ����฀���฀����฀����฀�฀����฀�฀���� of all ages, including babies, accountability are removed. at the Utopia Health and and Community Association, the future. ���������������������������� John’s Shoe Repairs JULY 2006 PAGE 12 Shoes, Trainers, Sandals, Bags and Luggage Complete Repair Service by a craftsman Same day if required Key Cutting 1 Manor Park Rd. N2, behind 88 Church Lane, opposite Trinity Church PublishedHE by East Finchley Newspapers, P.O. RCHERBox 3699, London N2 8JA. www.the-archer.co.uk Tel: 07956 329 150 Open 12-8pm (not Wednesdays) T A Wright-y on the ball for Spike in the park By Daphne Chamberlain There was a good turn-out for the Spike Milligan Statue Bishop Douglass Fund’s Summer Afternoon in the Park last month. On By John Dearing Fathers’ Day, Spike Milligan’s daughter Sile was a steward at the Avenue House event, and families - celebrity and Ian Wright, TV presenter otherwise - were there in force. and former Arsenal and Entertainers included East and Tony Blair went under the England footballer, thrilled Finchley’s Henry Van Emden hammer. pupils and teachers alike and the Angels of Kaos. Henry Auctioneers included Coun- when he joined the Bishop has been a musician for 80 years, cillor Brian Coleman and the Douglass After School while some Angels are singers Mayor, who said that Spike (one Fitness Club for a session from our local schools. of the saviours of Strawberry on Wednesday 21 June. Barnet sculptor John Somer- Vale’s Hawthorn Dene) had The club is focused mainly ville, who, as the compere said, always taken town planning on children who don’t neces- looked like a rock musician, issues very seriously. sarily shine in more traditional appeared on stage to show a The compere was East school sporting activities, and hand-held model of the Milligan Finchley’s David Smith, sup- provides them with a less pres- statue he is working on. The full- ported by other members of The sured environment to improve scale version should be placed Finchley Society. Spike was the their itness and introduce them in Avenue House Grounds in 18 Society’s irst president and to the whole range of sports months to two years time. then patron until his death. available locally. Artist Julia Breck unveiled There is still some way to go The session was led by her own portrait of Spike to raise the £55,000 estimated Stephen O’Brien, assisted by that will be hung in Avenue for the cost of the statue. Anyone Stephen Lenane, both PE teach- House. wanting to contribute should ers, and assistant head teacher As children queued to ride make cheques payable to The Bash Malik. The emphasis on Mill Hill Rotary Club’s Spike Milligan Statue Fund was on football, with routines decorated bus, and to try their and send them to: The Secre- in pairs and small teams, run- hands at archery, items donated tary, SMSF, 17 Abbots Gardens, ning and passing the ball. by the likes of Michael Palin, N2 0JG. There is a website at Ian Wright joined in the Terry Gilliam, Dame Edna www. spikestatue.org.uk. game, making judicious inter- ventions and offering much -Care Scholl Sandals loud encouragement. The cialist Sun New Styles in Stock whole session was ilmed as Spe Advice part of a series on after school Products & itness clubs for broadcast on Ian Wright at Bishop Douglass School. Picture by John Dearing Channel 4 later this year. DIGITAL Photo Service 1 Prints from Digital Media Refugee Warm weather warning! 2 Photos on CD The warmer weather is here and with it comes the ever- festival present invitation to burglars by residents who leave their homes unoccupied with windows open, or who go to bed C.W. Andrew Pharmacy at night without making sure that patio doors and back 32 High Road N2 Tel: 020 8883 1559 success doors are locked securely. The 6th Barnet Refugee Going to bed and leaving but closing and locking the Festival on Sunday 18 June downstairs windows open can window is. was a huge success attracting be a gift to the burglar who will When working or relaxing nearly 600 refugees and seize any opportunity to relieve in the back garden care should asylum seekers. residents of their hard earned be taken to ensure that the front Est 1988 property. During the day, even of the house is secure. The same Theresa Villiers MP opened the CCTV festival, praising the vital contribu- the smallest window should be applies if you are busy in the tion that refugees have made and closed and locked if the house front garden and cannot see the continue to make to our society. is left empty. back of the house. It was a wonderful sunny A irst loor window over Barnet Police point out day with food from many a lat roof can easily give that insurance companies may countries and delightful enter- access to a larger window and refuse to meet any claim if it tainment by children and young getting into the house is then is found that the homeowner people from our diverse refugee too easy for the opportunist failed to take the necessary communities. burglar. Drainpipes, wheelie steps to secure their premises. The day-long festival in bins and garden sheds will all give opportunities for burglars Hendon was superbly organised Advertise in by the Barnet Refugee Forum to climb up to reach a small led for this event by Farid Mall, open window. 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