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YEAR BOOK 2019 82nd Annual General Meeting Thursday 27th June 2019 at 8.:15pm Kemp Hall, St Andrew’s School. Totteridge Lane N20 www.totteridgeresidents.org [email protected] Sales, New Homes & Lettings

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 82nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION will be held on THURSDAY 27th JUNE 2019, 8:15pm at ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL KEMP HALL TOTTERIDGE LANE, N20

AGENDA

1. Minutes of the 81st Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 5th July, 2018 2. Hon Treasurer’s Report and Accounts 3. Subscriptions 4. Election of President 5. Election of Vice President 6. Election of Committee 7. Election of Hon. Auditor 8. Guest Speakers: Mr Michael Worms - ‘ Wildlife Conservation in and around the Totteridge Valley’ Police Representative 9. Matters arising from Annual Report and any other business 10. Please join us for refreshments

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President: Eileen Eskenzi, MBE., JP

Vice-Presidents: Paul Davis, LL.B The Rev. Tim Seago Nigel Wray

Chairman: Kerin Conn, BA

Hon. Treasurer: Michael Lim, ACA

Hon. Secretary: Barbara Wishart, BSc. Hons.

Committee: Claire Bannister Aviva Bard, BSc, Hons Michael Caro, BA., LL.B., LL.M Jennifer Ellis Representative on Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC) Paul Flashman Adam Harris, BSc.FCA Mike Jordan Sarah Langsford BA., Hons. Major Alexander Masson, BA., Hons Dr. Christine Riley, MBBS

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2019

Dear Totteridge Residents Welcome to the 2019 edition of the TRA Yearbook. We hope you enjoy reading about Totteridge in former times. We have such an enormous wealth of history in Totteridge and Barnet. I never tire of looking at the old photographs of our area and seeing how much it has changed and we hope you find them interesting too. Speaking of history we are delighted to support the Whetstone Trough Appeal. Another subject close to our hearts is the Darlands Nature Reserve. The Darlands Charitable Trust is in the process of being granted a long lease. Eileen Eskenzi and myself have been appointed Trustees as well as Terry Bannister, Chairman of the TMA, two members representing the Preservation Society, Debbie Hobson, Cllrs Caroline Stock and John Hart. You will see that Dianne Murphy, Chairman of the Trustees has written an article covering the aims and endeavours of the Darlands Charitable Trust. There will be a public launch on 20th June, however please see local notices and our website for accurate information nearer the time. It is with much sadness that I inform you of the death of David Howard after a long illness. David had been chairman of the Federation of Residents’ Associations in Barnet (FORAB) for many years . He was a tireless and conscientious chairman, relentlessly passionate about Barnet and aware of every issue affecting the area. He will be sadly missed. For those of you new to the area, the Parish of Totteridge consists of approximately 1,980 households of which 200 lie within the Conservation Area. One of our main responsibilities is to protect the area from over development and our ability to do so requires your help in the form of the annual subscription. At just £5 per household, this amount goes towards our funds which may be required if we need to seek costly professional advice. We are of course also grateful to those residents who wish to donate a larger sum. It would assist us greatly if you would consider paying by standing order, however all subscriptions are welcome! I would like to thank the local businesses who have again supported us. Without their help we could not produce our Yearbook and hopefully you will consider their products and services in the future. We hope you will enjoy reading our Yeabook and look forward to seeing you at our AGM on:

Thursday 27th June 2019 Kemp Hall, St Andrew’s School, Totteridge, N20 8NX

Best Regards Kerin Conn [email protected] 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

COMMITTEE Kerin Conn continued as Chair for this year and the committee remains the same as the previous year. We continue to meet regularly for CAP(Community Action Panel) meetings. We also attend the FORAB (Federation of Residents’ Associations Barnet) Committee and the CAAC (Conservation Area Advisory Committee).

POLICING Every 3 months we meet with the local Totteridge Ward Police team to discuss various issues regarding crime and policing in the area. There has been an increase in car related crime in particular with reference to keyless cars. It is vital that if you have a keyless device you store it in an appropriate signal-blocking container. The police report appears later in the Yearbook. Our local ward policing continues to be carried out by PC A Toporowskyj, PC M Younus, PC M Thomas and PCSO D Morrow.

PLANNING The committee continues to view many of the planning applications submitted to Barnet Council. If an application appears to contravene planning rules or is out of keeping with the area the committee will write to the Planning Department. We try to balance the interests of those who want to commence new projects with those residents who consider that they may be adversely affected by the proposed plans.

LOCAL HOSPITALS The new state-of-the-art Breast Screening Unit was officially opened on 17th January at Memorial Hospital. Car parking at Barnet Hospital continues to be a problem especially as several neighbouring roads have been converted to CPZ. An offer from the council to build a multi storey car park was rejected and local councillors are now trying to find out how many spaces are planned. Online booking systems appear to have some problems.

ROADS AND ROAD SAFETY Exiting from Waitrose car park has improved with the addition of the new lines on the road. Speeding is still a concern in particular along Totteridge Lane and Longland Drive. We are working with local traffic police to run speed guns at various locations.

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8 Annual Report by Theresa Villiers, MP

preventing young people from being drawn into gangs and crime. The last time this kind of problem occurred, the rate of knife crime was brought down by the previous Mayor and his team at City Hall working closely with the Met police. I have been making the case for more police on the beat in Barnet and I am continuing my campaign to try to save Barnet police station. I recently asked the Prime Minister in Parliament if she would intervene with the London Mayor to save Barnet police station. During an earlier session of PMQs, I asked for more police for Barnet. The any thanks to TotteridgeHome Office subsequently announced a MResidents’ Association for further £172m would be made available giving me the chance to report on some to strengthen policing in London. Now of the work I have been doing over we need to ensure Barnet gets its fair the last 12 months to represent my share of that from the Mayor. constituents in Totteridge and the rest of the constituency. I have also asked a Home Office I would like to pay tribute to the TRA minister to confirm that stop and for the great work it does to protect search will be used to the full extent our local environment and quality of permitted by law. life. Antisemitism has been a cause of It’s been another very active year in grave concern over recent months and the constituency for me and I have been this is another issue I have spoken working on a variety of important local about in Parliament, demanding that and London issues. Labour stamp out this problem within their party. As many of you will know, I am sure that many of you will share I have been a longstanding campaigner my worries about the recent increase against antisemitic hate crime and in serious violent crime in London. I other forms of racism. have spoken up in Parliament about the need to tackle this. We need an effective In November, I and Luciana Berger cross-government approach which (who was then a Labour MP) co-chaired sees government departments, the a conference at Lancaster House on Mayor of London, the police, schools, antisemitism and misogyny. I was the NHS and community groups all pleased to welcome a contribution from working together to try to address this Met Police Commissioner, Cressida threat to young people. As well as a Dick, at one of the sessions. tough policing response, it is important to support programmes aimed at Another focus of campaigning for

9 me over many years is fighting against doorstep calls and overdevelopment. Local people don’t street surgeries. I want building on the green belt or in want the Mayor of London to reverse our other green spaces. So I’m working his decision to reduce services on the to protect the fields at Whalebones in High Barnet branch of the Northern High Barnet from plans to build over Line by turning more trains back at them. I’m also fighting the plan for Finchley Central. tower blocks in North London Business Park. I was part of the campaign which led to the rejection of the planning application for Barnet House. I believe this would have been far too dense for local infrastructure to cope with, especially in the light of other building projects already going ahead in Whetstone. We need new homes but we should deliver them without encroaching on our green spaces and without new high I am also calling for a more ambitious rise blocks in low-rise suburban areas programme for delivering ultra-low which are out of line with the character emission electric buses to combat air of the surrounding neighbourhood. I pollution. therefore very much support Barnet Council in delivering thousands of Finally I want to mention litter! new homes though regeneration of This anti-social habit has a really brownfield sites in the west of the damaging impact on the quality of life. borough. These new flats and houses I have raised concerns about litter in will help young people get on the Parliament on a number of occasions, housing ladder. including tabling a debate on this in Westminster Hall. I also regularly I have been making the case for report litter and fly tipping to the expanded GP services in Barnet and council so they can come and clear it. £4.5 billion of additional investment will be made in primary care services I took part in the Great British in England by 2024. I’m pressing for Spring Clean in March and April. some of that to come to our local area This campaign by Keep Britain Tidy to support hard-working GPs who are encourages people to get involved in facing lengthening patient lists as more volunteer litter collection. So I gave new homes are built. a hand picking up discarded rubbish with a group called Green Beings in I campaigned for Chase Farm Hospital High Barnet and also with McDonald’s to be rebuilt and the new £200 million staff in . Unfortunately facility opened in the autumn. the Whetstone litter-pick in which I It will be treating 1.6 million people and had hoped to take part was rained off! undertaking 10,000 operations a year. But I thank everyone who gets involved in this kind of activity to help keep our Public transport is also a concern that public spaces tidy. crops up during my regular sessions of 10 Annual Report by Cllr. Richard Cornelius Leader of Barnet Council olitics in the sense of more money and Pnever reformed working. There is an almost fails to unlimited demand for housing across provide the borough. We can only go so far in interest and dealing with this. Barnet can deal with concern. its own demand and contribute to the Whilst our wider London situation but dealing national with the national and international politicians desire to live in London generally and have been Barnet in particular is quite beyond grappling or us. Regionally there are concerns over otherwise the Police service. The Metropolitan with service continues to be short of staff national and and needs to be more attentive to Outer international London. As the most under policed part issues, the new council has been of London we may be statistically safe working on local issues. Our Barnet from criminals but recent incidents schools whilst short of money are the have alarmed Totteridge. Persuading best in main land Britain. Our social the Mayor that we need attention will services work well. People are being be a difficult call and I trust that reason looked after and children in care are will prevail. being cherished for what they will be. The Electoral Commission has Opportunity is there to be grabbed. completed its review and will have The planning enforcement service is finalised the council wards for the next the most successful in London. We municipal election. Totteridge ward have built many, many new homes, picks up more people from Woodside whilst protecting the things that we Park and Mill Hill but loses Whetstone love about our area. Not everything in as the boundary comes west to the the garden is lovely. The Barnet run, tube line. The review was necessary waste collection service has problems, and forced on us by the changing as it modernises. Council tax has had population in and the need to to go up. This was a real wrench for standardise ward populations across our council. After so long without Barnet. Unlike Parliament, Barnet has increasing the burden on residents it no power to delay reformed boundaries. was increased by 2.99%. The roads I am stepping down from being Leader need work every year and the utilities of the Council after eight years. This continue to dig up highways.Darlands was a job that I really loved and I am will have moved to be run by the proud of what has been achieved. I hope new trust. At last there will be an that my successor, Dan Thomas gets the opportunity to look after this asset in same satisfaction that I have had. the way that it should. The council will Your ward councillors Caroline, Alison be leaving Barnet House in the High and I look forward to looking after Road. It will be mothballed pending a our community and we congratulate planning application from the owners. Caroline Stock on becoming Mayor I suspect we will all hear more on this. Barnet for the next year. She and There are many things to worry Richard, her husband, will be a very about. Excessive development needs dignified first couple for our borough. to be curtailed. The health service Richard Cornelius continues to need attention, both Leader of Barnet Council 11 Totteridge 24hrs

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TOTTERIDGE CARD 26 January 2018 18:57:11 13 The Fall And Rise Of Barnet’s Physic Well public in November 2012 at the request of the local Stable Church and in two hours it received over 100 visitors. With this level of interest, a team of Museum volunteers was formed to open it on a monthly basis from Spring to November. In 2015 we received 5,000 hits on our Physic Well Facebook page, so we knew there was great public interest in the Well and that it could finally become a tourist attraction for Barnet visitors. The Heritage of London Trust became interested in restoring it as a part of their Great Fire of London project and in 2016 applied and successfully received Physic Well front view a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The restoration project was BACKGROUND officially launched in May 2018 with a arnet Wellhouse was erected visit from the Patron of the Heritage of Bin 1937 to house the historic London Trust, HRH Duke of Gloucester. Physic Well visited by Samuel Pepys among others who thought the REFURBISHMENT waters were a cure for colds and hen the Mayor of Barnet officially fevers. The building was designed in Wopened the Physic Wellhouse the pre-war ‘Tudoresque’ style and on 20th November 2018 he thanked remained an attractive but largely Historic England for their generous unimportant feature situated in the grant of £80,000, also the Heritage of council Wellhouse estate. It was not London Fund for their contribution. opened to the public and received little, if any regular maintenance. Barnet Museum held the keys to the Wellhouse and our volunteers, aware of the Well’s unique local and national importance, kept a regular watch over it for more than 25 years. We have provided a generator to light it, regularly cleaned away winter water flood- damage, monitored the water level and noted deterioration in the building’s Opening ceremony 2018 with Mayor structural condition. It was becoming increasingly obvious that the Wellhouse The project was managed and partially needed urgent renovation work, funded by Barnet Council. A team of particularly to the felted roof which was specialist heritage craftsmen carried out leaking. The building had been on the the comprehensive restoration work. Heritage at Risk list for some 20 years. We first opened the Wellhouse to the This included a rainwater collection

14 system, a completely new weather-proof roof made of clay tiles, the replacement of the crumbling brickwork using traditional London bricks and the removal of the ceiling to reveal the attractive timber structure.

The Well Do please pay a visit to the Barnet Physic Well situated on the corner of Well Approach and Pepys Crescent, Barnet EN5 3DY not far from the A411 Barnet Road.

The stairs leading down to the Well

Throughout the Wellhouse all the rotten timbers have now been replaced with French oak of the correct size. New leaded windows with shutters have replaced the old ones. The worn steps down to the Well spring have been repaired, as has the floor, including a new handrail and lighting. Barnet Council have granted Barnet Well side view Museum a 120 year lease and are Opening dates:- Third Saturday presently negotiating with them to every month between 2-4pm. be given a grant of a 50 year lease to Group visits can be organised during maintain and managed the unique the week for approximately 30 people. Historic Grade 11 Listed building. Carla Herrmann 15 Dr Jane Hobsley

of her second child she changed job to become a public health medical officer doing ante-natal clinics and school medicals in the Enfield area, the normal working hours enabled her to combine medicine with bringing up a family of four. Jane was a trustee at Baxendale Care Home in Whetstone for over 25 years during which time there were many changes including the admission of men, the refurbishment of the home, and the setting up of the frail care unit (now used for those living with dementia). She was also Chairman of the House Committee for 20 years. Jane continued as Dr Jane Hobsley was a much loved a member of the committee even though member of our local community. Her she was older than most of the residents. first job was houseman at the Sick Alongside her busy schedule Jane Children’s ENT ward in Aberdeen was an active member of the WI and she then moved down south to where she was well known for her do several houseman jobs over 2 or 3 Strawberry Teas. She also started a years at various hospitals (as was the Book Club which continues today. practice for newly qualified doctors). Jane did all this in a quiet and efficient She worked at Chase Farm, St Mary way but always with good humour Abbots, London and Hemel Hempstead. and a sense of fun. We miss her. One post she particularly loved was as Claire Bannister house surgeon at Great Ormond Street Trustee Baxendale Care Home Children’s Hospital. Following the birth

16 Neighbourhood Watch Report

otteridge NeighbourhoodThis year we will be continuing with TPolicing Team would like to thank the “BE SAFE” Campaign which states: the Totteridge Residents’ Association for putting us in this year’s book. Lock them out - When you go out, always close and lock the external doors and windows – even if you are just going out for a short time. Leave Them Guessing - Use timers for lights and radios if you need to be away from home overnight or when you are on holiday. They will create the impression that someone is in. Hide and Keep – Hide your valuables from prying eyes. Remember, during the summer months, please close your windows and doors every time you go out even if it’s Totteridge NPT Officers. for a short period. Your dedicated ward officers are working to reduce crime and provide a safer neighbourhood. The Dedicated Ward Offers are Police Constable Mark Thomas, Police Constable Majid Younus, and Community Support Officer David Morrow. The team sergeant for the Please sign up to Owl which is an ward, is Sergeant Tony Toporowskyj. on line neighbourhood watch site In the year April 2018 to March 2019, (www.Owl.co.uk/met) when registered the Total crimes on the ward increased you can also get discount codes for by 2.86%. Antisocial behaviour has home security products such as CCTV, gone down by 8%, The Team has been Alarms, Door entry devices etc. out and about in the community, setting up pop up stalls in various locations. There are many ways of contacting Members of the public have been able Totteridge Neighbourhood Police Team to get safety advice for their homes, (NPT) property, and how to stay safe when out and about. Telephone: 020 87212975 / 07920233746 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @MPSTotteridge Facebook: Totteridge Police

17 A JOURNEY THROUGH TOTTERIDGE

he annals of history tell us that Tthe Anglo-Saxon villagers of Tata had dwellings scattered along the ridge where the undulating pastures of the and were farmed. Today one can still see cattle and sheep roaming the fields which belong to a number of local farms. Looking at historic photos of Totteridge gives the most wonderful meadows gave way to Victorian and insight into how it has altered. The Edwardian dwellings. Urbanisation Totteridge Residents’ Association is only truly began once Totteridge and aware of the natural beauty of our Whetstone Station became part of valuable green spaces, that is why the the Northern Line in 1941. Streets of conservation and preservation of the houses rapidly assumed the mantle of Totteridge Area is at the heart of our suburbia. Charmingly, the station still Association. retains several of the original Victorian So many established trees and features, lending the platforms a rural shrubs are removed to make way for feel. Walking down from the station another new building, yet how many one gets a sense of a pastoral and open mature trees are replanted? It is the environment. meadows, the stretching fields, the Streets run either north off Totteridge sights and sounds of nature – factors Lane (originally named ‘Taterygestrete’) of our lifecycle – which are so vitally or south towards , with important for future generations. This its mix of detached and semi-detached article highlights some of the changes homes all forming part of the 1500 acre within your area. Parish of Totteridge. Tataridge, as it was known in the fourteenth century, became occupied by a few large estates.

Let’s start our journey with this photo which shows the view looking down This photo shows Totteridge Green Totteridge Lane from where Totteridge with Poynters Hall (now demolished) and Whetstone Station is now located. in the distance with a pond in the It clearly shows a very rural scene. foreground. This was one of the large Totteridge, like so many suburbs original Totteridge estates. sprang to life with the arrival of the The original St. Andrew’s School was Great Northern Railway in 1872. In just built in 1890 on Totteridge Green. It a few years the green fields and was rebuit in 1939 and Mr Kemp, the 18 Lord of the Manor, paid for a community Hall to be included in the building.

St. Andrew’s Church, which is allegedly built on the site of a Neolithic stone circle, was rebuilt 1790. In the churchyard is the magnificent Two views of St. Andrew’s School. yew tree, dated by Kew Gardens to be The above image is of the Orange Tree two thousand years in age. Pub in the background and the second Adjacent to the Church stands the from the pavement along Totteridge Village Pound, dated 1560 and alongside Lane. the 17th centry ‘Tithe Barn’. Both now within the proprty of The Pound House

The Hunt that would start from the Orange Tree Pub.

19 The image bottom left shows Barnet Lane before any houses were built but shows the walls of ‘The Priory’, part of which is Jacobian. The Priory is probably the oldest dwelling in Totteridge having been The Village Pound. built in the sixteenth century, which housed the Monks of Ely. At the heart of Totteridge stands the elegant War Memorial commemorating the 59 residents who lost their lives in WW1 and WW2.

When my husband and I moved into Totteridge War Memorial Before and….after Totteridge in 1958 - then in the County of Hertfordshire - there was a well Each November stocked Village Shop with its Post Office on Remembrance and another Post Office in Dollisfield Sunday the Vicar Parade. of St. Andrew’s Church leads the congregation to the Memorial. The Police halt the traffic whilst each name is read out. A Scout trumpets ‘The Last Post’ followed by a minute of respectful silence. There was the Library in Hill Crescent and 2 Doctors’ surgeries in Totteridge Lane. The Town and Country Planning Act which created the valuable Green Belt, limiting urban expansion, benefits with its pastoral beauty across the ridge. Also, a significant part of Totteridge is in the Conservation Area which further protects its uniqueness. 20 run by nuns, accommodated 200 girls aged between 3-14, boarded out by the workhouse authorities. It was a vast Victorian, barrack-like institution. In 1958 it became a Collage for Missionaries, closed in 2006 and the buildings demolished to make way for modern houses. A planning blessing! Further along Totteridge Common is West End House with its ancient barn in which the horse bus was housed when the service ran between Damson Hill and Whetstone, it was operational in the 1850’s. This lovely photo shows the bus driving along Totteridge Common by the Long pond. This old print of Totteridge Park, dated 1857 shows the buildings when it was occupied by a boy’s school.

How fortunate are we to live in Totteridge, a haven set within our rushed, rapidly moving environment yet some 35 minutes from Central Later it became the home of Sir Albert London. Barratt, who was then Lord of the Below: A print of Totteridge Village Manor. The house is now converted in 1797 showing St. Andrew’s Church, into flats. ‘The Pound’ and the Old Barn.

St. Edward’s School for Catholic Girl’s Eileen Eskenzi. was officially opened in July, 1886 by The Cardinal Archbishop Manning Pictures by Caroline Stock - who was born in Totteridge. The school All rights reserved

21 Darlands Nature Reserve

ondon Borough of Barnet have confirmed Lthat the Darlands Conservation Trust are to be granted a long lease to manage the Darlands Nature Reserve. The 32 ha (80 acre) reserve includes Woodlands, Wetlands Grassland and of course the Darlands Lake. With the support of the community this cherished area will be protected and positively managed for wildlife and people, creating opportunities for this and future generations to enjoy and connect with nature. You are invited to a presentation of the Trust’s plans for Darlands to be held at The Village Hall, Badgers Croft, on 20th June from 8.00 - 10 pm Please visit the Trusts website for more information: Picture taken by Caroline Stock. All rights reserved www.darlandsconservationtrust.org.uk

Picture taken by Dianne Murphy. All rights reserved

22 CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY

ike Jordan did his National MService serving with the RAF in the Middle East from 1953- 1955. On his return to GB he decided to spend his working life in the motor trade and eventually owned his own garage - MJMotors. Mike married Felicity in 1962 when they moved into Totteridge where their two sons were born. Both believed in serving their local community - Felicity with the Barnet Museum and Mike in Round Table. After Felicity sadly passed away

in 2004, Mike took an interest in the Barnet Museum. He has been its guiding light working there tirelessly, surmounting the numerous challenges which faced the Museum for over 30 years and serving for 14 years as its Chairman. The Museum is run entirely by volunteers for the community. Also, Mike played a major part in the regeneration of the Barnet Physic Well. He is a conscientious and valued member of the TRA committee so we are thrilled that Mike has so justly been honoured with this Civic Award.

23 020 8203 1500 or visit our web site at www.memoriesframing.com [email protected] 24 25 Reinstatement of the Horse Trough on Whetstone High Road he redevelopment of most of the THigh Road in Whetstone over the years has allowed many residents to forget what a historic area it actually is. Most new residents, and there are many with all the development in the area, have no idea. In an attempt to rectify this, Love Whetstone has been working with local Councillors Caroline Stock and Stephen Sowerby and the Friern Barnet & District Local History Society on a project to replicate the street scene by ‘The whetstone’ today reinstating the horse trough that stood next to ‘the Whetstone’ outside the Love Whetstone has received a £5000 Griffin Public House - see first photo grant towards the costs of this project. below. Unfortunately it falls short of what is actually needed to carry it out. The replacement granite horse trough with its distinctive Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association lettering is being made to order as we are unable to source a suitable reclaimed or second hand one. The lectern-style plaque will be graffiti-proof. Fees for the Planning Application (already submitted) and final installation costs will require a further £2500. A number ‘The Whetstone’ and horse trough 100 years ago of local societies have generously agreed to make a donation towards the shortfall and to fundraise in support of The horse trough was one of a number the project. installed by the Metropolitan Drinking It is our hope that this project will Fountain and Cattle Trough Association appeal to local residents and businesses in the London area, in districts such as in our community and encourage them Whetstone, where there was a large also to make a donation towards the amount of horse drawn traffic. Some cost. troughs, such as the one near the Keeping local history and its Spaniards Inn in Hampstead, have traditions alive is key to remembering recently been given a Grade 2 listing. Whetstone’s character. The Whetstone horse trough was removed when the pavements were repaired a number of years ago and never replaced. In order to inform the public about this corner of Whetstone, a plaque will also be erected between ‘The Whetstone” horse trough would have looked like “the Whetstone” and the trough. this one in Barnet opposite the Black Horse pub in Wood Street

26 27 For services to older people and the Asian Community in North London In 1974 Lalit was elected the Joint Secretary of the newly formed Hindu Cultural Society. Over the years, he has served the society as a committee member and at present he is a trustee. For the past 15 years, Lalit has been running the society’s Day Centre for the elderly that has 80 members, the oldest being 93 years old. He has organised sea-side outings including two trips to Calais by Euro Tunnel. To keep the members well informed, Lalit regularly Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater invites speakers and advisors from London, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, awarding Lalit his British Empire Medal. outside agencies to come and give a talk to the members. The subjects covered ince taking early retirement from are health and medical issues, financial Shis job as an insurance executive planning in old age, consumer rights, in 1984, Lalit has devoted his time safety and security, prevention of and energy to voluntary social and fraud, benefits and social services etc. community work. Members are also kept entertained by He immediately joined the Finchley monthly Bingo and sing-song and jokes Citizens Advice Bureau and served as an sessions that he conducts. advisor for almost 4 years. He was also To keep co-opted to the Barnet Citizens Advice the elderly Bureaux Management Committee and members also served as a member of the Barnet active and Borough Voluntary Service Council. motivated, In 1986, Lalit was appointed a Lalit has Magistrate and has served on the bench encouraged for 18 years. them to take In 1982, Lalit became a charter part in drama, member of the Chipping Barnet Lions dancing, Club and has served as the President for singing and the year 1984/85. poetry. Since 1982 to the present, Lalit and his Over the wife have been associated with Contact past years, the Elderly and have been hosting tea he has Lalit’s British Empire Medal. parties in their house for the elderly produced and directed 5 stage shows and lonely. They have been awarded a that were performed in front of packed certificate from Contact the Elderly as houses of around two hundred people. one of the longest serving hosts (36 The average age of the participants in years). last year’s show was about 80! Lalit has also served on the Pastoral In April 2016, Lalit was given the Civic Group of the North London Hospice and Award by the on five occasions has helped organise “in recognition of his outstanding fund raising dinners with Indian food contribution to the London Borough of cooked by his wife, who too was a Barnet” volunteer with the Hospice for 11 years. Lalit Nagpaul BEM, JP

28 Yorkists vs. Lancastrians

n 14th April 1471, a very foggy time; and the Yorkists, about 10,000 OEaster Sunday, two armies faced in number led by the dashing 6 foot 4 each other across a plain just north of inch tall King Edward IV. Edward had the market town of Barnet. The Wars with him Richard, Duke of Gloucester of the Roses had arrived in Barnet. (the future Richard III) and a Lancastrian hostage, his immediate The armies were the Lancastrians, predecessor, Henry VI. Thus, at the about 13,000 in number led by The Earl of Battle of Barnet, were the past (Henry Warwick, “The Kingmaker”, the richest VI), present (Edward IV) and the and most influential nobleman of his future (Richard III) Kings of England.

The Yorkists BANNER of WILLIAM, BARON HASTINGS William Hastings (c1431-1483) was a prominent follower of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. He became one of the most important noblemen in the court of King Edward 1V. He commanded one of the wings at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. He remained loyal to Edward (and to his son Edward V) but he could not support Richard III’s claim to the throne. Richard accused him of treason and he was executed in 1483. BANNER of WILLIAM FIENNES William Fiennes, (1428-71) 2nd Lord Say and Sele, was a loyal Yorkist. He held important military offices in Kent and elsewhere, including the post of Vice- Admiral. He was killed at the Battle of Barnet. William Hastings (c1431-1483) was a prominent follower of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. He became one of the most important noblemen in the court of King Edward 1V. He commanded one of the wings at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. He remained loyal to Edward (and to his son Edward V) but he could not support Richard III’s claim to the throne. Richard accused him of treason and he was executed in 1483. BANNER of RICHARD, DUKE of GLOUCESTER Richard Plantagenet, (1452-1485) was the younger brother of King Edward IV and George, Duke of Clarence. At the age of eighteen, he commanded one of the battalions at The Battle of Barnet. Richard was injured, but a few weeks later, fought in the Battle of Tewkesbury, when the throne was secured for the Yorkist king, Edward IV. In 1483, when Edward died, his young son briefly became Edward V, but Richard took Edward V and his brother to the Tower “for their protection”. The children - “The Princes in the Tower” - disappeared. Richard became King Richard III. He was defeated by Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Richard was the last English king to die in battle.

29 BANNER of EDWARD IV Edward, Earl of March (1442-1483) became Duke of York when his father Richard Plantagenet, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. Edward was a very capable military leader and defeated the Lancastrians in a series of battles, culminating in the Battle of Towton in 1461. The Lancastrian king, Henry VI was deposed, and Edward was crowned King Edward IV. He reigned until 1470 when King Henry VI was restored to the throne. Edward fled to Burgundy but returned in 1471; he reclaimed the throne and faced the Lancastrians at The Battle of Barnet on 14th April. He reigned until his death in 1483, when his young son briefly became Edward V. Edward IV’s younger brother, Richard took charge of Edward V and his brother; they mysteriously disappeared (the “Princes in the Tower”). Richard became King Richard III. BANNER of GEORGE, DUKE of CLARENCE George, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478) was the brother of Edward IV and of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He was married to Isabel Neville, elder daughter of The Earl of Warwick. Like Warwick, he resented the influence and power of Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville and her family, so he too rebelled against Edward, and hoped that Warwick would make him king instead of his brother. This did not happen and he rejoined Edward to fight for the Yorkists at the BATTLE OF BARNET 1471. After betraying Edward again, he was executed by allegedly drowning in a butt of Malmsley wine in 1478.

The Lancastrians BANNER of KING HENRY VI Henry Plantagenet (1421-1471) succeeded to the throne in 1422 at the age of nine months when his father, Henry V, the hero of Agincourt died. Henry was unsuited for Kingship, being ‘mild in manner and of saintly disposition’. In 1453, at the age of 32, he suffered a mental illness and control of the country was taken up by Richard, Duke of York. Henry recovered in 1455 but soon after, hostilities broke out and the Wars of the Roses began. Henry lost the throne in 1461 after the Battle of Towton. He was either on the run or in prison until 1470, when he was restored to the throne. His second reign was brief. Edward IV reclaimed the throne after he defeated the Lancastrians at Barnet on 14th April 1471. At the Battle of Tewkesbury in May 1471, the Lancastrians were again defeated. Henry’s young son, Edward of Lancaster, was killed. Henry died in the Tower, a few weeks later. BANNER of HENRY HOLLAND, DUKE of EXETER Henry Holland, (1430-1475) was third Duke of Exeter. Although he was married to Edward IV’s sister, Anne, he was a loyal Lancastrian. In 1470 he returned to England from exile in France and raised troops to support the Duke of Warwick. At Barnet he commanded the left flank and was badly wounded.

30 “THE KINGMAKER” Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick (1428-1471) – “WARWICK THE KINGMAKER” – was the most important, richest and most powerful noble during the Wars of the Roses. He helped the Yorkist Edward IV become King in 1461 but became increasingly alienated by the influence of the Woodvilles, the ambitious family of Edward’s queen, Elizabeth. He rebelled in 1469 and then joined forces with the Lancastrian Queen Margaret to put Henry VI back on the throne in 1470. When Edward returned in 1471, he was forced to fight. Warwick led a Lancastrian army which met Edward’s Yorkist army at the Battle of Barnet on 14th April 1471. Warwick was the loser – the Kingmaker unmade. BANNER of JOHN NEVILLE, MARQUESS MONTAGU John Neville, First Marquess Montagu, (1431-1471) was the brother of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. John rose to power a loyal follower of Edward VI and played an important part in some of his early victories. However, he felt betrayed by Edward’s actions which rewarded others at his expense. He swapped his allegiance and joined his brother. He was killed at the Battle of Barnet. BANNER of the EARL of OXFORD John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, (1442-1513) was a loyal Lancastrian who helped restore King Henry V1 to the throne in 1470. He commanded one wing at Barnet and after the battle fled to Scotland and then to France. Carla Hermann - Barnet Museum 32 Who takes Who takes care of you care of you every day? at night?

Yvonne Ducille is one of our Team Leaders. Ilona Klonowska is our Head of Care at night. She ensures the team keeps our home She’s on duty and alert during the small hours, running smoothly each day. And that our when our residents are asleep. And when they residents needs are taken care of, from can’t sleep, she’s there to help them with waking up to going to bed. whatever they might need. Baxendale is a registered charity, number: 211211

At Baxendale we take the very best care wide awake, making sure that our residents of our residents. That’s why we care for are cared for during the long night. them every hour of the day. Whatever they need to get them through Yvonne and the team take care of every until morning, Ilona and her team are there aspect of keeping our home running to help them. beautifully. Which means that our If you’d like to find out more about residents always get clean rooms, help Baxendale or to enquire about our respite when they need it, a tranquil atmosphere care and dedicated dementia unit, please and plenty of smiles all around Baxendale. call our manager, Jacqui Gordon, And, when everyone else is asleep, Ilona is on 020 8445 1127.

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Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2018

2018 2017 £ £ £ £ RECEIPTS Subscriptions 4,463 3,387 Yearbook Advertising 2,695 2,605 Bank Deposit Interest 68 7,226 11 6,003

PAYMENTS Printing, Postage & Stationery 2,662 2,991 AGM Expenses (inc wireless MIC) 293 138 Poppy Wreath 17 - Public Liability Insurance 148 - Legal fees - - Website Maintenance - 554 Independent accountant's fee 180 150 Set aside for legal & planning appeal 3,000 6,300 2,000 5,834

Net receipts/(payments) for the year 926 170

FUNDS OF THE ASSOCIATION £ £ £ £ Designated revenue fund B/fwd 15,523 15,353 Net receipt for the year 926 16,449 170 15,523

Designated reserve fund B/Fwd 74,500 72,500 Set aside for planning appeal & legal 3,000 77,500 2,000 74,500

Total Funds as at year end 93,949 90,023

REPRESENTED BY : £ £ Bank Current Account & cash in hand 12,502 18,644 Bank Deposit Account 81,447 71,379 93,949 90,023

I approve this account and confirm that I have made available all relevant records and information for this preparation.

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS'S REPORT I have examined the above Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31st December 2018 and based on the review I have carried out, I am satisfied that they are in accordance with the books and records.

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