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Santa Hats on for High Road Festival by Roger Chapman East Finchley’S Very Irst Christmas Festival on the High Road Is Shaping up to Be a Day to Remember Local News is our Aim THE www.glh.co.uk Professional Sales & Lettings 020 8883 5000 AT COMPETITIVE RATES 020 8444 5222 CARS & COURIERS eastfincleereleafco ARCHER November 2012 No. 228 20p ISSN 1361-3952 where sold A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Santa hats on for High Road festival By Roger Chapman East Finchley’s very irst Christmas festival on the High Road is shaping up to be a day to remember. The organising team, who run the hugely popular summer festival in Cherry Tree Wood, want to establish the event as north London’s premier High Road winter festival, with festivities and activities for all ages on Saturday 8 December. The fun starts on Friday In the evening, The Cabaret 7 December with a Christ- of Pottiness will be performing mas-themed sing-along at the in Finchley Youth Theatre, and Windsor Castle pub from 9pm; The Applelips Brothers and/or Left to right: Gill Hayward, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Kellie Forbes. then the festival proper gets Those Naughty Lumps will be under way from 10am on the playing at the Windsor Castle Saturday. pub from 9pm. Enter the Dragons’ Den Twenty community and The festival promises to By Diana Cormack local business stalls will line be a great chance to do your An East Finchley resident and her business partner have achieved the rare success of the pavement along the High Christmas shopping locally and having all ive entrepreneurs on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den desperate to inve st in their Road from the Barracuda Café to try out the numerous excel- product. The team was obviously as impressed by the product, a children ’s activity up to KFC, as well as stalls in lent cafés and restaurants in the rucksack, as they were by the presentation. the regular European market High Road. Despite the pressure, Gill experience. It was ilmed in Man- fitted well. They researched from the Bald Faced Stag down The organisers are still look- Hayward of Durham Road chester last March, following a thoroughly, asking hundreds of to the tube station. ing for help from people who and Kellie Forbes from Essex long and vigorous selection pro- parents and children, including A performance stage will can deliver publicity materials, remained calm, eventually cess. She describes the ilming their own, for suggestions. host carol singers, a brass band help set up on the day or act persuading Deborah Meaden session as being like a business When I looked into the back- and rock bands performing from as stewards; and from anyone and Peter Jones to join forces meeting. There was a maximum pack my irst comment was: “It’s 12 noon to 6pm, with two other who wants to perform in one in backing their YUUbag. of three minutes allowed for their like a Tardis!” Inside there is performance spaces along the of the performance spaces. To Three-minute pitch sales pitch and, after one and a plenty of room for kids’ clobber, High Road featuring magicians, offer help or ind out more, Although they had prepared half hours of ilming, the inal along with a variety of useful net street performers and musi- email eastfinchleyfestival@ well for a grilling by the dragons, televising on 23 September lasted or see-through compartments, cians throughout the afternoon gmail.com or telephone 07983 Gill told THE ARCHER that walking just over 12 minutes. including a clear plastic bag for and early evening. Coronation 360 834. into the “den” was a frightening Ergonomics with extras lunch remnants. There are useful Street’s Michelle Collins will be The couple had the idea for bits and bobs, such as a colouring coming along at 5pm to switch an ergonomically designed bag pad and pencils and a magnetic on the Christmas lights. 82 High Road in 2009 and asked the Backcare game pack. Visit www.yuuworld. A Tea Dance will be held East Finchley charity for advice to ensure the com to see what is available and to view customer comments. between 2pm and 4pm at N2 9PN product was comfortable and the East Finchley Methodist Church with tea, cakes, music and lots of dancing, and there 020 8883 0033 will be children’s storytelling in the library. highroadn2ricettandellisco A choir from local churches ……………………..The Right Choice will be roving the streets singing Estate Agents – Valuers Residential Sales – Lettings –Management – Cyprus Properties Estate Agents and Valuers Established carols and a giant Christmas tree 40 High Road East inhley London P el 00 00 a 00 0 Email enuiriesprimeloationsou esite ww.primeloationsou will be in place at the corner of Leicester Road, with East Serving the community for over 18 years Call us for a Free Valuation. Family Business you can Trust. 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