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Thunderbirds may well artist and writer for Gerry James Bond movies, and had u recognise a familiar voice Anderson’s classic productions was a close encounter with a around Potters Bar, as Shane and has also appeared in low-flying dinosaur in The Rimmer, the voice of Scott Tracy, numerous popular TV shows People that Time Forgot and n has been a local resident with such as Doctor Who , was squashed to death by an his wife Sheila for nearly 20 Coronation Street and Lipstick octopus in Warlords of Atlantis . years. on your Collar . Other TV’s Naturally, such an extensive Looking to move from include Danger Man , The career has provided Shane with i Whetstone in 1993, they moved Persuaders , The Saint , The many funny stories and further out than originally Protectors and Tales of the anecdotes; one concerning t planned, encouraged by their Unexpected . Shane also had Barbara Bach in the shower y son Damian, after falling in love many stage roles including those scene in The Spy Who Loved Me with a house in Little Heath. at the National Theatre. and another involving the coffee They particularly value the Equally at home in Star Wars or plants in a scene from Out of community spirit in this area, Out of Africa , Shane’s talents as Africa , when filming was describing Potters Bar as a a character actor have been completed too late in the year N lovely place to live, and say that called upon by some of the film with the result that the plants they have always been very industry’s leading directors. He had to be covered in shaving happy here. worked for Stanley Kubrick in foam to look as if they were still E Shane was born in Canada and Dr Strangelove , and Christopher in bloom. first came to England in the mid Nolan in Batman Begins . Shane is still called upon to 50’s as lead singer in a vocal trio Between these performances he provide vocals for audio-visual W called the 3 Deuces. Shane spent notched up many film productions, and regularly attends sci-fi conventions, many involving Thunderbirds . He is currently heavily in demand to attend James Bond 50th S anniversary celebrations and recently wrote an autobiography ‘From Thunderbirds To Pterodactyls’ , detailing his career. So if you are in the Post office or Library and you detect a familiar gravelly voice, it is not your ears deceiving you…it is Scott Tracy Christmas you can hear! Church

Extended Services chools WHAT Clubs and S ’S Local Organizations Page 28 In this issue ticles O mation Ar N Pa Infor ages 8–9 Pa ges 26– 27 P ges 13– 16 Pages 28 Potters Bar Community News Contacts for A message from the Editor Another winter issue, where has this year gone? Hope you enjoy another packed issue of your Community News . Potters Bar Judith Pelikan has recently retired as a member of the Community News Team. One of the founders of this publication, Judith did a fantastic job over many years, most Community News notably in securing advertising. It is true to say that we would probably not exist [email protected] without Judith’s sterling work. Heartfelt thanks are due from everyone and we hope that Judith will continue to enjoy Chairman reading the Community News and keeping up with local events for many years to John Connell 01707 851445 come. Editor Please remember that there are deadlines for articles to be received, but it is Debbie Buckland advisable to try and get your articles in well before deadline date, as there are [email protected] occasions where space is limited and you may miss out on your article being included. Advertising Debbie Usher 01707 655948 Thank you [email protected] Debbie Buckland What’s On Sue Weaver How to send articles 476 Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 3BB Email to [email protected] . Please keep articles to around 300 words or less, [email protected] bearing in mind that past events are not likely to be of general interest. Please use plain text word or email, but plainly handwritten or typed articles are also acceptable Sports if you do not have access to a computer. Please contact the Chairman, John Connell John Connell 01707 851445 on 01707 851445 . Photos, logos etc: send as a tif, bmp or jpg file or copy to a cd. Paper photos or logos can also be sent. Schools Diane Thompson 01707 857246 How to supply adverts Distribution Ring to book a space, remembering there is usually a waiting list. Artwork must be Peter Silverthorne 01707 655464 supplied as black and white pdfs or jpgs only, created at the specified size according Peter Weaver 01707 850147 to your booking. Any corrections to existing adverts will be subject to a £5 fee. Advertisers are responsible for advising us of any alterations of adverts in each issue. Design GREEN Gilbert 07956 222296 Deadline dates Printing Advertising Articles Ushers Print & Design Ltd 01707 851242 18th January for March issue 1st February for March issue 18th May for July issue 1st June for July issue Treasurer 18th September for November issue 1st October for November issue Peter Weaver 01707 850147 Editorial Team Delivery Gill Connell 01707 851445 Roads requiring deliverers: Frampton Road and Mutton Lane (Ford Garage to John Godfrey 01707 653992 Approach) Potters Bar. If you do not have a copy, or receive more than one, or wish Joy Stovell 01707 655464 to volunteer as a deliverer, please contact Peter Silverthorne or Peter Weaver. www.pottersbar.org – your local website The Community News will be added to the pottersbar.org website after publication, including the telephone number of contacts. Please tell us if you do not wish this to happen.

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Hertford Museum – Interested in volunteering? Inspiring Generations Ever thought of giving some of your time to The word inspiring has been heard a lot this past summer; let’s keep help others in the community? Also look here it going by treating the children (and ourselves) to something for items wanted by organisations; you may outside normal day-to-day activities. Visit our website at be able to help them. www.hertfordmuseum.org recently updated with new information about services and events. From 17th November to 5th January see If you are a local organisation or charity and are looking “A history of Christmas, past, present and future” to learn where for volunteers or looking for items for your group, why not some well-loved traditions come from, how different people email me at [email protected] (subject volunteers)? celebrate today and what future Christmas celebrations might be like. Debbie Buckland On Friday 23rd November, the museum is open until 8pm as part of Hertford Town Christmas lights turn on. There will mulled wine and RSPCA Southridge Food Appeal mince pies, hands-on festive family activities, and carol singing by a At any one time RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre has local choir. Held from 5pm to 8pm and free, though donations are approximately 90 cats and 70 dogs in its care. Sadly it is always welcome. close to full capacity all year round, due to the high number On Saturday 8th December St Albans Cathedral “Christmas Knitivity” of unwanted and neglected animals it cares for. will be visiting between 10.30am to 12.30pm. There will be refreshments while you marvel at toddler-sized knitted nativity figures As you can you imagine the centre gets through a large (If you feel like making any, help will be available). You are invited quantity of pet food with this many mouths to feed every to bring along your own projects. There is also a “Model Railway day. Unfortunately donations of food have run very low Day”, same time and place. On Saturday 1st December and 5th recently and there is a particular need for certain items. Any January between 10.30am to 3.30pm come and play with traditional help the readers can give will be greatly appreciated. toys, lots of activity sheets to colour and books to read. All these activities are free. The Cat’s Wish List: ® Adult wet food: Pouches and cans of cat food in all We are in the heart of Hertford Town which has a river and weir, brands and flavours castle, Saturday market and plenty of shops. Why not make a day of ® Whiskas kitten food for the many kittens we have it. The Dog’s Wish List ® Raw hide chews and bones of all sizes to keep them occupied in the evening ® Treats and biscuits for our volunteers to reward the dogs with when out walking ® Wet food If you do have any unwanted or spare pet food that you would like to donate then please drop it off: ® At the centre (details below), where we have a donation bin in reception; or ® At Tesco Potters Bar, where there is a donation bin. Alternatively if you would like to make a donation to our food appeal please use the link below http://www.justgiving.com/southridge-food-appeal RSPCA Southridge,Packhorse Lane Ridge, Potters Bar, EN6 3LZ. Opening times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11am –4.15pm. Sunday 1pm –4.15pm. Tel: 0300 123 0704 . Thank you from all of the cats and dogs at Southridge x

Busy Knitters We urgently need your unwanted knitting wool (any sort). Our group meets once a month, knits items for various charities at home and abroad. Local collection can be arranged For more information please contact Sheila on 01707 651650 . 3 Potters Bar Community News Potters Bar Carnival 2012 Potters Bar Carnival had their open evening on 4th July and presented £4775 to local organisations, compared with £3275 in 2011 and £5850 in 2010. This was £1500 up on last year as we had one of the few good weekends of the summer this year. The figure is lower than 2010 as last year we had to dip into reserves to pay the beneficiaries, so the money needed to be replaced. The Carnival Princesses presented the Grant cheques to the following organisations: St Giles School toward the cost of a soundfield system to help children with auditory needs; Oakmere School towards the cost of a sound system for the Friends of Potters Bar Junior Hall; Potters Bar Cricket Club to buy equipment for their Colts, Potters Bar Guides and Brownies, towards the cost of Community Hospital Potters Bar Guides Centenary Activities; Homestart Potters Bar, I know NHS-bashing is a popular sport and am also well aware that towards the cost of Volunteer training; 57 Squadron ATC, Barnet money is truly tight. However, when it comes to our small jewel of a Hospital Radio and Potters Bar Explorer Scouts, for their help hospital neither of these seems to apply to the service given to the during the day; Potters Bar Football Club, for their generosity in public. Some of you will have been at the hospital as an in-patient or attending one of the many clinics (almost 30), where the postponing their football tournament to keep the field in a good professionalism and caring is of the highest standard, as is apparent in state for the Carnival; Hertstoppers Cheerleaders, for stepping the many appreciative letters and donations received. in at the last moment to perform on the Arena; and Mount During the last financial year we funded over £13,000 on a very wide Grace PTA, for their help in delivering Carnival Programmes. variety of things, ranging from Christmas cards and gifts for patients to The general comment from those who came to the open retirement presents for staff we were losing; but mainly of course evening was that the afternoon was very good and enjoyable as meeting requests for equipment. always and the committee was congratulated for their hard Those who attended our AGM earlier this year heard Dr Lisk give a most work in putting on a good show. Organisations who would like interesting and informative talk on palliative care rooms, thanks to a to put themselves forward for a grant from the 2013 Carnival very generous donor on behalf of his late wife. should contact Peter or Sue on 01707 850147 for details on Our own imprint hospitals Christmas cards are available in the hospital how to apply. The closing date for applications is 31st January foyer most weekday mornings. We have a lovely new selection very reasonably priced, and each pack sold helps support our hospital. As 2013. they say “every little helps”! For your diaries and 2013 Calendars, next year’s Carnival will Judith Pelikan be on Sunday 9th June. Hon. Secretary to The Friends of Potters Bar Hospital

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Be part of the Community Remembrance Day Parade I travel up to London regularly on the train and was struck by This year’s Parade will take place on Sunday 11th November. just how many Olympic volunteers were from our borough! The Parade will assemble at St Mary’s Church in The Walk at They were easy to spot in their uniforms and their smiles! They 10.20am in order to march up to the War Memorial on the were truly the making of the London games. I hope that many High Street for a Remembrance Day Service. It is hoped that of them will want to continue volunteering, but perhaps nearer the Mayor of Hertsmere and the MP for Hertsmere will both be to home. They’re in luck! The Volunteer Centre for Hertsmere attending. After the service the Parade will march back down to is based at The Community Shop in Borehamwood. There are the church for a short service after which The Royal British organisations all over our borough which are looking for Legion on Cotton Road will be open for refreshments. All are volunteers. Just ring us on 020 8386 4006 or look at our welcome to attend. Anyone wishing to lay a wreath can contact website www.communityactionhertsmere.org . Mrs Maureen Dalton on 01707 645730 . Community Action Hertsmere also has a wonderful Take Part Stephen Kelly project in Bushey and Potters Bar – involving local people in Parade Organiser their communities. Details again are on our website, and we operate a Time Bank where you can offer your time, even if it is Tel: 01707 652180 only an hour a week, or ask for help from a volunteer. So there are lots of opportunities to make a difference in our own borough. On behalf of the voluntary sector I’d like to thank the Hertsmere Olympic volunteers. They really did make a difference! Sue Pearlman Chair of Trustees Community Action Hertsmere

Christmas Day Invitation MONDAYS 6.30pm and Christmas is celebrated in many ways: Church Services TUESDAYS 10.00am throughout the Town and family get-togethers throughout the King Charles the Martyr Church, Mutton Lane day. In many homes, however, there are folk who are unable to Suzanne 01707 884911 travel to their families and some who live alone. Well, here is TUESDAYS some Good News. 5.30pm and 7.30pm At Tilbury Hall, Darkes Lane on Christmas Day at 1.00pm a United Reform Church Tilbury Hall, Christmas dinner is being served, especially for those folk who Darkes Lane would like company for a few hours. If you would like to come Suszanne 01707 884911 along please ring the phone number below. THURSDAYS 5.30pm and 7.30pm To make this a special day we need volunteers to help cook St John House (next to Doctors), and serve, and drivers to transport those who would be unable The Walk to get to Tilbury Hall otherwise, so if you are able, please help Niki 07868843258 us. We always have an amazing response so please do the same or 01707 887835 this Christmas and contact me as soon as possible. Di Travers 01707 656311 . 5 Potters Bar Community News Something Kilty This Way Comes Don’t disbelieve your eyes if you see a white-haired guy wearing a kilt over the coming year. It won’t be the Old Man of Lochnagar (or even Lochinver) who lost his way at Berwick- upon-Tweed and turned south when he should have gone north. The chances are it will be Potters Bar man David Lister who has taken on the 52WWB (52 weeks without breaks) Challenge in support of The Behçet’s Syndrome Society. David will have to lose his trousers for a whole year and wear Home-Start is a local kilts instead. He will have to work, walk the dog, do the charity which supports gardening, go shopping, eat out – all in the kilt. The only young families within foreseeable exception is swimming, for which David is grateful the area. Last year in nobody has invented the swimming-kilt. Hertsmere we supported “Sometimes I think ‘What on earth am I doing?’. The thought of 48 families. wearing a kilt every day would be a little daunting, even if I lived in Scotland. But then, if it isn’t difficult, it’s not much of a Families need support for many reasons: perhaps they are challenge. On those days when I think it was a very bad idea to struggling to cope with postnatal illness, a child’s disability, commit to the 52WWB Challenge, I think of what it is like to family breakdown or bereavement, or maybe they feel isolated deal with Behçet’s every day.” and unable to connect with their local community. Whatever the reason, Home-Start provides non-judgemental practical Behçet’s disease is a debilitating and painful illness for which and emotional support and helps build the family’s confidence there is no cure. It is rare enough to be an NHS orphan, so and ability to cope. Volunteers visit one family for a couple of support for the help of sufferers and research into the hours each week, offering them support, encouragement and condition is vital. friendship. In return volunteers benefit by gaining experience, There will be events around the country that others can join in confidence and making new friends. with. If you want to follow David’s exploits and learn his kilty To find out more about what this charity has to offer secrets, there is a blog: 52wwb.wordpress.com . To learn or perhaps what skills you need to be a volunteer more about Behçet’s and, if you wish, support the BSS, please contact us on 020 8953 5082 or email us at go to . www.justgiving.com/52wwb-bss [email protected] . And just to save yourself from asking, David says he most Registered Charity Number: 1107308 definitely will not be ‘going regimental’. “That’s one tradition I Home-Start Borehamwood & District is a company limited by guarantee and not having a can live without.” share capital. Registered in England and Wales: Companies House, Cardiff – No. 5303117

6 cnews@fsmail. net Working in the Community – Cheesemonger Talk to Tom Merser about food and cheese and his enthusiasm is infectious. “My passion is food”, he says. From an early age Tom loved food, especially cheese, and at 16 began an apprenticeship as a chef at the Auberge du Lac at Brocket Hall. Here he learnt about ingredients and how to use them properly, and now loves to pass on his knowledge to all who ask. Tom became a self-employed chef in 2009, and at the age of May began selling cheeses from a stand at country shows 21 he was Head Chef cooking for the 7/7 Memorial event in and fairs. At the Lincolnshire County Agriculture Show last Hyde Park. On this occasion he recalls the Event Manager June, Tom’s stand, with 120 cheeses from nine European telling him there were only wooden stirrers for the drinks, countries, won first place out of 120 stands for the best food which he said was unacceptable. He therefore phoned hotels stand for display and knowledge. in Park Lane for 2000 teaspoons, and drove across London Since opening his shop in January this year, Tom finds it odd at night to collect them! Other events Tom has provided for to be based close to home after working around the country. are the opening of the Milford Haven gas terminal by the He had a good response to the shop and found that people Queen and Amir of Qatar; the Porsche Carrera Cup`s 350 want to know about quality products in quantities they drivers and mechanics, over two summers; and the camera chose, rather than supermarket packaged goods. As well as crew for Sky Cricket around the UK. cheeses, and with his chef`s background, Tom added other Later, Tom bought a van fitted with counters from which he products such as coffees, teas, and wines, all of which he sold cheeses at various markets around the country. aims to source locally, and generally from smaller However, when the van’s engine blew up on his return companies that care about their products and what to do journey from Biggleswade he bought another van, and last with them. Although he dislikes all the paperwork and bookkeeping involved, and the frequent changes in regulations, Tom loves his trade and ‘wouldn’t change it for anything’. Joy Stovell

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7 Schools Cranborne Primary School, Potters Bar Report by Claire Keilty, Deputy Headteacher Children at Cranborne Primary School have had a busy and exciting year! We are so proud of our children’s achievements and are excited by their attainment and progress. Our 2012 SATs results are our best ever, with 97% of children achieving the national expectation in Maths and children paid special attention to his artwork and wanted to 91% in English. emulate his floral prints, but at the same time personalise each Our Foundation Stage children watched painting by incorporating their own artistic flare! as 11 chicks hatched in their classroom. They waited in Year 6 went to see the film “War Horse” . It was part of their anticipation, as one by one, they were born! Names included World War I project and enhanced the children’s David B’egg’ham and Mystic M’egg’! understanding of life in the trenches during the conflict. The Year 1 were busy painting portraits of the Queen in preparation film was a poignant tale (which had been read in class) which for the Jubilee. The resemblance was striking! They have also evoked a few tears impressed us with their progress in phonics through our new and a round of scheme of Read Write Inc. applause from the children as it Year 2 visited St John’s Methodist Church as part of their RE reached its work investigating what Christians do at church and what other conclusion. activities churches are used for. They have also participated in African drumming that linked with the work they have covered Keep up the good in Geography. work Cranborne! Year 3 really enjoyed learning all about the Romans in Britain. In Art, they made their own mosaics using small pieces of coloured paper to represent the cement tiles. The designs were based on real Roman art. Year 4 have proudly represented Cranborne Primary School during two local level competitions: speed stacking and indoor athletics. Both competitions were held at Dame Alice Owens School and all the children who took part enjoyed competing against other local primary schools. The boys’ team came first in the speed stacking competition! Well done Cranborne! Year 5 were amazed by the talent of the Victorian artist William Morris as he was not only an artist but a writer and a politician, so finding out information on his life was very interesting. The

8 Schools School Concert at Royal Albert Hall sells out in 24 hours – more tickets available next year! Dame Alice Owen’s School are excited to be celebrating their 400th anniversary next year and are holding two very special events at prestigious London venues for their whole school community. Last week, parents, governors, staff and Old Owenians clamoured for the first release of tickets for their Royal Albert Hall Concert on 23rd April 2013, as they sold out in 24 hours! Further tickets are expected to be released from RAH members holding debenture seats early Supplementary School next year. A reserve list is now in operation for any tickets donated by RAH members to the school. Anyone interested can email Mrs Jan based at the Wroxham Robbins in the school office with their details and number of tickets School in Potters Bar they wish to purchase: [email protected] . Our Supplementary School began as an after school service for Old Owenians (past students, staff and governors) can also sign up children who were lacking confidence in Maths. Our courses to the 400th anniversary email list to be directly informed of release have produced some great outcomes for children. Children dates nearer the time, other 400th events and alumni news. To join, have not only grown in their confidence but have also they simply email [email protected] with their year of leaving date! Old Owenians can also apply to attend the 400th improved in their maths skills quite significantly. anniversary Thanksgiving Service at St Paul’s Cathedral and We have had many success stories, one example being a year 7 Reception at Mansion House on 30th April 2013 by entering a ballot student who passed his GCSE maths exam with an A*. We have – see school website for details at: also helped quite a few students at Primary school pass the http://www.damealiceowens.herts.sch.uk/2013_stpauls.html . maths SATS extension and 11+ entrance exams. They look forward to seeing you in 2013! We are now hoping to offer after school courses in Science and English as well this term. As a maths teacher I firmly believe everyone can reach their full potential if given the encouragement and opportunity to succeed. Mr N Darr www.supplementarytuition.co.uk Stirling Dental Laboratory 29 –30 The Service Road Potters Bar EN6 1QA Tel: 01707 600160

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The staff are Barracudas Swimming Club all volunteers, and membership of the club is drawn makes a splash exclusively from the local Guide and Scout movements. This summer has seen a big surge in the number of people The team are constantly on the lookout for willing helpers attending the Barracudas Disabled Swimming Club at the on poolside; it would involve just 1 hour weekly, in term- Furzefield Centre in Potters Bar. time only. Experience, though of course helpful, is not “I’m not sure if this is as a result of people being inspired by essential as you will be given every assistance. the Olympics & Paralympics, but we’ve seen a number of new If you are looking for something rewarding to do, please members join the club, as well as former members returning” said Chief Instructor Ian Goldsworthy. contact Martin on 01707 850987 . The club meets every Sunday at the Furzefield Centre between 11.30am and 12.30pm and caters for people of all levels of ability. “We have swimmers ranging from under 6 to 60 plus and the club provides a relaxed setting for people to enjoy the water in a stress free environment” added Ian. “Whether you’re a water lover, new to swimming or want to build up your confidence, we can cater for everyone. Most new swimmers begin working one-to-one with one of our volunteer instructors, but most quickly progress to more independent swimming with many taking advantage of the exclusive use of the pool to do lengths.” The club is run on an entirely voluntary basis so is free to use, save for a very small annual administration fee. The club as always welcomes new swimmers or anyone willing to act as volunteer instructor for one hour on a Sunday. Anyone wishing to join the club is welcome to come along on a Sunday or can find out more info on the club’s facebook page www.facebook.com/barracudaswimmingclub. Ian Goldsworthy can be contacted on [email protected] . 10 Sports Olympics and Paralympics – A View from Both Sides by Chris Salvary A few weeks after witnessing, as a spectator, the fantastic atmosphere of the Olympic Athletics Stadium as Jessica Ennis excelled in the heptathlon, I was returning to the Olympic Park in another role – this time as the sports massage therapist for the GB Paralympics 5-a-side (blind) and 7-a-side (CP or cerebral palsy) football teams. I was one of a number of GB staff who was not staying in the Paralympics Village but living outside in the halls of full-time and play together regularly, whereas we meet up for residence of Queen Mary College and going into the Village on a training weekends about once a month with the occasional day pass. training camp and of course, international competitions. However, If the boys had an afternoon game I would come to the Village and we must pick ourselves up again and look at how we can best meet the physio where we would run a clinic prior to the game improve, as now it’s Rio, here we come! and then again afterwards, but if they played in the morning I Those of us who had limited accreditation were not unfortunately would go straight to the match and then return to the Village invited to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, but as a result of where we would again meet for clinic. As I did not have the several coincidences I did manage to obtain a ticket for both. The accreditation to join the boys pitch-side I had been given tickets atmosphere was amazing, with the Opening Ceremony being to watch each match as a punter! This meant joining the public quirky, colourful and quite inspirational, and the Closing queues and trekking from Stratford to the Riverside Arena every Ceremony with the band Coldplay was, I thought, much more fun day for 10 days, a walk that could take anything up to 30–40 than the Olympic equivalent. minutes depending on the attendance! I was certainly fitter by the end of the Games (or rather, fit to drop!). For me the last part of the games experience was to go the Team GB/ParalympicsGB bus parade through London from Mansion And how did our boys do? Well, both teams came 7th which was a House to Buckingham Palace. I was lucky enough to have a pass little disappointing as the target was 5th or higher. The standard of allowing me to stand right outside Buckingham Palace so I had a football was very high and the top 4 teams in the world are all great view of the whole proceedings, and even had a brief interview on BBC Radio London after being accosted by a roving reporter with a mic! Weary but elated, I got home on Monday evening looking forward to a day off, but happy to have been part of London 2012. I have been lucky enough to work at several Paralympic Games (Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004) and up until 2012 my view was that Sydney had been the best. However, I can honestly say that London beat it on all Chris with David Weir, quadruple gold counts… we did it!!! medallist in wheelchair athletics.

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11 Potters Bar Community News Driving solo around the World

visiting people who were provided tents and basic survival equipment by the disaster relief charity ShelterBox. Mike said, “These people had lost their homes to floods or earthquakes and it has been amazing to hear how they had coped after the news had disappeared off our TV screens. In Thailand, I met a mum and her child who was born as the flood waters were rising. In China, I heard how ShelterBox equipment is still being used four years on.” Mike Perham, who in 2009 became the youngest person to solo sail around the world, recently arrived in Singapore after Mike has cooked on open fires burning horse dung and driven driving his Spaceship halfway around the world. Mike from on roads with seemingly no rules. His blog www.mikeperham.tv Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, left London in July and is hoping to gives some interesting insights of other drivers’ abilities: crazy, become the youngest person to drive solo around the world. reckless and plain stupid, to name a few. He said on his arrival, “This is a big milestone as it marks the Mike has experienced many mixes of cultures. He says, “Eating halfway point of the trip, and I just want to say BIG thanks to all is often an adventure and a lottery all mixed into the same dish. the people who have helped me get here.” I usually can’t understand a thing, so sometimes when I am The car Mike has travelled in for the last 12,000 miles is a given a menu, I look away and just order whatever my finger Toyota Previa provided by Spaceships Rentals. This will be lands on. Other times I dance around pretending to be a shipped back to Europe whilst Mike will pick up other chicken…and get served fish!” Spaceships in Australia, New Zealand and America before Border crossings are never straightforward when you’re reuniting with his original Spaceship in Lisbon for driving back bringing a car from the UK with you. It always takes hours for to London. all the paperwork to be processed and then once Mike has Mike has seen some amazing places and met some very cleared the border, he sometimes becomes an object of interesting people along the way. Part of the adventure involves curiosity for the local police. He was stopped eight times in the Ukraine alone. Whilst in Singapore, Mike gave talks to hundreds of students who heard about his adventures on the high seas and on land before he flew to Perth to start driving across Australia. He is now driving through southern Australia via Adelaide and Melbourne and then on to Sydney to complete • Free estimates and advice • New display centre the Australian leg of his journey. • No deposit • Payment on completion Mike is expected home at the end of November by which time he will surely have accumulated a whole load more tales to inspire us all. To follow Mike’s adventure W: www.mikeperham.tv F: MikePerham T: PerhamMike AWARD WINNING PAVING SPECIALIST Further information about ShelterBox: TRADING STANDARDS APPROVED CONTRACTOR www.shelterbox.org.uk

12 cnews@fsmail. net WHAT’S ON ®Quiz Night: St Mary’s Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £9 includes 2 course supper. NOVEMBER Phone 654407. THURSDAY 1st ®Quiz Night: Cats Protection, Lea Valley Branch at Elm Court, 7.30pm. £6 per person ®*PB Society Town Group: Meeting, 7.30pm at Tilbury Hall. includes tea/coffee. Bring own food 01707 657876. SATURDAY 3rd ®The Scarlet Pimpernel: A swashbuckling musical, presented by award winning ®Little Heath School Fireworks in conjunction with Brookmans Park Rotary Club at Green Room Productions, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, The Wyllyotts Theatre. Little Heath School. Starts at 6.30pm. Hot dogs, burgers, mulled wine, soft drinks, Tickets £13 to £16. Box Office 07531 122206. licensed bar. Visit email [email protected] for details. SUNDAY 11th ®Fireworks Night Display at St Giles’ School. ®Coach Trip: Westfield, Shepherds Bush. Departs 10am, returns 6.30pm. Cost £20. ®Hatfield Farmers and Craft Market, Hatfield Town Centre. Tel 01707 620061. SUNDAY 4th TUESDAY 13th ®*Barnet Walks: Battle of Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at junction of Great North Road ®*Cuffley Floral Art Club: Social. and Hadley Green Road, 11am. ®Blood Donor Session: Wyllyotts Centre, 1pm to 3.30pm and 5pm to 7.30pm. ®Toy Fair at Elm Court 10.30am–3.30pm ®*Tuesday Friendship: ‘Granny’s Attic’ speaker Mrs Gwen Torrance. ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. ®*Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: London’s Lea Valley’s Electronic Secrets, Jim Lewis www.pbsoc.org.uk. Writer, Lecturer and Broadcaster. MONDAY 5th WEDNESDAY 14th ®*Potters Bar Sugar Art Club: Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane, 7.30 –9.30pm, £5. ®*PB & District Horticultural Society: A Gardening Evening with Geoff Stebbins Jackie 01707 850432/656611. (Editor of Garden Answers). TUESDAY 6th ®*RSPB: Afternoon – Peter Wilkinson ‘Owls’. ®*Golden Eagle: Michael Redwin – Clairvoyance plus talk. ®*Potters Bar Flower Club: Jane Ellis – Mornings of Mists – King Charles the Martyr Hall, ®Lunchtime recital: Gary Sieling on the organ. 12.30pm with free admission and 8pm. ploughman’s from noon to 12.30pm and 1.15pm to 2pm, St Mary The Virgin & ®*Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat afternoon. All Saints Church, The Walk. SATURDAY 17th ®The Scarlet Pimpernel: A swashbuckling musical, presented by award winning ®*Over 60’s Social Dances: Aladdin’s Lamp. Green Room Productions, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, The Wyllyotts Theatre. ®Christmas Bazaar: Cats Protection, Lea Valley Branch at Cuffley Hall, Maynard Place, Tickets £13 to £16. Box Office 07531 122206. Cuffley 11am–3pm, 50p entrance or tin of cat food. WEDNESDAY 7th ®Coach Trip: Blenheim Palace: Living Crafts for Christmas. Depart 9am, return 6.30pm, £35.00. 01707 620061. ®*Radlett Players: 7th to 10th – ‘Round and Round the Garden’ at Radlett Centre at 8pm. Tickets Wednesday and Thursday £11 (concessions £10), Friday £12, ®FAKE THAT: Perfect girlie night out, £30 with 2-course dinner (£20 without). Saturday £13. Box Office 01923 859291. 01707 620061. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Slides on Tanzania. SUNDAY 18th ®The Scarlet Pimpernel: A swashbuckling musical, presented by award winning ®*Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve of Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust: Green Room Productions, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, The Wyllyotts Theatre. Volunteer Working Party, 10am. Tickets £13 to £16. Box Office 07531 122206. ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. THURSDAY 8th www.pbsoc.org.uk. ®Camera Fair at Elm Court. ®*Oakmere Women’s Institute: Pamela Sanderson – The Old Bailey. ®Enfield National Trust Assocition: Illustrated lecture in Enfield at 7.45pm. Further details TUESDAY 20th from 01707 321759. ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: ‘The Sound of Music’ at Wyllyotts at 7.30pm and ®*Northaw Women’s Institute: ‘Coffee Houses, Shops and Bars’ – Marlene McAndrew Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Adults £15, under 18’s £10, senior citizens £12 on followed by our AGM. Tuesday evening and Saturday matinee. Bookings on 07985 542204 or ®The Scarlet Pimpernel: A swashbuckling musical, presented by award winning www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk. Green Room Productions, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, The Wyllyotts Theatre. WEDNESDAY 21st Tickets £13 to £16. Box Office 07531 122206. ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture in Enfield, at 2pm, FRIDAY 9th at Holtwhites Sports and Social Club. Further details from 01707 650969. ®*RSPB: Evening – Ron Kilsby ‘Movie Memories’. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Mo Bates – Slides. ®The Scarlet Pimpernel: A swashbuckling musical, presented by award winning ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: ‘The Sound of Music’ at Wyllyotts. Bookings on Green Room Productions, 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, The Wyllyotts Theatre. 07985 542204. Tickets £13 to £16. Box Office 07531 122206. ®Blood Donor Session: Furzefield, 9am to 12.20pm and 2pm to 4pm. SATURDAY 10th THURSDAY 22nd ®Christmas Market, St Johns Church, Baker St. 10am–noon, entry 50p, seasonal stalls, ®*Cuffley Horticultural Society: ‘Herbs for Everyone’ with Jekka McVicar, winner of more refreshment and Father Christmas, 4th PB Scout Group. than 25 awards at Chelsea. Tickets £10 from www.jekkasherbfarm. 8pm at Cuffley Hall. ®*Sixty Plus: Xmas Bazaar at Sixty Plus, The Wyllyotts Centre, 10.30am. ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: ‘The Sound of Music’ at Wyllyotts. Bookings on ®Autumn Charities Fair at Little Heath Parish Hall, noon –3.30pm. National and local 07985 542204. charities represented. FRIDAY 23rd ®*Barnet Walks: Fabulous Finchley: a guided walk. Meet at Finchley Central tube station, ®23rd to 25th Frost Fair at Hatfield House. 11am. ®Friends of Parkfield Patient Group: Quiz Night, 7.30pm, United Reformed Church. ®Coach Trip: The Lord Mayor's Show, £20. Phone 01707 654710. Bookings 0844 477 8640 ext 260. ®Christmas Market at Hatfield House. ®A Royal Gala: 7.30pm at The Colosseum, Watford, in aid of Peace Hospice. ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must 01923 335370. be booked 01707 659602. ®Coach Trip: Lille Christmas Market. Depart 6am, return 10.30pm. £50. 01707 620061.

13 Potters Bar Community News WHAT’S ON ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: ‘The Sound of Music’ at Wyllyotts. Bookings on THURSDAY 6th 07985 542204. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Brookmans Park, SATURDAY 24th 6.30–8.30pm. ®Christmas Bazaar, King Charles the Martyr Church Hall, 11am–3pm, admission free. ®*Merlin Magical Society: Close-Up Magic at your Table, Little Heath Parish Hall, 8pm. Grand raffle and cafe. Tickets £6 includes mince pie and a drink, 01707 654606. ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must ®*Potters Bar Society Town Group meeting, 7.30pm, Tilbury Hall. 01707 654179. be booked 01707 659602. ®*Fifty Plus: Coach trip to Runnymede, Special Christmas Lunch Cruise, £45. Contact 020 8207 7568. ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: ‘The Sound of Music’ at Wyllyotts. Bookings on 07985 542204. ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Cranborne Road, Cranborne Crescent, Laurel Fields, Laurel Avenue, Clive Close, slip road. ®*Barnet Walks: Georgian Monken Hadley: a guided walk. Meet at The Spires, *Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Brookmans Park, Barnet High Street, 11am. ® 6.30–8.30pm. SUNDAY 25th FRIDAY 7th ®Craft Fair: Essendon C of E Primary School, 11am–3pm. 01707 261209. ®Winter Fair at Ladbrooke School, Watkins Rise, 3–5pm. TUESDAY 27th ®*RSPB: Evening – Bob Johnson ‘The Birdlife of England and Tanzania’. ®*Tuesday Friendship: ‘Monologue’s speaker Mrs Pam Murphy. ®Friends of Parkfield Patient Group: Potters Bar Carer Coffee Mornings, drop in, ®Friends of Parkfield Patient Group: Patient Group AGM, 8pm, St John Ambulance HQ. 10.30am –12noon. Held at St Ambulance HQ – patients from Highview, Annandale and ®*North Mymms History Society: Paper making in Hertfordshire, Nick Pearson. 8pm, Parkfield all welcome. Brookmans Park United Reformed Church. SATURDAY 8th WEDNESDAY 28th ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must ®*PB & District Horticultural Society: AGM and party. be booked 01707 659602. ®*Radlett Music Club Natalie Clein: Cello and Katya Apekisheve, piano. 8pm at ®Coach Trip: Winchester Christmas Market, £23.50. Phone 01707 654710. Radlett Centre. ®*Grand Christmas Masquerade Ball RSPCA: Friends of Southridge. Tickets £10 includes ®*Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat afternoon. burger and salad. Tickets from 0300 123 0704 or Maggie at Universal Pet Supplies, FRIDAY 30th Cranborne Parade. Christmas Coffee Morning in aid of Peace Hospice. 01923 335370. 10am–12.30pm. ®Coach Trip: Portsmouth Victorian Festival of Christmas. Depart 9am, return 7.30pm. ® £40.00, 01707 620061. ®*Barnet Walks: Marvellous Mill Hill, a guided walk. Meet Mill Hill East tube station, 11am. DECEMBER SUNDAY 9th SATURDAY 1st ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: The Walk, Highfield Way, Byng Drive, Ladbrooke Drive, ®*Brookmans Park Rotary Club: Christmas Tree Lighting on Bradmore Green, Strafford Gate, Melrose Ave, Birch Grove, Otways Close, Albermarle Avenue. Brookmans Park. Starts at 5.30pm. Santa arrives at 6pm. Mulled wine, hot chocolate ®Music for Christmas at Hatfield House. and mince pies. Visit www.brookmansparkrotary.org.uk for more information. ®Coach Trip: Lincoln Christmas Market. Depart 8am, return 7.30pm. £28, 01707 620061. ®*Merlin Magical Society: Close-Up Magic at your Table, Little Heath Parish Hall, 8pm. Tickets £6 includes mince pie and a drink, 01707 654606. In aid of ‘Jessie’s Fund’ ®Coach Trip: Chichester Christmas Market. Depart 9am, return 7.30pm. £28, 01707 620061. (a charity helping children with serious illness to communicate via music). ®*Barnet Walks: Battle of Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at junction of Great North Road MONDAY 10th and Hadley Green Road, 11am. ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Hawkshead Road, Cranmer Close, Grangewood, ®Under 10’s Market at Elm Court. Osborne Road, Green Meadow, Westwood Close, Swanley Bar Lane, Heath Road. ®Coach Trips: Bath Christmas Market. Depart 8am, return 730pm. £28, 01707 620061. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Welham Green, 6.30–8.30pm. SUNDAY 2nd ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. TUESDAY 11th www.pbsoc.org.uk. ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Daleside Drive, Sunnybank, Meadow Way, Greenway, Field View, Brackendale, The Byway, Elmroyd Avenue. MONDAY 3rd ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Welham Green, ®*Sugar Art Club: Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane, 7.30 –9.30pm, £5. 6.30–8.30pm. Jackie 01707 850432/656611. ®*Cuffley Floral Art Club: David Thompson (N) – ‘TBA’. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Brookmans Park, ®*North Mymms History Society: The Craft of a Cooper, Richard Filmer, 8pm. 6.30–8.30pm. ®*Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: Brief History of Timekeeping – Geoffrey Hollis. TUESDAY 4th ®*Tuesday Friendship: Christmas Party. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Brookmans Park, WEDNESDAY 12th 6.30–8.30pm. ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Oakmere Lane, Tempest Avenue, Forbes Avenue, ®*Golden Eagle: Alan Albiston – Clairvoyance followed by Christmas Party. Mandeville Road, Carpenter Way, Gregory Avenue, Highview Gardens. ®Lunchtime Recital: Heather Hawkes and Lucy Roots, soprano and piano. 12.30pm, ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Welham Green, free admission and ploughman’s, noon to 12.30pm and 1.15pm to 2pm, 6.30–8.30pm. St Mary The Virgin & All Saints Church, The Walk. ®*RSPB: Afternoon – Barrie Mason ‘Birds of Strawberry Hill Farm’ (Beds). WEDNESDAY 5th ®*Potters Bar Flower Club: Vicki Traherne – Sparkling Winterland. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Brookmans Park, ®*Wednesday Community Club: Christmas Service and mince pies. 6.30–8.30pm. THURSDAY 13th ®Lights of Love: Watford, 8pm, in grounds of Peace Hospice. 01923 335370. ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Wroxham Gardens, Mimms Hall Road, Ormesby Drive, ®*Wednesday Community Club: TBA. Oulton Crescent, Auckland Road, Borough Way, Cambridge Drive, Deepdene.

14 cnews@fsmail. net WHAT’S ON ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Welham Green, MONDAY 7th 6.30–8.30pm. ®*Sugar Art Club: Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane, 7.30 –9.30pm. £5. ®*Oakmere Women’s Institute: Christmas and open meeting, Brian Carline – Jackie 01707 850432/656611. Life in Secondary Schools. TUESDAY 8th ®*Northaw Women's Institute: Christmas Party with ‘Songs’ by Simon Gilbert. ®*Tuesday Friendship: ‘Top of the World’ Speakers David and Pauline Morris. FRIDAY 14th ®*Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: Roman Wooden Water Pump – ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Christmas Sleigh will tour streets of Welham Green, An ingenious maching: Richard Stein Phd. 6.30–8.30pm. WEDNESDAY 9th SATURDAY 15th ®*RSPB: Afternoon – Pam Regis “The Orkneys”. ®*Over 60’s Social Dances: Closed. ®*Potters Bar Flower Club: to be advised. ®Cinderella at Wyllyotts, from 15th December – 6th January. Contact 660067 for THURSDAY 10th tickets. ®*Northaw Women's Institute: ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ by speaker Gary Fisher. ®Coach Trip: Christmas shopping in Bruges. Depart 6am, return 10pm. £50, *Oakmere Women’s Institute: Philip Nalpanis “Our National Parks”. 01707 620061. ® ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture ‘The Woodland Trust’ in Enfield at ®Potters Bar Choral Society Christmas Concert at the Church of Our Lady and St Vincent, 7.45pm. Further details from 01707 650969. Mutton Lane, to include the Manchester Carols by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, plus traditional carol singing. 7.30pm. Information and tickets: 01707 655297. SATURDAY 12th SUNDAY 16th ®Quiz in aid of Prostrate Cancer by PB Tangent Club – Tilbury Hall, 7pm for 7.15pm start. Tickets from Pam 01707 650969, £10, includes ploughman’s. Bring your own ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Dugdale Hill Lane, Elmfield Road, Shrublands, Wellesley Crescent, Shillitoe Avenue, Rushfield, Santers Lane, Oakroyd Avenue. drinks. Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must ®Wroxham School Fair: 12–3pm, adults 50p, children free. ® be booked 01707 659602. ®*Barnet Walks: The Heart of High Barnet, a special Christmas walk. Meet outside Barnet College, Wood Street, 2pm. SUNDAY 13th ®*Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve of Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust: ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. Volunteer Working Party, 10am. www.pbsoc.org.uk. ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. ®*Barnet Walks: Battle of Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at junction of Great North Road www.pbsoc.org.uk. and Hadley Green Road, 11am. ®Coach Trip: Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market. Depart 9.30am, return 6.30pm. WEDNESDAY 16th £28, 01707 620061. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat afternoon. MONDAY 17th ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture ‘Kilimanjaro and a little bit ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Oakmere Avenue, Park Avenue, Hill Rise, more1?’ in Enfield at 2pm. Further details from 01707 650969. Ashwood Road, Hyde Avenue, Willow Way. FRIDAY 18th TUESDAY 18th ®*RSPB: Evening, Ken Panchen – Ethiopia. ®Town Carols organised by Churches Together at Wyllyotts Centre, 7.30pm. ®Adult Quiz Evening: Essendon C of E Primary School, contact Paula 01707 261209. Contact 01707 653417 for more information. No tickets required by please arrive in SATURDAY 19th good time. ®Quiz Night at St John’s Methodist Church, Baker Street, £7 including hot supper. Bring Father Christmas Sleigh Route: The Drive, Heather Way, Sherwood Avenue, ® your own soft drinks. Tables of 8 preferred. 4th PB Scout Group 01707 652981. Allandale Crescent, Dugdale Hill Lane, Brooklands, Aberdale Gardens, Elmscroft. ®*Over 60’s Social Dances: Ace of Clubs. WEDNESDAY 19th SUNDAY 20th ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Cotton Road, Trewenna Drive, Penshurst Road, *Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve of Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust: Thaynesfield, Northlands, Torrington Drive, Tiverton Road, Hatherleigh Gardens. ® Volunteer Working Party, 10am. THURSDAY 20th TUESDAY 22nd ®Father Christmas Sleigh Route: Billy Lows Lane, Mountgrace Road, Quakers Lane, *Tuesday Friendship: Quiz – speaker Mrs Joan Gooding. Anthorne Close, Mountway Manor Way, Heath Drive. ® ®Christmas Party in aid of Peace Hospice, 01923 335370, 7pm–1am. WEDNESDAY 23rd Metropolitan Police Sports Club, Bushey, ticket £35. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Quiz. SATURDAY 22nd SATURDAY 26th ®Christmas Holiday Club with Act 4. Time 10.00 – 4.pm. Please contact Luisa on ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must 01707 665551 for application form and venue address. be booked 01707 659602. TUESDAY 25th CHRISTMAS DAY ®Buddy Holly: £30 with 2-course dinner (£20 without), 01707 620061. ®Christmas Day Dinner at Tilbury Hall, contact Di Travers 01707 656311. TUESDAY 29th For more information look inside Community News. ®*Radlett Music Club: Primavera Ensemble, String Sextet. 8pm at Radlett Centre. SUNDAY 30th WEDNESDAY 30th ®*PB Society Walks: Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. ®*Wednesday Community Club: New Year Meal. www.pbsoc.org.uk. FEBRUARY JANUARY 2013 SATURDAY 2nd THURSDAY 3rd ®*PB Society Coffee Morning: 10am–12 noon, Tilbury Hall Walks. Sunday afternoon ®*PB Society Town Group: Meeting, 7.30pm at Tilbury Hall. walks along local rights of way. www.pbsoc.org.uk.

15 Potters Bar Community News WHAT’S ON MONDAY 4th MARCH ®*Sugar Art Club: Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane, 7.30 –9.30pm, £5. Jackie 01707 850432/656611. FRIDAY 1st ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: Blithe Spirit – Wyllyotts. Bookings on 07985 542204 TUESDAY 5th or www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk. ®*Golden Eagle: Christina Green – Clairvoyance and talk. SATURDAY 2nd ®Lunchtime recital: tba – Organ, 12.30pm with free admission and ploughman’s. From Jumble Sale at St John’s Church, Baker Street. 4th Potters Bar Scouts Group, £2 entry at noon to 12.30 and 1.15pm to 2pm, St Mary The Virgin & All Saints Church, The Walk. ® 10am and 30p at 10.30am. ®*Tuesday Friendship: Donkey Sanctuary & Work with Children with Special Needs. *Potters Bar Theatre Company: Blithe Spirit – Wyllyotts. Bookings on 07985 542204 Speaker Mrs Maggie Taylor. ® or www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk. WEDNESDAY 6th MONDAY 4th ®*Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat afternoon. ®*Sugar Art Club: Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane, 7.30 –9.30pm, £5. THURSDAY 7th Jackie 01707 850432/656611. *PB Society Town Group: Meeting, 7.30pm at Tilbury Hall. ® TUESDAY 5th FRIDAY 8th ®*Golden Eagle: Jeff Phillips – Clairvoyance. ®Valentine Quiz: £12.50 with proceeds going to local charity, buffet, bar and raffle. ®Lunchtime recital: Matthew Sea, guitar. 12.30pm with free admission and ploughmans 01707 620061. from noon to 12.30pm and 1.15pm to 2pm, St Mary The Virgin & All Saints Church, SATURDAY 9th The Walk. ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must ®*Tuesday Friendship: India part 2 – Miss Clare McCarthy. be booked 01707 659602. WEDNESDAY 6th TUESDAY 12th ®*Wednesday Community Club: Jeffs Clothes Show – come/browse/buy. ®*Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: Elstree – Britain’s Hollywood, Bob Redman, THURSDAY 7th Elstree Screen Heritage. ®*PB Society Town Group: Meeting, 7.30pm at Tilbury Hall. WEDNESDAY 13th FRIDAY 8th ®*Wednesday Community Club: Yvonne and Fred Perry – Slides. ®Ladies Pampering Evening: Essendon C of E Primary School, contact Paula ®*RSPB: Afternoon – David Hassell “Flydrive USA”. 01707 261209. ®*Potters Bar Flower Club: AGM. SATURDAY 9th THURSDAY 14th ®Potters Bar Choral Society present Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle at St Mary’s Church, ®*Northaw WI: ‘The Four Seasons’ by speaker Neale Holmes-Smith. The Walk, Potters Bar. Information and tickets: 01707-655297, 7.30pm. ®*Oakmere Women’s Institute: Martin Wiley “Climbing Kilimanjaro”. ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture ‘Royal Palaces’by Lee Prosser in be booked 01707 659602. Enfield at 7.45pm. Further details from 01707 321759. TUESDAY 12th SATURDAY 16th ®*Radlett Music Club: Dante String Quartet, 8pm at Radlett Centre. ®*Over 60’s Social Dances: A Mugs Game. ®*Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: British Post Box Design and Use – The first 150 years, Steve Knight, Curator of Colne Valley Postal History Museum. SUNDAY 17th ®*Fir and Pond Woods Nature Reserve of Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust: WEDNESDAY 13th Volunteer Working Party, 10am. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Roger – New Zealand Slides. ®*RSPB: Afternoon, June Crew – “The Spring Bringers”. TUESDAY 19th ®*Potters Bar Flower Club: to be advised. ®*Tuesday Friendship: India Part 1 – speaker Miss Clare McCarthy. THURSDAY 14th WEDNESDAY 20th ®*Northaw Women’s Institute: ‘Secrets of a Store Detective’ by speaker Josie Jeffrey. ®*Radlett Music Club: Judith Hall – flute, Craig Ogden – guitar. 8pm at Radlett Centre. ®*Oakmere Women’s Institute: Birthday Meeting. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat afternoon. ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture ‘Highgate’ in Enfield at 7.45pm. ®Enfield National Trust Association: Illustrated lecture ‘History of Money’ in Enfield at Further details from 01707 650969. 2pm. Further details from 01707321750. FRIDAY 15th SATURDAY 23rd ®*RSPB: Evening, John Wallington and Anne Johnson – Japan to Alaska. ®Indoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court Sellers from 12.15pm. Buyers 1.30pm. Spaces must be booked 01707 659602. SATURDAY 16th *Over 60’s Social Dances: Easter Event. ®Coach Trip: The Shard London. Be one of the first on the planet to view London from ® 1000 feet up. Depart 10am. £50, 01707 620061. ®Coach Trip: The Shard London. Be one of the first on the planet to view London from 1000 feet up. Depart 10am. £50, 01707 620061. ®Blues Brothers: £26 with 2-course dinner, £15 without, 01707 620061. ®*Brookmans Park Rotary: Sponsored swim at Furzefield Leisure Centre. Entry forms WEDNESDAY 27th from 0177 645343, details www.brookmansparkrotary.org.uk. ®*Wednesday Community Club: Fish and chip lunch. ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: Blithe Spirit – Wyllyotts. Bookings on 07985 542204 Please check details of these events by telephoning the contact provided. An or www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk. asterisk * means more details about venues and times included in Clubs and THURSDAY 28th Organisations section. ®*Potters Bar Theatre Company: Blithe Spirit – Wyllyotts. Bookings on 07985 542204 To include an event contact: [email protected] or www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk.

16 cnews@fsmail. net Temple Court – Promoting Independence Inside and Out Housing 21’s Temple Court, Potters Bar, promotes supported independence for people between 55 and 105 in the local area. Now, carers based at the court are reaching out with a new domestic service offering support to people in their own homes. Friendly, reliable, professional support workers are now available across the whole of Potters Bar, to visit you at home and help you stay in control more, supporting you with laundry, ironing, light housekeeping, shopping, preparing meals, collecting prescriptions, running errands, reading, etc. Lynette Harris, Court Manager commented: “Housing 21 has a mission to promote independence by supporting people, either in their own homes, or as a resident of our court community.” Lynette, who can be contacted on 01707 650018 , can provide details of the domestic services available and also the facilities at the sheltered housing complex at Temple Court, off Mimms Hall Road. Darkes Fayre at The United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane “Telly-licious” is our theme for this year’s annual fundraising celebration. As you make your way round the Fayre look out for characters from your favourite soap, situation comedy and many other popular TV programmes. The Mayor of Hertsmere, Cllr Pat Strack, will be opening the proceedings at 10.30am on the 17th November when she will be welcomed by our new Minister, Revd Dr Nick Brindley. We warmly invite you to visit the many regular stalls and sideshows located in the Church itself. Other attractions include fun activities for children, such as our free Treasure Hunt, face painting, and the ever popular visit to Santa’s Grotto. When you feel the need to rest your feet for a while or begin to experience hunger pangs, retire to the cafeteria located in the Tilbury Hall, where you can indulge in refreshments of your choosing, ranging from a cup of fair trade coffee or tea, delicious homemade cakes to sandwiches and hot snacks. Enjoy the fun of the Fayre and have a great day. We wish you every Blessing in the coming Christmas season and for the year 2013. For further details of our activities, we invite you to visit our church website. www.pottersbarunitedreformedchurch.org.uk 17 Potters Bar Community News

Have YOU heard about LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL Jack FM? SHOWROOM This is the question I have been asking 5 Kemble Parade Tel: 01707 660050 www.kramerelectrical.co.uk Potters Bar everybody since I stumbled across 106.9 FM six Fax: 01707 660070 Email: [email protected] Herts EN6 5AP months ago whilst driving. After asking many people this OPENING TIMES: question, I found that the general Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10am –6pm response was a solid “No” teamed Saturday 9.30am –5pm with an inquisitive stare. I realised that people in the community freedom of working for a radio station where you can really play wanted to know about this and I what you want. At heart we had a list of 50 songs which we had to wanted to tell them. play all the time, but here I am spoiled for choice. I actually enjoy The local Hertfordshire radio listening to Jack!” Jules explained to me the intimacy that working station informs its listeners of within a local community offers. “We have a great following now, but localised traffic, news and events. it is still small enough to remember someone if they ring the station Many of the events mentioned on more than once.” Jack FM are charitable ones, and Jack FM’s unique strap-line is ‘Jack FM; Playing what we want!” …a give the local listener a chance to promise that is defiantly kept. Jack FM has an impressively eclectic support close to home charities such as the Herts air ambulance fund, which has saved the lives of playlist of music to go alongside their cheeky and vivacious countless Hertfordshire residents. However if there is a wedding fair personality; this, teamed with the overwhelming sense of community at The Hertfordshire Golf Club or a fun day at Hatfield house then makes for pleasant and feel good listening. I wanted to tell YOU, Jack FM Hertfordshire will let you know. members of the local community about Jack FM as I feel participating in your local community and supporting your The small radio station made the national press last month with their neighbour is important. So I bid you to ask others: Have you heard latest competition ‘Find The Budgie Smuggler’. This gave listeners the about Jack FM? opportunity to win a holiday to Lanzarote by finding the 16 stone man wearing only a pair of tight, white Y fronts. Both the Sun and the Taryn McCarthy Daily Mail documented the unusual events of the cold September mornings where a grossly overweight gentleman startled commuters at Stevenage station with his practically naked presence. The close-to-the-mark radio station offers a good laugh for not only poor unsuspecting commuters but all listeners,with my personal highlight being the local advertisements. There, small Hertfordshire businesses are given a chance to advertise to local people without the financial strain of most of the larger radio stations. Just listening to Jack FM Hertfordshire gives me a real sense of community spirit and the know-how to support the local businesses around me. Aside from that, these local adverts are SO cheesy, that they will leave you feeling as if your ears have temporarily returned to the 1980’s! These are just my thoughts on our local radio station, so I wanted to see what Jack FM said about me and the other 90,000 listeners they have won the hearts of over the last 2 years. I went to speak to the co-host of the early morning breakfast show at the station. Jules Mayne came to Jack FM from Heart Radio and says “I love the

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Thursday 13 December (Route 6) POTTERS BAR ROTARY CLUB Wroxham Gardens, Mimms Hall Road, Ormesby Drive, Oulton Crescent, Auckland Road, Borough Way, Sleigh Routes 2012 Cambridge Drive, Deepdene Father Christmas will be visiting the following roads (weather permitting) on: Sunday 16 December (Route 1) Dugdale Hill Lane, Elmfield Road, Shrublands, Thursday 6 December (Route 10) Wellesley Crescent, Shillitoe Avenue, Rushfield, Santers Lane, Cranborne Road, Cranborne Crescent, Laurel Fields, Oakroyd Avenue Laurel Avenue, Clive Close, slip road Monday 17 December (Route 3) Sunday 9 December (Route 11) Oakmere Avenue, Park Avenue, Hill Rise, Ashwood Road, The Walk, Highfield Way, Byng Drive, Ladbrooke Drive, Hyde Avenue, Willow Way Strafford Gate, Melrose Avenue, Birch Grove, Otways Close, Albermarle Avenue Tuesday 18 December (Route 4) The Drive, Heather Way, Sherwood Avenue, Allandale Crescent, Monday 10 December (Route 9) Hawkshead Road, Cranmer Close, Grangewood, Osborne Road, Dugdale Hill Lane, Brooklands, Aberdale Gardens, Elmscroft Green Meadow, Westwood Close, Swanley Bar Lane, Gardens Heath Road Wednesday 19 December (Route 8) Tuesday 11 December (Route 7) Cotton Road, Trewenna Drive, Penshurst Road, Daleside Drive, Sunnybank, Meadow Way, Greenway, Field View, Thaynesfield, Northlands, Torrington Drive, Tiverton Road, Brackendale, The Byway, Elmroyd Avenue Hatherleigh Gardens Wednesday 12 December (Route 5) Thursday 20 December (Route 2) Oakmere Lane, Tempest Avenue, Forbes Avenue, Billy Lows Lane, Mountgrace Road, Quakers Lane, Mandeville Road, Carpenter Way, Gregory Avenue, Anthorne Close, Mountway, Manor Way, Heath Drive Highview Gardens 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th December Outside Tesco Store in Mutton Lane, 8am–2pm NOTE: We have tried to cover all areas of Potters Bar, but if your road is not specifically stated, perhaps you could catch Father Christmas and the sleigh in an adjacent road on one of the dates mentioned above.

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The Sound of Music 20th –24th November, 2012 Wyllyotts Theatre, Wyllyotts Place, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 2HN Brush up on your yodelling and dust down those curtains! One of the world’s best-loved musicals comes to Wyllyotts My Favourite Things, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, The Lonely Theatre this November, when Potters Bar Theatre Goatherd, Sixteen Going on Seventeen and, of course, Company proudly presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s the glorious title song The Sound of Music itself. The Sound of Music . The show runs at Wyllyotts Theatre, Darkes Lane, Potters Based on the real-life story of the Trapp Family Singers, Bar from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th November 2012 this heart-warming show follows the fortunes of Maria, a at 7.30pm. young nun who falls in love with a dashing Captain and his seven children and escapes with them from pre-war Tickets are available now, priced at £15 for adults and £10 Austria. for under 18s, with senior citizen concessions at £12 for The unforgettable score includes such timeless classics as the Tuesday evening performance. There is a 10% discount for bookings of ten full-price seats or more for the same performance. Tickets can be bought over the phone on 07985 542204 , or by post to PBTC Box Office, PO Box 154, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 2WB (cheques payable to ‘Potters Bar Theatre Company’, please include a stamped addressed envelope). Alternatively you can book online at www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk – booking fee applies.

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Hungarian Rhapsody – Performers will have you singing along to all The Bay City Rollers Story will take you on a whirlwind journey like a bat your festive favorites. This enchanting Christmas out of hell into 1927 Berlin. Queen Live in Budapest 1986 Saturday 1st December, 8pm Friday 16th November, 8pm production, now in its 6th sellout year, is a truly Tickets £19.50, concessions £17.50 wonderful mixture of great songs, stunning That’ll be the Day Tickets £8.00 The music of the Bay City Rollers became the Saturday 19th January, 7.30pm costumes and lots of good old fashioned festive This momentous concert movie has been re- soundtrack for a generation of Teenagers Tickets £22.50 fun. mastered in high definition and superb growing up in the mid 70’s. The face and voice The nations favourite rock ‘n’ roll variety show surround sound for its first ever digital cinema The Tribute to ABBA – Forever of that soundtrack belonged to Les McKeown returns by popular demand with a ‘Brand New screening and opens with a special 25 minute Friday 30th November, 8pm who is here to tell us about it. All the hit songs 2013 Production’. documentary that uses archive footage from Tickets £16.00, concessions £15.00, groups of are there and audiences are promised a rehearsals, interviews with the Band and on the 10+ £12.00 fantastic night of fun and nostalgia. We’ll Meet Again Thursday 14th June, 1.30pm road during the Magic Tour, some of which has The unique ABBA sound is replicated with an Bootleg Sixties Show Tickets £11.00 never been seen before. incredible attention to detail, using a six piece Tuesday 4th December, 8pm band featuring electric and acoustic guitars, Take a trip down memory lane. Jackson Live in Concert Tickets £17.50 Saturday 17th November, 8pm keyboards and piano. The wonderful lyrics The Bootleg Sixties are back on tour again with Joe Longthorne Tickets £19.00, concessions £18.00 penned by Benny and Bjorn are sung in their fantastic ‘sight and sound’ show. Having Thursday 14th June, 8pm harmony by all six performers on stage. Tickets £23.00 Amir Sharma’s portrayal of Michael Jackson in rocked Hertfordshire to its very foundations on his prime has to be the most vocally and How to Catch a Star previous visits they are looking to go one better Live on stage singing an array of hits. this time. visually accurate tribute to the King of Pop to Saturday 1st December, Jethro have ever toured UK Theatres. 11.30am and 1.30pm Saturday 16th June, 7.30pm Tickets £5.00 Cinderella – The Nutcracker Wylyotts Annual Pantomime Tickets £18.50 Sunday 25th November, 2pm and 5pm Acclaimed children’s theatre company Saturday 15th December to It’s laughter all the way. Cornwall’s ambassador Tickets £16.00, child £12.00 Blunderbus is proud to present this funny Sunday 6th January of comedy is crossing the county line to once gentle retelling of Oliver Jeffer’s bewitching The enchanting tale of the Nutcracker is one of Ring the Box Office on 01707 645005 or go to again take you on a fun and wild journey, Jethro story of the little boy who watched stars from the best loved ballets and centres around Clara www.wylyottstheatre.co.uk for prices and times. style. his bedroom window and wished he had one of and her nutcracker doll, which is magically his own. This clever show comes to life with an transformed into a princely soldier. This is a Circus of Horrors irresistible blend of music, puppetry and story Monday 14th January, 8pm breathtaking ballet with beautiful costumes and WYLLYOTTS BOX OFFICE: telling – a must see for small people aged 3 to Tickets £20.00, concessions £18.00 a mesmerising score. 01707 645005 7. 18 years after its conception at the 1995 www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk Remember When at Christmas Free craft activity after the show. Glastonbury Festival the show has gone on to Thursday 29th November, 2pm tour the world achieving cult status. The new Wyllyotts Theatre, Wyllyotts Place, Tickets £11.00 sensation which stormed into the finals of Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Neil Sands and his brilliant cast of West End Britain’s Got Talent is packed with shocks that HERTS EN6 2HN

21 Potters Bar Community News 2012 Christmas Services at local churches Brookman’s Park United Reformed Church 9th December 10.30am Gift Service 9th December 3.00pm Village Carol Service at Memorial Hall, Welham Green 24th December 11.30pm Service at PB URC 25th December 10.30am Family Service Contact Revd Nick Brindley 665482 Christ Church, Little Heath (CE) 16th December 6.30pm Carol Service 24th December 4.00pm Crib Service 11.00pm Midnight Communion 25th December 9.00am Holy Communion 10.30am Family Celebration followed by short service of Communion Contact Revd Steve Rees 654414 King Charles the Martyr, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar (CE) 20th December 12 noon Open Door Café Carol Service 23rd December 4.30pm Service of Lessons and Carols 24th December 4.00pm Family Service with Blessing of the Crib 6.00pm Christingle Service St Giles, South Mymms (CE) 16th December 4.30pm Carol Service 11.30pm Midnight Mass (Carols at 11.00pm) 24th December 3.00pm Bread Service 25th December 10.30am Christmas Day Communion 11.30pm Midnight Mass Contact Revd Michael Burns 661266 25th December 10.30am Family Mass Contact Revd Brenda Tipping 07780 535035 (text only) Potters Bar Baptist Church, Barnet Road 23rd December 10.30am Church Family Presentation St John’s Methodist Church, Potters Bar 6.00pm Carols by Candlelight 16th December 2.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols 25th December 10.30am Christmas Day Family Service 23rd December 4.00pm Family Carol Service 24th December 11.15pm Midnight Holy Communion Contact Joel Mercer 651179 25th December 10.30am Christmas Day Service (all age) Potters Bar United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane Contact Revd Alison Facey 652978 9th December 11.00am Toy and Gift Service St Margaret’s Ridge (CE) 16th December 6.00pm Carol Service 16th December 6.30pm Carol Service 24th December 11.30pm Welcome to Christmas 24th December 10.0pm Holy Communion 25th December 10.30am Christmas Day Celebration 25th December 9.15am Holy Communion Contact Revd Nick Brindley 665482 Contact Revd Brenda Tipping 07780 535035 (text only) Our Lady and St Vincent Roman Catholic Church, St Mary’s, North Mymms (CE) 9th December 3.00pm Village Carol Service at Memorial Hall, Potters Bar Welham Green 16th December 3.00pm Carol Service 23rd December 6.30pm Carol Service 24th December 6.00pm Family Mass 24th December 4.00pm A Crib Service 9.00pm Vigil Mass (Carols at 8.30pm) 11.30pm Midnight Mass 25th December 10.00am Mass 25th December 8.00am BCP Eucharist Contact Fr Tim O’Connor 654359 9.30am Parish Eucharist 1st January 12.30pm Short service followed by bring and share lunch Contact Revd Julia Boothby 01727 822887 St Mary’s, The Walk, Potters Bar (CE) 16th December 6.30pm Carol Service (EST 1976) 24th December 4.00pm Christingle and Crib Service 11.30pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity A complete painting and decorating 25th December 10.00am Christmas Day Communion Contact Revd Peter Bevan service to the highest standard. 644539 Town Carols at the Wyllyotts Centre, Darkes Lane. The Churches Excellent References Together Annual Carol Concert and Service will be held on Tuesday 18 December at 7.30pm. No tickets required but arrive in good Tel: 01707 653010 time to ensure a seat! 22 cnews@fsmail. net POTTERS BAR SOCIETY WALKS TO JANUARY 2013

If you are interested in furthering your knowledge and understanding of the local environment, then these walks should appeal. Non members are welcome but please make Hertfordshire Constabulary’s sure you know the protocol and walks rules. You join all the walks at your own risk. We are seasonal crime prevention looking for new walks leaders – please ring tips: 01707 643832 if you can help. ® Don’t give burglars an open invitation into your home – properly lock any UPVC doors before you go out or go to Note that during the winter months all walks start at 13.30pm bed by lifting the handle and double-locking with the key to to take account of the shorter daylight hours. engage the security features. Remember, even if the handle Sunday 4th November is lifted up on the inside, it isn’t properly secure unless it's 13.30pm Meet at former Little Heath Sub-Post Office, Church double-locked. Road (TL257021). Route: Walk Thornton Road, Leggatts Park ® Lock all doors and keep all windows (including upstairs to Gobions Wood. Return via Hawkshead Lane, Boltons Farm, ones) closed, preferably locked, when you are out, and Mountway. About 4 miles. Leaders 01707 655732 . keep your keys out of sight. ® Try to keep all loose valuables like laptops, cameras and Sunday 18th November mobile phones out of the sight of anybody looking in – and 13.30pm Meet at rear of Arkley Hotel (Galley Lane junction why not register them on the free online database with Barnet Lane/Wood Street ), Barnet (TQ232963). www.immobilise.com . (Parking in Wood Street). Route: Walk Arkley Lane, ® Give your home the ‘lived-in’ look by using timer switches Buckettsland Farm. Packhorse Lane and Galley Lane. on lamps if you are going to be home after dark. (NB passes close to Saffron Green Transmitting Station). ® Consider installing alarms and ‘dusk to dawn’ security About 6 miles. Leaders 01707 643832 . lighting. ® Secure your rear garden – lock your shed, shut and lock Sunday 2nd December any gates and keep fences maintained. Don’t leave ladders 13.30pm Meet at front of Cuffley Station (park in Sopers Road and tools outside – they could be used by a burglar. or use bus 242) Route: Ridgeway, Colesdale Farm, Burnt Farm, ® If your neighbours are away on holiday, you can help to Wood Green stables, Cuffley Hill. About 5 miles. Leaders deter burglars and give their home the lived-in look by 01707 851498 . putting away their emptied rubbish bins.

Sunday 16th December REMEMBER – the police office is open every Meet at Roestock Lane, near junction with Bullens 13.30pm Wednesday 12 noon until 13:30 hours at the Green Lane (TL214065) (postcode AL4 0QW). Route: Wyllyotts Centre in Darkes Lane. This is your Community Forest, Colney Heath, return via Roundhouse Farm. opportunity to discuss local issues or come in for an About 4 miles. Leader . 01707 264689 informal chat. Sunday 30th December 13.30pm Meet at the “White Hart” PH South Mimms (Bus 84) Route: Blackhorse Lane, Boundary Path, North Mymms. Return via Potwells. About 5 Miles. Leaders 01707 655732 .

Sunday 13th January 2013 Open 13.30pm Meet at The Woodman Public House, Wildhill. Mon to Fri 7 –6, Route: Walk Barbers Lodge Farm, Nine Acre Wood, Sat 8 –5, Sun 10 –12 Essendon Brook and Harefield Wood. About 5½ miles. Leaders 01707 643832 . Details of later walks may be accessed on the Society’s website, www.pbsoc.org.uk. 23 Potters Bar Community News

Potters Bar and District PATIO & DRIVEWAY Horticultural Society The Potters Bar Horticultural Society is a friendly, informal society SPECIALISTS EST 25 for people who are interested in gardening and gardens. Meetings YEARS are held fortnightly on Wednesday evenings at Elm Court, Mutton 01707 6555 11 Lane, Potters Bar, starting at 8.00pm. There is a varied and interesting programme, consisting of talks, • Unique Driveways & Patios slide shows, and demonstrations by experts on wide-ranging aspects of horticulture. Altogether, there is a wealth of knowledge • Stain Resistant & Weed Free and experience to be shared between like-minded people. In the summer, outings are arranged to interesting gardens and • Domestic & Commercial nurseries, which are much enjoyed by all. The Society also holds a very successful Horticultural Show at Elm • Steps Fencing Ponds Court three times a year, in the Spring, Summer and Autumn. Visitors are guaranteed a wonderful display of flowers and Evergreen Landscapes decorative plants. Tea and cakes are available, together with a wide variety of home-grown plants to purchase and take home. www.evergreenlandscapes.co.uk The shows end with a presentation of trophies to prize-winning Rydal Mount Yard, Baker Street, Potters Bar exhibitors. Altogether, they are local events that are well-worth supporting. If you would like more information about the society, or a copy of Charity Shop needs help the programme, please contact the Secretary, Margaret Brand, on 01707 643357 . New members and visitors, whether beginners with storage or life-long gardeners, are always made most welcome. All that is Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice opened its very first charity shop needed is an interest in growing plants. in Barnet High Street last November and has received fantastic support from residents in and around the Potters Bar area, both with donations of stock and coming in to do their shopping. It has been a great way for the charity to raise its profile and increase awareness in the local area as well as raising some much needed funds. To date, the gross sales for the shop are at £41,000. This money has enabled Noah’s Ark to run more family days and sibling outings allowing families the chance to enjoy themselves and spend time together in fun-filled surroundings. However, over the summer months the charity has been the victim of a series of totally demoralising burglaries and thefts from its storage facility in Barnet. Over 110 sacks of processed goods were stolen from the charity’s storage facility in Byng Road, Barnet – the site of its proposed children’s hospice building. Noah’s Ark no longer keeps stock at the Byng Road property but needs to find alternative permanent storage quickly as donations are coming in thick and fast. Don’t forget to donate your unwanted clothes or bric-a-brac. Noah’s Ark relies on a steady supply of good quality donated goods in order to maximise its profits. If you are able to help with permanent storage space please call Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice on 020 8449 8877 .

24 cnews@fsmail. net Rotarians Clean up the Olympics 3 Rotarians from Brookmans Park Rotary Club and 3 students from Leicester University were on hand in the lead up to the Olympics this summer to clean athletes’ rooms at the Olympic Village. Club president Barbara Middleton, Margaret Thorpe and Reimbert Crabbe were there with Barbara’s daughter Lucy and her friends Ellie Flynn and Kathryn Lake. The group joined the Cleanevent company for a week stripping and making beds, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming and dusting. Barbara also spent time in the laundry loading and unloading tumble dryers and sorting the laundry bags. Their hard work will eventuallyraise £1500 for the NSPCC which is one of Barbara’s chosen charities for her presidency.

Rotary at the Orpheus Centre A group of Rotary club members from Brookmans Park visited 32 Bakers Street, Potters Bar, EN6 2EB the Open Day at the Orpheus Centre in Surrey on the 14th July. They were there to present a cheque to the centre’s founder Sir Richard Stilgoe. This money was raised by the club during 2011/12 and was presented by immediate past President Margaret OPn Faridpay 2e1str Se pCtemrbear cnhilderens fr ofmo schroo lsP in ePotatersc Bae r, Brookmans Thorpe. Park, Little Heath, South Mymms, Welham Green, Northaw and Newgate Street Orpheus provides unique opportunities for young disabled adults took part in a marathon origami event, making peace cranes for World Peace (18 –25) with a passion for performing arts. It provides transition Day. The event was organised by Brookmans Park Rotary Club President and personal development through the arts so students gain the Barbara Middleton. skills to live independently in the community and to make Together with other members of the Rotary Club she visited the schools in the lead-up to World Peace Day and told them the story of Sadako Sasaki a young informed choices about their futures. Japanese girl who was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on The group was entertained by the talented and enthusiastic Hiroshima. In time she was diagnosed with Leukemia, which people in Japan students with performances of dance, poetry and music. There called “the atom bomb” disease. While in the hospital, she was shown was also an exhibition of art and a thought provoking Museum of colourful paper cranes and told of an old Japanese legend, which said that anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes would be granted a wish. Sadako Small Remains art installation which is being showcased as part of hoped that by folding the paper cranes she would get well again, and wished the International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston upon Thames. for an end to all suffering and to attain peace and healing to all victims in the world. The UN designated International Day of Peace takes place every year on the 21st September. This year, the organisation Peace One Day, called for and worked towards a day of ceasefire and non-violence – the Global Truce 2012 campaign. The aim was to get countries, their leaders and governments to agree to stop violence for the day, which in Afghanistan, for example, would enable Rotary and other charities to inoculate millions of children against polio as part of the End Polio Now campaign. It would also enable aide and relief workers to go into those areas of the country which were usually too dangerous, and deliver medical supplies, food and other vital equipment without fear of ambush or kidnap. In support of this and to make children aware of the importance of the day, the Rotary club went into local schools with paper and instructions and asked as many children as would like to take part to make 1,000 origami Peace Cranes for Peace/Global Truce Day. 25 Potters Bar Community News LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AB’s STOMPERS LINE DANCING BRIDGE CLUB - LITTLE HEATH (duplicate) DOG TRAINING – HOME FARM JUST STANDING Weekly, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Wroxham School. All levels. Little Heath Bridge Club meet Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm, Friday morning classes 9.30am –12pm. Obedience and socialisation. Chi Kung class. Potters Bar Health Club. Saturday 07967 964962. in Parish Hall, New Members welcome (subs £25). Contact Aileen on All levels welcome. One-2-one also possible. Tel 01707 275322. 11.15am–12.15pm. Tel 01707 272255. ACT 4* 01707 652343 or Peter on 01707 658016. ELIZABETH ALLEN FOOTBALL CLUB KARATE, SELF DEFENCE and FITNESS Weekly. Youth clubs and regular events. 01707 665551 or BRIDGE CLUB Weekly, Saturday afternoon. Old Owen’s, Coopers Lane Road and Weekly, Wednesday, Furzefield Centre. Ages 7–16 years, www.act4.org.uk. Thursday mornings from 10am to 1pm in Edmond Room at Coopers Road, Little Heath. 16 years up. Training Tuesday 8pm. 7.30–8.30pm. Adults 8.30– 9.30pm. Friendly Club. Telephone ADULT BALLET, JAZZ and TAP CLASS Little Heath Parish Hall. Playing Chicago Bridge. Subscription £25 Owen’s School. 01707 652422/646273. 07534 563456. for 6 months or pro rata. New members welcome. Call Tom Weekly classes leading to performance. Parkwood Health & Leisure ENFIELD LIGHT OPERATIC and DRAMATIC SOCIETY KARATE and SELF DEFENCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO ADULT 01707 655461. Centre, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1AA, 07904 771 980, Weekly, Tuesday and Friday, 8pm. Drama Group rehearse Saturday 2 –7 years old, 10.30 –11.15am, 8 years plus www.talenttimetheatre.com. Contact Suzanne. Mondays 7.30pm. At the Clayton Centre, 32 Barnet Road, Potters Bar. Winchmore Hill. Perform Wyllyotts. 2 musicals per year. 11.20am –12.25pm. 01707 661544 or www.bpkarate.webs.com. Contact June 01707 651011. ADULT NETBALL 07711 316474. KARATE FOR ALL THE FAMILY BROOKMANS PARK WI Monday 7–8pm. Wroxham School. £2. Any standard welcome. FENG SHUI SOCIETY OF HERTS Weekly, Saturday. Oakmere Youth and Community Centre. Children 3rd Monday, 8pm. Brookmans Park United Reformed Church. Visitors Tel 01707 650902. Monthly. Elm Court, 7pm. Everyone very welcome. 07951 741128. 10.30–11.30am. Adults 11.45am–1pm. Beginners welcome. welcome. 01707 657997. 01707 852641. AIR TRAINING CORPS – 57 (PB) SQUADRON FIFTY PLUS BROOKMANS PARK TENNIS CLUB Weekly, Tuesday and Thursday. Ingram Cadet Centre (opposite Fire Wide range of activities, events, trips and courses. No membership KYO RIOKU JUTSU Golf Club Road, Brookmans Park. 6 courts/floodlights. Suit all abilities. Station). 7.15–9.30pm. Children 13–18 years. New members required. Not exclusive to 50 and over. Contact the Fifty Plus team for Weekly, Monday. Furzefield Centre. 7.30 –9pm. 07738 629585. 017070644926. welcome. 01707 656172. further info on 020 8207 7568. LADIES BADMINTON BROOKMANS PARK WEA ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY FIR and POND WOODS NATURE RESERVE Weekly, Wednesday afternoons, 2– 5pm. Christ Church Hall, Meet weekly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10 week course, Last Thursday of every month, St Johns Church, Baker Street, OF HERTS & MIDDX WILDLIFE TRUST* Little Heath, friendly, social group. New members welcome. held at URC Brookmans Park contact 01707 650673 for information. 1.30–3.30pm, contact 01707 265326. Saturday weekly at Sixty Monthly 3rd Sunday. Meet at lay-by, Coopers Lane Road, 10am. Tools 01707 650040. Plus, Wyllyotts Centre, 10.30am–3.30pm, for families and carers. BURMA STAR provided. Contact 01707 657351. LIFE CHURCH – POTTERS BAR St Albans branch. Monthly, 2nd Monday, 11am. British Legion Club, ANGIE’S DANCE ACADEMY FIRST CLASS LEARNING MATHS and ENGLISH Sunday 9.30am, Family Service. Held in Oakmere Youth & Verulam Road, St Albans. For ex-servicemen with Burma Star. Weekly classes for children and adults (disco/street). Latin American Community Centre, Fetherstone Close, Potters Bar. 01707 876060. 020 8207 1247. Ages 5 –16. Weekly, Thursdays 3.30 –5.30pm. King Charles the and line dancing, to exam status and performing in shows. Contact Martyr. Contact Pallavi 01707 527155 or LIFE CHURCH – CUFFLEY Angie on 07773 341490. BUSHI SEISHIN RYU (Marshall Arts) www.firstclasslearning.co.uk Sunday 11am, Family Service. King James Avenue, Cuffley EN6 4LN. Weekly, Friday. Kidston Institute, Northaw Road West, Northaw. ART FISH/FELLOWSHIP OF SERVICE 01707 876060. 7.30–9.30pm. 01707 642354. Every Friday 10am–12pm. Furzefield Court, (next to Elm Court) Can provide transport for medical treatment and similar needs LINE DANCE WITH STEPPIN’ TIME £2.30. Contact 020 8207 7568. CAKE DECORATING in local community. Organised by Churches Together. Weekly, Monday and Thursday in Welham Green. Absolute beginners to ART IN HERTS Potters Bar Sugar Art Club, 1st Monday in month at Furzefield Elderly 01707 653378/659858. intermediate level. 01707 655866. People Centre, Mutton Lane, 7.30pm. Call Jackie 01707 850432 for Weekly, Tuesday. Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane. 7.30–10pm Painting details. FOOTBALL LINE DANCING in informal and social atmosphere with occasional expert tuition. Vets football – Saturday afternoons 35 years upwards. Venues locally Weekly, Wednesday. Christ Church Hall, Thornton Road, Little Heath. CARDIAC CUPPORT GROUP 01707 650694. in South Herts. Evening 01707 852422. 7.30–8.45pm. Easy Dances. Phone 01707 662050. Monthly meetings and weekly cardiac exercise, British Legion, ART CLASSES Wednesday, 2–4pm, Beginner/Improver level. Oakmere Youth Holtwhites Hill, Enfield. 01992 718155. FRIDAY FOLK Art Classes in drawing and watercolour painting in artist’s own garden Social folk dancing club, Friday evening 7.45–10pm, in St Albans. and Community Centre, Fetherstone Close off Chase Avenue. Tel CARERS IN HERTFORDSHIRE* studio, Tuesday and Thurday mornings 10am–12.30pm. Also private Everybody welcome, no experience or partner necessary. Contact 01707 859578. lessons. Jane 01707 850356. Contact 01992 586969 information. www.fridayfolk.org.uk. LITTLE HEATH CHESS CLUB BADMINTON CAPITAL ARTS CHILDREN’S CHOIR and YOUTH THEATRE FURZEFIELD WI Juniors Thursday 5.45–7.15pm. Adult players welcome for matches. Weekly, Fridays. Owen’s School, 8 –10pm. Age 17+ intermediate Sat. Wyllyotts Centre. Age 5–16 years. Drama and choir. Contact Monthly, 3rd Thurday. 7.30–10pm. Tilbury Hall. 01707 659886. Contact Chris Cook 01707 642027. upwards. Telephone 01707 264007. 020 8449 2342 or [email protected]. GOBIONS WOOD NATURE RESERVE OF LOAVES and FISHES CAFÉ BADMINTON – OAKLANDS CLUB CHARITY LUNCHES HERTS & MIDDX WILDLIFE TRUST Weekly, Wednesday. Christchurch Little Heath, 10.45am–12.30pm. United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane, 1st and 3rd Friday in month. Weekly, Tuesday, 8–10pm. Owen’s School Sports Hall. Social For information contact 01727 858901. All welcome. 01707 662460. badminton. July to April including school holidays. Adults-intermediate Soup, full salad buffet, tea/coffee and biscuits, 1pm. £3 per person. MAGICAL SOCIETY upwards. 01707 655764. Please come and join us 01707 665482. GOLDEN EAGLE SPIRITUAL GROUP* Monthly, 1st Tueday. Clayton Centre, Barnet Road, 8pm. Mediumship Fortnightly, Thursday, 7.45pm. Little Heath Parish Hall, Thornton Road. CHARLIE’S ANGELS New members welcome including beginners. Contact Merlin BADMINTON CLUB and workshops. 01707 658499. Meets at Little Heath Church Hall, Thursday at 7.30pm. New members Weekly on Wednesday in term time. 1.30–3pm. For toddlers, parents, 01707 654606. GREEN ROOM PRODUCTIONS of all abilities welcome. Contact 01707 657812. grandparents and carers. King Charles the Martyr Church Hall. No MIND DROP-IN GROUP charge. 01707 665579. Rehearsals Monat King Charles the Martyr Church Hall, Wednesday BADMINTON CLUB (Friern) Weekly, Tuesday, 1–4pm. Cricket Club, The Walk. 01707 659455. CHERRY LODGE CANCER CARE at Oakmere School. Present modern musicals twice a year at Wyllyotts. Friendly club for intermediate players – Dame Alice Owen’s School New members welcome – acting and behind the scenes. MITRE CLUB Contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 for more information. every Wednesday, 8pm. Contact [email protected]. 01727 836938. Monthly 1st Tuesday. For retired professionals/businessmen. CHI KUNG CLASS BALLROOM and LATIN DANCING GUIDES, BROWNIES and RAINBOWS Ramada Hotel, (formerly Comet). Lunch and talk by guest speaker. Weekly, Monday, 6.30–7.30pm at North Mymms Social Club, 01707 652376. Weekly. Tilbury Hall. Beginners Monday, 7pm. Improvers 7.45pm and Potters Bar and Brookmans Park area, contact Sue on advanced 8.45pm. Wednesday Beginners Line Dancing 8.30pm. Welham Green, Saturdays 11am–12pm at Potters Bar Health Club. MOUNTVIEW DANCE SCHOOL Organised by ‘Just Standing’. 01707 272255. 01707 850147, Hatfield area contact Alison on 07815 559596. 01707 268846. Weekly, Monday and Saturday. St John’s Church Hall, Baker Street. GURDJIEFF STUDY AND MEDITATION GROUP BAKER STREET SOCIAL CLUB CHURCHES TOGETHER IN POTTERS BAR Dance classes from age 3 upwards. 01582 461233. Meets every few weeks. Contact number 01707 654896 for more Meet Wednesday between 10am and 12pm at St John’s Church, Co-ordination organization for all churches in Potters Bar. Contact MOVES FITNESS Malcolm Golland on 01707 653417. information. Baker Street, make new friends, play cards, scrabble, etc. Occasional Weekly, Monday. St Mary’s Church Hall, The Walk, 7.30–8.30pm. HERTFORDSHIRE CONCERT BAND speakers and other activities. Contact 01707 657059. CIRCLE FOR THE BLIND and PARTIALLY SIGHTED Aerobic Dance Exercise. All fitness levels welcome. 1st lesson free. Tuesday evenings at Music Department of Hertfordshire University. A BARNET and DISTRICT CANCER LINK (PB THEATRE COMPANY) Bring mat/towel. 01707 651008. friendly wind band that rehearses in Hatfield. Contact 07806 258401 Drop In Centre, weekly, Wednesday 1.30–4pm Church of Mary Dress rehearsals for shows and quarterly evening socials at MULTI-SPORT Furzefield Court. Evenings. 01707 657194. or www.hertsconcertband.co.uk. Immaculate & St Gregory the Great, Church Hall, Union Street, Weekly, Tuesday and Thursday. Furzefield Centre. For the active HERTFORDSHIRE SHOWBAND Barnet for cancer patients/families/friends. 01707 708022/ COMMUNITY CHOIR generation 50+. Short tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming, 020 8446 3104. Weekly, Tuesday. Wyllyotts Theatre, 7.30–9.30pm. For info Joy Weekly, Monday. Mount Grace School. Training band and lessons, indoor bowls. 01707 850500. 7pm, Showband 7.45pm. 01707 650209. BARNET PLUS SPORT and SOCIAL CLUB 01707 655464. MUSICAL TEAPOTS Weekly, Sunday from 8.30pm at The All Saints’ Arts Centre, CROQUET CLUB HERTS PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Baby/Toddler Group from 10 months to 4 years old. Weekly, 122 Oakleigh Road North, London N20 9EZ, wwwBarnetplus.com. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, from 2.30pm. Bush Hill Meets Thursday evening at Welwyn Garden City, for experienced Wednesday mornings 10 –11am in Brookmans Park. Contact Mandy orchestral players. www.hertsphil.org.uk or contact 01438 714394 or BARNET YHA (North LONDON OUTDOOR GROUP) Park, Enfield. Entrance Cecil Avenue, off Southbury Road. Beginners on 01707 657954. come and see us. Weekly, Tuesday 8–10pm. Discovery Hall, Netherlands Road, Barnet. welcome. Coaching given. 020 8366 6005. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED CHILDREN 30 –50+. Walking weekends, day walks, social. 020 8449 1553 or CUFFLEY FLORAL ART CLUB* HERTS STAG CLUB – EXPLORERS CLUBS www.barnetyha.org. Monthly, Tuesday, 8pm. Cuffley Hall, Maynards Place. Contact Monthly, 2nd Monday. Brookmans Park Golf Club, 12.15pm for 1pm Monthly, 1st Sunday, Borehamwood. For talented children and siblings. for lunch. For retired professional and business men. Purely social. BARNET WALKS 01707 873821. 7pm for 8pm start. www.nagc-herts.org.uk. Please telephone 01707 652932 for more information. Contact Paul for more information on 020 8440 6805. Walks are CUFFLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY NETBALL CLUB guided. Meet last Thursday in the month 10 times per year, Cuffley Hall, HERTSMERE SOCIETY OF ART Cheshunt Youth – Thurdays evenings at Wormley playing fields in Weekly, Wednesday, 1.30–4.30pm. Clayton Centre, Barnet Road. BARRACUDA SWIMMING CLUB Maynard Place, www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk. Contact 07768 231685. winter – various leagues. Adults also ring Chloe on 01707 873676. Friendly art group. All standards welcome. 01707 658336. Weekly, Sunday. Furzefield Centre Mutton Lane, 11.30am–12.30pm. CUFFLEY INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SOCIETY* NETBALL CLUB – HATFIELD Helps people with disabilities to be safe in water. 01707 653329 or Monthly, Tuesday. Northaw Village Hall, 7.30 for 8pm. £3. HEALTH WALKS (HERTSMERE) In Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City, aged 9 to adults. Also back to 01707 659058. 01707 872638. Meet outside PB train station every Monday, Wednesday, 10.30am. Netball. Contact Wendy on 01707 642674 for details. From 2nd April on Friday evenings. Contact 01462 459395. BAY JAZZ CLUB CUFFLEY OVER 50’S CLUB NINTAI KARATE CLUB Weekly, Tuesday 8.30–11pm. Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Wednesday 2–5pm. Cuffley Youth & Community Centre. Art, snooker, HUMANISTS – NORTH LONDON GROUP Weekly. PB Health Club, Mount Grace Road. Monday and Friday. Lane, Enfield. Live Traditional Jazz. Licensed Bar. New members always table-tennis, scrabble, etc. Contact Betty 01707 659621. Monthly, 3rd Thurs. Non-religious people meet for discussion Shotokan karate. Beginners 7–8pm. Intermediate/advanced welcome. 020 8367 6660. DANCE meetings at Ruth Winston House, Palmers Green + social events. 8–10pm. 07956 987100. 01707 653667. BELLRINGING IN SOUTH MYMMS Lizzie Meeks School of Dance. Saturday 10am–2pm and Tuesday NORTH LONDON and DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB Bellringers practice at St Giles Church, Thursday 7.30pm. All ages 4– 9.30pm. Potters Bar/Barnet. IRISH DANCING FOR THE UNATTACHED welcome from 12 – no upper limit. Experience or beginners. Contact Children/adults: ballet, tap, modern, jazz, street, hip-hop, funky and Weekly, Wednesday and Saturday. Feeney Miller School of Dancing. Weekly, Wednesday, 8–11pm. Cheshunt Sports Club, Albury Ride, 01707 645866. zumba. Enquiries 01707 670418. Clayton Centre. Age 4+. 01727 824842. dancing to meet all tastes, friendly club, suitable for over 55, bar. BINGO DANCING ITALIAN CIRCLE OF MID-HERTS* Richard,01992 639344. Weekly, Monday. South Mimms Youth and Community Association, Ballroom and Latin. Beginners. Weekly, Wednesday. Christ Church Hall, Monthly, Wednesday. Talks on all aspects of Italy. Welwyn Garden City NORTH MYMMS BOWLS CLUB Village Hall, 7.20pm. Make friends and win money. Thornton Road, 8.45–10pm. Phone 01707 662050. Golf Club, Mannicotts. Visitors £5 per person per visit. Membership Bushwood Close, Dellsome Lane, Welham Green. New members 01707 651700/647822. DARBY & JOAN CLUB – £25 per season. 7.45pm, fortnightly 8.15pm. 01707 372264. welcome. 01707 656238. BOTANY BAY PETANQUE CLUB RENAMED WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY CLUB JAZZ – GOOGLIES JAZZ CLUB NORTH MYMMS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Weekly, Sunday 10.30am–2pm. Botany Bay Cricket Club. Try the Wednesday 2–4pm. PB Baptist Church, Barnet Road. Tel June Meet Thursday evenings Botony Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane North Mymms Youth & Community Centre, Station Road, French game of boules. 01707 653325. 655599. (just off The Ridgeway), 7.30pm. Contact John on 020 8350 3541. Welham Green. Contact Adrian 01707 885430.

26 cnews@fsmail. net LOCAL ORGANISATIONS NORTH MYMMS LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY* PB DOG TRAINING SOCIETY PB WEA STANDING LIKE A TREE Monthly, 4th Tuesday. United Reformed Church, Brookmans Park, 8pm. Weekly, Sunday. 10–11am. 8 week courses. Literature Group. Meet on Thursday mornings 10am–12pm. United Chi Kung class. Potters Bar Health Club. Saturdays 11am. Tel £1 refreshments. 01707 656716. 01707 651610/853337. Reform Church. Courses run through year. New members welcome. For 01707 272255. NORTH MYMMS – ST MARY’S CHURCH PB EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH info call 01707 658915. SUGAR ART CLUB Wednesday. Lunchtime tea/coffee/snacks in beautiful surroundings Sunday 10.30–11.30am Family service, communion and youth PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Monthly demonstrations, 1st Monday. Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane. open until 31 October. 12–2pm. 01707 654633. Everybody service, followed by refreshments. Monday, Youth Clubs 5–10 years, Meets Thursday at Welwyn Garden City, for experienced orchestral 7.30pm. 01707 850432. welcome. 6.15–7.30pm, 11 years upwards 7.30–9pm. Contact players. 01438 714394. SWIFTS JUNIOR BADMINTON NORTH MYMMS YOUTH and COMMUNITY CENTRE* 01707 895838. PHOENIX CONCERT BAND Weekly, Friday. Hatfield Leisure Centre, 5–10pm. Age 7–18 years. Station Road, Welham Green. 01707 260198. PB FLOWER CLUB* Rehearsals weekly, Thursday. Fair Field Junior School, Watford Road, Beginners to County Squad level. 01707 652061. Radlett, 8–10pm. 01707 642976. NORTH MYMMS YOUTH PROJECT Monthly, 2nd Wednesday (except August), 7.30pm for 8pm. TABLE TENNIS CLUB King Charles the Martyr Church Hall. Visitors welcome (£5). Anne Organisations activities, trips and weekly meetings for young people RADLETT MUSIC CLUB Weekly, Wednesday and Thursday at Potters Bar Free Church, Mimms 01707 850089 or Chris 01707 656796. aged –16 D of E for ages 14+, http:www.nmyouth.org.uk. 6 concerts per season, October –April. Radlett Centre: 8pm. String or Hall Road. Competing in Barnet and Shaw Leagues. Evening. PB GOLF CLUB* Wind Trios/SIXTY Quartets playing Chamber Music. Solo pianist once a 01707 852422. NORTHAW and CUFFLEY BOWLS CLUB Darkes Lane. New members and societies welcome. Green fees. season. Contact 01923 855173. TABLE TENNIS King George V Playing Fields, Northaw Road East, Cuffley 01707 652020. Hertsmere 50+. Weekly, Tuesday, 10am–12noon. Thursday 2–4pm. (near Tennis Courts). New members including beginners welcome. RADLETT PLAYERS Elm Court. 020 8207 7568. 01707 654883. PB GYMNASTICS CLUB We present a production each Spring and Autumn at the Radlett Centre. Visit our website www.radlettplayers.org.uk. For Senior Citizens. Weekly, Friday. Hatfield Leisure Centre. NORTHAW GREAT WOOD Recreational (ages 4–12 years). Monday 5.15pm Furzefield Centre. Squad training (ages 6–13 years) Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 10am–12pm. Working parties every Friday at 9.30am and first Sunday in each ROTARY CLUB OF BROOKMANS PARK evenings, 5.30pm and Saturday, 9am, Chancellor’s School, TAI TSUNG KUNG FU month. Meet in car park of the wood. Tuesday, 7.30pm for 8pm at Old Owens Rugby Club. Enquiries 01923 855598. Self Defence. Weekly, Tuesday. Oakmere Primary School. 7.30–9pm. [email protected] or 07850 233854. welcome. 01707 645343. PB HOCKEY CLUB 07968 162304. NORTHAW TAI CHI GROUP ROUND THE CORNER COFFEE MORNING Ladies, men and junior hockey. If interested in joining, call either Ed on TALENT TIME STAGE COMPANY Weekly, Tuesday. Northaw Church of England School, Vineyards Road, Friday, term-time only. 9am –12pm. Profits to various charities. Life 07763 929462 or Caroline on 07966 451505. Church, Cuffley, King James Avenue, 01707 876060. Weekly, Monday. Little Heath Parish Hall. 5–10pm. Drama, dance, 7.45–9pm. 01707 642354. singing. Up to 25 years. 01707 660442/07930 400647. PB LAUGHTER CLUB ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NORTHAW WI Monday mornings 10–11am Wyllyotts Centre, Fetherstone Room. Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, Cotton Road, 8pm. Ex-service and non TOP HAT STAGE SCHOOL Monthly, 2nd Thursday, 7.30pm, Northaw Village Hall. Contact 07533 347299. ex-service. 01707 658750. Weekly, Friday. Elm Court. Part-time theatre arts training. Age 4–7 020 83609729. years. Dance(tap), drama, singing. 4.30–7.30pm. 01727 812666. PB LAWN TENNIS CLUB ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB OAKMERE BRIDGE CLUB (CHICAGO) The Walk. 6 AstroTurf courts/floodlights. Monday Play and Pay Weekly Bingo, Thursday. Live music Sunday. Cotton Road, 8–11pm. TOTS-IN-TOW Weekly, Monday, 7.30pm, Wyllyotts Centre, Partners Bridge. 7–9pm. Tuesday and Thursday ladies sessions 9.30–11.30am, New members welcome. 01707 658750. Every Monday, in term-time from 1.30 –3pm at Potters Bar 01707 651461. Baptist Church. Activities for babes in arms to school age. Tel Pat 645909. Wheelchair and disability tennis available contact Karl ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION OAKMERE WI* 01707 651888. 07939 303483. Monthly, 3rd Wednesday, HQ Cotton Road, 8pm. Fundraising and Monthly, 2nd Thursday, 7.45pm. Tilbury Hall. 01707 645482. PB LIFESAVING CLUB social activities. 01707 658895. TUESDAY FRIENDSHIP* Alternate Tuesday evenings 8pm at United Reformed Church. OLD OWENS CRICKET CLUB Weekly, Tuesday. Furzefield Centre. 8–9pm. From 9 years to any age RSPB Coopers Lane, PB. All abilities welcome. Herts Saracen League. and ability. 020 8440 3346. 01707 642983 for men and women all ages. Talks by guest Evening at Tilbury Hall (URC), Darkes Lane, Friday, 7.45pm. Members speakers. Do not meet in July or August. 07904 194295/020 8819 6638. PB NATIONAL WOMENS REGISTER – TUESDAY GROUP £3.50, non-members £4. TUMBLE TOTS OPEN DOOR CAFÉ Weekly, 8pm in members’ homes. Discussions, quizzes, outings. New Afternoon gs at St John’s URC Hall, Mowbray Road, New Barnet. Weekly Thursday. Closed in August and week after Christmas. members very welcome. 01707 659903. Wednesday, 2pm. Members £3.00, non-members £3.50. Weekly, Friday, Elm Court. Book a trial class. Tel Gill on 020 8449 4593. King Charles the Martyr. 10.30am–2pm. Coffee and lunches served. PB PETANQUE PLAYERS 01707 644299. UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE – U3A* Various activities and interests for study and recreation for people not in All welcome and all profits to charity. 01707 665579. Play at Oakmere Park, first Saturday of every month 2pm to 4pm, RSPCA full time employment. 2nd Monday in month. Wyllyotts Centre. 10am. OVER 60’s SOCIAL DANCES Sunday 10.15am to 1pm and Tuesday evenings 6pm to 8pm. Contact Friends of Southridge Animal Rescue and Re-homing Centre, £1.Contact Brenda on 020 8449 0138. Social evenings every 3rd Saturday in the month. 7.15pm to 01707 654606. Packhorse Lane, Ridge. [email protected] or UNITED REFORMED CHURCH 10.15pm at Sixty Plus Centre. Contact 01707 653157. PB POTTERS 01707 642819. Play family board games and table tennis at Potters Bar United PILATES Monday, 9.30am–12pm and Friday. Mount Grace School. No Potters Bar, Hatfield & Barnet Branch – Reformed Church. Most Sunday, 3pm to 6pm. £1 entrance. Details Weekly classes Tuesday 7 –8pm at Brookmans Park United Reform experience necessary. 657096. supporting general welfare of animals in area. 07872 902710 or www.rspca-pottersbarhatfieldandbarnet.org.uk from Tony 01707 659080. All ages welcome. Church. Contact Neelam on 07891 752906. PB RAMBLING CLUB SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Weekly (term-time). Monday and Friday, 9.30am, Brookmans Park UR Weekly, Wednesdays and alternate Sundays. 10.30am meeting at Church and Wednesday 9.30am, North Mymms Memorial Hall. Monthly, 3rd Saturday, October to July. Tilbury Hall, 7.30pm. £4.50 Charity Lunches at United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane, 1st and 3rd start of walk. 654079 or www.pbrc.org.uk. Friday in the month. Soup, full buffet lunch, tea/coffee. biscuits. Booking essential, max 12 clients. Groups and 1:1s for beginnners including refreshments. Contact Mary on 020 367 4201/4835. PB ROTARY CLUB £3.50, 1pm. 01707 665482. available. Debbie 07831 103467. SCOUTS, CUBS and BEAVERS Meets Tuesday 1pm at (last 7.30pm) Brookmans Park Golf Club. Tel VOLUNTEER CENTRE PARENT/TODDLER GROUP For info Peter 01707 850147. 643019. If you are interested in volunteering with various organisations, please Weekly. Term-time, 9.45–10.45am. Cranborne School. SCRABBLE PB SHOKOTAN KARATE CLUB contact Carol on 020 8207 4504. 01707 851471. Every Friday, 10am–12pm. Elm Court. £2.30. Contact Training on Wednesday evenings 7.30pm to 8.30pm for juniors aged WALKS – HERTSMERE HEALTH WALKS PB 41 CLUB 020 8207 7568. 7–16 and 8.30pm to 9.30pm for adults at the Furzefield Centre. Levels 1 and 3 meet Monday and levels 2/3, meet Wednesday For ex-Round Tablers. 1st Wednesday, monthly. Speaker meetings, Contact SKA on 075 3456 3456 or visit www.karate-masters.co.uk. ST JOHN AMBULANCE – PB DIVISION at 10.30am in PB Train Station. First Steps meet Monday at 8pm. 01707 851445. Weekly, Wednesday, 8–10pm, The Walk. First aid training, care and PB SOCIETY COUNTRY GROUP 11am in Oakmere car park. Level 4 Friday at 7pm in lots of fun. 01707 664260, room booking 01707 656885. PB ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION Contact Alastair 01707 653636. PB Station from 4th May to 31st August. Contact 01462 459395, Contact Geoff Sudlow on 01707 653910, or call at Highview Gardens SHOSHIN KARATE JITSU CLUB [email protected] or PB SOCIETY TOWN GROUP site on Sundays, from 10am–12pm. Weekly, Wednesday. DHC Potters Bar Health Club, Mount Grace Road. www.hertslink.org/cms/healthwalks Monthly, 1st Thursday. Tilbury Hall, 7.30pm. Contact Arnold PB ART GROUP 8–9.30pm. Realistic self-defence. Beginners and all grades welcome. WEDNESDAY BREAK CLUB 01707 654179. 07734 294630. Weekly, Monday, 7.30–9.30pm. St John’s Church, Baker Street. All Fortnightly on Wednesday, 2.30–4pm. King Charles the PB SOCIETY WALKS abilities welcome. Friendly club. www.pottersbarartgroup.co.uk. SIXTY PLUS LUNCHEON CLUB* Martyr Church Hall. Social Club. £1 per meeting. 01707 658540. Fortnightly Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way. PB BOWLS CLUB Weekdays. 12–1.30pm. Friendly atmosphere. Plus am/pm social WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY CLUB www.pbsoc.org.uk. clubs. Minibus transport available. 01707 643602. The Walk. New members welcome. 01707 660336 or email – PREVIOUSLY DARBY & JOAN CLUB PB THEATRE COMPANY [email protected]. SIXTY PLUS SENIOR CITIZENS ART GROUP Wednesday 2–4pm. PB Baptist Church, Barnet Road. Tel June Rehearsals Tuesday and Friday. Chancellors School, Brookmans Park. Weekly, Thursday, 1.30–4pm. 60+ Centre, Wyllyotts. Two Exhibitions 655599 or Vera 651470. Closed 8th August to 12th September. PB CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS GROUP Stage 2 musicals and 2 plays per year. Performers, backstage help and each year. Plenty of encouragement. £1.30 per session including tea. WHIST DRIVE Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 9.15–11am. At Furzefield Children’s front of house. For info call Gillian on 01707 657194. or visit website New members most welcome. Contact Pauline 01707 654007. 1st Friday, monthly. Village Hall, Northaw. 7 for 7.45pm. Centre. 01707 859325. www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk. SIXTY PLUS EXERCISE CLASS WITH EXTEND 01707 651682. PB CHORAL SOCIETY* PB TOWN BAND Exercise need not be hard work Wed 1.45 – 2.45 United Reformed Monthly, 2nd Thursday. South Mimms Village Hall. 7.30pm. Weekly, rehearsals Tuesday, 7.45pm. St John’s Church Hall, Weekly rehearsals, Friday, 7.30–9.30pm. Scout Hut, Quakers Lane. Church, Potters Bar Contact Tracey 0208 441 9297 01727 869211. Baker Street. Previous experience not essential. www.pbchoral.org or Traditional brass band. New players welcome. 07825 330919. WILD HILL DOG CLUB 01707 642393. SLIMMING WORLD PB TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB* Tuesday mornings 10am. King Charles the Martyr Church Hall and Weekly, Monday evening 7.15–8.15pm. Puppy socialisation classes PB CINE and VIDEO Society* Parkfield, The Walk. Matches every Saturday, 3pm. Some Sundays Tuesday evenings 7pm at Tilbury Hall, UR Church. Contact Sue on from 8 weeks old or after first inoculation. Wildhill Village Hall. Alternate Thursday, 7.45pm. Wyllyotts Centre. and midweek. Training Tuesday and Thursday, 7.30pm. Contact 01707 884911 or 07956 338561. Nr Essendon, 01707 651610. Tel 01707 656446/872210. 07833 632965. SNOOKER YOGA CLASSES – HATHA PB CRICKET CLUB PB TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD And other activities daily. Kidston, Northaw. 9am–11pm. Senior Weekly (Term-time). Thurs day, 9.30 am at Brookmans Park The Walk. New members welcome. 01707 888633. Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 7.30pm. Wayside Hall. 01707 653650. citizens half fee £14 per annum. 01707 654158. UR Church. Info and bookings, contact Debbie 07831 103467. PB CRUSADERS SPORTS and SOCIAL CLUB PB TOWN TWINNING ASSOCIATION SOUTHGATE COLLEGE* YOGA CLASSES Daily. Members club. 5.30–11pm.(Monday to Saturday) 12–3pm Visits to and from Franconville and Viernheim. 01707 644805 or For further information contact 020 8982 5050. Weekly, Tues day 1–2.30pm. St John’s Church Hall, Baker Street. (Sunday). For all sports/social activities visit 01707 659871. Mixed ability. 01438 816356. SPANISH CIRCLE HERTFORDSHIRE* www.pottersbarcrusaders.com. PB UNDER 5’s ASSOCIATION* 2nd Friday in month September – June (not December) at Red Lion YOUTH CLUBS PB and DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY* Approximately 6 meetings per year plus local events. Anyone involved Pub, Hatfield, 7.30. Events include wine and sherry tasting, talks on Weekly, Elm Court. 01707 659602 for details. Monthly lectures, 8pm. 60+ Centre, Wyllyotts. £1. 01707 657586. with young children welcome. Tel 07527 227358. Spanish culture. Everyone welcome. 01707 661722. PB and DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY* PB UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB SPARKLERS Meets alternate Wednesday 8–10pm. Elm Court, Mutton Lane. Training weekly. Age 5–16 years. Boys and Girls. Phone for Tuesday, term-time only. 1 – 2.45pm. Music/craft/play for babies and Tell us about your event, meeting, activity and we Members 50p. Visitors £2. Phone 01707 651372 for more times/venues. 01707 850377. children 0 –4 years and parent/carer. Life Church, Cuffley, King James information. Avenue, Cuffley EN6 4LN. 01707 876060. will publicise it and give details of your PB URC NURSERY SCHOOL organisation in the Community News. PB and DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Meeting in Tilbury Hall, flexible hours school terms, 9am to 1pm SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Monday 7.30pm for 8pm. Wyllyotts Centre. Any standard welcome. Monday to Thursday and 9am –12pm Friday. Phone 07854 843125 Hill Rise. Evenings of clairvoyance and healing services. Contact: [email protected] 01438 832504. mornings only, for details. 01707 655147.

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DOCTORS’ Local Libraries Oakmere Brookmans Park High Street, Potters Bar Bradmore Green SURGERY HOURS Monday 9am –6pm Monday 2pm –6pm 1) ANNANDALE SURGERY Tuesday 2pm –6pm Tuesday 2pm –6pm Tel: 01707 644451 Wednesday 9am –6pm Wednesday Closed Surgery Hours: 8.30am–6pm Monday to Friday Test Results/Enquiries: 01707 622979 between 2pm and 5pm Monday to Friday Thursday Closed Thursday 2pm –6pm Monthly newsletter available from surgery Friday 2pm –6pm Friday 2pm –6pm Extended Hours: Saturday 8.30am–12 noon for routine booked appointments, Saturday 9am –4pm Saturday 9am –1pm collecting prescriptions and enquiries. Sunday Closed Sunday Closed 2) HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE For further information, visit your local library or call 01438 737333 Tel: 01707 871980 and ask for the appropriate library. Surgery Hours: 8am–6pm Monday to Friday Test Results/Enquiries: 01707 871982 between 2pm and 4.30pm Monday to Friday Monthly newsletter available from surgery or on our new website Wyllyotts Centre, www.highviewsurgery.co.uk . You can also now follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Darkes Lane, EN6 2HN Extended Hours: For routine booked appointments. Monday 6.30pm–8pm and some Saturday appointments are available twice a month. Early morning appointments available every Wednesday and alternate Fridays. The surgery is closed every Mondays Personal Callers 10am –12.30pm and 1pm –3.30pm Wednesday from 1 –2.30pm for staff training. Thursdays Personal Callers 10am –12.30pm and 1pm –3.30pm 3) PARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE Tel: 01707 291041 Surgery Hours: 8am–6pm Monday to Friday Hertsmere Borough Council Potters Bar Office Test Results/Enquiries: 11am–2pm Monday to Friday Wyllyotts Centre – 01707 652406 Extended Hours: Wednesday to Friday from 7am and Saturday fortnightly for routine Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9.30am to 2.00pm. booked appointments only 8–11.15am. We have a quarterly newsletter available from the surgery or on our website. Our website address is www.parkfieldmedicalcentre.co.uk . 4) POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE Useful Numbers Tel: 01707 273338 Hertsmere Borough Council 020 8207 2277 Surgery Hours: 8.30am–6.30pm Monday to Friday Test Results/Enquiries: As above after 11am. Hertfordshire Police Non-emergency 101 (national number) Extended Hours: For routine, non-emergency appointments. Every Monday and fourth or 01707 354000 Tuesday 6.30–9pm and first and third Saturday 8.30–11am. Nurse-led Fast Track Herts Domestic Violence Helpline 08088 088088 Service: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 9.30am–12 noon. Hertfordshire County Council 01923 471 555 OUT OF HOURS SERVICE FOR ALL THE ABOVE SURGERIES There is an ‘Out of Hours’ doctor available for all urgent problems. Tel: ‘Herts Urgent National Debt Line 08088 084000 Care’ on 03000 333 333 where a doctor will phone/visit to discuss your medical Consumer Direct (Herts) 0845 404 0506 needs. NHS Direct Tel: 0845 4647 or www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk . From 8am to 8pm every day of the year, you can also see a Doctor at: Highways Spring House Medical Centre, Ascots Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4HL. (including potholes, traffic light faults and streetlights) 0300 1234 047 Walk in or book ahead on 01707 294354 . Wasteaware 0845 742 5000 DENTIST Veolia water leaks 0800 376 5325 When you have an urgent dental problem and your dental surgery is closed, call 03000 333 224 . Monday – Friday, 5pm to 9am. All weekend and Bank Holidays. Childline 0800 1111 Crime Stoppers Anonymous Line 0800 555 111 Local A&E Services CAB Advice Line 08444 111 444 24 HOUR Environmental Health – pest control 020 8207 7435 Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ Tel 020 8216 5003 Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL Tel 020 8375 1010 – out of hours emergency (noise nuisance, etc) 0845 300 0021 Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB Tel 01438 314333 NHS Direct (Nurse advice and health information) 0845 4647 NEW LIMITED SERVICE RSPCA Local Branch (financial help if you QE 11 Hospital, Howlands, Welwyn Garden City. AL7 4HQ Tel 01707 32811 claim benefits, on low income, OAP’s) 07872 902710 8am –8pm. Adults: Full A&E service. Children over 12 months: minor injuries only. www.rspca-pottersbarhatfieldandbarnet.org.uk 8pm –8am. Adults and children over 12 months: minor injuries only.

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