9 THE ARCHER - www.the-archer.co.uk OCTOBER 2013 What is the Harington Scheme? We will miss her By Daphne Chamberlain East Finchley’s Arts Festival supported two charities this year: Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice and the Harington Scheme. You may be assuming, as I did, that “Haring- greatly ton” is someone’s name. Not so. The name is a blend of Haringey and Islington. It Pam Kent, a member of the Archer team for most of our was founded by the local community 33 years ago, in Highgate Village, where several 20 years, died on 15 of September. She was the Archer boroughs meet, but caters for people with learning difficulties or disabilities from a typist in our early, pre-email days, and for many years wide area of London. she ran our distribution. This meant having over 9,000 These people are of all ages copies delivered to her house, where she counted out from 16 upwards, but about the rounds. 80% are in the 16-24 age-group, When ill-health and the scheme provides them forced her to give this with life skills and vocational up, she continued to training. deliver her own sub- Work experience stantial round until Learners are helped to only a few months select the career which is best ago. She was also our proof-reader, and in addition proof-read Restaurant locally written books and the N2 poetry magazine. at the A scene from last year’s Arts Festival. Photo by Marian Harris. Print, in one way or another, was Pam’s crossroads for them, with help in reading, you can get work experience and life. Born Pamela By Sheila Armstrong writing, maths, ICT and City a job. It’s fun working outside.” Morris in Hertford in Bufi, the new Italian res- and Guilds qualifications. Their Learning and growing 1942, she left school taurant in prime position at OFSTED reports are excellent. There is also therapeutic at 15 to work as a copy the High Road and Fortis Some go into retail, and have day provision for adults with holder for a local work experience in organisa- learning disabilities or mental printing firm. There Green crossroads, is run by Sofia Arricale and her tions including Budgens and health needs, who benefit from she met her future Waitrose. Others have had working in Harington’s beauti- husband, Cliff Kent, father Mario. They have placements with artsdepot in been very busy from day ful grounds. It’s nicely symbolic whom she married in North Finchley. that a walled garden on the site 1963. They moved to one in April and both say Pam Kent RIP. photo courtesy of Bishop The majority are found once belonged to a 16th century Evesham, and Pam they are pleased with East Douglass School jobs or further training over a apothecary. A motto of the Har- worked in nearby Finchley’s welcome to their broad vocational range, with ington Scheme is “Learning to Worcester for Kays Catalogue, time supervisor and part of the restaurant. continuing support and liaison grow, Growing to learn”. One writing copy and liaising with exam invigilating team, as well Sofia has always wanted to from Harington where neces- of the clients summed it up as printers all over Europe. as co-ordinating the school’s open a restaurant. She describes sary. Some need to be eased “A welcoming and easy-going Returning nearer home in annual Christmas dinner for it as a traditional Neopolitan into employment via Harington place which has made me feel the 1970s to support her mother, older people and driving some pizzeria with a modern twist. Gardeners, which provides very confident and comfort- after her father suffered a senior citizens to and from Mario’s lifetime experience garden maintenance services able.” stroke, she was head-hunted by the event. In return, Bishop working in restaurants has to organisations and private Twice a year, Harington a London printer, and she and Douglass staff made sure she been invaluable and several households under the guidance holds plant and produce sales. Cliff settled in East Finchley. was well looked after during other family members are also of qualified professionals. All We will keep you informed Pam went on to arrange pho- her illness, even supplying her involved in the new venture the income from gardening about these and other events. tographic shoots for Woburn with a daily school lunch. The restaurant on the site contracts supports the charity. For further information, visit Studios, and later worked as Among Pam’s many quali- of the former Barclays Bank One learner said: “It’s good www.harington.org.uk or call Assistant Production Manager ties were warmth, kindness, and uses buffalo meat and other because you do gardening, and 020 8341 3657. at Carlton, and as an overseer willingness to help everyone. products which are very low in of print jobs for IMG in Chis- She was always the first to say, cholesterol. Gluten-free pizzas wick. This led to her becoming “I can do that”, even when she KALASHNIKOV KULTUR and pasta can be ordered too, By Ricky Savage, the voice of social irresponsibility the UK agent for a Turin-based became ill. food that is not always easy for book printer. She left this written mes- celiacs to find. She ran her own business, sage. “Please do not mourn for All the buffalo products Beware….Cliff! Kentprint, from her home in me. I’ve had a wonderful life, sourced by Sofia come from In the weird and mysterious world of rock’n’roll no one’s Hamilton Road, before pur- met and stayed friends with so the organic buffalo herd in quite as weirdly mysterious as the aging phenomenon that is chasing the house next door many lovely people, but now it’s Laverstoke Park in Hampshire, Cliff Richard. Yes, I’m talking about the rock’n’roll rebel who as the business expanded. time for a rest. So to all my super owned by ex-racing driver Jody rebelled by not doing the whole sex’n’drugs thing, but God After retiring in 2002, she family, friends, acquaintances, Scheckter. and tennis (not Sue Barker) instead. rented that house to MCC for neighbours, work colleagues, Sofia told The Archer that Well he’s back with his 100th album and this time he’s returning to their foreign cricketers in the and all the local cats, I leave she has plans for a second res- his fabulous rock’n’roll roots by doing Little Richard, Elvis and Buddy season. Her “boys” included you with only joy in my heart taurant in the course of time. Holly covers. the Irish-born English interna- and much happiness.” Bufi’s website is www.bufires- In the 54 years since Cliff released his first album a lot of natural tional Eoin Morgan, William We will all miss her greatly. taurants.com or 020 8883 4720. resources have been wasted as he has gone from Britain’s answer Paterfield, David Molam and to Elvis to being left off the Radio 2 1960s playlist for being seriously Boyd Rankin. uncool. Highpoints have included ‘Cliff’, ‘Cliff Sings’ and ‘Live at the ABC One of Pam’s main relaxa- Kingston 1962’ all of which were backed by The Shadows. tions was the jazz scene, to Learn Circus Skills Trapeze, tightwire, acrobatics, juggling & more! In 1962 he was bigger than The Beatles, but back then the Beatles which she was introduced by were still playing the clubs. By 1964 they were bigger than everyone, her neighbours. She ran the Classes and workshops in East Finchley for young people, adults & groups including Cliff. There were other high points, records like ‘I’m Nearly Finchley Jazz Club fortnightly, Famous’ and ‘Wired for Sound’ and his reunion with the Shadows in 2009. as well as a monthly club in www.AirborneCircus.com 020 8123 6261 Low points? Well I’m spoilt for choice, but can’t leave out ‘Songs Stamford, Lincolnshire. Many from Heathcliff’, ‘Cliff at Christmas’ or ‘Hymns and Inspirational Songs’. people will remember the two A friendly welcome awaits you Anyway, the one album I would buy is the one they won’t release and local jazz evenings organised by that’s ‘Singing in the Rain, Cliff Live at Wimbledon’. After all, that’s the Pam in the last year of her life reason they had to put a roof over Centre Court so that he couldn’t do to raise money for Macmillan EAST FINCHLEY METHODIST CHURCH it again and again. Nurses and Cancer Research 197 High Road, London N2 (opp. Creighton Ave.) tel: 0208 346 1700 www.eastfinchleymethodist.org.uk To list the entire outpourings would constitute cruel and unusual UK. punishment, especially when he’s churned out 47 studio albums, 7 Despite being diagnosed film soundtracks, 35 compilations and 11 live albums. At around 40 with cancer five years ago, she Sunday service at 10.30 a.m. minutes per record you’d have to abandon nearly 3 days of your life to carried on with most of her continuously listening to Cliff. Anyone who can manage that is either activities until increasing ill- With Crèche and Young Church the ultimate fan or has lost the will to live. health forced her to cut them Has anyone gone further than Cliff? Well, Elvis has. By the time he down. She had become closely died of a heart attack on the toilet in 1977 he’d churned out 74 albums. involved with Bishop Douglass Worship Music Social events Wheelchair friendly e-mail: [email protected] Room hire tel:020 8444 9887 Since then he’s worked overtime and churned out a further 106. What School, where she was a meal- worries me is that Cliff is trying desperately to catch up.