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THE CAR SERVICE Professional Sales & Lettings AT COMPETITIVE RATES 020 8883 5000 020 8444 5222 [email protected] November 2007 No. 170 20p ARCHER ISSN 1361-3952 where฀sold A community newspaper for East Finchley run entirely by volunteers. Fortismere forges new links with N2 By John Lawrence Fortismere School is seeking to build new links with East Finchley and encourage more applications from families in N2 as well as Muswell Hill. September was an impor- “Being on the boundary of be run in the same way as if tant date for the school as it Haringey and Barnet means it had continued to be a com- moved into Foundation School that the school will always wel- munity school. status and, after many years of come applications for places Other plans put forward by being a specialist technology from families in both Muswell the governors are to extend college, changed its specialist Hill and East Finchley.” Fortismere’s services to all status to Maths/Computing The move to foundation local families by offering and Music. status was opposed by some evening or weekend courses, In addition, following an parents and staff, who formed such as Mandarin, Spanish, excellent Ofsted report in the Keep Fortismere Compre- maths for parents, computing which the school was described hensive campaign group. The for beginners, website design, as having ‘many outstanding group says it will carry on orchestra and instrumental features’, Fortismere has been campaigning for the school to lessons. formally identiied as a High Performing Specialist School and, as such, has been offered PRICKETT 36 High Road the opportunity to take on & ELLIS East Finchley N2 9PJ a second specialism, which will be Modern Foreign Lan- TOMKINS guages. 020 8883 0033 Local admissions Properties urgently required - now is the time to sell! Plastic bag campaigners Foundation status does not mean Fortismere will turn into Estate Agents and Valuers - Established 1767 a selective school. The gover- name the day nors say it simply gives them All฀domestic฀and฀commercial฀work฀undertaken฀ Saturday 1 December has ideas for how we can all make greater lexibility to steer and call฀us฀FREE฀on 0800฀279฀3463 been named as the launch this happen. Reusing plastic manage the development of day for the campaign to bags is something everyone the school. turn East Finchley into a can do. And we’ve asked Barnet Jane Farrell, Chair of plastic bag free zone. Council for a plastics recycling Governors, said: “Foundation As reported in THE ARCHER point on the High Road.” status transferred responsi- last month, shoppers and trad- The campaign is being bility for admissions from ers are being urged to stop using backed by REEF, the group Haringey Council to the Fort- plastic bags and replace them of local businesses promot- ismere Governing Body. We Full฀range฀of฀Roberts฀DAB฀&฀3฀band฀Radios, with more environmentally- ing trade and leisure in East intend to ensure that future including฀the฀NEW฀‘Robi’฀iPod฀DAB฀add-on฀ friendly alternatives. Finchley. Traders and shoppers admission criteria relect the Apple฀iPods฀+฀accessories฀in฀stock฀ in East End Road are very much Mini฀radiators฀and฀fan฀&฀convector฀heaters฀ Information will be going needs and wishes of the local Free฀local฀delivery฀on฀many฀items฀ out to every trader and posters included too but Sally is appeal- community and are completely will be appearing along the ing for volunteers to help her transparent. www.everything-electrical.com ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀38฀High฀Road,฀London฀N2฀9PJ High Road in November. get the campaign off the ground A logo and slogan have been there, as well as with all the Inside this issue: designed for the campaign. It other shops around N2. �฀��� shows a plastic bag caught in East Finchley would be the Bus top move...... page 3 ��������฀�����฀ a tree, with the words ‘Plastic’s first community in London Barnet Civic Awards... page 4 to become a plastic bag free ������฀������ not fantastic. It’s time to sack Institute opening...... page 5 the bag’. zone although other areas in Our success rate in N2 is very high indeed, New bags made from Fair the capital are thought to be Young Archer...... page 8 Trade cotton and printed with making similar plans. The vil- Library swap...... page 9 obviously in Hampstead Garden Suburb water-based ink are being lage of Modbury in Devon has What’s On...... page 10 but also in East Finchley. produced for sale. Campaign already stopped using them. We have often obtained better prices from organiser Sally Swann hopes our base in the Suburb, so traders will sell these instead of providing plastic bags and Cut-price Photo D&P Please call us for a free valuation that shoppers will carry one Coral only £3.99 Fragrances for up to 40 exp or try us if you are on a with them whenever they make (35mm) a trip to the shops. Pharmacy multiple agency basis ��฀������฀������฀���������฀������฀������ Reuse and recycle Stockists of a wide range of vitamins, homeopathic remedies, and herbal products. Sally said: “The response ������฀����฀��� I’ve been getting so far has Open Till 6:30pm (Mon - Fri) 6pm Sat - Parking Available been good. There are lots of 129 East End Road N2 0SZ Tel 8883 0442 ���฀����฀���� • Visit your community newspaper on-line at www.the-archer.co.uk • 2 NOVEMBER 2007 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 THE ARCHER USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS PO BOX 3699 Councils Hospitals Help the Aged 0808 800 6565 LONDON N2 8JA Barnet Council: Barnet General 020 8216 4000 Crime Admin/Town Hall 020 8359 2000 Coppetts Wood 020 8883 9792 Emergency 999 42 Church Lane, London N2 8DT. WWW.THE-ARCHER.CO.UK Council Tax 020 8359 2608 Finchley Memorial 020 8349 7500 Finchley Police 020 8442 1212 Tel/Fax: 020 8444 6265 e-mail: THE-ARCHER Recycling & refuse 020 8359 4600 Oak Lane Clinic 020 8346 9343 Mus. 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Church Farm House Museum is the irst in the country EDITORIAL฀TEAM Around 50 elderly people live the work is still to be conirmed. to beneit from new technology that allows people to view Diana Cormack in the residential home close to John Bagley, spokesman interactive 360-degree panoramic views of the museum Daphne Chamberlain the tube station, many with for the residents, said: “A bar- from the comfort of their own homes. Potential visitors can get a as sugar cutters and washing David Hobbs mobility or eyesight problems. rier will be the best solution. The Stokes Court Residents Cyclists come down this path lavour of the museum by log- dollies. Association says this makes at a rate of knots. We under- ging onto the website www.ch The innovative panoramic SUB฀EDITORS them vulnerable to cyclists stand it’s a tempting short cut urchfarmhousemuseum.co.uk views were created by north Ann Bronkhorst who ride at high speed up and for them but it is potentially very and panning round the 1820s London company Gilvers, kitchen, 1850s dining room after receiving a Renaissance Wendy Devine down the footpath immediately dangerous.” outside their front door. and 1890s laundry room, as grant from the London Museums Pam Kent The footpath, which links well as clicking on ‘hot spots’ Hub and the Museums Libraries for information on items such and Archives Council. East End Road to Diploma Business PRODUCTION฀EDITOR Avenue, has statutory signs in Alison Roberts place indicating that no cycling lessons Planning Applications is allowed but some cyclists Finchley Catholic High in National Hospital for Neurology PICTURE฀EDITOR ignore them and use the path Woodside Lane, N12, has Barnet Council as a short cut. & Neurosurgery (Former), Great Sarah Clackson been selected as one of only 33 Abbots Gardens, N2 There have already been sev- Two-storey rear and side exten- North Road, N2. eral near misses involving Stokes 51 schools in the country to Six cedar trees. Remove dead- take part in a major new sion including conversion of ADVERTISING Court residents and there were garage into habitable room. wood and storm damage only John Dearing fears that sooner or later a serious national initiative to give Alterations to roof to facilitate Oak Lodge, Heath View, off East accident would happen. young people an insight a loft conversion. Garden level End Road, N2 After taking the matter up into the world of business Installation of demountable class- FINANCE basement at rear. with Barnet Council in June, the and enterprise. 16 Aylmer Road, N2 room to rear of school. Sue Holliday residents’ association has won Young Chamber puts pupils Demolition of existing house and 1-169 Old Farm Road, Straw- agreement from the Highways in partnership with the London erection of a detached three-storey berry Vale, N2 ADMINISTRATION department to install a chicane Chamber of Commerce and block of ive lats with associated Security works to replace existing Toni Morgan barrier on the path, which would Industry to help them learn parking and landscaping. New door entry phone and enclosed force cyclists to slow down and from businesses nearby and vehicular access. glazed screens to stair tower dismount. A date for completion of across the city. Oak Lane Health Centre, Oak DISTRIBUTION 38a Church Lane, N2 Creation of roof terrace at the rear Lane, N2 Sue Holliday involving replacement of irst loor Single storey rear and side exten- Pam Kent window with a door, access steps sion to the existing building OSTEOPATHY and fencing. Haringey Council PRINTED฀BY 201 Creighton Avenue, N2 Land between 27 and 29 Aylmer Sharman & Co Ltd at First loor side extension. Extensions Road N2 to roof including rear dormer window Provision of three outdoor lawn to facilitate a loft conversion. tennis courts with a pavilion and Thank you to Madden’s The Twyford Practice 130 East End Road, N2 six car parking spaces (revised) Ale House for providing Change of use to cafe / patisserie 24 Fordington Road N6 us with a meeting place. Osteopathic consultation and treatments (Class A3). Erection of ground loor rear exten- 5 Elm Gardens, N2 sion, irst loor side extension and THE ARCHER team wishes in Fortis Green, N2. Single sorey rear extension. alterations to irst loor rear window to thank all the generous Five Bells Works, 183 East End and roof slope. people who give up their Robin Kiashek, Road, N2 26 Fordington Road N6 spare time, in all weather, Change of use to ofice (B1 Class) Erection of single storey rear to deliver the paper for us. Osteopath and Naturopath, with irst loor rear extension. extension at ground loor, side and 36 High Road, N2 rear extension at irst loor, altera- Bsc (Hons), Ost Med., Rebuilding of the coach house tions to roof slope and insertion of Your contributions and enlargement together with dormer window to attic store. If you have a story for us, please N.D., M.R.N. the change of use to residential Clissold Arms, Fortis Green N2 contact us at the above address. accommodation. Single storey Erection of side extension and new Comments to THE ARCHER may be For appointments: rear extension to shop, together adjacent window. published unless clearly marked with a new shop front and a irst 22 Southern Road N2 ‘Not for publication’ within the text. please phone 020 8815 0979 loor rear extension: Demolition of existing summer- Copy deadlines or visit: 65 Manor Park Road, N2 house and erection of garden Single storey side and rear studio. Conservation Area Con- December issue: 16 November www.robinkiashek.co.uk extension. Single storey front sent for demolition of existing January issue: 15 December for further information inill. Change of use from shop summerhouse and erection of to residential. garden studio. 3 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2007 Bus stop ix has ‘made it worse’ By David Melsome A bus stop that was moved Consultation further northwards and manage several yards along the Barnet Council said a full this with no loss of parking High Road is in a worse consultation was carried out at facility overall. A letter was position than it was before, the start of the year, when docu- then delivered to all the trad- claim traders. ments were hand delivered to ers in July advising them of the The bus shelter and seat- all owners of trading premises new layout. Trafic congestion ing used to be outside Paceys and notices placed in the local in the area has reduced.” Newsagents at 103 High Road press and on site. At the time of going to press, but Barnet Council moved them A spokesman said: “Subse- however, the road markings over the summer to a new site quent discussions took place next to the bus stop had not outside the Heck of a Wash laun- including a successful meeting been altered, so cars were still derette at 109 High Road. on site. It was agreed that we able to park across half of the One of the reasons given for would seek to relocate the stop bus stop space. the move was that northbound 263 buses could not pull in to the kerb fully, causing obstruc- Coleman supports call tion to trafic behind them. The new position is said to give them more room to pull in. for better bus service But launderette owner By Daphne Chamberlain Hector Cisneros claims the Barnet councillor Brian Coleman, Deputy Chairman of change has made no difference the London Assembly, has come out in support of the to whether buses pull in or not campaign for a better bus service along the High Road. and, what’s more, the new posi- tion is potentially damaging to In a letter dated 24 Sep- also been told on several occa- his business. He claims he was tember to East Finchley Bus sions. In fact, it misses the point not properly consulted about the Watch’s Hazel Burnett, Mr that demand is much higher on the part of the route between bus stop move. Coleman wrote: “I agree that the performance of the route 263 East Finchley station and North Mr Cisneros said: “The bus Finchley, the infamous “solo Church Vales spectacular water- stop is now obliterating my shop bus has been extremely poor. Your suggestion of augmenting stretch”. It also does not address spout. Photograph courtesy of We Have front and stopping it being seen the complaint that anyone trav- easily from the road. It made the 263 with an extended route Martin Bronkhorst 17 is a good one.” elling beyond Archway has to Moved much more sense for the stop either change buses or use the to be outside the newsagents He added that when, in Underground, which is out of Water, to: Unit 4 where people waiting for a the past, he asked for more resources to be diverted to the the question for many people. The Old Printworks bus could pop in to buy snacks Brian Coleman continued: 25 Tapster Street or a newspaper.” 263 route, he was told that the Barnet, EN5 5TH level of service was appropriate “You are quite right to make water, The owners of the Cochin Email: to the existing demand through- the point that if people are to [email protected] restaurant next door to Heck of be persuaded to abandon their a Wash are also objecting to the out its route. Hire&Sales This is what Bus Watch has cars and use public transport, it everywhere 02084408008 new position. is vital that the public transport At the top of Church infrastructure is strong and lex- Vale the road has been Stubbing out cigarette litter ible enough to cope. Enabling up for some time. On the Free portable ashtrays are to be handed out as part of people to travel easily from afternoon of Thursday 11 their doctor to the hospital is HEALING a campaign by Barnet Council to discourage smokers certainly a key consideration, October the water was up, from dropping cigarettes in the street. which a good bus service would too, to tree-top height, Kathryn Scorza Working in partnership with be handed out in Barnet’s main undoubtedly provide.” and for more than two Registered Spiritual Healer Keep Britain Tidy, the council shopping streets and at Brent One of the points made by hours. will promote the message that Cross Shopping Centre. Bus Watch was that the 263 Someone ‘went through a dropping cigarette litter is ille- The campaign comes as serves a hospital at either end pipe’ and it wasn’t the Clancy gal and can attract a ine of up research commissioned by of its route. Docwra road team, who to £80. Keep Britain Tidy revealed that Bus Watch on were watching with amuse- ment. The luckless man from Posters depicting a camou- the level of cigarette litter on Consultation Database laged cigarette and the slogan streets in England had increased Enterprise, a irm working for Hazel Burnett has also Thames Water, scrambled out ‘However you disguise it, it’s by 43 per cent since the ban on received another letter from still litter’ will appear around smoking in public places was from the hole he was work- London Buses, saying that the ing in followed by a massive the borough. The ashtrays will introduced in July. 263 is currently being fully water spout. That was at about reviewed. All suggestions and comments, including those for 2.30pm. For EAST FINCHLEY ELECTRICAL route 17 and services in the At 5pm. a man in a van from always lowering prices Thames Water turned up and appointments area generally, will be taken in East Finchley All Types of Heating in Stock into consideration. shut off the supply, but by that Bus Watch have accepted time one house and its garden please call Authorised Dimplex Installer the invitation to be placed on had been thoroughly watered, 07703 404 839 the gutter all the way down Design Service Available the consultation database for or email London Buses. This means Church Vale had become a LOCAL COUNCIL they will receive all consulta- stream and several schoolchil- [email protected] APPROVED CONTRACTOR & RETAILER IHROAD HIGH tion documents for Barnet. dren had got joyfully wet. For all your electrical needs in the home, KITCHENER ROAD HUNTINGDON we turn up on time, guarantee our work ROAD and are unbeatable value. We are here. 115 High Road London N2 Nicky Sharp Osteopathy Tel: 020 8444 5630 or email [email protected] Now offers Cranial Osteopathy VICTORY AUTO SERVICES with Charlotte Robin BSc (Hons) Ost Med on Wednesdays. 50% Discount on all Consultations in November Air-Conditioning - Recharge & Servicing with mention of this Advert. Mechanical repairs, tyres, For Consultations and Appointments bodywork, clutches, exhausts MOTs by appointment Please call 020 8815 9433 109 Fortis Green East Finchley London N2 9HR Nicky Sharp Osteopathy www.nickysharposteopathy.co.uk Tel: 020 8883 9707 / 0023 Fax: 020 8482 9179 260 East End Road, London N2 8AU e-mail: [email protected] 4 NOVEMBER 2007 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Honour Barnet’s Family support from a star outstanding citizens volunteer Don’t miss your chance to thank someone who makes an By Janet Maitland outstanding contribution to life in Barnet. The council is “Home-Start helps real people with real problems.” These heartfelt words came from asking residents to send in nominations for the borough’s a mother speaking at the celebration of Home-Start Barnet’s 10 years of supporting eighth Annual Civic Awards. families, held at Mill Hill Golf Club on 6 October. Those nominated will be rec- in the development of Wren The occasion was marked ognised at a ceremony at Hendon Academy in North Finchley by the presentation of a trophy Town Hall in February 2008. Alnoor Thobani, pharmacist to Barbara Smith, from East The Mayor of Barnet, at Cootes in the High Road for Finchley, who has been a dedi- Councillor Maureen Braun, 22 years cated volunteer for Home-Start who will present the awards, THE ARCHER’s writer and Barnet ever since it began. said: “Barnet’s Civic Awards photographer Craig Johnson, Home-Start provides sup- ceremony gives everyone for his victim support work as port, befriending and practical the opportunity to honour the a police oficer and in recogni- help for families with at least people who contribute so much tion of his role in helping people one child under ive who are to our lives yet often remain during the bombings in London experiencing stress or dificul- unacknowledged.” on 7 July 2005. ties. Barbara is one of their Last year the council The awards are open to trained volunteers, visiting received 44 nominations. East anyone living or working in families in their own home on Finchley winners included: Barnet. Previous award win- a weekly basis. David Smith, of Abbots ners or serving councillors are Although Barbara also Gardens, for his service as a not eligible for nomination. works three days a week, she governor of Holy Trinity Pri- Nominations close on Friday has managed to support over mary School and his work with 30 November. 15 families in the last 10 years, the Finchley Society For a copy of the nomina- staying with most of them for Sylvia Duthie, of Leicester tion form, call 020 8359 7796 a year. Road, who served on the gov- or email rachel.tansley@barn “Barbara just gets on with erning board of Holy Trinity for et.gov.uk or download it from the job, supporting one family 10 years and is now involved www.barnet.gov.uk/civic-awards. after another, always taking part in our ongoing training and other activities,” said Linda A taste of THE ARCHER Sansom, ofice manager. By Daphne Chamberlain Barbara describes her initial There was something familiar about the biscuits eaten approach to new families as by Friends of Barnet Libraries at their October coffee “standing back and waiting”; morning. Some time ago, organiser Ian Harvey grew tired she is very conscious that Barbara Smith has been supporting families for 10 years. of handing out all the usual suspects along with tea and building a good relationship Photograph by Janet Maitland coffee. Now he bakes biscuits illustrating the theme of takes time and a lot of listen- each month’s meeting. So when Diana Cormack and I ing. Her self-effacing wisdom lished, Barbara will do whatever “Volunteering has been a went along to talk about The Archer, we found ourselves struck me as just the right touch is necessary, from taking families real boost to my own coni- scofing down “Archie” himself. for people who are depressed, shopping to giving advice about dence,” said Barbara. “And isolated, under stress or lacking Many thanks to Ian for inviting parenting, always aware that it’s really satisfying that I’ve in self-esteem. “being a parent isn’t easy and been able to help such a wide us to meet both readers and non- Once trust has been estab- readers of East Finchley’s own everyone does it differently”. range of people.” newspaper. As these coffee morn- ings take place in East Finchley library, there were naturally quite a few locals in the audience, but Please, Mr also people from Muswell Hill, Teenage beauty Church End, Friern Barnet and By Helen Drake even Mill Hill. Archie takes the biscuit. Postman These people only attend Whilst driving home Stuck for Christmas or Having been approached regularly because the pro- Photo by Diana Cormack around midnight during birthday present ideas by several clients asking for gramme of talks is varied and East Finchley coffee morn- the postal strike at the start for your teenage daugh- solutions to their teenage interesting. Friends of Barnet ings are held in the irst loor of October, one ARCHER cor- ter? Beautician Mandana, daughters’ skin problems, and Libraries is a borough-wide hall of the library between 11am respondent noticed two based at Jennie Mann on having a budding teenager her- organisation, and coffee morn- and 12 noon on the irst Friday men in Royal Mail jack- Church Lane, might have self, Mandana has developed a ings take place elsewhere in of every month. Everyone is ets on the roadside near the solution. facial to meet the needs of this Barnet. The Friends helped welcome, but please note there Nazareth House in East She is launching a new age group. At a more afford- able price of £25, the facial create coffee lounges in all the is no lift. End Road. prescriptive facial developed borough’s libraries. THE ARCHER includes details especially for teenagers on concentrates on cleaning and of the following month’s meet- Were they making a very black head removal. They have also donated toys early collection of mail for her Open Day on 29 Novem- and “storytime sacks” to the chil- ing in What’s On, but for further ber, 9am-9pm, when all prod- Gentle but effective details, and for information on the next day or had they just dren’s sections, and 15 CD players left the picket line some- ucts and gift vouchers will be “The approach is gentle but to the Home Library Service for becoming a Friend, contact Ian offered at a 10% discount. with a very effective result, Harvey on 020 8444 9406. where? Still pondering their users needing audio books. purpose, our correspondent Mandana is also extending using Sothys products to suit arrived home and switched her opening hours on Thurs- the needs of each individual All Saints’ Church, on the TV to ind the ilm days until 5pm so that teenagers skin,” says Mandana. “Obvi- being shown was The Post- have the opportunity to book ously I can’t change and cure Durham Road, East Finchley man Always Rings Twice. appointments after school. a hormonal imbalance within Church of England the body, but I think teenag- ers like my own daughter can Sunday masses at 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. A friendly welcome awaits you neglect to carry out very basic Weekday masses at 10.00 a.m. skin care. With the right advice, Prayer requests are gladly accepted. EAST FINCHLEY METHODIST CHURCH products and routines, a lot can 197 High Road, London N2 (opp. Creighton Ave.) be done to achieve a fresher, The Parish has a flourishing social life. www.eastfinchleymethodist.org.uk healthier skin.” Contact the Vicar, Fr Christopher Hardy, Between 3pm and 5pm on on 020 8883 9315. the Open Day, Mandana will be Family service and Junior Church offering free taster sessions of All Saints’ also has a strong musical tradition and an Every Sunday at 10.30 a.m. her new teenage facial on a irst enthusiastic choir of both adults and children. come, irst served basis. Experienced singers are always welcome. For more information, Contact Geoffrey Hanson on 020 8444 9214. Worship Music Social events Youth Club Wheelchair friendly phone Mandana on 020 8365 http://www.allsaints-eastfinchley.org.uk Tel:0208 346 1700 e-mail: [email protected] 2284 (9am-3pm) and 020 8447 0854 (6pm-8pm). 5 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2007 Royal audience for Where the Art is By Daphne Chamberlain The Institute’s Arts Centre, on the other side of The Causeway behind East Finchley youth ilms station, was opened oficially last month. Institute Principal Fay Naylor and Chair- The Princess Royal introduced a special event at the Phoe- man Malcolm Davis said that moving into the £6 million purpose-built centre was nix Cinema on 25 September showcasing the work of 40 like coming out of a dark tunnel, but they warned of a continuing struggle ahead to students from eight schools in Barnet and Enield. repay their inancial loan. Students had worked on people can fall into when they the short ilms with the help lack love or a sense of belonging Although the building, of Barnet Action 4 Youth, a in their lives. designed by Rivington Street branch of national crime preven- Princess Anne told the audi- Studios, has already become one tion charity Crime Concern, of ence that work like this by Crime of the Open House sites opened which Princess Anne is presi- Concern had a signiicant impact to the public every year, it still dent of patrons. in reducing exclusion, improv- needs sponsors to complete its Many of the ilms had mes- ing behaviour and raising attend- furnishing and equipment. sages about the situations young ance at school. The move to East Finchley from the Suburb has attracted 2,000 new students, and MP Library looks to the Rudi Vis praised what The Institute has already achieved. He loved the mix of British and future foreign students of all ages (up to By Daphne Chamberlain 96), abilities and incomes, saying East Finchley Library Users Group and Barnet staff are it was in the original tradition of attempting to salvage something from the wreck of the the Open University. library’s lottery hopes. Fleur Adcock, winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Failure to gain lottery funds The Users Group is also who has lived in East Finchley has meant the end of plans to developing a publicity pro- for 44 years, told THE ARCHER install a lift to the upper loor, gramme, saying: “There is so she was delighted to open the but EFLUG told us they are much good stuff in the library Centre. “It’s wonderful to have hoping to press on with some that’s worth promoting, and the it in the area, and an honour for community schemes involving notice board outside is rather me to open it. I’ve never opened voluntary work. minimal.” anything before - except jars of EFLUG members Polly The lottery bid was built marmalade or suitcases at the Napper and Leslie Gilbert had a around establishing a borough- airport.” She looked forward to meeting with Tricia Little, head of wide dyslexia centre, and THE “the hum and buzz of creativity Barnet’s Libraries Department, ARCHER understands that Barnet in this building”. and her Area Manager, Veronica are still looking at enhancing Padwick, at the end of September. materials about dyslexia from Sponsors welcome A follow-up meeting was planned the existing budget. With opportunities for income-producing partnerships, for the end of October. Dyslexia talk Barnet Council told THE The Institute hope to achieve a There will be a talk on dys- balanced business plan in the ARCHER: “East Finchley com- lexia at the Friends of Barnet munity representatives are next three years, but there is still Libraries Coffee Morning, in a lengthy list of items needed Madhoo and Meenal Mehta by the plaque commemorating their discussing what opportunities the East Finchley library hall there could be for services from for the new building. sponsorship of the Arts Centre. With them is the designer of the between 11am and 12 noon on A former student of sculp- East Finchley in the future.” Friday 7 December. plaque, Geo Stocker, who teaches digital art and computer studies ture, Mrs Meenal Mehta, and her at The Institute. Photograph by Andree Kaval husband, Madhoo, have donated Space trekkers raise funds very generously to the Centre, sponsoring ground-loor rooms, and a plaque was unveiled in for Bobath Centre their honour. The Institute will By Kirsty Middlemist welcome all offers of help, from It was a beautiful sunny day, on 22 September, when £14 for a dustbin to £18,000 for members of the Space Youth Café embarked on their accessible toilets. Please contact seven-mile sponsored walk in aid of the Bobath Centre Andree Koval on 020 8829 4139 for children with Cerebral Palsy. for further details. Seven young people and was also time to rest sore feet four adults took part in the trek, and eat ice cream during leisurely WANTED which began at Space in East pauses in local parks. �������������������������������������������� Finchley and ended at Barnet The walkers’ efforts raised Old Lambretta & Vespa Brookside Methodist Church. about £600 for the Bobath Centre scooters, spares etc. ���������������������������������������������������������� On the way, the group called in on East End Road. 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Thewoman” crimes of the so-called Finchley baby-farmers shocked the public at the beginning of the 20th century. Ann Bronkhorst tells how they were discovered. On the evening of 12 man, was sceptical. So was his November 1902, the Black colleague, Detective Constable Bess Coffee Tavern in the High Wright, who trailed her and her Road must have looked invit- bundle across London to South ing, but Annie Walters, a short, Kensington railway station. The stout woman of 54, probably bundle contained a baby, a boy hurried on round the corner to this time, dead for at least eight a house in Hertford Road. She hours. was responding to a telegram When arrested on 18 Alto de Perdon Pilgrimage Memorial (790m). Photograph by Bill Tyler sent to her lodgings in Isling- November 1902, Annie told ton, which read: ‘Five o’clock the police: “I never murdered tonight, Sach Finchley’. the dear. I only gave it two Earlier that day, a baby girl drops in its bottle, the same as To be a pilgrim had been born to an unmarried I take myself.” The drops were This summer, Finchley Society president Bill Tyler set out to walk almost 500 miles in woman. The Hertford Road chlorodyne, a morphine-based a month along the Camino, an ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in premises where the birth took narcotic. northern Spain. He was raising funds for the North London Hospice and TreeHouse, place was one of a growing Second arrest the national charity for autism, which has a school in Woodside Avenue. Here, he number of private lying-in The Hendon and Finchley homes. Local papers carried recalls the pain and the pleasure of those 30 days in June. Times broke the news locally on regular advertisements for it: 21 November in a long article It was wet and heavily over- Pamplona, Burgos and Leon some, like me, raising money for ‘Doctor recommends com- beginning: “Considerable cast at St Jean Pied de Port, a are the major cities en route but charities. Most impressive was a fortable home; skilled nursing; sensation was caused in East meeting point for the centu- there are also many quite large group of Austrian students who every care; terms moderate’. Finchley on Tuesday night ries-old pilgrimage routes from towns, all incredibly clean and had walked all the way from ‘Terms’ often included a fee by the arrest of Mrs Sach.” northern France to Santiago de beautifully paved, as are some Vienna. for providing discreet adop- Although at irst denying that Compostela. Thick, lowering of the more important villages. Time to pause tion arrangements. The pro- she knew Annie or had ever cloud obscured the mountain- The magnificent cathedrals The attempt to do 490 miles prietress, Mrs Amelia Sach, in given her any babies, Ame- tops and the forecast was bad. - Burgos, Leon and Santiago - in a month was over-optimistic, her late-twenties, claimed to be lia’s story shifted several times. However, the weather improved and the many ine churches and although beforehand two veter- a certiied nurse and midwife; She maintained her innocence, overnight and the local tourist ancient buildings along the way ans of the Camino had said it was sometimes a doctor attended however, and professed horror ofice gave a thumbs-up for are remarkable but particularly quite feasible. I managed only dificult births. at Annie’s crime: “Do you mean ‘Go’. So off set a straggle of memorable was, for mile after 250 on the route itself and Short-stay fostering to say that these babies are dead walkers at their own or their mile, the complete lack of another 20 or so with various Annie Walters was not, and that she has killed them?” companion’s pace and loaded man-made noise: just the hum diversions but after 23 days of however, a caring relative of the But witnesses came forward, with backpacks, some hung of insects savouring the myriad moving on almost continually I new mother but a regular visi- many items of baby clothing with the scallop shell symbol wild flowers along the path felt completely ‘walked out’. tor to the home. She described were found and Amelia was of St James, whose tomb we verge and, above it all, the trill So I travelled by other means herself as a ‘short-stay foster soon heavily implicated. At were heading for almost 500 of skylarks. to Santiago de Compostela, mother’: extremely short-stay. the inquest on the three-month- miles away. Almost all the hostels and arriving six days before my She had been seen in various old boy found dead in Annie’s The route of the Camino is pensions I stayed in were spot- booked return light. This gave parts of London carrying doll- possession, the jury took ive generally well marked but no lessly clean and inexpensive. me the chance to go to Finisterre, like bundles and, the following minutes to ind Annie guilty one had told me how tough some Wonderful meals of local the very end of the Camino, for day, had just such a limp bundle of wilful murder and Amelia of the terrain is, even for a pretty produce, especially ish, were a dip in the Atlantic off the west- with her in Whitechapel. It was an accessory before the fact. it walker. There are rough and incredibly good value. Along ernmost point of Europe, and never seen again. Both women would face trial steep sections that badly punish the way I passed the time of to get to know Santiago pretty Annie had chatted openly a fortnight later at the Old feet and legs and I suffered with day and some evenings with well. There can be few nicer at her lodgings about her Bailey. bad blisters. Several toes were German, Austrian, Scandi- places in which to have to spend foster-mothering and the ine The story of the‘Finchley quite severely bruised and navian, Canadian and Dutch four or ive days. adoptive homes she found for baby-farmers’ case will be muscles screamed achingly walkers, only the French and The amount I’ve raised in babies. Her landlord, a police- concluded in a later issue. at times, too. There were days Spanish keeping rather to them- donations, to be split equally when I couldn’t walk comfort- selves. Most people, including a between the Hospice and Tree- ably and had to rest or take a bus few families with children, were House, is more than £11,500, a Light up a life or train to keep on schedule. serious pilgrims but others were fantastic response from my many Another hiatus was the loss doing it for the experience and very kind sponsors. North London Hospice is offering the chance to remember of my wallet, or more likely its someone special by symbolically sponsoring a light on theft, and that’s no joke in a small the horse chestnut tree in the hospice grounds. town where no one seemed to Juggling home and This is the 10th year of the It relies heavily on fundraising speak English. Amazingly, I was annual Light Up a Life event to meet its running costs. lent enough money to keep me and for the irst time all the going for a few days while my work lights will be low-energy wife Diana and Western Union Many mums who saw their the thousands of mums across bulbs. came to the rescue with trans- north London who want to Anyone wishing to sponsor A long ferred funds. children start school for the irst time in Septem- return to work, that it is in a light in memory of a loved Ancient landscapes ber may now be hoping to fact possible to ind jobs that one can contact community From rough track to stony match their experience, that fundraising manager Theresa pedigree path, boggy morass, farm track to return to work. Bowman on 020 8446 2288. Estate agent Prickett & An award-winning social are local and also it around asphalt road, the Camino passes family life.” All sponsors will be sent Ellis celebrated 240 years through hugely varied land- enterprise set up by a group a card containing the name and nine generations of of north London mothers Founded in 2004 by two scapes: the cloud-covered Pyr- working mums, the enterprise of the loved one they are trading with a special enees, rolling arable farmland, aims to help them search for remembering. They can also a suitable job. has helped more than 3,000 dinner at Kenwood House, lat plains, forests, pastureland women to date and has been choose to attend the tree Hampstead. and valleys with rushing rivers. Women Like Us provides lighting ceremony on Sunday skills advice, job search sup- recommended by the Prime The company, which trades Many of the villages are semi- Minister’s Women and Work 25 November. as Prickett & Ellis Tomkins at ruinous and populated almost port and conidence building The hospice, based in for women who may have put Commission for rollout across 36 High Road in East Finchley, entirely by the elderly, as highly the UK. Woodside Avenue, N12, made its irst property auction mechanised farming has driven their career on hold. provides end-of-life care for Margaret Cheng, Director Women Like Us can be con- in 1767. More than 200 guests younger families to the towns tacted on 020 7281 6522 or at people of all denominations in attended the lavish celebra- and cities. of Coaching Services, said: Barnet, Enield and Haringey. “We are keen to highlight to www.womenlikeus.org.uk. tions. 7 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2007 Record audiences at Arts Festival By Geoffrey Hanson, Festival Director ‘Variety,’ they say, ‘is the spice of life,’ and it was the variety in this year’s East Finchley Arts Festival that drew so much favourable comment from the many who attended. Audience numbers were up on previous years and the whole event had a real feeling of festivity. Writing this the day after the Children’s storyteller June Festival ended, it is dificult to Peters made a very successful single out any one item or event irst appearance at the Festival, but clearly Dame Emma Kirk- delighting younger members of by’s concert with the English the community and their par- Consort of Viols drew a full ents with her lively and original house and an enthusiastic programme. reception whilst the London The Art Exhibition in aid of Mozart Players and Rimantas the North London Hospice con- Vingras gave me great personal centrated on local artists and, pleasure with their performance together with the bucket col- of my new Piano Concerto. lections, raised around £2,500. Bruce Purchase as Dr. Thanks, East Finchley. I hear Anniversary fun in Fordington Road. Photograph by Linda Mitchell Johnson in a one-man drama that there have been requests especially written for him by from Muswell Hill residents to John Wain held us spellbound know more about the Festival. Fun in Fordington Road for an hour and a half. Poet See you next year! By Fordington Road resident, Linda Mitchell On 15 September, the Amazingly, the sun shone! to the karaoke machine: GPs, residents of Fordington Everyone brought food and drink solicitors, surgeons, builders, all Road held a street party for the refreshment tables, and enjoying a sing-song together. to celebrate the 100th anni- one neighbour made a beautiful Later in the day, a treasure “Happy Birthday” banner, which hunt was organised and was a versary of the irst houses stretched across the road. The great success. The children had being built there. lamp-posts were all decorated a lovely time running races down Julia Richardson, a resi- with garlands and balloons. a car-free road. dent whose grandfather built Another neighbour set up a A particular group worked the houses, came up with the jewellery stall, where children very hard to make sure that the idea. Some of the neighbours could make their own neck- day went well, and it certainly hosted meetings to discuss laces and bracelets with the did. We had good food, drink, ideas and plans. Eventually, a lovely beads provided. Every- music, bubble machines, laugh- date was ixed, and permission one wore a sticker with their ter and, most of all, such friendly obtained to close the road to name and house number, and a neighbours. trafic for the day. game of “House Bingo” proved Of course it was over all too Festival Director Georey as popular with the adults as it soon. It would be good to make it Hanson, Rimantas Vingras and was with the children. an annual event by celebrating the the London Mozart Players. War injuries you It was great fun to sing along celebrations of the previous year. Photograph by Saulius Mendelis New...New...New.. Fleur Adcock succumbed to a cannot see Creative Writing Workshop bout of ’lu but Elaine Feinstein By Diana Cormack in North Finchley with held the fort with an intriguing A fund to help those seriously wounded during World Miriam Halahmy M.A. poet and novelist description of her work. War I was set up by Earl Haig not long after hostili- 10 week course The performers in the Rivers £65.00 : small group ties ceased, with poppies made by the disabled soldiers For further details and to book of Babylon concert presented themselves being sold to raise money. The red poppy Tel : 07946 296612 their material with freshness is now recognised as the symbol �����������������������������of remembrance for Email : [email protected] and obvious enjoyment, clearly victims of any conlict since then in which this country www.miriamhalahmy.com shared by the audience. The Miriam has a unique gift of running Lunch Hour Recitals were a has been involved. But in 1919 another charity, conlicts, the present number of workshops for those who thought they new idea, justiied by the sup- could already write and those who were Combat Stress, was established 8,000 clients is sadly steadily convinced they couldn't. port they received. to help the thousands of soldiers rising. The youngest is 19. Jennifer Bate put the organ Highgate Literary and Scientific suffering from shell shock. 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��������������������� ������ ����������������� ����������������������������� ����������������������������� 8 NOVEMBER 2007 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Back to school for Manorside parents YOUNG ARCHER By Julia Bramson Parents฀were฀invited฀to฀stay฀behind฀at฀Manorside฀School,฀Squires฀Lane,฀on฀Monday฀ A lying guy 8฀October฀for฀an฀evening฀explaining฀how฀maths฀is฀taught฀at฀the฀school.฀For฀many฀ By Diana Cormack parents,฀teaching฀has฀changed฀a฀great฀deal฀since฀they฀were฀young฀so฀the฀evening฀was฀ Most of my childhood memories of Bonire Night are of an฀excellent฀opportunity฀to฀see฀how฀their฀children฀were฀learning฀to฀get฀to฀grips฀with,฀ big communal bonires, hot drinking chocolate, singed and฀enjoy,฀numbers.฀ jacket potatoes and cinder toffee. Everyone฀assembled฀in฀the฀main฀ hall฀to฀be฀taken฀on฀the฀numeracy฀ My dad was in the Royal Air us home to bed, but the bonire journey฀from฀Nursery฀to฀Year฀ Force and on any base where we took a long time to burn because 6฀ by฀ the฀ Deputy฀ Head,฀ Ms฀ lived the young airmen billeted it was so big. Its height also made Wilson.฀Other฀ teachers฀ were฀ there would start building the it dificult to put the guy on top on฀ hand฀ to฀ explain฀ how฀ the฀ bonire in the middle of Octo- and he had to be lowered from children฀ are฀ made฀ to฀ feel฀ ber. It was always carefully the ladder of the ire engine, comfortable฀with฀numbers฀and฀ constructed with spare wood which was always stationed truly฀ understand฀ them.฀Once฀ and burnable bits from aircraft nearby for safety. Although we this฀has฀been฀achieved,฀the฀child฀ hangars that none of us kids did “penny for the guy” with is฀able฀to฀enjoy฀maths฀and,฀of฀ could ever lay our hands on. our own home-made guys, the course,฀wants฀to฀learn฀more.฀ If we dared to add anything airmen made a special one for the The฀ parents฀ were฀ then฀ split฀ to the construction our pieces bonire. He would be dressed in into฀ four฀ groups,฀ or฀ classes,฀ might disappear or we would RAF uniform wearing big, furry and฀ attended฀ maths฀ lessons฀ ind them carefully laid aside, lying boots and with lashing taught฀by฀teachers฀from฀Years฀ so we quickly learned to hide light bulbs for eyes. 3,฀ 4,฀ 5฀ and฀ 6.฀At฀ the฀ end฀ of฀ them away. Then on the night In those days people brought each฀lesson฀a฀bell฀rang,฀and฀the฀ of 5 November we would bring their own ireworks to set off; class฀moved฀on฀to฀be฀taught฀by฀ them out to hurl onto the ire, nowadays we have more organ- another฀teacher.฀ trying to make it last longer ised displays like the one on The฀ evening฀ was฀ a฀ great฀ when it was starting to die Martin School’s ield, which success,฀ so฀ much฀ so฀ that฀ Ms฀ down and the jacket potatoes is much safer for everyone. So Wilson฀ plans฀ to฀ make฀ it฀ a฀ were beginning to appear. “Remember, remember the ifth permanent฀ixture฀in฀the฀school฀ This could be quite late, so of November” but don’t forget calendar.฀There฀are฀also฀plans฀to฀ we had to be careful about the to stay safe and to follow the have฀a฀crèche฀facility฀to฀allow฀ time in case our parents dragged irework code. parents฀who฀couldn’t฀otherwise฀ attend฀ to฀ bring฀ their฀ children฀ PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS with฀them. Parents at Manorside School learn about maths with teacher Ms Wilson Local primary schools have been holding book fairs, which enable children and parents to choose and buy books together, Martin Primary’s school journey and schools to get a share of the proits. At the end of September Year 6 spent a wonderful week in Weymouth with PGL Holy Trinity Adventure Holidays. Afterwards they worked hard on individual books describing There was a wonderful response to the Harvest Festival Appeal, with their experiences. Activities included abseiling, climbing, orienteering Jacob’s ladder, donations being sent to Homeless Action for Barnet. trampoline, volleyball, dragon boating, rile shooting, problem solving and quizzes. The To celebrate Black History Month each class took part in a dance workshop following extracts from long reports by Freddie and Miles give a taste of things. led by MAPS (Motivation and Personal Success). Following this successful “It seems slightly unreal give you a chance to speak and walked through a wood where day, some excellent artwork was produced for display. like something out of a sto- soon you were whizzing off at the instructors said there were On the school’s “Meet the Teacher” day Michael Whitworth, head teacher rybook and with my friends 30 mph 10 metres up. It was spiders which dropped on your of the new Wren Academy, gave a talk to parents. doing tremendous activities. totally amazing.” head and bit you, which I didn’t The results of the school uniform consultation are being processed. Although I’m quite nervous, “After dinner it was time for believe. On the way back the Children have designed their own Christmas cards to be professionally also a little scared. I’ve never the night walk. I saw a bat that bay looked beautiful with all printed. might have been a noctule! We the lights.” A group of recorder players took part in a masterclass hosted by Martin been away from home for so Primary School. long.” Martin School “When we arrived at The hard work of amalgamating into a single primary school is going very PGL I could see it wasn’t School of the future well. just a normal place. There Building plans have been revealed for Finchley’s new Elderly people from the Ann Owen Centre joined the infant classes for a were quad bikes revving on school, Wren Academy. An estimated 1,200 parents and harvest assembly. They were delighted with the biscuits made for them by a track, a group of children children saw the proposals for the irst time when they Year 2 classes and with the communal collection of harvest food gifts. doing archery, some kids on attended two open evenings at the school site in Hilton Key Stage Two pupils learned about the charity Splash Aid, which provides mountain bikes and then the bay with the sea stretching Avenue, North Finchley. water for African villages. They will learn more about issues of poverty Wren Academy has been 2008 and last until December in the world through the school’s citizenship curriculum, learning about into the distance.” “The first activity was designed by architects Penoyre 2009. what it means to be a global citizen. A non-uniform day raised £250 for and Prasad, one of Britain’s The irst intake of Year 7 Splash Aid. archery. It was really bril- In the irst sports ixture of this academic year, twelve children from Years liant. I learnt to handle the foremost building design com- children will arrive in Sep- 4, 5 and 6 took part in Barnet’s Crops Country Running event. They won bow properly and also shoot. panies, to be environmentally tember 2008, by which time the the shield, coming irst out of eleven competing schools! I was surprised to ind that I sustainable. Building work is core buildings will be in place to A group of Year 4 pupils attended a work shop with well-known recorder was quite good and never once scheduled to start in February enable full-time teaching. player Alan Davies. did I hit the grass!” The school has joined the Clothes Collectors Scheme and has its own “We had sensory trail, East Finchley Baptist Church purple re-cycling bin, so raising money and helping the environment. which was exciting for us Just off the High Road in Creighton Avenue N2 Manorside School. because we didn’t know what The start of term saw the launch of a Walk to School campaign where it was. It turned out to be a children are rewarded for walking to school at least once a week. series of activities using our Sundays at 11.00 am and 6.30 pm September visits included Year 4’s trip to the Byng Road Environmental senses apart from sight. We For more information Centre to do pond dipping and insect studies and Year 5 at the British smelled each other’s shoes to Library as part of their RE work. ind our own and spelled our please contact the Church Office Years 4, 5 and 6 visited the Countryside Centre at Lea Valley as part of names in sign language of deaf/ Tel: 8883 1544 (Minister: Simon Dyke) their science work. blind language. But by far the The ever-popular breakfast club will be starting 15 minutes earlier at best activity was when we had 7.45am after half term. Visitors always welcome to follow a rope around PGL blindfolded.” St. Johns Christian Spiritualist Church Invitation฀to฀explore฀yourself!฀ Change฀your฀beliefs฀and฀change฀your฀life.฀ 4 Woodberry Grove - North Finchley “My favourite activity was Find฀out฀how.฀Come฀to฀a฀free฀‘Introductory฀ Just behind Homebase Zip wire. We had to climb up a Talk’฀about฀Avatar®,฀or฀buy฀the฀book฀฀ phone 020 8446 3544 pole then we got onto a small ‘Living฀Deliberately’฀by฀Harry฀Palmer฀ Services: Sunday 6:30 pm - Thursday 7:30 pm platform about 10 metres Contact:฀Julie฀Armitage. Tel:฀020฀8445฀4559฀฀ Spiritual healing and Private Readings every Tuesday 1 - 3 pm up with no wall to stop you falling off. You were then Mobile฀07802702852฀ Different clairvoyant mediums every week!! Email [email protected] strapped into a harness, after Regular Workshops - Development circles - Friendly atmosphere - childrens corner www.avatar-london.co.uk this the instructor asked you if Avatar®,฀ix฀a฀registered฀trademarks฀of฀Star's฀Edge,฀Inc.฀All฀ ALL WELCOME you were ready but he didn’t Create฀Magic฀in฀your฀life฀ rights฀reserved 9 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2007 Library swap By Daphne Chamberlain Don’t be surprised if younger people around East Finchley suddenly become very interested in New Zealand. That’s where our popular Children’s and Youth Librarian for the last nine years, Rachel Reilly, will be working until the end of March. She is doing a job swap, exchanging with Jolene West from South Auckland. Job exchanges, once quite She works so hard promoting common in the library world, the service in local schools, and rarely happen nowadays. In all the kids love her. I hope she fact, Barnet Council told THE has a fantastic time.” ARCHER that they can’t remem- Jolene has already popped ber another one in this borough, in to Barnet before doing a bit but Councillor John Marshall, more travelling. Cllr Marshall Cabinet Member for Learning says she “has forsaken her Infrastructure, believes that New Zealand summer to work exchanges benefit both the in East Finchley. So please staff involved and the users give her a friendly welcome to of the library. He says: “We cheer her up through the winter East Finchley librarys Rachel Reilly will have to get used to some dierent library activities like this Samoan have a range of services that are months.” dance workshop during her time at Tupu library in New Zealand. Photograph courtesy of Jade Asije always increasing, and having staff with this kind of experi- ence will help us develop inno- KALASHNIKOV KULTUR vative and exciting projects to Hockey teams aim By Ricky Savage, the voice of social irresponsibility attract residents to Barnet’s libraries.” Purge and control Rachel will be working in for goal lood In the weird world of shock horror headlines, any- Otara, at Tupu, New Zealand’s By Duncan Hooper thing goes. The Morning Mule has caused apoplexy by only Youth Library, which was Winter has arrived in East Finchley and many residents announcing that the complaining classes are drinking built in 2001 to serve a largely are spending their Saturdays trotting over to Brent Cross more Californian Chardonnay than is good for them. Maori and Paciic Island popu- to buy warm clothes and early Christmas presents. Not This can only mean one thing: the moral elephants have lation. It might be the other side run out of easy targets. of the world, but we can check so Ankeet Khimasia, Dave Evans and Marc Scut who, armed with 36.5 inches of carbon composite stick, make It used to be easy for your average moral elephant: just go the library notice board to see out, ind out what the poor people are doing and stop them doing how she is getting on. the short journey to Whiteields School, North Finchley, to play hockey. it. Now they’re trampling over everything in the name of God, Polly Napper, of the East justice and the middle class way of life. Then it’s time for the Finchley Library Users Group, Their club, Mill Hill, draws irsts, despite a disappointing its players from across north relegation from the premier ground glass and vitriol letters demanding the return of logging whose children are among and a total ban on fun. The biter’s getting bit and I can’t stop Rachel’s customers, told us: London to compete in leagues league last season, are hoping stretching across Middlesex, to bounce straight back. And laughing. “This sounds exciting. She’s an It’s a long time since the sanctimonious got clobbered by the absolutely excellent librarian. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire although some of the team and Oxfordshire. The men’s seem to have attained the per- moral elephants. Normally they can drive through life in their fect bouncing physique over the four-wheel drives, double parking outside schools and complain- summer, Captain Pete Lazlett ing that smoking a cigarette in the same country as their perfect Christmas party invitation has set his hopes high. child is tantamount to murder. Not any more. Now you can light By Daphne Chamberlain “What we’re looking for up in front of them and when they complain ask them how much Are you 60 years old or more? Do you live in the area is a bit of climate change,” he wine they drink. Next time they complain about you knocking immediately around Bishop Douglass School: Hamilton, said. “Last year we had a bit back a four pack of ‘Old Brain Death’ you can point out that Manor Park or Brackenbury Roads, Sedgemere Avenue, of a drought up front but this South African wine is just as bad. Briar Close, the Thomas More Estate, or that particular season we’re aiming for a goal The hypocrites who talk about ‘responsible drinking’ and sneer lood.” at you for checking out the best value beer offers before settling bit of East End Road? With club record goal scorer down to watch the football have had it coming for a long time. If so, Year 10 pupils of for anyone who needs it. Ryan Schlanders hobbling about Not everyone wants to drink Californian Chardonnay and they Bishop Douglass School The pupils themselves have up front as lethal as ever, and certainly don’t want to be told off for having a fridge full of beer. are inviting you to a Christ- arranged fund-raising events a defence so experienced they So to see the elephants turning on each other and bickering about mas party on Wednesday 12 throughout the year to pay for still pay their match fees in shil- how much wine they are allowed to drink is enough to put a smile December. the party. They are organising lings, promotion nevertheless on anyone’s face. Yes, the sanctimonious classes are getting it Be at the school between the whole event, and will greet remains a real possibility. now. Revenge is sweet and mine’s a pint. 6pm and 6.30pm for a welcom- and wait on their guests. If you ing glass of sherry, followed by are a senior citizen local to the Women on the up a full three-course dinner with school, please let them know As for the ladies, both wine at 7pm. Then settle back if you would like to attend, sides have a stronger plat- to enjoy entertainment, plus telling them of any special form to build on than their a bingo session, and presents requirements. Telephone 020 male counterparts with the from Father Christmas. The 8444 6690, preferably before second team earning a well- school will organise transport the end of November. deserved promotion last year and the irsts picking up from a disappointing start to inish comfortably mid table. brera gardens All the teams welcome new players and anyone wish-   ing to get involved can contact ����� garden design maintenance ����� [email protected]  hard landscaping  interior plants & containers   or simply turn up to training at soft landscaping East Finchley based Compton Astroturf, off Sum- Stylish flowers Mob. 07939 557 934 Tel. 020 8365 3615 mers Lane, North Finchley, on Wednesdays from 8pm. LOOKING FOR A CAT ������������������� Unusual plants Many cats and kittens needing good homes; ����������������� some single, some in pairs. ������������ Beautiful accessories If you think you can help ���������������� get in touch with the local cat charity ������������������������ �������������������������� ANIMAL AID AND ADVICE 48 HIGH ROAD EAST FINCHLEY ��������������������������� ���฀����฀���� OR PHONE 7607 1723 ������������������������� LOOKING FOR HOMES ���฀����฀���฀����฀���������฀��฀��� 10 NOVEMBER 2007 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events SPORT & FITNESS Big Draw proves a big draw v Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers By Nicola Sim Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Finchley residents turned out in Summers Lane N12. New and force at Community Focus on Sat- experienced bowlers welcome. v Keep fit for the Retired on urday 13 October to take part in the Wednesdays, Christ Church N12. nationwide Campaign for Drawing Call Bridie 8883 5269 celebration, The Big Draw. vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings Ave, N10. New & experienced bowl- Proving that drawing doesn’t have to ers welcome. Tel: 8883 1178. involve a pencil, visitors of all ages and abili- vPilates in East Finchley, qualied ties collaborated with artist Orly Orbach to teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 create a working installation that took over vPilates class Wednesdays, 2.15- 3.15pm at Youth Theatre, N2. Ring the studios of artsdepot in North Finchley. Penny Hill 8444 2882. Participants experimented with giant vTae Kwon Do at The Green Man paintbrushes, food dyes, ink and printing Thursdays 7-9pm 07949 612 706 blocks and were inspired by mysterious vTennis club with four clay courts off Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. objects and words to devise their own sto- vWood Walk, meet 10am at Cherry ries or theatrical dramas. Tree Wood cafe on 1st & 2nd Mon of Friedi Baldeweg, a volunteer from East month for 1 hr walk, Call 8883 8750. Finchley, said: “There was an exceptional v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. Weekly drop-in classes - N2, N6, amount of enthusiasm and the atmosphere N10. Phone Judy on 8444 7783. was really friendly and encouraging. It was v Yoga, pregnancy yoga, medita- great to see people of every age enjoying tion classes at Holy Trinity Church. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 or visit expressing themselves through art.” www.stretchingpeople.co.uk Community Focus is a charity that spe- DANCE, DRAMA & cialises in creative and performing arts for all members of the Barnet community. CREATIVE ARTS Community Focus is running an Open Exhibition where you The Big Draw at Community Focus v Art Classes. For info call Henry on could get your art work put on show and even on sale. Anyone wish- 8888 5133. ing to submit their work should collect an application form from E-mail your listings to: v Ballroom Dance Classes, Wednes- day eves for beginners & improvers . St the charity’s ofice on level 2 at artsdepot or download it from the Whats On... [email protected] Marys Church Hall, N3. 8444 0280. website www.communityfocus.co.uk. The exhibition will be open to Monday 5 November v Club Dramatika drama club for the public at artsdepot from 10am to 5pm on 10 - 14 December. Firework Display at Martin Primary School, Plane Tree Walk, 6pm. kids. Call 8883 7110. v Creative writing classes in informal, Saturday 10 November friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose Spike Milligan Statue Fund Raising Evening; On the Home Front by 0208 444 7217 Va-va ZUM H&S Productions, a look at life in wartime Britain in story and song. East v East Finchley Writers Group Crea- By Betti Blatman Finchley Constitutional Club, The Walks, 7.30pm. tive writing 6.30pm every Weds at the On 21 September the original gypsy-tango band ZUM Sunday 11 November Old White Lion. Contact Carola 8883 East Finchley Farmers Market. 10am-2pm at Martin Primary School, High 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. brought their stunning new show to North Finchley’s Road, N2. Call Wayne Atkinson on 077 579 808 48 or visit www.green- v East Finchley Writing Workshops. Trinity Church Centre. There was phenomenal iddling artisan.org.uk. poetry writing monthly on Saturdays. from Adam Summerhayes, sensational jazz soloing from Hampstead Garden Suburb Horticultural Societys Fungus Foray on Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. Dave Gordon on piano, awesome bass virtuosity from Jani Hampstead Heath, guided by an expert. Meet 10am at The Wells Pub, Well v Line dancing Tuesdays from Walk, Hampstead, NW3. Cost £5. Children under 16 must be accompanied 8.30pm at The Constitutional Club. Pensola, stunning accordion mastery from Eddie Hession by an adult; under 10s free. No dogs. Details from Michael Franklin on Call Maureen 8440 8530. 020 8458 5846 or [email protected]. v Memory Lane Singing Club - a and supreme lyricism from cellist Chris Grist. communal singing club. Call Idit East Finchley Methodist Church concert, High Road, 8pm; pianist Colin Each musician entered the hall for a new album, were inspired Wharton plays Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin and Gershwin. Free Gold 8458 4508. separately, adding their instru- by their recent tour of mid-west v Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ admission. Collection in aid of Asthma UK. This venue is fully accessible Church, North Finchley. Every Weds, ment’s music to the culmination USA and played Roof Top High- to people with disabilities. 1pm. 020 8444 0280. of a jazzy interpretation of tango way, which featured Cajun and Wednesday 14 Saturday 17 November v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist which then became interwoven Zydeco inluence. Southgate Opera presents Kismet, at Wyllyotts Centre, Darkes Lane, Pot- Church. Call 8883 4070 for info. with bluesy and passionate There was a wonderful ters Bar, EN6 2HN. 7.30pm every evening, and 2.30pm Saturday matinee. v Street Dance every Tuesday at Old Call 01707 645 005, or see www.scopera.co.uk. Barn for children of various ages gypsy sounds with seductive interaction between all the Contact Lorna 07976 203669. beats, chilled grooves, pumping musicians, with separate melo- Saturday 17 November v Symphonic Wind Orchestra rhythms and cataclysmic frenzy. dies merging in a fabulous inale Muswell Hill Craft Fair, an excellent place for Christmas shopping, 10am- 4pm, Tetherdown Hall, Tetherdown, N10. In support of North London Contact Caroline Egan 8340 2706 All ZUM’s music is written of Toe Tapper for Jessie. The v Tap Dance for children beginning Hospice. Jewellery, pottery, scarves, woodwork, bags and stained glass at Old Barn every Monday, Contact and arranged by Adam Sum- audience’s standing ovation products, as well as Christmas cards and decorations. Admission £1 for Sharon 8349 4613 merhayes and Dave Gordon. expressed their delight at the adults. The group, who are preparing explosive performance. Christmas Sale at the RSPCA Small Animal Clinic, Market Place, N2, CLUBS & SOCIAL 12noon-3pm. v Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green Man Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5459 Sunday 18 November v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the Give me Moore Art Fair, East Finchley Open annual event, 10.30am-4pm, Martin Pri- Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. By Linda Dolata mary School, Plane Tree Walk, off High Road, N2. Original and affordable v EF National Childbirth Trust work by local artists, many different arts and crafts. Refreshments. See ww contact Joanna 8883 0941 or joanna- Until the end of March there is a unique exhibition of the w.eastfinchleyopen.org.uk. Free admission with suggested £1 donation to [email protected] sculptures of Henry Moore at Kew Gardens. It is the irst neighbourhood charity Contact. v Finchley & District Philatelic time a display of this size has ever been attempted. There Thursday 29 November Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 The Finchley Society hosts a talk by John Rickard on The Statue of La v Finchley Jazz Club 12 & 26 Nov at are 28 pieces in all, some brought from their usual loca- Delivrance (The Naked Lady): an enquiry into its history. 8pm at Avenue 8pm, Wilf Slack Cricket Pavilion, East House, East End Road, N3. All welcome. £2 entry for non-members. End Rd, N3. tion in Perry Green, Hertfordshire, where Moore lived v Friendly Rubber Bridge at The Old and worked, others from more distant locations. It will Thursday 6, Friday 7 and Saturday 8 December Barn. Contact 8349 4613 be many years, if ever, before such a huge and impressive The Guild Players present The Fumblings at Friars Bottom. 7.45pm at v Friends of Cherry Tree Wood. exhibition is mounted, so do make time to go and see it. Ballards Lane Methodist Church Hall, N3. Telephone 020 8346 6337. www.cherrytreewood.co.uk or call Friday 7 December 020 8883 7544. Moore intended his pieces to stand in space so that they could Friends of Barnet Libraries host a talk by Mrs K. Lansbury on dyslexia. 11am v Haringey Recorded Music Society be seen from all angles, and this is precisely what Kew has been 12 noon at East Finchley Library. Refreshments. Everyone welcome. informal meetings locally. Call David able to do. The individual sites have been chosen with great care, Mouldon on 8361 1696. Saturday 8 December v Highgate Film Society, contact and not only do the sculptures enhance Kew, but the gardens add Special charity performance of A Christmas Carol in aid of Noahs Ark Admin Oce 8340 3343 or email: to the pieces and allow the viewer really to see them. Childrens Hospice, Chickenshed Theatre Company, Southgate, 3.30pm. [email protected] . There are events on at Kew throughout the year. For more Tickets £15 (£13 concs) from 020 8449 8877. v North London Bridge Club, Muswell information visit the website at www.kew.org. Saturday 15 December Hill. Contact 8348 3495 North London Chorus celebrates 30 glorious years with a programme of v Muswell Hill and Highgate choral classics: Messiah Part I, Pergolesi Magnificat, Bach Cantata BWV 133 Pensioners Action Group Call Bob and Schoenberg Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth); St Michaels Church, Cottingham on 8444 7635. Stallholders required for v Muswell Hill Tetherdown Bridge, Highgate, N6, at 7pm. Tickets from 020 8883 8123 or from Les Aldrich contact 8883 4390 Music Shop, 98 Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, N10. Retiring collection v Old Barn pre-school club, contact Winter Fayre for the North London Hospice. 8349 4613/1961 Are you interested in you would be happy to donate Whats On at artsdepot, North Finchley v Parent & Toddler Group, Green we would be delighted to hear Theres Something About Simmy, Tuesday 6 November Saturday 10 Man Centre, Julia 8444 2276 holding a stall at the East November, 7.30pm; More of Me - Stephen K Amos, Thursday 8 Novem- v Probus Lunch Club for retired Finchley Winter Fayre at from you . ber, 8pm; Claire Martin, Sunday 11 November, 8pm; Tango Siempre professionals. Call John 8883 8114. Martin Primary School on Stall hire is £20 with all presents Tango:Nuevo, Wednesday 14 November, 8pm; London Jazz Fes- v Stepping Stones, interactive play session Saturday 8th December? proceeds going to East Finchley tival, Voices / Body / Space / Beat, Friday 16 November, 6pm; Creative for under 3s. Karen 07957 278860. Routes 07 - Inspired by the work of Raymond Briggs, Friday 16 November vSwampRock live music events. See If you have something to Neighbourhood Contact. For further information or to reserve Sunday 13 January 2008; London Jazz Festival, Juliet Kelly, Sunday www.swamprock.org.uk sell (art & crafts) or a talent to 18 November, 8pm; Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company presents The v in the Alexandra Traditional Music share (magician, facepainting) your space please contact Sian Dancers Cut, Thursday 22 November, 8pm; Moishes Bagel, Wednesday pub, Church Lane from 8.30.pm on the or Tareshia on 8444 1162. last Thursday of evry month. or, alternatively,have anything 28 November, 8pm. 11 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 NOVEMBER 2007 Letters November at the Windsor’s a hidden treasure Phoenix Dear Editor, By Paul Homer, Phoenix Cinema general manager I have recently moved back to East Finchley, and my local pub is the Cate Blanchett reprises her role as Queen Elizabeth in Windsor Castle just off Church Lane. The Golden Age which opens November at the Phoenix. I can’t help noticing how quiet it is in It’s another wonderfully rich ilm about the Royal court there and I suspect that people new in Tudor England under one of the country’s greatest to the area just don’t realise that it is monarchs. Very ably supported by Geoffrey Rush and there as it is a bit hidden away. our own local hero Clive Owen, the ilm is sure to delight This is an absolutely super little pub audiences with its grand sets, resplendent costumes and with lots to offer, including a pretty beer garden (so somewhere for smokers) that wonderful locations. you would not know was there unless Our second main feature of jeeling Limited shares much of its you go through the pub. There’s also a the month is a complete con- style with Anderson’s previous comfy bar, decent food, real ales, friendly trast to The Golden Age. The ilms The Life Aquatic, The Royal staff and a safe atmosphere so that, as adaptation of Monica Ali’s Tenebaums and Rushmore. There a single female, I feel quite comfortable novel Brick Lane, opening on are great performances by Owen to sit and read the paper. 16 November, relects modern Wilson, Jason Schwartzman and Best of all in my opinion, it is Britain through the eyes of the Adrian Brody as three long-lost not dominated by a giant TV screen community in Whitechapel. It’s brothers who take a journey on blaring out the latest scores, although full of genuine warmth in its the Darjeeling Limited train there is a perfectly good set, so that portrayal of Nazneen and her across India and in doing so you can keep a weather eye on what family. The ilm is one of the remember the times they have Artists Clare, left, and Denise in front of their work at the exhibition is going on in the sporting world. irst to tackle with real intel- been through as siblings. It’s It’s a great place for a civilised ligence the theme of multi- smart, wacky, poignant, and in South Carolina. Photograph by Dawn Powell meeting with friends. Please, culturalism. While there will comes with a fantastic soundtrack readers, give it a go, be many to follow, few will be - certainly one of the ilms of the Art with a purpose Yours faithfully as strong as this ilm. year for me. By Dawn Powell Linda Dolata Opening on 23 November is The Phoenix box ofice is on Address supplied East Finchley artist Denise Wyllie visited the United the latest from the fantastically 020 8444 6789 and our website States in September to help promote awareness of Which is your favourite pub in talented Wes Anderson. The Dar- is www.phoenixcinema.co.uk. East Finchley? Get in touch and tell ovarian cancer. Denise and her art partner Clare O’Hagan us why. Write to The Archer, PO Box exhibited their work at a gallery in Charleston, South 3699, London N2 8JA or email the- Hallelujah for the North Carolina, for Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. [email protected]. The exhibition showed a Through the OCNA, a US based Send your correspondence range of their mixed media organisation, their work is used pieces on Rosalind Franklin, a regularly to support campaigns to: “Letters Page”, London Chorus By Marian Bunzl scientist who made a signiicant to raise awareness about ovarian The Archer, PO Box 3699, Next month, the North London Chorus will celebrate (and for a long time, unrecog- cancer. The contacts they have London N2 8JA or e-mail th nised) contribution to the dis- made from being involved with [email protected]. its 30 birthday with a special concert of Christmas Advent music, including Handel’s Messiah (part 1), covery of DNA. Franklin’s sci- the alliance led to their exhibition Letters without verifiable entiic career was tragically cut in Charleston. contact addresses will not be Bach, Pergolesi. Oh, and Schoenberg. short when she died of ovarian The exhibition was success- reviewed or printed. Contact Yes, we linched too, but keeping the bar open after the cancer at the age of only 37. ful as it raised funds for the details can be withheld, however, actually it is very user friendly concert and ARCHER readers on request at publication. Denise says their work on Ovarian Cancer Foundation to singers and audience alike. along with their partners will Franklin is an example of their as well as general awareness In fact, it is quite stunning and be welcome to a free glass of philosophy of making ‘art of rel- of ovarian cancer. The local ��������฀�������� only lasts for 10 minutes. mulled wine and a mince pie evance, substance and beauty.’ press took an interest and the We are inviting former or two. This is not the irst time their pair even appeared on local TV Certified organic meat members to come along and, The concert takes place work has been used to raise station Low Country Live to talk at reasonable prices as a grand inale, join us in at St Michael’s Church, awareness of ovarian cancer. about their work. Denise says: Free-range poultry raising the roof with the Hal- Highgate, at 7pm on Saturday For the past three years, their art “It was scary but everyone was lelujah Chorus (not strictly in 15 December. work has been awarded to winners very welcoming.” Home-made sausages part 1, but one can’t have the Tickets are available on 020 of the Rosalind Franklin Excel- Denise and Clare are now (including Boerwors) Messiah without the Hallelujah 8883 8123 or from Les Aldrich lence in Ovarian Cancer Research working on a short documen- �฀��������฀������� Chorus). Music Shop, 98 Fortis Green Award, established by the Ovar- tary about the people they met ian Cancer National Alliance. in Charleston. ������฀������฀������฀��� May we invite you to cel- Road, Muswell Hill, N10 (020 ebrate with us? We shall be 8883 5631). ����฀���฀����฀���� Institute table-top sale ����฀�������฀���� By Lucy Chamberlin The Institute held a ‘table-top shop’ at its High Road venue ���������� on Saturday 29 September. Two of its ground loor rooms �������������฀���฀����� were illed with stallholders and their wares. ������฀������฀��฀������� This time round the funds went to the Arts Centre, but other ������������������������������������ charities may be supported in the future. The idea is to make the ��฀����฀�����฀������฀��฀��� sale a regular event, held on the last Saturday of every month. The

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We wake of essential commodities and are up while it is still dark to eat, eager to respond to their needs. pray, and make our ‘intention’ of Therefore during Ramadan Mus- fasting for the Almighty. We fast lims are expected to give zakat, the from before dawn till sunset. money we give annually to ‘purify’ Non-Muslim friends wonder what we earn in the year. how much of a hardship fasting It is wonderful to sit around is. In fact, to go without food or the table waiting to break our drink is only one aspect, and it is fast. Our irst morsel is usually a no sackcloth and ashes routine. date, an instant pick-me-up with Looking inwards its sugar content. And of course I loved my caffeine-laden tea that What is important is this is Rachel Kolsky on the Great Wall of China. Photograph by Brian Merison a month of extra prayers and followed. asking Allah’s forgiveness. We Thirty days of fasting are fol- cannot expect Allah’s forgive- lowed by the celebration of Eid ul N2 message spans the world ness if we are not aware of the Fitr. It is wonderful to see all age They were a long way from home but that didn’t stop two sets of travellers proudly pain and sorrow we may have groups and many different nation- wearing their ‘I N2’ shirts. caused others. Therefore this is alities in their inery greeting each The Solomon family, of Bedford Road, a time of great introspection and other at the mosque and praying wore theirs on holiday in South Africa. Mike, of re-assessing our lives. together. It is a day of thanksgiv- Rosie, Zack and Hilary got some funny looks Our fasting teaches us ing, gifts for children and visiting as they drove along the main coastal highway self-awareness, patience and elders amongst family and friends, between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The humility. It proves we have feasting and festivity. road is called the ‘N2’. strength to adapt to a different Another Eid follows in two While China is soon to bask in all the routine (easier said than done; months and ten days time. But publicity surrounding the 2008 Olympics I certainly missed the caffeine that, my friends, is another land- at least some of China is now aware that mark in the Muslim calendar. input). N2 itself has plenty to offer after Rachel Watch this space. Kolsky wore hers on a trip to the Great Wall, near Beijing. Rachel was on a group trip, which Behind the barricades included another East Finchley resident, A politically passionate book taking readers behind the Brian Merison, on a journey from Beijing scenes of the Spanish Civil War is to be republished to Tibet. this month. Behind the Spanish Barricades is eminent The N2 shirts and other items are part of the journalist John Langdon-Davies’s eyewitness account of The photo is of Mike, Rosie and Zack Solomon in campaign to promote East Finchley, its shops, the ighting that swept through Spain in 1936. Capetown Botanical Gardens. Photo by Hilary Solomon. restaurants and arts and leisure facilities. His experiences led the writer to establish the Plan International Receptionist Required for New Chiropractic Clinic charity to provide displaced and Opening shortly in High Road, East Finchley orphaned children with food and shelter. Celebrating its 70th birth- day this year, Plan now works ~This is an excellent opportunity for a self motivated person to join Est 1988 our Chiropractic and Sports Injury Clinic, which offers a wide with more than a million children CCTV in 49 developing countries. range of therapy treatments. 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