www.hgs.org.uk Issue 145 · 2021

PULL OUT AND KEEP DIRECTORY OF SUBURB INFORMATION 2021 HGS Residents Association

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hgsra.uk EMMA HOWARD

Tentatively looking towards the horizon

alking across the Heath sublime” she immediately replied. and see the bigger picture, the concentrating on our immediate WExtension in early January It was the start of a brand new panoramic vistas. surrounds, demarcated by those 2020, I was struck, as always, by decade and we were all blissfully Just over a year later on another two metres? the sight of St. Jude’s spire rising unaware of everything 2020 walk across the Heath Extension, Now, with the vaccine here in the distance from Central would bring. St. Jude’s spire again comes into at last and a remarkably fast Square where the first clod of So many aspects of our lives view. I send another photo to my rollout programme, there is a earth was upturned to create have changed since then. Social friend. “The Suburb in a Covid real prospect of winning the the Hampstead Garden Suburb. distancing and wearing of masks Winter” I type. “…and still sublime” war against coronavirus. As we Waiting for the inevitable – some are only able to visit the Suburb fleetingly. It looked particularly majestic have forced us to exist in a two- she replies. It is indeed. cautiously start to emerge from Whilst they have the time, they soak up it’s beauty, serenity and, eventually... the sun! See back page for our Suburb Snow pictorial. against a cold but clear blue sky metre vacuum. We circumnavigate I stop for a moment to take it a third national lockdown, and I sent a photo to a friend in one another, carefully negotiating in. Looking out into the distance following the Government’s New York. She had fallen for the the space between us in fear of at the familiar Suburb skyline, it roadmap, maybe, just maybe, NOAH’S ARK CHILDREN’S HOSPICE Suburb’s charm when she had getting too close. Spending dawns on me this view has it’s time for us to all start, albeit stayed with us some years ago disproportionate amounts of remained unchanged, constant, tentatively, to look out towards and enjoyed the photos I sent time at home, interacting via proof that some aspects of our the horizon and reacquaint whilst on my dog walks. I knew screens, we have all become pre-covid lives might not be ourselves with that bigger picture, she’d love this one. “The Suburb rather insular. It’s difficult to altogether lost after all. Perhaps those panoramic vistas? in Winter” I typed. “Totally look out towards the horizon we were all just too busy SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY RA chooses Noah’s Ark to support in 2021

he RA Council has chosen to and support in north London no NHS or local govern-ment as possible. It supports families Tsupport Noah’s Ark Children’s for babies, children and young funding. The majority of the and helps them to face the Hospice based in Barnet as its people with life-limiting or life- children they support are future with hope after their local community charity of the threatening conditions and unlikely to reach their eighteenth child has died. year in 2021. This hospice has provided much needed help to birthdays. The hospice enables In early 2020, the hospice for many years provided care their families. The charity receives these children to live life as fully was asked to accelerate the opening of their new hospice facility called The Ark in Barnet to help relieve pressure on NHS to receive support from the antibiotics. He clung onto life CAN WE PLEASE BE YOUR facilities struggling to cope with Hospice’s trained professional with family and medical support, CANCAN WE WEPLEASE BE YOUR BE YOUR the huge demands arising from staff. For families dealing with but I know how much difference ‘SOUL’ AGENT? Covid and the need to keep the constant demands and worry family-focussed professional ‘SOUL’SOUL AGENT? AGENT? these highly vulnerable children of looking after a child needing support in those bleak weeks ‘SOUL’ AGENT? in a Covid free environment. such a lot of care and often would have made to him and We understand that your home is much more than just a house, it We understand that your home is much more than just a house. It is The new premises include suffering great pain, the facilities my family, although fortunately is a sanctuary for your family, and meeting place, if you will, which Weusually understand also a sanctuary that your for home your is family much -more a happy than place, just aif house. you will It is - accommodation for the ill available here to support them he survived with few lasting presumably is rich in nostalgia and happy memories. children as well as for their in their hours of need and side effects. usually also a sanctuaryrich in for nostalgia your family and memories.- a happy place, if you will - rich in nostalgia and memories. families. There are wonderful darkness are so amazing, But for the Noah’s Ark families It may also be yourrich largest in nostalgia tax-free and asset, memories. but this is quite separate spaces including a sensory room, combined with the care from there is no brighter dawn when Not only is it normally the largest tax-free asset in the family, but it Notfrom only the is it fact normally that it theoccupies largest a verytax-free important asset in partthe family,of your but it a music room, a soft play area and the professionals and volunteers their child recovers and leads a Not onlydoes is occupy it normally an important theheart largest partand tax-free soul.of the assetheart inand the the family, soul. but it a specially designed playground. involved. It is almost impossible normal life again, and this does occupy an important part of the heart and the soul. An interfaith prayer room and to imagine how such families impacts on every member of the WeWe most appreciate certainly and understand empathise the with importance you the emotional and emotional wrench wrench that bereavement facilities are also cope, but this wonderful family and also on the parents’ movingWethat appreciate moving home can home and cause empathise can and represent we with would toyou likea familythe to emotional be and your we ‘Soul’ wrenchshare Agent and that to there to help support families hospice full of light and hope ability to work meaning that moving home can cause and we would like to be your ‘Soul’ Agent to in their time of great need. will make a big difference. When they often live in poverty. But empathisemoving home with canyour cause concerns,manage and wethe if wouldyouprocess allow like for tous you. beto yourbe your ‘Soul’ ‘Soul Agent Agent’. to manage the process for you. As RA Chair, I visited the my younger brother was 9, he (continued on page 2) manage the process for you. charity’s state-of-the-art hospice suffered major complications WeMuch are to presently our surprise doing in a theremarkable post lockdown amount era, of businesswe have soldin your or letarea, a building in November and was following a playground accident. significantpostWe lockdown.are presently number Please doing of feelhomes a remarkablefree in to the talk Suburb, toamount us about at of remarkably businessthese “moving in good your issues”.prices. area, hugely impressed by its light A huge abscess on the brain post lockdown. Please feel free to talk to us about these “moving issues”. and modern facilities set in the behind his left eye caused grounds of a nature reserve. At blinding headaches; swollen eyes CELEBRATINGCELEBRATING OVEROVER the time of my visit a child had and blindness, and he became CELEBRATING CELEBRAOVERTING OVER tragically recently died at the partially paralysed. Like many Hospice but his family had all ill children he was also having YEARSYEAR STRADING TRADING been able to spend time with numerous fits; he went into YEARS TRADING YEARS TRADING him. They were able to support anaphylactic shock after being and comfort each other and the given a penicillin injection child in his last days, as well as despite a known allergy to Arif Hussein 1957-2021 John Mathias 1935 - 2021

her chair – despite being bitten hen the universal reaction by her two dachshunds. Wto news of someone’s death Every Christmas, for years, is: ‘he was such a lovely man’, Arif delivered a full Christmas you know that man was someone dinner to a close friend’s daughter very special. John Mathias was whose parents were vegetarians, someone very special and, just so she could have her meat although he had been suffering dishes. He wouldn’t sit down to from ill health for some time, it eat with us until he had delivered came as a shock that Covid-19 it to her. ended his life on 11th January. In March 2020 when the A proud Welshman, John was first lockdown was announced, born in Gorseinon, South West Arif delivered homemade pakoras Wales. He studied at University to 25 HGS isolating households. College London and did his And again in April, and May. medical training at University Each time the list grew bigger. College Hospital. His long career The May delivery coincided with as an anaesthetist began at Ramadan yet Arif still spent the UCH, during which time he was day cooking and distributing called up for National Service. food to others whilst fasting. After UCH he moved on via the In October 2020 Arif and I Whittington to St Thomas’s sold our beloved Apple Tree Hospital, where his career ranged Cottage and temporarily rented from Senior House Officer to a house in Edmunds Walk, N2. Consultant Anaesthetist. He and Within days Arif had made firm Sonia, a nurse, met over coffee friends with our new neighbours, in the Casualty kitchen at UCH gave his time, advice and loyalty as Chair of Fellowship House. cooking pakoras for them. and were married in 1960. They to help friends and neighbours. Although it was a no risk step Tragically, Arif passed away lived in Mill Hill before moving He had a great sense of fun and for Fellowship, it was a surprising Arif Hussein, Summer 2019 from Covid-19 in January to the Suburb in 1994; quickly will be sadly missed. and courageous move for John before we could choose our new putting down roots and making MARJORIE HARRIS to agree to be inserted at the here do you begin? Empathy, at Pinewood Studios. ‘Kaos’ was home together. many friends. John loved sailing, top of an organisation he knew generosity, warmth, utter a combination of the initials of W KATHRYN WOLFE cricket and travelling and was ohn was a great character with little about. Added to that, we devotion to our two children, and my name, his name and the an accomplished water-colourist. a marvellous sense of humour were right in the middle of the eternal love as a husband. ‘Can names of our children, Omar J The family have set up a fund- He left the gardening to Sonia. and always at the forefront of expansion project. do’ attitude, popular chef and and Soraya. raising site in Arif’s name supporting I first met John when I was our events and shows – he was On the Committee he was a host, first and last on the dance Arif wanted to give new the construction of a series of water out canvassing as a Lib Dem for the best roadie when it came to beacon of calm and gentle floor, charming smile. writers a chance and created the wells in countries where they are Barnet Council. After knocking the audio/visual system. He was humour. He skilfully kept every- Multi-talented actor, director, British Short Screenplay Compe- desperately needed, something which on his door with no reply, we a constant source of information one together especially when screen writer/film producer. Elegant, tition described as “the best and was close to Arif’s heart. were moving on when a silver- and always willing to share his feelings ran a bit high, at times. handsome, a true gentleman. The the most prestigious screenplay www.gofundme.com/f/the-arif- haired gentleman with a big incredible knowledge and John was never afraid to roll up witty raconteur, unconditional competition in the world” by hussein-project smile came rushing out of his experience with a huge smile his sleeves and he managed to good deeds for others. Sir Kenneth Branagh. It was the house after us saying he had a and never a negative thought or master the labyrinthine mysteries Arif made people feel special. only screenplay competition that The full obituary is held in the particular question that needed backward glance. We will miss of the audio visual system with So many have told me that Arif made the winning screenplay HGS Heritage Virtual Museum, a particular answer if he was to him terribly and he will be a the ease of a professional. People was their best friend. He was my into a 35mm short film, and Arif visit: hgsra.uk/vm/arifhussein. vote for me! We met again hard act to follow at our HGS will remember his approach to best friend, and my husband for won dozens of international film when he and Sonia joined the Horticultural Society events. A everything – unflustered and 24 years, by my side for 29 years. awards for those he produced. Horticultural Society, later real bloke and irreplaceable. self-effacing, his inability to His achievements could fill a Arif was particularly affected becoming joint membership DAVID BROOME speak ill of anyone and most of book, but here is a brief snapshot. by news stories about refugees. Noah’s Ark secretaries. Even after retiring all, his great sense of humour. A Arif was born in Singapore He researched families who from Hort Soc, John helped was really saddened to hear the good man who will be much but young Arif, his mother and suffered a terrible fate in the Children’s keep the Hort Soc show on the news of John’s death. I really missed by all. his siblings were caught in border Mediterranean where out of I road in so many ways. didn’t know very much about ANDREW BOTTERILL fighting near their home-town 500 refugees all but 10 drowned. Hospice John was Chair of Fellowship John or his earlier professional of Lahore and placed in Shalamar Arif tracked down the survivors House from 2015-2020. He was life until we approached him The full obituary is held in the Gardens refugee camp for six scattered across the world, met (continued from page 1) a very practical man, who could after strong recommendations HGS Heritage Virtual Museum, months in 1965. The family were with them, and contacted more can still be done to support fix anything for anyone and freely from all sides in 2015 to step in visit: hgsra.uk/vm/johnmathias. reunited with his father in April Hollywood producers. He wanted these children and their carers. 1969 in the UK when Arif was 11. to give the survivors a voice. This The hospice needs funding to These early experiences of resulted in Arif being signed up complete and fit out a hydro- being displaced, fatherless and as Executive Producer with therapy pool for these ill Lest We Forget... homeless never left Arif, and Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams children to enjoy in the become a crucial part of his on a joint feature film project to presence of their families and a Holocaust Memorial Day work in later life. be produced by Paramount. We professional staff member. It is The expectation at his hope this film will be his legacy. n 27 January 2021 candles The Prince of Wales is a patron. humbling to think that these ill Wolverhampton school was that In October 1998 we moved were lit to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day takes children are often unable to O pupils would become locksmiths to the Suburb and spent 23 the 76th Year of the liberation place on 27 January each year enjoy the simple pleasure of at 16 years. Arif gained academic happy years in Erskine Hill of Auschwitz. ‘Be the light in and is a time to remember the child’s bath time as most qualifications and spent two bringing up Omar and Soraya. the darkness’ was the theme for millions of people murdered domestic accommodation is years travelling the world. He Arif quickly established the day which was organised by during the Holocaust, under not geared up to providing this attended Mountview Theatre himself as the hospitable and The Holocaust Memorial Day Nazi Persecution as well as the in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia for a child with acute physical School, and in 1984 founded the helpful neighbour. When our Trust of which His Royal Highness people killed in the genocides and Darfur. www.hmd.org.uk/. needs. We are therefore fund- Alma Mater Theatre Company next door neighbour fell over in raising towards the cost of a touring UK, Europe and USA for her house and was unable to hydrotherapy pool at the six years. open the door, Arif climbed in Hospice to allow children, In 2001 Arif set up Kaos Films, through a very small window and Dr Joshua Rusnak has looked many physically disabled and a film production company based carried our neighbour safely to Aylmer Parade Vet in chronic pain, to enjoy the a er the health of Northwest relieving and liberating benefits modern medicine, traditional values London’s pets for over twenty that hydrotherapy offers. We are looking for support years. Today, he maintains the THE ART from the Suburb community to same dedication to providing help fund the hydrotherapy pool independent, professional care OF INSURANCE. which will cost around £50,000 to complete and equip. of the highest standard for Do you own a collection or a stand-alone Every donation made will be your pet. piece of art? For an instant quote and cover, matched by the RA to a maximum go to our new online quote and buy facility at: of £10,000, meaning that at least £20,000 would be raised for the We have our own laboratory in www.loveartinsurance.co.uk charity. Please give generously via www.charityextra.com/hgsra. the practice, with state of the art Call the Art Team: You can give via credit or equipment on site. is allows 020 8353 8902 debit card. For those wishing to us to make accurate assessments give money by CAF, bank General enquiries: transfer or other charitable trust of your pet’s illness, in most 020 8658 4334 funds, please click on the cases without the need to go to DONATE button which will a referral centre. Our modern We’ve got you covered. offer you the chance of giving via ‘Other Donation Methods’ X-ray facility and high-level Brownhill Insurance Group Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct and someone from the Hospice Authority, registered number 306131. 17 Aylmer Parade, London, N2 0PE expertise, means we can carry team will ring you back to discuss. For those needing help please www.aylmerparadevet.com out even specialised techniques contact me on 8458 3883 or 020 3935 8811 when needed to help diagnosis. YEARS [email protected]. EMMA HOWARD 2 SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS New opportunities in lockdown Cooking up a storm Happiness is... an allotment Socially

hen Gill Roberts decided BRIAN ROBERTS ’ve always loved being outside beds and thinner paths, including allotment was a sad and distanced Wto retire in 2019 from a 40 I in nature, but I only really got some artistic new path-laying by neglected place. Really getting year career of teaching cookery, into gardening two years ago me. And I’ve put my crafting skills to grips with it, planting things, croquet it was her wish to be with her after a visit to Japan, where I fell to practical use with two macrame losing them to slugs, planting soon-to-arrive first grandchild. in love with the gardens of Kyoto bean frames, the fancier of the two them again, eventually and She also imagined there would and the national obsession with featuring some disco-sparkling hopefully watching actual be more time to devote to the flower viewing seasons. So, when hula hoops. useful veg emerge, has been children’s cookery lessons and I got back, I started small with In the process I’ve made good very rewarding and a good parties she ran from home, and the front garden. Fast forward friends with the local robins, excuse to nip away from my to catering for large functions to now and the front garden met several cats and a fox, and ironing board desk at regular such as significant birthdays looks passable – and actually, it even had a show-down with a intervals to get some sunshine, and canape parties. But whilst is a delight to be watching the free-ranging dog (Boris, fittingly sneak in some watering and Covid derailed these culinary alliums and peonies bloom from a small blond poodle). I’ve enjoy the fresh air. It’s also been plans it did not diminish her the sitting room, which has now learned all sorts of new knotting a lovely way to connect with love of cookery. What was needed become my office (complete with skills, picked up the odd bit of neighbours – swapping seeds was a re-think. ironing board standing desk) carpentry, got sunburnt in April, and seedlings and jam and cake Her first initiative was to for the foreseeable future. So, and eaten my first batch of with appropriate social distancing ntil the summer of 2020 I, start offering meals to locals thoroughly infected with the home-grown pak choi. measures in place. Ulike many, had an image of who were shielding and could gardening bug and with the I’ve loved watching the Thanks to the allotment, I croquet as a gentle and somewhat no longer enjoy regular visits to arrival of lockdown, taking on season progress over the months couldn’t be happier. Lockdown sedate pastime. When joining their favourite restaurants or the new challenge of my stepdad’s of lockdown alongside progress has been a chance to stay home Fellowship’s Croquet Club I were just fed up with cooking the highest tiered restrictions? allotment became the number on the plot. It’s amazing thinking and focus on things that couldn’t expected afternoons of fresh air and wanted a break. So, a menu Well, if Joe Wicks can teach work- one priority in attempting to back to when lockdown started be more rewarding. I’m sure the and very good (socially distanced) of individual dishes was created outs on YouTube maybe cookery make it through the pandemic – the leaves were just starting to slugs are delighted! company. This was true, of for a simple supper or when put could work out too? So, after sane and happy. pop out on the trees and the MAVIS MCKENZIE course, but I had not anticipated together could form a special some fiendish IT challenges and In previous years my allotment the confusing croquet jargon, meal for a birthday or anniversary. immense anxiety, Gill started her jobs have mostly been the tidy the match tactics required or The demand took a while to cookery classes on Zoom. And so things, like growing fancy the sheer competitiveness! build up but soon Gill was far, it seems to be a great success. Italian tomato seeds. But this All standards of player can carrying her wicker basket full The children are in their own year lockdown has been exactly join in and enjoy the game – of tasty morsels around the kitchens and are supervised the impetus my mum and I mixing and matching the Suburb streets like a latter-day during the call by their parents needed to really get our hands inexperienced with the experts Red Riding Hood. Word got out or nannies. The menu is sent in dirty. We’ve seized control of gives every couple/team the and soon a car was needed for advance with the ingredients the plot and spent all our chance of winning. As a beginner, those further afield and a meals- and utensils required, together weekends toiling away clearing however, I soon decided even on-wheels-type service was born. with the meeting invite. There some of the vast network of more fun was to be had if I What a joy to get out of the was a thought that the children bindweed that underpinned played a little better and so house! And delivering the dishes would be Zoomed out after their the entire plot. We’ve used our started to practice in the back gave Gill the chance of getting schoolwork, but it seems that precious hour of daily outdoor garden; I even resorted to watching to know the families, make new doing something practical is a time to prowl the skips of the croquet matches on You Tube! friends and share news during welcome change from academic Suburb for useful bits and bobs, What started as a mild interest the pandemic. studies. And, just maybe, a few and as a result now have four had become an engrossing sport. But how could Gill possibly new budding MasterChefs will pallet composts and two raised To join Fellowship’s croquet continue with her children’s be inspired during this very beds. We’ve redrawn the map of club, you can contact Chris Page cookery lessons and parties which strange time of ours! the allotment to make it a bit on 8455 2785. were not allowed as we entered BRIAN ROBERTS more navigable – with narrower JACKIE MURPHY Temple Fortune Health Centre’s vaccination hub PHOTOS: LUISA PETTIGREW

expect many of our readers be safely vaccinated at speed, of need), as well as security staff vaccine and deal with copious I will either already have attended the TFHC team decided that a and volunteer marshals to help paperwork. They included several Temple Fortune Health Centre special purpose vaccination people find their way. retired clinicians and practice (TFHC) for their Covid vaccination centre in the staff car park The vaccination centre opened managers who have volunteered or will know someone who has. located under the building was in the first week of January and their time to help the vaccination TFHC was one of the first GP-led called for. Marquees were hired is serving many Suburb residents campaign. This has been a healthcare centres to receive the to provide suitable temporary as well as other locals, since the Herculean effort by all TFHC brand-new Pfizer BioNTech and accommodation comprising a Health Centre is acting as a hub staff and some of you may have then the AstraZeneca vaccine reception area plus several for seven GP practices in the seen the feature on BBC1’s for administration. vaccination cubicles and a area. Local healthcare and care Panorama programme about it. They started giving injections marquee to deal with people in home workers have also been Local volunteers have provided in the surgery, however, due to the wheelchairs or with mobility able to be vaccinated here. invaluable support, helping out need to carry on providing the issues. All this is supported by Local doctors, dentists, nurses, in various ways including with normal range of medical services post-vaccine observation (needed pharmacists, paramedics and the logistics and even bringing we just need a continual supply to wait to be contacted - just and the need to increase the for the Pfizer vaccine) with other GP practice staff have been in hot homemade soup and GAD_Enfranchisement_SuburbNews_137mm x 120mm_Layout 1 08/02/2021 09:46 Page 1 of vaccines to meet demand!” make sure the surgery has your number of patients that could volunteer paramedics (in case working hard to administer the meals for the staff who have The vaccine hub will contact up to date contact details, ideally been working outdoors in the patients when they are eligible, with a mobile contact number. bitter months of winter. as soon as vaccines are available. For more information about Dr Luisa Pettigrew, Clinical To prevent the practice phonelines the COVID vaccination please Director for Primary Care becoming overwhelmed, the go to: shorturl.at/xEJMY. Network 6 in Barnet and a GP at Introducing Graham Jaffe health centre kindly asks patients EMMA HOWARD TFHC who was instrumental in planning this military style operation said: “It’s been a Leasehold major undertaking to set up the vaccination hub in such a short space of time, but with an Enfranchisement incredible team and wonderful G Cohen ANTIQUE SILVER Expert volunteers we’ve done it. Now We wish to purchase items of silver in any Buying your freehold or extending your condition. As a long standing resident of the lease contact Graham for experienced Suburb, Gideon Cohen is happy to view specialist advice. your silverware at home and will make an Call on 0208 209 2653 offer to purchase, free of any obligation. Email [email protected] 17 The London Silver Vaults 53-64 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1QT www.gadlegal.co.uk 020 7404 1425 746 Finchley Road NW11 7TH [email protected]

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SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS 3 Stobart – the woman Profumo – the Fellowship connection on the black horse awarded the CBE for his charitable activities in 1975. abel St Clair Stobart (1862- German officers, and after a few and entering Balkan history as Toynbee Hall is linked to M 1954) came to live in Turners days in a hotel were on their ‘the woman on the black horse’. the Suburb by its co-founder, Wood when she married barrister way to the border. Her wartime experiences left Henrietta Barnett (what would John Greenhalgh in 1911. She Undaunted, Mrs Stobart (she Mrs Stobart with what she she have made of Christine?). was a feminist and suffragist who used her first husband’s name) called “a deep craving to find a Today that link is still celebrated, believed that war gave women was back on the continent by spiritual antidote to the crude for example, by Suburb residents’ an opportunity to prove their the end of the year running an materialism which had been large donation made each year worth. When the Red Cross all-women hospital near responsible for the horrors.” via the Proms. Up to about 15 refused to allow her freelance Cherbourg, and then early in The beautiful services at St Jude’s years ago, Toynbee would bring Women’s Sick and Wounded 1915 she was on her way to appealed to her aesthetic sense, a group of people up from the Convoy Corps to serve in the organise and direct a hospital though she soon found herself East End by coach every summer First Balkan War in 1912 she unit for the Serbian Relief Fund. at odds with the vicar, her for an afternoon of tea, croquet went anyway, set up a hospital When the Serbian army was forced former fellow prisoner Basil and entertainment laid on at in Thrace and became a to withdraw, she accompanied Bourchier. She became an early Fellowship House. Profumo would Bulgarian heroine. them on a three-month, 800 proponent of the ordination of lead some of these expeditions Two weeks after Britain’s mile, fighting retreat through women to the priesthood. When – hence the photo. Two Suburb entry into the First World War, Montenegro and Albania tending Bourchier argued there were no residents who helped with the on 18 August 1914, she set off the wounded, protecting the women clergy in the Bible, Mrs teas back then, Irene Colomb for Belgium with an all-woman many refugees who joined them, S. countered nor was there any and the late Nancy Gilkes, team of nurses and doctors, boxing, tennis, or French Riviera remembered him as a man of accompanied by her husband (all close to the vicar’s heart). considerable charm. and the vicar of St Jude’s, the Mrs Stobart moved further So, although the Fellowship Reverend Basil Bourchier. The from ‘crude materialism’ having connection with Profumo arises evening before, at a public become convinced “of the truth from a sad background – the meeting, she had been handed of survival [after death], the bleak life of the much maligned a cheque for £200, raised from existence of a spirit world, and and unfairly prosecuted Christine residents of the Suburb and a the possibility of communication Keeler and the suicide of Stephen collection at St Jude’s, in support with that world.” She became a Eileen Whelan and John Profumo playing croquet Ward – pride can be taken in the of her work. leading proponent of Spiritualism ast winter’s BBC serial ‘The Trial service for over 40 years at fleeting association with someone Unfortunately, the three and officer of the British College L of Christine Keeler’, together Toynbee Hall. This East End whose distinguished public Suburb residents arrived in of Psychic Science and turned with the questioning of politicians’ charity, dedicated to tackling service career was followed by a Brussels the day before the the subject in to a hot topic on honesty, have been reminders that poverty, was founded by Samuel longer period of inspirational Germans marched in. Although the Suburb in 1924 with lectures it was time to dust off the 20-year- and Henrietta Barnett in 1884, charity work. they were given safe conduct and debates at the Institute and old photo of John Profumo and long before the Suburb had been Today his picture hangs in passes out of the city, all three St Jude’s. Arthur Conan-Doyle Eileen Whelan enjoying a game thought of. Profumo began his Fellowship House, along with were subsequently arrested, was a notable speaker. on Fellowship’s croquet lawn. voluntary work at Toynbee Hall those of illustrious chairmen accused of spying and Although Mrs Stobart seems Visitors to Fellowship House shortly after his resignation from from our charity’s post war condemned to be shot at dawn. to have brought the vicar, on Willifield Green may have Government. He was a talented history – Edward Parry, Eileen But then a miracle occurred. originally hostile, to a more wondered about the copy hanging fundraiser and administrator – Whelan and John Hewson. One Completing the documents open-minded position, she in the reception area. A ‘Sliding ingenious, charismatic and wonders if they shouldn’t be which would have formalised decided to leave St Jude’s and Doors’ moment: if Christine Keeler compassionate. One of his early joined by a portrait of Christine his own execution, John establish (with Conan-Doyle) hadn’t chosen to go swimming at achievements was greatly Keeler. After all, no Christine, a Greenhalgh gave his address in her own ‘church’ known as The Cliveden on a summer’s day in enhancing the Toynbee Hall less effective Toynbee Hall, a Hampstead Garden Suburb. It Spiritualist Community. 1961, most likely John Profumo Estate, badly damaged in the Blitz. poorer East End – and no turned out the interrogating Mabel Stobart Greenhalgh wouldn’t have visited our Suburb He rose to become Chairman croquet with Eileen. officer had visited the Suburb seems to have left the Suburb nearly 40 years later. Behind and then President and was ANDREW BOTTERILL the previous year on a town- after the death of her husband that visit is the remarkable story Christine Keeler planning study tour. As a result, in 1928 and died in a nursing of one man’s road to redemption the ‘Suburb three’ were released, home in Bournemouth in 1954. – a road that touched the Suburb. dined that night with the THE REVD ALAN WALKER To caricature Profumo as a sharp-suited Lothario is, well, a caricature. There’s more to it than that. Education at Harrow then Oxford was followed by a stellar career: youngest MP in the House in 1940, Army officer COSTUME in the North Africa, Italy and PRECIOUS PAINTINGS/ARTWORK STONES JEWELLERY Normandy campaigns, to Brigadier and then a senior staff position JEWELLERY PORCELAIN PROPERTY in post-war Japan. Back in the WATCHES WINE & UK, he rose to become Minister & CLOCKS MEN’S & LADIES ALCOHOL of War in 1960. HIGH-END FASHION CARS One slip, one lie about an QUALITY affair led to his resignation in NAMED GLASS SCULPTURE & BRONZES 1963. How quaint compared to ministerial standards today. 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n hearing school wasn’t and also offered to support LIZZY STEINHART Ostarting again in January, I Burnt Oak Community Centre was faced with much more time through my synagogue, New on my hands to think about what North London. Both were happy volunteering activity I could get to hear from me. A WhatsApp involved with for my Duke of group for my street, Southway, Edinburgh Award, knowing that had been set up at the beginning with social distancing and other of the first lockdown which is lockdown restrictions, my choice where I decided to first publicise would be limited. my offer of doing door to door Last Easter during the first collections for any families who lockdown my family had helped wanted to donate. with some food collections locally My first collection was when we heard that people between Christmas and New were starting to lose their jobs Year and since then I have and not able to afford to feed expanded my collections to themselves or their families another four streets: Thornton which really made me feel just Way, Litchfield Way, Meadway how lucky I was. Almost a year and Brunner Close. later, I knew that food banks Week on week I have been were now in even greater delighted to see the increasing demand. The idea of lending level of people contributing and my support seemed an obvious I feel a real sense of satisfaction and effective way to volunteer that I am the catalyst in sparking If you would like to support locally and since the New Year, people’s giving. An added bonus this initiative, please contact me attending school remotely for me has been meeting lots on 07421 742929 or email me at made this even more practical. more neighbours in the process of [email protected]. Covid Christmas at St Jude’s Firstly, I contacted Finchley co-ordinating these collections I’d love to hear from you! Food Bank (at St Mary’s Church) which has been fun. BENJAMIN STEINHART nlike during the first lock- an additional service of Nine regulations. We greatly missed Udown places of worship have Lessons and Carols on Christmas being able to host the annual been allowed to remain open. St Eve instead with pre-booking Residents Association New Year’s Jude's is a big and airy building, system for seats. Our director of Eve party. Virtual Museum launches and with loose chairs rather music, Nicholas Chalmers (fresh St Jude's remains open (at than pews, we were able to hold from conducting at the BBC the time of writing) every Sunday Friends of HGS Heritage a modified version of our Proms at the Albert Hall), led at 10.30 for worship and for the Christmas celebrations. We the choir in a rendition of dropping off of donations to the GS Heritage Virtual Museum its visitor experience. Visitors to to contribute to the Museum at decided not to hold Midnight Christmas carols and anthems. Childs Hill Food Bank (serving Hhas had a busy few months the Museum continue to contact hgsheritage.org.uk/about/ Mass (usually our most attended No congregational singing is the NW11 area). behind the scenes, planning and us not just from within the Suburb, donate. Gifts can be monetary service of the year) but to hold permitted under the COVID THE REVEREND ALAN WALKER implementing improvements to but from across the world, asking or take the form of donations of queries and questions which we actual memorabilia and artefacts are delighted to answer. that residents may have in their So we have decided to launch homes. These can be captured HGS U3A latest A shout out for... a Friends of HGS Heritage scheme as photographs and saved in

SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY to enable people to support the perpetuity safely in our Museum, ive, learn and laugh – U3A’s We have a full programme museum through a small annual while ownership of the actual philosophy – is ensuring that of speakers planned including L donation. Visitors to the Virtual objects remains with the donors. our U3A is really living the authors recommended by the Museum can find details of how JUDY SMITH dream! Our Group Leaders and Crime Writers Association, with members remain remarkably busy whom we have forged a strong using Zoom, which is proving relationship. Two of them are an invaluable tool for keeping giving talks on their recent Combat Stress update us all in contact and enjoying publications in February and our Group activities in the March. These bolster support for hanks to your generosity, the By August the sun should be comfort of our homes. two of our popular groups, Crime THGS Combat Stress Committee shining, Covid-19 should be in One Group is Current Affairs Club and Crime Book Club. managed to sell a fantastic £495 retreat and perhaps people will 2 led by our remarkable Group To capture an upsurge in worth of Combat Stress Christmas be able to enjoy safely mingling Leader Marion Godfrey. Prior to creativity amongst our members – Cards last December, with in a beautiful garden. If so, we Covid 19, Marion used to host a be it artwork, writing, general donations of £42.50 bringing can look forward to Caroline and maximum number of 14 members, crafting or photography – we are the final total to £537.50. We David Broome’s garden opening which was a bit of a squeeze, but developing a Gallery on our are delighted to have raised so in aid of Combat Stress at 2-6pm immensely popular; now Marion website and encourage members much for this Veterans’ mental on 1 August. There will be tea and is hosting over 20 members. to upload their work on our health charity during these cake, plants for sale and a raffle. What members do miss is the dedicated Facebook page. This difficult times. MARJORIE HARRIS wonderful pastries that Marion also forms part of a social provided, but they certainly do history project. not miss their regular discussions. For the foreseeable future our Zoom has enabled us to secure timetable will continue online. speakers for our monthly Topical Despite all the challenges of the Talks. In January we were delighted last year, our U3A continues to to host two excellent speakers; develop and grow and always the first, Dr Anne Anderson on welcomes new members and ...Joe Sochor-Grethe and all the TFHC volunteers 18-year-old Suburb resident Art Nouveau Architecture and ideas. We trust that our Joe Sochor-Grethe, is one of the many fantastic volunteers stationed at Temple Fortune Health Centre’s surgery helping with the Covid-19 vaccination programme. the second, Professor Sir David programme has ensured that This photo was taken half way through a six hour shift on a particularly cold Omand on his recent publication our members feel connected, January day yet Joseph was still smiling (behind his mask!) and doing a brilliant job entitled ‘How Spies Think’. Our occupied, and inspired. welcoming, directing and answering queries. Well done Joseph – and all the other volunteers. You know who you are! Climate Emergency group also To find out more about us hosted a successful session with you can visit our website at Roger Harrabin, who is the BBC https://hgsu3a.uk/groups/index/. Environment correspondent. DAPHNE BERKOVI Welcome to

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SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS 5 LOCKDOWN REFLECTIONSYouth After a year of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, the Suburb News Youth team share their personal reflections Back in March, time came to a and coping methods. Like everyone else, my plans changed significantly on jerky halt, I had been so busy and that fateful day in March when it was announced schools in the blink of an eye everything were to be shut and I wouldn’t have to do my GCSES had gone. I had all this time and anymore. Suddenly, the months I had spent revising and nothing to fill it with. I didn’t know stressing over my exams didn’t have as much significance how much longer I could “just relax”, and I found myself having a lot more free time than I had like everyone told me, I needed to feel useful. ever expected in my wildest dreams. It felt like we were on a timeline that was very slow, weeks Initially, I took the time to just rest. Knowing that there blended together and I could go days without doing would never be a time where I had so much freedom to something worth remembering. do as I pleased, I took the opportunity to sleep as much So, I planted sunflowers. It gave me something to do as I wanted to, catching up on the hours I had missed and a focus for all my energy. Every morning I would while staying up late at night to revise for my exams. For check if they had budded or blossomed and that made once in my life, I could finally lie in instead of being forced every day seem important because, even if I hadn’t done Lockdown should probably be the buzzword of the year, to wake up because of school. anything important, the sunflowers had still grown. I next to “stay safe”, “unprecedented” and “front line”. But Whilst I tried to stay productive and tried to take up really think that all of that care and attention is what to brighten up a gloomy year, here are some positive some new hobbies, I’ll admit that I took the time to watch made them grow over 2 metres tall! reflections from the lockdowns. a lot of different TV shows and movies as well as I also got to watch a family of swans grow up, I would I’m sure all commuters will relate to the extra time basketball, staying up every night to watch my favourite visit them every week on my walks and they would be gained in the morning – whether you spend it catching up team play. I think I binged on around a dozen shows and bigger. Feeding them and watching them flourish, gave on an extra 30 minutes of rest or starting your morning found myself watching anything and everything out of me a purpose and something to look forward to. I went with a meditation session, it’s nice to have a break from sheer boredom. back a few weeks ago and they were all grown up, it felt the (sometimes hectic!) morning routine. However, I also took this time for self-care like the end of an era in a strange way. I feel like I haven’t I’ve learned to appreciate school: the truth is, every and did try to become active, done much in the last 9 months but these cygnets have year my six-week summer flew by and I never seemed to though not without some hatched and grown into beautiful swans and I have had have enough time to do everything. The closer it got to struggle! I found myself taking the privilege of watching them on that journey. September, the better an extra week or even two of daily walks for a change of Over the last year I have come to appreciate that not holiday sounded, but this year, by the time August was scenery, something I never everything has to be so fast paced. Slowing down has not nearly over, I realised that if the summer holidays actually used to do and got into a only given me the time to value this, but has also made went on for longer, I’d just be… bored. I recognised that Yoga routine with my mother, which was not only great me more grateful for the time that I school stimulates us, and yet we take it for granted. for its health benefits but also because I got to spend time have to spend doing the things But of course, not having to work around a rigid school with her, something that was hard with the hectic schedules that I love. timetable also makes it so much easier to appreciate the we both had before. MADHU things that were always there, but you just couldn’t see Overall, lockdown gave me a chance to rest and do until the background noise was gone. In a literal sense, things I wouldn’t have been able to do before. I’ve learnt seeing the stars in London is usually difficult what with to cherish the good times after losing out on my summer light pollution, but during lockdown I saw the North Star and also learnt the importance of and Cassiopeia; and Uranus and Mars – all very bright family, after being blessed with and very beautiful. And even compared to that, my time to spend with them. favourite time of the sky was a golden KAYA The first lockdown came at a sunrise – so next time you go out, very frustrating time for me. don’t forget to look up at the sky. Others reported feeling lucky to ISABELLE have a chance to slow down and ground themselves after a few hectic months, but I felt the opposite: my life which was on the cusp of long-awaited changes, was now indefinitely on pause. Instead of sitting my GCSEs and having the wild summer of festivals and holidays I For many, the absence of had been planning for months, I got endless days in my routine was the most terrifying bedroom to rot. Every day that I’d ever spent at home When the third lockdown was part of lockdown. I found the exact revising became my biggest regret, and I felt a constant, announced, the main thought opposite. By changing how I viewed this gaping empty low-level rage all the time. running through my head was “here space of time, I was able to really enjoy my second I filled my time well enough. My daily walks were the we go again”. I had been enjoying some relative normality lockdown. Instead of regarding this blank canvas as highlight of my days, and I found joy in discovering local in attending school in person, and was feeling a lot better overwhelming, I approached it as liberating. And I spots I’d never seen before. Sometimes I would go out for having seen my friends face to face each day. Now encourage all you readers to do the same! with a book and not come back for several hours, and in that school is back online again, I find myself struggling My advice is to establish a regular and early sleeping the spring sunshine, this was not a bad way to spend an with my mental health once more. Being stuck inside all schedule 11pm to 8am for instance. While I spent my first afternoon. I took up sewing, focused on my painting, the time is difficult for all of us, especially kids and lockdown being the only soul awake at night – apart from redecorated my bedroom, and did the Zoom parties – a teenagers, who are social creatures that need interaction twittering birds – with the second lockdown I discovered quintessential lockdown experience. Despite this, I felt at to grow. As I am sure you have noticed, lessons online are that the key is to prioritise the morning. the time, and still feel looking back, that lockdown was more challenging as it is much harder to focus, and the Not only does waking up early make you view the nothing more than a waste of my 16th year. workload seems to have increased exponentially. world through fresh eyes, but it also provides you with Since then, I’ve started sixth form at a new school, For me, what helps are three things. The first is getting time to make a hearty breakfast every day whether that where I’ve met hundreds of new people and had some of outside. I would recommend going for a short stroll in a local be eggs on toast or pancakes. I discovered that the magic those teen moments I craved throughout lockdown. I’m park, or even just around your block, as the cold winter air to living a successful lockdown is an early, satisfying still coasting off of that excitement. The biggest lesson I will do wonders to clear your mind. My breakfast. Maybe you can make a cup of tea too? have had to learn is that not every moment of my life has second suggestion is keeping up with But lockdown is also the opportunity for… you guessed to be transformative: I think that’s an easy trap to your friends. It can be so easy to feel it... reading! My personal patience for reading diminishes fall into as a teenager. I’ve had to learn to sit with isolated in times like these, which is why throughout the day. Because of this, I advise that (after your the discomfort that idleness brings, I recommend reaching out, whether it lavish breakfast, of course) you force yourself to read for and try to overcome the anger be in person, for a socially-distanced 1-3 hours. After reading, a workout or a midday run are I feel over being robbed of my exercise outside, as is permitted by law, great energisers before lunch. chance to be 16. or through social media or with a phone If you keep to this healthy morning routine, I can

ROSA call. You could even write a letter and stick it guarantee that this blank canvas of time will transform in the post. My friends and family are itself into a beautifully colourful painting! always excellent at cheering me up and ALLIE putting a smile on my face. My third recommendation is to do something fun for yourself. Whether it is putting on some CALL OUT TO YOUNG TECHIES upbeat music and having a dance, or HGS Heritage – The Suburb’s Online watching an episode of your favourite Virtual Museum is building its new Fun Size/Youth Zone Collection. show, it is incredibly important to have We’re looking to put together a time to relax and treat yourself. Remember small team of programme developers that it is absolutely okay to not be feeling your to help in this project. best right now, and that just getting through Want to be involved? this time is an amazing achievement. Contact [email protected] JOANNA

6 SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY 2020 Chair’s Report

y third year as chair proved over supper. But that was March and delivery stations for NHS staff I am sure we all felt so lucky Mto be a year like no other 2020 BC (‘before Covid’); within out of their homes; Food Bank to live where we do surrounded for so many of us. Covid-19 cast a few days we were all in Aid North London was created by wonderful green spaces and Youth a shadow across the year for us lockdown and beginning to live in a front garden supplying beautiful streets with gardens to all with schools closed, events life under the new normal. local food banks with military admire and enjoy on our daily cancelled, and many suffering All our planned events for organisation; volunteers hand walks. Without the sound of economic hardship as well as residents – even our March delivered notes offering help to airplanes and traffic, we began illness or sadly worse. But our AGM – had to be cancelled. We people who might need it, and to appreciate the simple things residents responded in so many managed to run a small concert a telephone help line was set up in life such as bird song even wonderful ways. Therefore, we in July on Central Square with for those who had no one to more than usual. We gardened; have dumped the usual reports talented local musician Noah turn to. Some residents turned cleared out our cupboards, from our committees, and I am Max conducting an orchestra of to sewing face masks before they sheds and attics; cooked, baked trying to capture here what the inspirational young musicians. were so readily available, and bags and made jam; decorated, and last 12 months felt like in our What a treat that was to were sewn from donated fabric even started to learn musical lovely Suburb. brighten the cultural void we for NHS staff to wash their instruments as well as catching We had started 2020 full of were experiencing and thanks uniforms in. up on those books we’d never hope and optimism for our new to Adrian Hodgson (our Events Our hospitals were quickly quite got round to reading. decade despite concerns for many Chair) and his friends and overwhelmed with very ill Our amazing Temple Fortune of us about leaving the EU; this family for their hard work in patients and the scenes we were Health Centre doctors and staff paled into insignificance once making this such a success. all seeing in the media made set up a trail-blazing vaccination the pandemic took hold. The RA Tickets all sold out within a everyone want to help these front- centre in December and are managed to hold a send-off for couple of hours! line heroes, beyond just clapping managing to vaccinate so many Terry Brooks, our long serving For me the positives that came to show our appreciation. The local people every week. Many publications chair and editor, out of Covid were manifold. RA launched a match funding elderly and clinically unwell on 3 March. Jolly greetings via Our community responded in a appeal raising over £65,000 for residents attending would elbowFinancial tapping Report the hadyear ended just 31 taken December hold, 2020 way I am sure few other London the Royal Free Charity. The probably have found it very and our volunteers enjoyed an suburbs haveINCOME managed AND EXPENDITURE to do. generosity of people wanting to difficult to get anywhere else INCOME 2020(£) 2019(£) eveningSubscriptions at Hampstead Golf Club Local volunteers set32,184 up cooking30,306 donate was really heart-warming. for their vaccination; we have Contribution from Fellowship 2,029 1,788 been very fortunate to have this Bank Interest 900 959 Advertising 19,200 20,141 on our doorsteps. Events Income 646 4,423 Turning to RA news, our Room hire income 1,000 2,000 Other income RA 2020 Financial50 1,250 Review Suburb News editors, Marie- Total 56,009 60,867 Christine O’Callaghan and moved to Zoom, and Peter Community Action Panel for EXPENDITURE020 was a turbulent year Membership increased from Suburb News was distributed Shelley-Anne Salisbury, have McCluskie ensured we were all Garden Suburb Ward, Richard Membership, printing & post 8,059 5,486 2Room financially, & hall hire with the budget 1775 to 1860, with2,349 subscription3,045 throughout the year. Advertising attracted and written interesting able to link up and kept us well Davis. My sincere thanks for tornHonoraria up almost as soon as the income up by 1,377£1,878. 3,926Our revenue held up remarkably well Publications 23,195 19,472 articles for us to enjoy including organised. Our membership everything you all do. yearEvents started. The main impact volunteer membership751 secretary11,067 with a fall of just £1,000, while a new youth section written by increased to the highest it has And to those of you who Suburb tree planting and maintenance 6,929 5,612 wasGrants the cancellation of nearly stood down and we4,375 now have7,576 a distribution was handled by a mix pupils at Henrietta Barnett been for some years, maybe have got to the end of this article allRoads events, & Traffic usually a major area paid administrator, 151with the1,152 cost of volunteers and paid distributors School. New blood has created because people had more time and are not currently members of Other expenditure 1,433 608 of Bankexpenditure. charges Other activities, of this largely being338 offset by222 a to minimise risk at an additional fresh ideas and brought in new in which to appreciate their the RA, please do take a moment Henrietta’s Orchard 364 however,Charitable Donations continued apace. reduction in Honoraria26,000 costs. cost of £3,000. volunteers to our publications local community. Our hard- to join us and support your local Total 75,321 58,166 £6,000 was committed to new committee (quaintly known as working Treasurer and IT guru, community. We invest time,

FinancialFinancialRALoss/Surplus Financial Report Report forthethe the year year year Report ended ended 31 31 December December for the 20 202020 year ended 31 December-19,312 20202,701 tree planting and nearly £1,000 PubCom – but of course no Steve Morris, took over money and energy in keeping INCOMEINCOME AND AND E EXPENDITUREXPENDITURE spent on tree watering and care pub!). With few events to write membership lead from me with the Suburb green and clean; we FINANCIAL REVIEW INCOMEINCOME 20202020(£)(£) 2019(£)2019(£) to help preserve existing stock. about, people began to turn to his usual modest efficiency. I support local charities including Subscriptions 32,184 30,306 2020Subscriptionswas a turbulent year financially, with the budget torn up almost as soon as the year started.32,184 The main30, 306 impactContributionContribution was the from from cancellation Fellowship Fellowship of nearly all events, usually a major area of expenditure. Other 2,029activities,2,029 however,1,1,788788 An accrual of £9,479, built up over other local aspects of interest would love to get numbers up Proms at St. Jude’s, Northway continuedBankBank Interest Interest apace. 900900 959959 several years to finance the planting such as the article on our local to over 2,000 members this year Gardens, Fellowship House; we MembershipAdvertisingAdvertising increased from 1775 to 1860, with subscription income up by £1,878. Our volunteer19,20019,200 membership20,20,141141 secretaryEventsEvents Income Income stood down during the year due to work commitments and we now have a paid administrator,646646 with4,4234,423 the of past additional trees, was added pillar boxes in issue 144 which I – I am sure we can. produce this free newspaper for costRoomRoom of hire thishire largelyincome income being offset by a reduction in Honoraria costs. 11,000,000 2,0002,000 Suburb News was distributed throughout the year. Advertising revenue held up remarkably well with a fall of just OtherOther income income 5050 1,2501,250 back into reserves following especially enjoyed. Thanks as always to our over 5,000 residents; we issue a £1,000, while distribution was handled by a mix of volunteers and paid distributors to minimise risk at an additional TotalTotal 56,00956,009 60,86760,867 cost of £3,000. negotiations with LB Barnet. Our Trees & Open Spaces volunteers too numerous to monthly E-News to all members £6,000 was committed to new tree planting and nearly £1,000 spent on tree watering and care to help preserve EXPENDITURE existingEXPENDITURE stock. An accrual of £9,479, built up over several years to finance the planting of past additional trees, Grants were made of £3,000 Committee members have been mention for all your time and for whom we have an email wasMembership,Membership, added back printing printing into reserves & & post post following negotiations with LB Barnet. 88,059,059 5,5,486486 to Proms at St. Jude’s and £1,375 working hard to set up a new energy: we have well over 400 address, and you can access our GrantsRoomRoom & were& hall hall madehire hire of £3,000 to Proms at St. Jude’s and £1,375 to Northway Gardens Organisation.2,3492,349 £25,0003,0453,045 from reservesHonorariaHonoraria was used to match fund donations from residents for the Royal Free charity appeal,1,3771,377 with a total of3,926 3,926 to Northway Gardens Organisation. community orchard in Lyttelton when I think of all our litter Master Tradespeople’s List giving £65,000PublicationsPublications raised. £1,000 was donated to the Colindale food bank. 23,19523,195 19,47219,472 TheEventsEvents year ended with net expenditure of £19,312 and reserves at £75,206. 751751 11,06711,067 £25,000 from reserves was used Playing Fields. Work is also taking pickers, Suburb News deliverers, you recommendations of people SuburbSuburb tree tree planting plantingandand maintenance maintenance 6,9296,929 5,6125,612 to match fund donations from place to protect and increase committee members, allotment who have done work locally. GrantsGrants 4,3754,375 7,5767,576 RoadsRoads & & Traffic Traffic 151151 1,1521,152 residents for the Royal Free our street trees. Our Allotments site secretaries, contributors to You can join via our website OtherOther expenditure expenditure 1,4331,433 608608 BankBank charges charges 338338 222222 charity appeal, with a total of Committee voted in a new chair, this publication etc. The area also hgsra.uk or by use of the Henrietta’sHenrietta’s Orchard Orchard 364364 £65,000 raised. £1,000 was donated Philip Harlow, and secretary has a very proactive and hard- membership form below. CharitableCharitable Donations Donations 26,00026,000 TotalTotal 75,32175,321 58,16658,166 to the Colindale food bank. Evelyn Thomas. working chair of the Police & EMMA HOWARD, HGSRA CHAIR Financial Report Loss/Surplus for the year for the year ended-19,312 31 December2,701 2020 The year ended with net We welcomed new member- Loss/Surplus for the year -19,312FinancialFinancial Report2,701 Report BALANCE SHEET forforforfor thethe thethe yearyear yearyear endedended endedended 3131 3131 DecemberDecember DecemberDecember 2020 202020202020 expenditure of £19,312 and ship secretary and minute taker, FINANCIAL REVIEW BALANCEBALANCE SHEET SHEET FINANCIALCURRENT REVIEW ASSETS 2020(£) 2019(£) reserves at £75,206. Selena Amado. Our meetings all CURRENTCashCURRENT at bank ASSETS ASSETS and in hand 202080,1302020(£)(£) 20120194,38499(£)(£) 20202020CURRENTCURRENTwaswas a a turbulent turbulentASSETS ASSETS year year financially, financially, with with the the budget budget torn torn up up almost almost as as soon soon as as the the year year started. 20started.202020(£)(£) The The main main201201 99(£)(£) Become part of CashDebtorsCash at at bank bank and and in in hand hand 80,13080,1302,939 94,38494,3844,911 impactimpactCashCash atwas wasat bank bank the the andcancellation andcancellation in in hand hand of of nearly nearly all all events, events, usually usually a a major major area area of of expenditure. expenditure. Other Other80,130 activities, 80,130activities, however, however,94,38494,384 Share in Orchard Housing Society 1 1 continuedcontinuedDebtorsDebtors apace apace.. 2,9392,9392,9392,939 4,9114,9114,9114,911 MembershipTotal increased from 1775 to 1860, with subscription income up by £1,878. Our volunteer83,070 membership99,296 MembershipShareShare in in Orchard Orchard increased Housing Housingfrom Society 17Society75 to 1860, with subscription income up by £1,878. Our volunteer11 membership11 1111 the community secretaryLess current stood liabilitiesdown during the year due to work commitments and we now have a paid administrator,7,865 with14,257 the secretaryTotalTotal stood down during the year due to work commitments and we now have a paid administrator,83,07083,07083,07083,070 with99,29699,29699,29699,296 the costcostNet of of current this this largely largely assets being being offset offset by by a a reduction reduction in in Honoraria Honoraria cos costs.ts. 75,206 85,039 LessLessLessLess currentcurrent currentcurrent liabilitiesliabilities liabilitiesliabilities 7,8657,8657,8657,865 14,25714,25714,25714,257 Orchard Housing Society Suburb News was distributed throughout the year. Advertising revenue held up remarkably well with a fall of just SuburbNetNet current current News assetswas assets distributed throughout the year. Advertising revenue held up remarkably75,206 well75,206 with a fall 85,039of85,039 just If you’d like to join the Suburb community, please complete and £1NetNet,000, current current while assets distributionassets was handled by a mix of volunteers and paid distributors to minimise75,20675,206 risk at an additional85,03985,039 £1REPRESENTED,000, while distribution BY was handled by a mix of volunteers and paid distributors to minimise risk at an additional costcost of of £3 £3,000.,000. return the form below or join online at hgsra.uk. Our Privacy Policy REPRESENTEDAccumulatedREPRESENTED fund BY BY brought forward 85,039 82,338 £6£6REPRESENTEDREPRESENTED,000,000 was was committed committed BY BY to tonewnew tree tree planting plantingandandnearlynearly £1 £1,000,000 spent spent on on tree tree watering watering and and care care to to help help preserve preserve is looking for an AccumulatedReversalAccumulated of treesfund fund broughtaccrual brought forward forward 85,03985,0399,479 82,33882,338 can be viewed at hgsra.uk/about/dataprotection.html. existingexistingAccumulatedAccumulated stock. stock. Anfund Anfund accrual accrual brought brought of of forward£9 £9forward,4,47979, ,built built up up over over several several years years to to finance finance the the planting planting of of past past85,03985,039 additional additional trees, trees,82,33882,338 Deficit for the year (19,312) 2,701 waswasReversalReversal added added of back ofback trees trees into into accrual accrual reserves reserves follo followingwing negotiations negotiations with with LB LB Barnet. Barnet. 9,4799,4799,4799,479 Total 75,206 85,039 GrantsGrantsDeficitDeficit wereforwere for the themade made year year of of £3 £3,000,000 to to Proms Proms at at St. St. Jude’s Jude’s and and £1 £1,375,375 to to Northway Northway Gardens Gardens Organisation. Organisation.((19,31219,312((19,31219,312)))) £25,000£25,0002,7012,7012,701 2,701from from Honorary Treasurer reserves was used to match fund donations from residents for the Royal Free charity appeal, with a total of reservesTotalTotal was used to match fund donations from residents for the Royal Free charity appeal,75,20675,20675,20675,206 with a total of85,03985,039 85,03985,039 £65,000£65,000 raised. raised. £1 £1,000,000 was was donated donated to to the the Colindale Colindale food food bank. bank. MEMBERSHIP FORM TheNOTESThe year year TOended ended THE with with ACCOUNTS net net expenditure expenditure of of £19, £19,312312andand reserves reserves at at £75, £75,206206.. and Secretary One subscription covers everyone at the address for a calender year NOTESNOTES TO TO THE THE ACCOUNTS ACCOUNTS 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES: (a) The accounts have been prepared on an accrual basis. (b) Members' I/We would like to join the HGS Residents Association. subscriptions have been reconciled with the sums actually received during the year. 1.1.1.1. ACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING ACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING POLICIES:POLICIES: POLICIES:POLICIES: (a)(a) (a)(a) TheThe TheThe accountsaccounts accountsaccounts havehave havehave beenbeen beenbeen preparedprepared preparedprepared onon onon anan anan accrualaccrual accrualaccrual basis.basis. basis.basis. (b) (b) (b)(b) Members'Members' Members'Members' subscriptionssubscriptionssubscriptions havehave have beenbeen been reconciledreconciled reconciled withwith with thethe the sumssums sums actuallyactually actually receivedreceived received duringduring during thethe the year.year. year. t the heart of the Suburb, In addition to these specific 2.subscriptions COLLECTION have FOR been FELLOWSHIP reconciled with the sums actually received during the year. 2020(£) 2019(£) Name Receipts 12,193 10,587 between Willifield Way and posts we would also like to hear 2.2.2.2. COLLECTIONCOLLECTION COLLECTIONCOLLECTION FORFOR FORFOR FELLOWSHIPFELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIPFELLOWSHIP 2020202020202020(£)(£)(£)(£) 201201201201999(£)9(£)(£)(£) A Less RA administrative fee (2,029) (1,788) ReceiptsReceipts 12121212,193,193,193,193 10,58710,58710,58710,587 Net 10,164 8,799 Hampstead Way lies The from people with property/ Address LessLessLessLess RARA RARA administrativeadministrative administrativeadministrative feefee feefee ((2,0292,029((2,0292,029)))) ((1,7881,788((1,7881,788)))) NetNet 10,16410,16410,16410,164 8,7998,7998,7998,799 Orchard, a sheltered housing housing management or legal Postcode 3. MEMBERSHIP Membership at 31 December 2020 was 1,860 households compared to 1,775 at 31 December 2019. scheme which has its roots in skills and we would welcome 3.3.3.3. MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIPMEMBERSHIP Email MembershipMembership at at 31 31 December December 20 2020202020waswas 1, 1,860860860860householdshouseholdshouseholdshouseholds comparedcompared comparedcompared toto toto 1,71,7 1,71,775757575atatatat 3131 3131 DecemberDecember DecemberDecember 201201 201201999.9. .. the foundation of the Suburb. applicants who have experience HONORARY ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT The Society is an exempt of working with the elderly or HONORARYHONORARY ACCOUNTANT'S ACCOUNTANT'S REPOR REPORTT Phone I have examined the accounts prepared by the Council for the year ended 31 December 2020. This examination comprised a review of the accounting records kept by the Association and a comparison of the accounts charity, not for profit, regulated in social care and good all- II IhaveIhave havehave examinedexamined examinedexamined thethe thethe accountsaccounts accountsaccounts preparedprepared preparedprepared byby byby thethe thethe CouncilCouncil CouncilCouncil forfor forfor thethe thethe yearyear yearyear endedended endedended 3131 3131 DecemberDecember DecemberDecember 2020 202020202020.. . . This This ThisThis examinationexamination examinationexamination presented with those records. 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It It It It alsoalso alsoalso includesincludes includesincludes aa a a considerationconsideration considerationconsideration ofof ofof anyany anyany unusualunusual unusualunusual itemsitems itemsitems oror oror discrepanciesdiscrepancies discrepanciesdiscrepancies inin inin thethe thethe provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on accountsaccountsaccountsaccounts andand andand seekingseeking seekingseeking explexpl explexplanationsanationsanationsanations fromfrom fromfrom thethe thethe CouncilCouncil CouncilCouncil concerningconcerning concerningconcerning suchsuch suchsuch matters.matters. matters.matters. The The TheThe proceduresprocedures proceduresprocedures undertakenundertaken undertakenundertaken dodo dodo notnot notnot It provides rented accommodation experience to join our Committee. 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Council.Learning Loss with a Suburb connection over the age to commit to a minimum of 12 explanationsexplanations provided provided to to me me by by the the Council. Council. PR HARTLEY - Chartered Accountant * I declare by making this donation that I want to Gift Aid my donations to Expert private coaching in HamspteadPO Box 27075, London N2 0FZ of 60 in need of supported housing. hours participation a month. PRPR HARTLEY HARTLEY -- -Chartered- Chartered Accountant Accountant Fellowship House and am a UK taxpayer paying sufficient tax to meet the Gift POPO Box Box 27075, 27075, Londo Londonnn n N2N2 N2N2 0FZ0FZ 0FZ0FZ Two full- and one part-time .More details can be found at www. Aid on my donation. I agree to Fellowship receiving my details for this purpose. Online or face-to-face members of staff support the orchardhousingsociety.co.uk. 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Although these roles are online via PayPal or with Credit or Debit Card – visit hgsra.uk/join 11+ materials. The Secretary needs to be unremunerated you will be by bank transfer to HGS Residents Association: 1-to-1 support that will secure those A*s, grade 9s, top university, experienced in committee work playing an important role in Bank: HSBC, 897 Finchley Road, NW11 7NX Sort Code: 40-03-11 Independent or selective places. and support the Chair in ensuring helping to provide a high quality Account number: 91605747 Contact: 07811 254061 the smooth running of the housing service to local older Please return this form to: The Membership Secretary, HGS Residents Management Committee. people within our community. Association, PO Box 67700, London NW11 1NS. (SN145) SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS 7 The weathervane – a unique opportunity Garden Suburb Theatre

ack in November 2015, the PHOTOS: DAVID WHITE be able to recover the VAT under as active as ever! B weathervane that sat at the the listed places of worship scheme. top of the spire of St Jude’s blew That scheme is due to end in hey may not yet be back on than their usual membership out during Storm Barney. It came March and there is no guarantee Ta real stage right now, but fee, joining in only if the muse apart as it fell and fortunately, it will be extended. The works members of the Garden Suburb takes them. nobody was underneath the also include repairing some stress Theatre group are busy as ever Sunday evenings are more shaft when it hit the ground cracks inside the bell tower and with online twice-weekly shows. comprehensive, even rehearsed, and dented the carpark. The shaft fitting high level eye bolts for They are looking forward to and have offered a selection of was made of 1½ inch mild steel future maintenance access. planning post-lockdown shows famous and classic plays, and on and was very heavy though not Why, you may ask, is St Jude’s live on stage again too. occasion ‘snippets’ from a number as heavy as the finial ball on not putting in more money? Hopes are high that two of usually more modern works. which it sat, that had to be Once the repointing work is summer shows at the Suburb’s January has seen performances lowered from the top of the completed, St Jude’s restoration own Little Wood open-air stage for and by GST members’ of spire some 2 years later. You reserves will fall to £24,000. That’s will soon prove possible. The Breaking the Code, Charley’s Aunt, may recall the photos that were because there is still a huge Wood (as fans of GST know it) The Real Inspector Hound, and an taken at the time and you may restoration bill to be met. Our has the advantage of being able entertaining musical Tom Lehrer have watched the action. overall budget is £2.75m and to offer social distancing, if still evening, featuring that satirical St Jude’s is a Grade 1 listed the next project involves lifting called for, in the summer. songwriter’s hilarious lyrics. building and, as such, has had and relaying the whole floor, Meanwhile, GST is producing Membership of GST is open no option but to reinstate the replacing the central heating online members’ events each to all, from only £35 a year with weathervane. Historic England pipes – St Jude’s has just spent Wednesday and Sunday evening, usual concessions. Good value have driven the process and there £9,400 repairing one small section using Zoom. Wednesday Evening for good entertainment, in these have been extensive negotiations – and reordering the services Fun ranges from play readings restricted times! with them over what should go under the floor. That will cost to quizzes to sessions where For details please visit: www. back up. Initially, they wanted in the region of £502,000. St members provide their chosen gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk or the original finial ball reinstated Jude’s is over 100 years old and entertainment to a given theme. email: membership@gardensuburb but, on the recommendation of in need of constant maintenance Meanwhile, all other members theatre.org.uk. the architects advising St Jude’s, and there have been some large can watch, at no charge other GERRY ZIERLER they accepted that this was not bills in recent years including a a practical solution. It weighed new boiler at £50,000. 53kg. Fortunately, the insurers St Jude’s needs your help to have accepted that they are fund this work which, if completed, liable for the reinstatement of will stabilise the tower for the the weathervane and the whole benefit of the Suburb and its cost bar the excess is being borne and asking residents to move part of those same negotiations. future generations. Here is a link by them. their cars. The works are expected to cost to St Jude’s campaign page if There have also been extensive The insurers have now agreed around £86,400 leaving a funding you would like to help St Jude’s: negotiations with the insurers to erecting a scaffold from the requirement of £41,000. That sum https://tinyurl.com/nfhuz72v. about access to the top of the carpark to the very top of the assumes that St Jude’s will not DAVID WHITE spire to install the new weather- spire. St Jude’s expects the work vane and repair the damaged lead will start in early March and last flashing. Initially the insurers three months. This access does give St Jude’s a unique and a once wanted a cherry picker to be Bowling Club new Much Ado About Nothing used but with a required reach in a lifetime opportunity to of at least 60 metres, that makes address the repointing needed season start for a huge cherry picker and the on the tower below the spire. structural engineers advising St Some work was done at a cost of ishopswood Bowling Club, pair of flat soled shoes/trainers Jude’s doubted the car park £27,000 three years ago but much Bone of the oldest established – the rest is provided on site. surface could take the load. In more work is needed as these lawn bowling clubs in Northwest You will find us within the addition, such machines can recent photos show. London is opening its doors Lyttelton Playing Fields nearest only be operated in light winds St Jude’s has applied for a again on Sunday 18th April at Norrice Lea adjacent to the tennis and at 178 feet off the ground, grant of £46,665 from Historic 10am. The president Michael courts. Bowling takes place every you cannot take any risks. St England towards the cost of the Spiro is looking to recruit new day – in the mornings, afternoons Jude’s also doubted whether the works and this sum was agreed members, men and women, girls and evenings as well. relevant vehicle could access in pre-application negotiations. and boys of all ages. No one is Please call us on 8058 2212 Central Square safely without St Jude’s is putting in £11,666 too young or too old. Coaching or you can visit our website at closing multiple Suburb roads from the restoration reserves as is free and all that you need is a www.bishopswoodbc.co.uk.

The Trust was established by residents in 1968 to “do all things Residents are required to obtain the consent of the Trust Around 500 properties have been Listed and many more have possible in order to maintain and preserve the present character before altering the external appearance of their properties; been locally listed. and amenities of…. Hampstead Garden Suburb”. The Trust acts as leaseholders will also need consent for internal works. In addition, The Trust is a registered charity. There are eight unpaid the estate management company for the Suburb, regulates consent is required for significant changes to gardens, conversion Trustees, four elected and four appointed by professional bodies. development and maintains the Suburb’s common facilities, of garages, and erection of garden sheds, felling or pruning of trees Membership is open to residents who have lived on the Suburb for including tennis courts, allotments and communal open spaces. or removal of any hedge. three years or more. Associate Membership is available for new Public roads, pavements and streetlighting are the The Architectural Advisers will be pleased to advise you on any residents. The Trust maintains a list of builders and specialist responsibility of London Borough of Barnet, together with the alterations you may wish to undertake and the Trust employs an contractors recommended by residents and welcomes additions larger public spaces. arboricultural consultant, Tony George, to help residents with trees, to the list. Freeholders are subject to the Scheme of Management hedges, and gardens. For a free site visit, call to make an appointment. The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Design Guidance, which passed by the High Court in 1974, while in the case of most Consent from the London Borough of Barnet is also necessary advises residents on any changes to their property, can be found on leaseholders the Trust is the ground landlord. for external alterations and for any works to Listed Buildings. our website. A paper copy is also available from the Trust on request.

Chief Executive: THE TRUST COUNCIL Appointed Members: Simon Henderson Honorary President: Victorian Society Architectural Advisers: Dr. Mervyn Miller Tye Blackshaw E [email protected] David Davidson, Tara Murphy, Elected Members: Royal Town Planning Institute James Phillips and Michael Tutton Raymond Taylor (Chair) E [email protected] Alison Blom-Cooper Estate Managers: E [email protected] Jane Horder and Lauren Marsh Maralyn Roberts E [email protected] Royal Institute Of British Architects Information and Elspeth Clements Communications Assistant: Richard Townley E [email protected] E [email protected] Paul Capewell Law Society E [email protected] Trevor Price E [email protected] Jonathan Ross E [email protected]

The Trust office is closed during lockdown, but you can still contact us by email or phone as below. Our normal working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Please refer to the website hgstrust.org for details of Trust Committees.

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8 SUBURB NEWS IS PRODUCED AND DELIVERED TO YOU BY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION VOLUNTEERS ANDREW BOTTERILL Chamber Music concert at Fellowship House

n a cold miserable Sunday Her repertoire is varied, and Oafternoon, before the third she is a founding member of Lockdown was imposed, I walked Tangissimo, an ensemble which up to Fellowship House, to enjoy is dedicated to celebrating the luxury of a live Chamber Piazzola’s tango music. She Music Concert. It was organised aims to introduce people to all by Anete Graudina, a brilliant kinds of music. violinist, who some of you Anete hopes her next concert know from her classes at will take place at Fellowship Fellowship House. Anete was House on Sunday 21 March born in Latvia and studied the 2021 at 2 pm. She told me, with violin in Riga and Moscow. She delight, that she had also just has performed widely as a recitalist been booked to play in Leipzig and soloist in venues such as St in Mendelsohn’s house, in March James’s Church, Piccadilly, the 2022 – she felt it was a blessing Edinburgh Festival and Burgh to play in the very same room House in Hampstead, as well as where Mendelsohn had played. internationally. Anete had invited There is also a chance that she some of her students, friends will be able to play the

LIZ ISLES and professional artists to play said, ‘it is simply a blessing for a wonderfully named ‘Music for and they had only one rehearsal musician to play live music, it is our Soul’ at the Latvian Embassy Echo Con Brio together before the performance. the most beautiful thing in the in London. The Embassy’s piano She told me she likes to ask some world’. She owns a magnificent was rented and when she ebruary. Hard lockdown but and Suburb Councillor John of her students to join her; a Guarneri Violin which she discovered they could not afford Fellowship House once again Marshall, confirmation was F cunning plan to encourage them cherishes. The story of how she it any more, she went out and lit and warm. Young players bent obtained to allow Suburb resident to practice more and play better. came to own this started when, bought another one! Having a over their instruments. The sound Noah Max’s Echo Ensemble to be From the moment the notes quite by chance, a schoolfriend new piano she felt there must of chamber music floating across welcomed into Fellowship House of the Bach Violin Concerto wrote a book about Latvian be concerts, so she collaborated the beech hedge. Light at the for a series of rehearsals. It’s been sounded, you could hear a pin violinists, and asked Anete for with a teacher from Riga where end of the tunnel and surely a wonderful to be able to reopen drop. This was followed by some help, both writing and she studied, to arrange for her move towards broad sunlit the building to help out hard up music composed by Telemann, financial. Anete happily agreed students to come to London uplands. Buried deep within musicians and they have kindly Schubert and Pachelbel. I was but was very offended that not and for Anete’s students to join the Government’s Covid rules offered to reciprocate by providing lucky enough to get a seat inside, even one line about her appeared them there. These concerts take is the possibility for professional a free concert for Suburb residents but Anete had thoughtfully in the book. It was then she place (or did take place) three musicians to rehearse for a concert at Fellowship House sometime provided cushions and rugs on decided to make a CD, to prove times a year at the Embassy. I in a Covid secure way. Thanks to during the next year. We can’t wait! all the outdoor seating in the she existed, but she needed a look forward to being invited Noah Max Barnet’s Public Health Department ANDREW BOTTERILL courtyard. When it grew darker better violin so she began to once Lockdown is behind us. tea lights twinkled around the search and in 2016 found her Anete is a very special person, edges. It was so beautiful. violin – made by Guarneri. and those of our readers who When I asked her how she Anete told me that when she join her classes in Fellowship felt playing to a live audience played it, she felt that she could House are indeed fortunate. again her face lit up and she not live without it. SIMONE HALFIN MALCOLM BRAHAMS ANDREW BOTTERILL

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r Khilan Shah opened drill where possible. His focus is n 2017 the London Borough of PETER FALK DHampstead Dental Studio on prevention rather than cure. I Barnet published an ambitious in September 2020 just after the He urges clients to come in for street tree policy highlighting the first Lockdown. Terrible timing regular check-ups and not to significant benefits they bring one might think? Actually, besides wait for pain or problems because, to the environment. Trees are one the initial panic of a new by that stage, things are more of the few assets that appreciate business owner, this worked out difficult to manage and the in value – they act as carbon sinks pretty well for him. On a personal treatment is likely to be more and, as street trees, they capture level he was able to spend three invasive. He allows one hour for the extra heat absorbed by road months at home with his all of his consultations and part surfaces and buildings. newborn son – something he of that is an initial chat with There should be about 2,500 would never have had the patients away from the dental street trees in the Suburb but at chance to do otherwise. chair. Khilan feels it is important the moment there are over 370 Born in Edgware, educated to put patients at ease from the vacant tree pits. In their 2018 at QE Boys, Barnet later studying very start. He is also going to three-year survey Barnet felled dentistry at Kings College London offer a playlist so patients can 131 street trees which they agreed and Valencia, Khilan completed listen to music they enjoy to replace. However, they actually his training at a dental practice whilst undergoing treatment. felled more trees over that period in Cambridge and has since Khilan offers home video for a variety of other reasons been working in London for the consultations (used mostly for (subsidence claims, poor health, past five years. However, he always orthodontic advice but helpful etc) and these were not replaced. wanted to own his own practice to diagnose the start of general Barnet has calculated the so when the opportunity came dental issues) which can be cost of a new street tree is £400. up to buy an existing practice in booked by phone or using the This includes regular watering Hampstead Garden Suburb, he WhatsApp button on the website. during the summer months for grabbed it with both hands. He also offers membership plans the first two years. British summers End of an era What he wants to offer is, in his making treatment more affordable have become much drier and The RA would make up the own words, “top quality dental and gives an extra discount to the Barnet watering programme difference of £150. Anyone who eaking gutters, missing tiles and Fred French, born during the services, easily accessible to all.” HGS residents. He is intending to is not frequent enough – they would like to do this should L cracked downpipes have led war in Bethnal Green met Ron Khilan offers a one stop shop open on Saturday mornings. acknowledge up to 10% of new contact [email protected]. many Suburb residents into the Day from Kentish Town 10 years dental treatment practice Besides his love of dentistry, saplings are likely to die. The RA Finally, we also need to look comforting arms of F & R Roofing his junior whilst working in a covering general dentistry to Khilan enjoys the actual running works with Barnet on the supply at the species of tree in the aka Fred and Ron. At the end of London building firm. In 1973 more advanced dentistry, such of a business, putting his own and choice of street trees and Suburb as some are no longer January we were lucky to be they decided to go it alone. Like as implants, orthodontic work stamp on the practice. From the uses membership funds to buy suitable due to climate change. squeezed into the last couple of Fred, Ron had worked before and facial aesthetics (botox fillers website design to social media extra trees. But we need to work For example, the Rowan no days of their farewell tour before in plumbing. etc) all carried out by highly content to interior design, Khilan together with the Council to longer flourishes as a street tree. retirement – the timing of which How had 47 years together qualified specialist dental is all hands on deck. When I asked ensure more street trees are planted We have agreed to replace these was due as much to Fred’s tired worked out? Better than most professionals. Khilan, was recently him to use some adjectives to and that fewer new saplings die. with another species which legs as to the hopeless prospect marriages, it seems. Of course presented with a special award describe his practice he came The RA would like to enlist establishes itself easily – the of the MOT test for their there are differences of opinion. for his expertise in using the up with: “friendly”, “comfortable”, volunteers to occasionally water Robin Hill. We have also worked wheezing van. “Ron likes him but I think Trump Invisalign system, to create “specialist” and “accessible”. Tick, the new trees in their road to with Barnet in Northway where For over 47 years they have is an idiot.” beautiful smiles for his patients. tick, tick and tick! supplement Barnet’s watering the Red Horse Chestnut trees all been the go-to roofers for our What beckons in retirement? Whilst interviewing Khilan, SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY during the first two years and showed signs of deteriorating area – 80% of their business has Fred’s wife will keep him busy I noticed a snazzy machine to then to continue watering in crown dieback. All 15 trees were been here. On the RA ‘Master decorating their house in Barnet, his right. “Ah, this is a 3D the third year when Barnet stops. felled and replaced with the Tradesman List’ there is a record trips to Tenerife no longer holding scanner,” he said with real pride. Anyone who is interested should Indian Horse Chestnut, a sub number of 31 recommendations. much appeal. Ron, a keen Clearly a lover of all things high- contact [email protected]. species which is resistant to the Judging from these comments, ‘twitcher’, will spend more time tech, he went on to explain This winter the RA has causes of crown diebacks. Barnet people seem to have been taken on the Norfolk Broads. how this machine is deployed pledged £6,000 to plant an extra agreed to plant a further six

as much by their humour and Will they miss being up on the to fully check patients’ dental SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY 15 street trees. We would like to Indian Horse Chestnut trees in honesty as by their workmanship. roof? The answer is unsurprisingly health giving him a good increase that number for winter Northway taking the number of I asked Fred how would we all ‘no’. It’s either wet, windy and understanding before even looks 2021 by setting up an ‘Adopt a new saplings to 21. manage without them? “You’ll cold, or too hot in summer. But in a patient’s mouth. Street Tree’ Scheme whereby an Hopefully the newly-planted all have to move” he said. If we they will miss chatting to He describes his approach to individual or group contribute trees will eventually restore the don’t, he is officially handing over Suburb people. We shall miss dentistry as “minimally invasive” £250 towards a new street tree street scene in the Suburb to its the roofing baton to Mark Stevens, them too. Great characters. which basically means he wants in their road and be prepared to former glory. 07836717931 – also on the List. ANDREW BOTTERILL to limit the use of the dreaded look after it until it is established. PETER FALK

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o, having decided to write about winter rose snowing, delay until thawed. That way you won’t pruning roses, you see, I don’t get out much!) rubbing up against it facing inwards, remove the S pruning, I thought I’d better get my facts right, freeze to death, nothing to do with the welfare of There’s talk of achieving a bowl shape, tulip inward facing stem, and remove it from its base, and I browsed the internet for some official the roses. If it’s mild in your part of the world shape, cup shape, which means there should be where it emerges from its parent stem. The aim is guidance. (Please be careful what you type into and the rose is seriously starting into growth, get no stems in the middle. Dead stems can be cut to get all the stems to face outwards. Same goes your Search bar; bush pruning can bring up some on with it pronto. away any time and don’t leave a stump, it’ll only for your cuts: the instruction to cut to an strange results!) Websites of the great and good And then there’s technique. Always controversial rot and encourage disease. Then cut away thin, outward facing bud, used to terrify me! What such as RHS and Gardeners World have a mine this one. Some experts swear that you can just wispy stems. You want to end up with a happens if I cut to an inward facing bud, will I of information but, it’s all different! And just to take the hedge trimmer to modern bush roses, framework of about five pencil thick stems. Cut kill the branch? No. Outward facing buds mean complicate matters, because of climate change, cutting down to knee height, but I think that’s out any crossing stems means this: if you’ve got new branches will grow outwards, simple really. what was gospel ten years ago, no longer applies. clumsy and not nearly so much fun. (I love one stem pointing outwards and another And what do I do if I can’t see any outward facing In the old days you pruned your climbing buds? Decisions, decisions. Just cut that branch roses in mid-winter and your modern bush roses* down to the same length as the others and in in mid- to late-February, oh and just to confuse due course a new bud will appear, and you can you, your rambling roses after flowering. Don’t cut off any remaining stump. even get me started on old shrub roses! So, I would Used to be that you pruned your modern prune my climbers religiously in early January, bush roses down to 12" but nowadays there is more whilst waiting until at least mid-February to prune flexibility. (Bit of a double-edged sword that one, the bushes. Now however, I find that the experts more choices to be made.) How hard you prune have broadened their advice, recommending determines how tall your rose bush will be, so if pruning during the dormant season, which for you want a compact bush at the front of your roses can be any time from November to March. border, go low. If you want your roses to adorn the Having ascertained that my brother, rose grower back of the border above herbaceous perennials, extraordinaire of our family, prunes all his in take only about a third off. November, I now feel extremely outdone. (A It’s hard to kill a rose. The most detrimental touch of sibling rivalry there, methinks!) thing you can do to a modern bush rose is ignore Just how much difference does pruning it, hence the sorry sight of tall, leggy specimens actually make to the flowering success of the with bald calves and sparce flowers flailing about roses? A great deal, in my experience. A rose will at eye level amongst a thatch of dead stems! They grow whatever you do to it. But pruning is a bit are very accommodating plants so have a go! As like personal grooming: if you have your hair they say in the advert, they’re worth it! trimmed every six weeks, remove split ends and CAROLINE BROOME condition well, it will be in far better condition *If you’re unsure of what type of rose you have, then than if you just left it au naturel. Surely common Google its name; it’ll most likely be a hybrid tea or a sense saves the day. If there is a hard frost or it’s Rosa New Dawn, January 2020 BEFORE Rosa New Dawn, Summer 2020 AFTER floribunda bush rose.

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t its virtual AGM in November, behind the success of the their subs last year can renew e are extremely lucky, the once black and now dishwater Anyway, back to the mud. A the Horticultural Society Horticultural Society’s charitable without charge for 2021, using WSuburb has more than its grey, bobble hat pulled down This is the same mud as the elected Suburb News gardening open gardens days, where, blessed their 2020 membership card. If fair share of green spaces but, low renders me pretty much Hampstead Garden Suburbites correspondent Caroline Broome with good weather on both you haven’t yet joined or re- and I realise this sounds very incognito. I like to think of settled upon after that first clod as its new Chairman to take occasions, they raised more funds joined, you can do so by emailing ungrateful, I’m loathing the mud. myself as a stylish person – well, was upturned in Central Square over from Chris Page, who was for the NGS caring charities in hgshs.membership@virginmedia. For the last couple of months I used to be pre-pandemic – but back in 1907. I am quite literally retiring. Previously Vice-Chair of one day than any other London com. At the moment it looks as I’ve been squelching through these days leisurewear has taken squishing through layers and Hort Soc, Caroline does nothing garden owners in those years. if the June Flower Show at least claggy clay-based mud on my a terrifying hold on my wardrobe layers of history. It’s all terribly by halves and left her London The Society would normally will be a virtual one, but there is daily dog walks. The mud is just and seemingly on the wardrobes inspiring. Nonetheless, I’m hoping County Volunteer role as an publish a full programme and still hope, especially for home- about everywhere, anywhere of many others. I know of people for a decent spell of dry weather, Assistant County Organiser for an annual members’ handbook made cake lovers, that perhaps there’s any grass for sure, and so who boast they’ve been wearing for some terra firma. Don’t get the National Garden Scheme to in January, but this year has we will all be able to meet at the that’s pretty much most of the the same jogging bottoms since me wrong, I love the Suburb concentrate on her new post. decided to wait until actual Autumn Show in the Free Church Suburb. There’s no escaping it. the first Lockdown – every day! with all its steeped history but I In 2017 and 2019 she was meetings and visits become Hall in September. The dog and I set out reasonably They assure me it’s rather really don’t need to bring it all the dynamic organising genius possible. Any members who paid MARJORIE HARRIS clean and return looking like liberating but I still have my back home with me on my boots. we’ve just come back from standards thank you. SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY Glastonbury. The cleaning process SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY takes forever. My dog is large, furry Patience will bear fruit and very white. I’m somewhat OCD. You get the picture. f anyone had told us a year ago new ‘Henrietta Community Fruit well as local organisations and As a well-seasoned dog owner, how much lockdown patience Orchard’ patience is beginning schools got in touch to offer their I I’m a long term fully paid up we would be able to muster for to bear fruit (even if only meta- support. In December, some of member of the “There’s no such the personal and common good, phorically so far). us came together online to select thing as bad weather, only bad we might not have believed it. This exciting project to the heritage fruit tree varieties clothing” club. I have clothes Of course, patience is also a enrich both the Suburb’s to be planted in Lyttelton Playing for a panoply of meteorological virtue when it comes to creating community life and natural Fields. The selection process was scenarios; plastic over-trousers, community orchards. They are amenities was initiated by the no easy task, considering all the cagoules, skiwear, fleeces, you long term projects, keeping in HGS Residents’ Association. It is different apples, pears and plums name it. And don’t get me mind that trees will always be now being put into action by that are still part of our living started on footwear – hiking planted by one generation to the newly founded friends’ group national orchard tradition. boots, wellies, snow boots, all generally be enjoyed by the next. for the orchard. We were delighted The chosen varieties are robust waterproof and comfy. However, in the planning of the that several dozen residents as being specially grafted or Basically ugly-wear. 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he snow fall on Sunday 24th gloomy days of lockdown when impressive six pack on the TJanuary transformed the Heath things almost felt a bit normal. Heath Extension, the impressive Extension, Central Square and Some very talented residents igloo in Waterlow Court made by the woods from muddy bogs made the most of it by creating compressing snow into blocks into winter wonderlands for a their own ice sculptures. In true (the authentic way!) and, of course, couple of magical days. Banksy style, ice sculptures many wonderful snowmen. Delighted children and adults popped up overnight. There was Thank you residents for all alike were drawn outside, despite the beautiful ice woman who the wonderful photographs.We the cold, to make snowmen, sat demurely crossed-legged on couldn’t print them all but here throw snowballs and toboggan. her bench in Meadway Court, are a few… It was a small respite from the the startling ice man with an SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY BEVERLEY TAYLOR MICHAEL ELEFTHERIADES DAVID LEDERMAN

Trek to Rome for Kidasha

ll being well, I will embark efforts to improve the lives of Severe restrictions on going out, pandemic. Whilst shielding, I A on a virtual trek to Rome on children and young people which are very strictly enforced decided to challenge myself by 1st March to raise money for growing up in chronic poverty in Nepal, are particularly harsh boosting my walking efforts – Nepal children’s charity Kidasha, in Nepal, lives that risk being for the children who very often both as a means of exercise and of which I once was Chairman. devastated by the wider impact live in substandard, overcrowded fundraising for charity. Between I have been shielding from Covid of the COVID-19 pandemic. The and tiny accommodation and April and December 2020, I at home since March 2020 and charity aims to mitigate the impact have little or no access to completed over 7,000 laps of will walk 12,250 laps of a on children of the widespread internet learning, hospitals and the field behind my home, the secluded field behind my home loss of family income by helping healthcare generally. equivalent of the distance from to complete the 1,111 miles them to return to schools when Having made many treks Golders Green to John O’Groats. from the Suburb to St Peter’s they re-open and protecting through the Himalayas and other At the same rate, the new trek will Basilica in Rome (a bit less than them from the risks of being places with my wife Ruth in aid take 14 months, but, allowing the distance from Mumbai to forced into child marriage, of Kidasha over the last 15 years for the field to be flooded for 3 Kathmandu). I will follow the being exploited into work or – including to Annapurna and months (as it was this winter), I traditional pilgrimage route and being compelled live on the Everest Base Camps in 2006 and aim to finish by September 2022. post updatesLitchfields_Suburb_News_July19_V2.pdf as I go. street (most 1 often 24/07/2019 to avoid 09:29 2008 – I had been searching for I was forced to delay starting this The funds raised from my abuse and/or ease the economic a new way to give my support trek by two months by a bout of trek will go to support Kidasha’s burden on their families). to this enterprise during the pneumonia over Christmas, but I hope completing this challenge will encourage others to continue supporting Kidasha and other charities in 2021 in any way they can. I would hate for the pandemic to get in the way of my support reaching those children and young people who so desperately need our help – but I shall, of course, miss all the cheese and wine (and mountains) I’d be enjoying on my progress through France and Italy if I were able to do this on the ground! Myke & Ruth Jacobs at Annapurna Base Camp, 2006 C I’ve been fortunate to visit Nepal many times, and have are bringing further turmoil to does preventing neglect, abuse M witnessed first-hand the critical those already navigating a very and exploitation of disadvantaged, Y work the charity does to provide difficult life. I hope that my local working and street children in

CM vulnerable young people with community will join me in Nepal - www.kidasha.org. If you an opportunity of a better future. providing the funds needed to wish to donate please go to my MY Amidst the renewed crisis the overcome poverty and need in fund-raising page at: https:// CY pandemic has brought to the this, the second poorest country uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ region (after the earthquakes of in Asia (by GDP per capita). Read MichaelJacobs14. CMY 2015), the harsh winter months about the great work Kidasha MICHAEL JACOBS K

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The RA works to represent the interests of Suburb residents and to foster a COMMITTEE CHAIRS RA COUNCIL MEMBERS OTHER RA ROLES community spirit. Organises community events as well as public meetings on • Tony Brand issues causing local concern. Produces and distributes Suburb News on a ALLOTMENTS MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY quarterly basis for no charge to all homes in the Suburb. Gives grants to local • Philip Harlow • Alan Brudney PO Box 67700, London NW11 1NS community groups. Collects donations for Fellowship, the local community E [email protected] • Patrick Ettwein charity. Works to improve our open spaces and trees and is setting up a new • Selena Amado community orchard in Lyttelton Playing Fields. Liaises with Barnet Council, • Colin Gregory CONSERVATION & AMENITIES E [email protected] HGS Trust and the Hampstead Heath management team to maintain and • Peter McCluskie • Helen Leiser improve our infrastructure and green spaces, and to represent concerns of E [email protected] • Marie-Christine O’Callaghan LITTER PICKING residents. Organises volunteer litter picking. Further details including how • Simon Sackman • Michael Green to join the RA on our website. EVENTS E [email protected] E [email protected] • Adrian Hodgson • Maria Schlatter E [email protected] W hgsra.uk • Ann Spencer ROADS, TRAFFIC & PARKING • Gary Shaw HON SECRETARY PUBLICATIONS OFFICERS OF THE RA E traffi [email protected] • Peter McCluskie • Shelley-Anne Salisbury CHAIR E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] • Emma Howard E [email protected] HON TREASURER TREES & OPEN SPACES All Offi cers and Committee WEBSITES & IT • Steve Morris • Tony Ghilchik Chairs are also Council Members. • Steve Morris E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected]

Street ...... Map Ref Leys, The ...... 2D Linden Lea ...... 3D Addison Way ...... 2B Linnell Close ...... 4C Arcade House ...... 3A Linnell Drive ...... 4C HGS Map Asmuns Hill...... 3B Litchfi eld Court ...... 3C Asmuns Place ...... 3A Litchfi eld Way ...... 3D Barnett Homesteads ...... 3B Ludlow Way ...... 2D Belmont Court ...... 3A Lyttelton Court ...... 3D Belvedere Court ...... 3E Lyttelton Road ...... 3D Bigwood Court ...... 3C Lytton Close ...... 3E Bigwood Road ...... 4C Market Place ...... 3D Birnbeck Court ...... 2A Maurice Walk ...... 2D Bishop’s Court ...... 2F Meadway ...... 4C Blandford Close ...... 2D Meadway Close ...... 4C Brim Hill ...... 2D Meadway Court ...... 4C Brookland Close ...... 2C Meadway Gate ...... 4B Brookland Garth ...... 2C Middleton Road (29 & 31) ...... 5B Brookland Hill ...... 2C Middleway ...... 3C Brookland Rise ...... 2B Midholm ...... 2C Brownlow Court ...... 3E The Archer Midholm Close ...... 2C Academy Brunner Close ...... 3D Milton Close ...... 3D Bunkers Hill ...... 5D Monarch Court ...... 3D Bute Mews ...... 3D Montrose Court ...... 2A Carlyle Close ...... 4D Morland Close ...... 6C Carpenter House ...... 4D Central Square ...... 4C Neale Close ...... 1D Chalton Drive ...... 4E Neville Drive ...... 4D Chatham Close ...... 3B Norrice Lea ...... 3E Childs Way ...... 3A North End Road (129) ...... 6C Church Mount ...... 3E North Square ...... 3B Clarendon Court ...... 2A Northway ...... 3C Coleridge Walk ...... 2B Northway Court ...... 3C Constable Close ...... 4C Oakwood Road ...... 3C Cornwood Close ...... 2E Old Wyldes ...... 6D Corringham Court ...... 5B One Kingsley Way...... 3D Corringham Road (56-90, 73-117) ...... 5B Orchard, The ...... 3B Corringway ...... 5C Ossulton Place ...... 1D Cotman Close ...... 4D Ossulton Way ...... 2D Creswick Walk...... 2A Crispin Mews ...... 2A Pantiles, The ...... 3A Crosby Court ...... 2D Queens Court ...... 3A Deacon’s Rise ...... 3E Raeburn Close ...... 4D Deansway (1-59, 32-68) ...... 2F Reynolds Close ...... 5C Denison Close...... 1D Romney Close...... 6D Denman Drive ...... 3B Rotherwick Road ...... 5B Devon Rise ...... 2E Rowan Walk ...... 4D Dudley Court ...... 2A Ruskin Close ...... 4C Eastholm...... 2C South Square ...... 4C Edmunds Walk ...... 2F Southway ...... 3C Emmott Close ...... 4D Southwood Court ...... 3C Erskine Hill (1-114 inc) ...... 3B Spaniards Close ...... 6E Fairway Close ...... 5D Spencer Drive ...... 4D Falloden Way ...... 2C Sutcliffe Close ...... 3C Falloden Court ...... 2B Temple Fortune Court ...... 3A Farm Walk ...... 3A Temple Fortune Hill ...... 3B Temple Fortune House ...... 3A Green Close ...... 5D Temple Fortune Lane (evens) ...... 4B Greenhalgh Walk ...... 2D Thornton Way ...... 3C Grey Close ...... 4D Totnes Walk ...... 2E Gurney Drive ...... 2D Trust fl ats ...... 2A Hampstead Way (1-59) ...... 6D Turner Close ...... 4C Hampstead Way (61-111, 6-22) ...... 5C Turner Drive ...... 4C Hampstead Way (113-221, 24-164) ...... 4B Turners Wood ...... 6D Harford Walk ...... 2E Heath Close ...... 5C Vivian Way ...... 3E Heathcroft ...... 6C Warwick Court ...... 1D Heathfi elde ...... 3D Waterlow Court ...... 5C Heathgate ...... 4C Wellgarth Road ...... 6C Heathview Court ...... 5C Westholm ...... 2C Hill Close ...... 4B Widecombe Court ...... 3E Hill Rise ...... 2C Widecombe Way ...... 2E Hill Top ...... 2C Wild Hatch ...... 5B Hogarth Hill ...... 2A Wildwood Rise ...... 6D Holne Chase ...... 4D Wildwood Road ...... 5D Holyoake Walk ...... 1D Willifi eld House ...... 3B Homesfi eld ...... 3B Willifi eld Way (2-66 inc)...... 4B Howard Walk ...... 2D Willifi eld Way (68-188 inc)...... 3B Hurst Close ...... 4C Willow Close ...... 6C Hutchings Walk ...... 2C Winnington Close ...... 4E Winnington Road ...... 4E Ingram Avenue ...... 5D Woodside ...... 3B Kenwood Close ...... 6E Wordsworth Walk ...... 2B Kingsley Close ...... 3D Wyldes ...... 6D Kingsley Way ...... 3D Wyldes Close ...... 6D

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BARNET COUNCIL COUNCIL TAX Local Increasingly Barnet Council wants all T 8359 2608 Police Information enquiries to be made through its website with access buttons to all main categories MEMORIAL BENCHES Government LOCAL POLICE STATION on the home page. T 8359 3555 AT COLINDALE Related Please try the numbers on the right only as a E [email protected] last resort. Our Councillors are also very Open 24 hours a day PARKING PERMITS Organisations helpful in getting you assistance if needed. Grahame Park Way NW9 5TW T 8359 2608 (next to RAF Museum) GARDEN SUBURB WARD ALL ENQUIRIES PARKS AND OPEN SPACES T 7230 1212 COUNCILLORS (FOR MOST OF HGS) Between 9-5 daily and out-of-hours emergencies 999 for emergencies only, otherwise 101 T 8359 4600 • Rohit Grover (Conservative) T 8359 2000 W www.met.police.uk to report a crime. E [email protected] T 07753 441 349 E [email protected] E [email protected] W barnet.gov.uk STREET BASED SERVICES GARDEN SUBURB • John Marshall (Conservative) SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD Including reporting fly tipping and potholes T 8202 1509 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICE TEAM E [email protected] T 8359 4600 Including noise enforcement, pests and Open Wed 5-8pm, Thu 5-8pm, Sat 12-3pm, • Gabriel Rozenberg (Lib Dem) anti-social behaviour WASTE AND REFUSE SERVICES Sun 12-3pm T 07879 477 128 T 8359 7995 E [email protected] T 8359 4600 61 Golders Green Road NW11 8EL PLANNING T 7161 8185 BARNET MEETINGS FOR LOCAL E [email protected] EAST FINCHLEY WARD T 8359 3000 COUNCILLORS (FOR SMALL PART E [email protected] RESIDENTS TO TAKE ISSUES TO OF NORTH HGS) F&GG RESIDENTS FORUM EAST FINCHLEY • Claire Farrier (Labour) ADULT SOCIAL CARE SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD For HGS residents to submit issues online and POLICE TEAM T 3726 2470 T 8359 5000 to attend meetings E [email protected] 113 High Road N2 8AG ASSISTED TRAVEL INCLUDING F&GG AREA COMMITTEE • Arjun Mittra (Labour) T 7161 9014 BLUE BADGES T 07867 902 400 For HGS residents to oppose planning E [email protected] E [email protected] T 8359 4131 applications, removal of trees and other • Alison Moore (Labour) local issues. Details on LBB’s website in their HAMPSTEAD HEATH BARNET HOMES Democracy section. T 8349 4483 CONSTABULARY E [email protected] T 8080 6587 W https://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/ uucoverpage.aspx For Heath issues only T 8340 5260 MP FOR FINCHLEY AND E [email protected] GOLDERS GREEN 212 Ballards Lane N3 2LX POLICE & COMMUNITY ACTION PANEL FOR • Mike Freer (Conservative)

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HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY OF SUBURB INFORMATION 2021 GARDEN SUBURB RESOURCES FOR AUTISM GARDEN SUBURB THEATRE Hampstead Garden COMMUNITY LIBRARY Supports individuals with autism and Has been producing drama on the Suburb Open daily 10-5 except Sunday and Monday their families. for over a century. It puts on at least five Suburb Trust Volunteer run library. Children’s activities twice Clubs weekly and holiday schemes and art shows a year, including one out-of-doors in a week, monthly book club, and occasional and music therapy. Little Wood. Established in 1968 ‘to do all things possible to author talks and one-off children’s events. 858 Finchley Road NW11 6AB T 3582 1333 maintain and preserve the present character and User computers and printer/scanner available W gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk T 8458 3259 amenities’ of Hampstead Garden Suburb. for public use. W resourcesforautism.org.uk The Trust operates a Scheme of Management 15 Market Place NW11 6LB HAMPSTEAD MUSIC CLUB which ensures that the architectural standards (located in Hill Rise) Members perform at musical evenings, master of the Suburb’s founders are maintained. The classes and special occasions and give concerts Trust publishes policies for the protection of the T 8458 3301 with professional musicians. character of the Suburb and householders must E [email protected] obtain the Trust’s approval before making changes W gardensuburblibrary.org.uk Other Local Clubs Events at Fellowship House to the external appearance of their property. • Claire Kitchin (Membership Secretary) 862 Finchley Road NW11 6AB HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION and Societies T 8444 2669 E [email protected] • Simon Henderson (Trust CEO) Lectures 8.00pm on the third Thursday of the • Jessie Forder (Business Support Officer) month (September-April) ALYTH CHORAL SOCIETY W e-voice.org.uk/hampstead-music-club/ about-us T 8455 1066 Hampstead & NW London Branch serves all Tackles music old and new, from Bernstein E [email protected] NW London and meets in Fellowship House. to Haydn and Brahms and specially HEATH & HAMPSTEAD SOCIETY W hgstrust.org Lectures are currently being presented commissioned works. Talks and guided walks on Hampstead Heath on Zoom • Mrs Judy Obrart and in Hampstead. • Jeremy Berkoff (Chair) T 8455 1732 T 020 8455 7096 / 07793 229 521 E [email protected] T 8343 0389 E [email protected] E [email protected] W heathandhampsteadsociety.org.uk Local History ARTS SOCIETY, HAMPSTEAD HEATH and Education HENRIETTA BARNETT SCHOOL Monthly lectures, visits and tours. CHORAL SOCIETY HGS ARCHIVES TRUST Other Local Kenwood House, Hampstead Lane NW3 7JR From January to April Collects periodicals, press cuttings, photos, E [email protected] Parents and suburb residents all welcome. books, digital media and other records and Charities W tashh.org.uk artefacts relating to the Suburb and individuals • Maurice Chernick (HBS Head of Music) connected to it. E [email protected] ALL DOGS MATTER BADMINTON CLUB Archives can be consulted by arrangement Dog rescue and rehoming charity. Dogs Free Church Hall, Northway HGO with the Archives Trustees. If you wish to needing homes available to foster and adopt. donate any items of the kind listed, please • Barry Millington (HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA) contact us. T 8341 3196 T 8458 6837 North London’s leading opera company is W alldogsmatter.co.uk E [email protected] • Chris Rafferty dedicated to advancing young and talented T 8455 2877 COMBAT STRESS singers by staging live opera with orchestra at E [email protected] BRIDGE CLUB reasonable prices. W suburbarchives.org (VETERANS’ MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY) LOCAL BRANCH Wednesday evenings at 7pm • David Conway (Chair, HGO Trust) Many of the Suburb records have been Aims to provide a reasonable standard of E [email protected] If you would like to donate or help at any deposited in the London Metropolitan Archives. W hgo.org.uk events, please contact: duplicate bridge in a friendly atmosphere. T 7332 3820 Meets at Fellowship House W cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history- • Ruth Smith HGS ART and-heritage/london-metropolitan-archives T 8458 8191 • Sandra Perry T 07780 518 973 Active group of Suburb artists. It runs an FOOD BANK AID E [email protected] annual art fair in the spring at Fellowship HGS HERITAGE House. Membership £25 a year. (NORTH LONDON) A charity dedicated to preserving the past of • Mary Davis (Membership Secretary) the Suburb through the Virtual Museum which Drop off points for food at various locations in CENTRAL SQUARE E [email protected] seeks to preserve memorabilia or artefacts the Suburb. You can also send a supermarket TENNIS COURTS relating to Suburb people, activities and history or online delivery to their sorting hub or make Available at no charge for Suburb residents use that Suburb families may still have at home, a financial donation. Please email for instructions. only. Book online: HGS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY by scanning and digitising them without For anybody who is interested in astronomy. E [email protected] W hgstrust.org (go to Trust Property) families losing ownership. Monthly newsletter, talks and observing sessions. Organises Perseid Meteor watches Please make contact if you would like to be HOMELESS ACTION IN BARNET FRIENDS OF BIGWOOD involved or have anything you think should on Hampstead Heath in August. Membership Charity working with people who are be included in the museum collections. A volunteer and membership group working fee £25 pa. homeless in Barnet with Barnet Council to help protect and • Marjorie Harris • Andrew Glendinning 36b Woodhouse Road N12 0RG maintain Big Wood. T 8455 6507 T 07751 305 056 E [email protected] T 8446 8400 E [email protected] E [email protected] W hgsheritage.org.uk W habcentre.org W friendsofbigwood.com W hgsas.co.uk

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HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION DIRECTORY OF SUBURB INFORMATION 2021 HGS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROMS AT ST JUDE’S FELLOWSHIP HOUSE CLUB TODDLERS’ STORY-TIME Summer and autumn fl ower shows, Annual festival of classical and jazz music This club for the over 60s provides social Tuesday & Thursday mornings open gardens, plant sales, outings and with international, national and local artists, activities on weekdays and some Saturdays.See Garden Suburb Community Library other activities, newsletter, discounts at free lunchtime concerts, heritage walks, website for details. Subscription £20 per T 8458 3301 local nurseries. New members welcome comedy night and a literary festival. annum. Non-members welcome. (£7 single; £10 family). The Proms are organised by a voluntary 136a Willifi eld Way NW11 6YD BEAVERS, CUBS AND SCOUTS • David Broome (Membership Secretary) committee to raise money for Toynbee Hall • Andrew Botterill (Chair) E [email protected] and The North London Hospice. New T 8458 6352 All enquiries to: W hortsoc.co.uk volunteers always welcome. • Jill Purdie • Marion Lowe • Susie Gregson (Newsletter Editor and Secretary) W scouts.org.uk/groups HGS TABLE TENNIS CLUB T 8458 1675 T 8458 5042 3RD GOLDERS GREEN E [email protected] Tuesday to Friday evenings W promsatstjudes.org.uk • Margaret Lancaster (Membership Secretary) Tuesdays: Beavers 5-6pm; Cubs 6-7.30pm; Affi liated to Table Tennis England as a Premier T 8455 8140 Scouts 7.30-9pm W fellowshiphouse.co.uk Club and committed to improving player Carey Hall, 58A Claremont Road, experience and increasing participation. Cricklewood NW2 1BU International level coaches help to improve ORCHARD HOUSING SOCIETY standards of play. Halls for Hire Provides rented sheltered accommodation for 1ST FINCHLEY Free Church Hall, Northway the over 60s of the Suburb and LB Barnet Mondays: Beavers 4.15-5.15pm; residents who are in need of sheltered housing Cubs 5.30-7pm; Scouts 7.15-9pm • Richard Grethe These are listed on the RA’s website (hgsra.uk). and can live independently. 61 self-contained T 07973 613 388 Rear of 190 Long Lane N3 2RA W hgsra.uk/info/hallsforhire.pdf fl ats set in beautiful gardens in Hampstead E [email protected] Way NW11 6YN provide accommodation for 8TH HENDON W www.suburbttc.com 48 single people and 13 couples. Fridays: Beavers 5.15-6.15pm; • Beatrice Boussard (Tenant Support Manager) Cubs 6.30-7.45pm; Scouts 8-9.30pm NORTHWAY GARDENS T 8455 3223 ORGANISATION (NGO) St Mary’s Church Hall, Church End, For Our Older • Amanda Peters Hendon NW4 4JT Northway Gardens is a park stretching from (Finance and Buildings Manager) Falloden Way to Kingsley Way. NGO has an Residents T 8458 5173 GIRL GUIDES adopt a place agreement with Barnet Council W orchardhousingsociety.co.uk and works to create and maintain beautiful Monday evenings ABBEYFIELD HOUSE fl ower beds and shrub borders. New volunteers UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE 2ND GOLDERS GREEN always welcome. Supported sheltered housing for 11-12 residents HGS (U3A) who furnish their own en-suite accommodation. Fellowship House (Currently using Free Donations gratefully received to: Locally run interest group for retired and Church Hall, Northway) Northway Gardens Organisation Two main meals provided daily. semi-retired people to come together to learn T Tasha: 07905 559 158 NatWest Bank Sort Code: 51 50 11 Homesfi eld, Erskine Hill NW11 6HL for fun. Account number: 66631904 E [email protected] • Lyn Kenny (Senior House Manager) • Jack Berkovi Or a cheque to: T 8455 2607 T 07788 183196 NGO, 69 Brookland Rise NW11 6DT KARATE FOR CHILDREN E l.kenny@abbeyfi eld.com W hgsu3a.uk • Brian Ingram W abbeyfi eld.com/supported-housing/ Run by the Pantha Club. T 07957 297 272 / 020 8458 5313 abbeyfi eld-house-in-hampstead-garden- Free Church Hall, Northway E [email protected] suburb-at-nw11-6hl/ T 07881 920 356 Youth E [email protected] YOUTH MUSIC CENTRE Organisations Welcomes all children aged 2-18 years and Children’s and helps them achieve their highest musical potential within a creative and Activities happy environment. Provides Saturday morning classes for the UNDER 5s youngest children before they commence instrumental lessons at the age of 5 or 6. EENY MEENY MUSIC After a year of group lessons on the violin, Friday mornings viola, cello, double bass or recorder, children Sessions for babies and toddlers up to 4 years are ready to have their fi rst orchestral with their parent or carer. experience. Also provides theory classes up to grade 8 and voice classes. HGS Free Church Bigwood House, Bigwood Road NW11 7BD • Eddie T 07736 637 975 T 07717 533 395 E [email protected] E [email protected] W eenymeenymusic.co.uk W youthmusiccentre.uk

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