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Help yourself: Elm Gardens. Photo Allison Goodings. The people of Hertford Road, Leopold Road and Elm Gardens, N2, came out into their cordoned-off streets to cel- ebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday 19 May. Barbecues were fired up, tables were piled high with finger food and there Feast: Leopold Road was general music and merriment as Neighbours: Hertford Road everyone enjoyed the chance to meet their neighbours. Get ready for the best free event of the year! By David Melsome East Finchley’s Community Festival is here! Amazing live entertainment and the chance to chill out with friends and family are what make this annual free event such a crowd pleaser. It returns to Cherry Tree Wood on Sunday 24 June from 12 noon to 6pm. Last year’s soul-funk favour- prey, courtesy of Jambs Owls. hour or two, please email east- ites Dex & Mercy will be If you haven’t tired yourself out, [email protected]. amongst the bands appearing there will even be free tennis Check out ‘myeastfinchley’ on the main stage, whilst Fixa- coaching sessions taking place on Facebook for updates or find tion Theatre, Airborne Circus on the Cherry Tree Wood courts. out more at www.eastfinchley- and Fortitude Dance Company Festival helpers festival.org. See page 2 for the Find your new home today... full line-up on the stages. join the performers entertaining Volunteers are still welcome Successful independent estate agent, established since 1992 crowds on the Community Stage. to make the event run smoothly The Archer team will see Residential and commercial, sales, lettings and management specialists There will be more than 80 you there! Our friendly and helpful staff provide a professional and genuine service on the day. If you can give up an 40 High Road, East Finchley Our office is situated 100 yards from East Finchley Station stalls to browse, with locally London N2 9PJ produced artisan crafts and www.primelocations.co.uk delicacies available to buy and Sign of progress on the Estate Agents Valuations Sales Lettings [email protected] stalls representing just about Overseas Properties Management Services 020 8883 9090 every community organisation pavilion in the wood in the area. By Diana Cormack This year Chickenshed The- On page 2 of The Archer Barnet Council which sug- atre will be bringing Tales from last month we wondered gests an announcement could the Shed to the storytelling tent, if, before this year’s com- be imminent: “The Council alongside storytellers and magi- has reached an agreement with cians, and free multi-sensory munity festival, a final decision could be hoped the tenant but the council’s fun sessions from Hartbeeps constitutional process now for the little ones. Children can for regarding the fate of has to be followed, in order also enjoy traditional Punch and the dilapidated pavilion in to formalise this agreement.” Judy, a climbing wall, giant Cherry Tree Wood. Let’s hope this long-running inflatable slides and a chance In mid-May we received saga is brought to a close soon. to meet some majestic birds of the following statement from We will keep you posted. • Visit us online at www.the-archer.co.uk or Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @TheArcherN2 • 2 JUNE 2018 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk The Archer USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS PO Box 3699, London N2 2DE Councils Help & Advice Drinkline 0800 917 8282 www.the-archer.co.uk Email: [email protected] Barnet Childline 0800 1111 Drugs Helpline 0800 776600 @TheArcherN2 www.facebook.com/TheArcherN2 Admin/Town Hall 020 8359 2000 Citizens Advice Barnet 0300 4568365 Health Info Service 0800 665544 Voicemail (messages only) 0800 612 0748 for editorial and general Council Tax 020 8359 2608 Cruse Bereavement Care 0870 167 MIND 020 8343 5700 Recycling & refuse 020 8359 4600 1677 National Blood Centre 0845 7 711 7711 enquiries or 0800 612 4027 for Advertising enquiries only Primary Care Trust 020 8201 4700 Disability Info Service 020 8359 7637 Crime Published by Editorial Team Finance & Benefits Agency 020 8258 6500 EF Advice Service 0300 4568365 Emergency 999 East Finchley Newspapers Diana Cormack Advertising Employment Service 020 8258 3900 Lone Parent Centre 020 7021 4146 Police non-emergency 101 Copy Editor Daphne Chamberlain John Dearing Haringey Council 020 8489 0000 Missing Persons Helpline 0500 700700 CrimeStoppers 0800 555111 John Lawrence Sub Editors Distribution Leisure National Debt Line 0808 808 4000 Victim Support 0845 303 0900 Production Editor Ann Bronkhorst Toni Morgan Alexandra Palace 020 8365 2121 NSPCC 0800 800500 Hospitals Jeff Robson Jane & David Marsh Alison Roberts East Finchley Library 020 8359 3815 Rape & Sexual Abuse helpline NHS 111 Printed By Picture Editor Sharman & Co Ltd Gt North Leisure Park 0870 240 6020 020 8683 3300 Barnet General 020 8216 4000 Mike Coles Muswell Hill Everyman 0871 9069060 Relate 020 8447 8101 Edgware General 020 8952 2381 Thank you to The Bald Faced Stag and New Local Cafe for providing us with a Phoenix Cinema 020 8444 6789 RSPCA 0300 1234 999 Finchley Memorial 020 8349 7500 meeting place. 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Joseph Tripp, 35, of one pet was allowed to run riot in the pond. 12.15: Clickbait Sylvester Road, N2, was found guilty of murder at the 12.50: Rob Thom Old Bailey on Thursday 24 May. The dog splashed around in the pasture is a wildlife reserve 1.20: SEN3 Police were called shortly the pond for a long time, leaving and, much as I love dogs, it 2.00: Talking Fools after 3pm on 30 December 2015 its plants and reeds in a terrible is too sensitive in terms of its 2.30: Pat ‘Have Mercy Leacock to reports of a man assaulted on state and leading to the death of natural status to be one of them.” DJ set the High Road, N2, near to the three newly hatched moorhen The pasture, opposite the fire 2.50: Guido Falls, Martin Murray junction with Huntingdon Road. chicks. station in Long Lane, is open 3.30: Dex & Mercy Mr McAllister was taken to hos- Volunteer Linda Dolata said: almost every day at this time of 4.15: Angie A pital for treatment by a passing “This is actually a criminal the year. On Saturdays from 10am 4.50: Raffle member of public who stopped offence. There are plenty of till 12 noon volunteers carry out 5,10: Miss Havisham’s Digital to help. He died of his injuries places to let a dog loose, but essential maintenance work. Clock two weeks later. 6.00: close Officers established that Mr Foot Problems? Chiropody Podiatry The Archer newspaper McAllister and Tripp had been Community Stage involved in a minor argument Victim: Derek McAllister Judith Costa BSc 12.10: Martin School Dance Club; inside a local bookmaker shop Collette said: “It has been a long At Utopia Clinic 1a Leicester Mews N2 9EJ 12.30: Finchley Youth Theatre ten minutes before the attack. Mr haul, but justice has prevailed Tel: 020 8444 4226 (M) 07802 88 79 19 presents: Fixation Theatre, Air- McAllister left the shop and was and we’ve finally got the result Online booking at utopiatherapyhub.com borne Circus and Rithmik Live followed by Tripp, who stopped that my father deserved. We will 1.40: Fortitude Dance Company at a hardware store to buy the never come to terms with losing 2.05: Holy Trinity School Choir largest carving knife on display. our father in this way, but we OSTEOPATHY | ACUPUNCTURE 2.30: N6 Zumba, Latin-inspired CCTV cameras captured finally have some closure now. I dance fitness display Tripp unwrapping the knife at a would like to thank the police, the 2.50:The Archer Academy Choir bus stop whilst he watched Mr prosecution team and my family 3.20: Soto CIC, dance and per- McAllister, who was standing for helping us through this tough The Robin Kiashek forming arts across the road. Tripp crossed two-and-a-half years.” 3.55: Brookland Junior School the road, ran towards Mr McAl- Detective Sergeant Bryan Clinics Orchestra Choir and Dance group lister and stabbed him in the back Field, of the Homicide and Major 4.30: Fortitude Dance Company before fleeing with the knife. Crime Command, said: “I would Keeping North London OSTEOPATHY 4.55: Cecilia, musician with Officers recovered the knife’s like to thank the local community pain free for 25 years quirky songs packaging which had Tripp’s for all their help both on the day 5.15: Blink and You’ll Miss It, fingerprints on it. He was sub- of the attack but also with their Visit www.robinkiashek.co.uk magic and mindreading show sequently arrested and charged continued help and support in to see how we could help 5.40: Patrick’s Jazz Class with murder. securing evidence and identify- 6.00: close. Mr McAllister’s daughter ing witnesses in this case.” Most major health insurance accepted Please note that we also have ACUPUNCTURE a Central London clinic Ample free parking Planning Applications Barnet Council storey side extension. 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Single- stairs. extension. 3 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk JUNE 2018 A lifetime of dedication to one school By Matt Beaven This summer, David Smith will stand down from his role as a governor at Holy Trinity School in East Finchley. It’s a position he’s relished for 42 years and his relationship with the school goes even further than that. David was a pupil at the pri- in 1947. The Governor: David Smith says farewell to Holy Trinity at a special assembly. mary school, originally located “It’s a smaller school these in East End Road, between 1944 days,” says David, “but it sets and 1951. It was much larger incredibly high standards in then, with over 500 children and academic performance, sport Litter is up and cleansing rates up to 45 in each class. “Some of and even the school choir. The the teachers struck fear into you governors do a fantastic job are down, claims resident when you entered the school,” keeping it on track. The years By John Lawrence he remembers, “but it was an have just slipped by. You start We reported briefly in our May edition on a petition launched by East Finchley resident exciting time.” doing something and you don’t David Attfield calling on Barnet Council to do more to clean litter from the borough’s “And then there’s the day I stop.” streets. Here’s more of the background we didn’t have room for last month. shot my teacher,” he says with Tribute relish. “The deputy head, Mr for Summerlee Avenue, Bar- cleansing standard’ which Head of Governors Paula Contrasts with neigh- Davis, handed me a replica onsmere Road and Southern equates to clearing all litter and Quiddington says: “We’ve been bouring boroughs gun and asked me to turn up Road in N2 for 2017 and 2018 leaves on roads and pavements, extremely lucky to benefit from David cycles widely across late for his lesson. When we to date, Barnet Council listed and particularly accumulations David’s extensive knowledge London, regularly crossing the started to argue, I was to pull 11 dates between January and around bus stops and other street for the last 42 years. We wish borders between Barnet and the gun from my pocket and October 2017 but then nothing furniture. him a long and happy retire- Haringey, Brent and Camden. shoot him.” The class then had from 9 October 2017 until more How clean is your road? ment, and thank him for his He says: “As soon as you cross to write a description of what than three months later on 18 Send details and photos by email part in making Holy Trinity the into Barnet, the litter increases, they’d seen. “There was no January 2018. to [email protected] or outstanding school it is today.” the bins are often overflowing panic – these children had lived The council claimed its write to The Archer, PO Box As he steps down from the and are themselves filthy and through a war, after all.” teams aimed to clean to a ‘B 3699, London N2 2DE. role, David has plenty of plans the street scene generally is “The years slip by” – not least, getting some of his neglected. Walk down The Bish- It was this inspirational many stories down in writing ops Avenue and into Camden at backdrop that led David into to pass on to his grandchildren. the Spaniards Inn or walk into For fridge sake! the teaching profession and, His legacy to the school will Haringey along Fortis Green eventually, to his return to Holy never be forgotten, however, and you will see what I mean.” Trinity as a governor in March particularly for those classmates There is a responsibility on 1976. during a certain lesson in 1951. all of us to put our rubbish in One of David’s fondest From time to time, Holy bins or take it home with us, but memories as governor is helping Trinity has vacancies on its David believes Barnet Council put together a week of festivities board of governors and appli- is not doing enough to clean the for the school’s 150th anniver- cations are welcome from the rubbish that does accumulate sary in 1997. Fifty years earlier, wider community. If you’d like over weeks and months. he had been a pupil during the to find out more email: gover- His petition, now closed, school’s centenary celebrations [email protected] stated: “The standard of street cleaning has fallen to totally unacceptable levels. Many streets have large amounts of What level of thoughtlessness does it take to dump three litter. Bins are often overflow- battered fridge freezers at the end of Summerlee Avenue, ing. Everywhere you see piles of N2, at the pretty gated entrance to Cherry Tree Wood? Cree Godfrey & Wood provide a full range of services including Residential and rotting leaves from the autumn Well, someone did it last month, as our picture shows. Commercial Conveyancing, Landlord and Tenant advice, and other uncollected debris.” Thankfully the unsightly pile was cleared in short order, Employment (Compromise Agreements), Family, Wills Probate B standard with gaps and Elderly Client advice and Lasting Powers of Attorney. possibly by Barnet Council, but let’s hope flytipping Why choose CGW Solicitors? In response to a request to doesn’t become a growing trend. disclose its cleaning schedules Our team are: Electrical goods and large items can be taken to the Summers Lane COMMITTED to excellent customer service; Recycling Centre just across the Offer GOOD value and reasonable fees; North Circular in N12. You can Here to WORK for you and give you honest, straightforward and effective advice report flytipping to Barnet Council in a timely efficient manner. online by going to www.barnet. Cree Godfrey & Wood 28 High Road East Finchley London N2 9PJ T: 0208 883 9414 F: 0208 444 5414 gov.uk and searching ‘flytipping’. W: www.creegodfreyandwood.co.uk Email: [email protected] Nicky Sharp Osteopathy Clinic Cranial and Structural Osteopathy - Beginners - and Acupuncture All Major Insurers Accepted Tai Chi & Qigong ** NEW COURSES ** in East Finchley For consultations and appointments: Wednesdays am & pm (Trial session: £5) James Drewe is a qualified teacher and has been practising tai chi for 40 years. Telephone: 020 8815 9433 He is the author of 3 books on tai chi & is a member of the BCCMA. www.nickysharposteopathy.co.uk Other classes : www.taiji.co.uk 260 East End Road email: [email protected] phone: 020-8883 3308 London N2 8AU e-mail: [email protected] 4 JUNE 2018 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk Heads join forces to help pupils step up to secondary school By Frances Cooper Six local schools are collaborating in an innovative lit- eracy programme to help young pupils make the most of their last term at primary school. The scheme will see Archer then makes the transition to Academy teachers and Year secondary school harder.” 8 students working alongside The programme is designed colleagues and students from to boost their vocabulary and Brookland Junior School, enhance their language analysis Garden Suburb Junior School, skills. Primary pupils joining the Holy Trinity Primary School, Academy will study the book Manorside Primary School in more detail in their first term and Martin Primary School to there and those joining other deliver a five-week programme, schools will be encouraged to built around a classic work: The take their work with them. Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Jenny Aylen, headteacher Juster. at Brooklands Junior School, The first of its kind in the said the dip in children’s per- East Finchley Clinic - Advert area, it will support the students’ formance in moving from Year Healing touch: Caitlin Smail with a care home resident’s work. Photo Mike Coles. literacy and language skills 6 to Year 7 was noticeable and ARTWORK APPROVAL - 2 COL w100mm x h80mm and help smooth the transition that the new project would give process between primary and them an engaging and familiar secondary school. environment to carry their read- The power of art therapy By Daphne Chamberlain Avoiding a learning dip ing and writing skills with them. Academy headteacher Lucy Wendy Rennie, headteacher Caitlin Smail’s workroom in Fortis Green welcomes you with brightly coloured pic- Harrison has been shaping it at Manorside Primary, added: tures and art materials, soft, strokable objects, and something very like a gingerbread with her primary school coun- “Outstanding teachers have house. But the only magic here is good. Caitlin is co-director of ArtTherapy4all, which terparts since last October. She worked together on ideas and helps people of all ages to find healing and emotional support through creativity. said: “We know that Year 6 activities that will capture the The Lottery Fund is support- Stevenson on 07837 394799(for ing Week, is showing at The pupils and their teachers work enthusiasm and talents of many ing a 10-week Art Therapy pro- children and adolescents) or Darnley Gallery, The Centre extremely hard in the run-up young people as they grow ject in four care homes, includ- Caitlin Smail on 07939 406270 for Better Health, Hackney, E9 to SATS and have a well- and move on.” ing Springdene in Muswell Hill. (adult mental health). 6QH, from 4-27 June. Gallery deserved, less intense half-term Magical journeys It offers residents with dementia Beyond​ Words: The Healing tour and talk Friday 8 June. afterwards. My headteacher The Phantom Tollbooth the opportunity to create their Power of Art, coinciding with Details at www.artherapyex- colleagues and I agreed that focuses on a bored child who own pictures, working in small London Creativity and Wellbe- hibition.co.uk. it would be great to find an is whisked off on a series of groups with the support of a enjoyable way to keep some journeys to different lands: ideal therapist and a volunteer. Wendy Longworth & momentum going, so that they themes for children about to start Raymond’s picture don’t have a learning dip which an exciting journey of their own. Associates physiotherapy Caitlin showed me sev- practice offers a variety eral paintings by people with of treatments at the dementia. One of them is the clinic, or off-site, in High Road robbery illustration for this article. It ■ Back Pain patients homes, is the work of Raymond, who ■ Neck Pain nursing homes, attends an art therapy group ■ Whiplash Injury private hospitals and break-ins at the care home where he Late one afternoon in early May, a masked robber broke ■ Sciatica and other lives. In Caitlin’s words: “He organisations. into Nail Studio Designs on the High Road, N2. Bran- ■ Sports Injury explained that his picture was ■ dishing a knife, he forced the only young member of staff of a blue sky and trees. There is Frozen Shoulder present and two clients into the back of the shop, before a brick wall with a crack in it, ■ Arthritis stealing one client’s handbag. and ‘nothing can grow there’. ■ Tennis Elbow ■ He made off by motor- store and Nur Kebab, on the He said that sometimes it feels Sprain or Strain ■ www.eastfinchleyclinic.co.uk bike with an accomplice who junction with Leslie Road, to him like he has hit a brick Rehabilitation was waiting for him outside. suffered break-ins overnight. wall. At the end of the session ■ Neurological 020 8883 5888 Police were alerted and, with UOE managing director Elliot he decided to ‘plant some flow- ■ Stroke 2-3 Bedford Mews Bedford Road London N2 9DF the help of the mobile phone Jacobs said police were on the ers’ by the wall, adding them tracker in the handbag, pur- scene within three minutes of to the picture. This helped him sued the thieves for some the alarm sounding and missed to feel better.” time. However, they lost the thieves by a matter of 25 Beyond words the signal in Camden Town. seconds. The shop had been For all participants, this In separate incidents on the secured and nothing was stolen project is about empowerment High Road on 23-24 April, apart from a few coins from and emotional satisfaction, Business services: Personal services: both the UOE Post Office one of the tills. pride in producing their work, Bookkeeping & Accounting Personal tax planning and the chance to chat about Business planning Self assessment Business start-up Specialist sectors: their lives. Chatting is not Company Secretarial always possible, of course, but Corporate tax planning Building profits feelings and memories can be eCommerce & Payment Solutions Charities Payroll Owner directors expressed through creating art. Service Charge Accounting Retail Sometimes, other residents will VAT Sole traders come near and watch, which is Why choose us? supportive too. 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Business network N2Unit- Black Gull Bookshop, Tony’s ed’s next meeting on Thursday Continental and Ryker, all on 14 June at the Clissold Arms in the High Road, and will be on Fortis Green will focus on what sale at the East Finchley Com- local traders and businesses munity Festival on Sunday 24 can do to reduce their reliance June. Wherever you buy them, on single-use plastics like bags all proceeds will go towards the and wrapping. running of the festival. Ruth Anders, who will And most importantly read- co-ordinate the project for ers have been sending us their N2United, said: “This is a criti- responses to Ann’s campaign cally important campaign about and telling us about the actions which we will doubtless hear far they are already starting to take. more in the coming months.” We print a selection below. Our very own bag Please continue to write to There’s one action we can all us with your ideas on how eve- take immediately, by giving up ryone can help East Finchley buying plastic bags and instead become the first neighbourhood always putting our shopping in London to be a plastic-free in an ‘I Love N2’ cotton bag, zone. Email us at the-archer@ from East Finchley Commu- lineone.net or write to The nity Trust. The new design is Bag it up: Buy your cotton I Love Archer, PO Box 3699, London available now for £4 in the N2 bag in place of plastic carriers. N2 2DE.

Your letters: lent milkman who delivers in glass Let’s unite on plastics three times a week. Dear Editor, Live life without plastic My husband is a Canadian from I was moved and inspired by Dear Editor, Vancouver and they always seem Ann Inglis’s appeal to your readers I read your article (Let’s make to be a few steps ahead of us. Ann and to the residents of East Finchley East Finchley plastic-free, The Inglis is absolutely right to say we to transition away from single-use Archer, May 2018) with great inter- should buy items from shops that plastics. There’s been a lot about est. I am a very keen advocate of don’t separately package but sell on this in the press and some good trying to shop, eat and generally a more ‘wholesale’ level from vats/ online campaigns, but local action live life without plastic. containers where we decant into our has been the missing piece of the It is hard. I used to do all my own containers: shampoo, soaps, puzzle. nuts, coffee, tea...the list goes on. It is encouraging to see this has shopping at Tesco, but became East meets West: Kyoko and Denise in Tokyo. very frustrated when I realised that Instead of that proposed Bud- garnered support from N2United. I almost everything I bought was gens expansion, a store selling hope we can all unite behind Ann wrapped in plastic. Trying to put a ‘wholesale’ style with no excessive and show the rest of London that it’s week’s worth of loose fruit and veg or unnecessary packaging would possible for a whole community to Big in Japan onto the conveyor with a queue of be a huge bonus to the area. return to sane and compassionate Artist Denise Wyllie was travelling round Japan for a customers tutting behind me was I am vehemently anti single-use shopping habits. month setting up links with art galleries when she and not the way to go. plastic and, as a product design Yours faithfully, her friend Kyoko Iwata took time out for a quick read I now go to the High Road, Bal- teacher at The Compton School Thomas Bonneville, in N12, I am driving the anti-plas- of The Archer on a pedestrianised road in downtown lards Lane or Southgate and buy Fortis Green, N2. Ginza, central Tokyo. “Japan is a great place, beauti- fruit and veg loose. Even then tic message home in every lesson in items like rocket are impossible the hope it will sink in. I am aware of Plastic bags are a ful for landscape painting with interesting, thought- to buy loose. We have Tony’s the damage plastic causes and am ful people to hang out with,” said Denise, who prints currently trying to get my school to waste Continental and other fruiterers Dear Editor, her works at London Print Studio as well as from a in the High Road. Tony’s also go down the glass milk-bottle route. new studio she is creating at home in Long Lane, N2. Yours faithfully, I think plastic-free is a great offers a ‘refill’ service on some idea. Why bag things up? One Joanne Westgate, items. I have switched my milk always used to be able to pick from plastic bottles to our excel- Address supplied. what and how much one wanted ARE YOU LIVING WITH A FEAR OR PHOBIA? of anything and take it to the till Does it baffle and frustrate you? in a paper bag. 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Call John M.I.M.I 0773 851 4406 greenedriving.co.uk 6 JUNE 2018 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk The highs and lows of running the Marathon In our March edition we reported that Freddie Rand, of Bedford Road, N2, was planning to run the London Marathon in support of cancer research and in memory of his parents Chris and Fiona. Here’s his brilliant account of exactly what it was like. On the day before the Mara- my shorts. They didn’t so I had rewarding. I was ecstatic when thon, I went down to the EXPO to carry them in my hands all I finished although I just missed in East London to register. That the way round… rookie error! my target time of under four was when the extent of what I Heat … and hugs hours. I blame my sister and my had signed up for really hit me When you start and you girlfriend for those earlier hugs! and I was taken aback by the see the crowds you get that After the race 35 of my friends emotion I felt picking up my unbeatable surge of pride and joined me for drinks and race number. motivation. They do say that food. Lottie made a speech That afternoon my house- London is the best marathon saying how proud she was and mates joined me on a walk to run and I’d have to agree. how proud our parents would to keep my mind occupied As I was running this race in have been, which is where before the race, although that memory of my parents I made the tears finally appeared. didn’t help as that night I the decision that when I saw The following day my girlfriend think I got about three to four my sister Lottie I would give and I went on a well-deserved hours’ sleep, which is common her a hug which I did at mile spa day, which was amazing. the night before big races, I nine; after the race I found out However the usual seven-min- found out googling at 2am! it actually made her cry. ute walk to East Finchley tube On the day, I got up at 5.30am The race continued to go took 40 minutes that morning! to prepare myself and get well from there but the heat Overall I’ve managed to raise down to Greenwich for 8.45am was hard. I think I ate my nearly £6,700 for Cancer where I began to stretch and weight in the sweets handed Research UK which is more than eat the pre-race meal I had out by the general public; I ever expected but now it’s time prepared of porridge, bananas their support makes the dif- to think of the next challenge! and apples. The race began at ference especially as I had my You can still donate to boost 10am although you don’t move name on my T-shirt. Hearing Freddie’s fundraising total until about 10.30 so you have people shout “Go Freddie, by going to https://fundraise. another 30 minutes standing you can do it!” is immense. cancerresearchuk.org and around anxiously, which isn’t It got really hard after mile 20. searching for ‘Freddie Rand’. great but luckily the weather Earlier in the course I knew Finishing line: Freddie looks remarkably fit at the end of the Marathon in The Mall. was amazing. my girlfriend was going to be around mile 13 at Tower Help with pesky IT problems Bridge but I By Thalia Pellegrini only saw her If, like me, your expertise in the face of technological breakdown starts and ends with housemates optimistically switching it off and turning it back on again, help is at hand. and not her. N2 resident Faiza Majid parency is essential when it Then I saw opened Intellot on the High Road comes to IT customer service. her unex- in February, offering assistance She believes in taking time Need some pectedly at with all problems technologi- to explain clearly what the mile 21 when cal, be it trouble-shooting, virus problem is, how she intends I was strug- checks, and the not unfamiliar, to fix it, how long it will take muscle? gling - gave “Why won’t Windows 10 do and the cost of both labour Are you a charitable organ- her a hug what I need it to do?” and parts. isation or community pro- too, and that Faiza has 14 years of IT ject that needs some help? helped push And the feline face? experience and her skills are Intellot also offers internet The runners at Goodgym me towards broad ranging, so feel free, she Barnet are looking for Inspiration: Freddie’s parents Chris and Fiona the finish. access as well as digital imag- says, to bring in your Android ing for those wanting to print physical tasks they can I hadn’t been able to run for Reward phone or your iPhone, your photos from any device, up to carry out during one of four weeks due to straining a When I hit mile 26 and iPad or your laptop. She has poster size. For those of you their weekly evening runs ligament so I had a knee support ran over the finish line in four experience with both Apple intrigued by the cat’s face on from the centre of East and was hoping the knee would hours and 16 seconds I’ve and PCs. For those who have a the shop sign, Faiza explained Finchley. Decorating, gar- last the whole 26 miles! I also never felt euphoria like it. It desktop computer or just can’t that Intellot combines a sense dening, moving and shift- made the bad decision of think- was the toughest challenge get to the shop, she also offers of intellect and knowledge, and ing… anything will be con- ing my energy gels would fit in I’ve ever taken on but the most IT support visits to your home. a ‘lot’ of it, with an animal she sidered. Phone Goodgym’s Noteworthy is that Faiza loves for its intelligence and does not charge for diagnos- Paul on 07768 353108 or power – the ocelot. Mystery Damian on 07525 357369. East Finchley Baptist Church tics and believes that trans- solved! Just off the High Road in Creighton Avenue N2 Sunday Mornings at 10.30 am Crèche and Sunday School during service Wheelchair access For more information please contact the Church Office Care can be Tel: 8883 1544 (Minister: John Lowrie) www.eastfinchleybc.org.uk different Visitors always welcome Care and kindness are at the heart of all we do as we strive to support older people to live their lives to the full through our specialist A friendly welcome awaits you residential, dementia and day care services. EAST FINCHLEY METHODIST CHURCH • Apthorp Care Centre: New Southgate, N11 1EQ 197 High Road, London N2 8AJ (opp. Creighton Ave.) • Dell Field Court: Finchley, N3 2DY tel: 0208 346 1700 www.eastfinchleymethodist.org.uk • Meadowside: North Finchley, N12 7DY Sunday service at 10.30 a.m. To find out what makes us different, call us on: 020 8242 9443 / 07721 128 885 with Crèche or email: [email protected] Worship Music Social events Wheelchair friendly www.fremantletrust.org e-mail: [email protected] Room hire tel:020 8444 9887 A registered charity and not for profit organisation. (Registration No. 1014986). 7 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk JUNE 2018 Speak up for your favourite footpath… before it’s lost forever By Roger Chapman Do you walk around East Finchley using The Walks, The Causeway, the path between Stanley Road and Market Place or on one of the many other footpaths in the area? Well, now’s the time to make sure your favourite historic path in East Finchley is on the map or you might lose it. Record and protect The Finchley Society, work- is much easier to protect against ing with the local Ramblers development. Association group, is looking Add more green dashes to identify footpaths that may Barnet Council holds a need to be recorded to protect definitive map which is avail- their status. This is where you able to view at their offices but can help. If you use a footpath it does not include all urban

Wave of walkers: Friends head out through Highgate Wood on the Big Fun Walk. Photo Andrew Prod Photography. Glad of the shade on a sizzling Big Fun Walk By David Melsome Those who took part in the Big Fun Walk in aid of the North London Hospice on the first weekend of May were blessed with one of the hottest days of the year so far when London’s parks and tree-lined roads were looking their very best. More than 1,400 people set minster. It was the biggest participant was just five years off from East Finchley tube turn-out yet for this annual old! We had record numbers station on Sunday 6 May to event, which is on track to for this year’s Big Fun Walk walk the nine miles through raise £130,000. and they have raised an Cherry Tree Wood, Highgate Director of fundraising incredible amount of money Wood, Hampstead Heath, Robin Langrishe said: “Sup- which will go towards funding Primrose Hill, Regents Park porters young and old joined vital patient care in Barnet, and St James’s Park to West- the event and the youngest Enfield and Haringey.” Could you help with local animal welfare? Busy thoroughfare: The Walks, near Leopold Road. By David Melsome Animal lovers are being locally and are not sure if its footpaths. Many historic urban awareness of employment just a few hours a week. protected as a public right invited to become trustees or charity legislation can be Ongoing support is also pro- routes such as The Walks, which for the local district branch of way drop an email to me, in the main follows the edge of useful, but are not essential. vided by regional and national roger.chapman99@btinternet. the old Finchley Common in of the RSPCA to look after New RSPCA trustees are RSPCA staff in addition to any com, stating where it starts and East Finchley, are not recorded. its work and affairs in provided with a guidance additional training provided by where it finishes so that we can The routes that are recorded Finchley, Hendon, Golders document and asked to attend a the relevant branch. For more check it out. are shown on the Ordnance Green and Edgware. training course which provides information email the RSPCA The first day of 2026 is the Survey 1:25,000 map marked The branch has two very information about their role on [email protected]. cut-off date for adding historic with green dashes. Don’t be successful charity shops in East and responsibilities. Then the uk or call Emma on 07557 paths to what is known as the deceived by some of the main Finchley and North Finchley ongoing commitment can be 959690. definitive map: the official recreational footpaths that raising much needed funds for record of public rights of way exist locally. A large part of the welfare work and is looking in an area. When a path is on Capital Ring and Dollis Valley for even more ways it can help this map, it not only means we Green Walk are not public rights local animals. have a right to walk on it, but it of way. Branch manager Emma Routes can be added to the Prosser said being a trustee Midhurst Butchers definitive map either using his- was a very important role and torical evidence or by providing could be very rewarding. Most Certified organic meat witnesses who have used the people aged 18 or over are eli- at reasonable prices route for 20 years. There is gible to become a trustee and Free-range poultry now a deadline of 31 December you would need to become a 2025 for claims using historical member of the RSPCA. Home-made sausages evidence, so it makes sense to You would need to be able (including Boerwors) get going on this while it can to work with people and have 2 Midhurst Parade, still be easily done. Act now or good interpersonal skills. Fortis Green, London N10 we could lose these footpaths You do not need to be an forever! expert although commitment, Tel. 020 8883 5303 common sense and the abil- ity to be objective are vital. FUN and MUSIC for BABIES and TODDLERS Specific skills such as finance, in N2 on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS at 10am fundraising, project manage- ment, business experience, with LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT ON VIOLIN AND GUITAR A Local Handyman at EAST FINCHLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, Creighton Avenue available for general household & garden maintenance. No Job Too Small https://www.facebook.com/teddybearsmusicclub Free Estimates https://www.facebook.com/SteppingStonesEastFinchley Call John on: 0789 010 3831 or text 07836 284538 or: 0208 883 5325 8 JUNE 2018 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk Y o u n g A r c h e r Maths teacher turns tables on learning by rote By Diana Cormack Former maths teacher Gill Steiner has devised an innova- tive way to help children with their number skills. Times Table Bee features short, readable rhymes and appeal- ing pictures on 90 playing cards. Each has a numerical question on one side and a captioned picture on the other which rhymes with the answer. Bucket collection: Maya, centre with bucket, and friends who took part in the water-carrying challenge. A bucket of fun for Maya and friends Thirteen-year-old Maya Wiseman persuaded her friends at the Archer Academy in East Finchley to walk around their playground with buckets of water on their head to raise funds for poor communities in Tanzania. Maya told us: “I was trying girls and women in the world’s Academy. It is only a small con- to figure out how I could do poorest and most vulnerable tribution of course but hopefully something meaningful for my communities work their way we’ve enabled at least one girl to Bat Mitzvah, which marks me out of poverty. I’ve now raised have a brighter future.” becoming a Jewish adult respon- over £4,500 which will be match Maya spent the first nine sible for my actions and role in funded by the government under years of her life in Tanzania and community life. I wanted to put UK Aid match. India before coming to London. some action behind my words. “I’m really pleased with She still welcomes donations “I decided to take part in the how well it’s gone and am so on her fundraising page www. Noah, Dani and Abi enjoy learning with Gill Steiner’s cards. Photo Mike Coles. Walk in Her Shoes project with grateful for all the support from justgiving.com/fundraising/ CARE International to help donors and my school, the Archer mayas-miles-and-miles. Following the principle that She got the idea for this a visual prompt sticks in the resource many years ago follow- mind, the resource makes a ing an art course at Barnet Col- refreshing change to the tradi- lege where she had to design and tional rote learning of tables. If make a book. As a self-confessed it rhymes, the answer is right; ‘art nut’ who loved card games if not, the rhyme should help to as a child, she has since devoted work out the answer. untold hours to creating the right Helpfully, each number is characters and captions which colour coded so is recognisable will appeal to parents as well as wherever it appears. The char- children. acters and creatures pictured in This fun game could become amusing and intriguing situa- a family favourite as well as serv- tions stick in the memory and ing a useful purpose. It costs £9 the colours they wear provide and is available at Securebase, clues too. 112 High Road. Visit www.times- tablebee.com to find out more. Special delivery: Coaches Gaya Gole and Emma Albery, centre front, with the North Middlesex Girls. Nazareth Tortoise found Top-quality coaches open House the cricket season in street North Middlesex girls’ teams were coached by Gaya On Saturday 5 May a Gole and Emma Albery from Middlesex Women’s First summer fete tortoise was found on the On Saturday 7 July from Team on Saturday 21 April, giving them a great start to High Road in the vicinity their playing season. North Middlesex CC has Under 11, 2-5pm there will be a of the Phoenix Cinema. Summer Fete in the garden One of its rescuers told The Under 13 and Under 15 girls’ teams who practise every and main hall of Nazareth Archer it was given into the care weekend and play matches most weeks. New members House, a fun event for all of the RSPCA. If you lost this are welcome and anyone interested in joining can email Rhyme and reason: Two of Gill’s the family with music, a tortoise, did you get it back? [email protected]. illustrations for her card system. barbecue, strawberries We’d love to know. Tortoises are a protected species. For more The design of this game and cream, teas, a tom- information visit www.tortoise- All Saints’ Church, could be helpful to youngsters bola and raffle with stalls protection-group.org.uk. who need a little more support selling bric-a-brac, plants, Durham Road, East Finchley with their learning and act as a good quality clothes, cakes Father’s Day Church of England confidence builder too. It can be and books. Entry is £1 for Sunday mass at 10.00 a.m. played as a self-help game or in Here are some jokes that might adults; children are free. bring a smile to your dad’s face Weekday masses at 10.00 a.m. a group of family or friends. Nazareth House at 162 East on Sunday 17 June. (11.00 a.m. on Wednesdays) Building knowledge and End Road, N2, is a residential Boy: Dad, can I have £5 for being good? (Coffee served after mass on Sunday and Thursday) confidence home to 84 elderly residents. It Dad: When I was a boy I was good for Prayer requests are gladly accepted. Gill, of Woodside Avenue, is run by not-for-profit Naza- nothing. reth Care Charitable Trust The Parish has a flourishing social life. told The Archer that, having Girl: Daddy, do you think I’m vain? learned through her experience and is open to all faiths. The Dad: No, you’re not vain dear. Why do All Saints’ also has a strong musical tradition and an you ask? as a teacher at both primary and Friends of Nazareth House is Girl: Because most girls as pretty as me are. enthusiastic choir. secondary levels, she recognised a voluntary group which raises Girl: Dad, there’s a man at the door collect- New singers are always welcome. that students’ incomplete knowl- funds to provide extras and ing for the new swimming pool. edge of their tables handicapped luxuries for residents such as Dad: Give him a glass of water. Contact the Vicar, Fr Christopher Hardy, outings, entertainments and Son: Could you put my shoes on, Dad? on 020 8883 9315 progress, self-confidence and success in maths. treats. Dad: I don’t think they’ll fit me. http://www.allsaints-eastfinchley.org.uk 9 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk JUNE 2018 Social media spotlight By Ruth Anders East Finchley business network N2United’s chair Nick Allan welcomed a total of 20 local business representa- tives to the Clissold Arms in Fortis Green in May to catch up on a raft of local commercial interests includ- ing a follow-up to the previous month’s GDPR guidance (compliance required by 28 May), disabled access to a new High Street coffee shop, local crime updates and East Finchley Festival opportunities. Understanding platforms using one platform well rather The highlight of the even- than three less effectively. ing was a talk by social media N2United is growing fast consultant Ginny Till who and new member Amanda succeeded in de-mystifying Reuben, of Bijou Recruitment, the layers relating to the use was impressed by the welcom- of different platforms such as ing and informal atmosphere of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, the group: “So much more fun Pinterest and Snapchat. and friendly than the other net- Describing each app’s tar- working events I’ve attended,” geted demographic and pros and she said. Solo ride: Malcolm crosses the mountains of Central Asia cons, she clarified the purposes N2United’s next meeting for which each could be used will be on Thursday 14 June at to maximum effect according the Clissold Arms The charge Motorcycle diaries of a round- to the needs of individual busi- for attendance at each meeting nesses. is £10. All are welcome, and if Ginny emphasised the sig- you haven’t already tested this the-world rider, part one nificance of well designed con- network, come along to see just By Ruth Anders tent and thoroughly researched how stimulating and enjoyable It’s a brave man who would take off round the world with nothing other than a Tri- tagging while highlighting the these sessions are. More infor- mation at www.n2united.co.uk. umph Tiger 800 XCX adventure motorcycle, a pacemaker and a challenging back importance of identifying and condition for company. Malcolm Dunkeld, 68, of Leslie Road, N2 is just such a man. Inspired by the four-year celebrities, and the curiosity primary school Ishmali girls journey described by Ted Simon about him and his motorbike and boys he met in Tajikistan, in his book Jupiter’s Travels, was endless. carefully sweeping the road to Ricky Savage“The voice of social irresponsibility” ... Malcolm planned a similar “Crossing long distances on maintain the civic pride they expedition, albeit for one year a motorcycle by road is entirely felt in their small village. Two types of band only. With the generous agree- different from travelling by We’ll have more on Mal- In the weirdly wonderful word of pop and roll there are only ment of his wife Gillian, Mal- air,” Malcolm told The Archer. colm’s ride around the world colm set off last summer across “You experience all the sights next month, including the two types of band: ‘The Beatles’ and ‘The Stones’. In 1961 a 20-something gay music shop owner called Brian Europe, Central Asia and the Far and smells of every forest and moment when his trip was cru- Epstein found four young lads in a Liverpool cellar. The band was East towards Australia. plain, every town and village.” elly cut short by an accident. tight, popular and there was something about the tight trousers and Tar roads were replaced by Don’t miss it! Surviving and smiling leather jackets that attracted him. So he did the only thing he could corrugated dirt tracks, heav- While his career as a lecturer do, he signed them. ily wooded areas by snowy in building technology and Brian realised that black leather was past it, restyled their hair, mountain ranges and clouds of architectural history had taken Champion put them into neat, collarless suits and let them play up the cheeky butterflies by swarms of flies him to many remote parts of the Scouser. The rest is history and myth. I guess he realised that as world, this solo odyssey was a and mosquitos. cheese teenage girls bought most of the singles, he’d got a band they could very different matter. Escaping Special encounters Cheesemonger Cheeses dream about having as a boyfriend. Yes, they wanted to have their robbers in Istanbul, suffering He talks about the characters of Muswell Hill has been hand held by a Beatle. gastroenteritis on the Caspian he met along the way such as named the second most This set the tone for the sixties as the Hollies, Tremeloes and Sea, facing brigands in Central “the life-enhancing Rashid” in loved shop in the whole of Searchers dominated pop music. In America they even invented Asia, negotiating countless the port of Baku, who closed London in the Time Out the Monkees to get in on the act. Hit singles, screaming fans and a border controls, his stories are his café to help Malcolm find Love London Awards. The short shelf life. Why? Because no one stays a teenager for ever and legion. He is now busy writing his mobile phone (located awards, which celebrate if The Beatles hadn’t quit touring, headed to the studio and come a book about his adventures. eventually back on his motor- up with Sgt Pepper they’d probably have gone the same way as He quickly learned that blue cycle). Then there was the the capital’s independent cafés, pubs, restaurants, Herman’s Hermits. polo shirts suggest integrity Australian biker doing a similar But The Rolling Stones were different. They didn’t have Brian and that a friendly smile opens trip in reverse despite a heart shops and cultural venues, Epstein, they had producer Andrew Loog Oldham. He spotted many doors. In Central Asia, transplant and having to ride received nearly 165,000 something else in the bar band playing blues and R’n’B that Brian foreigners are treated as minor with bagfuls of drugs. And the votes. didn’t spot in The Beatles. He spotted a gang. Gangs are different, gangs are something to either join or run from, they are attractively dangerous. And if lots of teenage girls love a bad boy, lots of teenage New look for your old boys want to be in a gang. The Stones didn’t sing about holding hands, they sang about spending the night together. They didn’t look like the kind of boy you kitchen this spring could introduce to your parents and they had something else that RE teen pop bands don’t have, a kind of long-lasting loyalty, because EFO AFTER B boys don’t grow out of the bands they want to be in at 15, whereas girls grow up and move on to real boys, not poster boys. And it doesn’t stop there, you can play the poster boy versus gang all the way through. Blur versus Oasis? Poster pop versus gang. See what I mean. Holy Trinity Church Church Lane, East Finchley Church of England We're a warm and friendly congregation We provide the unique service who look forward to welcoming you of replacement kitchen doors, Sunday Parish Communion at 10.00 am worktops and drawer fronts. Children's Sunday Club 6 Meet over coffee after church Fr. Marius Mirt is happy to answer any enquiries: email: [email protected] tel: 020 3565 4430 Showroom: 983 High Road, North Finchley, N12 8QR www.holytrinityeastfinchley.org.uk 10 JUNE 2018 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk Regular Events Sport & Fitness Roots Sisters get  Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers Group Call Vivien 8883 8190  Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, Sum- mers Lane N12. New and experienced ready to rock bowlers welcome. By Frances Cooper  Muswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings East Finchley will be the setting for a brand new monthly Ave, N10. New & experienced bowlers welcome. Tel: 8883 0433. live music night showcasing the best female Roots music  Outdoor Fit Camp Lyttelton Playing performers in the UK today. Fields, N2, 6.30pm Wed and 9.30am like Elmore James, Big Mama Sat. Call Martin on 07809 593952. Thornton and Irma Thomas.  Pilates class Weds 3.30 & 7pm at Ann Owens Ctr, N2. Call Penny 8444 2882. She said: “While they were  Pilates Classes Tue 9.30, Fri 9.15 & oppressed in society being Sun 11am. www.pilatesineastfinchley. black and being women, these co.uk. Michelle 07767 804 564 ladies could release their emo-  Tai Chi & Qigong in N2, Weds 12pm, 1pm, tions in music. Moaning the 6pm & 7pm. James 8883 3308/07836 blues or demanding their man Art of the matter: EFO artists will be showing their incredible talent in many crafts. 710281 or [email protected]  Tennis club with four clay courts off give them some sugar, those Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. women knew how to express  Yoga, breathing & relaxation. Weekly themselves and gained power Wide array of wares drop-in classes - N3, N6, N10. Phone from that.” Judy on 07956 375607.  Yoga beginners’ course at Yogalogy, as artists open doors High Road, N2. Contact 020 70187377 By Mike Coles or [email protected] Local art group East Finchley Open Artists is holding its  Yoga, pregnancy yoga, meditation classes. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 annual Open House event on the weekends of 30 June www.stretchingpeople.co.uk. Musical sisters: Rossella Scarlet to 1 July and 7-8 July. Seventeen houses will be open in  Women’s kick boxing, Thursdays The Roots Sisters Reunion and around East Finchley, and at least 58 artists will be 9.30am, East Finchley Combat Academy, exhibiting their work, both to view and sell. Church Lane, N2. Contact 07956 340540. night at the Constitutional Club in The Walks, N2, will It’s one of the leading art events in North London, it’s local Music, Dance & Creative Arts showcase women working in and it’s free. The houses will be open daily 11am – 6pm each  The Archer Community Choir, Tuesdays American Roots music as sing- weekend. On show will be a wide range of affordable art including 7-9pm, The Archer Academy, Eagans ers, songwriters, musicians and ceramics, prints, jewellery, paintings, photography, glass, basketry, Close, N2. Email: archercommuni- DJs. American Roots music is a textiles and silk. More details at www.eastfinchleyopen.org.uk. [email protected].  Art Classes. Call Henry on 8888 5133. broad spectrum of styles which  A-Chord , friendly choir, all genres, open to includes genres like jazz, blues, Guild Players: Widdershins all. Thursdays 8pm at NNLS, East End Rd. rhythm & blues, bluegrass and Review by Daphne Chamberlain Laura 07732 120464. www.a-chord.uk folk. ‘In a peaceful house near the Welsh border, an entire  Ballroom & Latin American Dance Miss Scarlet and Sister Suzie family has vanished suddenly without a trace one even- Classes - beginners & improvers. Wed & ing, with supper on the table and no apparent violence. Fri eve, Bishop Douglass Sch. 8207 2323. Sister Suzie Admission to the very first  ‘Calm & Sing’ workshops. Contact Rossella Scarlet, one of the Roots Sisters Reunion at the Inspector Ruffing’s attempt to understand what’s hap- Angie on [email protected] co-organisers, said: “In Europe East Finchley Constitutional pened to a couple and their two daughters leads him deep  Creative writing classes in informal, and around the world there are Club on Saturday 21 July is into his own dark soul.’ “On a rainy night I wander here friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose 020 many great female artists and if 8444 7217. £9 and doors open at 8.30pm. in another man’s labyrinth, haunted by a dead woman.”  Creative Writing at Friern Barnet Com- this monthly event can become Follow RootsSistersRule on That was the Guild Players’ And when we left, my friend munity Library. Every Saturday, 12pm, a way to connect all of them, it Facebook. trailer for Widdershins, their and I were still musing about 07488 230580. would be a great achievement.” latest production at the end of that detective’s dark soul.  Dance conditioning classes. New body Rossella will also be DJ ing at April. It was enough to get me And by the way, Widdershins in 10 lessons. Diana: 07580 041270. the event as DJ Miss Scarlet Summer fair booking tickets immediately. means anticlockwise, and is www.boldbodies.co.uk. playing 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll, Summer gets under way Over the last few years I’ve considered unlucky…  East Finchley Writers Group, Weds at properly with Martin Pri- the Old White Lion. Contact Ralph 8444 rockabilly and jive, to entice taken a couple of friends to their The Guild Players rehearse 5903. people onto the dance floor in mary School’s summer shows, and they’ve always been and perform in Finchley Meth-  East Finchley Poetry Writing Work- between sets from the band. fair on Saturday 30 June keen to see another one. odist Church Hall, Ballards shops. Monthly on Saturdays. Contact The inaugural night on Sat- from 12-3pm. Everyone This one didn’t let me down. Lane, N3 1NB, but are drawn Dennis Evans 8346 9528. urday 21 July also features the is welcome to come along Don Nigro’s thriller was impec- from all sections of the com-  Memory Lane Singing Club - friendly talents of Sister Suzie and The to the field at the school cably acted, and a mystery to the munity from across the borough. singing club meets every Friday in Right Band, who play a mix- Finchley. Call Valerie 8458 4508. in Plane Tree Walk, N2, end. The twist of a concealed They have a very informa-  Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ Church, ture of all the different sounds door leading to a hiding-place tive website at www.guildplay- she loves from the Southern for an afternoon of food, North Finchley. Every Weds, 1pm. 020 fun, bouncy castles, games, has certainly been used before, ers.org.uk, but do make sure you 8444 0280. States of America, including but the writing was skilful are looking at the most recent  Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist songs from her favourite artists, stalls and even pony rides. enough to keep it as a surprise. one, updated this year. Church, Ballards La. Call 8888 4412.  Muswell Hill after school ukulele club, Wednesdays 4.15-5.15pm, ages 6-10. What’s On... E-mail your listings to: [email protected] Contact Margie 07909 439513.  Rock ’n Roll dance lessons, 8pm every Saturday 9 June of Cranley Gardens and Park Road, N10 •East Finchley Community Festival in artists exhibiting work for viewing and Weds at the Constitutional Club, The •Wild Flower and Pollinator Day at 3AH, 2-4pm; admission 40p. Clothes, Cherry Tree Wood 12 noon to 6pm. Run buying. Wide range of affordable art Walks. Drop-in. Call Kav 07721 489489. Long Lane Pasture, opposite fire station Nearly New, Bric-a-brac, electrical goods, entirely by volunteers this free annual including ceramics, prints, jewellery,  Traditional tunes @ TOC Highgate Hill, join in Long Lane, N3, 10am to midday. After household goods, toys and games, books, event brings together everyone from East paintings, photography, glass, basketry, in playing by ear - 1st & 3rd Tues monthly warm, dry weather the pasture will look CDs & DVDs, plants, tombola, raffle, Finchley and our neighbouring areas for textiles and silk. More details on www. from 8.30pm. Free. 07958 282898. its prettiest. Wild flowers, grasses and Teas. Many bargains! great live entertainment, good food and eastfinchleyopen.org.uk. Free entry on Clubs & Social insects will bring the site alive. Booklets Thursday 21 June glorious atmosphere. Plenty of activities all four days 11am to 6pm.  Bingo evening, 8pm Sundays, at the and advisors available to identify finds. •Things That Go Bump in High for children, including a storytelling and Sunday 1 July Constitutional Club, The Walks, N2. Free entry. Barnet: summer solstice ghost walk with magic tent, plus inflatable slides, along •Race the Neighbours 10k run pits East  Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green Sunday 10 June City of London guide Paul Baker through with dozens of stalls hosted by community Finchley runners against their neighbours Man Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5452 •Free concert at East Finchley Methodist High Barnet and Monken Hadley, the groups and a visiting party of live owls. from Muswell Hill. The race sets off from  French conversation in small friendly Church, High Road, N2, opposite Creighton second most haunted village in England. Saturday 30 June Cherry Tree Wood and takes a route to group with native speaker. 8444 9395. Avenue; Tom Klidzia, violin, Jill Anderson, Meet at High Barnet tube station 7.30pm. •Martin School Summer Fair, 12-3pm, Alexandra Palace and back. Come and  Friends of Cherry Tree Wood www. clarinet, Yuki Osedo, piano, and Mary More details from Paul on 020 8440 6805 Plane Tree Walk, N2. Come and bounce cheer on the runners from 9am onwards. cherrytreewood.co.uk or 8883 7544. Wiegold, soprano, perform Cesar Frank’s or www.barnetwalks.talktalk.net on a castle, eat delicious food, enjoy Saturday 7 July  Haringey Recorded Music Society Violin Sonata, Stanford’s Three Intermezzi Saturday 23 June live music and ride a pony! A wonderful •Summer Fete in garden and main hall informal meetings locally. Call David Moldon on 8361 1696. and Fantasia on Airs from I Puritani by •Battle of Barnet: guided walk with afternoon on the field for all the family! of Nazareth House residential home, 162  Muslim Ladies Lunch Club 1st & 3rd Lazarus; 7.30pm, free entry with collection City of London guide Paul Baker. Meet at Saturday 30 June to Sunday 1 July and East End Road, N2, 2pm to 5pm; fun event Weds, Ann Owen Ctr., Oak La. Call in aid of North London Hospice. Fully junction of Great North Road and Hadley Saturday 7 July to Sunday 8 July for all the family with music, a barbecue, 8432 1415 to book. accessible venue. Green Road, EN5 5PP, 11am. More details •Local art group East Finchley Open strawberries and cream, teas and cakes,  Bridge Club, Thursday & Saturday Saturday 16 June from Paul on 020 8440 6805 or www. Artists hold their annual Artists Open a tombola and raffle with stalls selling afternoons, Age UK, Oak Lane, N2 8LT. •Highgate Choral Society Jumble barnetwalks.talktalk.net Houses: 17 homes and studios open in bric-a-brac, plants, good quality clothes, Contact Ray Tiano 07944 562180. Sale, St. George’s Church Hall, corner Sunday 24 June and around East Finchley; at least 58 cakes, books. Adults £1. Children free. 11 The Archer - www.the-archer.co.uk JUNE 2018

Send your correspondence Letters to: "Letters Page" How to get your The Archer, PO Box 3699, London N2 2DE or e-mail business noticed [email protected]. Letters without verifiable contact A public relations expert in East Finchley claims local addresses will not be printed. businesses can get themselves noticed on a national scale Contact details can be withheld and is offering some advice to help them do just that. on request at publication. We reserve the right to abridge letters Caroline Wade for reasons of space. lives in East Finchley with her daughter Red light road rage Athena and is manag- Dear Editor, ing director of WADE I thought I should report an awful PR, which she founded incident of road rage I witnessed on in 2015 after 15 years the High Road this morning, as the in the PR industry. person responsible should be called She says there are out publicly. a significant number I was waiting to cross Fortis of small business and Full up: Domino’s delivery bikes occupying parking bays in Fairlawn Avenue. Green Road at the crossroads where consumer affairs edi- ripped off and disenfranchised. Fortis Green meets the High Road at tors on the national Pizza bike problems Yours faithfully, around 9am on Tuesday 8 May. There press who are inter- Dear Editor, were quite a few people waiting to ested in trend-led news We residents of Fairlawn Residents in Fairlawn Avenue, cross with me and when the cars stories about products Avenue are totally exasperated N2. finished turning right from the High and consumer purchas- by the way Domino’s pizza motor Editor’s note: The Archer Road one man ran into the road in ing habits. delivery bikes take up space in our asked Domino’s for a response front of the final car and started to road, for which they pay NO parking to the Fairlawn Avenue residents’ shout, blocking her path and claiming Caroline said: points and received this reply. “Have you noticed a PR guru: Caroline Wade fees despite there being nine or 10 she had run the red light. bikes sometimes. “Domino’s has been a proud He was extremely angry and then particular product or service is for coverage. Caroline claims the part of the Fairlawn Road com- media generally are increasingly They occupy the three pay ran over to the driver’s window where flying off the shelves? You may parking bays at the Fortis Green munity for 30 years and we’re he started to scream at the poor have the makings of a story that savvy about the worth of includ- end of the road which years ago keen to respond to feedback. ing your website address and so young female driver in her white Fiat would not only work for niche we successfully campaigned to “In our Borough, motorcycles are 500. She in turn was talking back and trade press but also for national are restricting them to advertising be made available to residents able to use pay and display bays and advertorial packages. defending herself. Not content with news outlets.” with relevant parking permits. We and resident spaces free of charge. that he proceeded to try to open the Caroline urges business She suggests ring-fencing should point out that these bays Last year, we joined the Council’s car door in a very aggressive manner, owners to think digitally. useful content on your website were intended for residents and pilot scheme for business / motor- clearly frightening the driver and the Consumers now generally and then launching it through visitors with appropriate parking cycles on the High Road to ensure other people in the area. use Google to conduct deeper PR. If the content is newsworthy permits and are now being used we’re best placed to serve local Luckily, the driver’s door was product research, which is journalists will want to write for business. customers. This scheme wasn’t locked and he could not open it. I when retailers need journalist about it and they will have to Some of us are elderly, disabled introduced in Fairlawn Road and we dread to think what he would have reviews and features which will tell readers where to find it, or with small children and we waste continue to use one bay out of four. done if he had been able to open the sit online and tie into keywords. hence including your URL. time driving round the area often “The safety of our people and local door. It is likely that the young woman You can find out more at www. unsuccessfully seeking a parking community is a responsibility we would have been attacked. I hope that And you have to know how take seriously. All drivers have to play the game when looking wadepr.com. space. This is especially difficult the aggressor will read this and think when we also have to carry large received additional motorcycle twice about his appalling behaviour. and heavy shopping home. training and we encourage any Yours faithfully, If this is not serious enough, local residents with concerns to speak with the store manager.” Polly Pearson, the Domino’s bikes frequently flout Manor Park Road, N2. the ‘No Entry’ sign at the south end of Fairlawn, turning into our road Don’t dump your litter from the High Road end and we Dear Editor, Paper mountain often see them driving at excessive Thank you for your continuous Dear Editor, speed too. publishing efforts. I really enjoy I read the article in your April Neither the police nor Barnet reading our lovely local newspaper edition concerning the three bins Council traffic wardens, who fre- as it makes me feel part of a caring outside East Finchley tube station. quently issue penalty notices to us community. The paper recycling banks at East if we stop for a minute to offload I have noticed that unfortunately Finchley station have not been emp- tied for at least six weeks so paper is Helen Newman, second left, with the Age UK team passengers, children or shopping, misplaced rubbish and fly tipping seem willing to deal with this. are very frequent in East Finchley. I littered around the banks. Moreover Promises made by the manager would wish to raise awareness on I have witnessed local businesses New chief at the helm of of Domino’s to residents when this issue and help the local com- putting their cardboard material into approached are never fulfilled. munity to be part of a respectful and the banks, thus clogging them up, age charity Perhaps he should be aware that caring environment. when they should have (and may we have film footage of these bikes well have) commercial waste col- Age UK Barnet has announced Helen Newman as its Yours faithfully, lection agreements with the local new chief executive officer, taking the reins from Mark breaking the law. Gemma Arregui, No wonder we feel besieged, authority. The banks used to be Robinson who has stepped down as after 19 years of Fortis Green, N2. emptied once a week. valued service. Yours faithfully, ‘Mark is a hard act to STEWART DUNCAN Russell Schofield follow,” said Helen, “but we Diploma Avenue, N2. are looking forward to building YOUR EAST FINCHLEY OPTICIANS since 1962 further on our success provid- Bird bonanza ing activities and a range of BUY PAIR OF Dear Editor, We have lived in our house near services for older people and GLASSES AND GET PRESCRIPTION an ancient wood in East Finchley for enabling them to make the most nearly 47 years. Over that time we SUNGLASSES of later life.’ have had 26 species of birds visit- On another note, the Age UK COMPLETELY ing our garden. This has included Barnet spring quiz night was a three species of the crow family, huge success and raised an impres- three from the tits, nuthatches, sive £1,100, which will go towards chaffinches, green and lesser supporting its vital services for spotted woodpeckers, a duck and older people in the borough. drake and a sparrow hawk. This Nearly 90 people attended the year, to our delight, we have two event at the Ann Owens Centre in pairs of long tailed tits visiting our East Finchley with 11 teams com- feeder. Is this a record? STANDARD CONDITIONS APPLY peting for the top slot. The winning FOR DETAILS ASK IN STORE OR Yours faithfully, team was the appropriately named Ruth Sober Ageing Disgracefully. CALL 020 8883 2020 Address supplied. John’s Shoe Repairs JUNE 2018 PAGE 12 Shoes, Trainers, Sandals, Bags and Luggage Complete Repair Service by a craftsman Same day if required Key Cutting 1 Manor Park Rd. N2, behind 88 Church Lane, opposite Trinity Church The Archer Tel: 07956 329 150 Open Tuesday - Saturday 12-7pm Published by East Finchley Newspapers, P.O. Box 3699, London N2 2DE. www.the-archer.co.uk Bold and beautiful? Buildings that embodied a new style By Malcolm Dunkeld Modernist architecture is like Marmite, intriguing and repelling in equal measure. It arrived in Britain in the 1920s with émigré architects like Walter Gropius and Berthold Lubetkin. It’s a style characterised by plain, white, rectilinear buildings with long ribbon windows, streamlined surfaces and the use of ‘new’ materials such as steel and concrete. Photographic printer Joshua Abbot, 39, discov- ered Modernist architecture during his degree in Garden Suburb: Belvedere Court, 1938, by Ernst Ludwig Freud, son of Sigmund; intended as rental apartments for Jewish families from Europe, internally the photography at Westminster University and now runs flats were ultra-modern with central heating and fitted kitchens. the popular www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk website, which documents and celebrates the Mod- ernist and Art Deco buildings of the Metroland area. Modernism on our doorstep His favourite N2 examples include East Finchley tube station, Strawberry Vale and houses in Vivian Way, along with houses in Lytton Close, Spencer Drive and Belvedere Court in Hampstead Garden Suburb, plus the old Church End Library and St. Mary-at-Finchley Social Centre, both in Hendon Lane, N3, and not forgetting the splendid Everyman Cinema in Muswell Hill. The bold imagery and distinctiveness of mod- ernist buildings attracted him when compared to East Finchley: Tube station, 1938, by Charles Holden the more common ‘Tudor-bethan’ house style of & L.H. Bucknell; Northern Line station, built as part of the interwar years. Joshua became particularly the New Works Programme of 1935-40, it features Archie, the famous Archer sculpture by Eric Aumonier. Garden Suburb: Lytton Close, 1935, by G.G. Winbourne; built in 1935 for interested in buildings in Metroland, the area of W.L.M. Estates and Grade II listed. north-west London and the counties of Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire developed by the Met- ropolitan Railway Company and made famous by John Betjeman in his 1973 BBC documentary film Metro-Land. Joshua, from Welwyn Garden City, has recently teamed up with Unbound, a crowd-funded publisher, to produce A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land which will include photographs, maps and descriptions of individual buildings. He is looking for support to publish the guide in Septem- ber and details can be found on his website. Morning has broken on the pasture Finchley Central: St Mary-at-Finchley Social Centre, 1958, by Kenneth Wood; By Linda Dolata post-war8535(AW)TheArcher_2ColumnAdvert:ClintonSmith_020 church social centre, designed by Kenneth Wood, better known 7267 for7727 his 5/2/1A few4 stalwarts were at Long Lane Pasture between 4.30am and 5am on Sunday 6 May house designs in South London and Surrey. to hear the wonderful dawn chorus and see the sun rise. We could not have chosen a better day, and indeed the birds thought so too, as there was a loud choir of song thrush, blackbird, robin, blackcap and many others. The pasture, opposite the attention we pay it Your fire station in Long Lane, on most days. Security looks particularly beautiful at Thank you to all problems ! the moment, with hawthorn in who came. It was Solved full blossom, with its strong particularly lovely perfume, all the wild grasses to see Zoe and her in flower, and dewfall at that young son Huxley. Intruder Alarms time of the morning spangling We always love everything with ephemeral to see new faces. CCTV diamonds. The pasture is open The chorus lasts only min- almost every day at Access Control utes, but is something everyone this time of the year, Morning glory: A song thrush joins the dawn chorus at Long Lane Pasture. Photo Donald Lyven. 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