Kebab Shops and Speed Cameras of East Finchley
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10 JULY 2010 THE ARCHER - 08717 334465 Regular Events SPORT & FITNESS Kebab shops and speed cameras What’s On... v Finchley & Hornsey Ramblers Saturday 3 July to Sunday 4 July Group Call Vivien 8883 8190 and Saturday 10 July to Sunday v Glebelands Indoor Bowls Club, of East Finchley 11 July Summers Lane N12. New and The Bishops Avenue has constant builders, the Great North Road is still known for • Summer Open event by East experienced bowlers welcome. Finchley Open artists: see v Keep fit for the Retired on its Highwaymen and famous Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules lives just south of Fortis Green original artwork displayed in Wednesdays, Christ Church N12. - all according to a new map of N2. homes around East Finchley and Call Bridie 8883 5269 These personal takes on East the 20mph zone in Church Lane, speed cameras on the A1. Muswell Hill, and meet the artists vMuswell Hill Bowling Club, Kings Finchley are by artist Stephen even though residents are still To see The Island in all its who created them. Full details at Ave, N10. New & experienced bowlers www.eastfinchleyopen.org.uk welcome. Tel: 8883 0433. Walter, who has redrawn every campaigning to get it installed. full-size glory, along with a col- vPilates in East Finchley, qualified inch of Greater London for his Instead of houses in The Bish- lection of other maps from Brit- Sunday 4 July to Sunday 18 July teacher. Contact Dee on 8883 7029 monumental artwork The Island. ops Avenue, Walter represents ish History, visit the Magnificent • Touching Art, an exhibition vPilates class Weds 3.30 & 7pm at Ann Other details he chose to include the mansion-like properties with Maps exhibition at the British of artworks by deafblind art- ists. Twenty deafblind artists Owens Ctr, N2. Call Penny 8444 2882. after tramping local streets were a row of pound signs. Budgens Library, Euston, open seven vTae Kwon Do for children & adults at will exhibit a range of artwork Finchley Lido Mon & Fri 7-9pm 07949 the pubs and kebab shops on the is represented as a supermarket days a week until 19 September. in artsdepot’s Apthorp Gallery 612 706. www.taekwondo-uktd.co.uk High Road, some of our allot- trolley, there’s the ATM at the Admission is free. in conjunction with Sense, the vTai Chi class at EF Methodist Ch, ments, plus Coldfall Wood and station, and he even pinpoints national deafblind charity. Open Weds at 1pm. Call James Drewe 8883 daily 12-4pm, free admission, 3308 or [email protected] artsdepot, North Finchley. vTennis club with four clay courts off Sunday 4 July Southern Road. Call 8883 7723. • Fabulous Finchley: a guided v Yoga, breathing & relaxation. walk through 1,000 years of Weekly drop-in classes - N3, N6, N10. history. Meet at Finchley Central Phone Judy on 07956 375607. tube station (Ballards Lane exit), v Yoga, pregnancy yoga, meditation 2.30pm. Contact Paul Baker on classes. Call Sunnah 07941 321 772 or 020 8440 6805. see www.stretchingpeople.co.uk. • The Great Highgate Woods MUSIC, DANCE & Scavenger Hunt: join the Jewish Community Centre for London CREATIVE ARTS for their annual Family Scavenger v Art Classes. For info call Henry on Hunt. Work as a team to hunt for 8888 5133. clues, solve conundrums and col- v Ballroom Dance Classes, Wednes- lect objects to help you win prizes. day eves for beginners & improvers . St 3pm to 5pm, Highgate Woods, Mary’s Church Hall, N3. 8444 0280. Muswell Hill Road, London N10 v Ballroom & Latin American Dance 3JN. £20 per family of four, £6 per Classes - beginners and Improvers. person, advanced booking essen- Wed & Fri eve, Bishop Douglass Sch. tial. Tickets and information: 020 8207 2323. 7431 9866. v Creative writing classes in informal, Friday 9 July to Saturday 17 friendly atmosphere. Tel Sallie Rose July 020 8444 7217. • Garden Suburb Theatre presents v Drama Classes for 11-15 year olds. The Recruiting Officer by George Mondays 6.30- 8pm. Contact Dominic Farquhar, a witty open air romp in Conway 0777 284 3958 the suburb’s Little Oak Wood open v East Finchley Writers Group, Weds air theatre. Friday and Saturday, at the Old White Lion. Contact Carola 9-10 July, then Wednesday 14 July 8883 5808 or Lilian 8444 1793. to Saturday 17 July at 7.30pm. v East Finchley Poetry Writing Tickets £7.50/£6 concessions. Workshops. Monthly on Saturdays. Information and booking: 020 Contact Dennis Evans 8346 9528. 7723 6609. v Finchley Jazz Club: Live jazz on Sunday 11 July Mon 5 & 19 July at 8.15pm, Wilf Slack • Free concert at East Finchley Cricket Pavilion, East End Rd, N3. Methodist Church, High Road, v Memory Lane Singing Club - Detail from The Island, by Stephen Walter. Image courtsey The Britsh Library N2, 7.30pm. Junko Ishigaki and friendlysinging club meets every Friday Sanae Honda, violins, Bryan Fair- in Finchley. Call Valerie 8458 4508. fax, viola, Helen Cooper, cello, v Over 50s Tea Dance at Christ Bees, bats and Catherine Morphett, clarinet, Church, North Finchley. Every Weds, Appreciate the and Caroline Soresby, piano, 1pm. 020 8444 0280. play works by Bruch, Dvorak, v Learn to sing at Finchley Methodist biodiversity Stanford, Soresby and Prokofiev. Church, Ballards La. Call 8888 4412. arts and make By Ann Bronkhorst Collection in aid of RNIB. Venue vSwampRock Louisiana Dance Club. fully accessible to people with Live music. Contact 07957 344 724 or Families eager for a free day in the disabilities. www.swamprock.org.uk. open air flocked to Alexandra Palace • Music at Twilight, All Saints’ v Symphonic Wind Orchestra Contact friends Park on Saturday 5 June. This BBC Church, Durham Road, N2, Caroline Egan 8340 2706 By Daphne Chamberlain 7.30pm. Emma Kirkby, soprano, vTraditional music at EF Constitutional Age Concern Barnet is forming an Art Appre- Springwatch Wild Day Out helped to and Jakob Lindberg, lute, perform Club on 2nd Mon each month from 8.30 ciation Group. It has already held its first launch Haringey’s Green Week. songs and lute solos from early pm. Free to join in or just listen. 17th century Europe. Tickets: £25 meeting, but organiser Sian Jones would wel- The range of stalls and activities was CLUBS & SOCIAL amazing. A BioBlitz, using the wider areas - £18 from: Black Gull Books, 121 HE RCHER High Road, N2, Les Aldrich, 98 (See p8 for Parent & Toddler Clubs) come volunteer helpers. She told T A : of the park, was described as ‘a huge wildlife “There are a lot of people in this area, often Fortis Green, N10, or online vBingo evening, 8pm Sundays, at the hunt against the clock’ and drew on the exper- at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ Constitutional Club, The Walks, N2. in their 80s and 90s, who share an interest tise of Natural History Museum scientists. efinchleyarts. Further informa- v Bingo Club Mondays 7-9 pm, Green in art, but have nobody to accompany them Throughout the day there were presentations tion: 020 8444 9214. Man Centre, Contact: Jan 8815 5452 Monday 12 July v Contact Lunch Club Tuesdays at the to events and outings. At present we have a in the Show Tent on, for example, making • Hendon & District Archaeo- Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. group of about 20 people, including retired ponds; saving sparrows; supporting bees; logical Society (HADAS) starts v Finchley & District Philatelic artists, teachers and art lecturers. spotting urban raptors. two-week survey and excavation Society, Contact Brian 8444 3251 “We plan to organise four or five outings a year, The Friends of Coldfall Wood were kept in Sunny Hill Park, Hendon, on v French conversation in small friendly remains of WW2 bomb shelter group with native speaker. 8444 9395. with some tea parties at homes in between, where busy at their stall all day, presided over or ARP (Air Raid Precautions) v Friendly Rubber Bridge on Weds people will have the opportunity to make friends by Miss Dinky D., an awesome tarantula bunker. Members of public wel- afternoons, call 7722 6209. (caged). The other main activity was more with similar interests. This is an extension of our come to observe dig. Has anyone v Friends of Cherry Tree Wood www. befriending service, and we are using some exist- hands-on for everyone: making ‘pooters’ got information or memories of cherrytreewood.co.uk or 8883 7544. ing volunteers, but new helpers of all ages would for catching tiny insects humanely. All you the facility? Contact Jim Nel- v Haringey Recorded Music Society hams, 61 Potters Rd., Bamet, informal meetings locally. Call David be very welcome.” needed was a small plastic jar with two holes EN5 5HS, or 020 8449 7076 or Moldon on 8361 1696. Sian estimates that a volunteer could help between in the lid, drinking straws, scraps of gauze [email protected] vLGBT? 1st Weds every month in a two and eight times a year. As well as helpers who and plasticine, grains of rice, oh yes and some local pub. Welcoming atmosphere. can provide door to door transport, the group would patience and dexterity. Children went away Friday 23 July to Sunday 5 Sep- tember Email [email protected] appreciate art-loving hosts who could open their with their pooters, delighted by the simple v Muslim Lunch Club 1st & 3rd Weds, •Open art exhibition at artsdepot, Green Man. Call 8444 1162 to book. homes and/or gardens for the social meetings in but magical experience of gently sucking up North Finchley. Free admission. v North London Bridge Club, Muswell between gallery visits. Their first meeting, in April, a rice grain ‘bug’.