Established 1998 SPRING 2 014 C o m Delivered to 13,000, Door to Door [email protected] Distributed in Potters Bar, Little Heath, South Mimms, Ridge, Northaw and Brookmans Park Potters Bar Carnival 8th June 2014 m This year’s Potters Bar Carnival will take place at Elm Court Youth and Community Centre, Mutton Lane on Sunday June 8th from 1pm. u If any child wishes to enter the competition to be Carnival Princess or Maid of Honour in n this year’s Potters Bar Carnival, this edition of the Potters Bar Community News contains the entry form. Please fill out the i form and send it with a photograph of the entrant to the Welwyn Hatfield Times (Potters t Bar Edition). The address is on the form. Entry forms will also be in the Potters Bar y edition of the Welwyn Hatfield Times from mid March until the Wednesday before the closing date on 9th May. As always there will be a jam packed afternoon in the Arena with the main features being the ever popular Ambassadors of Borrowash N Band plus Crazy Cars and others. As well as the arena events we will have pony rides, the ever popular children’s fair with a giant bouncy slide, Punch and Judy and many other attractions. E The ever popular Schools Art Exhibition will be in Elm Court gym featuring children’s art from the local schools. W As usual there will be stalls manned by organisations from Potters Bar and surrounding areas. These include children’s games, gardening, bric ‘a’ brac and food stalls selling hot food, cakes, beer, coffee and sandwiches. If there are any local companies who would like to sponsor a carnival attraction, or if anyone wants to take part in the carnival, either by having a stall or taking part in S the procession please call Sue or Peter on 01707 850147 or go to www.pottersbar.org/carnival for booking forms. Volunteers WANTED ls Page 3 Schoo WHAT’S Historical ainment In this issue Entert Articles ON Articles Page 22–24 Pages 8–9 Pages 13– 16 Pages 20– 21 Potters Bar Community News Contacts for A message from the Editor Have you noticed something different about your Community News ? Hope you agree it is bright and fresh and a bit glossy. Let us know what you think of the Potters Bar new look for 2014. Once again thank you for sending your articles to me. I have received a few Community News articles about historical Potters Bar, so I thought it would be nice to have a [email protected] section for them. Do you have an interesting historical article you would like to share? Chairman John Connell 01707 851445 We hope you enjoy the spring issue. Editor Debbie Buckland Debbie Buckland [email protected] Advertising How to send articles Debbie Usher 01707 655948 Email to [email protected] . Please keep articles to around 300 words or less, [email protected] bearing in mind that past events are not likely to be of general interest. Please use What’s On plain text word or email, but plainly handwritten or typed articles are also acceptable Sue Weaver if you do not have access to a computer. Please contact the Chairman, John Connell 476 Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 3BB on 01707 851445 . Photos, logos etc: send as a tif, bmp or jpg file or copy to a CD. [email protected] Paper photos or logos can also be sent. Sports John Connell 01707 851445 How to supply adverts Ring to book a space, remembering there is usually a waiting list. Artwork must be Schools Diane Thompson 01707 857246 supplied as black and white pdfs or jpgs only, created at the specified size according to your booking. Any corrections to existing adverts will be subject to a £5 fee. Distribution Advertisers are responsible for advising us of any alterations of adverts in each issue. 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Where there is a linked Road requiring deliverers: part of Ashwood Road, Potters Bar. commercial, political or individual If you do not have a copy, or receive more than one, or wish to volunteer as a interest in items for publication, the deliverer, please contact Peter Silverthorne or Peter Weaver. managing committee reserves all editorial rights. Potters Bar Community News does not accept www.pottersbar.org – your local website responsibility for the accuracy of The Community News will be added to the pottersbar.org website after information contained in published publication, including the telephone numbers of contacts. Please tell us if you do not items or views expressed in those wish this to happen. items. 2 cnews@fsmail. net Are you stuck indoors? Interested in volunteering? Can you get out to the shops? How easily can you Ever thought of giving some of your time to get to hospital appointments? help others in the community? Also look here Hertsmere Community Transport is a charity that provides for items wanted by organisations; you may accessible door-to-door transport for those who are unable to use be able to help them. public transport or drive due to mobility problems. This service If you are a local organisation or charity and are looking provides better access to healthcare, greater community participation for volunteers or looking for items for your group, why not and increased social inclusion. email me at [email protected] (subject volunteers)? Quote from a regular Shopper Scheme passenger: “When I get on the bus and we all have a laugh, I really enjoy it” . Debbie Buckland Three transport schemes are available to Potters Bar residents: ® The ‘Community Car Scheme’ which takes people to medical appointments. Drivers for this scheme are volunteers who use their Sixty Plus Luncheon Club own cars. This service operates Monday to Friday. Please give at least In order to continue our service to the elderly residents in the borough, we desperately need more volunteers to drive or escort on our 3 days notice to book a trip. A local trip costs around £3 return, a minibuses. This would take as little as one and a half hours a week. trip to a hospital such as Barnet could cost £9 return. Alternatively, if you do not wish to commit to a weekly slot, you may be ® The ‘Shopper Scheme’ uses a low floor accessible minibus which prepared to volunteer on a casual basis. Additionally we are looking for picks people up from their homes and takes them to Tesco or volunteers to work in our kitchen. Sainsbury’s on a Wednesday and Thursday morning. The cost of a Please help us to continue with our service! Phone Shirley or Carol on shopping trip is £3 return. There is also a fortnightly trip on Friday 01707 643602 between 8.30am and 1.30pm weekdays or Shirley on to other shops and town centres such as Sainsbury’s/M&S at London 07980 540232 anytime. Colney and Enfield. These longer trips cost £5 return. ® The ‘Ring and Ride’ scheme takes people to community activities, classes, libraries, hairdressers and more. Please help us help your local All transport schemes are also available to wheelchair users. hospital Are you a wheelchair user or know somebody who is? The Friends of Potters Bar Community Hospital are seeking new Wheelchair accessible cars are available for hire. These cars have space members for their committee. People who are able to help with the for one wheelchair and up to three passengers plus the driver. There is a practical side of organising and setting up important fund raising events £5 hire fee and then 45p per mile. such as the Hospital Fair and the Carnival stall would be very welcome. Meetings are held quarterly and if you could be interested in this Would you like to make a difference to people in worthwhile cause please telephone Alan Barth 01707 650866 . Potters Bar? Every year the Community Car Scheme carries out thousands of journeys all of which are undertaken by volunteer drivers using their own cars. Given up blowing your trumpet? Many trips are local and most are within a 10 mile radius. Some trips We have helped to establish a secondary school and also a vocational will only take ½ an hour while others will take longer. Could you spare a training centre in a very rural part of Eastern Uganda (2 years ago couple of hours a week/month to volunteer as a driver? Your expenses readers kindly donated knitting machines that are being used to make will be covered. school uniform jumpers). We now plan to help the community to set up If you would like to use any of the Schemes, or help as a a brass band for the District, but they have no instruments yet. Having a volunteer, please contact Christine on 020 8207 5055 or band will not only be educational but it will also be income generating [email protected] to find out more.