Archived Articles January to December 2013
Saving the Red Cross building: Mission nearly accomplished!
Jan 31, 2013
Restoration & Rejuvenation
Restoring and putting to good use Barnet’s rich heritage of historic buildings has become an increasingly…
Barnet Football Club’s departure going ahead as planned
Jan 31, 2013
Barnet Football Club
Barnet Football Club’s match against Wycombe Wanderers in the npower League 2 on Saturday 20 April will be…
Barnet Football Club
Jan 31, 2013
Barnet Football Club
Barnet Football Club’s departure going ahead as planned. Barnet Football Club’s match against Wycombe…
New owner for the Spires Shopping Centre
Apr 09, 2013
High Street The Spires
A fresh start for retailing in Chipping Barnet: the Spires shopping centre has been purchased by the William…
'Rambles Round Barnet' a best seller!
Apr 17, 2013
Rambles
Barnet Society publication ‘Rambles Round Barnet’ is the no 1 local best-seller at Waterstones Barnet!
North London Waste Plan
Apr 30, 2013
Services
North London’s much-troubled plan for handling municipal rubbish and waste is out for consultations once…
Go ahead for Barnet environment centre rebuild 2
Apr 30, 2013
Planning
A donation of £750,000 will enable work to start this summer on the construction of a new eco-friendly…
Barnet’s derelict NHS buildings: Same tired excuses 3
May 13, 2013
Restoration & Rejuvenation
In the two years since the Barnet Society began protesting about derelict NHS buildings nothing has changed.…
Barnet and Southgate College: 'Our doors are open'
Jun 26, 2013
General News
High Barnet residents have been invited to come up with ideas to use the facilities at the Wood Street campus…
Barnet market: now it’s up to Spires’ new owners to deliver
Jun 26, 2013
Barnet Market
Resurfacing the site of Barnet market and installing basic facilities for the stallholders is the first test…
The Spires shopping centre: will the twin spires have to go? 17
Jul 05, 2013
High Street The Spires
The Spires' new owner wants to create a more 'enticing' entrance from the High Street that would attract more…
Barnet Market improvements ready by September 1
Jul 05, 2013
Barnet Market
Barnet Market’s improved site should be open for business by September, ready to attract new stall holders.
Rambles Round Barnet Update
Jul 15, 2013
Rambles
Footpath closure affecting 'Rambles Round Barnet' Part 1. Update to infomation.
Know any famous people born in Barnet's maternity hospital? 52
Jul 16, 2013
General News
For well over 60 years the Victoria Maternity Hospital served the people of the Barnets, but today there is…
Sad café: Old Court House park in need of refreshment 1
Jul 30, 2013
Restoration & Rejuvenation
High Barnet’s most popular children’s playground in the Old Court House recreation ground could become even…
Clamped! how petition spurred council to give up fight
Jul 31, 2013
Petition
A successful petition has helped to stop Barnet Council from appealing against the High Court ruling on…
Barnet Council finally backs down after High Court defeat
Aug 05, 2013
Petition
After having originally threatened to appeal against a High Court ruling that it had acted unlawfully in…
Council enforcement notice on 'Swiss Chalet' 3
Aug 15, 2013
Planning
After a rising chorus of protest from local community and residential groups, Barnet Council has finally…
Barnet Council to change decision process
Aug 27, 2013
Consultations
The council is proposing to change the way that decisions are taken and introduce a Committee System form of…
Chaotic approach to High Barnet tube 6
Aug 29, 2013
Road Improvements
Reorganise chaotic approach to High Barnet tube station to provide space for a bus service direct to the…
Barnet’s multiplying wheelie bins...black, green and now blue 8
Aug 29, 2013
Services
Barnet residents are about to face what looks like becoming a game of musical chairs among the wheelie bins…
Road improvements planned at Wood Street accident black spot
Sep 12, 2013
Road Improvements
A road realignment, a possible new zebra crossing and extra footpaths are being proposed at the junction of…
At Last! Barnet Market improvements 1
Sep 21, 2013
Barnet Market
While work is under way resurfacing Barnet Market its temporary home will be the area around the bandstand…
Temporary home for Barnet Market
Sep 28, 2013
Barnet Market
While work is underway resurfacing Barnet Market, its temporary home is the area around the bandstand outside…
No recycling w/c 7th October
Oct 01, 2013
Services
As part of the preparations to deliver Barnet’s new waste and recycling service, Barnet Council will be…
“Terrific victory” for Friends of Barnet Market 2
Oct 01, 2013
Barnet Market
Rarely has the presence of a mechanical digger been welcomed with such enthusiasm as greeted its arrival on…
Barnet in the fall: visit Whitings Hill
Oct 08, 2013
General News
Whitings Hill is hardly likely to rival New England in the fall, but two plantations planted almost 20 years…
Archaeologists to find real site of Battle of Barnet 9
Oct 08, 2013
Barnet History
An application is to be made to the Heritage Lottery Fund to see if it would agree to pay for an…
Old Court House Café reopens 1
Oct 16, 2013
Restoration & Rejuvenation
After a lengthy closure the Old Court House recreation ground has a functioning café once again. A new tenant…
Barnet Then and Now 3
Oct 17, 2013
Books
Old and new photographs of local buildings and views have been brought together in Barnet Then and Now, a new…
High Barnet's broadband fiasco 15
Oct 21, 2013
Broadband
Several thousand properties in and around High Barnet’s conservation area have been left without any clear…
The new Battle of Barnet? 1
Oct 24, 2013
Barnet History
A plan to deposit landfill on the golf course that takes in part of the site of the Battle of Barnet has…
Bin There? 2
Oct 25, 2013
Services
New recycling service: an eyewitness report from a Barnet Society member. High Barnet householders have been…
Golf club wins first round in new Battle of Barnet 1
Oct 29, 2013
Barnet History
If planning approval can be obtained, Barnet Council will allow landfill to be used to re-contour a golf…
Market re-opening: just the kind of celebration High Barnet needs
Nov 14, 2013
Barnet Market
Celebrations along the high streets of Britain have been few and far between in the last few years, so the…
Town centre to be transformed
Nov 17, 2013
Events
Local shops and businesses are pulling out all the stops to ensure a spectacular line-up of events and…
Rambles Round Barnet Part 2
Nov 20, 2013
Rambles
Rambles Round Barnet 2 went on sale for the first time at the Christmas Fair on Sunday 1st December 2013. It…
Church Passage cladding: An inspector decides 9
Nov 22, 2013
Planning
A planning inspector has now been appointed to consider the objections made by the Barnet Society and other…
Will grocery collection add to Tube station congestion? 2
Nov 23, 2013
Road Improvements
Transport for London say its decision to allow Asda supermarkets to use High Barnet tube station for its…
The best ever Barnet Christmas Fair
Dec 02, 2013
Events
All the fun of the fair filled the High Street for the annual Barnet Christmas Fair, which many judged was…
One hour free at Moxon Street car park 4
Dec 03, 2013
Road Improvements
After sustained pressure from local traders and community groups, Barnet Council has agreed to provide a…
Theresa Villiers opposes golf course landfill
Dec 15, 2013
Barnet History
Local residents who are against plans for tree-felling and landfill on the site of Old Fold Manor Golf Club…
Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies 1
Dec 18, 2013
General News
Ronnie Biggs, who spent the final years of his life at the Carlton Court Care Home in Bells Hill Barnet, has…
