General News

Thursday, 07 March 2019 12:04

Help at Spires for heart attack victims

Fern Golder, centre administrator at the Spires shopping centre, is among staff trained in resuscitation techniques.
Staff and sales assistants at the Spires shopping centre are keen to publicise the location of a defibrillator that has been installed at the High Street entrance with the help of a £500 donation from the Barnet Residents Association.
Friday, 01 March 2019 14:59

Demolition to start soon at Marie Foster site

Marie Foster Centre was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester in 1973 and was the first of its kind in the country to care for young people with multiple sclerosis
Resident guardians who have had temporary homes in the former Marie Foster Centre in Wood Street, Barnet, are moving out following the approval of plans to build a 100-room care home on the site.
Monday, 25 February 2019 20:45

Bid to resume Battle of Barnet archaeological dig

Liz Bown, chair of the Barnet 1471 Battlefields Society, and committee member Ed Jones, are working on plans for a wreath laying ceremony at Hadley Highstone to commemorate those who fell at the Battle of Barnet of 14 April 1471.
Plans are afoot – if funding can be obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund – to re-start an archaeological investigation in a renewed attempt to find the precise site of the 1471 Battle of Barnet.
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