January 19, 2021
We will be back, say Battle of Barnet re-enactors
Champions of Barnet's history, heritage and culture are determined to ensure the town does all it can -- despite covid.19 restrictions -- to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Barnet.
January 18, 2021
Appeal to dog owners: breeding season starting for swans and wildfowl
People walking across the Shire London golf course during lockdown are being urged to act responsibly after repeated reports of swans and geese being harassed by dogs running off the lead.
January 11, 2021
Comment on the Council’s draft Chipping Barnet Community Plan
The Plan is out for online public consultation until 19 February. You’re invited to comment on the key principles of the plan, and to choose five project ideas for further development.
January 07, 2021
Barnet historians eager to see 1921 census - and getting ready for 2021
Family historians keen to research the lives of people living in Barnet in the 1920s have only twelve months to wait before the release of the much-anticipated 1921 census and its wealth of information about life in the aftermath of the First World War.
New brasserie opens as lockdown hits High Street
Jan 05, 2021
Just as the New Year lockdown was announced, the proprietors of High Barnet's newest brasserie, Botannika, went ahead with their planned opening -- offering a…
75 years on - onward to a greener Barnet 2
Jan 01, 2021
In 2020 the Barnet Society celebrated 75 years since its foundation. But our founders would be shocked at how their neighbourhood has altered.
Barnet's Poor Clare nuns plan delayed 50th birthday party in 2021
Dec 30, 2020
Lockdown and self-isolation have imposed few significant changes in the daily life of the nuns of the enclosed order of Barnet Poor Clares who this year are…
Was this rare early film shot in Barnet? 4
Dec 29, 2020
Birt Acres, a key figure in the invention of British movies, lived and worked in Chipping Barnet. His 1897 short Band Marching down a Street is one of very few…
End of an era in New Barnet: au revoir, Chez Tonton 1
Dec 22, 2020
A New Barnet institution, the French restaurant Chez Tonton has closed after 37 years -- an emotional farewell for proprietors Eric and Claudine Michel, who…
From inspiration to realisation: the greening of Barnet Hill
Dec 21, 2020
At the close of 2020, after one of the bleakest years for High Barnet in recent living memory, the long wait for spring should be relieved by the recognition…
