The Barnet Society Newsletter

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Our Newsletters
Tube plan approval likely; Underhill parking rows; Women's Day walks; Battle search goes on.
Diggers move in at Whalebones; MP's response over tube flats; Welcome meal for refugees; Lawyer's MI5 secret.
Massive 'No' to tube flats plan; council to appeal site ruling; Ministerial post for Tomlinson; Arrivederci Dory's
Celebrating 80th anniversary of Barnet Society; massive fire destroys historic house on Hadley Green; Barnet still split over plans for football club's return
Buzz about Bees' return, Community use hope for Tudor Hall, New Islamic centre’s welcome
Alarm bells over Spires proposals, 'Motty' proud of Barnet links, Millie back in old stomping ground
Still all to play for on bingo hall, Julian calling it a day, Something for a variety of taste buds
Time running out to save No 33, There's still a lot of green and pleasant land, QE Girls' memories of the day the Queen came.
Barnet goes from Blue to Red, Mahender's push for a safer community, Den for Barnet dragons
Hat-trick of wins at planning appeals, Spires market expansion plan, Whither our Green Belt?
Whalebones: An Inspector calls, 550th anniversary comes good despite year of uncertainty, Grow-ing interest in the land
Green and pleasant land, A trip down memory lane, Trees, trees, trees.
Love is in the air, 11-0 home win against Victoria, Enforcement not a job for the faint-hearted
Life goes on, but not as we know it, Bull's fight for survival, Green shoots in the town centre
Plans to revive town centre, Housing densisty doubled on the gas works site, Wood Street eyesore is no more
Mixed reaction to new Tube homes plan, Fight for proper nursery school funding, New Barnet right in the swim of things
Uproar over Tube apartments plan, Unfortunately, Whalebones doesn't cut it, Act needed to safeguard Hadley Common.
Life goes on for Barnet, Brexit or not, Open all hours: petition against park plan, A welcome buzz about the place.
Developers have Green Belt in their sights, It's all plain sailing for Noah's Ark, Physic Well benefits from a modern-day makeover.
Premier Inn wins appeal - but will it help to revive High Barnet’s town centre?, Gail makes it to High Street Heroes Awards, Council leader on the defensive over residents' gripes.
Premier Inn refuses to throw in the towel, Council seeks path to redemption, Angry reaction over exclusion from Barnet Hospital CPZ.
Premier Inn checking in to Barnet, Foundation bricks laid at Noah’s Ark children’s hospice, Labour of Love: Keeping the High Street tidy.
Council candidates set out their stalls, Tennage Market moves nearer to kick-off,The Mayor of London's New London Plan.
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