Rambles Round Barnet
Monday, 23 November 2020 14:18
High Barnet's claim to London's oldest timber structure
A medieval timber roof discovered above a vacant shop in Barnet High Street might be as old or even older than the famous hammer-beam roof at Westminster Hall, the oldest building at the Houses of Parliament.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 17:14
Brightening up lockdown: busy trading at Barnet market
Friends of Barnet Market are welcoming the continued presence of the twice-weekly market during the second lockdown -- and are especially pleased with the success of a new fresh fish stall from Ipswich.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:34
Improving road safety around High Barnet's schools
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School is helping to promote National Road Safety Week with a large banner close to the school entrance at the busy road junction of Barnet Hill and Meadway.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Monday, 16 November 2020 10:22
Barnet's changing allotments: inspired by The Good Life?
Women are increasingly taking over from men in cultivating allotments - a national trend which is certainly being reflected at the popular Byng Road allotments in High Barnet.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Sunday, 08 November 2020 12:51
Barnet's fallen comrades remembered despite coronavirus pandemic
A socially distanced two-minute silence was observed at the war memorial at Barnet parish church to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Thursday, 05 November 2020 15:49
Top London honour for QE Girls' history teacher
Without him knowing what was happening, past and present pupils at Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet, were voting secretly for their popular history teacher and sixth form tutor, Marc Fielder, to become the 2020 London Secondary School Teacher of the Year.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Monday, 02 November 2020 18:26
Wanted: Barnet memories of going to the flicks
Going to the pictures once or even several times a week used to be commonplace among the older generation...but with the closure of numerous cinemas across the London Borough of Barnet memories are fading fast.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Sunday, 01 November 2020 18:06
Historic "Twist" to High Street planning objections
An application has been made for planning permission to build three flats on the site of the former Victoria Bakery in Barnet High Street -- the shop doorway that was said to have been the location where Charles Dickens imagined Oliver Twist meeting the Artful Dodger.
Published in
Planning
Tagged under
Sunday, 01 November 2020 17:59
Easier access to Finchley Memorial Hospital with direct bus
Bus services on the 383 route are now running directly from Barnet to Finchley Memorial Hospital in response to an appeal by the Mayor of London to ensure that Transport for London responds to the redirection of hospital patients during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Wednesday, 28 October 2020 16:28
Medieval timbers uncovered during High Street conversion
Specialists in medieval buildings have expressed amazement and delight at the discovery in Barnet High Street of an original timber framed roof that might date back to the 14th century or earlier.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Friday, 23 October 2020 11:15
Delay over TfL's plans for High Barnet tube station
A planning application that had been expected several months ago to build blocks of flats around High Barnet tube station has been delayed further amid speculation about the future of several other similar developments proposed by Transport for London.
Published in
Planning
Tagged under
Thursday, 22 October 2020 10:20
Brasserie offering vegan menu to replace Carluccio's at Spires
A new brasserie and retail space - to be called Botannika - is to take over the former Carluccio's restaurant at the entrance to the Spires shopping centre in High Street, Barnet.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Monday, 19 October 2020 15:21
New landlord joins publicans determined to stay in business
Polish trained chef Lukasz Szumski is planning to add one or two specialities from his grandfather's recipes to a traditional English menu at the Sebright Arms in Alston Road which has just re-opened as a gastro pub and sports bar after several weeks closure.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:27
Close vote against new housing in Whalebones woods and fields
Years of campaigning to preserve the Whalebones woodland and farmland in Wood Street paid off when Barnet Council's planning committee rejected an application to build 152 new houses and flats.
Published in
Planning
Tagged under
Friday, 09 October 2020 16:25
Life under lockdown at cohousing flats for older women
"We've not only survived but managed to thrive during lockdown" say the 26 residents of High Barnet's pioneering cohousing project for older women which opened four years ago in Union Street.
Published in
Barnet Market
Tagged under
Tuesday, 06 October 2020 12:11
Caricatures for Barnet's Northern Line tube stations
Searching for a celebrity connected wth all 272 tube stations on the London Underground has been a lockdown artistic venture for High Barnet cartoonist and caricaturist Simon Ellinas. He hopes his choices for tube stations in the London Borough of Barnet will become a talking point.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Sunday, 04 October 2020 13:52
Protecting Hadley Common's great crested newts
Plastic barriers and traps have been set up across Monken Hadley Common to safeguard great crested newts which might be threatened by the construction of a new water main.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Monday, 28 September 2020 14:02
Nature reserve's new paths will help disabled enjoy sensory trail
To improve access for the disabled and children and visitors in wheelchairs, the main paths in and around the nature reserve at Barnet Environment Centre are to be re-laid with a rubber compound which will make them easier and safer to use.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Monday, 28 September 2020 10:31
High Barnet's litter pickers out in force
Young and old joined in to help with High Barnet Green Beings' Sunday litter pick in and around the town centre.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Thursday, 24 September 2020 17:50
Possible financial lifeline for New Barnet's decaying cricket pavilion
Barnet Council is being asked to investigate whether restoration of the boarded up cricket pavilion in Tudor Park sports ground might be financed in part through a community infra-structure levy that will have to be paid on multi-storey blocks of flats proposed for the New Barnet former gas works site.
Published in
General News
Tagged under
Page 2 of 10
