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I think the office building was originally occupied by Ever Ready, I'm surprised it avoided 'flatification', if it survives much longer it'll end up being listed simply by being one of the last survivors of the office building boom of the 60s/70s (many were reclad during 1980s refurbishments).
Still Anon | 07.01.20 - 7:42 a.m. | #
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I also remember that concrete eyesore at 1255 High Road being the HQ of Ever Ready.
Frank F | 07.01.20 - 7:44 a.m. | #
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Creme Eggs already?
Jonathan Wadman | 07.01.20 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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A lovely area Totteridge, The Dollis Valley Greenwalk which you crossed is worth a walk, plus the lovely meadows which the LOOP passes through are worth exploring more thoroughly
Mikey C | 07.01.20 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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I do so hope that one of the ladies at the Pollard Road stop was called Vicky....
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 07.01.20 - 10:50 a.m. | #
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Despite having grown up in NW7 and often seeing the 251 at Burnt Oak station (and wondering where the heck Arnos Grove was), I have never connected that it went past the Rising Sun to Totteridge!
I feel a long walk coming on! Thanks!!
Cornish Cockney | 07.01.20 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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A fascinating article about a very distinctive area of London. I appreciated it much better on the second reading on a real screen; my phone is handy but it really doesn't do justice to the pictures.
Totteridge is indeed amazing. It tries very hard to be a village. It used to have a Womens' Institute (attached to Hertfordshire), instead of a Townswomens' Guild, and it is, as you indicate, blessed with a glorious collection of rural-seeming footpaths and bridlepaths. It has steadfastly resisted having anything as ordinary as house numbers - presumably to the irritation of generations of delivery drivers and postal workers.
Malcolm | 07.01.20 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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Does the four-generation-almost-all-female family consist of Great-grandma, Granddad and Grandma, Mum and three daughters?
Patrickov | 07.01.20 - 12:12 p.m. | #
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Tesco has been flogging Creme and Mini Eggs from dedicated display stands since at least New Years Day. They presumably think... <snip>
dg writes: No they don't.
NickW | 07.01.20 - 1:43 p.m. | #
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The first bus stop has memories for me as the alighting point for the long-departed telecoms firm STC Ltd, which was on the other side of the road. The site seems now to be used by Barnet Council. The second reminds me of the former Rising Sun, where Friday lunchtimes were often spent, when not at the Cavalier in Russell Lane.
Bob L-S | 07.01.20 - 2:13 p.m. | #
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"Across the road is a secondary school with an unusual facility - its very own convent."
If you are referring to Sacred Heart School, it is a primary not a secondary school. I believe it hasn't been run by nuns for some years, and the convent in Oakleigh Road South has also now closed.
David | 07.01.20 - 6:00 p.m. | #
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I agree with the sentiment that "there's a limit to how many pubs a high street can support these days", but the building containing Sushi Mania has been a restaurant (previously ASK) for at least 20 years. And before that it housed an estate agent and solicitors office for some decades.
David | 07.01.20 - 6:16 p.m. | #
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Mickie Most and Cliff Richard were never actually neighbours.
David | 07.01.20 - 7:10 p.m. | #
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Sadiq Khan didn't prevent the conversion of Barnet House because of the size of the flats. It was because not enough of them were affordable.
David | 07.01.20 - 7:52 p.m. | #
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