1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
Peter Blackmore. WW2 pilot. A Very Happy
90th birthday!
Hoy there Hertsmere! How about a new
cycle/pedestrian way?
General William Booth. 100 years anniversary
of his death in Hadley Wood.
A suggested cycle/pedestrian way for Potters Bar,
AUGUST 2012 ISSUE
HADLEY WOOD NEWS
Maggie Govender. Diamond Jubilee Woman of
Barnet and the Hadleys. The Wrotham triangle.
Achievement
Hadley Wood Golf Club. A new more flexible
approach to membership
WI. Summer lunch
Southgate Scout group. Joining details Drawing by John Leatherdale. Suggested cycle/pedestrian way in green.
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2. Peter Blackmore. After he was demobbed Peter returned Potters Bar the proposed circuit is made
A Pilot officer in to work at B.O.C. where he remained until up of Dancers Hill Road, Kitts End Road
his retirement. and the A1000. It’s a triangle enclosing
Bomber Command. Peter and Helen married in 1955 and Wrotham Park. It could be approached
moved to Hadley Wood in 1960. An from Potters Bar via two starting points.
A Hadley Wood Resident for 38 years, enthusiastic tennis player, over the years Dugdale Hill Lane (off Mutton Lane) past
Peter grew up in Wolverhampton and Peter was Captain, Chairman and the school, down Sawyers Lane, under
joined the RAF at the age of 19. He was President of Hadley Wood tennis Club. the M25 and then sharp left up the lovely
sent to Texas in 1941 to train as a pilot He also served as Chairman of the Bar Bentley Heath Lane to Dancers Hill Road.
with the American Air Force and obtained Committee for the Hadley Wood Or from Potters Bar High St at the car
both U.S and RAF wings. He joined Association, and later was appointed park opposite Travis Perkins. Then along
Bomber Command in 1942 and as a Pilot Chairman and President of the HWA. the right (western) side of the A1000
officer flew thirty four missions over A very fit 90 year old Peter still enjoys where there is plenty of space for a
Europe. Later he was in Transport playing 18 holes of golf at Hadley Wood combined cycle and pedestrian path, as
Command 38th group flying prisoners Golf Club. far as Dancers Hill Road and the Duke of
home from concentration camps. Pat Taylor York pub. Starting from Barnet perhaps
from Hadley Highstone there is already a
path/pavement all the way along the
Get on your bikes? eastern edge of the A1000 just asking
Where? to be upgraded to a combined
cycle/pedestrian route as far as Wagon
Given the encouragement by the Road. Here you would turn left along
Government, the Times newspapers, what is possibly the shortest cycle path
Boris Johnson, the London Cycling in the world leading to Dancers Hill Road
Campaign and the Department of and onto the Wrotham Triangle.
Transport. Given our current success in From Hadley Wood you could push
the field of road cycling,
Tour de France and the
Olympic Games. Given the
fact that cycling is a
popular pursuit, cheap and
good for us, how is it that it
is so difficult to actually find
a suitably safe place to do
it? Take out the kids for a
Sunday cycle trip locally?
You must be joking.
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3. CONCERT DINNER
Friday 12th October
Ben Baker (violin) & Petr Limonov (piano)
Reception at 7.00pm with sparkling wine and canapés,
three course dinner, coffee, tea and petits fours and
concert. Price: £56.50 per person – table wines extra.
Dress code: Black tie.
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your bike up the path running alongside Flexibility and Choice at Alistair Cook, General Manager of
the railway to Wagon Road (already a Hadley Wood Golf Club said “Our
marked national cycling route. No.12) as
Hadley Wood Golf Club Associate Membership is a fantastic entry
far as the A1000 and then to Dancers Hill. There was a time when those looking to level category for the keen golfer who
Once on Dancers Hill Road you are on join a golf club had few choices in the simply doesn’t have the time to justify a
the Triangle. There is a good wide path type of membership categories available. full membership, but wants to maintain
along Dancers Hill road’s southern edge Golf Clubs generally adopted a “one size their handicap and work on their golf”.
as far as the Wrotham Park gate fits all” approach to membership, only Academy Membership. This
(opposite the entry to Bentley Heath offering full or 5-day membership, and category is designed for the new golfer,
Lane) though thereafter it does get a bit then only to established golfers. or those returning to the game. Academy
narrow. Turning left into Kitts End Road But the needs of golfers have changed. Members join for an initial 4 months, and
there is no footpath at all but plenty of Golfers today are looking for can enjoy weekly group tuition with PGA
space for a pedestrian/cycleway memberships that fit in with their busy instructors. Members have full access
alongside its western edge. Those lifestyles, whilst helping them learn and to the Clubhouse and practice facilities.
wishing to try a longer route could progress. This particularly applies to This membership category costs just
continue past the entry to Kitts End Road those with family constraints which £260 for 4 months, payable monthly in
and turn right after about 100 metres into preclude them from playing as much as four monthly instalments of £65.
Dancers Lane. This is the Great North they would like. “Joining a golf club as a new or returning
Way cycle route which heads to Welham To help encourage both new and golfer can be a daunting experience; it’s
Green and beyond. There are problems. occasional golfers, Hadley Wood Golf a complex game with rules and etiquette
Kitts End Road is a race track for cars but Club has introduced two new categories to learn. Our Academy Membership
traffic calming measures could easily be of membership. is designed to bridge that gap – to help
introduced. Waggon Road is a bit tight Associate Membership. For a new and returning golfers build the skills
and has a dangerous corner just past the subscription of just £750 per annum, and confidence they need to take their
railway cottages. There are ditches Associate Members are entitled to play a games to the next level” commented
between some of the paths and the maximum of 20 rounds per year; and can Paul Foster, Hadley Wood Golf Club PGA
adjoining properties. It would be purchase a further 6 rounds on payment Professional.
expensive and is nearly all in Hertsmere of 50% of the visitor green fee. The For further information about either of
though Barnet Council and Enfield Associate Member is entitled to a these membership categories, please
Council might chip in given the potential CONGU handicap which means they can contact Alistair Cook, General Manager
health benefits to their residents. But what enter competitions at Hadley Wood and on 0208 449 4328 or
an asset it would be. other golfing venues, and have full use of gm@hadleywoodgc.com.
How about it Hertsmere? the Clubhouse and its excellent practice Yvette Dainton
Rod Armstrong facilities.
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4. General William Booth. William Booth was born in Nottingham
This year marks the 100th anniversary of in 1829. His family were not particularly
the death of William Booth, founder of poor but were prone to financial ups and
the Salvation Army. From 1903 until he downs. He was educated at St
‘laid down his sword’ on August 20th Biddulph’s school during a period of
1912 he lived at Rookstone in Lancaster family solvency but was withdrawn to
Avenue, Hadley Wood. A blue plaque work as an apprentice in a pawnbroker’s
commemorates his stay here. Refused shop when the family’s fortunes declined.
burial by the Dean at Westminster Abbey Influenced by Wesleyan preachers and
his body lay in state for three days at an innate belief that he had been called
Clapton Congress Hall where some upon to serve the Lord, William Booth
150,000 people filed past his casket. At began a life dedicated to save sinners.
the subsequent funeral service in He started by preaching in the poorer
Olympia 40,000 mourners attended parts of Nottingham. Then, disengaging
including, some say, an incognito Queen himself from his Methodist upbringing
Alexandria. Finally he was buried next and publicly criticizing the established
to his wife Catherine in the non- Church for its lack of interest in the poor
denominational Abney Park cemetery in he turned his attentions to the destitute.
Stoke Newington. The King and Queen In 1855 he married Catherine Mumford
and many other Heads of State including a young woman with a passion for social
the American President William Taft sent justice, a feminist and scholar whose
wreaths and messages of condolence. support for her husband as well as her
encouragement and drive lead to the
formation of the Salvation Army. Starting
in the East End of London they engaged
in practical ways with both the deserving
and the undeserving poor, slowly raising
an army of supporters. Though often
derided by the Establishment, sometimes
hated and often physically attacked by
angry mobs the ‘Sallies’with their ranks of
young women and men created a global
organisation for good. Workplaces for the
very poor, hostels, soup kitchens and
shelters for unmarried mothers sprang up
throughout the world. Today the
organisation is established in eighty
countries with 16000 evangelical centres
and operates more than three thousand
social welfare institutions, hospitals,
schools, orphanages, homeless shelters
and social service agencies.
Rod Armstrong
A photograph taken at Rookstone, his home in Hadley Wood showing him Ref.: Blood and Fire by Roy Hattersley.
meeting 'Swazi Chiefs' (Prince Malunge N'Kosi, Chief Nehemiah Vilakazi and Abacus books 1999
Chief Nogeogeo) in 1907. With kind permission of The Salvation Army William Booth. Soup soap and salvation
International Heritage Centre. by Janet and Geoff Benge.2002
As many of our readers will know, the Hadley Green garage
has had a change of ownership. The business was opened
by Harry Green who having somehow survived active
service in the First World War, started repairing motor cycles
behind what was the Windmill pub (later the Loch Fyne
restaurant and now a private house). His father was the
licensee at the Windmill. The business prospered and Harry
began selling Humbers and Sunbeams there until World
War Two intervened. At this point the Government took over
the garage for the manufacture of Spitfire parts. Douglas
Green was born in the flat over the garage and eventually
took over the business. He moved first to Hadley
Highstone and then with a showroom on the High Street
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5. Maggie Govender. enjoyed and very popular. She also does
Diamond Jubilee chairbound sessions for the disabled or
blind. One of her students is aged 100
Woman of Achievement years and catches two buses to get to her
sessions!
One of the benefits of being an Editor is On the 20th of July she was awarded a
that you meet some great people. So it was Diamond Jubilee Woman of Achievement
that last week I arrived at the front door of award by David Burrows MP He thanked
.
Maggie Govender’s house in Wagon Road. her ‘for the considerable work you have
Maggie came to England with her husband done encouraging health and fitness within
George from South Africa in 1970. This was our local community, for your tireless
at the height of the Apartheid era. Maggie’s dedication and commitment to helping
father was politically active and was others, and in particular your work with the
imprisoned as a member of Nelson disadvantaged, including blind and
Mandela’s group. For the family this was partially sighted people and stroke victims’.
time to leave the country. Once in the UK I will not mention Maggie’s age though
they opened a newsagent’s shop in she made no secret of it. I am absolutely
Tottenham (George had always been a and truthfully not exaggerating when I tell
Spur’s fan). One day when the delivery boy you she looks 20 years younger than she
did not turn up for work Maggie decided to should. If this is what running and a good
deliver the papers herself and found to her Council’s fitness classes including diet does for you we should all be following
surprise that she loved jogging and sessions for the blind and disabled. She her example. Now where did I put that
running. Their shop was often visited by qualified as a Ladies Coach under the tracksuit?
sportsmen from the Haringey Athletics club supervision of Bruce Longden, a great Rod Armstrong
training with Sebastian Coe at the New teacher who was Sally Gunnell’s coach.
River Sports centre. Maggie’s running style Whilst all this was going on she and
was noticed and she was invited to join the George raised a family, her daughter Hadley
Haringey club. First a jogger then a Trusha becoming a solicitor and son Ravi
devoted marathon runner, Maggie started a manager and supervisor at Trailfinders.
Wood Past
with a 5km Mum’s run in Regent’s Park Family life was always very important. Captains’
and, to her amazement, won. The prize, a When her mother showed signs of
recipe book, was presented by Eamonn developing Alzheimers, Maggie and her
Triumph
Andrews. Over the subsequent years she family looked after her at home for many Six Past Captains and their wives
ran in no less than ten marathons. Seven years until eventually her condition made participated in the Annual Mixed Away
in London, one in Australia, one in the USA management in a nursing home essential. Break of the Society of Herts Past
and one in Finland. Her best time was 3.09 During this time Maggie continued to run Captains held at Sprowston Manor in
hours. By 1991 she was starting marathons and work as an Athletics coach. She was Norfolk at the beginning of July.
with the elite group often running with Liz Runner up for Coach of the Year at Barnet In the Sunday Mixed Greensome
McColgan. By the time she was 45 years and later was voted Coach of the Year by event Sue and Mike Finlay won, whilst
old she was running for GB in Veterans Enfield Council. Raising money for on Monday Don Bailey was the winner
World Championships in South Africa, Alzheimer sufferers became the focus of of the John Hanchet Trophy as well as
Australia and the USA culminating in her charitable work but she continued nearest the pin prize.
winning the team gold in Finland. She working for Enfield Council as a coach and This was followed by Laurie
loved running, had joined Barnet Running fitness expert. Reynolds winning the Men’s
club under the leadership of Derek Wood Currently she leads walks for the over Individual Stableford on the Tuesday
and worked hard at her fitness and diet. 50’s at Trent Park, Broomfield Park and with John Bolton runner-up.
Eventually she started teaching at Enfield Enfield town park. These are much
and the repair facility at Moxon St. started
selling its famous Bentleys, Rolls Royces,
Jaguars and Land Rovers. Later
Douglas’s son Paul took over, being the
third generation of Green’s to run the
business. The new owners are the
Colbornes group.
The Hadley Wood News would like to
express its grateful and sincere thanks to
the whole Green family for the great
support we and many other local
charities and organisations have received
over the last fifty years.
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established writer?
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Letters to the Editor
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on seats when loading
Simone Strauss.
Womens
Institute
At the July meeting members
of Hadley Wood Women’s
Institute enjoyed an
interesting illustrated talk on
the John Lewis Partnership by
their Archivist, Judy Faraday.
We had a very busy month
with successful coach
outings to the Goldsmiths
Hall and Clandon Park,
followed by a most enjoyable
Summer Lunch at the HWA
on the 25th July. The WI meet
on the second Tuesday of the
month in St. Paul’s Church
Hall, new members are
always most welcome .
Hilary Nunn
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