1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
HADLEY WOOD NEWS
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‘Where have all
the ducks gone?’
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 ISSUE
AGM. Dec.11th. With David Burrowes MP
Hadley Wood News and website. Changes.
Tennis Club. Peter Blackmore remembers
Local Hospital issues. David Burrowes MP
Hadley Wood Pre-school and Playschool. Update
Chris Hepworth tennis coach. Time to go home.
Pedestrian/Cycle path to Waggon rd. Swerving.
St Jude’s Day storm. Not poplar
Barnet Appeals Committee. Christmas Stop and Shop.
Nov.21st
Barnet Market. Unstalled
Ghita’s story. A homecoming.
Southgate Scouts. Celebrations.
Julie and Sue’s book for the Peace Hospice. Creative
Cookery.

2. Changes to the HW
News and the HWA
website
(hadleywood.org.uk)
For a trial period we are going to publish
the Hadley Wood News every two
months. We think this will make it more
interesting, less of a newsletter and more
of a magazine. Recognising the
widespread move to reading newspapers
online we are updating and improving our
website, now managed by George
McCormick. Included amongst other
useful information on the website are past
and present copies of the Hadley Wood
News. In this way we aim to provide
residents with a regular account of what
is going on in the area. We hope you will
join in by sending us letters, articles
about the area, children’s occasions,
birthdays, weddings and forthcoming
events. If you or your children take any
interesting photographs of Hadley Wood
please send them in and if appropriate
we will put them onto the website or even
the cover of the News. In due course we
will include them in a future local
Photographic Exhibition.
Editor.
Memories of Hadley
Wood Tennis Club.
Scheduling an interview with Peter
Blackmore, now aged a mere 91 years,
was more difficult than I imagined such is
his busy lifestyle. However I managed to
corner him in the HWGC to ask him if
together we could write something about
the history of the Hadley Wood Tennis
Club. Peter was heavily involved in this
club serving as Vice Captain, Captain,
Chairman and President until retiring
(from tennis) in 1987. He first joined the
tennis club in 1961 and subsequently
oversaw the birth of the Hadley Wood
Association with its incorporation of the
Tennis Club and later provision of a preschool, ballet school, football, bridge and
cricket club.
Opened in the 1890’s Hadley Wood
Tennis Club is one of the oldest in the
country. Peter recollects looking through
some of the old Tennis Club minutes and
finding an entry referring to their Annual
Ball. ‘In the event of the Queen’s death’ it
read ‘the Annual Ball will be postponed’
Which Queen? Victoria no less.
Peter remembers the pavilion well. Also
known as the Pagoda it first had a
thatched roof. Catching fire from sparks
caused by a passing steam engine the
roof was later replaced by tiles. The
pagoda was there in 1961 when Peter
and Helen moved to Hadley Wood and
were ‘played in’.
“Not a pleasant
experience” recalls
Peter. “We were
closely scrutinised
throughout
this
ordeal by a group of
senior members”.
Having
survived
flying for the RAF
throughout WW2
Peter was not easily
intimidated and they
were
accepted.
Soon
he
was
Assistant Secretary of the Club but things
were changing. Although two more grass
courts had been added as well as a
bowling green, the old pagoda like
pavilion with its Ladies and Gentlemen’s
changing rooms (and a bell for tea),
was falling into disrepair. In 1963 the
Tennis Club applied to Enfield Council
for renewal of its lease. The Council
responded by pointing out the parlous
state of the clubhouse and announced it
was going to develop the site with
football grounds, public tennis courts,
leaving two courts for the Tennis Club and
replacing the pavilion with a new building
to house changing rooms and toilets.
What happened next is recorded in
Nancy Clarke’s book. The Tennis club
members were dismayed but so were
many other residents in Hadley Wood
who felt the area needed some sort of
Centre/Village Hall and a organisation
which would represent the Community.
Local residents, in particular Mervyn
Glennie and Leslie Ross Collins (then
President of the Tennis Club) started
speaking up. Finally after a public
meeting in the Mount House Convent
School (now St Marthas) attended by 400
people the Hadley Wood Association was
born. Its recorded aim was ‘Promoting
the benefit of all inhabitants by providing
facilities for recreation, social welfare,
education and leisure pursuits. Providing
an Association Centre and other
amenities and representing the district in
matters of general public concern starting
with the Hadley Wood Open Space’. The
Council agreed. Grants from the Sports
Council and Enfield Council as well as
funds raised from Hadley Wood residents
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were obtained and the Hadley Wood
Association Centre as we know it was
built and a lease arranged with Enfield
Council.
Peter remembers this and subsequent
stages clearly. “The plans did not show
any space for a bar for fear of
antagonising some of the substantial
established residents” he said. “and the
building was supposed to be temporary
one with perhaps a life of 30 years!”
However all was agreed and it was
opened by Ian McLeod in June 1968.
However the lack of any bar facilities
was proving to be a problem. Peter
recounts how in 1970 the Social and
Sports committee pressurised the HWA
Council to provide them. The first
application for a Club Licence was turned
down by the Metropolitan Police on
various technicalities. The Police however
had underestimated the determination of
the tennis players to have a beer after a
match and solicitors were engaged by
the HWA with successful results. The Bar
eventually opened on Friday and
Saturday nights as well as Sunday
lunchtimes. However it was a small area
and the Tennis Club could not entertain
visiting teams properly especially if the
Club room was in use. Around 1989/90
the Tennis Club approached the HWA
Council to ask if they could have their
own pavilion. This lead to lengthy
discussions and a compromise was
reached. Alterations had to be made and
plans for this and for a kitchen upgrade
were prepared. The HWA agreed these
but only if the Tennis Club made a
contribution. This was forthcoming and
on the understanding that it would not
give the tennis club exclusive rights to the
bar area and that any member of the
HWA could use the bar at any time, work
was completed in 1992 with Peter as
Project Manager. The Tennis Club thus
lost its autonomy but was strengthened
and its future guaranteed by becoming
one of the HWA’s several constituent
clubs, all with equal rights to the facilities
of a large village hall.
Although the ‘ownership’ of the bar area
has sometimes been a focus of dispute
between the Tennis Club and its HWA
parent, the system has worked well.
Successive Chairmen of the HWA have
worked closely with the Tennis Club to
ensure facilities have been kept as up to
date as possible. The Club has flourished
and with a strong input from key members
and resident coaches has provided a first
class sporting centre for residents and
their children as well as for visitors.
Peter Blackmore and Rod Armstrong
Sustrans plans for the
railway path to Waggon
road.
New path proposals are described here
which complete the walk and cycle link
from Hadley Wood Station to Waggon
Road. This continues the works carried
out earlier in 2013 to surface the railway
path across land owned by Network Rail
from Hadley Wood Station to the
boundary of the Network Rail land and
the Hadley Wood Association’s Open
Space. At this point the Public Footpath
(FP 119) continues north to Waggon
Road.
Path Construction
Sustrans preference is for a
bonded or sealed surface as
this will withstand water
erosion, wear and path
deterioration and greatly
reduce ongoing maintenance
costs.
Leaf fall under trees will
weather and soften the
tarmac finish more quickly
than the path in the open
area. We propose a standard
construction which involves digging out
approximately 150mm (6”) of top soils to
create a solid and durable foundation
layer for the path. If significant tree roots
lie across the path we will consider a ‘nodig’
construction
which
avoids
compacting the tree roots, allows air to
the roots to minimise impact on the trees.
This construction would raise the path
(approx 100mm - 4”) above surrounding
ground level and may require extra work
to accommodate existing service covers
( BT have a cable route and access
covers that run along the length of the
path from Waggon Road to Crescent
West)
The path would need to be curved – not
straight- to avoid some trees and we may
need to remove some small trees within
and/or leaning over the path (numbering
12 in total )
Environmental measures
Options to reduce the impact of the
construction in the woods are as follows.
Where taking the path through the area
of scrub and dead wood by Waggon Rd
we can create log piles from the dead
and felled wood to create insect habitats.
With the help of the HWA we will also put
up some bat and bird boxes in the woods
and plant new tree saplings for each tree
removed.
Access control
The path would emerge onto Waggon
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4. Road a few metres to the east of the
existing old gate posts. This will give
better alignment for cycles joining and
leaving the carriageway and greater
visibility
and
safety
for
cyclists/pedestrians for traffic on Waggon
Road. Access to the path from Waggon
Road will be controlled by an array of
bollards. This will slow cyclists down on
approach to the highway and deter
unauthorised use while maintaining
access for wheel chair users, pedestrians
with child buggies and cycles.
Unauthorised use by motorcycles is a
concern which will be monitored. Enfield
Council will review access controls if
unauthorised use occurs and causes
problems to residents and other users of
the path and the open space.
The existing path alongside the private
fence has concrete gate posts for a
‘Kissing gate’ though there is currently no
gate in place. This would not be affected
by the proposed new path. If our budget
allows we could re-instate a wooden gate
in the existing posts. Residents in the
adjoining Railway cottages have been
informed of the plans and the plan has
met with the approval of the Hadley
Wood Association.
Bryn Lockwood. Area Manager North,
SUSTRANS Tel 02077807204
The Future of our local
Hospitals
since 2008 that primary care
improvements would be in place by the
time of this decision; the risks of delay to
both Chase Farm Hospital and North
Middlesex Hospital, and the negative
impact on Enfield residents, particularly
in the North East of the Borough.
It is important to recognise the issue at
stake. It is not whether the downgrade of
Chase Farm's A&E and maternity
services should take place. Sadly,
despite our campaigning that decision
was made back in 2008 by Labour's
Health Secretary and following a
moratorium and review was confirmed in
2011. The decision is one of timing. Are
services ready to be transferred from
November?
The reality is that well over £100 million
has been invested in the last year in our
local hospitals with improved and
expanded women's, children's and
emergency services at both North Mid
and Barnet hospitals as well as the
investment in new urgent care facilities,
paediatric
and
older
persons
assessment units and an elective
surgical centre at Chase Farm. We heard
that there is a real danger that our
hospitals will be put at risk by a delay in
the reconfiguration of services. We heard
that all the hospitals are ready for the
changes.
To cope with the changes to Chase
Farm, over £20m is being spent at Barnet
Hospital to achieve the most modern,
high quality provision of services for
patients. The main clinical changes that
will benefit patients include: A&E
expansion, expansion of the intensive
care unit/higher dependency unit
capacity, an additional CT scanner, larger
treatment areas for children, an
improved medical day treatment unit, a
midwifery led birthing unit and expanded
delivery facilities.
Chase Farm Hospital is not closing
and we should not give credibility to the
shroud wavers who talk about its
demise. The reality is that following the
service changes there will still be access
to 24 hr urgent care at Chase Farm. In
fact the urgent care will be better for
older people and children with dedicated
assessment units. Outpatients, planned
surgery,
rehabilitation,
women's
diagnostics,
paediatric
outpatient
services,
gynaecology
outpatient
services, ante natal services and
maternity day units will all continue to be
available at Chase Farm. Much as we
continue to regret previous decisions
about A&E and maternity services we are
where we are and need to make
decisions for the best future for Enfield
patients. I believe that the biggest risk for
Chase Farm's future is the blight of
continued delay and uncertainty. We now
need to get the necessary investment in
Chase Farm to make it fit for modern day
purposes rather than fight old battles.
David Burrowes MP
I attended the meeting in September
when local GPs unanimously agreed
"that the changes to A&E, paediatrics,
maternity, and neonatal and planned
care services agreed under the BEH
Clinical Strategy (in accordance with the
decision of the then Secretary of State in
2008 and 2011) should happen as soon
as possible from 15 November 2013". I
raised questions about the expectation
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Double Celebration for
11th Southgate Scout
Group
On Sunday 29th September a very
special double celebration for the 11th
Southgate Scout Group took place.
Firstly, Roger Colebrook, County
Commissioner for Greater London North
Scout County, presented Peter (Jumbo)
Davis MBE with the Chief Scout’s 60
years Service Award during the All age
service at Christ Church, Cockfosters in
recognition of his 60 years of service to
Scouting. Jumbo has spent the last
twenty-two years as Group Scout Leader
of the 11th Southgate Scout Group, Chalk
Lane, Cockfosters.
Secondly, as readers of this newsletter
will be aware, the 11th Southgate Scout
Group received grants from the Enfield
Residents’ Priority Fund (ERPF) to assist
with upgrading our heaters and to
refurbish our toilet facilities including
providing facilities for disabled people.
This work was completed during the
summer. After the service the new
facilities and work of the Scout Group
were blessed by the Rev Dr. Richard
James, Vicar of Christ Church,
Cockfosters and officially opened by
Roger Colebrook, County Commissioner.
The 11th Southgate is very grateful for
funding received from the ERPF and to
those in the local community who
supported our application. We look
forward to welcoming more boys and girls
into Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and being
able to offer our smart HQ for use by the
wider community.
For hiring our Scout Headquarters for children’s parties, meetings or
fitness and dance sessions please contact:
Nafisa Ashing Tel: 020 8449 6747 Email : nafisa.kachwalla@ashings.com
Section Contact Details Beavers (6 - 8 year olds) – Glenda Hunter 020 8361 2350
Cubs (8 -10 ½ year olds) – Geraldine Palfreman 020 8275 0608 (eve) 020 8361
2444 (day)
Scouts (10½ - 14 year olds) – Darryl Ashing 020 8449 6747
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6. Hadley Wood Station
looking north. Four
trains and a local bus.
October 2013
This is a compilation of four photographs
taken in an hour on 22nd October with the
camera firmly mounted on a tripod. The
main photograph includes the two trains
on the left travelling north. Our local train
is stopping and is quite sharp but the East
Coast express is travelling fast and is
slightly blurred. The two southbound
trains and the bus were taken on three
separate
photographs
and
superimposed on the main photograph
as small patches. This is not difficult to do
using a digital camera and Photoshop
Elements particularly if the camera has
not been moved. The only hindrance was
the sun which kept disappearing behind
clouds - just had to be patient and wait till
a train came by on each track while the
sun was shining.
Similar view of Hadley
Wood Station looking
north in 1899
The railway line through Hadley Wood was
opened in 1850 but the station was not
built until 1885 when Charles Jack, the
local property developer, made a
substantial contribution towards the
construction and annual operating costs.
The original station straddled the line with
the entrance in the middle of the bridge. To
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the left there was a siding, built to bring
construction materials for the station,
which became a goods yard and the small
building was the office for placing orders
for deliveries of coal. At the extreme left
was No.1 Crescent West, intended but
never used as the railway hotel. It became
Albert Kingwell’s estate office. To the east
of the railway was the stationmaster’s
house, recently rebuilt as Gables Court.
Further to the right, the tennis courts were
already in place and the pavilion where the
HWA Centre now stands. Across the fields
in the distance, the hedge and line of trees
ran beside Waggon Road with no houses
there yet, other than the railway cottages
close to the tunnel. In the foreground and
above the North Tunnel were the tips where
the spoil from excavating the tunnels was
dumped, not yet overgrown with trees.
The double tracks through the three
tunnels at Hadley Wood severely restricted
the traffic on the line and in 1959 the new
tunnels were opened and the station rebuilt
without the decorative wooden dags.
John Leatherdale

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St Jude’s day.
October 28th
St Jude the Patron Saint of Lost Causes
found himself in the news on October
28th when a major storm swept over the
south east corner of England. Hadley
Wood with its rich collection of trees
suffered as usual, losing two big poplars and a large number
of branches and foliage but thankfully no injuries to residents.
The Bartrams Lane poplar thoughtfully measured its length
straight down the lane without any damage to the houses at
the side. However residents could not get their cars out and
access to the field was difficult. By November 1st the Council
had moved in and removed the fallen tree.
Wednesday 27th November
between 10am - 12.00noon
H a d l e y Wo o d A s s o c i a t i o n C e n t r e , C r e s c e n t E a s t , H a d l e y Wo o d , B a r n e t , H e r t s , E N 4 0 E L
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(Just behind the tennis courts)
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8. Farewell from Chris Hepworth, Head
Coach at the Tennis club.
It is sixteen and three quarter years since I started work at the
Tennis Club and during that time I have met and coached some
amazing players from Hadley Wood and the surrounding areas.
Now however after much thought and soul searching I believe
the time is right for me to move back North. I will finish coaching
at the Tennis Club on Sunday 24th November and will be
moving closer to my family in Hull. I have a new job there at
David Lloyd’s which will include some off court development
work with Junior players as well as creating School links.
I love the game of Tennis both coaching and playing but the
body is saying "slow down". The knees are starting to complain
and creak loudly!!!
I will take away so many fond memories and stories,
maybe I should write a book!!
How can I forget:
– Coaching a nine year old player who worked very hard and
qualified to compete at the Orange National Finals at the
National Tennis Centre.
– Working at Hadley Wood Primary School for the last five
years. This year our teams came 1st and 3rd in the Enfield
schools festival and the 'A' team represented Enfield in the
London Mini Games at Crystal Palace.
– Working with our Ladies Teams. They always showed great
commitment and dedication in training and matches &
deserved their success.
– In 2005-08 Hadley Woods Mini Red, Orange and
Green teams qualified for the Middlesex County Finals.
– Our Tuesday and Thursday Ladies Tennis groups. They have
turned out in all weather but always worked with the same
enthusiasm and dedication.
– Our Mini and Junior term time and holiday courses. The
laughter, hard work and fun was often heard around Hadley
Wood. We had some great players.
There are many other things that have made my work so
enjoyable over the years.
Individual lessons were always a pleasure; whether a
Monday, Friday morning or Saturday evening. I really
appreciated the many Juniors who attended our courses and
then in their teenage years worked with our Mini players. And
how can I forget the dogs!!! Many take their owners for a walk
by the tennis courts, then stop to say "hello" as they pass me
working on court.
I want to thank everyone for their support. All the players I
have coached, tennis club members, the Tennis and
Association committee, Hadley Wood primary school and its
staff and pupils.. to name but a few. A special thank you goes
to Stuart Martin, who I have worked with for the last
sixteen years. I wish him all the best in the future.
Thank you to all my pupils and friends past and present. I will
miss you.
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All courses and activities at Hadley Wood will continue when I
leave. For more information and private lessons contact:
HW Tennis club: info@hwltc.org or visit www.hwltc.org
Stuart Martin 07787 552326 or s4stu@hotmail.com
Nick Wheeler 07812 462428 or
nick.wheeler1985@hotmail.com
Best wishes for the future.
Chris Hepworth 07789 555008
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Christmas Day £75.00
Champagne Reception,
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New Years Eve £47.50
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Offering one to one personal training,
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Hadley Wood Association
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday December 11th in
the HWA Association Centre
At the end of the tennis courts
Crescent East
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Chairman’s report
5. Financial report
6. Reports from the Clubs
(tabled)
7. Newsletter and Website
8. Local affairs. David
Burrowes MP will discuss
Local Hospitals,
Neighbourhood plans and
the Malaysian university at
Trent Park.
9. Election of Officers. Graham
Sharp is resigning but is
available for re-election.
10. AOB
HWPP News…
Hadley Wood Preschool and
Playgroup,
Hadley Wood Association
Centre.
The new term has got off to a fantastic
start with the opening of our extended
playground. It has been a long time in the
planning but at last we finally have it!
Children who attended the setting last
term returned for a ‘playdate’ one Friday
afternoon. Following tea and cake, we all
gathered outside for the
children to ceremoniously cut
the ribbon. “This is really
good!” one child was heard to
say. It was lovely to see the
children having fun leaping,
jumping and climbing.
Fund raising for the project
started several years ago with
the children taking part in
sponsored obstacle races.
Our parent committee have
held fish and chip suppers,
many raffles as well as other
Dr Keith Garber
Dr Andrew Halmer
Dr Alvise Marin
All aspects of general dentistry
offered throughout the week
including Saturday morning
appointments
Please contact our reception
16 Crescent West, Hadley Wood,
Barnet, Herts, EN4 0EJ
Tel: 020 8441 0257
enterprising events in order to raise
funds. We would like to say a very big
‘Thank you’ to all our contributing
families. Future developments include
additional seating and an area in which
we can garden.
Having this extended area is going to
truly enrich the experience the children
receive. Now we have a climbing frame,
mushroom seating and more space to
play where they can develop core
strength, hone their social skills and
discover more about the world in which
they live.
Judy Quickenden, Supervisor
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10. Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor
The Barnet Appeals Committee are
also once more holding their popular
'CHRISTMAS STOP AND SHOP' on
the evening of the 21st November from
7pm - 9pm, and the morning of the
22nd November, from 10am until 1pm.
(Minimum donation of £3 on the door).
To be held at 4 Newmans Way,
Hadley Wood. Bubbles and canapes
in the evening or coffee and bakes in
the morning......Bring a friend and do
your Christmas shopping early...AND
support a great cause at the same
time.
If you would like further information
or you would like to know more about
the work of the Barnet Appeals
Committee please contact Susan How
on 078881900050
Vanessa Northam
Dear Editor
I thought residents should know about the unpleasant and obviously planned
incident in Crescent East on Halloween Night. At 10.00pm hearing thumping
on the windows at the front of our building I discovered broken eggs streaming
down window panes, on porch glass and at the 1st floor windows. A neighbour
noticed a gang of youths on Camlet Way and Crescent East later that night, and
earlier teenagers were seen purchasing trays of eggs at a local supermarket.
Parents of the culprits are doubtless unaware of this unacceptable behaviour
under the guise of Trick or Treat.
Gloria Neal
Dear Editor
There seems to have been a spate of lost cats in Hadley
Wood recently, causing grief and anxiety to their owners and
family. Some people think that cats are inferior to dogs as
friends and companions but we beg to differ. Cats are quieter,
cleaner, less demanding of attention and exercise. They
amuse themselves, but respond lovingly when cuddled or
stroked. And they are warmer than a duvet.
More than 20 years ago Thomas was top cat in our
Crescent East house. There were French doors from the
living room into the garden and Thomas learned that by
standing on his hind paws and drumming on the glass pane
he could make somebody inside the room let him in. It was
a necessary trick as Thomas was jet-black and could not be
seen at night-time, but that bombom-bombon-bombon on
the door was strong enough to ensure his admittance.
He used to go off for a few days from time to time, dealing
with some sort of feline business no doubt. But then he went
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away and did not come back, not for weeks, not for months.
We sighed and cried for a bit, but then resigned ourselves to
his loss, and eventually forgot about it. Until one evening,
more than two years later, when we were watching television
and suddenly heard ‘bombom-bombom-bombom. We
opened the window and Thomas strolled in, gave a quick
miao and went to the scullery where his dish was. Delighted
though we all were, no one was quite as thrilled as our ginger
sheltie, Matty, who followed Thomas around for the rest of
the day.
So all those bereft families who are missing a much-loved
cat - do not despair. Owners are responsible for their dogs
but not for their cats; the law recognises that cats are
independent creatures who come and go according to their
own rules and timetables. Keep on hoping: your cat may turn
up one day, sooner or later.
Ghita Cohen

11. Julie Hall and Sue
Clark. Creative Cookery
The story of our cookery courses begins
25 years ago. A friend who came to
supper asked me for the recipe for one of
my puddings but then had difficulty
making it at home. I offered to show her
one day when my now 27-year-old was
having his lunchtime nap. She arrived
with flowers... plus five friends. They so
enjoyed sitting watching me making the
pudding that they asked if I would
demonstrate dishes to them in my
kitchen on a regular basis. As a qualified
Home Economics teacher and Cordon
Bleu trained, this was an opportunity that
really appealed to me.
It was very different then – a maximum
of six people, who all helped make the
coffee/ wash up etc... and the morning
had to finish very promptly before midday
as we all had to dash off to collect our
toddlers from Playgroup.
After a year or so, more people
became interested in the lessons, and so
I started up a second group – which
included Sue. She soon had the idea of
expanding the group and making it more
of a home enterprise....and we therefore
joined forces to launch ‘Creative
Cookery’. In those days, we ran courses
that lasted for several weeks – ‘starters’,
‘pastry’, ‘puddings’ etc, but it was when
we adapted the demonstrations to a
‘one-off’ day that they really took off.
Juggling the demands of young families,
we realised early on that what people with
similarly busy lives want are easy-tofollow recipes that are imaginative,
original, taste great, look good and do
not involve endless hours of slaving away
in the kitchen. We also aimed to teach a
wide range of skills for both beginner and
experienced cooks, as well as short cuts
and practical tips.
Over the years, more than 300 ladies
(and at least 5 brave gentlemen!) have
come to the demonstrations, and it is a
testament to Sue’s charm and dedication
to ‘Creative Cookery’ that so many
returned year after year and became
good friends.
Even after she retired in 2011, Sue
continued to help me to plan the recipes
for each course – it was a real team effort.
In recognition of Sue’s inspiration, I have
chosen some of our favourite recipes for
this book – ones that have stood the test
of time – along with a few newer recipes.
The introductions to each section were
written by Sue for the original book. I have
adapted them slightly to fit the recipes
which have been selected.
All the dishes have been tested many,
many times; but just a word about the
ingredients – I have used both imperial
and metric measures, although in some
cases, for example when
referring to a certain size of tin,
packet etc to be purchased, I
have simply used the metric
quantity specified; and one
final thing... the eggs are
always large!
Last but not least, I would
like to thank my family for their
encouragement and support
in putting this book together, in
particular my daughter Elizabeth (Lil) who
typed up all the recipes, took the bulk of
the photos and dealt completely with the
technical side of the book. I could not
possibly have accomplished this project
without her. Sue’s sons, Simon and Miles,
have been involved too - Simon took the
amazing front cover picture and other
stunning photos, and Miles (6000 miles
away in Vancouver... the wonder of email!) did the graphics and designed the
layout of the cover. Brian, Sue’s husband,
took care of the printing and binding
which was an enormous task. Many
thanks also to Huw Penson, one of Miles’
best friends, who photographed several
of the dishes. And, of course, I must not
forget the fortitude of my husband, John,
who has tasted test versions of these
recipes many times... no mean feat when
a course deadline was due!
All the profits from this book will be
donated to The Peace Hospice in
Watford. The nurses from there were a
tremendous support to Sue and her
family during her final illness. There is a
message from the CEO of The Peace
Hospice on the inside back cover of the
book where you will be able to read more
about the wonderful work they do.
Julie Hall
Peace Hospice
The Peace Hospice provides specialist
care and family support for people living
with life limiting illnesses across South
West Hertfordshire. Most of our patients
have cancer but an increasing number
have other conditions such as end stage
heart
disease,
respiratory
and
neurological disease. We care for the
whole person, helping with
emotional and spiritual issues
as well as physical symptoms.
We focus on enabling patients
to live their lives to the full and
providing the best quality of life
when a cure is not possible.
We have a team of specialist
staff including doctors, nurses, social
workers, counsellors and therapists who
use their expertise and skills to support
each patient to meet his or her individual
needs. We treat pain and other physical
symptoms, help patients come to terms
with their illness, provide practical
support with home care and benefits, and
support patients’ families and friends
through bereavement. As well as this, we
offer complementary therapies such as
massage, aromatherapy and relaxation
techniques.
The Hospice is a warm, friendly and
supportive environment and our team of
staff and volunteers work hard to ensure
everyone feels welcome. We provide
inpatient care in a 12 bed unit and day
services for people who are well enough
to stay in their own homes. We also
provide bereavement support to anyone
in Hertfordshire who has been bereaved
not just those whose loved one has been
cared for by the Hospice. The ‘STARS’
grief support programme for children and
young people is also part of our
bereavement work.
Outside the Hospice building we
provide a Hospice At Home service to
patients across South West Hertfordshire
which takes hospice care to patients in
their own homes and gives them the
choice of staying at home and dying
there if that is their wish.
We need to raise £4 million of
charitable income alone this year to
continue running and developing our
services. All the care we provide to our
patients and their families is free.
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