Spring 2014 - Potters Bar

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Established 1998
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Potters Bar Carnival 8th June 2014
Distributed in Potters Bar, Little Heath, South Mimms, Ridge, Northaw and Brookmans Park
This year’s Potters Bar Carnival will take place
at Elm Court Youth and Community Centre,
Mutton Lane on Sunday
June 8th from 1pm.
If any child wishes to enter the
competition to be Carnival
Princess or Maid of Honour in
this year’s Potters Bar Carnival, this
edition of the Potters Bar Community
News contains the entry form. Please fill out the
form and send it with a photograph of the
entrant to the Welwyn Hatfield Times (Potters
Bar Edition). The address is on the form.
Entry forms will also be in the Potters Bar
edition of the Welwyn Hatfield Times from mid
March until the Wednesday before the closing date on 9th May.
As always there will be a jam packed afternoon in the Arena with the
main features being the ever popular Ambassadors of Borrowash
Band plus Crazy Cars and others. As well as the arena events we will
have pony rides, the ever popular children’s fair with a giant bouncy
slide, Punch and Judy and many other attractions.
The ever popular Schools Art Exhibition will be
in Elm Court gym featuring children’s art from
the local schools.
As usual there will be stalls manned by organisations from Potters Bar and
surrounding areas. These include children’s games, gardening, bric ‘a’ brac and
food stalls selling hot food, cakes, beer, coffee and sandwiches.
If there are any local companies who would like to sponsor a carnival attraction, or
if anyone wants to take part in the carnival, either by having a stall or taking part in
the procession please call Sue or Peter on 01707 850147 or go to
www.pottersbar.org/carnival for booking forms.
In this issue
Schools
Articles
Pages 8–9
WHAT’S
ON
Pages 13–16
Historical
Articles
Pages 20–21
Community NEWS
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Chairman
John Connell
Editor
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Debbie Buckland
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Advertising
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What’s On
Sue Weaver
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Schools
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Peter Weaver
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A message from the Editor
Have you noticed something different about your Community News? Hope you
agree it is bright and fresh and a bit glossy. Let us know what you think of the
new look for 2014.
Once again thank you for sending your articles to me. I have received a few
articles about historical Potters Bar, so I thought it would be nice to have a
section for them. Do you have an interesting historical article you would like to
share?
We hope you enjoy the spring issue.
Debbie Buckland
How to send articles
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bearing in mind that past events are not likely to be of general interest. Please use
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you stuck indoors?
Interested in volunteering? Are
Can you get out to the shops? How easily can you
Ever thought of giving some of your time to
help others in the community? Also look here
for items wanted by organisations; you may
be able to help them.
If you are a local organisation or charity and are looking
for volunteers or looking for items for your group, why not
email me at [email protected] (subject volunteers)?
Debbie Buckland
Sixty Plus Luncheon Club
In order to continue our service to the elderly residents in the borough,
we desperately need more volunteers to drive or escort on our
minibuses. This would take as little as one and a half hours a week.
Alternatively, if you do not wish to commit to a weekly slot, you may be
prepared to volunteer on a casual basis. Additionally we are looking for
volunteers to work in our kitchen.
Please help us to continue with our service! Phone Shirley or Carol on
01707 643602 between 8.30am and 1.30pm weekdays or Shirley on
07980 540232 anytime.
Please help us help your local
hospital
The Friends of Potters Bar Community Hospital are seeking new
members for their committee. People who are able to help with the
practical side of organising and setting up important fund raising events
such as the Hospital Fair and the Carnival stall would be very welcome.
Meetings are held quarterly and if you could be interested in this
worthwhile cause please telephone Alan Barth 01707 650866.
Given up blowing your trumpet?
We have helped to establish a secondary school and also a vocational
training centre in a very rural part of Eastern Uganda (2 years ago
readers kindly donated knitting machines that are being used to make
school uniform jumpers). We now plan to help the community to set up
a brass band for the District, but they have no instruments yet. Having a
band will not only be educational but it will also be income generating
as they will be able to charge to play at civic ceremonies, weddings, etc.
This is a remote community that is so far from the capital Kampala that
they do not get support from the charities that operate in and around
the capital. One of our objectives is to provide education and skills that
will enable people to support their families better in their community
without being tempted to leave and join the slums of the cities where
the streets are most certainly not paved with gold.
What we are wondering is whether any of your readers might have a
spare second hand instrument that they would be willing to donate.
The instruments we are looking for are: B flat Trumpets, B flat Cornets,
E flat Tenor horn, B flat Baritone, B flat Euphonium, B flat Tuba,
12"–14" cymbals.
If you would like to know more about the community, school and
Vocational Training Centre, we would be very happy to give more
information.
Andrew and Penney Billington (Quakers Lane)
[email protected]
01707 645123
get to hospital appointments?
Hertsmere Community Transport is a charity that provides
accessible door-to-door transport for those who are unable to use
public transport or drive due to mobility problems. This service
provides better access to healthcare, greater community participation
and increased social inclusion.
Quote from a regular Shopper Scheme passenger: “When I get
on the bus and we all have a laugh, I really enjoy it”.
Three transport schemes are available to Potters Bar residents:
® The ‘Community Car Scheme’ which takes people to medical
appointments. Drivers for this scheme are volunteers who use their
own cars. This service operates Monday to Friday. Please give at least
3 days notice to book a trip. A local trip costs around £3 return, a
trip to a hospital such as Barnet could cost £9 return.
® The ‘Shopper Scheme’ uses a low floor accessible minibus which
picks people up from their homes and takes them to Tesco or
Sainsbury’s on a Wednesday and Thursday morning. The cost of a
shopping trip is £3 return. There is also a fortnightly trip on Friday
to other shops and town centres such as Sainsbury’s/M&S at London
Colney and Enfield. These longer trips cost £5 return.
® The ‘Ring and Ride’ scheme takes people to community activities,
classes, libraries, hairdressers and more.
All transport schemes are also available to wheelchair users.
Are you a wheelchair user or know somebody who is?
Wheelchair accessible cars are available for hire. These cars have space
for one wheelchair and up to three passengers plus the driver. There is a
£5 hire fee and then 45p per mile.
Would you like to make a difference to people in
Potters Bar?
Every year the Community Car Scheme carries out thousands of journeys
all of which are undertaken by volunteer drivers using their own cars.
Many trips are local and most are within a 10 mile radius. Some trips
will only take ½ an hour while others will take longer. Could you spare a
couple of hours a week/month to volunteer as a driver? Your expenses
will be covered.
If you would like to use any of the Schemes, or help as a
volunteer, please contact Christine on 020 8207 5055 or
[email protected] to find out more. If you
would like to use our Shopper Scheme please ring 020 8207 5115
on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday morning between 9.30am and
12.30pm. You can ‘Like’ Hertsmere Community Transport on
Facebook and/or ‘Follow’ HertsmereCT on Twitter. Website:
www.hertsmerecommunitytransport.org. If you wish to help
by making a donation please ring 020 8207 5055.
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Annandale and Highview
Building nears completion
The new building, housing both Annandale Surgery and Highview
Medical Centre on the old Elms Clinic site, is nearing completion.
The roof has been finished and concentration is now on the
internal structure.
The expected completion date is in the first part of May and both
surgeries will keep their patients informed of progress.
Throughout the works care has been taken to ensure minimum
disruption to the locality, especially to visitors to Oakmere Library,
and this will continue to be the case up to finalisation of the move.
Both practices are eagerly awaiting the opportunity of working
from such modern facilities, and are sure that their patients will
share their enthusiasm when they visit the new building.
Working in the Community
– Care Home Activity
Co-ordinator
Starting as a Care Assistant, Shani Riley has worked in care since she
was 17. Her mother worked in a care home, and as a child, Shani
often helped the residents by reading stories, painting, and other
activities. At 22, she became Assistant Manager, but later left to have
her first child. When her second was born, Shani intended being a
stay-at-home Mum. But 5 years later she returned to the same care
home, soon to become a Senior Carer, and for the last 4 years has
taken on a newly created role as Activity Co-ordinator. Her training
includes NVQs 1–3, dementia care, separate courses in safeguarding
residents, health and safety, etc, and a specific course for activity coordinating.
After first checking her e-mails on arrival at the Home, Shani then
visits the sixty residents on three floors to wish them ‘good morning’.
On the ground floor the residents are mainly in residential care;
those on the first floor are in nursing care, and the upper floor is for
dementia nursing care. Ages range from early 50’s to over 100. Shani
plans activities that meet individual needs as well as for groups.
There’s a film club and swimming club; groups for art, music,
gardening, discussion, cookery and poetry; sing-alongs; trips to the
coast; fundraising events, both for the Home and other organisations;
and celebrations for birthdays, anniversaries and notable dates. They
also like to be involved in the local community, so the residents use
the Furzefield and Wyllyotts centres for activities, and also welcome
visitors to their shop and refreshment bar.
Shani looks out for individual needs, whether it be to talk, to do
something they have not done for some time, or to be comforted in
some way. For instance, a lady who said very little would fold her
arms as though she was holding a baby, so Shani gave her a doll to
hold. Her face lit up as she cuddled it and she became more relaxed.
Another, partially paralysed, lady who couldn’t speak, suddenly found
her voice during a sing-along, and called out to encourage other
residents who weren’t singing. Such responses, that make a person’s
day, give Shani enormous pleasure and satisfaction. She finds ideas
for activities on the internet, from talking with other co-ordinators,
and in all sorts of situations and interactions.
Everything about the job is good: the training, the workplace, the
staff. She loves elderly people and really enjoys working hands-on
with them, so she experiences a great loss when a resident sadly
passes away. Overall, Shani’s job is fun, positive and busy, and she
feels very privileged.
Joy Stovell
(EST 1976)
A complete painting and decorating
service to the highest standard.
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Excellent References
Tel: 01707 653010
Potters Bar Brownies join
2,000 others to celebrate
the Brownies’ 100th
birthday
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A New Dame for Potters Bar!
44 Brownies and their
leaders from the 2nd, 4th and
5th Potters Bar Brownie units joined over 2,000 Brownies from
every county in Anglia to enjoy the birthday party of a lifetime at
“Starburst” which was held at Butlins in Skegness marking the
big Brownie birthday!
The adventure-packed weekend was the first major event of
2014 to mark the 100th birthday, kicking off months of
celebrations involving thousands of Girlguiding members
around the UK.
During the weekend, Brownies and their leaders took part in a
range of adventurous activities including archery, circus skills
and street dancing. They were also entertained by the famous
Butlins’ Redcoats and a very special surprise appearance by X
Factor’s Sam Callahan!
A particularly special moment for the 2,500 Girlguiding
members was renewing their promise, in the first big
opportunity in the region to make the new promise for all
together.
Karen Smale Leader of the 5th Potters Bar Brownies, said, “In
25 years as a leader I’ve never seen so many Brownies in the
same place and at the same time having so much fun. We all
had a great time while we were at Starburst and will have many
memories to treasure; it was great to be part of something so
special – a fantastic way to kick off the big Brownie birthday.”
If anybody is interested in helping with Rainbows, Brownies or
Guides, or their daughter would like to join one of the units in
Potters Bar, please contact www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested
or Sue on 01707 850147.
Alison Peacock, Headteacher of the
Wroxham School in Potters Bar received a
Damehood (DBE) in the New Year’s
Honours 2014.
She led the school out of special measures
less than a year after her appointment as
Headteacher (Jan 2003) and it was
subsequently judged by Ofsted to be outstanding (2006, 2009,
2013). The Wroxham School was designated as a School of
Creativity in 2009 and as a Teaching School in 2011. The
Teaching School has established a Transformative Learning
Alliance of over sixty schools.
Alison’s teaching career spans primary, secondary and advisory
roles. Alison is a member of the Royal Society Vision committee
and is also a Senior Primary Partner of the Challenge Partners
group of schools. She is a consultant for the Cambridge
Primary Review Trust and a member of the Princes Trust
Commission for the proposed Royal College of Teaching. Alison
is a member of the DfE Expert Panel for Assessment and also
the NAHT Commission for primary assessment.
Alison’s biography sounds very grand but in fact she is an
extremely approachable, unassuming, kind and dedicated
teacher, much loved and respected by her staff, parents and
pupils. Her enthusiasm for educational development shines
through. She is very surprised and somewhat embarrassed by
her unexpected honour. Dame Alison (as she is now known) is
totally committed to teaching without labelling children’s ability
but instead encouraging them to achieve their full potential by
offering a wide curriculum. This inevitably ensures that
children have a joyous experience in school which is reflected
in the outstanding status of the school.
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Rotary had its wettest Christmas ever with ten
out of eleven nights covering the roads in
Potters Bar, all of us getting soaked. People were
very generous and with the four mornings at
Tesco, you helped us raise £7300.00. So on
behalf of all us who are still drying out I would
like to express our thanks to you the residents
for your support.
LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL
SHOWROOM
Tel: 01707 660050
Fax: 01707 660070
www.kramerelectrical.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
OPENING TIMES:
Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10am–6pm
Saturday 9.30am–5pm
John Godfrey
Rotary club of Potters Bar will be holding a 50’s – 60’s
charity night on Saturday 22nd of March at Elm
Court. Our very own John Powells band,
Shades of Midnight, as seen at the classic
bike and car show last year will be
performing. A great evening’s
entertainment, bring your own food
and drink. Tickets are £16 and
available from John Powell carpets in
the high street. For more information
please call John on 01707 654304.
Brookmans Park Rotary Club's
sponsored swim takes place at 5.30pm
on Saturday 22nd of March, at the
Furzefield Centre, Potters Bar. Take part in
this event and half of the money you raise will go
to your own charity! The other half will go to Rotary’s
two charities, the Alzheimer’s Society and the
Isabel Hospice. To enter a team in this fun
event of 4 or 5, to swim in relays for 20
minutes and get sponsorship forms, call
Gill on 07957 819436.
Brookmans Park Rotary Club and the
United Reformed Church are holding
a joint quiz on Saturday 12th April at
the URC in Brookmans Park, starting
at 7.30pm. Proceeds will go to the
purchase of a defibrillator for the village,
to be kept at the church.
Ticket price is £10 a head, including supper
and there will be a licensed bar. To register a
team please call Louise on 01707 665140.
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Tel 01707 652957
An Established
Dental Practice in Potters Bar
PREVENTATIVE &
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Full range of treatments available
Emergency patients welcome
Specialist treatment for nervous patients
Implants
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Dr M Watts (Bds)
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Art Exhibition “Spring Fever”
Renowned local art group The Fledglings, are springing back
with an exhibition of paintings at 33 Billy Lows Lane on the 7th,
8th, and 9th March. Feel free to come along and take a look
between 10am and 4pm.
32 Baker Street, Potters Bar, EN6 2EB
National Citizen Service (NCS)
Hertfordshire County Council’s
Youth Connexions Service is
recruiting young people in
Potters Bar and surrounding
area to take part in an exciting
and possibly life changing four
week summer adventure.
Supported by experienced staff young people will meet new people, make
new friends and gain new skills.
The National Citizen Service is a government funded once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity that helps young people build skills for work and life while
taking on new challenges and meeting new friends. Year 11 and 12 students
and 16–17 year olds not in education are supported to develop the tools
and beliefs to unlock their potential and make a positive impact in their
communities. Each place is worth approx £1,000 but the price to young
people is just £50, (or £35 for the shorter autumn programme) and there
are bursaries available to further reduce the price. There are no hidden
extra costs.
The programme is divided into five phases:
® Phase One – Induction and introducing the team members to each
other.
® Phase Two – A residential activity week packed full of team-building
problemsolving and challenging activities at a residential centre.
® Phase Three – A second residential week learning about the local
community and developing skills, meeting inspirational people and
organisations.
® Phase Four – Planning and developing a social action project. This is a
non residential week.
® Phase Five – A week delivering a social action project to make a
difference in the community.
For more information or to book a place on the July 2014 programme,
contact Youth Connexions on 01707 292645, or email Lily Webb at
[email protected] and put ‘NCS’ in the subject line.
NCS – It all starts at ‘Yes’
Martin J Cooke
Youth Connexions Team Manager, Welwyn Hatfield and Hertsmere
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Schools
Creative Writing by Boys in
Year 3 at Lochinver House
School
Blue Ocean
The deep blue ocean full of beautiful fish, yellow, blue, orange
and red striped. Coral as pale as skin, a whale passes by taking a
huge mouthful of seawater and spraying it out, eating all the Krill.
Two scuba divers dive down and see a Hammer Head shark
sleeping in an underwater cave. They explore some more and see
a Great White shark munching and crunching on juicy meaty fish.
The jellyfish begin to come out and eat their food as it starts to get
dark. Some alligators start to come out as well; all daytime
animals go to sleep. Some crocs are awake in the morning and
night. When you come back from the Pacific, or any other sea,
you might be in hospital, injured or pouring with blood.
Aryan Patel
Winter Wonderland
Caramel rivers, as tasty as anything. Chocolate fountains, as brown
as a stick. Birds singing their magical, peaceful, beautiful songs.
Magic mice eating everyone’s cheese. Millions of sun patches on
everyone. Crystals hanging from chocolate houses. Amazing
shaped cake statues that you can eat but they will grow back.
Magical trees shining in the light. Shops have gingerbread shaped
into mansions and the size as well. Elves selling toys all around. A
unicorn running round and talking randomly.
Anthony P Costa
Winter
There is a creamy blue sky. There were silvery snowflakes falling
softly to the ground. I saw a flock of birds fluttering to a hotter
country. I see shimmering, sparkling and shining golden sun
patches through the skeleton-like trees. When night comes I see
the lights and there are red, orange, purple, blue, yellow, pink,
crimson, chocolate, mauve, ruby and green.
Spring – It was a sunny morning and there were gold, silver and
purple flowers popping through the green grassy ground. The
leaves were rustling on the ground. I wondered what it was as I
looked. It was a baby hedgehog with small prickles and a bird
with emerald eyes and he sang a song. I thought it was ‘frère
Jacques’.
Alexander Benjamin
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Gala Evening at
Mount Grace School
Each year at the Mount Grace School Gala Evening, four special Awards are
presented to outstanding students.
® The Colonel Ross Award commemorates the work of Colonel Ross,
Chairman of Governors during the 1960’s and 70’s. It is awarded to
students whose contribution throughout their time at the school has
been particularly generous.
The 2013 winner of the Colonel Ross Award was George Bailey. George is at
Portsmouth University studying Civil Engineering.
® The 2013 Chris Jones Award was presented to Alex Nowak, who will go
to University in 2014 to study Astro-Physics. Chris Jones was an
outstanding pupil at the school who died tragically, shortly after starting
his medical training. His friends funded the award and it is presented to
students for an outstanding contribution to school life.
® The Gillian Hargreaves
Award is awarded for
Service to the School. Gillian
Hargreaves was a young
student who had been
successful in overcoming
educational disadvantage
before her death in a riding
accident at the end of her
first year at this school. This
year’s Award went to Gemma
Stanbrook (picture insert ).
Gemma has gone to Glasgow
University to study business
fashion.
® Gary Hudson was a young, unassuming student of great integrity who,
despite serious illness,stayed in the Lower Sixth to gain additional
qualifications, especially in technology. Sadly, he died before his success
was known. His family were anxious to mark his time at the school and
funded an award in his memory. This year it was awarded to Emma
Shewell-Cooper for Service to the School. Emma is now studying History
at Portsmouth University.
Oakmere –
family focused events
Cranborne Primary’s
Christmas Fayre
On Friday 29th November, Cranborne Primary School had their very
own Christmas Fayre in the school hall. We did this so that the
children in our school had a day to enjoy the Christmas festivities with
their friends.
On the morning of this day, some parents and teachers spent their
time decorating the hall for the fayre while the children were in their
classrooms doing their morning lessons. The dinner tables had
magnificent table cloths on them and were spread out all around the
hall. Each table had either an activity or a gift stall and it was
decorated in dazzling tinsel, and there was an enormous Christmas
tree in the corner.
All children brought in some money (£5 at the most) to spend on the
gifts they wanted to buy. There were loads of gifts such as: sugary
treats, accessories (for girls), practical jokes, gift bags, Christmas hats
and gifts for parents. As well as gifts, there were also activities like
‘decorate the cookie’, ‘guess the name of the teddy bear’, ‘adult
tombola’, ‘children’s tombola’ and ‘guess how many sweets in the jar’.
After the children put their gifts away, they went back in to Santa’s
grotto. Some of year six dressed up as elves. They called us in one by
one to visit Santa and he gave us a present.
When the fayre ended, we were positive that all the children had had
an amazing time. Thank you to Friends of Cranborne for organising
such a fun event. We were all ecstatic.
Reported by Khia Shah and Hazal Cankiran
Year 5 pupils
Schools
Oakmere Primary has started 2014
with some new family focused events.
A weekly ‘Maths Lending Library’ has
been opened to encourage the
children to play a range of Maths
Games with their parents and practise
their calculation and problem solving
skills at home. The PTA of Oakmere
purchased the huge set of games that
cater for children from Nursery to
Year 6 and enables the children to spend quality time with their
family and learn in a fun and engaging way. “I’m really pleased
with the uptake in our first weeks!” said Liz Jones, the maths coordinator. “Many of our parents have asked how they can support
their children with their mathematical development and we think
these games allow parents and children to learn together.”
A growing tradition at Oakmere is for Year 6 pupils to put forward
charities they would like the school to support. The School
Council have selected Daniella’s choice to help the Lister Hospital
raise funds to build a fantastic new playroom for their young
patients. The children of Oakmere are raising funds for this
worthwhile cause through a variety of activities such as coin cards
and cake sales.
Later this term the whole school will be raising money for, and
learning about the work of UNICEF, whose Rights For Children
underpin the school’s behaviour policy. Oakmere thinks it is vital
children learn about their rights and accompanying
responsibilities, and want the pupils to become increasingly
curious about the lives of children around the world. “This really
enables our pupils to become more compassionate and caring
citizens for the future.” agreed Carolyn Hagger, PSHE subject
leader.
Oakmere has many events planned this academic year to share
with the school community its
belief in a broad engaging and
creative curriculum: an arts
exhibition, EYFS open
mornings, the annual Mini
Marathon and once again the
school will ring with music at
Oakfest! Exciting times!
Kumon’s maths and English study
programmes work to improve your
child’s skills, develop their confidence
and inspire a passion for learning.
Contact your local Instructor for a
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[email protected]
Classes held at Tilbury Hall
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Sports
Play Bowls
The Sport for All
Many of our new members came to the Potters Bar Bowls Club,
just off The Walk, having read about the Club in the Community
News. Bowls provides the opportunity to make new friends and
learn new skills. All who play bowls believe they feel fitter and
healthier, in mind and body, for the experience. Bowls
stretches the muscles you use and conditions others and in an
average game you bend more than 40 times, walk
approximately one mile, swing your arms more than 40 times
in delivering the bowls that weigh around 3 pounds.
The outdoor bowling season starts in late April and the Club
offers two Open Mornings on Saturday 3rd May and Sunday
11th May. All are welcomed, whatever age, gender, family,
partners or single. It costs nothing to try the sport of bowls,
just wear comfortable clothing and a flat soled pair of shoes.
The Club provides everything you need, equipment and
coaching staff. Plan to arrive by 9.45am, time for coffee,
registration and on to the green.
We continue to be a successful bowls club but extending the
warmest of welcomes to everyone and providing friendly and
focused help to quickly play the game of bowls from our
excellent coaching team.
Interested – what next?
If you would like to try bowls, come along on one of the
Open Mornings and if you would like more information
visit the Club’s website is www.pottersbar-bc.com to get
a feel for the Club, or contact Graham Marriner the Club
Secretary on 01707 660336, or better still email on
[email protected].
Finally, the social side of belonging to a bowls club cannot be
overstated. The Potters Bar BC playing season is from April to
September. However, through the winter months we continue to
provide members with a social programme that includes
Bridge, Crib, Quiz Evenings, Whist and Race Night. The New
Year party attended by over 60 members was a great success.
Make a date in your diary: 3rd May or 11th May ~ we look
forward to seeing you.
Graham Marriner
Honorary Secretary
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Potters Bar Tennis Club
get 3rd place for Herts
Community Club of the Year!
Potters Bar Tennis Club won
3rd place in the Community
Club of the Year category at
the 10th annual Herts Sports
Partnership Service to
Sports Awards 2013
ceremony held at the
University of Hertfordshire
on Thursday 5th December.
The award, sponsored by Watford Community Sports & Education Trust,
recognised and celebrated clubs who had delivered high quality sport
and commitment to their members and the Community throughout
2012/13.
The club’s community engagements and school/club links include their
coaching work with two mainstream schools (Wroxham and Essendon),
one girls-only independent school (Queenswood), a wheelchair tennis
group (Priory Grange) and a table tennis group (U3A – over 55s).
They’ve also added three additional coaching schemes in the last
eighteen months. These are with Park Education Support Centre,
Potters Bar Children with Special Needs Group and Four Swans (for the
visually impaired).
“We’re absolutely delighted to have even been considered for this
category, let alone to get in the top 3!” said Club Publicity Manager Paul
Holman, a member since the age of 10. “The success is even more
impressive considering we were up against 20 other sports clubs from
all over the county. It’s hugely rewarding to see all our hard work being
recognised at such a prestigious awards ceremony. This really is a great
club to be a part of!”
The Club’s internal successes also played a part in receiving the
accolade, particularly the introduction of two weekly Cardio Tennis
sessions, the continued Monday night annual Adult/Improvers session, a
successful Club Open Day in March 2013 and the integration of the
Club’s Junior and Adult Finals Days in September 2013.
Club Chairman Mike Wheeler said “The success of this award is down to
the continued hard work of our members. One of our core values is to
provide a community club that offers tennis for all standards and ages
and we’re delighted to have had this recognised. There’s a tremendous
spirit that exists within the club and we have magnificent volunteers who
work tirelessly all year round to help us achieve our goals.”
To find out about membership information please contact Sue Vallance
on 01707 645909 or visit www.pottersbartennis.net. For coaching,
contact our Head Coach Karl Mills on 07939 303483.
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Formula One
With the 2014 season now getting under way, we
focus on Formula One.
Apex: The summit or, more relevantly, the point at which the
racing line meets the inside of a corner – providing the fastest
route.
Brake Balance: Maybe an equilibrium issue but really the
distribution of brake power between the front and rear wheels,
operated by a switch in the cockpit.
Blistering: Very quick you might think/can happen when a tyre
overheats and bits of rubber break off.
Clean air: Act of parliament perhaps or the situation for the
leader with his aerodynamics undisturbed in front.
Dirty Air: smog/disturbed air in front of a pursuing car.
Drag: Queen as an artist perhaps or the resistance to the air
encountered by a car at high speeds.
Drive through penalty: fine for jumping traffic lights/penalty
given by race stewards whereby the driver must enter the pits
and pass through at limited speed without stopping.
Call – Ian Cremin – 07833 678902
Email – [email protected]
Formation lap: a dance routine perhaps or a warm up lap
from the grid.
Green circuit: politically correct route/ a track surface that
has little rubber deposit on it and tends to produce slower lap
times as there is less grip.
Jump start: flat battery/when a driver moves away from his
place on the grid before the five red lights have been turned
off. This is monitored by sensors.
Lollipop: child crossing assistance or the stick held in front of
a driver during a pit stop, and used to signal to the driver when
he is clear to move.
Marbles: nothing to do with Elgin/small pieces of rubber that
wear off the tyres building up and making the track surface
slippery.
Paddles: oars maybe or the levers on either side of the
steering wheel which the driver uses to change the gears.
Pit: coal mine/the area of the circuit separated from the pit
straight by the pit wall in front of the garages. Where the cars
are brought for pit stops.
Pit Wall: seam in coal mine/where the team owner, manager
and engineers watch the race.
Pit Board: coal mine owners/a
board displayed to a driver from the
team to pass on information. This can
include race position, the gap to the
driver in front and as a signal to
come into the pits.
Plank: Sykes 1967 film or a strip
(originally wooden) fixed to the
bottom of the car to check that the
car is not running too low to the
ground.
Set up: heist/testing different settings
for wings, suspension and ride height
to find the optimum setting for a
race.
Tear off strips: series of reprimands
or see-through plastic strips which
drivers attach to their visor before a
race, the strips can be removed, one
by one, as they become dirty.
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WHAT’S ON
SATURDAY 1st
® *’On Golden Pond’: Potters Bar Theatre Co. Wyllyotts Theatre, 7.30pm and Saturday
matinee 2.30pm. Tickets after 2nd January 07985 542204 or
www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk.
® Indoor Car Boot Sale: Elm Court, Mutton Lane. Sellers 12 noon. Buyers 1pm. Must
book a table on 01707 659602. Stall available £17.
® *Barnet Walks: Marvelous Mill Hill: a guided walk. Meet at Mill Hill East tube station
2.30pm.
SUNDAY 2nd
® St Mary’s Church, 4pm Afternoon recital: James and Rebecca Matley – organ recital in
aid of The Scratching Post Cat Rescue.
® Toy and Train Fair: Elm Court 10.30am–2.30pm.
MONDAY 3rd
® *Potters Bar Sugar Art Club: 7.30–9.30pm.
TUESDAY 4th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Is there a Missionary in the House? Speaker: Karl Khan *Golden
*Eagle Spiritual Group. Jeff Phillips – Evening of Clairvoyance.
® *Lunchtime Recital: Ingrid Cusido – piano. Free with buffet lunch from 12 noon to
1.30pm. St Mary’s Church, The Walk.
WEDNESDAY 5th
® *Wednesday Community Club: Jeff’s Clothes Show.
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Asters’ Jacqueline Aviolet.
® Peace Hospice Care: The Knicker Lady at Wyllyotts Theatre – charity event.
THURSDAY 6th
® *Potters Bar Society: Town group meeting, 7.30pm. UR Church, Darkes Lane.
FRIDAY 7th
® Women’s World Day of Prayer: 10am at Our Lady & St Vincent’s Church in Mutton
Lane. Service open to every denomination, men and children are welcome as well.
SATURDAY 8th
® Jumble Sale: 4th Potters Bar Scouts – St John’s Church, Baker Street, Potters Bar. Entry
£2 at 10am and 50p at 10.30am. Finishes about noon.
® Lea Valley Branch Cats Protection are holding a Homing Day at St Andrews Church,
Plough Hill, Cuffley, EN6 4DR, 10am–1pm.
® Postman Pat Live at Wyllyotts Theatre, must for 3–6 year olds.
SUNDAY 9th
® Messy Church for all the family at King Charles the Martyr Church, 3–5pm,
www.kcm-church.org.
® *Potters Bar Society Walk.
® Antiques and Collectors Fair: Wyllyotts Theatre, 10am–4pm.
TUESDAY 11th
® *Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: ‘Cutty Sark – Saving an Icon’, Jessica Lewis
Curator of Cutty Sark Trust.
® *Cuffley Floral Art Club: Ione Woodger-Smith, ‘The owl and the pussycat’.
WEDNESDAY 12th
® *RSPB Afternoon: Robin Potts, “Hope for Malta’s Birds”.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Games/chat.
® *Potters Bar Flower Club: Daphne Grant, “These are a Few”.
THURSDAY 13th
® Enfield National Trust Association: ‘The Fantastic Falklands’, Richard Revels. 7.45pm,
Enfield Grammar School. Info Pam 01707 650969.
® *Northaw WI: Mari Takayanagi, ‘Parliament and Women in the early 20th Century’.
® *Oakmere WI: ‘Musical Evening’ – John Parker.
SATURDAY 15th
® *Potters Bar Choral Society: 7:30pm, Vivaldi – Gloria, Haydn – Little Organ Mass,
Goodall – Eternal Light a Requiem and Vivaldi Concerto for two trumpets at Our Lady and
St Vincent Church, Mutton Lane. Tickets £10 (£12 on the door). 01707 655297 or
[email protected].
[email protected]
® Hatfield House: Vintage, Antiques and Collectors’ Market.
® *Over 60’s Social Dances: Family fun.
SUNDAY 16th
® *Fir and Pond Woods Working Party: 10am.
® Hatfield House: Farmers Market.
TUESDAY 18th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Children in Romania, speaker: Judy Almond.
WEDNESDAY 19th
® Enfield National Trust Association: ‘The Ring of Fire’ – John Wallington and Anne
Johnson. 2pm, Holtwhites Sports & Social Club, Enfield. Info Pam 01707 650969.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Antiques with J Nicholls.
® *PB Horticultural Society: New for 2014 – Chris Thorne.
THURSDAY 20th
® *Cuffley Horticultural: Bugs! to Conserve, Kill or Co-habit? – Dr Ian Bedford. 8pm at
Cuffley Hall. www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk.
® Hatfield House: Folk by the Oak Presents: The Elizabethan Session.
FRIDAY 21st
® *RSPB Evening: Brian Nobbs, “Birdwatching in the Mediterranean”.
SATURDAY 22nd
® *Sponsored Swim: Furzefield Centre, start 5.30pm. 50% of money raised by your
team goes to your charity. Brookmans Park Rotary Club. Register your team call Gill on
07957 819436.
SUNDAY 23rd
MONDAY 24th
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Community Hope Day, 11am–3pm .Cherry Lodge Cancer
Care and Girlies Raising Hope joint venture. Massage therapies, various stalls, raffles, light
refreshments. Barnet Multicultural Centre Community Centre, Algernon Road, London
NW4 3TA. No ticket needed.
WEDNESDAY 26th
® North London & District Social Club. Barn Dance: £7 includes ploughman’s supper. To
book contact 01992 630503, Cheshunt Sports Club Albury Ride EN8 8XG. It starts at
8pm.
® *Cuffley Players: Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourne at Cuffley Hall, Maynards Place,
Cuffley, 8pm. Tickets available on our box office 07857 841930, tickets £8 each.
® *Wednesday Community Club: U3A Singers.
® Indulgence Evening: 7–10pm, Cranborne Primary School, Laurel Fields. Tickets £4
(includes complimentary drink). Treatments booked in advance, contact Lorraine
07727 749562 for further information, or can be purchased on the night.
THURSDAY 27th
® Pamper Evening at Ladbrooke School. Thursday, 7.30pm at the school. Tickets £5.
Contact 01707 655662.
FRIDAY 28th
® *Potters Bar & District Historical Society: ‘Samuel Ryder, Seedsman, Golfer and Friend
of St Albans’ – John Cox.
SATURDAY 29th
® *Barnet Walks: In the Footsteps of the Famous in High Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at
High Barnet tube station, 2.30pm.
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Race Nights at St Mary Immaculate, 63 Somerset Road,
New Barnet, EN5 1RE, 7pm. Tickets £12.50 includes fish and chip supper, licensed bar
and raffle. Contact Carole 020 8441 7000.
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WHAT’S ON
® Coach trip to Westfield, Shepherds Bush: £20, contact 01707 620061.
APRIL
TUESDAY 1st
® *Eagle Spiritual Group: Belinda Olin, talk/clairvoyance.
® *Tuesday Friendship: Hatfield House, speaker: Gay Potter.
® *Lunchtime Recital: Simon Pusey – organ. Free with buffet lunch from 12 noon to
1.30pm, St Mary’s Church, The Walk.
WEDNESDAY 2nd
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Bulbs throughout the year’ – Margaret Easter.
® *Wednesday Community Club: New Zealand slides.
THURSDAY 3rd
FRIDAY 4th
® Violin Concert performed by members of New Virtuosi International Mastercourse.
St Mary’s Church, The Walk, 7pm. Light refreshments available from 6.30pm and after
the concert. Tel 01707 654407 or 652952.
SATURDAY 5th
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Spring Flower Show’ Elm Court, 2pm for visitors, 50p
entrance.
® Coach trip ‘Spring in Bruges’, £55. Contact 01707 620061.
SUNDAY 6th
® Messy Church for all the family at King Charles the Martyr Church, 3–5pm.
www.kcm-church.org.
® Coach trip to Bluebell Railway, Sussex, £45. Contact 01707 620061.
® Camera Fair: Elm Court, 10.30am–2.30pm.
® Hatfield House: French Market.
® Stamp Fair at Mount Grace School,10am–4pm.
MONDAY 7th
® Violin Concert performed by members of New Virtuosi International Mastercourse.
St Mary’s Church, The Walk, 7pm. Light refreshments available from 6.30pm and after
the concert. Tel 01707 654407 or 652952
TUESDAY 8th
® *Cuffley Floral Art Club: Carol Campbell – ‘Can you remember?’
WEDNESDAY 9th
® *Potters Bar Flower Club: Joyce Furssedon – “Seasons of Splendour”.
® *RSPB Afternoon: Charlie Bell – “Herts Chalk Rivers”.
THURSDAY 10th
® *Northaw WI: Mr Philip Wright – ‘Luton Hat Trade’.
® *Oakmere WI: “Soil, Sweat and Tears” – Brian Carline.
® Enfield National Trust Association: ‘Highlights of China’ –Margaret Deakin. 7.45pm,
® *Radlett Music Club: Lucy Hall – soprano, Gavin Roberts – piano, 8pm at Karl König
Hall, Delrow Community, Summerhouse Lane, Patchetts Green, Aldenham, WD25 8DL.
FRIDAY 11th
® *RSPB Evening: Ken Panchen – “Ethiopia”.
SATURDAY 12th
® *Barnet Walks: The Battle of Barnet: an anniversary guided walk. Meet at junction of
Great North Road and Hadley Green Road, 11am.
® *Charity Quiz: Brookmans Park Rotary Club & United Reformed Church. 7.30pm, URC
Brookmans Park. £10 a head including supper. Licensed bar. Teams of 8 call Louise
01707 665140.
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SUNDAY 13th
TUESDAY 15th
® *Tuesday Friendship: My Family History – a Detective Story, speaker: Joan Gooding.
WEDNESDAY 16th
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Say it with Poison’ – Russell Bowes.
® Enfield National Trust Association: ‘Shoplifting’ – David Wass. 2pm, Holtwhites Sports
& Social Club, Enfield. Info Pam 01707 650969.
® Coach trip to Kensington Palace, £40. Contact 01707 620061.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Easter Lunch and Service.
FRIDAY 18th
® Good Friday Procession, gathering at the United Reformed Church in Darkes Lane to
leave at 9.30am, walking along Darkes Lane and concluding with a short service at the
Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Vincent, which will be followed by tea/coffee.
All are welcome.
SATURDAY 19th
® *Over 60’s Social Dances: Closed.
SUNDAY 20th
® Easter Day, Dawn Sunrise Service - Gather outside St Mary’s Church in The Walk at 6am
for a short outdoor service, beginning at sunrise (6.10am), followed by communion in
the Church and then tea/coffee and pastries.
® Hatfield House: Farmers’ Market.
® Blood Donor: Elm Court, 10am–12 noon, 2–3pm.
WEDNESDAY 23rd
THURSDAY 24th
® *Potters Bar & District Historical Society: AGM followed by: ‘Miss Burnside and Modern
Medical Research’ – Brian Warren.
® *Cuffley Horticultural: The Chelsea Fringe – Tim Richardson. 8pm at Cuffley Hall.
www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk.
FRIDAY 25th
® Hatfield House: The Hatfield Banquet.
SATURDAY 26th
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Caribbean Night – Caribbean music, live pan drums act
licensed bar serving cocktails, Caribbean food, grand raffle and loads of fun. Ticket price
£15 include food. Start time 7pm. Barnet Multicultural Community Centre Algernon Road
London NW4 3TA. Please contact Carole on 020 8441 7000.
® Outdoor Car Boot Sale, Elm Court. Sellers from 12 noon, buyers 1pm, see
www.elmcourt.org.uk for further details.
TUESDAY 29th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Beach Donkeys Speaker: Maggie Taylor.
® *Potters Bar Theatre Co. ‘We’ll Meet Again’ Wyllyotts Theatre. Booking on
07985 542204 or via www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk (booking fee applies).
WEDNESDAY 30th
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Organic Vegetables’ – Brian Carline.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Peter Kennelly.
MAY
THURSDAY 1st
WHAT’S ON
® *Stagecoach Potters: Bar open meeting, 6pm at Chancellors Secondary School
(AL9 7BN). Meet teachers, principal and learn all about Stagecoach Potters Bar.
01582 713771 or www.stagecoach.co.uk/pottersbar.
FRIDAY 2nd
® *Barnet Walks: Things that Go Bump in High Barnet! a ghost walk. Meet at High Barnet
tube station, 7.30pm.
SATURDAY 3rd
® Jumble Sale: 4th Potters Bar Scouts, St John’s Church, Baker Street, Potters Bar. Entry
£2 at 10am and 50p at 10.30am. Finishes about noon.
® *Potters Bar Bowls Club: (The Walk, Potters Bar, EN6 1QQ). Open morning 10 till noon.
® Coach trip to Ghent, Belgium, £55. Contact 01707 620061.
SUNDAY 4th
® Messy Church for all the family at King Charles the Martyr Church, 3–5pm.
www.kcm-church.org.
® Coach trip to Henley Jazz Cruise, £55. Contact 01707 620061.
MONDAY 5th
TUESDAY 6th
® *Eagle Spiritual Group: Michael Lennon – talk/clairvoyance.
® *Lunchtime Recital: Jonathan Rowe – piano. Free with buffet lunch from 12 noon to
WEDNESDAY 7th
® *Wednesday Community Club: Closed.
THURSDAY 8th
® *Northaw WI: AGM.
® *Oakmere WI: AGM and Resolutions Meeting.
® Enfield National Trust Association: ‘Re-birth of a Garden’ – Philip Waites. 7.45pm,
® Hatfield House: Living Crafts.
SATURDAY 10th
® *PB Horticultural Society: Supper Quiz Night, Elm Court, 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. £8
per person, maximum 8 people per table. Please contact Bryan Stutter for details on
01707 651372.
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Quiz and Curry Night on London/Sherlock Holmes/Jack
the Ripper with raffle. At St Mellitus, Tollington Park Road, London N4 3AG. Tickets £10
includes curry and rice meal. Start time 8pm, bring your own drinks. Contact Carol on
020 8441 7000.
SUNDAY 11th
® *Barnet Walks: The Battle of Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at junction of Great North Road
and Hadley Green Road, 2.30pm.
® *Potters Bar Bowls Club: (The Walk, Potters Bar, EN6 1QQ). Open morning 10 till noon.
® Toy and Train Fair: Elm Court, 10.30am–2.30pm.
TUESDAY 13th
® *Cuffley Floral Art Club: Margot Cooper – ‘Floral Odyssey’.
® *Tuesday Friendship: Annual General Meeting.
WEDNESDAY 14th
® *Potters Bar Flower Club: Christine Saunders – “Westminster, Wellingtons and
Women”.
® *RSPB Afternoon: Barry Kaufmann-Wright – “Landscapes and Wildlife of Scotland”.
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Nature Photography in 3D’ – Colin Metherell.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Closed.
[email protected]
THURSDAY 15th
® *Potters Bar Society: AGM, 7.30pm, United Reformed Church.
® “Clue the Music” with The Warren, at The Bull, 68 High Street, Barnet at 7.45pm and
Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets £12. 07982 462668.
FRIDAY 16th
® *RSPB Evening: Ralph Todd – “Where Yeehaa meets Ole” (New Mexico and California).
SATURDAY 17th
® *Barnet Walks: Fabulous Finchley: a guided walk. Meet at Finchley Central tube station
(Ballards Lane), 2.30pm.
® *Over 60’s Social Dances: True or False.
® Mum2mum Market: Nearly new sale: baby and kids items. 10am–12pm, Tilbury Hall,
URC, Darkes Lane. £2 or 2-for-1 offer on website. Book online
www.mum2mummarket.co.uk.
® Coach trip to Mary Rose Exhibition, Portsmouth, £44. Contact 01707 620061.
® Potters Bar Choral Society: Popular opera choruses at St Mary the Virgin and All Saints
Church, The Walk, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 (£12 on the door). 01707 655297 or
[email protected].
SUNDAY 18th
® Hatfield House: Farmers’ Market.
WEDNESDAY 21st
FRIDAY 23rd
® Coach trip to Chelsea Flower Show afternoon, £70. Contact 01707 620061.
SATURDAY 24th
TUESDAY 27th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Quiz Night, Question Master: Les Fuller.
WEDNESDAY 28th
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘ History of Capel Manor Gardens – David Riddle.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Rob Noble – Papua New Guinea.
THURSDAY 29th
® *Potters Bar & District Historical Society: ‘Thomas Coram and Barnet’s Foundling
Hospital’ – Yvonne Tomlinson.
® *Cuffley Horticultural: A Walk in the Woods – David Gompertz, Hertfordshire Wildlife
Trust. 8pm at Cuffley Hall. www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk.
SATURDAY 31st
® *Oakmere WI: Supper Quiz Evening at the Wyllyotts Sixty Plus Centre. To book a table
please contact Kate Ringham on 01707 652013.
JUNE
SUNDAY 1st
® *Barnet Walks: The Battle of Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at junction of Great North Road
and Hadley Green Road, 2.30pm.
® Messy Church for all the family at King Charles the Martyr Church, 3–5pm,
www.kcm-church.org.
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Summer Fair Barnet Spires from 10am–4pm. There will
be plenty of stalls this year as many new stall holders have shown interest in selling their
wares at this yearly summer event.
MONDAY 2nd
® Coach trip Horse Drawn Canal Boat, Surrey, £380. Contact 01707 620061.
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WHAT’S ON
TUESDAY 3rd
® *Eagle Spiritual Group: David Cole – talk/clairvoyance.
® Recital: St Mary’s Church, The Walk. June Katharine Carter – flute and piano. 7.30pm,
St Mary’s Church, The Walk.
WEDNESDAY 4th
® *Wednesday Community Club: Safeguarding the future – Legal Advise.
THURSDAY 5th
SATURDAY 7th
SUNDAY 8th
® POTTER BAR CARNIVAL AND SCHOOL ART SHOW: Elm Court. Contact 01707 850147
for stalls and further information.
® *Barnet Walks: The Heart of High Barnet: a guided walk. Meet outside Barnet College,
Wood Street, 2.30pm.
TUESDAY 10th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Cruising the Baltic. Speakers: David and Pauline Morris.
® *Cuffley Floral Art Club: Elfleda Dew – ‘Summer Opulence’.
® Coach trip to Petworth House and Gardens, Sussex, £28. Contact 01707 620061.
WEDNESDAY 11th
® *Potters Bar Flower Club: Pam Ford – “Days out in Summer”.
® *RSPB Afternoon: Chris Ward – “Wildlife Gardening”.
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Outing’.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Outing – TBA.
THURSDAY 12th
® *Northaw WI: Mary Godfrey – ‘Growing Up as a Barnardo’s Child’.
® *Oakmere WI: “Police Environmental Project” – Mervyn Edwards.
SATURDAY 14th
® *Hertfordshire Philharmonia Orchestra: 7.30pm, St Saviour’s Church, St Albans,
AL1 4DF. Mahler Symphony No. 1, Dvorak Cello Concerto and Rossini “Barber of Seville”
Overture. Tickets email tickets @hertsphil.org.uk or 01727 857827.
® Lea Valley Branch Cats Protection are holding a Homing Day at St Andrews Church,
Plough Hill, Cuffley, EN6 4DR, 10am–1pm.
SUNDAY 15th
® *Barnet Walks: A meander through Monken Hadley: a guided walk. Meet outside
The Spires, Barnet High Street, 2.30pm.
WEDNESDAY 18th
THURSDAY 19th
® “Stepping Out” with Cheshunt Dramatic Society by Richard Harris, at Goffs Oak
Village Hall. £10 and £8 concessions. Box Office 07793 121587. More details on
website www.cheshuntdramaticsociety.co.uk.
FRIDAY 20th
® *RSPB Evening: Ann Scott – “Wildlife Riches of Costa Rica”.
SATURDAY 21st
® *Barnet Walks: (Summer Solstice), Things that Go Bump in High Barnet!: a ghost walk.
Meet at High Barnet tube station, 7.30pm.
® *Over 60’s Social Dances: Fun with cards.
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SUNDAY 22nd
® Coach trip to Blenheim Palace Flower Show, £38. Contact 01707 620061.
TUESDAY 24th
® *Tuesday Friendship: Life before the URC Part 2. Speaker: Rev Dr Nick Brindley.
® Coach trip to Bournmouth, £30. Contact 01707 620061.
WEDNESDAY 25th
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Costa Rica’ – Chris Ward.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Pauline Martindale – “Life of a prison officer”.
THURSDAY 26th
® *Cuffley Horticultural: Pruning and Propagation – Tom Cole, Head of Faculty at
Writtle College, 8pm at Cuffley Hall. www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk.
SATURDAY 28th
® *PB Horticultural Society: Summer Flower Show, Elm Court, 2pm for visitors, 50p
entrance.
® *Cherry Lodge Cancer Care: Summer Solstice. Tickets £15 now on sale early bird price
of £15. Carol on 020 8441 7000.
SUNDAY 29th
® *Barnet Walks: In the Footsteps of the Famous in High Barnet: a guided walk. Meet at
High Barnet tube station, 11am.
® Stamp Fair at Mount Grace School, 10am–4pm.
JULY
TUESDAY 1st
® *Eagle Spiritual Group: Bill Rich – talk/clairvoyance.
® *Lunchtime Recital: Marta Albright Trio. Free with buffet lunch from 12 noon to
WEDNESDAY 2nd
THURSDAY 3rd
SATURDAY 5th
SUNDAY 6th
® *Barnet Walks: Things that Go Bump in High Barnet!: a ghost walk. Meet at
High Barnet tube station, 7.30pm.
® Ladbrook Summer School Fayre.
TUESDAY 8th
® *Cuffley Floral Art Club: Irene Bowkett. (N) ‘The Magic of the Music Hall’.
WEDNESDAY 9th
® Carnival Open Evening: 5th PB Scout HQ, Furzefield, 8pm – TBC.
® *Potters Bar Flower Club: Christine Saunders – “London Landmark”.
® *PB Horticultural Society: ‘Secrets of Gobions Wood – Anne Rowe.
® *Wednesday Community Club: Outing – TBA.
THURSDAY 10th
® *Northaw WI: ‘Mediterranean Odyssey’.
® *Oakmere WI: “Laughter in the Village” – Bob Jones.
® Coach trip to Hampton Court Flower Show, £60. Contact 01707 620061.
FRIDAY 11th
® Coach trip to Hampton Court Flower Show, £60. Contact 01707 620061.
Please check details of these events by telephoning the contact provided. An
asterisk * means more details about venues and times included in Clubs and
Organisations section.
To include an event contact: [email protected]
[email protected]
“Love Changes Everything”
GREEN ROOM presents
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S
You are invited to a party…
…at Potters Bar Baptist Church. The church has been
standing on its present site since 1788 but has, not surprisingly,
seen many changes over the years, not only structurally!
This year will see the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the new
building, and on Sunday 18th May the Church will be having a
celebratory party to which the community are invited and will
receive a warm welcome. Please look out for leaflets and posters
advertising events, or alternatively see our website,
www.pbbc.org.uk, nearer the time.
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Don Black, Charles Hart
Orchestrations: David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on the novella of the same name by David Garnett
An amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Limited
Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th May 2014
at 7.30pm Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm
Darkes Lane, Potters Bar EN6 2HN
07531 122206 [email protected]
The Big Lottery (Awards for
All) comes up trumps
For tickets:
The availability of toilet facilities on the Potters Bar Allotment Assn.
(Highview Gdns) site has been on our radar for a number of years, with our
preference being an eco-friendly, composting type. Funding being a
stumbling block, we turned to the Big Lottery fund – Awards for All. After
much research and preparation, an application for £9,938 was submitted,
and amazingly granted. The toilet has been installed, a ramp built for wheel
chair access, and the area ‘beautified’. It is hoped that this improvement to
facilities available at Highview Gardens will enable even more people to
consider the practicalities of growing their own.
Committee members are available on site Sunday mornings between 9.30am
and 11.30am to discuss any matters arising relating to this article, including
requesting a plot.
Peter Allibone
Chairman, PBAA
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2014 Holy Week and Easter
Services at local churches
Christ Church, Little Heath (CE)
Palm Sunday 13 April
10.30am
Maundy Thursday 17 April
7pm
Good Friday 18 April
2pm
Easter Day 20 April
9am
10.30am
Contact Revd Steve Rees 654414
Donkey Procession with Service
Informal Communion
Reflective Service
Easter Service with Communion
Easter Service with Communion
Maundy Thursday 17 April 1.30pm
8pm
12 noon
2pm
Easter Eve 19 April
8pm
Easter Day 20 April
9.15am
11am
Contact Canon Michael Burns 661266
Open Door Cafe Service
Sung Eucharist and Vigil till 10pm
Reflection on the Cross
Reflection in Words and Music
Easter Vigil Service
Sung Eucharist
Morning Worship Communion
8pm
12.30pm
1.30pm
Holy Saturday 19 April
9pm
Easter Day 20 April
8am
10.0am
Contact Revd Peter Bevan 644539
Sung Eucharist and Vigil
Stations of the Cross
The Good Friday Liturgy
The Easter Vigil
Holy Communion
Easter Parish Communion
8pm
Easter Day 20 April
9.15am
9.45am
11.0am
Contact the Revd Nick Brindley 665482
Informal Communion
Easter Holy Communion
Easter Breakfast
Family Service
King Charles the Martyr, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar (CE)
St Mary’s, The Walk, Potters Bar (CE)
Potters Bar United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane
Potters Bar Evangelical Free Church, Mimms Hall Road
St John’s Methodist Church, Potters Bar
Easter Day 20 April
Contact 020 8886 9410
Our Lady and St Vincent Roman Catholic Church, Potters Bar
8pm Mass with Vigil
8pm Sermon in Black Horse Pub
Easter Day 20 April
11am Family Eucharist
Contact Canon Brenda Tipping 07780 535035 (text only)
Easter Day 20 April
10.30am Family Service with Communion
Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 April
Holiday Club for children in years
1–6
Contact Revd Alison Facey 652978
Holy Thursday 17 April
8pm
3pm
3pm
Easter Eve 19 April
7.30pm
Easter Day 20 April
9am
11am
Contact Fr Tim O’Connor 654359
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Solemn Liturgy
Children’s Liturgy
Easter Vigil
Mass
Mass
Potters Bar Baptist Church, Barnet Road
Easter Day 20 April
10.30am Morning Service
6pm Evening Service
Contact Church Secretary 646277
10.30am Easter Family Service
St Giles, South Mymms (CE)
St Margaret’s Ridge (CE)
10.0am Service of Readings and Prayers
Easter Day 20 April
9.15am Holy Communion
Contact Canon Brenda Tipping 07780 535035 (text only)
Brookmans Park United Reformed Church
2pm Communion Service
Easter Day 20 April
10.30am Service of the Word
Contact the Revd Nick Brindley 665482
St Mary’s, North Mymms (CE)
Maundy Thursday 17 April 7.30pm Eucharist and foot washing
followed by a Vigil
2–3pm At the foot of the Cross
Easter Day 20 April
8am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Eucharist for all and Egg Hunt
Contact Revd. Julia Boothby 01727 822887
Good Friday Procession, 18 April
Gathering at the United Reformed Church in Darkes Lane to leave at
9.30am, walking along Darkes Lane and concluding with a short service at
the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Vincent, which will be
followed by tea/coffee. All are welcome.
Easter Day, 20 April – Dawn Sunrise Service
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Gather outside St Mary’s Church in The Walk at 6am for a short outdoor
service, beginning at sunrise (6.10am), followed by communion in the
Church and then tea/coffee and pastries.
[email protected]
John Powell Carpets
CARPETS, VINYLS, RUGS, WOOD FLOORING
Tel: 01707 654304
Spencley Interiors
Tel: 01707 644012
104 - 106 High Street, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 5AT
Trip to New Delhi, India for
National Immunisation Day
Rotary’s involvement with Polio eradication started
in the 70’s and in 1988 the World Health Assembly
resolved to eradicate Polio from the world and the
Global Polio Eradication Initiative was born,
spearheaded by Rotary together with UNICEF, the
World Health Organisation and respective Federal
and State Governments.
In India Rotarians set up a National Polioplus Committee and their
advocacy efforts resulted in National Immunisation Days (NID)
taking place from 1995 onwards. On these days vaccination booths
are set up throughout the country involving vaccination teams
working to vaccinate millions of children under 5. Rotarians from
around the world have travelled to join their Indian colleagues in the
vaccination teams over the years resulting in the numbers of polio
cases reducing dramatically and there being no cases of polio
reported in India since 13th January 2011.
In 2013 I became one of those Rotarians travelling to Delhi with
others from Great Britain, Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg joining
Indian Rotarians in administering the polio vaccine to all children
under 5 in a NID on Sunday 24th February.
On the 23rd February we were given a briefing about the NIDs, then
taken to two hospitals, the first one where we saw health clinics
being run in conjunction with the NID. In the second one we were
given a presentation by Dr Mathew Varghese, a pioneer in providing
treatment and corrective surgery for people affected by polio
followed by a brief tour of the wards where we saw some of his
patients receiving treatment.
On 24th February I worked at an Immunisation Booth inside a
nursery school in a very poor area of old Delhi together with
Rotarians from Dublin and Rajendra Place, Delhi. The health
workers and volunteers there gave me on the spot training before I
got involved in vaccinating the many children under 5 brought into
the Booth. I found there was a definite skill in administering just two
drops at a time, squeezing their cheeks gently to encourage them to
open their mouths and then placing the vaccine bottle to enable you
to manipulate the two drops in! The vaccines are in small glass
bottles stored inside cool boxes with ice blocks to keep them at an
even temperature until they were required. I also took a turn in
marking the little children’s ‘pinky’ fingers with a purple indelible
ink pen to show they had been vaccinated. Most little ones were
brought to the Booth by older siblings, who were keen to receive
coloured balls and masks being given out as gifts by us on behalf of
Rotary. Altogether we vaccinated 351 children at that Booth that day.
On 25th February with many other Rotarians I went to a health clinic
in Old Delhi to assist in one of the ‘mop up’ days, where the health
workers go house to house to check on all the under 5s living there
and those who hadn’t been brought to a Booth the previous day were
then vaccinated in the street and their ‘pinky’s marked. We
accompanied the health workers on foot and visited a number of
residential areas carrying coolboxes with the vaccines, medical
records and other documentation on which they recorded who was
seen and what action was taken. The Indian government, Rotary, the
World Health Organisation and Gates Foundation hoped that 157
million children would be immunised throughout India that day.
It was a very enjoyable and rewarding experience to take part and be
involved with India’s achievements to be declared Polio free. There
will be a formal Conclave ceremony on 25th February 2014 attended
by the President of India and leaders of a number of countries in that
area together with representatives of the World Health Organisation,
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and obviously Rotarians to
witness India being formally declared Polio Free.
There are still 3 countries where Polio is endemic, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Nigeria
and there has been
recent outbreak in Syria
so the efforts of Rotary
and the other partners
in the End Polio Now
campaign continues.
The photo shows me
administering the drops to a
young child watched by the
older sibling and Indian health
workers.
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This is the first of a series of articles about
buildings of interest in Potters Bar.
Morven Park
Travelling out from Potters Bar towards Northaw and Cuffley,
along the Causeway, Morven Park is on the left and this contains a
Group of interesting buildings, Morven Park House, a former
stables, a cottage, farm buildings and Stormont School. The
buildings were built on the site of the Clock House, a former 16th
and 18th Century house that was demolished to make way for the
construction of Morven House, its lodge stables and farm
buildings. The style of Stormont School which is adjacent to the
Morven Park buildings is contemporary with Morven Park House
and was built at the same time.
The buildings are thought to have been constructed c1874 for
Arthur Sanderson. He was the owner of Sanderson and Sons Ltd a
wallpaper manufacturer in Chiswick. Sanderson worked closely
with Charles Voysey (1857–1941) a noted Architect , furniture
and textile designer who designed their printing works in
Chiswick (which is now a grade 2 listed building). Since 1923
Sanderson’s have supplied wallpapers, paints and fabrics to the
Crown. Although not documented it is implicit that Voysey may
have had a hand in the interior design of the Morven Park
Buildings.
The buildings (apart from what is now Stormont School) were
donated in 1928 to the National Trust by Mr Sanderson. Morven
Park house is currently a Care Home. The adjacent cottage is now
a residential property and the Farm Buildings are the
Headquarters of Potters Bar Girl Guides. In 1944 the owner of
what is now Stormont School was given permission to convert the
building into a private school.
Also it may be of note that the War memorial which now sits next
to Oakmere Park, once stood in the grounds of Morven, at the
junction of the Causeway and the A1000 until it was moved in the
70’s. This memorial was designed by Voysey, and Arthur
Sanderson’s son appears on it.
For anybody interested in the method of construction of the
buildings they can visit the Hertsmere Website to look at the list of
locally important buildings in Hertsmere.
This article is published with permission from Hertsmere
Borough Council. Community News is also grateful to Andrew
Gibbs, National Trust Warden of Morven, for his help in compiling
this article. If anybody is interested in the work of the National
Trust at Morven they can contact Andrew on
[email protected].
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[email protected]
Re Mr Hicks the builder
Limerick House
In Mutton Lane opposite the fire station and just down a bit toward
the bridge is a rather pristine looking white building with a slate
roof called Limerick House. Today it is used as offices, and at first
glance not many would guess that it is in fact over 160 years old. So
why is it there, away from any other buildings and what is its Irish
connection?
It is all to do with the construction of the railways, built between
the late 1840's early 50's. The tunnel through from Hadley Wood
and the subsequent cutting were all dug out by hand; the JCB did
not exist in those days. To do this required a tremendous amount of
labour and of course by far the largest contingent of itinerant
labourers were the Irish, and a labour camp was set up for the
duration.
At this time Potters Bar was only a tiny little village centred along
the High Street area, nothing beyond this existed in the way of
buildings, so the labour camp was out on its own. The thing that
was most needed, you might have guessed by now was a pub and
this is what the building originally was. It was called the Pilot
Engine and existed for five or six years serving the thirsty
construction community. It also served the purpose of keeping
them out of the pubs in the High Street where fights between locals
and the builders were not uncommon. As the labour force moved
on there was no further need for the pub and it closed. However
instead of it being demolished, it continued to exist and, as a
tribute to the many Irish people that frequented it,became known
as Limerick House.
Les Chesson
Further to the article in the winter issue of the Potters Bar
Community News, by my old friend from Oakroyd Avenue, Derek
Oram, my parents purchased No. 19 Oakroyd, which was a
bungalow, early in 1932. In July the following year I was born in
the front bedroom, and as it turns out I was the first baby born on
the Hicks estate of Oakroyd and Elmroyd, and Mr Hicks became
one of my Godparents. In 1937 my father was elected to the
Urban District Council and because of this, he had a telephone
installed (the number 3027still forms part of my land line
number today). As we had the phone, 19 Oakroyd acted as a
temporary ARP post at the outbreak of the war until a permanent
one was established in Mr Hicks’ builders yard at the back of
Nos.15, 17and 19.
As Derek says, it was a great road to live in as kids with the fields
of Mr James the farmer from Bentley Heath, to play in. Another
memory of my time living in Oakroyd was during the latter years
of the war. During an air raid, the engine of a V1 rocket cut out
directly overhead and went on to crash into the field behind,
doing a lot of damage to our roof and rear windows and to the
backs of the houses in Oakroyd Close.
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Entertainment
We’ll Meet Again
There’ll be bluebirds over Wyllyotts this spring as Potters Bar
Theatre Company marks the 75th anniversary of the outbreak
of World War II in 1939 with a nostalgic celebration of the
extraordinary songs, film music and comedy generated during
the six years of conflict.
The show offers much more than Vera Lynn’s wistful and
timeless classic after which it’s named. You can sing along to
Pack Up Your Troubles, Keep the Home Fire Burning and
Wish Me Luck, as well as movie music of the time from Wizard
of Oz to Oklahoma! and White Christmas.
‘Cheeky Chappie’ Max Miller and Flanagan and Allen will be
among the artists revived. And you’re bound to be humming
your way home to There’ll Always Be an England, Land of
Hope and Glory and Lambeth Walk, plus many, many more.
A chance to relive memories or discover the popular culture of
the wartime era for the first time, it’s a show not to be missed.
We’ll Meet Again
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Wyllyotts Theatre, Wyllyotts Place, Darkes Lane,
Potters Bar. Tuesday 29 April – Saturday 3 May, 2014.
Performances 7.30pm/Saturday matinée at 2.30pm. Tickets
£16 adults, £14 under–18s, £14 senior citizens on Tuesday
evening and Saturday matinée. Box Office now open on
07985 542204, at PBTC Box Office, PO Box 154, Potters
Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 2WB. Cheques payable to ‘POTTERS
BAR THEATRE COMPANY’ (please include a stamped addressed
envelope), or via www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk
(booking fee applies).
[email protected]
Cuffley’s main contribution to local history came in 1916 when German
Airship SL-11 crashed onto the village, having been shot down by Lieutenant
Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps. A mere 17 years later in 1933,
(meaning we have recently celebrated our 80th anniversary of course) The
Cuffley Players was formed to perform works written by one of its members.
For the next 38 years, plays were presented by the company in ‘The Cabin’,
the last remnant of a farm which had once occupied the site where the
Airship had crash landed. Conditions were basic; crossing backstage
involved a walk through the car park. If it was raining, an umbrella might
be provided. Then, in 1974, the field in which The Cabin stood gave way to
housing, some shops and a brand new village hall. As well as a health centre
and library, the new structure boasts a spacious main hall. This includes a
permanent bar and well equipped stage, incorporating a raised scenery
dock.
The Players have taken full advantage of their new home. Many technically
challenging shows have been made possible due to investment in
professional sound and lighting equipment and a hard working backstage
team. Their current membership numbers around 90, comprising those
wishing to be active in productions and those who are loyal supporters.
They present two full-length plays each year in March and November, and a
One-Act show in the summer, resources permitting.
They rehearse on Mondays and Thursdays in Cuffley (8pm to 10.30pm
approximately) for roughly 12 weeks, culminating in a run of five
performances, including a 3pm matinee on Saturday.
If your interest is in amateur drama done to a high standard within a small
group, please get in touch. If wild horses wouldn't drag you onto a stage,
no-one will try to coerce you into the limelight. If your skills are more
practical, there are numerous backstage jobs that make a show happen.
They are always on the lookout for new members in all departments and
there is no more rewarding hobby.
Why not pop in to say hello at one of their regular informal Rombouts
Coffee Mornings in the foyer of Cuffley Hall which run from 11am until
12.30pm? You will find someone to chat to about all aspects of amateur
drama in general and the Players in particular. Immediate future coffee
morning dates are: Saturday 22nd March, Saturday 12th April and
Saturday 17th May.
Their next Play is Table Manners, a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn which will
run from Wednesday 26th March to Saturday 29th. Tickets may be
purchased by calling the box office on 07857 841930. Why not follow
them on Twitter @cuffleyplayers, or ‘’like’’ them on facebook?
Membership enquiries should be directed to Fran Taylor at
[email protected] or telephone Fran on 01707 872229.
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Entertainment
Cinderella Ballet
Sunday 23rd March, 2pm
Tickets: £17, Children: £13
This magical fantasy world of the ballet Cinderella
has a specially commissioned score, created
solely for the Vienna Festival Ballet by Chris
Nicholls with music from some of Rossini’s most
famous operas and you have the ingredients for
an afternoon of breathtaking live ballet.
The Jimmy Buckley Show
Monday 24th March, 8pm
Tickets: £20, Concessions: £19
Jimmy Buckley and his Band are one of the top
entertainers in Ireland. Voted as Entertainer of
the year 2013 in Ireland and with numerous
awards for his albums you may recognize some
of his hits. The Show mixes old style traditional
music, lilting Irish ballads and original material.
The show also covers music from the 60’s, 70’s
and 80’s.
All our Yesterdays
Thursday 3rd April
One of the biggest shows of its kind in the UK
taking the audience on a breathtaking musical
journey from the Good Old Days of Music Hall
through the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s and into the
beautiful harmonies of the 70’s. This Show is
performed by West End and international
vocalists along with the stunning Memory Lane
dancers.
Soul Legends
Friday 4th April, 8pm
Live on stage it’s the music of soul legends Aretha
Franklin, James Brown, Tina Turner, Wilson
Pickett and many more. Spanning the decades
from soul’s heady 60’s to the present day, this
show has everything. Slick choreography, sixteen
dazzling costume changes and the superb Soul
Legends live Band.
Roy Orbison and Friends
Saturday 5th April, 8pm
Barry Steele presents his all live spectacular
multi- media tribute to Roy Orbison featuring
classic Orbison hits from the 60’s right through
to the 80’s. Barry Steele brings the life and
character of Roy Orbison back to the centre stage
where it belongs.
American Rumble Wrestling Spectacular
Tuesday 25th April, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12, Children: £10, Family of 4: £40
Premier Productions, whose shows have been
dazzling fans since their debut in 2001, are back
with a huge Easter grappling spectacular
featuring tag team and solo bouts plus the climax
of the evening: an all-in American Rumble in
which the wrestlers are eliminated by being
thrown over the top rope, and the last man
standing is the winner.
Celtic Flames
Friday 18th April, 7.30pm
Tickets: £20, Concessions: £19, Children £15
The show features 25 brilliant musicians, singers
and dancers from the West of Ireland. The
talented cast ranges from 6 years upwards. They
play and perform an eclectic mix of traditional
Irish music, song and dance.
The Billy Joel Songbook
Friday 25th April, 8pm
Elio Pace and his Band deliver this sensational
tour celebrating the phenomenal music of Billy
Joel. Featuring the massive hits Uptown Girl, Just
the Way You Are and My Life as well as fan
favourites this promises to be a fantastic evening
of live music.
their stunning dancers bring you their
spectacular brand new Ballroom and Latin show.
It is a Carnival of music, dance, costumes and
sparkles. Their stunning choreography will be
enhanced by an array of lighting and special
effects.
David Starkey – The Tudors and us
Saturday 26th April, 8pm
The UK’s leading constitutional historian talks
about the period he describes as the most
glorious soap opera, with the whole future of
countries turning on what these huge
personalities felt like when they got out of bed in
the morning. David Starkey is the creator and
presenter of many popular historical series.
Let’s Hang On
Friday 13th June, 8pm
Tickets: £TBA
Discover how four New Jersey boys from the
wrong side of the tracks invented their own
sound, wrote their own songs, and became one
of the biggest pop sensations of all time. The
story…the music…the sound… Let’s Hang On
gives you it all in this remarkable live production,
so book your tickets now and find out why
audiences are leaving saying…oh, what a night!
Bananas in Pyjamas
Saturday 26th April, 1pm and 3.30pm
Tickets: £12.50, Children: £10.50,
Family of 4: £42
It’s party time in Cuddlestone Park. But wait…
the guest of honour has gone missing. It’s a
Banana emergency. Join B1, B2, Amy, Lulu and
Morgan in this brand new all-singing, all dancing
show. With plenty of audience participation and
slapstick fun, can you help the Banana Detectives
solve the case?
Henry IV Part One
Wednesday 14th May
Tickets: £TBA
Live screening of this Shakespeare play from the
Royal Shakespeare Company
Stars of Strictly Come Dancing
Tuesday 20th May, 8pm
Pashsa Kovalev and Katya Virshilas along with
That’ll be the Day
Wednesday 11th June, 7.30pm
Tickets: £23
The legendary That’ll be The Day, the nation’s
longest rock ‘n’ roll variety show, returns by
popular demand. This hugely entertaining
spectacular features a fantastic line- up of knock
out hits from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s mixed
with loads of zany comedy routines, to produce a
show with a real feel- good party atmosphere.
WYLLYOTTS BOX OFFICE:
01707 645005
www.wyllyottstheatre.co.uk
Wyllyotts Theatre, Wyllyotts Place,
Darkes Lane, Potters Bar,
Herts EN6 2HN
Carnival Princess
Potters Bar Carnival is on Sunday, 8th June and
we are, once again, looking for a Carnival
Princess and two Maids of Honour.
The Princess must be
aged between 10 and
under 13 years old
on the day of the
carnival. She will
receive a prize of
£50. The two Maids
of Honour must be aged
between 6 and 10 on
carnival day and will
each receive £25.
Sponsored by:
P R I N T
&
D E S I G N
L T D
Name...............................................................................................................Age....................................
Address.......................................................................................................................................................
....................................................................................Telephone number............................................
Parent/guardian signature..................................................................................................................
School..........................................................................................................................................................
Please send a photograph along with this entry form (photos of all shortlisted
entrants will appear in the Potters Bar Edition) to:
Princess Competition, Welwyn Hatfield Times Potters Bar Edition, Times Towers,
Campus West, WGC, AL8 6BX. Closing date: Noon, 9th May.
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Entertainment
The
Capital
Arts
Children’s
Choir
The Capital Arts Children’s choir, based at the Wyllyotts Centre
Potters Bar, is performing in the Raymond Gubbay Limited
production of ‘La Bohème’ at the Royal Albert Hall throughout
February and March. Music Director, Kathleen Shanks, said, ‘It
is an amazing experience for the Capital Arts children to be
working with world class singers, actors and dancers at the
Royal Albert Hall. Because of my work as a children’s music
director for West End shows and operas, the choir gets a lot of
professional work when a children’s chorus is needed. We start
to train the youngsters from the age of 5 in our ‘Stage Stars’
class before they move up to the children’s choir.
After ‘La Bohème’ the choir will be busy rehearsing for a
concert with boy band, ‘Blake’, as well as for a two day
recording session at the Abbey Road Studios. The Capital Arts
Children’s Choir also sing as the ‘Angelis’ choir for Simon
Cowell at Sony BMG.
capitalarts.org.uk
Stirling Dental Laboratory
29–30 The Service Road
Potters Bar EN6 1QA
Tel: 01707 600160
EMERGENCY SERVICE
Now Open Saturdays by Appointment
Denture Repair Service
and
Copy Dentures
We are a very established company with expert services
and over 30 years experience
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Stagecoach –
The stars of the future!
What an exciting year ahead for everyone at Stagecoach Potters Bar! Only a
month on from our last live performance of ‘Disney Mash Up’, we are well
into our technique term, and boy, do our talented students learn fast. With
our big summer show fast approaching, the children are busy learning
different dance styles such as hip hop, jazz, tap, Latin and contemporary,
taking on exciting harmonies in singing and learning challenging vocal
work, accents and physical theatre in their drama classes.
As always, our newest students have settled in fast as if they have always
been with us, and life-long friendships are blossoming. And those students
who were slightly shy last term, have come back like new children, full of
energy and excitement now that they know they are part of the Stagecoach
family.
Already this year we have had many of our students cast in professional TV
roles, and West End shows through our agency. It is always so rewarding for
us to see children performing, as for some it is a fulfilling hobby, and others
it is the first stepping stone to a professional career in the arts.
This year will see even more exciting and rewarding challenges for our
amazing students with our newly launched children’s parties, our big
summer show, our holiday workshops, our open meeting (for new
students/families to come and meet the teachers and principal and learn all
about us at Stagecoach). And we will even open a brand new Saturday
afternoon school in May due to our ever-increasing demand for places!
Our new Stagecoach parties mean that children aged 4–10 can have
amazing themed birthdays, and children aged 11–16 can host their own
murder mystery parties, with a ‘detective’ turning up to run the exciting
evening. What better way for your children to impress their school friends?
We look forward to seeing new faces at our open meeting – 6pm on
Thursday 1st May in our venue at Chancellor’s Secondary School.
If you know any local children who attend Stagecoach Potters Bar, I suggest
you get them to sign your autograph book, because they are well on their
way to being the stars of the future!
Hayley Evans
Stagecoach Potters Bar Principal
For more information please call principal Hayley on 01582 713771
www.stagecoach.co.uk/pottersbar
Potters Bar Society walks to
May 2014
[email protected]
GASWORKS
PLUMBING & HEATING LTD
0800 999 8143
[email protected]
www.gasworksph.co.uk
If you are interested in furthering your
knowledge and understanding of the local
environment, then these walks should appeal.
Non members are welcome but please make sure
you know the protocol and walks rules. You join
all the walks at your own risk. In the event of
adverse weather conditions, please telephone
the walks leader lest the walk has to be
cancelled.
Due to shorter daylight hours, walks to 23rd March start at
1.30pm; thereafter walks start at 2.15pm.
We are looking for additional walks leaders – please ring
01707 643832 if you can help.
Sunday 9th March
Start time 1.30pm. Meet: at School Lane, Essendon at junction
with High Road (TL275086). Please park toward school end of
lane. Route: Essendon – golf course, Little Berkhamsted, Howe
Green, Essendon. About 6 miles. Leaders: 01707 655732.
We are a local family company that is Gas Safe
Registered and very
proud to be
Worcester Bosch
Accredited Installers.
HEATING
INSTALLATION
AND
UPGRADES
PLUMBING
SERVICES AND
REPAIRS FROM
A LEAKY TAP
TO FULL
INSTALLATION
COMPLETE
BATHROOM
INSTALLATION
We can supply and install energy efficient boilers
and heating systems with intelligent controls to
maximise the efficiency of your system.
Every boiler we install comes with a full system
powerflush, filtration and scale prevention where
needed, for complete peace of mind there is also
a full eight years manufacturers guarantee.
We are recommended by the coveted “Which?”
brand for our services and are also members of
Trust a Trader and Check a Trade.
We cater for all areas of plumbing and heating to
the domestic and commercial sector from minor
tap repairs through to underfloor heating systems
and full bespoke bathroom installations.
Gasworks Plumbing & Heating is a family name
you can trust.
Please call or email us for
any enquiry or for some
friendly advice.
PLEASE CALL OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR A FULL LIST OF SERVICES
Sunday 23rd March
Start time 1.30pm. Meet: White Hart PH South Mimms. Route:
walk towards A1M via Town Farm, then to Cangsley Grove,
Potwells and Redwell Wood Farm. Return to South Mimms via
Blackhorse Lane. About 5 miles. Leaders: 01707 851498.
Sunday 6th April
Start time 2.15pm. Meet: Bullens Green at junction of Roestock
Lane/Bullens Green Lane (TL214064). Route: walk to Tollgate
Farm, Water End and return via Welham Green and Hatfield.
About 5 miles. Leader: 01707 264689.
Sunday 20th April
Start time 2.15pm. Meet: junction Bulls Lane and
A1000/Woodside Lane at Bell Bar. Route: walk to Grubb’s
Lane, Wildhill, Woodside and Woodside Lane. About 5 miles.
Leader: 01707 643257.
Sunday 4th May
Start time 2.15pm. Meet: Monken Hadley Church. Route: Walk
to golf course, Hadley, London Loop to Jack’s Lake and return
via Sewit’s Hill and Bournewell Hill. About 5 miles. Leader:
01707 643257.
Details of later walks may be accessed on the Society’s website,
www.pbsoc.org.uk.
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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
AB’s STOMPERS LINE DANCING
Weekly, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wroxham School. All levels.
07967 964962.
BOTANY BAY PETANQUE CLUB
Weekly, Sundays 10.30am–2pm. Botany Bay Cricket Club. Try the French
game of boules. 01707 653325.
ACT 4
Weekly. Youth clubs and regular events. 01707 665551 or
www.act4.org.uk.
BRIDGE CLUB – LITTLE HEATH (duplicate)
Little Heath Bridge Club meet Tuesday evenings 7.30pm in Parish Hall. New
Members welcome (subs £25). Contact Aileen on 01707 652343 or Peter
on 01707 658016.
ADULT BALLET, JAZZ and TAP CLASS
Weekly classes leading to performance. Parkwood Health and Leisure
Centre, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1AA. 07904 771980 or
www.talenttimetheatre.com, contact Suzanne.
ADULT NETBALL
Mondays 7–8pm. Wroxham School. £2. Any standard welcome.
Tel 01707 650902.
AIR TRAINING CORPS – 57 (PB) SQUADRON
Weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ingram Cadet Centre (opposite Fire
Station). 7.15–9.30pm. Children 13–18 years. New members welcome.
01707 656172.
ALZHEIMERS SOCIETY
Last Thursday of every month, St Johns Church, Baker Street,
1.30–3.30pm, contact 01707 265326. Saturdays weekly at Sixty Plus,
Wyllyotts Centre, 10.30am–3.30pm, for families and carers.
ANGIE’S DANCE ACADEMY
Weekly classes for children and adults (disco/street). Latin American and
Line Dancing, to exam status and performing in shows. Contact Angie on
07773 341490.
ART
Every Friday 10am–12 noon. Furzefield Court, (next to Elm Court), £2.30.
Contact 020 8207 7568.
ART IN HERTS
Weekly, Tuesdays. Furzefield Court, Mutton Lane. 7.30–10pm
Painting in informal and social atmosphere with occasional expert tuition.
01707 650694.
ART CLASSES
Art classes in drawing and watercolour painting in Artist’s own garden studio,
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10am–12.30pm. Also private lessons.
Jane 01707 850356.
ART CLUB
At Sixty Plus Centre. Contact 01707 654007. Thursdays 2–4pm.
ART
At The Park ESC Community Art Class, High Street, Potters Bar. Every
Wednesday 1–-3pm (term-time only). 01707 346170.
BADMINTON
Weekly, Fridays. Owen’s School, 8–10pm. Age 17+ intermediate upwards.
01707 264007.
BADMINTON – OAKLANDS CLUB
Weekly, Tuesdays. 8–10pm. Owen’s School Sports Hall. Social badminton.
July to April including school holidays. Adults–intermediate upwards.
01707 655764.
BADMINTON CLUB
Meets at Little Heath Church Hall, Thursdays at 7.30pm. New members of
all abilities welcome. Contact 01707 657812.
BADMINTON CLUB (Friern)
Friendly club for intermediate players – Dame Alice Owen’s School every
Wednesday 8pm. Contact [email protected].
BALLROOM and LATIN DANCING
Weekly. Tilbury Hall. Beginners Mondays, 7pm, improvers 7.45pm
and advanced 8.45pm. Wednesday Beginners Line Dancing 8.30pm.
01707 268846.
BAKER STREET SOCIAL CLUB
Meet Wednesday between 10am and 12 noon at St John’s Church, Baker
Street. Make new friends, play cards, scrabble, etc. Occasional speakers and
other activities. Contact 01707 657059.
BARNET and DISTRICT CANCER LINK
Drop In Centre, WEEKLY, Wednesdays, 1.30–4pm. Church of Mary
Immaculate and St Gregory the Great, Church Hall, Union Street, Barnet for
cancer patients/families/friends. 01707 708022/020 8446 3104.
BARNET PLUS SPORT and SOCIAL CLUB
Weekly. Sundays from 8.30pm at Discovery Hall, 1 Stevenson Close,
Netherlands Road, New Barnet, EN5 1DR. wwwBarnetplus.com.
BARNET YHA (North LONDON OUTDOOR GROUP)
Weekly, Tuesdays 8–10pm. Discovery Hall, Netherlands Road, Barnet.
30–50+. Walking weekends, day walks, social. 020 8449 1553.
www.barnetyha.org.
BARNET WALKS *
Contact Paul for more information on 020 8440 6805 or
www.barnetwalks.talktalk.net. £8, under 12s £4. Walks are guided.
BARRACUDA SWIMMING CLUB
Weekly, Sunday. Furzefield Centre, Mutton Lane. 11.30am–12.30pm.
Helps people of all ages with disabilities to be safe in water. Contact Ian
01707 660935 or www.barracudasc.com.
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BRIDGE CLUB
Thursday mornings from 10am–1pm in Edmond Room at Little Heath Parish
Hall. Playing Chicago Bridge. Subs £25 for 6 months or pro rata. New
members welcome. Call Tom 01707 655461.
BRIDGE CLUB
Mondays 7.30pm. At the Clayton Centre, 32 Barnet Road, Potters Bar.
Contact June 01707 651011.
BRIDGE CLUB – CHICAGO
Mondays 7.30–10pm at Wylyotts Centre. New members welcome.
For more information contact Janice 01707 850983 or Robert
01707 658677.
BROOKMANS PARK WI
3rd Mondays, 8pm. Brookmans Park United Reformed Church. Visitors
welcome. 01707 657997.
BROOKMANS PARK TENNIS CLUB
Golf Club Road, Brookmans Park. 6 courts/floodlights. Suit all abilities.
01707 0644926.
BROOKMANS PARK WEA
Meet weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays mornings, 10 week course held at
URC Brookmans Park. Contact 01707 650673 for information.
BURMA STAR
St Albans Branch. Monthly, 2nd Monday, 11am. British Legion Club,
Verulam Road, St Albans. For ex-servicemen with Burma Star.
020 8207 1247.
DARBY & JOAN CLUB – RENAMED WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY CLUB*
Wednesdays, 2–4pm. PB Baptist Church, Barnet Road. Tel June 655599.
HEALTH WALKS (HERTSMERE)
Mondays weekly. Public car park, Oakmere Park, High Street, EN6 5AU.
Starting at 11am. First Steps Easy 20–30 minute walk. Meeting place:
inside Potters Bar train station, EN6 1AN. Mondays weekly, starting at
10.30am. Grade 1 gentle 45 minute, 1 mile walk and Grade 3 moderate 1
hour, 3 mile walk. Wednesdays weekly, starting 10.30am. Grade 2
moderate 45 minute, 2 mile walk and grade 3 moderate 1 hour 2–3 mile
walk. Saturdays every week, starting 10.30am moderate plus walk up to 2
hours. Further information on www.hertfordshirehealthwalks.co.uk or on
01992 588433. New walkers are always most welcome.
DOG TRAINING – HOME FARM
Friday morning classes 9.30am–12 noon. Obedience and socialisation. All
levels welcome. One-2-one also possible. Tel 01707 275322.
HUMANISTS – North LONDON GROUP
Monthly, 3rd Thursday. Non-religious people meet for discussion meetings at
Ruth Winston House, Palmers Green + social events. 01707 653667.
ELIZABETH ALLEN FOOTBALL CLUB
Weekly, Saturday afternoon. Old Owen’s, Coopers Lane Road and Coopers
Road, Little Heath. 16 years up. Training Tuesdays 8pm. Owen’s School.
01707 652422/646273.
INTERIOR DESIGN COURSES
For beginners. Potters Bar/Radlett. Wednesday/Thursday
10am–12.30pm. Contact 07907 802206.
DANCE
Lizzie Meeks School of Dance. Saturdays 10am–2pm and Tuesdays
4– 9.30pm. Potters Bar/Barnet. Children/adults: ballet, tap, modern, jazz,
street, hip-hop, funky and zumba. Enquiries 01707 670418.
DANCING
Ballroom and Latin. Beginners. Weekly, Wednesdays. Christ Church Hall,
Thornton Road, 8.45–10pm. Phone 01707 662050.
ENFIELD LIGHT OPERATIC and DRAMATIC SOCIETY
Weekly, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8pm. Drama Group rehearse Winchmore Hill.
Perform Wyllyotts. 2 musicals per year. 07711 316474.
ESSENDON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Monday evenings 8–9pm, weight training, Wednesday evenings
5.30–6.30pm and 7.15–8.15pm, circuits. Saturday mornings 9–10am
circuits. Wednesday 1.45–3.15pm Mother and Toddler Group, School Hall.
FENG SHUI SOCIETY OF HERTS
Monthly. Elm Court, 7pm. Everyone very welcome. 07951 741128,
FIFTY PLUS*
Wide range of activities, events, trips and courses. No membership required.
Not exclusive to 50 and over. Contact the Fifty Plus team for further info on
01707 645005.
BUSHI SEISHIN RYU (Marshall Arts)
Weekly, Fridays. Kidston Institute, Northaw Road West, Northaw,
7.30–9.30pm. 01707 642354.
FIR and POND WOODS NATURE RESERVE OF
HERTS and MIDDX WILDLIFE TRUST*
Monthly, 3rd Sunday,10am. Meet at lay-by, Coopers Lane Road. Tools
provided. Contact 01707 657351.
CAKE DECORATING
Potters Bar Sugar Art Club, 1st Mondays in month at Furzefield Elderly
People Centre, Mutton Lane, 7.30pm. Call Jackie 01707 850432 for
details.
FIRST CLASS LEARNING MATHS and ENGLISH
Ages 5–16. Weekly, Thursdays 3.30–5.30pm. King Charles the Martyr.
Contact Pallavi 01707 527155 or www.firstclasslearning.co.uk.
CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP
Monthly meetings and weekly cardiac exercise, British Legion, Holtwhites
Hill, Enfield. 01992 718155.
CARERS IN HERTFORDSHIRE*
Contact 01992 586969 information.
CAPITAL ARTS CHILDREN’S CHOIR and YOUTH THEATRE
Saturdays, Wyllyotts Centre. Age 5–16 years. Drama and choir. Contact
020 8449 2342 or [email protected].
CHARITY LUNCHES
United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane, 1st and 3rd Fridays in month. Soup,
full salad buffet, tea/coffee and biscuits, 1pm. £3 per person. Please come
and join us 01707 665482.
CHARLIE’S ANGELS
Weekly on Wednesday in term-time, 1.30–3pm. For toddlers, parents,
grandparents and carers. King Charles the Martyr Church Hall. No charge.
01707 665579.
CHERRY LODGE CANCER CARE
Contact Tina on 020 8441 7000 for more information.
CHI KUNG CLASS
Weekly, Mondays 6.30–7.30pm at North Mymms Social Club, Welham
Green. Saturdays 11am–12pm at Potters Bar Health Club. Organised by
‘Just Standing’, 01707 272255.
FISH/FELLOWSHIP OF SERVICE
Can provide transport for medical treatment and similar needs in local
community. Organised by Churches Together. 01707 653378/659858.
FITNESS CLASSES
Every Wednesday at 7.15pm, LBPT Fitness Classes and every Saturdays at
9am are held in Essendon CofE Primary School Hall, adults of all ages and
abilities welcome.
FOOTBALL
Vets football – Saturdays afternoons 35 years upwards. Venues locally in
.South Herts. Evening 01707 852422
FRIDAY FOLK
Social folk dancing club Fridays evening, 7.45–10pm. In St Albans.
Everybody welcome, no experience or partner necessary. Contact
www.fridayfolk.org.uk.
FURZEFIELD WI
Monthly, 3rd Thursday, 7.30–10pm. Tilbury Hall. 01707 659886.
GARDENING CLUB
At Sixty Plus Centre. Contact 01707 645866. Alternate Wednesday
2–4pm.
GOBIONS WOOD NATURE RESERVE OF
HERTS and MIDDX WILDLIFE TRUST
For information contact 01727 858901.
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN POTTERS BAR
Co-ordination organization for all churches in Potters Bar. Contact Malcolm
Golland on 01707 653417.
GOLDEN EAGLE SPIRITUAL GROUP*
Monthly, 1st Tuesday. Clayton Centre, Barnet Road, 8pm. Mediumship and
workshops. 01707 658499.
CIRCLE FOR THE BLIND and PARTIALLY SIGHTED
(PB THEATRE COMPANY)
Dress rehearsals for shows and quarterly evening socials at Furzefield Court.
Evenings. 01707 657194.
GREEN ROOM PRODUCTIONS
Rehearsals Monday at King Charles the Martyr Church Hall, Wednesday at
Oakmere School. Present modern musicals twice a year at Wyllyotts. New
members welcome – acting and behind the scenes. 01727 836938.
COMMUNITY CHOIR
Weekly, Tuesdays. Wyllyotts Theatre, 7.30–9.30pm. For info Joy
01707 655464.
COUNTRY MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Environment Department, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DN.
01923 588433.
CROQUET CLUB
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 2.30pm. Bush Hill Park,
Enfield. Entrance Cecil Avenue, off Southbury Road. Beginners welcome.
Coaching given. 020 8366 6005.
CUFFLEY FLORAL ART CLUB*
Monthly, Tuesdays, 8pm. Cuffley Hall, Maynards Place. Contact Jessica on
01707 873821. 7pm for 8pm start.
CUFFLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY*
Meet last Thursday in the month, 10 times per year. 8pm start Cuffley Hall,
Maynard Place. www.cuffleyhortsoc.org.uk. Contact 01707 874357.
GUIDES, BROWNIES and RAINBOWS
Potters Bar and Brookmans Park areas go to
www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested. If problems contact Sue on
01707 850147.
GURDJIEFF STUDY AND MEDITATION GROUP
Meets every few weeks. Contact number 01707 654896 for more
information.
HERTFORDSHIRE CONCERT BAND
Tuesdays evenings at Music Department of Hertfordshire University. A
friendly wind band that rehearses in Hatfield. Contact 07806 258401 or
www.hertsconcertband.co.uk.
HERTFORDSHIRE SHOWBAND
Weekly, Mondays. Mount Grace School. Training band and lessons 7pm,
Showband 7.45pm. 01707 650209.
BAY JAZZ CLUB
Weekly, Tuesdays, 8.30–11pm. Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane,
Enfield. Live Traditional Jazz. Licensed Bar. New members always welcome.
020 8367 6660.
CUFFLEY INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SOCIETY*
2nd Tuesday monthly, Northaw Village Hall, 7.30pm for 8pm. £4.
www.cihs.org.uk or 01707 873680.
HERTS. PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Thursday evenings at Welwyn Garden City, for experienced orchestral
players. Contact secretary (email [email protected]), or
01727 857827 to meet us.
BELLRINGING IN SOUTH MYMMS
Bellringers practice at St Giles Church, Thursdays 7.30pm.
All ages welcome from 12 – no upper limit. Experience or beginners.
Contact 01707 645866.
CUFFLEY PLAYERS – Amateur Dramatic Society
Rehearsals Mondays and Thursdays. 2 plays a year in March/November at
Cuffley Hall. Interested in joining us? Call Fran on 01707 872229 or email
[email protected].
HERTS STAG CLUB
Monthly, 2nd Monday. Brookmans Park Golf Club, 12.15pm for 1.00pm for
lunch. For retired professional and business men. Purely social. Please
telephone 01707 652932 for more information.
BINGO
Weekly, Monday. South Mimms Youth and Community Association, Village
Hall, 7.20pm. Make friends and win money. 01707 651700/647822.
CUFFLEY OVER 50’S CLUB
Wednesday 2–5pm. Cuffley Youth and Community Centre. Art, snooker,
table-tennis, scrabble, etc. Contact Betty 01707 659621.
HERTSMERE SOCIETY OF ART
Weekly, Wednesday. 1.30–4.30pm. Clayton Centre, Barnet Road. Friendly
art group. All standards welcome. 01707 658336.
IRISH DANCING
Weekly, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Feeney Miller School of Dancing.
Clayton Centre. Age 4+. 01727 824842.
ITALIAN CIRCLE OF MID-HERTS*
Monthly, Wednesdays. Talks on all aspects of Italy. Welwyn Garden City Golf
Club, Mannicotts. Visitors £5 per person, per visit. Membership £25 per
season. 7.45pm, for 8.15pm. 01707 372264.
JAZZ – GOOGLIES JAZZ CLUB
Meet Thursday evenings Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane (just off
The Ridgeway). Weekly jazz, 7.30pm. Contact John on 020 8350 3541.
JUST STANDING
Chi Kung class. Potters Bar Health Club. Saturdays 11.15am–12.15pm. Tel
01707 272255.
KARATE, SELF DEFENCE and FITNESS
Weekly, Wednesdays, Furzefield Centre. Juniors 7.30–8.30pm. Adults
8.30–9.30pm. Sunday 11am–12 noon Friendly Club. Tel 07534
563456.
KARATE and SELF DEFENCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO ADULT
Saturdays 2–7 years old, 10.30–11.15am, 8 years plus
11.20am–12.25pm. 01707 661544 or www.bpkarate.webs.com.
KARATE FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Weekly, Saturdays. Oakmere Youth and Community Centre.
Children 10.30–11.30am. Adults 11.45–1pm. Beginners welcome.
01707 852641.
KUMON MATHS and ENGLISH
Ages 4–18. Mondays and Thursdays 3.30–5.30pm at Tilbury Hall Darkes
Lane. Contact Sheena on 01707 643588.
KYO RIOKU JUTSU
Weekly, Mondays. Furzefield Centre, 7.30–9pm. 07738 629585.
LADIES BADMINTON
Weekly, Wednesday afternoons. 2– 5pm. Christ Church Hall, Little Heath,
friendly, social group. New members welcome. 01707 650040.
LIFE CHURCH – POTTERS BAR
Sundays 9.30am Family Service. Held in Oakmere Youth and Community
Centre, Fetherstone Close, Potters Bar. 01707 876060.
LIFE CHURCH – CUFFLEY
Sundays 11am Family Service. King James Avenue, Cuffley EN6 4LN.
01707 876060.
LINE DANCE WITH STEPPIN’ TIME
Weekly, Mondays and Thursdays in Welham Green. Absolute beginners to
intermediate level. 01707 655866.
LINE DANCING
Wednesday 2–4pm Beginner/Improver level Oakmere Youth
and Community Centre, Fetherstone Close off Chase Avenue.
Tel 01707 859578.
LITTLE HEATH CHESS CLUB
Juniors, Thursdays 5.45–7.15pm. Adult players welcome for matches.
Contact Chris Cook 01707 642027.
LOAVES and FISHES CAFÉ
Weekly, Wednesday. Christchurch, Little Heath. 10.45am–12.30pm. All
welcome. 01707 662460.
MERLIN MAGICAL SOCIETY
Fortnightly, Thursdays, 7.45pm. Little Heath Parish Hall, Thornton Road.
New members welcome including beginners .Contact Michael
01707 654606.
MIND DROP-IN GROUP
Weekly, Tuesdays, 1–4pm. Cricket Club, The Walk. 01707 659455.
MITRE CLUB
Monthly 1st Tuesdays. For retired professionals/businessmen. Ramada
Hotel, (formerly Comet). Lunch and talk by guest speaker. 01707 652376.
MOUNTVIEW DANCE SCHOOL
Weekly, Mondays and Saturdays. St John’s Church Hall, Baker Street. Dance
classes from age 3 upwards. 01582 461233.
MOVES FITNESS
Weekly, Mondays. St Mary’s Church Hall, The Walk, 7.30–8.30pm. Aerobic
Dance Exercise. All fitness levels welcome. 1st lesson free. Bring mat/towel.
01707 651008.
MULTI-SPORT
Weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Furzefield Centre. For the active
generation 50+. Short tennis, table tennis, badminton, swimming, indoor
bowls. 01707 850500.
MUSICAL TEAPOTS
Baby/Toddler Group from 10 months to 4 years old. Weekly, Wednesday
mornings 9.30–10.30am and 10.30–11.30am in Brookmans Park.
07800 818444.
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GIFTED CHILDREN – EXPLORERS CLUBS
Monthly, 1st Sunday, Borehamwood. For talented children and siblings.
www.nagc-herts.org.uk.
NETBALL CLUB.
Cheshunt Youth – Thursdays evenings at Wormley playing fields in winter –
various leagues. Adults also. Ring Chloe on 01707 873676.
NINTAI KARATE CLUB
Weekly. PB Health Club, Mount Grace Road. Monday and Friday.
Shotokan karate. Beginners 7–8pm. Intermediate/advanced 8–10pm.
07956 987100.
NORTH LONDON and DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB FOR THE UNATTACHED
Weekly, Wednesday. 8–11pm. Cheshunt Sports Club, Albury Ride,
dancing to meet all tastes, friendly club, suitable for over 55, bar.
Richard, 01992 639344.
NORTH MYMMS BOWLS CLUB
Bushwood Close, Dellsome Lane, Welham Green. New members welcome.
01707 656238.
NORTH MYMMS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
North Mymms Youth and Community Centre, Station Road, Welham Green.
Contact Adrian 01707 885430.
NORTH MYMMS LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY*
Monthly, 4th Tuesday, United Reformed Church, Brookmans Park, 8pm. £3
includes refreshments. 01707 657997.
NORTH MYMMS – ST MARY’S CHURCH
Wednesdays. Lunchtime tea/coffee/snacks in beautiful surroundings open
until 31 October, 12–2pm. 01707 654633. Everybody welcome.
NORTH MYMMS YOUTH and COMMUNITY CENTRE*
Station Road, Welham Green. 01707 260198.
NORTH MYMMS YOUTH PROJECT
Organisations activities, trips and weekly meetings for young people aged
9–16, DofE for ages 14+. http:www.nmyouth.org.uk.
NORTHAW and CUFFLEY BOWLS CLUB
King George V Playing Fields, Northaw Road East, Cuffley (near tennis
courts). New members including beginners welcome. 01707 654883.
NORTHAW GREAT WOOD
Working parties every Friday at 9.30am and first Sunday in each month.
Meet in car park of the wood. [email protected] or 07850 233854.
NORTHAW TAI CHI GROUP
Weekly, Tuesdays. Northaw Church of England School. Vineyards Road,
7.45–9pm. 01707 642354.
NORTHAW WI
Monthly, 2nd Thursday, 7.30pm. Northaw Village Hall. 020 8360 9729.
OAKMERE WI
Monthly, 2nd Thursday, 7.45pm. Tilbury Hall. 01707 645482.
OLD FOLKS WELCOME CLUB
At Sixty Plus Centre. Contact 01707 653650. Mondays 2–4pm.
OLD OWENS CRICKET CLUB
Coopers Lane, PB. All abilities welcome.Club in Herts Saracen League.
07904 194295/020 8819 6638.
OPEN DOOR CAFÉ
Weekly on Thursdays. Closed in August and in week after Christmas. King
Charles the Martyr Church Hall, 10.30am–2pm. Coffee and lunches served.
All welcome and all profits to charity. 01707 665579.
OVER 60’s SOCIAL DANCES
Social Evenings every 3rd Saturday in the month. 7.15pm to 10.15pm at
Sixty Plus Centre. Contact 01707 653157.
PILATES
Weekly classes Tuesdays, 7–8pm at Brookmans Park United Reform
Church. Contact Neelam on 07891 752906.
Weekly (term-time). Mondays and Fridays 9.30am, Brookmans Park UR
Church. Wednesdays 9.30am North Mymms Memorial Hall. Booking
essential, maximum12 clients. Groups and 1:1s for beginnners available.
Debbie 07831 103467.
PARENT/TODDLER GROUP
Weekly, term-time, 9.45–10.45am. Cranborne School. 01707 851471.
PB 41 CLUB
For ex-Round Tablers. 1st Wednesday, monthly. Speaker meetings, 8pm.
01707 851445.
PB ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION
Contact Geoff Sudlow on 01707 653910, or call at Highview Gardens site
on Sundays, from 10am–12 noon.
PB ART GROUP
Weekly, Mondays, 7.30–9.30pm. St John’s Church, Baker Street. All
abilities welcome. Friendly club. www.pottersbarartgroup.co.uk.
PB CRUSADERS SPORTS and SOCIAL CLUB
Daily, members club, 5.30–11pm (Mondays to Saturdays), 12 noon–3pm
(Sundays). For all sports/social activities visit
www.pottersbarcrusaders.com.
PB & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY*
Monthly lectures, 8pm, 60+ Centre, £1; Museum Saturday 11am–1pm,
Tuesdays and Wednesday 2.30–4.30pm. Free, both at Wyllyotts.
01707 653670 or [email protected].
SUGAR ART CLUB*
Monthly demonstrations, 1st Monday in month, Furzefield Court,
Mutton Lane, 7.30pm. 01707 850432.
PB URC NURSERY SCHOOL
Meeting in Tilbury Hall, flexible hours school terms, 9am–1pm, Mondays to
Thursdays and 9am–12 noon, Fridays. Phone 07854 843125 mornings
only, for details.
SWIFTS JUNIOR BADMINTON
Weekly, Fridays. Hatfield Leisure Centre, 5–10pm. Age 7–18 years.
Beginners to County Squad level. 01707 652061.
PB WEA
Literature Group. Meet on Thursday mornings, 10am–12pm. United Reform
Church. Courses run through year. New members welcome. For info call
01707 658915.
PB & DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Mondays 7.30pm for 8pm. Wyllyotts Centre. Any standard welcome.
01438 832504.
PHOENIX CONCERT BAND
Rehearsals Weekly, Thursdays. Fair Field Junior School, Watford Road,
Radlett, 8–10pm. 01707 642976.
PB DOG TRAINING SOCIETY
Weekly, Sunday, 10–11am. 8 week courses. 01707 651610/853337.
RADLETT MUSIC CLUB
6 concerts per season, October to April. Radlett Centre, 8pm. String or wind
trios/quartets playing Chamber Music. Solo pianist once a season. Contact
01923 859291. Non-member admission charges per concert at the door,
Radlett Centre concerts £14. All seats unreserved.
PB FLOWER CLUB*
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday (except August), 7.30pm for 8pm. King Charles
the Martyr Church Hall. Visitors welcome, £5. 020 8449 0138 (Brenda)
and 01707 658480 (Mandy, Secretary).
PB GOLF CLUB
Darkes Lane. New members and societies welcome. Green fees.
01707 652020.
PB GYMNASTICS CLUB
Recreational (ages 4–12 years). Monday 5.15pm, Furzefield Centre.
Squad training (ages 6–13 years) Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
evenings 5.30pm and Saturdays 9am, Chancellor’s School,
01923 855598.
PB HOCKEY CLUB
Ladies, men and junior hockey. If interested in joining, call either Ed on
07763 929462 or Caroline on 07966 451505.
PB LAUGHTER CLUB
Monday mornings, 10–11am, Wyllyotts Centre, Fetherstone Room. Contact
07533 347299.
PB LAWN TENNIS CLUB
The Walk. 6 AstroTurf courts/floodlights. Mondays Play and Pay, 7–9pm.
Tuesdays and Thursdays ladies sessions 9.30–11.30am, 645909.
Wheelchair and Disability tennis available contact Karl 07939 303483.
PB LIFESAVING CLUB
Weekly, Tuesdays, Furzefield Centre, 8–9pm. From 9 years to any age and
ability. 020 8440 3346.
PB NATIONAL WOMENS REGISTER – TUESDAY GROUP
Weekly, 8pm in members’ homes. Discussions, quizzes, outings. New
members very welcome. 01707 659903.
PB PETANQUE PLAYERS
Play at Oakmere Park, first Saturdays of every month, 2–4pm, Sundays
10.15am–1pm and Tuesdays evenings 6–8pm. Contact 01707 654606.
PB POTTERS
Mondays, 9.30am–12 noon and Fridays. Mount Grace School. No
experience necessary. 657096.
PB RAMBLING CLUB
Weekly, Wednesdays and alternate Sundays. 10.30am meeting at start of
walk. 654079 or www.pbrc.org.uk.
PB ROTARY CLUB
Meets Tuesdays 1pm (last 7.30pm) at Brookmans Park Golf Club.
01707 643019.
PB SHOKOTAN KARATE CLUB
Training on Wednesday evenings 7.30–8.30pm for juniors aged 7–16
and 8.30–9.30pm for adults at the Furzefield Centre. Contact SKA on
07534 563456 or visit www.karate-masters.co.uk.
PB SOCIETY COUNTRY GROUP
Contact Alastair 01707 653636.
PB SOCIETY TOWN GROUP*
Monthly, 1st Thursday. United Reformed Church, 7.30pm. Contact Arnold
01707 654179.
PB SOCIETY WALKS*
Fortnightly Sunday afternoon walks along local rights of way.
www.pbsoc.org.uk.
PB BOWLS CLUB
The Walk. New members welcome. 01707 660336 or email
[email protected].
PB THEATRE COMPANY*
Rehearsals Tuesdays and Fridays. Chancellors School, Brookmans Park.
Stage 2 musicals and 2 plays per year. Performers, backstage help and front
of house. For info call Gillian on 01707 657194 or visit
www.pottersbartheatrecompany.co.uk.
PB CARNIVAL
Contact Peter or Sue on 01707 850147 if you require a stall or more
information.
PB TOWN BAND
Weekly rehearsals, Fridays, 7.30–9.30pm. Scout Hut, Quakers Lane.
Traditional brass band. New players welcome. 07825 330919.
PB CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS GROUP
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 9.15–11am. At Furzefield Children’s Centre.
01707 859325.
PB TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB*
Parkfield, The Walk. Matches every Saturday, 3pm. Some Sundays
and midweek. Training Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.30pm. Contact
07833 632965.
PB CHORAL SOCIETY*
Weekly, rehearsals Tuesdays, 7.45pm. St John’s Church Hall, Baker Street.
Previous experience not essential. www.pbchoral.org or 01707 642393.
PB UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB
Training weekly. Age 5–16 years, boys and girls. Phone for times/venues.
01707 850377.
PB & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY*
Meets alternate Wednesdays, 8–10pm. Elm Court, Mutton Lane. Members
50p. Visitors £2. Phone 01707 651372 for more information.
PB EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
Sundays 10.30–11.30am, family service, communion and youth service,
followed by refreshments. Mondays, Youth Clubs 5–10 years,
6.15–7.30pm, 11 years upwards 7.30–9pm. Contact 01707 895838.
PB TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday, 7.30pm, Wayside Hall. 01707 653650.
PB FILMMAKERS*
Alternate Thursdays, 7.45pm. Wyllyotts Centre. Tel 01707 656446/
872210.
PB TOWN TWINNING ASSOCIATION
Visits to and from Franconville and Viernheim. 01707 644805 or
01707 659871.
PB CRICKET CLUB
The Walk. New members welcome. 01707 888633.
PB UNITED SYNAGOGUE
Please telephone 01707 656202 or email [email protected].
[email protected]
RADLETT PLAYERS
We present a production each Spring and Autumn at the Radlett Centre. Visit
our website www.radlettplayers.org.uk.
ROTARY CLUB OF BROOKMANS PARK
Tuesdays 7.30pm for 8pm at Old Owens Rugby Club. Enquiries welcome.
01707 645343.
ROUND THE CORNER COFFEE MORNING
Fridays, term-time only, 9am–12 noon. Profits to various charities. Life
Church – Cuffley, King James Avenue. 01707 876060.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday. Cotton Road, 8pm. Ex-service and non ex-service.
01707 658750.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB
Weekly Bingo, Thursdays. Live music, Sundays. Cotton Road, 8–11pm.
New members welcome. 01707 658750.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION
Monthly, 3rd Wednesday. HQ Cotton Road, 8pm. Fundraising and social
activities. 01707 658895.
RSPB*
Evening at Tilbury Hall (URC), Darkes Lane, Fridays, 7.45pm. Members
£3.50, non-members £4. Afternoons at St John’s URC Hall, Mowbray Road,
New Barnet, Wednesday 2pm. Members £3, non-members £3.50.
01707 644299.
RSPCA*
Friends of Southridge Animal Rescue and Re-homing Centre, Packhorse
Lane, Ridge. [email protected] or 01707 642819.
RSPCA
Potters Bar, Hatfield and Barnet Branch – supporting general
welfare of animals in area. 07872 902710 or
www.rspca-pottersbarhatfieldandbarnet.org.uk
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING
Monthly, 3rd Saturday, October to July. Tilbury Hall, 7.30pm. £4.50
including refreshments. Contact Mary on 020 8367 4201/4835.
SCOUTS, CUBS and BEAVERS
For info Peter 01707 850147.
SCRABBLE
Every Friday, 10am–12 noon. Elm Court. £2.30.
Contact 020 8207 7568.
ST JOHN AMBULANCE – PB DIVISION
Weekly, Wednesday, 8–10pm. The Walk. First aid training, care and lots of
fun. 01707 664260 Room booking 01707 656885.
SHOSHIN KARATE JITSU CLUB
Weekly, Wednesdays. DHC Potters Bar Health Club, Mount Grace Road,
8–9.30pm. Realistic self-defence. Beginners and all grades welcome.
07734 294630.
SIXTY PLUS LUNCHEON CLUB*
Weekdays, 12–1.30pm. Friendly atmosphere. Plus am/pm social clubs.
Minibus transport available. 01707 643602.
SIXTY PLUS SENIOR CITIZENS ART GROUP
Weekly, Thursdays, 1.30–4pm. 60+ Centre, Wyllyotts. Two Exhibitions
each year. Plenty of encouragement. £1.30 per session including tea. New
members most welcome. Contact Pauline 01707 654007.
SNOOKER
And other activities daily. Kidston, Northaw, 9am–11pm. Senior citizens
half fee £14 per annum. 01707 654158.
SOUTHGATE COLLEGE
For further information contact 020 8982 5050.
SPANISH CIRCLE HERTFORDSHIRE*
2nd Fridays in month September to June (not December) at Red Lion Pub,
Hatfield, 7.30pm. Events include wine and sherry tasting, talks on Spanish
culture. Everyone welcome. 01707 661722.
SPARKLERS
Tuesdays, term-time only, 1–2.45pm. Music/craft/play for babies and
children 0–4 years and parent/carer. Life Church – Cuffley, King James
Avenue, Cuffley EN6 4LN. 01707 876060.
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Hill Rise. Evenings of clairvoyance and healing services. 01707 655147.
STAGECOACH THEATRE ARTS SCHOOL
Weekly, Saturdays. Chancellor’s Secondary School. Part-time theatre arts
training. Age 4–18 years. Dance, drama, singing. 01582 713771.
STANDING LIKE A TREE
Chi Kung class. Potters Bar Health Club. Saturdays 11am.
Tel 01707 272255.
TABLE TENNIS CLUB
Weekly, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Potters Bar Free Church, Mimms Hall
Road. Competing in Barnet and Shaw Leagues. Evening. 01707 852422.
TABLE TENNIS
Hertsmere 50+. Weekly, Tuesdays. 10am–12 noon. Thursdays 2–4pm.
Elm Court. 020 8207 7568. For Senior Citizens. Weekly, Fridays. Hatfield
Leisure Centre. 10am–12 noon.
TAI TSUNG KUNG FU
Self Defence. Weekly, Tuesdays. Oakmere Primary School. 7.30–9pm.
07968 162304.
TALENT TIME STAGE COMPANY
Weekly, Mondays. Little Heath Parish Hall. 5–10pm. Drama, dance,
singing. Up to 25 years. 01707 660442/07930 400647.
TOP HAT STAGE SCHOOL
Weekly, Fridays. Elm Court. Part-time theatre arts training. Age 4–7 years.
Dance(tap), drama, singing, 4.30–7.30pm. 01727 812666.
TOTS-IN-TOW
Every Monday, in term-time from 1.30–3pm at Potters Bar Baptist Church.
Activities for babes in arms to school age. Tel Pat 01707 651888.
TUESDAY FRIENDSHIP
Alternate Tuesday evenings 8pm at United Reformed Church. Contact Les on
01707 652677 for more details. For men and women all ages. Talks by
guest speakers. Do not meet in July or August.
TUMBLE TOTS
Weekly, Fridays, Elm Court. Book a trial class. Tel Gill on 020 8449 4593.
UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE – U3A
Various activities and interests for study and recreation for people not in full
time employment. 2nd Monday in month. Wyllyotts Centre, 10am.
£1.Contact Brenda on 020 8449 0138.
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Play family board games and table tennis at Potters Bar United Reformed
Church. Most Sundays, 3–6pm. £1 entrance. Details from Tony
01707 659080. All ages welcome.
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
United Reformed Church, Darkes Lane. Charity lunches 1st and 3rd Fridays
in the month. Soup, full buffet, coffee/tea, biscuits, £3.50, 1pm.
01707 665482.
VOLUNTEER CENTRE
If you are interested in volunteering with various organisations, please
contact Carol on 020 8207 4504.
WALKS – HERTSMERE HEALTH WALKS
Mondays weekly: Public car park, Oakmere Park, High Street, EN6 5AU,
starting at 11am. First Steps Easy 20–30 minute walk. Meeting place:
inside Potters Bar train station, EN6 1AN. Mondays weekly, starting at
10.30am. Grade 1 gentle 45 minute, 1 mile walk and Grade 3 moderate 1
hour, 3 mile walk Wednesdays weekly, starting 10.30am. Grade 2
moderate 45 minute, 2 mile walk and grade 3 moderate 1 hour 2–3 mile
walk. Saturdays every week, starting 10.30am. Moderate plus walk up to
2 hours. Further information on www.hertfordshirehealthwalks.co.uk or on
01992 588433. New walkers are always most welcome.
WEDNESDAY BREAK CLUB
Fortnightly on Wednesdays, 2.30–4pm. King Charles the Martyr Church
Hall. Social Club for over 50s. £1 per meeting. 01707 658540.
WEDNESDAY COMMUNITY CLUB – PREVIOUSLY DARBY & JOAN CLUB*
Wednesdays 2–4pm. PB Baptist Church, Barnet Road. Tel June 655599 or
Vera 651470. Closed 8th August to 12th September.
WHIST DRIVE
1st Fridays, monthly. Village Hall, Northaw, 7pm for 7.45pm.
01707 651682.
WHIST DRIVE
Monthly, 2nd Thursdays. South Mimms Village Hall, 7.30pm.
01727 869211.
WILD HILL DOG CLUB
Weekly, Monday evenings 7.15–8.15pm. Puppy socialisation classes from
8 weeks old or after first inoculation. Wildhill Village Hall. Nr Essendon,
01707 651610.
YOGA CLASSES – HATHA
Weekly (term-time), Thursdays 9.30am at Brookmans Park URChurch. Info
and bookings. Contact Debbie 07831 103467.
YOGA CLASSES
Weekly, Tuesdays, 1–2.30pm. St John’s Church Hall, Baker Street. Mixed
ability. 01438 816356.
YOUTH CLUBS
Weekly. Elm Court. 01707 659602 for details.
ZUMBA GOLD
Tuesday evenings: 6.30pm, Tilbury Hall, UR Church, Wednesday mornings:
10.30am, St Marys Church Hall, The Walk. Contact Sue on
07956 338561.
Tell us about your event, meeting, activity and we
will publicise it and give details of your
organisation in the Community News.
Contact: [email protected]
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DOCTORS’
SURGERY HOURS
1) ANNANDALE SURGERY
Tel: 01707 644451
Surgery Hours: 8.30am–6pm Monday to Friday
Test Results/Enquiries: 01707 622979 between 2pm and 5pm Monday to Friday
Monthly newsletter available from surgery
Extended Hours: Saturday 8.30am–12 noon for routine booked appointments,
collecting prescriptions and enquiries.
2) HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
Tel: 01707 871980
Surgery Hours: 8am–6pm Monday to Friday
Test Results/Enquiries: 01707 871982 between 2pm and 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Monthly newsletter available from surgery or on our new website
www.highviewsurgery.co.uk. You can also now follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Extended Hours: For routine booked appointments. Monday 6.30–8pm and some
Saturday appointments are available twice a month. Early morning appointments
available every Wednesday and alternate Fridays. The surgery is closed every
Wednesday from 1–2.30pm for staff training.
3) PARKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
Tel: 01707 291041
Surgery Hours: 8am–6pm Monday to Friday
Test Results/Enquiries: 11am–2pm Monday to Friday
Extended Hours: Wednesday to Friday from 7am and Saturday fortnightly for routine
booked appointments only from 8–11.15am.
We have a quarterly newsletter available from the surgery or on our website. Our
website address is www.parkfieldmedicalcentre.co.uk.
4) POTTERELLS MEDICAL CENTRE
Tel: 01707 273338
Surgery Hours: 8.30am–6.30pm Monday to Friday
Test Results/Enquiries: As above after 11am.
Extended Hours: For routine, non-emergency appointments. Every Monday and fourth
Tuesday 6.30–9pm and first and third Saturday 8.30–11am. Nurse-led Fast Track
Service: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 9.30am–12 noon.
OUT OF HOURS SERVICE FOR ALL THE ABOVE SURGERIES
NHS 111 SERVICE
If you urgently need medical help or advice but it’s not a life threatening situation, call
NHS on 111, at any time.
There is now a GP lead clinic at Elstree Way, Borehamwood which is open 8am to
11pm Saturday and Sunday. To book an appointment phone 111.
From 8am to 8pm every day of the year, you can also see a Doctor at:
Spring House Medical Centre, Ascots Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4HL.
Walk in or book ahead on 01707 294354.
DENTIST
When you have an urgent dental problem and your dental surgery is closed, call
03000 333 224. Monday to Friday, 5pm–9am. All weekend and Bank Holidays.
Local A&E Services
24 HOUR
Barnet Hospital, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ Tel 020 8216 5003
Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB Tel 01438 314333
NEW LIMITED SERVICE
QEII Hospital, Howlands, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 4HQ Tel 01707 32811
8am–8pm. Adults: Full A&E service. Children over 12 months: minor injuries only.
8pm–8am. Adults and children over 12 months: minor injuries only.
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Local Libraries
Oakmere
High Street, Potters Bar
Monday
9am–6pm
Tuesday
2pm–6pm
9am–6pm
Wednesday
Thursday
Closed
Friday
2pm–6pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
Closed
Brookmans Park
Bradmore Green
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
2pm–6pm
2pm–6pm
Closed
2pm–6pm
2pm–6pm
9am–1pm
Closed
For further information, visit your local library or call 0300 123 4049
and ask for the appropriate library. NB: The Welwyn Garden City library
is open on Sunday afternoon.
Wyllyotts Centre,
Darkes Lane, EN6 2HN
Mondays Personal Callers
Thursdays Personal Callers
10am–12.30pm and 1pm–3.30pm
10am–12.30pm and 1pm–3.30pm
Hertsmere Borough Council Potters Bar Office
Wyllyotts Centre – 01707 652406
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9.30am to 2pm.
Useful Numbers
Hertsmere Borough Council
Hertfordshire Police Non-emergency
020 8207 2277
101 (national number)
or 01707 354000
08088 088088
0300 123 4040
08088 084000
0845 404 0506
Herts Domestic Violence Helpline
Hertfordshire County Council
National Debt Line
Consumer Direct (Herts)
Highways
(including potholes, traffic light faults and streetlights) 0300 1234 047
Wasteaware
0845 742 5000
Affinity water leaks
0800 376 5325
Childline
0800 1111
Crime Stoppers Anonymous Line
0800 555 111
CAB Advice Line
08444 111 444
Environmental Health – pest control
020 8207 7435
– out of hours emergency (noise nuisance, etc)
0845 300 0021
NHS Direct (Nurse advice and health information)
111
RSPCA Local Branch (financial help if you
claim benefits, on low income, OAP’s)
07872 902710
www.rspca-pottersbarhatfieldandbarnet.org.uk

Spring 2014 - Potters Bar

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