Friends of the Lakes Estate Conservation Area

18 July 2019

• The North London Netball League
  We recently visited and interviewed several of the key longstanding members of the North London Netball League who play at Broomfield Park. 2020 will be their 70th anniversary and they are a wonderful sight playing every other Saturday at Broomfield … Continue reading →
• Cheryl Powling Stained Glass Artist
  We recently went to interview Cheryl Powling a local stained glass artist. We were privileged to be invited into one of her very popular classes and it was great to have a look around her studio.
• Kat Neocleous
  We met Kat at one of the Talkies events and we were blown away by her voice and here is a film we made about her.  She is a singer, song writer, actor and radio presenter.
• A walk around Broomfield Park with Peter Brown
  Peter Brown set up the first friends of Broomfield Park and House many years ago and he wrote about the History of the House and Park. We have used his writing to make this short piece which will enable you … Continue reading →
• Broomfield House Exhibition
  This film is about the Broomfield House exhibition at the Dugdale Centre in Enfield Town until January 2019. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a restored bit of the Lanscroon Murals which were around the staircase of Broomfield House which … Continue reading →
• Jeanne Willis
  We recently interviewed well known children’s author Jeanne Willis. Jeanne talked to us about her early writing, her primary school teacher who had kept one of her books for 50 years, and when they met recently Miss Stevens was able … Continue reading →
• Professor Kurt Barling
  We interviewed Professor Kurt Barling recently and it was wonderful to hear about him growing up in Palmers Green, his education, his interests and his career. Being a mixed race child at school during the sixties was not especially easy … Continue reading →
• Rodwins
  Palmers Green Tales recently visited Rodwins, the toy and craft shop in Southgate. We had seen Josie’s picture at the wonderful exhibition entitled, ‘Made in Enfield’ which was on at the Dugdale Centre for several months. We were amazed at … Continue reading →