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Crossrail2 – Alexandra Palace or Wood Green?
A couple of people I’ve spoken to about this seem to be very decided about which station is best for Crossrail2 – but I am not sure at all. The idea is to link Surrey and south-west London with north-east London and Hertfordshire, and originally tw
Read more…Can anyone recommend a metal worker?
A winter's day at last to usher in the New Year! My new year resolution is to finish jobs on the house, and I wondered if anyone can recommend a metal worker to install railings by the front path, and move railings on a flat roof?
Read more…Very Rich Walnut Cake
This uses ground walnuts instead of flour. It was my mother's from the 1950s (reaction against wartime rationing, maybe!).
INGREDIENTS
| Filling | |
| 8oz/225g walnuts (or other nut) | 3oz/75g cooking chocolate |
| 5 egg whites | 5 egg yolks |
| 8oz/225g cast |
New 20mph speed limit in Haringey
The little round signs appearing all around the borough are the new speed restriction signs. They are due to be unveiled on 15th February when the legal speed limit on most roads will be 20 mph.
Read more…Large Desk offered for free
Room to spread out ALL your papers on this desk! Size: 140w x 78d x 77h (cms).
Dark blue mock leather inset
on the top,
4 smaller drawers 33w x 12h
+ double height drawer for filing
on the right.
Local wood offered, and tree-chopping
Woodburning stoves are becoming increasingly popular but many people are paying a lot of money to buy wood. Equally people who get trees chopped down are paying others to take the wood away! The Wood Fuel Gro
Read more…Petition Haringey Council to divest from fossil fuels
The Sustainable Haringey network are calling for Haringey Council to join the growing band of organisations withdrawing their investments from the worst fossil fuels, coal and tar sands. Please sign the petition - we need 2200 signatures of Haringey
Read more…Local Area Forums
I understand that the local area forums are being abolished - to be ratified soon by Haringey Council - does anyone know anything further about this? The Alexandra, Muswell Hill, Highgate and Fortis Green forum has been a very useful place in which t
Read more…Alexandra Park Library
Just been to the library, and it was absolutely JUMPING! Full to the brim with parents and toddlers at one end (there didn't seem to be an event), and APS students at the other - studying (quietly) or playing chess with huge chess pieces (well, I th
Read more…Where are all the Events gone?
If you're wondering where the Events and Blog have gone, it seems to be a problem with the software server - lots of sites are complaining! Hope they'll get it sorted out soon ...
Read more…Haringey Families
So sorry to hear that Haringey Families has been closed down - for lack of volunteers to run it. It has been such a wonderful resources for parents and carers - they ran so many events and activities, had a bi-monthly magazine full of interesting ar
Read more…To attach a file to your post
Click on the plus sign to start a new post
Click on the paperclip in the row of icons at the top of the post
Click on Browse to find the file on your computer
Replace the text in the Title box with the name of your file (or some other relevant text)
Read more…To add an Image to a Post
Click on the relevant menu item (Forum, Events etc)
Click on the plus sign at top right to create a new post (if it's not there, you aren't signed in!)
In the row of little icons at the top of the post, click on the Image icon at second left (hover y
Read more…To add an Event to the Events page
To add an Event to the Events page, you enter the details in a post, and a moderator will then add the basic details to the Events calendar, with a link to your post (note that the current version of the website software does not have its own Events
Read more…Website address
The address of this website is now unequivocally alexandraparkneighbours.org.uk ! It used to revert to alexandraparkneighbours.ning.com, causing some confusion.
Read more…Website down for last 24 hours
Anyone trying to access this website over the last 24 hours will be pleased to see that it is back up again - a problem on the Ning server in California. Fingers crossed they have sorted the problem out permanently!
Read more…New Forum category: sharing rarely-used tools
It has been suggested by an APN member that it would be useful to be able to share rarely or infrequently-used equipment - such as wallpaper steamers, preserving pans for making jam, and even lawnmowers. We will have to work out a way of dealing wit
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