All Good Bookshop, https://allgoodbookshop.co.uk/special-events
35 Turnpike Lane, London, N8 0EP
Near Turnpike Lane tube station, also 41 bus.
Beyond Climate Fixes: From Public Controversy to System Change
Les Lev
Read more…25 June and 30 July - 5 St Regis Close, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DE. 2-6.30pm £5 Teas.
2 July - Ally Pally allotments N22 7BB. 1-4.30pm £5 Teas. Enter by top gate by garden centre and W3 bus stop.
2 July - Railway Cottages (pictured), Dorset Road
Read more…There was a big craft fair in the Great Hall of Alexandra Palace during its birthday celebrations last weekend, and I was leaving it through a door I hadn't been through before, when I found myself outside what had been the main entrance to the Palac
A group of users of the W3 bus (living in N22, N8, N10 and N17), confused by the inadequate information provided by TfL for these diversions, have written to the Council asking them to put pressure on TfL to improve the provision of information - not
Read more…200 organisations supported this festive event, organised by Extinction Rebellion, with local groups Muswell Hill Sustainability Group, Muswell Hill Extinction Rebellion, Muswell Hill Friends of the Earth, XR Haringey and Haringey Tree Protectors tak
Last Wednesday evening there was another example of a traffic snarl-up in this area between 4 and 8pm associated with a home game at White Hart Lane (at 8pm). The coaches that come to Ally Pally station are presumably intended to pick up fans coming
Read more…Welcome Geoff to Alexandra Park Neighbours! He lived in this neighbourhood as a child, and now lives on the edge of Exmoor. He tells me that he would like to interest local people in a particular project, and has also offered to share some of his exp
Read more…The Step was a delightful local cafe and bar in Myddleton Road (no. 101) which ran events, held exhibitions, and was very popular as a community hub. It was forced to close by the building's owners in 2020, who sold it to property developers. The mas
Children in Tower Hamlets defended their school street from Council contractors who had come to dismantle it earlier this month8
Our streets are not safe for walkers. Road accidents involving walkers are much more frequent on minor roads than on maj
Read more…I thought that the plan by Network Rail to have lifts at AP station had been shelved because of lack of funds, along with so many other projects post-pandemic. However, from comments at yesterday's Transport Forum, it seems that funds had actually be
Read more…Given the impending consultation on a proposal to introduce a low traffic neighbourhood in Alexandra Park, I thought it would be useful to raise some frequently discussed issues. Here's one of them.
There is sometimes concern that emergency service
Read more…I was about to investigate whether these chimney sweeps were still in business, having used them several years ago (when they were very amenable and reasonably-priced) and needing to get the chimney swept before we stuff insulation up it. Discovered
Read more…I am very sorry to see that Plush Floorings (Palace Gates Road) has closed, due to retirement. They had been here for 40 years. The owner of the shop lives in Derby, and his son - who was more often seen in the shop in recent times - lived in Stevena
The rain held off for our first get-together in person since 2019, under the huge tree on the Palace Gates Triangle. It was so lovely seeing many people for the first time in ages, and also meeting people new to APN. It was particularly wonderful
Read more…Most households get through considerable quantities of cleaning products - laundry liquid, washing up liquid, cleaning vinegar etc, and a group of us had taken to buying them in bulk - 5 litre flagons (see the next-to largest container in the picture
Our local garden centre is one of only three big retailers in Haringey who sell only peat-free brands of compost, as revealed in a local Friends of the Earth survey. Peat is a great carbon sink, but digging it up releases this carbon and adds to clim
Read more…You can now check the air quality in your street here:
https://www.addresspollution.org/
Data supplied by Imperial College London.
I see the air quality for my road - Alexandra Park Road N22 - is over twice the WHO level for NO2 and PM2.5.
Read more…We loved this dance performance at Sadlers Wells of Infinite Glimpse, to evocative and dynamic music by local composer Jamie Masters. There were two other, shorter, pieces, in a similar style (and incredible expressiveness and energy from Eleesha Dre
The Council have emailed me about the outcome of this planning application:
Location: 43 Mount Pleasant Crescent N4 4HP
Proposal: Retention of bicycle store in front garden and proposed boundary treatment / vegetation
Permission has been granted -
Read more…Are our local election candidates up to speed on these issues?
https://twitter.com/JackMaizels/status/1311614006214504448
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