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The art of building HGS Sunday Afternoon Commemorative

a Garden City Chamber Concert Series benches

in planning and designing new the Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo,
garden city inspired communities. described by The Times as players
It is not a descriptive book about of “astounding exquisiteness”
Garden Cities; our Suburb, for will be playing. The following PHOTOS: TONY BRAND
instance, gets one short mention, Sunday the award winning Piatti
with a copy of the 1911 plan and Quartet will be performing works
one aerial photo as the only by Beethoven and Ravel.
illustrations from the Suburb. We are then welcoming back
The book concludes with a Violinist Fenella Humphreys, who
look at Building the Future and will be accompanied by Nicola
regards the prospects for Garden Eimer on the piano, playing
Cities as uncertain primarily sonatas by Schubert, Dvorak
because the gap between rhetoric and Sibelius. After a break of
and reality is widening. It believes This annual chamber concert one week, Gemma Rosefield
This is a well-argued and thoughtful Garden Cities are the product of series is taking place once more, will be playing Bach Cello suites
forward-looking book about “a philosophy for a different starting on Sunday Oct 22 until as well as a piece by David
possible future Garden Cities. kind of society: a sustainable December 3. All the concerts are Matthews. Finally, for our last
Its near 190 pages are almost one, built on the notions of on Sunday afternoons at 3pm concert, we have persuaded the
equally divided: by first looking equity and democracy.” and the venue will be either renowned pianist Noriko Ogawa
at the past and present, and then Given that the government Fellowship House in Willifield Way to give a recital, including works
thinking about the future. There has funded no new social housing or the Quaker Meeting House in by Chopin and Debussy.
are four pages of references, with in the last seven years, it seems North Square. The concerts last It all promises to be a feast
many helpfully giving an internet unlikely it will look seriously at for about an hour followed by a of chamber music to lighten
link to the source. There is also what this book offers, and any glass of wine and a chance to our hearts after the clocks have
a concise index and it is packed hopes for the future therefore lie chat to the performers. By the been set back for the winter.
with illustrations. with developers. Nevertheless the time this issue of Suburb News Anyone interested, who has
It is a practical guide produced book offers a framework for good reaches you, the first concert not yet booked, should contact
to help the Town and Country planning based on the principles will already have taken place. the Box Office either by e-mail
Planning Association’s re-launch of the movement. Artistic Director Deborah at peter.falk@dsl.pipex.com or
of its Garden City campaign. The book is written by Kate Calland, who lives on the ring 07973 541264.
The TCPA wants the lessons Henderson, Katy Lock and Hugh Suburb, has assembled another Information is also available
learnt from the first Garden Cities, Ellis. It is published by RIBA dazzling array of artists to on the Fellowship house website
the New Town programme and Publishing, £40. perform for us. On October 30 at www.fellowshiphouse.co.uk.
other developments to inform Purchasers can get a £10
the present and future house- discount at the RIBA bookshop
building programme. in Portland Place, or online at Lost Warriors
It is a specialist book intended www.ribabookshops.com by using
for those interested or involved the code GARDENCITY10. Suburb author, Phillip Davies, All of this takes place in that
whose book Lost England we still troubled land, Burma, which
reviewed at the beginning of this
WORDSEARCH year, has written another book Phillip Davies visited many times
in the 15 years he spent researching
entitled Lost Warriors Seagrim the book.
Any motorheads in the Suburb? In this issue we have concealed and Pagani of Burma, recently It is published by Atlantic
the names of 20 motorcycle manufacturers (one of them is published but this time definitely Publishing and costs £20.
highlighted to start you off – please don’t count it in your total).
Names may be read in all directions, straight or diagonally. Please not a weighty picture book.
Suburb News has not yet
send your entries by email to cristina.lago@gmail.com with your managed to review the book Two new Lutyens style benches have been installed in Central Square in front of the
name and contact details. The closing date is December 17. All tennis courts, in memory of much loved local residents Richard Wakefield and
correct entries go into a draw to win a £20 voucher from our but would like to give readers a Charles Gale.
independent local shop Joseph’s Bookstore. Good luck! summary of its content before
publishing a critical appreciation
O B U J D I K U Z U S V Z H Y in our next issue.
The book tells the story of
C L U N N U N D O D G E S A F
two forgotten Englishmen and
G S Y E A H C F Q N K C J K Y their part in the Burmese theatre
O K K R L U Q A G P C G E W P of World War II. Their stories
are interwoven to tell a tale of
C Y W M O L T Y T R E R L Q G special forces action, escape and
H A R L E Y D A V I D S O N T endurance underscored by humour,
courage, love and self-sacrifice.
S M K O R D A E X M R B C R P
T A A A T A I L I R P A I W O
I H W D U C I H E K V U I I B Suburb memories from
L A A N C Y I N W N M S G M O the 1950s and 60s
L C S O N S O V A P F G W C H
To mark the Suburb’s centenary Peter Mandelson who lived at
E O A H M R S D H I A I M T K
in 2007, Ed Zanders published 12 Bigwood Road.
N B K I T V Q T M I D Y E F S ‘A Suburb Childhood’, a series of Zanders successfully evokes
E R I O X H L O P G K N Y L T reminiscences of his happy times a nostalgic past with plenty of
growing up in Hurst Close during fresh air, car free spaces to play,
B A N A V H Y O S U N G I Q D the 1950s and 60s. This highly cheery window cleaners and
personal memoir of those years Bill Haley’s Rock Around the
The wordsearch prize is sponsored by describes his life as the son of Clock on the record player. It is
Douglas Zanders, piano teacher hard not to feel envious for his
to two generations of Suburb lucky childhood in a lost England
residents, and his connections that few of our children will
with some of the high achievers enjoy. But the on-going passion
who lived in and around Hurst and vigilance of Suburb residents
Close during that time. to protect their unique semi-rural
Monthly events: jewish studies, scientific and jazz Bridget Galton, reviewing the community will ensure that a
evenings plus authors at Joseph’s Bookstore and Cafe Also. book in the Ham & High wrote: fortunate few can still experience
E-mail to join mail list - info@josephsbookstore.com “Zanders plays cowboys and its delights.”
1257 Finchley Road, Temple Fortune - 8731 7575 Indians, compares electric train In a light-hearted account,
sets, exchanges water bombs and he recalls how the peace of the
SUMMER WORDSEARCH ANSWERS, FACTS & WINNER romps around the woods on go- Suburb was disturbed by the
The answers to the last issue’s London Boroughs Wordsearch were karts with childhood chums childish antics of his group of
as follows: Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, including New Labour architect friends and celebrates the extreme
Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Hillingdon, tolerance and encouragement
Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, of the neighbours, the mark of
Sutton and Wandworth. truly civilised people.
DID YOU KNOW…? ‘A Suburb Childhood’ has now
• A fair has been held in Barnet every year since 1588 and became so been expanded and updated in
well known that ‘Barnet fair’ became Cockney rhyming slang for hair. a new edition, published by Merak
• Croydon has the most schools of any borough in London, including (www.merakpublishing.com) and
89 primary schools and 20 secondary schools. is available from them or
• Despite including some of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Amazon, eBay, the HGS Trust
the capital, Haringey has one of the highest rates of poverty in London. and Joseph’s Bookstore.
Ed will be talking about the
Sources: London Councils and Trust for London
book at Fellowship House on
Harry Hicks from Willifield Way is the winner of the Joseph’s Tuesday November 21. Find out
Bookstore £20 voucher: congratulations! Thank you also to all of more at http://fellowshiphouse.
you who sent your answers, keep participating! co.uk/2016/12/weekly-talks.
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