I got the understudy’s part in a play ‘The Innocents’ based on Henry James’ ‘Turn of the Screw’ at the old Mountview Theatre on Crouch Hill when I was about eight years old. I never made it to the professional stage but they do say politics is showbiz for ugly people…
Crouch End is a wonderful, vibrant area with a centre with really individual shops, lots of young people and families – and good schools, good housing and good restaurants. The Clock Tower defines the centre of the shopping area and the old Hornsey Town Hall is a magnificent art deco building which an Independent Board of Trustees is hopefully taking forward to being a new arts, leisure and education centre – one day!
Parking has been a huge issue in this centre and there were times when I thought rival camps in Crouch End might come to blows over proposed Controlled Parking Zones. There is a very strong traders’ association, the phenomenal Crouch End Chorus (very well known) and many very good residents’ associations. The Parkland Walk is a linear park which is very special – along a disused railway line. Still unspoilt and allowed to grow wild, it is used and much loved by local people.
My Liberal Democrat Ward councillor colleagues here are: Paul Strang and Dave Winskill.
More news
- In order to help aspiring young journalists from a local school do a special piece on youth issues in Haringey for the BBC, Lynne Featherstone MP was interviewed by students at Hornsey School for Girls. The Crouch End school is participating in the BBC school report for the third year running. The project allows students, with the help of mentors from [...] read on
- Here’s my latest column for the Muswell Hill Flyer and the Highgate Handbook: I sent out an email to my special email list to ask for people’s personal stories of when the Whittington Accident & Emergency had been important in their lives – and got a phenomenal response. (If you want to be on this [...] read on
- Full credit to Rachel Tyndall (Chair of the North London Central Review Panel) for sending me the NCL Strategy Plan for our local health services. I had heard that these had been submitted to NHS London and asked for a copy – and it was given to me virtually immediately. I have circulated the document [...] read on
- No – this isn’t about the A&E – I wish they said yes to that too. No – this is my visit to the Whittington with members of the Haringey Phoenix Group who work with blind and visually impaired people in Haringey. Have you ever thought about this – you get the results to your [...] read on
- Jeremy Corbyn – MP for Islington North – managed to get an adjournment debate last night on the future of the Whittington – and he very kindly let me speak. For him and I, the most affected constituencies, we are joining forces to ensure that NHS health bosses get the message loud and clear BEFORE [...] read on
- Rumours are emerging that the planned merger of the Whittington and Royal Free Hospitals will not be enough to satisfy NHS bosses and that there may instead be a forced marriage between the Whittington, Royal Free and UCLH Hospitals. This raises interesting questions, because UCLH is a Foundation Trust. I believe this may mean that the proposed [...] read on
- I sent out an email to my email list to inform local people (hard copy will follow more widely) of the threat to close or reduce services at the Whittington A & E and about the threat to the North Middlesex A & E too. Both contain petitions for people to sign up to: The [...] read on
Local MP backs stunning Crouch End calendar in aid of victims of summer’s riots
To back the stunning N8 calendar and meet the Crouch End traders behind it, Lynne Featherstone MP went to the Haberdashery on Middle Lane on Friday. The project is currently raising funds in support of initiatives to help rebuild communities following the summer’s riots The Hornsey and Wood Green MP met the Haberdashery’s Massimo Bergamin, [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP attends launch party of Crouch End schoolboy’s latest comic
To check out the latest edition of ‘The Zoom’, a comic created by ten-year-old Zoom Rockman from Crouch End, Lynne Featherstone MP on Friday attended the launch party at the Big Green Bookshop. The comic, now in its third edition, was founded in 2009 by the then 9-year- old Rokesly Junior student, Zoom, who writes, [...] read on
Lynne Featherstone MP holds special class on Government at local school
To give students from Coleridge Primary, studying the UK political system, a chance to hear first-hand experience of life in Government, Lynne Featherstone, Home Office Minister and MP for Hornsey and Wood Green on Friday held a special class with years five and six. The Crouch End students got to hear about the challenges of [...] read on
Links
- CASCH Residents' Association
- Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Crouch End Open Studios
- Crouch End Project
- Virtual tours of Crouch End
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