When I was a little girl, my mum used to drop me off to play in the back of my Aunty Sadie’s net curtaining shop at the Turnpike Lane end of Wood Green High Road whilst she went to work. It’s a Building Society now. My ambition back then was to grow tall enough to see the top button on the till – which is when my aunt said I would be old enough to help serve customers in the shop – Taylor’s of Wood Green.
Noel Park ward includes the madly vibrant Shopping City – a very controversial development in its time with arguments over finances and council involvement – some things never change! I hold my advice surgeries every alternate week in Wood Green library – right next door. Noel Park is very special – with an extraordinary estate of around 2,000 houses that was built to provide affordable housing for workers and clerks.
One of the key new development sites in the constituency is in Noel Park – the Haringey Heartlands development which will provide about 1,500 new houses and many jobs as well as a new secondary school. It is right next door to The Chocolate Factory – which has nothing to do with chocolate but is an arts enterprise housing a colony of visual and performing arts – individuals and small companies. The area is incredibly diverse, with many languages, cultures, nationalities and faiths.
More news
- Here’s my latest column for the Ham & High: The police are planning to expand their presence in Wood Green – keeping the existing police station in use but also moving the front counter to the Fishmongers Arms (right next to the Civic Centre, closer to the centre of Wood Green, closer to where people [...] read on
- Following a successful campaign by Liberal Democrats to improve police services in Wood Green, the local police have agreed to re-open Wood Green police station 24 hours a day. The news was revealed in a question to Liberal Democrat crime spokesperson, Councillor Ron Aitken, in this week’s Full Council, after Lib Dems expressed concern about the High Road police station front counter only being open [...] read on
- What’s happening with Wood Green police station? As my film shows, it’s not all good news… (Also on YouTube here.) read on
- A road that was branded a “death trap” by a local councillor will now receive funding to make it safer after a sustained campaign by local Liberal Democrats. In February this year Cllr Fiyaz Mughal revealed that Westbury Avenue, in Noel Park ward, had been the scene of 14 serious accidents. He demanded that Haringey [...] 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
- Here’s my latest Ham & High column: A few days ago I met the new CEO of First Capital Connect, the train company which services much of Haringey. I talked to Jim Morgan in particular about the issues arising from their cut backs to ticket office opening hours at Hornsey, Bowes Park, Alexandra Palace and [...] read on
- Went to the launch of GFest – London’s premier LGBT cross-arts festival. As Equalities spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats – this is the second year I have been asked to come and speak at the launch – and it is a great honour. GFest is a platform for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) organisations and [...] read on
Local MP opens colourful dance showcase in Wood Green
To help celebrate the amazing dance skills on offer in multicultural Haringey, Lynne Featherstone MP, on Friday, opened Haringey’s Big Dance Showcase at the Asian Centre in Wood Green. The Liberal Democrat MP kicked off the fast moving, colourful display of talent, that saw dancers from all walks of life and corners of Haringey show [...] read on
Local MP on special blindfolded guide dog walk in Noel Park
To better understand the challenges blind and partially sighted local residents face walking on Haringey’s busy streets, Lynne Featherstone MP did a blindfolded walk with guide dog Zeus on the streets of Noel Park. After the walk, arranged by Guide Dog UK, the Liberal Democrat MP also met local residents Julie, Annette and David and [...] read on
Local MP reads with local school children for World Book Day
To mark World Book Day and to share the joy of reading a good book with local school children, Lynne Featherstone MP visited a special story- telling session at Noel Park Primary. The Hornsey and Wood Green MP started off by reading ‘The Great Kapok Tree’, about the Amazon rainforest, to a year 6 class, [...] read on
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