On The Hill Magazine - October 2017

NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR PRIMROSE HILL PEOPLE

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Memories of St Paul’s Caretaker Ron Holding’s 43 years at St Paul’s

Stuffication

How to clear your clutter with Nicola Manasseh

Chalk Farm Tavern

An extract from Caroline Cooper’s book Windows on the Past

PLUS ‘Green beer’, how to thwart the thieves, dogs past and present, all you local news and views and more!

A villanelle by Primrose Hill poet Susan Greenhill

On The Hill On The Go

Pumpkin Pie

I voted Brexit. No one speaks to me,

when I see my neighbours they cross the street and my ex has stopped my alimony.

Once you’ve carved up your Hallowe’en pumpkin, here’s a great way to utilise misunderstood by my family the flesh inside. It’s slightly adapted from a LeonI’m recipe and is beautifully who own holiday homes in Cannes and Crete. warming and spicy.

I voted Brexit. No one speaks to me.

1. Heat the oven to 180˚C/350˚F/gas mark 4.

To be in the EU ‒or not to be?

Gave my ‘out’ reasons on Facebook and tweets, 2. Roll out the pastry and fit in a flan dish. Trim thewhen edges. that’s my ex stopped my alimony. havebase. to resort to burglary, 3. Mix together all the ingredients and pour overI might the pastry lonely and broke, my misery complete.

I voted Brexit. No one speaks to me.

4. Bake for 35 minutes.

Need to with movea to a tree house 5. Serve with Chantilly cream (double cream warmed teaspoon of or tepee, join a nunnery or yoga retreat vanilla extract and sugar). now my ex has stopped my alimony.

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Ingredients • Flesh of a pumpkin, puréed • 3 eggs • 100 ml double cream • 150 g sugar • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 tsp ground ginger • 1 tsp fresh ginger • 1 tsp star anise • 1 tsp salt • Black pepper to taste • 3 tbsp maple syrup • 250 g shortcrust pastry

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Brexit Regrets

CONTENTS & PREVIEW

02 Brexit Regrets and Primrose Hill Laughs

07 On The Street

Transition tipple, phone theft, Primrose Hill postcards, a local book review, plus all your local news and views – and more!

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Memories of St Paul’s Caretaker

October events for your diary

Ron Holding retires after 43 years

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Brexit was never explained properly.

How I regret I helped Remain’s defeat, I voted Brexit. No one speaks to me.

Loathe my ex ‒ but need my alimony.

(I actually voted Remain but it didn’t make such a good poem!)

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Primrose Hill EATS

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Primrose Hill LAUGHS

23 Looking Back

Photos and stories from Primrose Hill history

24 Stuffication

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How to clear your clutter with Nicola Manasseh

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The Chalk Farm Tavern

An extract from Caroline Cooper’s book Windows on the Past

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STOW N ST The night is rapidly approaching when houses in Primrose Hill temporarily lose their charm and become ghoulish 4 EGENT is true for our children who roam and spooky. TheRsame S PARK RD KETURAH BROWN the streets in blood-curdling outfits in search of sugar. (So 85 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UY to all Special thanks ST. MAR what’s new?) If you’re carving out a lantern, I recommend the K’S SQ 020 7586 0512 our contributors. pumpkin pie recipe on page 30. keturahbrownltd@gmail.com Ron Holding, who recently retired as caretaker at St Paul’s Thanks to Primrose Hill agency ALBERT TERRACE MEWS M–F 10.30–18.00 School and resident DJ, will have played Monster Mash and BLACK for their work on the design Th 10.30–18.30 www.agency-black.com Ghostbusters more times than he’ll care to remember at the Sa 10.00–18.00 school’s Hallowe’en disco. Ron has written his memories of Su 13.00–18.00 the time he spent at St Paul’s and we’ve included parts of it in ZOE AND MORGAN this issue.

Community 48 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS Across the road in St Mary’s church, the brewery linked 020 7586 7419 PRIMROSE HILL COMMUNITY up with Transition groups in Camden to grow hops for their personalshopper@zoeandmorgan.com CENTRE This publication is created by the community green M–F 11.00–18.00 29 Hopkinson’s Place, Fitzroy Rd, hopped IPA. If you’d like to grow some hops next year and for the benefit of Primrose Hill on behalf of to contribute to the brewery and support the youth work in local charity, the Primrose Hill Community S your 11.00–17.00 NW1 8TN Association (PHCA). All proceeds from020 this7586 8327 the church, do contact them: details are inside. www.zoeandmorgan.com publication go directly to fund the charity.

On the subject of ghosts and beer, a message from 150 years ANNA PRIMROSE HILL SURGERY We hope you enjoy. ago 126 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 99 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UR has recently come to light as wallpaper was stripped from a house in Fitzroy Road. The paper hanger from 1867 had just www.phca.cc 020 7483 0411 020 7722 0038 finished his work – at 10pm – and was nipping off to have his anna@shopatanna.com M–W 09.00–18.00 Disclaimer: the views in the magazine are beer (I hope he was cultivating a pot of hops).

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The PRIMROSE HILL COMMUNITY trees used are sourced in an environmentally friendly, of garlic close at hand.

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WINDOWS ON THE PAST by Caroline Cooper

The Chalk Farm Tavern This familiar building has been through many guises during its history.

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Lower Chalcot was an ancient farm sited up a lane which led west from the main Hampstead road. It may have offered refreshments from a very early date, as it was a convenient stopping place for those journeying north‒–south.

The first definite reference to a tavern here is in 1678, when the body of a missing magistrate was carried to it.

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In 1732 the first innkeeper, Joshua Deane, is listed in the Middlesex Licensing Records.

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coming to visit, when there is just too much information in your living rooms, and no way into your spare rooms, then you need to make a change,” explains Nicola. One of her clients was still holding on to letters confirming appointments from years before. The intention was to use the blank backside for notes and lists. Unfortunately there was more paper than potential notes to make.

The way the de-cluttering works is that Nicola’s clients sit down (with a cup of tea/coffee) and she passes them items to which they will respond ‘keep’ or ‘throw’.

Before the end of a session the ‘throw’ pile is put in the rubbish bins and the ‘keep’ pile is put in its proper place in the house, where it can easily be found at a later date.

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Although the de-clutterer does most of the physical work and takes things to the charity shop, it can be emotionally difficult to sort through too much stuff and Nicola will adapt her pace to suit her client.

Nicola is sensitive to the history that directs the way people live in their houses. “I had one client, an old man. His place was full of papers and books. He had been married, his wife had died and he had two single beds in his bedroom, one for sleeping on and one covered with books. He wanted to move all his papers and books to the office. He was in his 80s and still working as an economist.

When I returned for our final session I saw that the books were back on the bed. And I realised that they needed to stay there because it must have given him comfort to wake up in the morning and see those books, with his wife having died and his work being his life.”

Nicola’s tips for de-cluttering: • Allo Allocate cate a certain time in the week to sorting, clearing and labelling.

• Child Children ren need to learn how to tidy in order to become independent and cooperative. If they take more than ten minutes, then they probably have too much stuff.

• Give yourself – and your kids – a treat once you’ve done some clearing.

Saturday 7 October 2017 at 7.30 pm If you are interested in Nicola’s de-cluttering and home organising services, please contact her at nicolamanasseh@gmail.com or 0734 063 2689.

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PRIMROSE HILL NEWS, VIEWS, CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE

Chalk Farm Tavern 1830

PUBLIC HOUSE Pub Lotus 1971

PUBLIC HOUSE The Chalk Farm Tavern c 1800

The city of London had grown northwards and Primrose Hill was a popular place to visit on weekend excursions, as well as for duels.

By 1800 the tavern had a long room for entertainment, and extensive pleasure gardens. These occupied the roughly oval area now bounded by Sharpleshall Street, Chalcot Square and Berkley Road.

They contained a dance floor supposedly capable of taking a thousand people, and a high bandstand known as a Chinese Orchestra.

The original building was demolished in 1853, and the present one built by 1854. In 1860 the owners sold off the gardens for building plots, making way for more housing and the last terrace of shops to be built in Regent’s Park Road, stretching from Sharpleshall Street to Berkley Road.

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and leather bucket seats. There was a billiard table upstairs, and for a while the pub offered drag artists and male striptease. It had a young clientele.

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Tickets (to include a glass of wine): £15 in aid of the Organ Fund.

Pub Lotus. Date given on photo is 1966, so it seems the pub was open before 1971.

Thank you to Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, City of London Metropolitan Archives for their help and the Primrose Hill Conservation Area Advisory Committee for their original permission to use the 1972 photos.

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STUFFICATION

I look down from the Hill and all I see Look out for And a neweach ‘green house beer’ made with is houses. is full oflocally grown fresh hops.

These hops were grown by members of Transition groups all over stuff. You see people pull up in taxis Camden, harvested on Sunday 10 September and brought to St Mary’s and have carrier-bags full of for thethey’ll brewery to produce a green hopped IPA (please note that this is not astuff. beer which greenthey in colour, ‒we hope). more Andisthen actually pay someone to help them get rid of the Green hopped beers originated in Kent, where the tradition of stuff. Beats me.

Allhundreds we do is neatparticular beers hop-picking goes back of leave years. These are a celebration of the end of the season and little hills of finely sifted earth in the are made as soon as the hops are picked to produce a fresh, grassy, citrusmiddle of boring flat lawns. Who can flavoured beer. complain about that?

Brewery annual beer tasting and opening On 3 November there will be a chance to sample the brewery’s beers. Our Bishop will be there to bless the brewing equipment in the crypt and the beers. This event will be ticketed, to include beer and food in the price.

Transition Tipple will also be available on the beer stall at the Primrose Hill Farmers’ Market every Saturday.

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People who come to live in Primrose Hill are from a wide variety of backgrounds and motivations, but they all love that special something that sums up Primrose Hill village.

There is one other thing that we have in common. We are all striving to find the perfect work-life balance.

Modern life places many demands on us. Work and leisure time place emphasis on screens and there is the pressure of longer working hours. We work harder to buy more. All of this is done at the expense of the family and this daily quest means our relationships suffer.

The work-life balance is about understanding that all aspects of life need to be in harmony.

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Alison Raphael has designed a talking therapeutic approach which can help individuals and couples to build new foundations of inner selfempowerment.

Alison practices in Primrose Hill and Herefordshire. Sessions can be face-to-face or via Skype, which is proving to be extremelyNicola effective. homeowner. explains that most

of her know what is rubbish; Youclients can contact Alison the on problem that they don’t know 07962is2244333. howIntroductory to let it go. She gives the sessions areexample on a of one woman keeping piles complementary basis. of old newspapers in order, one day, to do the crosswords on the back pages. So much stuff is kept for future use – clothes that will fit when you eventually slim down, too many rolls of Christmas wrapping paper, cute boxes that could contain something. There are people, mainly women, who keep every smart cardboard carrier-bag received when shopping because they are beautiful and can be reused. The question is – how many do you need to keep?

Men, on the other hand, often have drawers full of gadgets and cables; but of the fifty or so clients Nicola has seen, men appear more able to part with stuff.

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There is currently an epidemic of phone thefts in our area, and London in general.

Please be on your guard, especially against moped riders who will mount the kerb to snatch your phone.

Tips to thwart the thieves: Try not to use your phone when walking through the streets. Thieves on stolen mopeds and cycles are expert at spotting expensive phones and often children. Nicola encouraged her to keep Whatwork theyin mainly pairs. need is organisation just her seven favourite pieces and to and places to put things. frame andflatter hang you, the christening A common problem that Nicola meets Hugger Hugg er muggers are affectionate strangers who or pretend robe. to is space to keep mementoes is that lot of and people’s stuff is connected beadrunk throw themselves at you,“If butthere in reality they’re whipping your and treasures, I see no reason not to to good memories, or has been given to phone out of your back pocket. keep them. What’s important is for my them as a gift, albeit an unwanted one. go through their things, dust She met man who had a shelf an in his Takeone care when summoning Uber orclients seeingtohow close it is.

That’s a perfect them, remember what they own, and kitchen of about jars, bought moment for thirty a thiefspice to pounce. to understand that even if you let go of forty years previously. Although he had you never it if you are updated and several new spice jarsseat ofsomething, Don’t puthad valuables on the front your car when you’reforget driving. meant to remember it.” that he was using regularly, he couldn’t large percentage Nicola’s bringChimself out the old jars lookingAstranger afé thefttoisthrow common.

A friendly comes toofyour tableclients to ask are elderly “Manyunder old people because of the wonderful of meanwhile for directions or localmemory advice and hidespeople. your phone a map or They have lived through whenmenu he bought them.

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That’s an ideal time for and an to recycle. But when it gets to the point she gave the owner week’s warning opportunist to agrab hold of it. that you are constantly trying not to before she binned them. In another knock things over, when you are forced situation, not part with Utilisea woman Find Mycould Phone and immobilise.com to make piles of books and papers on a bin bag full of baby clothes that her the floor and the mice and moths are mother hadput made for herdetails now grown-up Don’t personal on a phone which a thief could use.

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Hops are being grown in people’s gardens, school playgrounds, and even outside Kentish Town Health Centre. If you fancy growing a hop yourself next year (the dwarf ones can grow in pots quite happily),isemail steve@stmarysbrewery.co.uk.

Nicola Manasseh a de-clutterer and home organiser. She was born and brought up in Swiss St Mary’swhere, Brewery a new Cottage as a is child, shemicrobrewery experienced awith desirea difference. All the go to supporting outstanding youth to beprofits neat and organised withthe her church’s toys. “The way it work, including working with young peopleafter who are vulnerable worked in my family is that, at the weekend, to gangs and have very limited breakfast, my siblings and I were opportunities. sent off to our playroom to play until lunchtime. I would insist that before we played anything we tidied up the playroom. I had this very early notion that tidiness equals space equals creativity.”

At eleven Nicola went to boarding school where she had very little space to keep things, other than her school uniform, weekend clothes and tuck.

After school Nicola went to York University to read English. She has been a journalist and editor ever since, but these last three years her main business has been de-cluttering.

A de-clutterer will take on any job, however big or small. If you are moving house, a de-clutterer will help you to decide what to pack, organise a removals van and then at your new home unpack everything and arrange your rooms to be comfortable and practical. Nicola mainly works with people who employ her to spring-clean their homes and help restore rooms to their original function. Mostly it takes several visits for cupboards to be sorted through, papers to be filed, and bags of stuff from the past to be finally binned or given to charity.

Nicola explains how she feels about her work: “Your house is your shell. After your body, it’s the second most important thing to take care of. I believe strongly that if you live in an organised home you have more space, you allow new energy to be constantly entering your life and you can feel peaceful and relaxed. Creativity can also be more easily sparked. One time I cleared a spare room which then became a place for my client to make clothes. She set up her sewing machine, and in that new space was able to fulfil her desire to be a seamstress.”

It takes courage for somebody to admit that they are living in a mess and to employ someone to come in, see that mess, and tell them that some of their stuff is junk. What may appear rubbish to a de-clutterer may be something precious to a

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LOOKING BACK PHOTOS AND STORIES FROM PRIMROSE HILL HISTORY

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Jonathan Bairstow, who lives in Fitzroy Road, was redecorating his house and became fascinated by changes in style over the years as earlier layers of wallpaper were stripped away. When it was taken down to the original plaster, a 150-year-old message was found (see photograph) which read:

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popular four-footed member of staff.

Several years earlier, I went one Jess was quiet and undemonstrative, evening to view a flat to rent in Regent’s but presumably could recognise a Park Road, above one of the shops. As health and safety inspector at fifty we walked upstairs in the dark, a growl paces. Perhaps Sid had passed on sounded, deep with menace. “Steady, the to artgive of them looking Tiny,” said used a voice.

Wesent exchanged Postcards to be to relatives or friends an as ideaifofyou’re wherejust passingRoad through. nervous looks. didn’t sound their loved oneHe was living.

Thisvery card of Gloucester and Regent’s Park Every dog has his day, course, and tiny. And wasn’t, as we reached Road was he posted by for Anna to her family in Heilbronn, Wurtenburg inof Germany from recall; thoughatnot a landing and entered the flat,atthe on 22 October 1907. She lived number 109 slips and wrote the number theAuntie top frontofroom seemed filledof with huge name. Kathleen’s, with her row of framed left the card, in front theastreet mantelpiece, and slobbering dog. we not edged Unfortunately herGingerly house was includedphotographs in the view, on butthe at least it gave all If he,we or know ratherthe they, around the outside the room, trying the recipient some of notion of what her streetmarked looked Roger. like. Today and Tinybyand stay doggedly to avoid contact Avenue. with the It hound of street as eye Gloucester was renamed in 1939 theJess London County in the memory, it may be because then there the Baskervilles. escaped quickly, Council in orderWe to eliminate duplicate names. were few. Now there aremeet, so many. resolving to look elsewhere, and sensing The image shows where Gloucester Avenue andso Regent’s Park Road And is sonow small.

TheSharp day ofHouse, the designer perhaps in that in time might looking thewhile direction of Tiny Parkway.

To the right Cecil dog has arrived.

I stroll on, have gone, memory would linger on. on the left the Darwin Court.

Fortunately not much has clearly changed here, apart from musing of onthe what possible link there can Jessofwas Bitzer. Locals some the another street furniture and thewho disappearance lovely old postbox beall between Primrose still regret losing Kitchen from where this card wasClare’s probably posted

by Anna those years ago. Hill’s dogs getting smaller, whilst its cars get bigger.

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My Auntie Kathleen always had a dog.

More precisely, she had a series of dogs, all of them rescued, all of them extremely badly behaved and all of them called Roger. “Get down, Roger!” When asked what breed any of them was, she always replied: “He’s a Bitzer.” Impressed but uncertain eyes would rest on Roger until Auntie, with classic timing, added: “Bits of this, bits of that.”

I’m pretty sure that Sid was a Bitzer too. Forty years ago, he was always about, a tousled free spirit, padding in and out of the shops in Chalcot Road. At the time, No 50 was a butcher’s and No 42 a deli of sorts, so one can understand the attraction, but the impression Sid always gave was that he was just passing by. I never knew where he lived, nor ever saw @old_primrosehill_postcards him with a minder.

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John Boddy Paper hanger Saturday August 24 1867 It’s past 10 o’clock clash among villagers of different Just going to have my beer. rimrose Hill author Desmond faiths, these events all find their way Astley-Cooper has published his debut into vivid plasterwork. story. Though fictional, built in 1866 thethis original The interesting question is novel: InThe theterrace the Time ofwas the Mulberry.

Mulberry . Set so this is nonetheless peers into a part of nowadays, but was that whether the message written at 10itam or 10 pm? 10 am seems too early among the bucolic villageswas of Mount Lebanese history that is often brushed the case in 1867?

Lebanon and their surrounding cities, or simply Inaccounts August, 10 be too late aside to work withoutignored. light. Daylight saving time wasn’t the vivid of pm the would landscape There are three all in Britain until 1916, so in 1867 sunset wouldmain havethemes, been around 7 pm with sunrise deriveintroduced from his hiking expeditions of which as important today as have had gaslight?

5 am There was no electricity, but couldare these newly built homes acrossaround Lebanon over the years and a they weretime in the secondofhalf the of fire, but became Gaslight, devised in 1816,itswas feared for a long because theofdanger fascination with discovering remote nineteenth centuryBuildings when Mount acceptable to the public after 1858 when the Parliament were fitted outmen withand gaswomen ‒– moubashireen ‒– who corners first hand. travelled around spreading the word.

Lebanon witnessed thedeveloped flowering in of the 1860s, anyone confirm that, when Primrose Hill was gas lighting It islighting. the st story oryCan of Maryam, a And finally finally there was emigration, was integral partofof the houses? the silk industry. The production of village girlanwhose world relative specifically to North and South raw silk had the effect of empowering peace and harmony is changed for America. Small numbers of people, the women who lived in mountain good by an outbreak of sectarian many from the same village, began villages, allowing them to earn money violence in nineteenth-century nineteenth-century Mount to leave the region in the last twenty for the first time in their lives. It was Lebanon. This was a time when women years of the century seeking a better not intended, but they were just better of all faiths enjoyed few rights outside life. In th those ose days, they were known as at the job than the men because reeling the family. In order to cope, some, like Syrians or even Turks. It was a huge silk thread required dexterity not Maryam, forged enduring friendships choice, because the majority of them muscle power. with other women that helped them never returned to their homeland.

The second theme isThe theremains importance survive periods of grave upheaval of Junkers Ju 88A-1 on public display at In10 theOctober Time of 1940. the Mulberry is of education. The French religious and the uncertainties brought on by Primrose Hill in London, published

by Turningfire Point, orders established a network of schools change.

The bomber had been hit by anti-aircraft anda Beirutbased publishing specialising in in the towns throughout Greater Syria The novel traces volatile crash-landed on Gatwick racecourse onhouse 30 September. producing books on Lebanon and the and even as far as modern-day Iraq. But relationships, both among various Middle East. in the mountain villages, it was often communities and within families the evangelical Protestants who opened themselves. Be it a disagreement www.tpbooksonline.com www. tpbooksonline.com the first schools and organised Bible between father and daughter or a

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Jodie Bickhoff, who works at Bibendum, recently did the Paddle Pickup from Bristol to Bedwyn (100 km). She and a team of ladies in kayaks (and a canoe) paddled along the canal and river picking up plastic and raising awareness of plastic pollution and single-use plastics.

It was a 17-day journey, with three possible legs (over 300km).

Bex Band and Erin Bastian put the adventure together ‒ the first time the Paddle Pickup had ever been done. The girls finished in London, and even got a wave from MPs at Parliament. They picked up over 3,000 pieces of plastic in total, and are now trying to spread the word about reusable water bottles, reusable coffee cups and reusable shopping bags. And no straws!

The group will be crowdfunding to make an art piece out of the collected plastic, which they will take to schools to help educate youngsters about recycling.

More details at www.paddlepickup.com

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before, but lo and behold as we untied shorts, causing a few comments from My father-in-law was a school-keeper the boat and left, the sun came out and the mums. in Pimlico. He suggested I try for a job shone on us all week. I am not a holy He was a good friend of Roald Dahl, in a school. I had changed from being a person, but I liked to think someone was who came to our school one day. He sat chef to trying my hand in the building looking over us. A few weeks later, Mark waiting for the children to arrive and trade. Instead of mixing up custard and lost his battle. promptly lit a cigarette. I had to find sauces, I was knocking up cement.

Next to the newsagent’s over the an ashtray quickly, to stub it out before I went for my interview with Mr road were a chemist, greengrocer and anyone came in.

Simons (the Head) and the Governors, bookmaker. I was in the chemist one At Christmas time, John and I would all eyes looking at me. I’d been trained morning when there was a gigantic bang clippity clop over the roof pretending to to sit upright, hands in front and look and cracking noise. The shops dropped be Santa’s reindeer. We got strange looks ahead. I was petrified. a foot into the ground. The vibrations from people on the hill.

My wife Janette and I saw what was to from the trains had caused subsidence.

One sports day John tripped over a be our future home next to the school.

The shops and flats above were quickly dad who received cracked ribs. The only It was still being built, but had been pulled down. time I raced him, we started running pulled down twice. The first time the At the Queens’s Silver Jubilee we had and a swift right arm sent me flying over wall was at an angle and the second a party in the playground, followed by the grass. I remember a child picking me time they forgot the damp course. Third parents, children and staff racing on up, and saying “That Mr Wilkinson, he time lucky! the hill. We went to Hyde Park, as all MUST win all the time.”

I started the job on 10 March 1975 in London children were invited to do a thick fog. I looked out of the window special country dance for the Queen. and heard a strange noise. It was my first "One of my first jobs Afterwards I was taking photos, turned sighting of the Royal Horse Artillery. round and HRH was right behind me.

That first morning I met Harry was digging out the Country dancing was very popular and Bristoe, my predecessor. He was wearing flower beds in front of the children loved it. One day our new a brown coat and I thought “NO WAY vicar, Richard Buck, walked in and saw am I going to be like Norman Potter in the school... We went to them dancing round the maypole. He the old TV series, Please Sir.” Sir.” Tesco’s and paid 21p for promptly told the Head to remove it as One of my first jobs was digging out roses. They are still there he thought it very pagan. the flower beds in front of the school.

One day a stray kitten turned up I dug down to my waist to clear it. We after all these years" outside our door. Whisky would sit went to Tesco’s and paid 21p for roses. in Year 5 on a child’s desk looking at They are still there after all these years: the fish in the tank. One day, the child John also liked being Batman. I had to Peace,, Piccadilly and Red Princess.

Peace feeding the fish got distracted, turned go into the hall dressed as a baddie, tie Mr Simons used to walk round with his back, and Whisky legged it out of the up Katina the teaching assistant, and his pipe in his mouth. It was never lit class with the fish’s tail flapping out of John would come and rescue her. All the until school finished. Mrs Bennett, the kidsSport were in hysterics. “As we are workinghisinmouth.

School Secretary, in the£353,000 office. from natural, historic parkland, we The Royal Parks smoked has received England Weproject needed as a portacabin for Year John was promoted will to Head Missa Francis would be playground be after undertaking this a trial. The trial 6.will for pilot scheme to on install cutting-edge technology Along a crane and three retired. He wouldn’t believehow me well the duty with cupitsofexisting coffee in football one hand, examine newcame surface works, how lorries it looks, under onea of pitches Rex in Regent’s Park carrying the sections.

It washigher an amazing when himbe aboutand Dunblane the fagtransform in the other. child wouldhybrid run past what on maintenance is needed to achieve usage to it A into a grass playing area.I told It will sight, them lifted over the main lunchtime news. And when we heard her, first up went fag aand cup of andthis “BOY! without damaging the newseeing surface. the timethe that pitch type has been installed of the and even the 7/7 news, he told me “It to close all Go outdoor and stand against the wall.” is important tobuilding highlight thatschool, this isn’t a more in public sports facilities in the UK. amazing the in children the gates as he wantedtraditional to shut out artificial the I suggested to Mr Simons we pitch; it that blends to thewere sitting The pilot project will seethat innovative hybrid matting in the parklike while the loads were outside world. do a disco for the as I was environment far better.

It car looks natural grass, it’s buried under thekids, natural turf,anallowing grass to grow going overand theirmore heads!

There was something about his it’s sustainable established DJ. They continued for mythe condition very discreet, importantly it through while helping to maintain of the call the police a few times, presence. He could walk into anatural room grass toI had wholethroughout time there. the year. allows growto through.” pitch nothing major.

Janette and I forged and children would quieten down, Rex Price took over pitches as Head.are Hedesigned had There has been sport in this area of Regent’s Parka The current sports for the 12 hours’ good relationship with them, much without any schhhhh-ing, thepitches no sense of smell, so times if a child had the an winter sincewhich 1910. isAll were reconstructed after so the play a week, and at during are closed that the doorbell with a of wayaoflot doing things. accident in the toilets, he’dnew say,hybrid “Don’t pitchmodern Blitz inIt was 1941,a which so had resulted in upwould to 2go metres due to wet weather.

The can take “Ron, canfrom we use the loo?”,houses.

“Ron, any he This had. Iwill wish I had it. rubble being dumped worry play Ron,and I’ll do it.” before I loved itthat man. toothing brick destroyed The more wear becomes worn. of atop. cuppa?”

The traumaticpitches experience wasre-laid chance Johnthousands Wilkinsonmore joined us as Deputy were over the Improvements were allow people to enjoy sports inmost the park When the first computer arrived at our belovedmade son Mark from Head. Oh boy, waswith the particular start of focusthe in 2004. throughout thethis year, onloss 11–‒of 14-yearthe screen was of a 26a bowel learnt of something St Paul’s.

He provide During the trial, school, the performance of the thesize pitch olds as the that newchanged hybrid area will also twotumour. new When we inchRoyal telly and the keyboard his age illness, John and allwill the staff were arrived on his motorbike intofor that be monitored by Parks’ wildlife was and huge. nine-a-side pitches, whichroaring are ideal group. overwhelming support. experts. No-one could work out what to do with the car park.

“Watcha,”who he would say the project horticulture Edward Strickland, is leading for the with their it. I think it just sat in the corner of the We hired a boat on the Thames.

Theinformation, to everyone. would take cricket For further visit: www.royalparks.org.uk Royal Parks, He said: room, unused. weather had been a bit lousy the week and football wearing the shortest of

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I’m still wondering how many times I have opened gates, changed loo rolls; how many teachers, how many kids; I’ll work it out later.

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wanted to take part. I said my dad Eileen, our lollipop lady, would say was a volunteer in the 1948 Olympics. that she had 220 children, and knew I think this helped a little. Later all their names. Sadly she had a heart I realised I was born during those attack at the crossing and died on Olympics. I drove athletes and VIPs the way to hospital. She was the Fairy around in a brand new BMW. I was Godmother in our Cinderella pantomime so proud in the uniform, and very sad with the lines, “Cinderella, you shall go when it all finished. to the ball.” Every rehearsal, she forgot Now I’ve had time to think about it: her words. We decided to write them 1,666 pupils (I think); 6–8 toilet rolls on the back of her lollipop: it helped on Ron with his wife Janette a day (you work it out); umpteen cups the night, but she still had to put her of tea; and similar number of swearing glasses on! under my breath. praying that they don’t get too close to One year a specialist surgeon played All good things come to an end. Last the person in front and set their hair the Sherriff of Nottingham in Robin summer I collapsed on a treadmill at alight ‒ it did happen once!

Hood. We had a dress rehearsal in the the Royal Free. I needed stents and I remember our first Christmas Fair afternoon and he rushed back to Barts a pacemaker. That night my heart when we raised £200. Today it’s like a in full make-up to do an operation. He stopped for 14 seconds. military operation, it’s so popular. We was singing his songs to the medical months wentand by, resistance getting myself now incorporate hugely staff as he stitched upHinshelwood his patient. is currently he work explores the The themes of protest Textiles artist Caitlin holding an it with Tour back together again, missing the Farmers’ Market.

We used called to have a cratethe of paintings inherent in industrial song, and union banners.

The exhibition exhibition ‘Kissing Shuttle’ at Ce Cecil cilsuccessful Sharp House. children in the of school (yes, I did). and April 2011 we hadalso a street party sent month.

One had colours draws on the folk practices, forms communication It willeach feature an ambitious series of large-scaleIn textile Then I jumped out of bed snapped celebrate Wedding: 220 splashedcreated all overinthe canvas.to I said, “It fromto identity that were tied to work and theand workplace, banners response research the Vaughanthe Royal community ankle.role of women in song and children and parents in the playground looks likeMemorial a monkeyLibrary, has chucked paint taking into account themy creative Williams London, the Working Class It was a bad year, but the warmth eating lunch together.folklore practices. all over it.” ILibrary, lookedSalford, later behind thePeople’s History Movement and the Museum, the children when saw me On Remembrance DayTthe children picture, and it was indeed by a chimp. he title, ‘Kissing thefrom Shuttle’, is the term for they a process by Manchester. made me quite emotional. and staff formed square in theused their Atinshelwood’s Mother’s Day concerts would which weavers mouths to pull thread through the H banners areIintricately screen-printed on silka large have hung my keys after 43 playground.

I played the on – but theIpractice alwaysembellishments have a tear in my eye, especially eyeLast of a Post shuttle wasup widely opposed.

Weavers using of rosettes, ribbons, ruffles and fringing years of service.

Maybe it’sas time. ourof sound system andbelieved started to choke when they “There is only it led to the lung disease byssinosis and, the same to adopt thesang visual language andone craftsmanship historic Governors Head veryfor People watching inshuttles the park gave us byThe mother for were shared many weavers,and it was alsowere blamed banners andme”. folk costumes. Imagery touchesup. upon the use of supportive, the parentsEven and so, children I a silent clap.

At the Nativity the little angels the widespread transmission of tuberculosis. in many gestures, signs, symbolism, speechwave and customs performed will sadly miss.

I have many memories, I answered places an advert for at their parents, and children walk it continued even after it had been outlawed in 1952. primarily in the textile trades of the north-westInof2012 England andatsome St Paul’s volunteers During withNorthern candles, their faces aglow with ‘Kissing the Shuttle’some will behappy on show Cecilsad.

Sharp Housewill and Ireland, alongside folk traditions that wereat the Olympics. always be in my heart. my interview I was asked I concentration, thetostaff allcommunities. hoping and untilwhy 28 January. closely connected those

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HS2 update

Oktoberfest returns to Proud Camden for a month of beer-swigging celebrations

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choices. Enjoy copious amounts of ‘liquid gold’ served in the iconic stein glasses. There will also be a selection of fantastische European wines on offer.

Food traders will be providing hearty authentic Bavarian dishes, including weisswurst, bratwurst, currywurst and sauerkraut plus tasty vegetarian options.

Along with giant-sized beers and delicious German sausages, revellers can expect live music, oompah and brass bands, dancing, hilarious challenges and competitions – with full fancy dress encouraged. Don’t miss Proud’s gluttonous Oktoberfest; head to Camden for a beer-swigging, rowdy good time.

For information, contact Proud Camden: info@proud.co.uk 0207 482 3867 or book online: http://bit.ly/2sX2QtW

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Primrose Hill artists Andrew Marr and Adrian Hemming are holding an exhibition of recent paintings

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After seven years of planning, and richly justified opposition, HS2 is now embodied in law. Forced through by power rather than reason, construction is scheduled to start in the next eighteen months, with dire consequences for people living in Camden, especially those south of Parkway and near Euston. As a prelude, HS2 is about to dig up 61,000 bodies in St James’s Gardens, after cutting down its many mature trees.

What does this all mean for those living in Primrose Hill? The good news for the area is that the impact locally will be considerably less than that experienced further south. There is a risk of limited subsidence above HS2’s tunnels. There will be road closures, notably of Adelaide Road for the construction of a vent shaft.

There will be increased traffic and air pollution, and disrupted public transport. Half the Zoo Car Park will be commandeered and its hedgehogs will almost certainly die.

One of the many absurd things about HS2, however, is that its exact plans are still unsettled. This is for two reasons. The first is that the plans embodied in HS2’s Act are not final, due to the repeated failure of HS2 itself to solve the many difficult questions to do with construction in Camden. It has now let the contract for the area to a consortium led by Skanska on a ‘design and build’ basis.

Skanska is expected to come up with a final design, including the track of the tunnels, within the limits of deviation set by the Act. This plan should be known in the next twelve months.

We are promised the opportunity of putting our case for Primrose Hill’s rights and interests to Skanska’s engineers.

The second reason for uncertainty is that HS2’s two main plans for bringing its high-speed lines into Euston may be impossible to implement. The Camden Civic Society has just sent a devastating analysis of the structural shortcomings of building HS2’s two schemes for Euston’s throat, the ‘Birdcage’ and the ‘Cavern’. Both involve catastrophic risk of collapse. This letter, to Paul Maynard, the HS2 Minister, by an anonymous but very highly qualified railway engineer demands answers to a series of specific questions to which the Minister, HS2 and Skanska may well not have adequate answers.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I am 94 years old and have lived next to Primrose Hill for 41 years.

My first years were in South London next to the Oval cricket ground.

When I moved to the St John’s Wood side of the Hill, my father said, “At least you’re next to the Lord’s ground.”

I first heard of the Hill when I was nine years old, but I didn’t think it was a real place because it was a poem I learned to recite. I will write it in a minute, but I did not know it would foretell my future.

I met my husband-to-be in Chalk Farm, and our first walk was over the Hill; from then I had 63 wonderful, happy years. Here is the poem, though I cannot remember the poet’s name.

Primrose Hill is green, Primrose Hill is yellow, As I walked over Primrose Hill I met a pretty fellow.

We walked up the Hill, We walked down the valley.

We sat among the primroses And he said, “Will you marry?”

He gave me a brooch and a golden ring.

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Many thanks for sending us your story and the sweet poem. Ed.

Dear Editor, We found the historical postcard from Primrose Hill in the July/August edition fun, but a little puzzling.

Those who look out to the south-east from the summit today will certainly see the spire of St Mark’s church, but not, alas, much of what is shown behind it in the postcard.

While changes are of course to be expected since the early 1900s, we would be surprised if the impressive hill shown on the horizon has really been levelled in the meantime ... or maybe it was an ‘artist’s impression’ intended to suggest that, on a good day, one might see across the Thames to Blackheath?

Maybe other readers could come up with possible explanations?

Yours sceptically, Dr Matthew Dixon

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2017 marks the 210th anniversary of Oktoberfest, and Proud Camden are embracing it in all its glory for London’s Oktoberfest celebrations.

Every Saturday and Sunday from 30 September to 22 October, you will find the spirit of Munich’s ultimate beer experience at Proud Camden’s own Bierkeller.

Proud’s gig room will be transformed into a fully deckedout, traditional Bavarian beerhall, complete with long wooden tables and bunting, fit for a decadent bohemian Schloss.

Our wunderbar waitresses and waiters will be dressed in dirndl and lederhosen and on hand to keep your steins filled to the brim and your mouths full of sausages. Lekker!

Proud will have a wide selection of highlyregarded European beers, including popular and more obscure

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What’s On October NEW THIS OCTOBER TUESDAY 3 Film Show at the Library Battleship Potemkin (1925), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, 7.15pm, £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

WEDNESDAY 4 Raw Food Presentation on healthy, plant-based eating, and lifestyle, from raw food chef Gabriel Ward.

2pm. PHCC. Free.

THURSDAY 5 Primrose Hill Community Association AGM PHCC, Top Hall. 7pm for 7.30pm, followed by guest speaker Andrew Marr.

WEDNESDAY 11 King’s Place Visit to King’s Place. 90 York Way, King’s Cross, London N1 9AG. Transport available, please ask PHCC. Meet at King’s Place at 2pm.

SATURDAY 14 Monthly bingo session Meet old friends and make new ones: for over 60s at Haverstock School, 24 Haverstock Hill.

2pm–4pm. £2 admission, includes six games, refreshments and raffle tickets. Book with Nikki on 020 7586 2914, or 07377 653 252 WEDNESDAY 18 Good-bye, East End: An Evacuee’s Story David Merron reads from his memoir for Camden Intergenerational Week. PHCC. 2pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY 25 The Maltese Falcon Screening of the 1940s classic film. PHCC. 2pm. Free.

WEDNESDAY 25–THURSDAY 26 Circus Glory October Workshop. PHCC. 10am–3pm. £14 per hour, £50 per day, £90 both days.

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PLAN AHEAD COMING SOON TUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER Film Show at the Library Hannah and her Sisters (1986), written and directed by Woody Allen. 7.15pm, £8, including a glass of wine, in cash, in advance at PHCL or on the door.

FOR KIDS MONDAY Ready Steady Go ABC classes PHCC. 6–12 months, 9.15–10.15; 12–18 months, 10.30–11.30; 0–6 months, 11.45–12.45pm. £150 per term (10 weeks), 25 September–4 December. Contact 0207 586 5862 to register.

TUESDAY Monkey Music Music and play for under 5s. PHCC. 9.30–11.30am. Classes £11.

Contact Alex 0208 451 7626 Hartbeeps Baby Sensory PHCC. Multi-sensory class. Mini music productions for the very young on Tuesday afternoons 1.30–5.15pm. Classes £8.

Contact Clare 07528 688 734 Tatty Bumpkin Children’s Mindfulness and Yoga.

PHCL. 4–5pm. For price, contact londoncentral@tattybumkin.com Music and Rhyme for under 4s Drop-in sessions. PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1.

Contact 0207 586 8327 WEDNESDAY Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm.

Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Homework Club Do your homework in the Library with a qualified teacher. PHCL. 4–6pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Primrose Hill Children’s Choir Learn to sing, enjoy fun songs and games. Ages 4–11. St Mary’s Church, NW3 3DJ. 4–5pm. First time free, then £8 per week.

Contact Matthew 07817 234 925, www.primrosehillchoirs.com

Music and Rhyme Time for under 4s Drop-in at PHCC. 4.30–5pm. £1.

Contact 0207 586 8327 FRIDAY Mothers’ Mornings Meet other mothers while your children play.

PHCL. 10.30–11.30am. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599.

Circus Glory Trapeze for ages 3–12. PHCC. 2.30–6.30pm.

Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Tatty Bumpkin Yoga-inspired movement, to soothing music, in a relaxed multi-sensory environment to nudge your child (0–7 years) towards physical and social development. PHCC. 2.45–3.45pm.

Contact 07393 970 185, www.tattybumpkin.com/londoncentral Funky Dance Classes Ages 4–16. PHCC. 4–7.15pm. Contact Juliet 07971 916 174, Juliet@pittapattadance.co.uk, www.pittapattadance.co.uk SATURDAY Jingle Jam Music Jazz-oriented music classes for ages 0–5

by Emily Dankworth. PHCC. 10.10–10.55 am, Jitterbugs, 0–18 months; 11.10–11.55am, Jelly Rollers, Walking to 5 years.

Contact 07905 979 024, jinglejammusic@outlook.com SUNDAY Perform weekly drama, dance and singing classes Confidence-building fun for 4–7s. A unique mix of drama, dance and singing specially formulated to bring out every child's true potential. Try a free class. Sundays 10–11.30am, 11.30am–1pm. PHCC. Contact 020 7255 9120, enquiries@perform.org.uk, www.perform.org.uk

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All-ages Chess Club Join us for a game of chess. PHCL. 6.30pm.

Free. Contact 07830 107 477, a.bruce@pardesgrammar.co.uk

THURSDAY Mini Mozart Musical story time. PHCL. For children, 9.30am; for babies, 10.15am.

Contact hello@minimozart.com Ready Steady Go yoga classes PHCC. Babies on their backs (0–9 months), 8.45–9.45am; babies on the move (6–15 months), 9.45–10.45am. £150 per term (10 weeks), 25 September–4 December.

Contact 0207 586 5862 to register.

Pilates for mothers and babies PHCL. 10am and 11am. Contact pilateswithpaulette@gmail.com English and Maths tuition PHCL. 3.30–6.30pm. Contact primrosehill@firstclasslearning.co.uk Drop-in for under 4sDrop in and take part in a variety of activities. PHCC. 11.15am–1pm. £2.50 to include snack, tea and coffee for mums.

Contact 020 7586 8327 Catherine’s Ballet, Chalk Farm School of Dance for under 5s Ballet classes at PHCC. 4–5pm.

Contact info@chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk, www.chalkfarmschoolofdance.co.uk

FOR ADULTS MONDAY ACOL Bridge Club PHCC. 1.45–3.45pm. £3. Contact Maureen Betts 07919 444 187 Circus Glory: Trapeze for Adults All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm.

Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Neighbourhood Information Centre Drop-in advice centre. PHCL. 2–4pm. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) New drop-in class. TRE uses the body’s natural tremoring mechanism to release chronic tension patterns and pain and return the nervous system to balance. PHCC. 4–6pm. £15 per class, 5 for £50. Contact Tim Kirkpatrick, www.back2base.co.uk Chilled Strings Small amateur string chamber orchestra, guided by professional tutor Kwesi Edman.

PHCC. 6.30–8.45pm. £10 for each evening.

Contact sueandhercello@gmail.com

Bridge Class Beginners/intermediate. Join us in the Library for a game of bridge. PHCL. 6.30pm.

Contact jojarrold@gmail.com Primrose Hill Community Choir Love to sing? Try us out! All welcome. PHCC. 7.30–9.30pm. £6.

Contact Matthew 0781 723 4925, www.primrosehillchoirs.com TUESDAY Dynamic Pilates Pilates class. PHCL. 9am and 10.15am. £12 per class, £100 for 10 classes.

Contact lizacawthorn@gmail.com Gentle Pilates Gentler pilates class. PHCL. 11.30am–12.30pm. £12 per class, £100 for 10 classes.

Contact lizacawthorn@gmail.com ESOL Class Learn English at the Library. PHCL. 12noon– 1.30pm. Free. Contact jojarrold@gmail.com Hatha Yoga PHCC. 1.30–2.30pm. Drop-in £11, 5 classes £50, 10 classes £90.

Contact 0780 855 3599, emma.lecoeur@gmail.com Keep Fit for over 60s PHCC. 3–4pm. Free. Contact 0207 586 8327 General Yoga PHCC. 6.30–8pm.

Contact Catriona 020 7267 5675, cat.b1@blueyonder.co.uk Laban Movement Workshop For those interested in practising and exploring Rudolf Laban’s Scales and Efforts.

PHCC. 12–1pm. £10. Contact 07970 536 643, jennyfrankel.laban@gmail.com WEDNESDAY Circus Glory Trapeze for adults.

All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.15–2.15pm.

Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com

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Feldenkrais Gentle movement using the Feldenkrais method. PHCC. 6–7pm. Free.

Contact 0207 586 8327 Open House A regular activity (film, talk, performance) followed by tea, cake and chat. PHCC. 2pm.

Free. Contact 020 7586 8327: All-ages Chess Club Join us for a game of chess. PHCL. 6.30pm. Free.

Contact 0783 010 7477, a.bruce@pardesgrammar.co.uk English Folk Dance Club, Camden Great fun for adults of all ages. No partner needed. For dancers of all abilities or none.

PHCC. Starting 6 September. 7.30–10pm.

Drop-in charge £5.

Contact camdenfolkdance@yahoo.com THURSDAY Pilates For mothers and babies. PHCL. 11am. Contact pilateswithpaulett@gmail.com Gentle Pilates Gentle but effective pilates class. PHCL. 12.30–1.30pm. £10 per session.

Contact annie@mactherapy.org

Narcotics Na rcotics Anonymo Anonymous us PHCC. 1.30–3.45pm. Free.

PHCC. Pregnancyy Yoga Pregnanc PHCC. 2–4pm. Contact 0780 855 3599, emma.lecoeur@ emma .lecoeur@gmail gmail.com .com Primrose Primr ose Hill Yoga Strengthen,, stretch, relax Strengthen relax and re-ener re-energis gise. e.

PHCC. PHC C. 5.30–6.30pm. £11 drop-in, £40 for series, series, student and and unemployed discount available. available.

Contact carolineshawyoga@gmail carolineshawyoga@gmail.com .com Yoga for Seniors PHCC. 7–8pm. Free. Contact 020 7586 8327 Yoga Yoga PHCL. 6.30–7.45pm. Free. Contact 020 7419 6599 Life-Drawing Li fe-Drawing Beginners to professionals, just drop in! PHCC. 7–9.20pm. £8 or £6 concession.

Contact 020 7586 8327, phlifedrawing@gmail.com, phlifedrawing@gmail .com, www.meetup.com/Primros www.meetup.com/Primr ose-Hill e-Hill-Life-LifeDrawing-London, Instagram: @lifedrawingph FRIDAY Aerial Pilates PHCC. 9.45–11.15am.

Contact circusbodies@gmail circusbodies@gmail.com .com Mothers’ Mornings Mothers’ Meet other mother motherss while your your children pl play. ay.

PHCL. PHC L. 10.30–11.30am. Free.

Contact 020 7419 6599 Circus Glory Trapeze for for adults. All levels welcome. PHCC. 1.30–2.45pm. Contact Genevieve 0797 345 1603, gmonastesse@go gmonas tesse@googlem oglemail.com ail.com SATURDAY Primrose Primr ose Hill Mar Market ket St Paul’s School playground, Elsworthy Road, NW3. 10am–3pm.

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PHCC. 3–6.30pm. Contact Genevieve 07973 451 603, gmonastesse@googlemail.com Rhyme TimeLibrary Rhyme Time for under 5s.

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John also liked being Batman. I had to go into the hall dressed as a baddie, tie up Katina the teaching assistant, and John would come and rescue her. All the kids were in hysterics.

John was promoted to Head after Rex retired. He wouldn’t believe me when I told him about Dunblane on the lunchtime news. And when we heard the 7/7 news, he told me to close all the gates as he wanted to shut out the outside world.

There was something about his presence. He could walk into a room and the children would quieten down, without any schhhhh-ing, which is the modern way of doing things. It was a thing he had. I wish I had it.

The most traumatic experience was the loss of our beloved son Mark from a bowel tumour. When we learnt of his illness, John and all the staff were overwhelming with their support.

We hired a boat on the Thames. The weather had been a bit lousy the week

Eileen, our lollipop lady, would say that she had 220 children, and knew all their names. Sadly she had a heart attack at the crossing and died on the way to hospital. She was the Fairy Godmother in our Cinderella pantomime with the lines, “Cinderella, you shall go to the ball.” Every rehearsal, she forgot her words. We decided to write them on the back of her lollipop: it helped on the night, but she still had to put her glasses on!

One year a specialist surgeon played the Sherriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. We had a dress rehearsal in the afternoon and he rushed back to Barts in full make-up to do an operation. He was singing his songs to the medical staff as he stitched up his patient.

We used to have a crate of paintings sent each month. One had colours splashed all over the canvas. I said, “It looks like a monkey has chucked paint all over it.” I looked later behind the picture, and it was indeed by a chimp.

At Mother’s Day concerts I would always have a tear in my eye, especially when they sang “There is only one mother for me”.

At the Nativity the little angels wave at their parents, and children walk with candles, their faces aglow with concentration, the staff all hoping and

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"One of my first jobs was digging out the flower beds in front of the school... We went to Tesco’s and paid 21p for roses. They are still there after all these years"

before, but lo and behold as we untied the boat and left, the sun came out and shone on us all week. I am not a holy person, but I liked to think someone was looking over us. A few weeks later, Mark lost his battle.

Next to the newsagent’s over the road were a chemist, greengrocer and bookmaker. I was in the chemist one morning when there was a gigantic bang and cracking noise. The shops dropped a foot into the ground. The vibrations from the trains had caused subsidence.

The shops and flats above were quickly pulled down.

At the Queens’s Silver Jubilee we had a party in the playground, followed by parents, children and staff racing on the hill. We went to Hyde Park, as all London children were invited to do a special country dance for the Queen.

Afterwards I was taking photos, turned round and HRH was right behind me.

Country dancing was very popular and the children loved it. One day our new vicar, Richard Buck, walked in and saw them dancing round the maypole. He promptly told the Head to remove it as he thought it very pagan.

One day a stray kitten turned up outside our door. Whisky would sit in Year 5 on a child’s desk looking at the fish in the tank. One day, the child feeding the fish got distracted, turned his back, and Whisky legged it out of the class with the fish’s tail flapping out of his mouth.

We needed a portacabin for Year 6.

Along came a crane and three lorries carrying the sections. It was an amazing sight, seeing them lifted over the main building of the school, and even more amazing that the children were sitting in the car park while the loads were going over their heads!

I had to call the police a few times, nothing major. Janette and I forged a good relationship with them, so much so that the doorbell would go with a “Ron, can we use the loo?”, “Ron, any chance of a cuppa?”

When the first computer arrived at school, the screen was the size of a 26inch telly and the keyboard was huge.

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shorts, causing a few comments from the mums.

He was a good friend of Roald Dahl, who came to our school one day. He sat waiting for the children to arrive and promptly lit a cigarette. I had to find an ashtray quickly, to stub it out before anyone came in.

At Christmas time, John and I would clippity clop over the roof pretending to be Santa’s reindeer. We got strange looks from people on the hill.

One sports day John tripped over a dad who received cracked ribs. The only time I raced him, we started running and a swift right arm sent me flying over the grass. I remember a child picking me up, and saying “That Mr Wilkinson, he MUST win all the time.”

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My father-in-law was a school-keeper in Pimlico. He suggested I try for a job in a school. I had changed from being a chef to trying my hand in the building trade. Instead of mixing up custard and sauces, I was knocking up cement.

I went for my interview with Mr Simons (the Head) and the Governors, all eyes looking at me. I’d been trained to sit upright, hands in front and look ahead. I was petrified.

My wife Janette and I saw what was to be our future home next to the school.

It was still being built, but had been pulled down twice. The first time the wall was at an angle and the second time they forgot the damp course. Third time lucky!

I started the job on 10 March 1975 in thick fog. I looked out of the window and heard a strange noise. It was my first sighting of the Royal Horse Artillery.

That first morning I met Harry Bristoe, my predecessor. He was wearing a brown coat and I thought “NO WAY am I going to be like Norman Potter in the old TV series, Please Sir.” Sir.” One of my first jobs was digging out the flower beds in front of the school.

I dug down to my waist to clear it. We went to Tesco’s and paid 21p for roses.

They are still there after all these years: Peace,, Piccadilly and Red Princess.

Peace Mr Simons used to walk round with his pipe in his mouth. It was never lit until school finished. Mrs Bennett, the School Secretary, smoked in the office.

Miss Francis would be on playground duty with a cup of coffee in one hand, fag in the other. A child would run past her, up went the fag and cup and “BOY! Go and stand against the wall.”

I suggested to Mr Simons that we do a disco for the kids, as I was an established DJ. They continued for my whole time there.

Rex Price took over as Head. He had no sense of smell, so if a child had an accident in the toilets, he’d say, “Don’t worry Ron, I’ll do it.” I loved that man.

John Wilkinson joined us as Deputy Head. Oh boy, this was the start of something that changed St Paul’s. He arrived on his motorbike roaring into the car park. “Watcha,” he would say to everyone. He would take cricket and football wearing the shortest of

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I’m still wondering how many times I have opened gates, changed loo rolls; how many teachers, how many kids; I’ll work it out later.

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praying that they don’t get too close to the person in front and set their hair alight ‒ it did happen once!

I remember our first Christmas Fair when we raised £200. Today it’s like a military operation, it’s so popular. We now incorporate it with our hugely successful Farmers’ Market.

In April 2011 we had a street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding: 220 children and parents in the playground eating lunch together.

On Remembrance Day the children and staff formed a large square in the playground. I played the Last Post on our sound system and started to choke up. People watching in the park gave us a silent clap.

In 2012 I answered an advert for volunteers at the Olympics. During my interview I was asked why I

wanted to take part. I said my dad was a volunteer in the 1948 Olympics.

I think this helped a little. Later I realised I was born during those Olympics. I drove athletes and VIPs around in a brand new BMW. I was so proud in the uniform, and very sad when it all finished.

Now I’ve had time to think about it: 1,666 pupils (I think); 6–8 toilet rolls a day (you work it out); umpteen cups of tea; and similar number of swearing under my breath.

All good things come to an end. Last summer I collapsed on a treadmill at the Royal Free. I needed stents and a pacemaker. That night my heart stopped for 14 seconds.

The months went by, getting myself back together again, missing the children in the school (yes, I did).

Then I jumped out of bed and snapped my ankle.

It was a bad year, but the warmth from the children when they saw me made me quite emotional.

I have hung up my keys after 43 years of service. Maybe it’s time.

The Governors and Head were very supportive, the parents and children I will sadly miss. I have many memories, some happy and some sad. St Paul’s will always be in my heart.

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150-year-old message Jonathan Bairstow, who lives in Fitzroy Road, was redecorating his house and became fascinated by changes in style over the years as earlier layers of wallpaper were stripped away. When it was taken down to the original plaster, a 150-year-old message was found (see photograph) which read: John Boddy Paper hanger Saturday August 24 1867 It’s past 10 o’clock Just going to have my beer.

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Several years earlier, I went one evening to view a flat to rent in Regent’s Park Road, above one of the shops. As we walked upstairs in the dark, a growl sounded, deep with menace. “Steady, Tiny,” said a voice. We exchanged nervous looks. He didn’t sound very tiny. And he wasn’t, for as we reached a landing and entered the flat, the front room seemed filled with a huge and slobbering dog. Gingerly we edged around the outside of the room, trying to avoid eye contact with the hound of the Baskervilles. We escaped quickly, resolving to look elsewhere, and sensing perhaps that while in time Tiny might have gone, the memory would linger on.

Jess was another Bitzer. Locals who still regret losing Clare’s Kitchen from No 41 Chalcot Road will recall its

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popular four-footed member of staff.

Jess was quiet and undemonstrative, but presumably could recognise a health and safety inspector at fifty paces. Perhaps Sid had passed on the art of looking as if you’re just passing through.

Every dog has his day, of course, and slips from recall; though not Auntie Kathleen’s, with her row of framed photographs on the mantelpiece, all marked Roger. If he, or rather they, and Tiny and Jess stay doggedly in the memory, it may be because then there were so few. Now there are so many.

And so small. The day of the designer dog has clearly arrived. I stroll on, musing on what possible link there can be between Primrose Hill’s dogs getting smaller, whilst its cars get bigger.

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My Auntie Kathleen always had a dog.

More precisely, she had a series of dogs, all of them rescued, all of them extremely badly behaved and all of them called Roger. “Get down, Roger!” When asked what breed any of them was, she always replied: “He’s a Bitzer.” Impressed but uncertain eyes would rest on Roger until Auntie, with classic timing, added: “Bits of this, bits of that.”

I’m pretty sure that Sid was a Bitzer too. Forty years ago, he was always about, a tousled free spirit, padding in and out of the shops in Chalcot Road. At the time, No 50 was a butcher’s and No 42 a deli of sorts, so one can understand the attraction, but the impression Sid always gave was that he was just passing by. I never knew where he lived, nor ever saw him with a minder.

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The terrace was built in 1866 so this is the original plasterwork. The interesting question is whether the message was written at 10 am or 10 pm? 10 am seems too early nowadays, but was that the case in 1867?

In August, 10 pm would be too late to work without light. Daylight saving time wasn’t introduced in Britain until 1916, so in 1867 sunset would have been around 7 pm with sunrise around 5 am There was no electricity, but could these newly built homes have had gaslight?

Gaslight, devised in 1816, was feared for a long time because of the danger of fire, but became acceptable to the public after 1858 when the Parliament Buildings were fitted out with gas lighting. Can anyone confirm that, when Primrose Hill was developed in the 1860s, gas lighting was an integral part of the houses?

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The bomber had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and crash-landed on Gatwick racecourse on 30 September.

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STUFFICATION WORDS BY The Mole on the Hill I look down from the Hill and all I see is houses. And each house is full of stuff. You see people pull up in taxis and they’ll have carrier-bags full of more stuff. And then they actually pay someone to help them get rid of the stuff. Beats me. All we do is leave neat little hills of finely sifted earth in the middle of boring flat lawns. Who can complain about that?

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homeowner. Nicola explains that most of her clients know what is rubbish; the problem is that they don’t know how to let it go. She gives the example of one woman keeping piles of old newspapers in order, one day, to do the crosswords on the back pages. So much stuff is kept for future use – clothes that will fit when you eventually slim down, too many rolls of Christmas wrapping paper, cute boxes that could contain something. There are people, mainly women, who keep every smart cardboard carrier-bag received when shopping because they are beautiful and can be reused. The question is – how many do you need to keep?

Men, on the other hand, often have drawers full of gadgets and cables; but of the fifty or so clients Nicola has seen, men appear more able to part with stuff.

What they mainly need is organisation and places to put things.

A common problem that Nicola meets is that a lot of people’s stuff is connected to good memories, or has been given to them as a gift, albeit an unwanted one.

She met one man who had a shelf in his kitchen of about thirty spice jars, bought forty years previously. Although he had updated and had several new spice jars that he was using regularly, he couldn’t bring himself to throw out the old jars because of the wonderful memory of when he bought them. Nicola did two things: she took a photo of the old spice jars to make them immortal, and she gave the owner a week’s warning before she binned them. In another situation, a woman could not part with a bin bag full of baby clothes that her mother had made for her now grown-up

children. Nicola encouraged her to keep just her seven favourite pieces and to frame and hang the christening robe.

“If there is space to keep mementoes and treasures, I see no reason not to keep them. What’s important is for my clients to go through their things, dust them, remember what they own, and to understand that even if you let go of something, you never forget it if you are meant to remember it.”

A large percentage of Nicola’s clients are elderly people. “Many old people are thrifty. They have lived through war and hard times and they have learned not to throw things away, and to recycle. But when it gets to the point that you are constantly trying not to knock things over, when you are forced to make piles of books and papers on the floor and the mice and moths are

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Nicola Manasseh is a de-clutterer and home organiser. She was born and brought up in Swiss Cottage where, as a child, she experienced a desire to be neat and organised with her toys. “The way it worked in my family is that, at the weekend, after breakfast, my siblings and I were sent off to our playroom to play until lunchtime. I would insist that before we played anything we tidied up the playroom. I had this very early notion that tidiness equals space equals creativity.”

At eleven Nicola went to boarding school where she had very little space to keep things, other than her school uniform, weekend clothes and tuck.

After school Nicola went to York University to read English. She has been a journalist and editor ever since, but these last three years her main business has been de-cluttering.

A de-clutterer will take on any job, however big or small. If you are moving house, a de-clutterer will help you to decide what to pack, organise a removals van and then at your new home unpack everything and arrange your rooms to be comfortable and practical. Nicola mainly works with people who employ her to spring-clean their homes and help restore rooms to their original function. Mostly it takes several visits for cupboards to be sorted through, papers to be filed, and bags of stuff from the past to be finally binned or given to charity.

Nicola explains how she feels about her work: “Your house is your shell. After your body, it’s the second most important thing to take care of. I believe strongly that if you live in an organised home you have more space, you allow new energy to be constantly entering your life and you can feel peaceful and relaxed. Creativity can also be more easily sparked. One time I cleared a spare room which then became a place for my client to make clothes. She set up her sewing machine, and in that new space was able to fulfil her desire to be a seamstress.”

It takes courage for somebody to admit that they are living in a mess and to employ someone to come in, see that mess, and tell them that some of their stuff is junk. What may appear rubbish to a de-clutterer may be something precious to a

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The way the de-cluttering works is that Nicola’s clients sit down (with a cup of tea/coffee) and she passes them items to which they will respond ‘keep’ or ‘throw’.

Before the end of a session the ‘throw’ pile is put in the rubbish bins and the ‘keep’ pile is put in its proper place in the house, where it can easily be found at a later date.

The Chalk Farm Tavern This familiar building has been through many guises during its history.

SMALL INN ATTACHED TO A FARM Lower Chalcot Farm at least 1678 Lower Chalcot was an ancient farm sited up a lane which led west from the main Hampstead road. It may have offered refreshments from a very early date, as it was a convenient stopping place for those journeying north‒–south.

The first definite reference to a tavern here is in 1678, when the body of a missing magistrate was carried to it.

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Although the de-clutterer does most of the physical work and takes things to the charity shop, it can be emotionally difficult to sort through too much stuff and Nicola will adapt her pace to suit her client.

Nicola is sensitive to the history that directs the way people live in their houses. “I had one client, an old man. His place was full of papers and books. He had been married, his wife had died and he had two single beds in his bedroom, one for sleeping on and one covered with books. He wanted to move all his papers and books to the office. He was in his 80s and still working as an economist.

When I returned for our final session I saw that the books were back on the bed. And I realised that they needed to stay there because it must have given him comfort to wake up in the morning and see those books, with his wife having died and his work being his life.”

Nicola’s tips for de-cluttering: • Allo Allocate cate a certain time in the week to sorting, clearing and labelling.

• Child Children ren need to learn how to tidy in order to become independent and cooperative. If they take more than ten minutes, then they probably have too much stuff.

• Give yourself – and your kids – a treat once you’ve done some clearing.

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PUBLIC HOUSE Pub Lotus 1971

INN Chalk House Farm 1732 In 1732 the first innkeeper, Joshua Deane, is listed in the Middlesex Licensing Records.

PUBLIC HOUSE The Chalk Farm Tavern c 1800 The city of London had grown northwards and Primrose Hill was a popular place to visit on weekend excursions, as well as for duels.

By 1800 the tavern had a long room for entertainment, and extensive pleasure gardens. These occupied the roughly oval area now bounded by Sharpleshall Street, Chalcot Square and Berkley Road.

They contained a dance floor supposedly capable of taking a thousand people, and a high bandstand known as a Chinese Orchestra.

The original building was demolished in 1853, and the present one built by 1854. In 1860 the owners sold off the gardens for building plots, making way for more housing and the last terrace of shops to be built in Regent’s Park Road, stretching from Sharpleshall Street to Berkley Road.

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THE LANSDOWNE 90 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8HX 0207 483 0409 info@thelansdownepub.co.uk M–S 12.00–23.00 Su 12.00–22.30 www.thelansdownepub.co.uk LA COLLINA 17 Princess Rd, NW1 8JR 020 7483 0192 info@lacollinarestaurant.co.uk M–Su 12.00–14.30, 18.00–22.15 www.lacollinarestaurant.co.uk NEGOZIO CLASSICA 154 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XN 020 7483 4492 info@negozioclassica.co.uk M–S 11.00–24.00 Kitchen closes at 22.30 www.negozioclassica.co.uk MANNA 4 Erskine Rd, NW3 3AJ 020 7722 8028 enquires@mannav.com Tu–Su 12.00–22.30 www.mannav.com

CLIFTON INTERIORS 168 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XN 020 7586 5533 rosie@cliftoninteriors.com M–F 09.00–18.00 Saturday by appointment www.cliftoninteriors.com CAVE INTERIORS 29 Princess Rd, NW1 8JR 020 7722 9222 georgina@caveinteriors.com M–F 09.30–17.30 www.caveinteriors.com PRIMROSE INTERIORS 55 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XD 020 7586 6595 info@primrose-interiors.com S–F 10.00–17.00 JINO DESIGN Studio 44, Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7419 1774 jino@jino-design.com Mon–Fri 10.00–17.00 www.jino-design.com BESIDE THE WAVE 41 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7722 4161 gallery@beside-the-wave.co.uk M–Sa 10.00–18.00 Su 11.00–16.00 www.beside-the-wave.co.uk

Specialist PRIMROSE HILL PETS 132 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 020 7483 2023 gail@primrosehillpets.co.uk M 09.30–18.30, Tu–Sa 09.00–18.00 Su 11.00–17.00 www.primrosehillpets.co.uk RUTH KAYE DESIGN 67 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8LD 020 7722 7227 team@ruthkayedesign.com M–Sa 09.30–17.30 By appointment only www.ruthkayedesign.com SEW MUCH FUN 46 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7722 9889 sewmuchfun@btinternet.com M–F 11.00–18.00 Sa 10.00–17.00 www.sewmuchfun.co.uk FITZROY’S FLOWERS 77 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UY 020 7722 1066 M–Sa 09.00–18.30 Su 10.00–17.00 www.fitzroys-of-primrosehill.com

KETURAH BROWN 85 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UY 020 7586 0512 keturahbrownltd@gmail.com M–F 10.30–18.00 Th 10.30–18.30 Sa 10.00–18.00 Su 13.00–18.00

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ZOE AND MORGAN 48 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7586 7419 personalshopper@zoeandmorgan.com M–F 11.00–18.00 S 11.00–17.00 www.zoeandmorgan.com

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ANNA 126 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 020 7483 0411 anna@shopatanna.com M–Sa 10.00–18.00 Su 12.00–18.00 www.shopatanna.com

PRIMROSE HILL SURGERY 99 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UR 020 7722 0038 M–W 09.00–18.00 Th 09.00–12.30 F 09.00–18.00

PAMELA SHIFFER 75 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UY 020 7483 4483 M–Sa 10.00–18.00 Th 10.00–19.00 Su 12.00–18.00 www.shop@pamelashiffer.com

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PRIMROSE HILL BUTCHERS 65 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XD 020 7586 0570 M Closed Tu–Sa 07.00–19.00 Su 07.00–18.00 www.facebook.com/primrosehillbutchers

SWEET PEA 77 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8LD 020 7449 9292 mail@sweetpeajewellery.com M–F 10.00–18.00 Sa 10.30–17.00 www.sweetpeajewellery.com

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PRIMROSE HILL FRAMING COMPANY 45 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7586 4571 primrosehillframingco@gmail.com M–F 09.30–13.00, 14.00–17.30 Sa 09.30–13.00

GALLERY 196 196 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XP (orange door) 020 7722 0438 info@gallery196.com M–Su 10.00–18.30 www.gallery196.com

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BOTTLE APOSTLE 172 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XN 020 3805 5577 info@bottleapostle.com M–F 11.00–20.00 Sa 10.00–20.00 10.00–20.00 Su 10.00–18.00 www.bottleapostle.com

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GARY INGHAM HAIRDRESSING 150 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XN 020 7483 1000 info@garyingham.com M–T 10.00-19.30 W 09.00 –19.30 Th–F 09.00–20.30 Sa 09.00–18.30 Su 11.00–18.00 www.garyingham.com

ODETTE’S 130 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 020 7586 8569 info@odettesprimrosehill.com Tu–F 12.00–14.30, 18.00–22.00 Sa 12.00–15.00, 18.00–22.30 Su 12.00–15.00, 18.00–21.30 www.odettesprimrosehill.com

THE ENGINEER 65 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8JH 020 7483 1890 M–F 12.00–23.00 Sa 10.00–23.00 Su 12.00–22.30 www.theengineerprimrosehill.co.uk

MELROSE & MORGAN 42 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8JD 020 7722 0011 M–Sa 08.00–19.00 Su 09:00–17.00

ROSE & NORTH FINANCIAL PLANNING & WEALTH MANAGEMENT 142 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8JA 0203 627 6297 hello@roseandnorth.com M–F 10.0017.00 www.roseandnorth.com

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NUYU LONDON 9 Princess Rd, NW1 8JN 020 3204 2020 info@nuyulondon.co.uk Tu–W 10.00–19.00 Th–F 10.00–20.00 Sa 09.30–19.00 www.nuyulondon.co.uk

PRIMROSE BAKERY 69 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8LD 020 7483 4222 hello@primrose-bakery.co.uk M–Sa 08.30–18.00 Su 09.30–18.00 www.primrose-bakery.co.uk

LA PETITE POISSONNERIE 75a Gloucester Ave, NW1 8LD 020 7483 4435 lapetitepoissonneire@gmail.com Tu–Sa 09.30–19.30 Su 10.30–17.30 www.lapetite-poissonnerie.co.uk

PRIMROSE HILL DENTAL 61a Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XD 020 7722 0860 / 07845 0088 240 primrose.dent@gmail.com M, W, F 09.00–17.00 Tu, Th 09.00–20.00 Sa 09.00–13.00

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AESTHETICS LAB 128 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 020 7722 5872 info@aestheticslab.co.uk M 09.00–18.00 Tu–Th 09.00–19.00 F 09.00–18.00 S 10.00–18.00 Su 10.00–16.00 www.aestheticslab.co.uk

RIPE KITCHEN 136 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XL 07572 480 102 info@ripekitchen.co.uk M–F 07.30–18.00 Sa 08.00–19.00 Su 08.30–19.00 www.ripekitchen.co.uk

MICHAEL NADRA RESTAURANT, MARTINI BAR AND GARDEN 42 Gloucester Ave, NW1 8JD 020 7722 2800 primrose@restaurant-michaelnadra.co.uk Tu–Th 12.00–23.00 F–S 12.00–24.30 Su 12.00–14.30, 18.00–22.00 www.restaurant-michaelnadra.co.uk

Food & Drink Shops NICOLAS WINE SHOP 67 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8XA 020 7722 8576 primrose@spiritedwines.com M–Th 10.00–21.00 F–Sa 10.00–22.00 Su 11.00–21.00 www.nicolas.co.uk

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GARRY TRAINER CLINIC 65 Princess Rd, NW1 8JS 020 7722 6203 garry@garrytrainer.com M–F 07.00–20.00 Sa 09.00–17.00 Su 09.00–13.00 www.garrytrainer.com

THE PRINCESS OF WALES 22 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LL 020 7722 0354 info@lovetheprincess.com M–F 11.00–24.00 Sa 09.30–24.00 Su 09.30–23.00 www.lovetheprincess.com

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L’ABSINTHE (ALL DAY) BRASSERIE 40 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7483 4848 absinthe07@hotmail.co.uk M 08.00–16.00 Tu–F 08.00–22.00 Sa 09.00–22.00 Su 12.00–21.00 www.labsinthe.co.uk

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WHITES HAIRDRESSERS 42 Chalcot Rd, NW1 8LS 020 7586 5850 cait.whitesofprimrosehill@gmail.com M–Sa 11.00–19.00 Th 11.00–20.00 www.whitesofwhitecross.co.uk

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PRIMROSE HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE 29 Hopkinson’s Place, Fitzroy Rd, NW1 8TN 020 7586 8327

PRIMROSE HILL COMMUNITY LIBRARY Sharples Hall St, NW1 8YN 020 7419 6599 M 10.00–18.00 W 13.00–19.00 F 10.00–18.00 Sa 10.00–16.00 POST OFFICE 91 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 8UT M–Su 06:00–22:00

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Pumpkin Pie 1. Heat the oven to 180˚C/350˚F/gas mark 4.

2. Roll out the pastry and fit in a flan dish. Trim the edges.

3. Mix together all the ingredients and pour over the pastry base.

4. Bake for 35 minutes.

5. Serve with Chantilly cream (double cream warmed with a teaspoon of vanilla extract and sugar).

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Ingredients • Flesh of a pumpkin, puréed • 3 eggs • 100 ml double cream • 150 g sugar • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 tsp ground ginger • 1 tsp fresh ginger • 1 tsp star anise • 1 tsp salt • Black pepper to taste • 3 tbsp maple syrup • 250 g shortcrust pastry

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Once you’ve carved up your Hallowe’en pumpkin, here’s a great way to utilise the flesh inside. It’s slightly adapted from a Leon recipe and is beautifully warming and spicy.

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