1. INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
Gareth and Anne Evans. Taking the high road.
Edward Pearce and Jodi get married.
DECEMBER 2012 ISSUE
George Hawkins. Birthday 12/12/12
HADLEY WOOD NEWS
London Mayors. Getting together.
Hadley Wood’s new Playground. Swinging.
A Christmas Story. Fields or houses?
Your choice.
Sea Olympics. Aubrey Rose’s latest book.
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2. Gareth and Anne Evans. who has read about those convoys will half built house at 16 Kingwell Road
know how perilous they were but Gareth meanwhile, on the advice of Mr Collins the
being Gareth as usual denied any personal local grocer, renting a flat in Crescent West,
danger. (In a moment of weakness he did An early memory of the Kingwell Road
mention that they quite liked it when the house was waking up to find horses from
waves were 40ft or over as the German the adjoining fields cropping their newly
submarines could not use their planted grass. Gareth remembers the
periscopes). Having somehow survived he Hadley Wood Association being set up.
returned to the UK to study Classics and The building known now as the Centre and
Law at Pembroke College Cambridge its surrounding fields and woods were (and
before joining the Transport industry. still are) leased from the Council. Leslie
Positions at British Rail followed becoming Ross Collins, amongst other distinguished
Planning Manager of the newly created residents, lead this initiative. The
The news that Gareth and Anne Evans are Sealink Ferries, an amalgam of all the Association, as it was then christened, was
leaving Hadley Wood after fifty-five years Railway ferries. In 1957 he met Anne then subsequently chaired by Michael Kempster
here has come as a major disappointment a nurse at the Hammersmith Hospital. before Gareth took over himself from 1981
to their many friends. However with a son in Anne trained at St Thomas’s. A Nightingale to 1988. In that time the first Firework
Aberdeen and a daughter in Largs not to in fact. (From personal experience I might display took place and the Neighbourhood
mention two grandsons, a move to be allowed to mention here that St Watch was set up. In addition to steering
Scotland was probably to be expected. We Thomas’s nurses were a famously elite the developing Association through its
will just have to make the best of it. group of bright, highly competent and strict early development, Anne and Gareth were
I asked Gareth if I could write a few lines young ladies.) They married and bought a closely involved in church affairs at St
about his life. Pre Anne and pre Hadley
Wood, Gareth started life in Hampstead.
‘Not Wales then?’ I asked. In fact the family Wedding News.
were Welsh farmers near Criccieth. The marriage took place on Saturday 3rd. November 2012 of Edward Ian Pearce and
However Gareth’s father broke with Jodie Grover at St. Margaret's Church, Warnham near Horsham. Edward is the son
tradition and headed to London educating of Enfield Cllr Anne Marie
Gareth at St Paul’s School and thus Pearce and Ian Pearce. He
effectively bringing to a sudden end attended the Hadley Wood
Gareth’s limited ability to converse in Play Group and School
Welsh. By January 1943 in the middle of when he was younger.
WW2 Gareth had left school and joined the William Wilkinson was his
Navy. He was sent as an Ordinary Seaman best man and many of his
to join the Battleship HMS Howe which friends from Hadley Wood
supported the Sicily landings. After training attended the wedding. The
in anti-submarine warfare he was sent to couple are honeymooning
the escort ship Bullen on Atlantic convoys. in the Far East.
Later he joined the fleet destroyer Serapis Anne Marie Pearce
escorting merchant ships on the dreaded
(my word) voyage to Murmansk. Anyone
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Paul’s. Anne sang in the choir and BOXING DAY
organised the flowers for many years while Lunch Nevertheless I wonder if I might be allowed
Gareth became a churchwarden. The Rev. Wednesday 26th December 2012 on behalf of all Hadleywoodians to say a
Jill Northam adds “he was unstinting in the A civilised way to enjoy the day after Christmas. heartfelt thank you to Anne and Gareth and
Lunch served in our Mary Beale Restaurant whilst enjoying
time that he gave and very wise in his the accompaniment of our resident pianist. their family for helping to make Hadley
leadership role”. After retiring as Church Full payment with booking. Wood such a pleasant place to live. Au
£70.00 per person (Children under 12 £39.00)
Warden he became eventually Chairman of revoir Anne and Gareth. We will miss you.
the Church’s five Trustees.In short Anne Rod Armstrong
and Gareth have made a lifetime of
contributions to the Hadley Wood WEST LODGE PARK
YO U R C O U N T RY R E T R E AT
Sea Olympics
community. They would be the last to claim Cockfosters Road, Hadley Wood, Herts, EN4 0PY. Aubrey Rose CBE one of Hadley Wood’s
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any sort of recognition for this and there will most distinguished residents having retired
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be others thankfully to take their place. from life as an eminent lawyer has now
turned his attention to writing. Several of his
books have already been published, the
latest one being a story for children. The
Mayors Reunion book is called Sea Olympics. It tells the story
Hadley Wood residents and former of an Olympic Games held off the coast of
Enfield mayor and consort, Cornwall by all the underwater creatures you
Councillor Anne Marie Pearce and can think of, lobsters, turtles, whales, sharks,
Barry Swain hosted a recent sea salmon, crabs and dolphins to mention
luncheon at the renowned Hunters a few. All compete in harmony, the occasion
Restaurant in Cockfosters for fifteen happily not marred by any of the larger
fellow London mayors of their competitors eating the smaller ones.
mayoral year 2003/4. The Competitions for the fastest and the slowest
celebration marked the eve of swimmers, best camouflage, team games
their 10th anniversary of becoming and highest jumper out of the water take
London mayors and the beginning of place and are beautifully illustrated by
a lifelong friendship and membership Elisabeth Newson.
of the London Mayors Association. The diversity of the global underwater
Barry & Anne Marie population and its relationship with the
human race is gently brought to the reader’s
attention throughout and reminds us of our
Birthday Boy 12-12-12-12 responsibility to the environment. The book
All the twelves for has received an appreciation from Lord
Sebastian Coe and is recommended for age
George Hawkins! groups 5-9 years, though children outside
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to local lad George Hawkins this range will also love it. It has already been
who celebrates his 12th birthday on the 12th of the read by those well known literary critics of
12th, 2012!. Many of you will recognise George as the year two at Hadley Wood Primary School.
smart young lad buckling under the strain of dragging Comments received were as follows: ‘A
his sports bag along Crescent West and across the fabloss story’. ‘I luvd the book’ ‘I hope you
bridge to catch the Lochinver School bus every liked writing it’ ‘A sooper book’, and ‘Mr
morning. Rose. Your book was exsrordenry. I loved it.’
We wish him all the best for this rather auspicious The book costs £6.99 and can be
birthday and continued success with his passion for purchased from Amazon or direct from the
rugby, cricket and hairgel! publishers at Chaville Press,148 Friern Park,
David and Tania Hawkins London N12 9LU. Tel 02084457850
www.chavillepress.co.uk
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4. Hadley Wood
Community Playground
update
As many of you will have seen, the second
phase of the playground renovation took
place during the autumn half term at the
end of October.
During this week we installed a new
toddler multi-activity piece with new
flooring, junior climbing wall and slide also
with new flooring, two new picnic tables, 3
new benches, and refurbished both existing involve having the fencing painted, the bins has supported this project and hope
swings. We also planted 6 Silver Birch trees changed, sponsor plaques installed and we you enjoy using the new playground. If
around the edge of the playground to are hoping to have enough funds left to you have any questions please email us
soften the impact of the hard landscaping plant some hedging. We aim to have the at hwcpr@yahoo.co.uk
on the surrounding countryside. playground completed by April 2013. Maria Evans
The next phase of the renovation will We would like to thank everyone that

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6. A Christmas story will have nowhere to play football, make
dens and climb trees. So they asked the
hall, the clubs and the car park and all the
rest needed a little bit of money for
Once upon a time there was a lovely little local Council, who owned the land, if they maintenance. (Still only £1.00 a week per
village in Hertfordshire called Hadley Wood. could rent the fields and build a small family). But the villagers were so busy that
The village was surrounded by fields where village hall in the middle of them. The they could not be bothered to pay the one
children played games made dens and Council said yes and helped the villagers pound a week to help the village hall keep
climbed in the trees. Some of the fathers build a nice village hall surrounded by fields everything going. One day the Council who
worked in the great City of London. A little and woods and it was called the Hadley owned the fields said ‘these Hadley Wood
station was built so that trains coming past Wood Association Centre. The people who people do not really want their fields and
could stop and pick people up. The fathers lived in the village were delighted and they little village hall. Why should they be
were delighted. Now they could travel to the all joined the Hadley Wood Association to allowed to have fields and a village hall and
city with their brief cases on the little train. help keep the fields and hall in good not want to pay £1 per week for them? Let
When other people heard about the little condition. It only cost £1 a week for a whole us take our fields back and build houses
train and the lovely village surrounded by family! This meant that the village hall could and affordable homes on them so that
fields they wanted to live there too but there look after its playschool, ballet school, its more people can live there?
were not enough houses. So an important tennis, football and bridge clubs. It could And lo one day some tractors came and
business man came and built some more. help parents by letting them use the car ploughed up all the fields and built many
The people who wanted to live in the little park when they took their children to school houses and the village was not called
village were very happy to hear this and as well as using the hall for dances and for Hadley Wood anymore but Hadley
they bought the houses. The new families family parties. After all this there was still Wouldnot. And the children could not play
had more children who played football and enough money left over to pay for a in the fields, make dens or climb trees and
cricket on the fields, made dens in the groundsman to look after the fields and so they just sat at home watching TV and
woods and climbed the trees. The Dads woods. So everyone was happy and the playing computer games. And the Dads
and Mums went for walks in the fields with children played in the fields etc etc. and Mums had nowhere to walk their dogs
their dogs. The business man thought he After many years the wise people who so they just worked and sat around. Sadly
would build some more houses and he did. looked after the village hall grew old but no one really liked living there anymore but
Then it came to pass that some wise happily younger people came and took there was a happy ending. The house
people who were living in the lovely village over until they too became old. Everything values fell so much that one day they were
held a meeting. One day, they said, all was still lovely. But many people in the affordable for everyone.
these fields will be gone and our children village did not realise that the fields and the Rod Armstrong
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ncil.
hip have to be surrendered to Enfield Cou
becomes obvious and members huge
The fields which make a
Letter to the Editor. swells overnight. That particular problem
special character of
w at contribution to the
went away, but another could follo itably
Dear Editor to hear Hadley Wood would then inev
tion on any time and it was encouraging
Attending the AGM of the Associa rd to provide an irresistibly attractive
e again of the efforts being made by the Boa
21st November I was struck onc is a perennial opportunity for development-
by the
dents, widen membership. This
by the debt owed by all local resi . Council or by private developers.
of the problem and I wish the Board luck cy
whether they be members llent The Foreign Office defined its poli
the Chairman, We are very fortunate that the exce one of
Association or not, to ncil before the Second World War as
d of new lease negotiated with Enfield Cou
Graham Sharp, and his small ban tham and Bertie “enlightened self interest”: and that
would
tion’s in 1990 by John Nor
stalwarts, who ensure the Associa open not be a bad policy to follow for those who
ice for Vigrass for the 27 acres or so of
continuance as a valuable serv ted, are currently non-members of the
HWA. It
to congratulate land, which we all now take for gran cy at
Hadley Wood. I would like der, is a ridiculously cheap insurance poli
I know runs for another 18 years. I won
them all and thank them for what, y of our newer only £50 a year (partially reclaimable
as a
kless however, how man
from experience, is a pretty than ham’s charitable contribution )!
s, such residents are aware that were Gra
task. It is only when danger loom st, the Yours truly
amenities (and band of stalwarts to give up the gho
as the threat posed to our nd up Frederick A Neal CMG
GNER Association would have to be wou
property prices) by the proposed e of lack of local
that or dissolved becaus
Parkway station some ten years ago would
ing a central voice support. In that case the lease
the value of hav
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OFFICES AT BARNET TOTTERIDGE HADLEY WOOD BROOKMANS PARK RADLETT HADLEY GREEN
HADLEY WOOD £1,335,000 HADLEY WOOD £1,295,000 HADLEY WOOD £1,150,000
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Kitchen/diner Utility Room Back Room Kitchen/dining Area Utility Room Guest Cloakroom Granted For A Six Bedroom Detached
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