Hadley Wood News March 2016

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INSIDE THIS MONTHS ISSUE
The Battle of Barnet (Pt 1) John Hall reports.
The Flying Scotsman and Hadley Wood’s Sir Nigel Gresley
by John Leatherdale.
Rail User group. Station enhancements .
The Mosquito. Britain’s iconic fighter/bomber .
Trevor Lawman. WW2 Mosquito pilot.
Alan Lawrence Hairdressers. Anniversary congratulations.
Room 89.
Local news and Forthcoming events.
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UNCOVERING OUR PAST
– THE ‘BATTLE OF THREE
KINGS’
And remembering the 14th of April...
How many readers of the Hadley Wood
News will know about the momentous
event which took place in the fields near
Hadley Wood on Easter Day, the 14th of
April, 1471?
William Shakespeare did when he
immortalised that event in Henry VI Part III.
Those who designed the coat of arms of
the London Borough of Barnet did when
they included crossed swords on the
crest and the white rose of York and the
red rose of Lancaster on the shield. But
today, as dog walkers gaze over the rolling
countryside visible from Bartram’s Field
and shoppers drive past Monken Hadley
on their way to Barnet High Street, few will
be thinking of how three Kings of England
remains for most residents something of
a secret. Indeed, apart from the obelisk
commemorating the death of Warwick at
Hadley Highstone, a small but interesting
exhibition in Barnet Museum and the
occasional guided tour of the possible
battlefield site, there is little to mark this
historic clash of arms or its significance for
our community. That is about to change...
Survey of the Battlefield
Although we know for certain that the
Battle was fought somewhere to the north
of Barnet High Street, we are uncertain
about its exact location – and now at long
last after many years of careful planning
an archaeological survey sponsored by
The Hadley Trust is underway which may
provide some answers. Project supervisor,
Sam Wilson, is leading an experienced
team of metal detectorists who have
already started their survey of land to the
(Edward IV, Henry VI and the future Richard
III) clashed in mortal conflict in one of the
most significant and bloody battles to be
fought on English soil.
And how many residents of Hadley Wood
will know about the tales of treachery,
confusion and mistaken identity which
circulated in the swirling mists of Hadley
Common on that fateful day, or how hand
guns from Burgundy were used for the
first time in an English battle, or the terrible
slaughter that took place as the Lancastrian
soldiers retreated under the onslaught
of the Yorkist right wing commanded by
the young Richard Duke of Gloucester,
or can imagine the dreadful scene as the
most powerful man in England, the Earl
of Warwick, was cut down under an oak
tree and his body then carted off to be
displayed in St Paul’s Cathedral?
All this took place on or near to the
place where we live, and yet the Battle
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north of Hadley Green.
They have uncovered finds from a wide
sweep of history which are being processed
at Barnet Museum. In particular Sam and
his team are looking for lead shot from the
handguns which would be less likely to
degrade over the centuries but will be more
difficult to detect in soil which has been
churned up by the plough. Overseeing the
archaeology and documentary research
is Professor Glen Foard of Huddersfield
University who recently discovered the site
of the Battle of Bosworth (where Richard
III was killed) two miles south-west of the
‘traditional’ location of the action and
unearthed the largest number of cannon
balls ever found on a medieval battle field.
We are fortunate that the Battle of Barnet
Project to uncover our local heritage is in
such capable hands.
Latest update from the ‘front line’
According to Sam Wilson, the search for
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progressing well, with surveying focused
both in and around Wrotham Park at
present. Although no firm evidence has
yet been found of the Battle, the team has
recovered a number of interesting artefacts,
dated broadly to the late medieval and
post medieval periods, which are providing
tantalising clues about the historic
activity in the area. Sam also reports that
excellent progress is being made with
the historic landscape reconstruction
and documentary analysis and hopes
that “once the agricultural regime allows,
favoured areas based on this research
can be surveyed and will turn up new and
important results.” Further progress will
be reported in future editions of the
Hadley Wood News together with an
account of the Battle itself.
John Hall
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The Battle of Barnet Project aims to
increase awareness of the Battle , the
people involved and its place in history, as
well as discovering more about medieval
Barnet. There will be various activities and
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events for the local community, generating
interest and pride in our local heritage. The
Project is organised by The Battle of Barnet
Partnership: Barnet Museum, The Barnet
Society and The Battlefields Trust, with the
support of Huddersfield University. They are
currently applying to the Heritage Lottery
Fund to fund these activities. If you would
like to get involved, fill in a ‘Can you help’
form (available at the Barnet Museum’s
website www.barnetmuseum.co.uk). The
Museum’s website has information about
the Project, including updates and photos.
You can also find articles and information
on Barnet Museum’s facebook page (www.
facebook.com/barnetmuseum) and The
Barnet Society’s website. Barnet Museum
has a display about the Battle of Barnet.
The Museum’s collection of objects,
documents and photographs covers life
in Barnet from ancient times to the present
day. Barnet Museum is a centre for local
and family history research. It runs visits to
local schools and other local groups and
has an active local history society. Sam
Wilson who is leading the archaeological
research has also provided links to the
Project youtubepage which will be updated
with videos
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Flying Scotsman steamed through Hadley
Wood just after 8am on 25 February
2016 to the delight of a hundred or more
onlookers, including members of the HW
Rail User Group and serious train spotters,
confirming its reputation as the most
famous steam locomotive in the world.
The crisp overnight frost was melting in the
low morning sun and the engine looked
resplendent in freshly-painted British Rail
green after a rebuild costing over £4 million.
This was the third of the A1 Pacifics
designed by Sir Nigel Gresley to pull
express trains. It was built at Doncaster in
1923 by the Great Northern Railway, which
became part of the London and North
Eastern Railway the same year. LNER used
it as its flagship engine for appearances
in films and promotions and exhibited it at
the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley
in 1924. From 1928 it regularly pulled the
non-stop London-Edinburgh ‘The Flying
Scotsman’ that left King’s Cross at 10am
and completed the 392 miles in under eight
hours.
Gresley designed the special corridor
tender to allow for a crew change on
the run and water was replenished from
troughs between the rails. On a run back
to King’s Cross in 1934 Flying Scotsman
exceeded 100mph in officially recognised
trials, although the City of Truro on the Great
Western Railway claimed to have reached a
hundred in 1904.
Gresley’s Pacifics were always crowd-
pullers; fast and elegant, they caught the
public’s eye and the attention of the media.
The distinctive design, with three cylinders
but only two sets of valve gear, produced
smooth power with ease of access for
maintenance. As railways were invented
in a small island where the pioneers
set tight loading gauges, British steam
engines were small compared with those
in America and other vast countries where
huge freight trains had to be moved over
much greater distances by brute force.
Modifications were made periodically to
introduce design improvements: after
the war Flying Scotsman was upgraded
to an A3 Pacific and German-type smoke
deflectors were fitted. In 1963 British Rail
withdrew it from service after more than two
million miles and planned to sell it as scrap
for £3000.
Since that date it has had four owners
who have lavished enormous amounts of
THE FLYING SCOTSMAN RETURNS Photo by Sarah Wynn

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money and enthusiasm to restore, maintain
and operate the locomotive. Two of them
were driven into bankruptcy. First it was
bought by Alan Pegler who was given the
only licence to run a steam locomotive on
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railway regulations it was fitted with a
cowcatcher, bell and whistle and a high-
powered headlamp. Some states refused
to let it through, regarding it as a fire
risk. Pegler was bankrupted and William
McAlpine bought it back from receivers in
San Francisco for £25,000 and shipped it
home in 1973. After restoration and tourist
runs from Dartmouth and Carnforth, he
shipped it to Australia in 1988 for the
bicentennial celebrations and a steam
festival where it travelled another 28,000
miles.
On 8 August 1989 Flying Scotsman set
another record between Melbourne and
Alice Springs, travelling 422 miles of the
route non-stop, the longest run by a steam
locomotive ever recorded.
Flying Scotsman returned to Britain in
1990 and continued working on the mainline
until its mainline certificate expired in 1993.
Facing further refurbishment costs to return
to main line operation, it was bought by Dr
Tony Marchington, who spent £1 million
restoring it but, after two years’ operation
on the main line, he too was declared
bankrupt. After a national fund-raising
campaign it was bought in April 2004 by
the National Railway Museum. It ran for a
while to raise funds for its full restoration
in the Museum’s workshops to return it
to Gresley’s original specification. New
problems revealed themselves at every
stage and additional work had to be done
by Riley & Sons in Bury. It was ten years
before Flying Scotsman was once again
pulling excursion trains out of King’s Cross.
Shortly after Flying Scotsman had gone
through Hadley Wood on its inaugural run,
a regular express thundered by on the fast
line, just too late to obscure our view.
A red diesel engine followed, insurance
against a breakdown, and after the billowing
white smoke had dissipated some of us
repaired to Panini’s for a coffee, even a fry
up with black pudding, just what Michael
Portillo, our former MP, would have been
having in the restaurant car. Those ‘still
a-bed need not think themselves accurs’d
they were not here’ as Flying Scotsman is
scheduled to pass through Hadley Wood
again on 10th and 14th May and 18th June.
John Leatherdale
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SIR NIGEL GRESLEY
Sir Nigel Gresley, widely regarded as
one of the most inventive and influential
steam locomotive designers, lived in
Hadley Wood from 1923 to 1929. He was
born in Edinburgh on 19 June 1876 but
was brought up in the family home at
Netherseal in Derbyshire where his father
was the rector and his grandfather the
ninth Baronet Gresley. At school at
Marlborough College in Wiltshire he
developed his abilities in mechanical
drawing and won the top science prize.
When he left in 1893 he was apprenticed
at the Crewe locomotive works. He
progressed rapidly and was appointed
Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great
Northern Railway at Doncaster in 1911,
responsible for the design, running and
maintenance of all its locomotives and
rolling stock. In 1922 he had designed and
started to build the AI Pacifics including
Flying Scotsman. When the GNR merged
with other companies to become the
London and North Eastern Railway in
1923, he became its CME based at King’s
Cross where he designed the A4 Pacifics
including Mallard. Being a countryman at
heart, he bought Camlet House in Beech
Hill, Hadley Wood. He joined Hadley Wood
Golf Club shortly after it was opened
and was captain in 1928-29. There is
an apocryphal story that express trains
stopped at Hadley Wood to take him to
and from the office but this has been
vehemently denied. When his wife died in
1929 after a distressing illness he went to
the Canadian Rockies to rest and recover
but could not resist the opportunity to drive
an enormous Canadian Pacific steam train
over the Rockies from Banff to Glacier. He
never lived in Camlet House again and
moved to Salisbury Hall, an Elizabethan
house with a moat near St Albans where he
could breed different species of wild duck.
Gresley continued to improve his
designs and in 1935 produced the first of
the ‘Silver Jubilee’ streamlined A4 Pacifics,
which created a sensation both for their
appearance and speed, easily exceeding
110 mph with a 40% reduction in the
horsepower required. Diesels in Germany
and America were faster but Gresley
thought steam could still beat them. The
faster trains needed better brakes. On 3rd
July 1938 Westinghouse engineers were
invited to test their braking system on the
East Coast main line. Only when they were
on the train were they told that an attempt
was to be made to break the speed record.
Mallard was chosen to pull the train as it was
just four months old, well run-in, and fitted
with the latest design features. The secrecy
was intended to keep not only the rival LMS
in the dark but also the LNER permanent
way engineers as the official speed limit
was only 90mph. The dynamometer
recorded a speed of 126mph over a short
distance south of Grantham despite a
speed restriction at the start and the need
to slow down for a junction at the end. At
that speed the huge 6 ft. 8 in. driving wheels
were doing more than eight revolutions a
second. The big end in the middle cylinder
overheated and Mallard had to limp on to
Peterborough and back to Doncaster to
be repaired. Although this world speed
record for steam locomotives still stands,
both Gresley and the driver believed they
could reach 130mph and planned another
attempt which was thwarted by the war.
In 1936 he was knighted by King Edward
VIII, elected president of the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers and started
to design electric locomotives. In 1937
the directors of the LNER decided as a
surprise to name the 100th Pacific Sir Nigel
Gresley.
This engine has been restored at
the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
and still steams through Hadley Wood
occasionally. Despite persistent warnings
from his doctor Gresley refused to reduce
his workload ‘because there was a war on’
and died of a heart attack on 5 April 1941 at
his daughter’s house at Watton-at-Stone.
On 3 July 2013, the six surviving A4
Pacifics mustered at the National Railway
Museum at York to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of the world speed record:
Mallard, Bittern, Sir Nigel Gresley and Union
of South Africa were joined by Dwight D.
Eisenhower from Wisconsin and Dominion
of Canada from the Canadian Railway
Museum in Montreal.
John Leatherdale

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SEVENTY-five years ago it was rolled
out of its hangar for its maiden flight,
the prototype of one of Britain’s most
iconic aeroplanes reprised that event on
Wednesday, November 25th 2015.
The de Havilland Mosquito, glistening in
its newly applied paintwork at the end of
a five-year full restoration project aided by
a £41,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, is
the star resident at the de Havilland Aircraft
Museum in the grounds of historic Salisbury
Hall at London Colney, Herts. After its first
flight, made from the company’s Hatfield
airfield, the Mosquito became Britain’s
first true multi-role aircraft, surpassing de
Havilland’s earlier multi-role aeroplane, the
DH4 in the First World War, and was also
the world’s fastest operational frontline
aeroplane, taking part in a number of
famous operations against enemy targets
during the 1939-45 war. The prototype,
W4050, was used for three years as a
flying test bed for different versions of the
Rolls-Royce Merlin engine which powered
thousands of the Royal Air Force fighters
and bombers. W4050 became the fastest
Mosquito of the near-8,000 built, reaching
439mph in level flight.
It was returned to de Havilland at Hatfield
in 1943, and in 1959 became the first
aircraft at the museum set up by the owner
of Salisbury Hall, Walter Goldsmith. That
the museum was set up at all was a fluke.
Mr Goldsmith, the new owner of the
hall, discovered during renovation works
a number of drawings on a wall. Knowing
of the hall’s connection with de Havilland,
which in 1940 set up the Mosquito design
office there, he asked the company about
his find. The drawings were of the Mosquito
wing, and learning that the prototype still
existed, he asked de Havilland if he could
have it. The answer was yes, and W4050
returned to the place where it had not only
been designed but built as well in hangars
specially constructed in the hall grounds.
It has been at the museum ever since on
long-term loan.
As it was rolled out of its hangar Howard
Mason, heritage manager at BAE Systems
which includes the de Havilland Aircraft
Co, presented the museum with the official
documents making it the legal owner of
the prototype. This was applauded by the
audience at the celebration, which included
the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, the
Countess Verulam, the High Sheriff of
Hertfordshire Jonathan Trower, the Mayors
of nearby St Albans Salih Gaygusuz,
the Mayor of Hertsmere Martin Worster,
the chief executive of the RAF Museum
Maggie Appleton, and Second World War
Mosquito aircrew veterans.
Today the museum, run entirely by
unpaid volunteers, has three Mosquitos on
display, more than any other museum in
the world, and a fitting tribute to the skills of
those who designed and built the aircraft,
and the courage of those who flew them
during the Second World War.
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For the first time since it was taken out of airline service in 1954 visitors will also be able to
go inside the world’s first jet airliner, the sole surviving wholly original de Havilland Comet 1. It is
currently undergoing major refurbishment.
In the well-stocked Aeroshop a range of art prints, model aircraft kits, aviation books, museum
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eventually became Private Secretary to
Ernest Marples later to the combative
Barbara Castle and subsequently went
on to serve as a member of the Cabinet
Secretariat at No 10 attending Ted Heath’s
cabinet meetings. However like thousands
of young men his career was initially cut
short by the war.
Joining up in the RAF he was selected
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SywellaerodromeinNorthampton.Therehe
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old biplanes. 2 seats. One behind the other.
No canopy over the cockpit so that pilot
and co pilot flew exposed to the elements
wearing their goggles and flying jackets.
Red Barons. Next step was Canada for
further training. He and his fellow flyers
sailed on the Queen Mary. Her damaged
bows from a previous collision made her
an easy prey for U boats though it was a
safe trip. After more training, qualification
as a Pilot, the award of his
‘Wings’ and a period as an
Instructor it was back to
Europe in the Mauretania
the ship packed with US
and Canadian soldiers.
Three people to a bunk
so each slept for 8 hours
before handing over to the
next one! Back home he
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known by the RAF as
Wooden Wonders. Made
of balsa wood they were
lightweight and fast and
became famous during
the war for their incredible
record as Pathfinders,
fighters and fighter bombers. What were
they like to fly I asked “Very good” said
Trevor “Difficult to get into though. You had
to stand outside the cockpit and sling your
parachute up into the open door before
climbing in. My navigator/bomb aimer
sat below and behind me so he was a bit
difficult to converse with”. Once training
was completed he was transferred to India
with other pilots in a Dakota stopping along
the way in Malta, Palestine, Iraq Karachi
and finally Bangalore, crash landing
once with an engine on fire but with no
damage to the passengers or crew. Once
in India Trevor joined 211 squadron flying
Mosquitos and learning low level flying.
These aircraft were not really made for hot
environments. Trevor remembered one pilot
climbing onto the tail plane to check the
air speed indicator only for the tail section
to fall off! ‘Glue probably melted’
Trevor commented cheerfully
Eventually the war ended and
Trevor returned home to marry,
raise a family and resume his
career in the Civil Service. Now a
charming 94 year old widower he
has been a keen Arsenal supporter
since before the war and regularly
attends the Emirates stadium for
home games sometimes with a son
or grandson. He also shops and
cooks for himself in his home at
Cockfosters and has only recently
given up golf at HWGC. Made of
stern stuff these ex RAF pilots!
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Station Cuttings and a
Celebrity Train
Just as the last edition went to press,
we were delighted to hear that GTR had
committed to a package of improvements
to our station over the coming months,
thanks particularly to Rail User Group
(RUG) activity. Our petition for step-free
access will result in the creation of a new
entrance to the northbound platform.
This will allow everyone arriving from the
south to exit the station without climbing
the 34 stairs, a significant challenge for
those with encumbrances and a complete
impediment for those with disabilities.
Travellers needing step-free facilities to
go southbound from Hadley Wood will be
able to utilise a circulatory route via step-
free Potters Bar on to the southbound line.
The train service from Potters Bar includes
faster services into London that do not stop
at Hadley Wood and other intermediate
stations. All travellers can benefit from
the step-free interchanges at Highbury &
Islington, King’s Cross, Green Park etc.
Additional expected improvements
are new waiting facilities and enhanced
service information on the northbound
platform, a new departures screen at the
main entrance at street level, and cycle
racks on the station forecourt. We are
also working with the Station Manager on
enhancements to the forecourt and ticket
office. New members – and ideas – are
always welcome. Our next meeting is
at St Paul’s Church Hall on Tuesday 19
April, starting at 7pm (as usual preceding
the Neighbourhood Planning Forum).
Many thanks are due to Gillian Henley
for her redesign and expansion of our web
pages, now rebranded <Railway>, and
to website manager George McCormick.
The <Railway> pages contain a wealth
of information, including the RUG’s
progress in working with GTR to enhance
our station’s facilities. Intending travellers
will find direct links to the Assisted
Travel Scheme, the train timetable and
live running, and details of the other
transport services here – the shoppers’
bus and the Great North Cycleway. And
the <Useful Links> page includes not
only RUG resources but also the National
Rail Museum, steam train movements and
rail tours. www.hadleywood.org.uk/railway
The most recent railway excitement has
been the passage of the newly-refurbished
Flying Scotsman through Hadley Wood on
its inaugural run to York on 25th February.
The RUG provided matching BR Green
balloons to the goodly crowd of all ages
– including our special guest, the Chair of
RailFuture South-East, Keith Dyall – who
gathered bright and early to cheer the
iconic locomotive along. Read about its
special links with Hadley Wood elsewhere
in this edition. Among its passengers was
our ex-MP Michael Portillo, who enthused
on television that this “had to be the
Greatest British Railway Journey”!
Francesca Caine
PhotobyCarolineFroud

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What is room 89
Room 89 in Union St Barnet is an
inspired shopping experience. Here are
many unique, original and stylish items
collected and crafted by a group of
talented young Barnet women. The shop
provides an eclectic mix of items from
succulents growing in beaten copper
pots to glamorous easy to wear sweaters
and tops. There is restored furniture
and household items, beautiful screen
painted wallpaper, a range of hand made
dresses, cardigans, hats and bootees for
small children and a wonderful range of
natural beauty products from Italy Syria
and Morocco. Their products can decorate
your walls with original artwork and your
wrists with original beaded jewellery made
from the highest quality Czech glass beads
and crystals.
The shop can be found at at 10 Union St,
Barnet, Herts EN5 4HZ near the junction of
Union St and the High St. Opening times
Monday to Saturday 9.30am to 5.00pm To
contact us ring Terry on 07929122353 or
check our website at www.89barnet.co.uk
www.facebook.com/89371149886374277/
timeline twitter@89Lifestyle
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SONOS HOME AUDIO SPECIALISTS
WOW It was March 1976 that Alan and
David set about giving the people of
Hadley Wood the West End experience.
David who was previously with Leonard
in Mayfair, and Alan, Sassoon trained,
burst into Hadley Wood at the start of
one of our hottest summers, completely
changing the dated way the salon
operated. They went on to establish it
as the area’s premier salon, with people
travelling from far and wide to enjoy
the services offered. Even to this day,
many of the original clients’ children,
and their children come to us, creating
generations of loyal clients which is a
great accolade. We continue to welcome
all old and new clients, and we are
looking forward to the future as much
now, as in 1976 We would love to hear
from any clients that have been to us in
the last 40 years for a hello comment.
David Sanders
Alan Laurence

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ASSISTED TRAVEL. Need assistance now to travel by train to or from Hadley Wood?
Telephone GTR’s helpline 0800 058 2844 or Textphone 0800 975 1052 giving as much notice as possible
Forthcoming events
Easter Tennis Camp
Hadley Wood Tennis Club
March 30th-April 6th. Tel. Stuart Martin
07787552326
Dawn Ledgard Sale
HWA Centre April 6th. Details page 9
Rail User Group
St Paul’s Church Hall
Tuesday April 19th 7.00pm
Neighbourhood Forum
St Paul’s Church Hall April 19th to follow
RUG
Cherry Lodge Tea Party HWGC. April
25th. Details page 3
Ladies – Golf day for beginners
HWGC. April 29th Tel. Judith. 07708112769
Drone lands in Hadley Wood
The attached photo shows a Drone
which landed in a local residents garden
dangerously close to the footpath used
by children attending the Hadley Wood
Primary school.
The owner should contact the
Neighbourhood Police at
cockfosters.snt@medt.police.uk
New Plan for Enfield
This document is an update to the previously published Local
Plan. It discusses options open to Enfield Council for dealing with
future local population increases. Building new homes, improving
transport links, creating jobs etc. It is worth reading if you have not
seen it already.
Section 3 is interesting and possibly relevant to us. It deals
with the optimization of so called Growth Corridors, Hadley Wood
being described as a secondary Growth corridor. It also questions
whether there are specific areas of the Greenbelt that no longer
fulfill their intended purpose and whether Greenbelt settlements
might be expanded. Five existing Greenbelt settlements are
mentioned notably Botany Bay, Bulls Cross, Clay Hill, Crews Hill
and Hadley Wood. It is a consultation document only and has
already been studied and replied to by Esther Kurland on behalf
of the Neighbourhood Forum. We should all be keeping an eye on
these proposals.
Rod Armstrong
Hadley Wood Golf Club
Calling all Lady Golfers – Ladies
Introductory Morning Friday,
29th April
The Ladies section of Hadley Wood
Golf Club would like to invite you to
an introductory morning on Friday,
29th April at 10.30 am for ladies who
would like to take up the game of golf or are returning to it. The
morning will include refreshments and a free taster session on
our practice ground with our club pros or a few holes with a
current lady member depending on your ability.
If you know of anyone who would be interested in attending
then please email Judith Smith on judithismith@yahoo.co.uk
or call on 07708 112769.
We look for to welcoming you on Friday, 29 April.
Judith Smith

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