Daily life in High Barnet well over a century ago has been re-imagined for a new play which looks back even further in time to the years when the Victorian explorer Dr David Livingstone and his wife Mary lived on Hadley Green.

A plan to introduce bus lanes along both sides of the busiest section of Barnet High Street -- between the Wood Street junction at the Barnet parish church and Meadway -- has been approved by Barnet Council and Transport for London.

Sarah Parish, well known for her role in tv series such as Peak Practice and Pillars of the Earth, and her husband, actor James Murray, are supporting drama therapy sessions at the Noah's Ark Children's Hospice in Byng Road, Barnet.

Regular customers at The Queens Arms, Barnet, have been fearing the worst with the doors remaining locked and no sign of life inside. However, they have been assured that the closure -- and also the closure of the Kings Head in Barnet High Street -- are both only temporary.

Plans to demolish a group of workshops and other industrial premises mid-way between Barnet and Whetstone has revived family memories of how it was once the site of a well-regarded laundry serving customers in and around North London.

 

Pioneering work by Chipping Barnet Foodbank is highlighting Barnet Council's shortcomings in tackling hardship resulting from food shortages and inadequate advice for needy families.

  1. Barnet Council planning £22 million in cuts and another significant hike in council tax to tackle spending crisis
  2. Primary and junior schools in Barnet are a welcome home for surplus, reconditioned computer laptops and chrome books
  3. Revised plan by Barnet FC proposes a 7,000-seat stadium well away from school playing field of Ark Pioneer Academy
  4. Longest-ever commission for mural artist wins prize for festive display in High Barnet's Christmas window competition
  5. Third generation of cafe proprietors celebrate 70th birthday of Dory's -- a High Barnet town centre institution
  6. Increases in Barnet Council parking charges, parking permits and visitor parking vouchers come into effect in New Year
  7. New local history play features life of Mary Livingstone, wife of famous explorer who lived on Hadley Green
  8. Redundant gasholder to be demolished as New Barnet site is redeveloped with up to 200 new homes
  9. Barnet Medieval Festival is relocating to farmland off Galley Lane with more space for Wars of the Roses re-enactments and camp sites
  10. Wide range of events entertained visitors at annual Barnet Christmas fayre despite a drizzly Sunday
  11. Exhibition celebrating 50th anniversary of High Barnet nature reserve and environment centre opens at The Spires shopping centre
  12. Plans to develop site of workshops on A1000 between High Barnet and Whetstone with new facility for self storage
  13. Four blocks of flats and 300 homes for High Barnet tube station, but all 160 car park spaces would be lost
  14. Saving High Barnet's much-loved Tudor Hall for community use now a step nearer after "generous offer" of potential funding
  15. Local growth must be underpinned by co-ordinated transport planning
  16. The Spires developers must up their design game – and drop their building heights