The Barnet Society – campaigning for a better Barnet for 75 years!
Past, present and future work in and around Chipping Barnet – a talk to Barnet U3A on 6 August 2020 by Robin Bishop, Chair of the Society.
Click on the link below to view Robin’s presentation.
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