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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 6d

Minister H I Alexander explains Yom Kippur in The Hendon and Finchley Times in 1937

G’mar chatima tova to all those observing Yom Kippur

Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 7d

I can ask if there are any plans but it would likely be next year if it did unfortunately

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 7d

Next Wednesday's lecture on Brent Cross has been replaced by David Keen's talk on Amy Johnson, who flew from London to Australia in 1930, breaking all previous records

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 10d

The Cypriot town of Morphou has been twinned with Barnet since 1995

The Greek Cypriots of the town fled in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the twinning is with the council in exile in Limassol

In 2008 Barnet named a new road in Mill Hill East after the town

Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 10d

Barnet and Ramat Gan (a Tel Aviv suburb) have been linked since 1976

The sculpture outside of Hendon town hall is called "Family of Man" by Itzhak Ofer and is a gift from Ramat Gan symbolising the friendship and fraternity between the two locales

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

The connection with Montclair in New Jersey is a special one and began during WW2 when 52 Finchley evacuees went to the town. The Americas sent back food and clothing parcel

The connection continued for many years and was finally formalised in the 1980s

www.montclairnjusa.org/Visitors/Abo...

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

I'm glad to hear it - they're very valuable connections!

Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

The Paris suburb of Le Raincy is Barnet's second French twinning

Originally twinned with Finchley since at least the 1960s, the two suburbs hold photography competitions and wreaths are shared on Remembrance Sunday (as well as with Chaville)

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

Between Paris and Versailles is the town of Chaville.

Inherited from Friern Barnet who twinned in May 1959

Again they have a Rue Barnet and outside Finchley Central Station is Chaville Way

friendsofchaville.weebly.com

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

85 years ago today, 13 lives were lost and many more injured when a German bomb hit Colindale station

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 17d

Stonegrove House, Edgware, in 1948, & the present.

The caption for the older image described the building as Stone Grove Manor House. Sadly it has been treated to unsympathetic alterations.

1948 image supplied by follower

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 18d

View of Edgware, Middlesex, 1802

Artist not stated. From the Wakefield Collection.

sourced via Corporation of London's London Picture Archive.

www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=...

Edgware, Barnet

View of Edgware, Middlesex; Edgware is now in the London borough of Barnet.

www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk

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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 19d

Former Odeon Cinema, Colindale

1935

A.P. Starkey

www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/colindale-od...

A colour photograph of the former Odeon cinema in Colindale, now a snooker hall

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 19d

The second German twinning is with Siegen-Wittgenstein

Started with the Borough of Finchley in 1958, it was inherited by the Borough of Barnet and celebrated 60 years of friendship this year

Our late chair, Keith Dyall was also chairman of the Friends of Siegerland

web.archive.org/web/20220908...

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 20d

The suburban Berlin borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg has a Hendonstraße, Finchleystraße and a Barnetstraß (their intersection pictured) while Brent Cross has a Tempelhof Avenue

Visits have been happening since 1968 as this clipping shows

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 20d

The London Borough of Barnet which is twinned with 8 towns across 3 continents

It is further linked by correspondence to two other towns as well: Jinja in Uganda and Barnet in the state of Vermont in the USA

www.barnet.gov.uk/community/ge...

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 21d

At last, we can get to see what two decades of neglect have done to the interior of the Grade 2 listed Railway Hotel in Edgware .

Yesterday, I went along to a public presentation by Cavendish Consulting on behalf of the new owners. This is a Hendon Memories image from 1982 and a recent photo.

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 25d

The old Railway Hotel on Station Road, Edgware is getting alot of media attention at the moment, with news if its potential refurbishment.
However, this was not the first Railway Hotel in the town. Read on in the replies for more.....⬇️

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 25d

17 Sylvan Avenue in Mill Hill in the middle decades of the 20th century and today

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 26d

Still looks great to this day!

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 26d

A tour of the Hammer's Lane Cottage Homes in Mill Hill for a Grant Bros outing in the early 1960s

From Screen Archive South East

View it here: screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk/detail/5007/

Detail 5007 – Screen Archive South East

screenarchive.brighton.ac.uk

Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 26d

The Marks and Spencer's magazine in 1990 covers life on the estate

msheritage.access.preservica.com

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 26d

Marshall Hall and the Linen and Woollen Drapers estate on Hammer's Lane

Founded in 1895, it was established to provide for retired shop workers

Images from Barnet Archives via Borough Photos boroughphotos.org/barnet/

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NW London Time Machine @timenw.bsky.social · 27d

Obviously, it's out of the NW London area, strictly speaking, but it may be of interest, so its going up!

British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 27d

Join us in Bedfordshire on 11 October for a one-day conference, in partnership with Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire local history associations, exploring coaching inns, canals, airships, archaeology and buses!

Find out more: ow.ly/ag1M50WqnQi

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Historic map showing waterways and buildings in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire counties in England.

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Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social · 28d

Mill Hill is home to one of Britain's very last glass eye makers

Jost Haas's work is highly valued by those who use them but his trade is considered "critically endangered" by the Heritage Crafts Association

wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-...

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