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SEPTEMBER 2016 ISSUE

Challenge in the Mist by Graham Turner.

The young Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future King Richard III) looks apprehensively

through the mist at the Lancastrian army. He commands the Yorkist right flank.

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PRELUDE TO THE BATTLEThe July issue of the News set the scene for the Battle of Barnet. Based on a talk given by John Northam at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, it recounted how in 1470 King Edward IV of York fled to the Low Countries, leaving the saintly Henry VI of Lancaster to be restored to the throne by the Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker and the most powerful man in England.

On the 14th of March 1471 Edward returned from exile. He landed in the mouth of the Humber with only 1,200 men and marched on London, building up the Yorkist army on the way. Warwick was caught by surprise and outmanoeuvred. Soon Edward had seized London and captured Henry VI. Two days later

on Easter Saturday Edward marched out of London taking Henry along as a hostage for the final showdown with the Lancastrian forces under Warwick who had eventually marched south and decided to do battle. The stage was set for the Battle of Barnet on a misty Easter Day 1471.

In this special issue the story of the battle is told by three eye witnesses a soldier who fought for the Yorkists, a German merchant living in London at the time, and a Lancastrian knight writing home to his mother after the battle. Unusually for the Wars of the Roses there are as many as twelve contemporary or near contemporary accounts. These three accounts have been selected because they give a graphic and very personal

description of the battle, and show how for a moment in Englands history Barnet became the focus of attention at home and abroad. This issue also includes articles on Arms and Armour and the Aftermath and Legacy of the battle.

If you are interested in learning more about the battle, please read the paper published in Johns memory on the websites of the Hadley Wood Association (www.hadleywood.org.uk) and the Barnet Museum (www.barnetmuseum.co.uk) or attend the talk The Battle of Barnet, discovering our Heritage on Friday 30th September when Sam Wilson will give an update on the archeological survey of the battlefield.John Hall

This near contemporary account (The Arrival of King Edward IV in England) gives an idea of what a victorious Yorkist soldier experienced on the day.

It is unashamedly partisan in its support of King Edward, air brushes out the saintly King Henry VI who was a prisoner of the Yorkists, and because of the thick mist which severely restricted visibility on the battlefield is light on the detail of the battle dispositions of King Edward and the Lancastrian army commanded by the mighty Earl of Warwick

Two maps indicate how the opposing armies were lined up when battle was joined at about 5:00 am, and then about three hours later when the battle suddenly tipped in favour of King Edward.

The battle dispositions at Barnet at about 5:00 am on Easter Day

A Yorkist soldiers account from the battlefield

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DIARY Barnet, Easter Day, 14th April, 1471

The night before the battle could hardly have been colder or more miserable. As darkness fell we rode into Barnet, chasing some well-armed enemy scouts through the

At long last birdsong announced that dawn had arrived. We fastened our armour and readied ourselves for the battle. But instead of seeing our enemy in full view, the thickest mist you can imagine enveloped us like a shroud. It was difficult enough to recognise our own lads let alone the enemy.

But King Edward would not be deterred by a morning haze. He had a score to settle with Warwick - the upstart who dared to call himself Lieutenant of England. So between 4 and 5 o'clock the King commanded his army chaplains to say prayers for the men. Committing his cause and quarrel to Almighty God, he ordered a general advance, banners unfurled and trumpets blasting out the call to battle.

How we set on the enemy. First our lads hit them with a hail of arrows, cannon balls and shot from our Flemish handguns. Then at another trumpet blast we hurled ourselves forward in furious hand to hand combat. And how the enemy resisted our attack blow for blow. There was no doubting their courage, nor ours as the enemy archers and gunners peppered us with arrows and shot.

To be honest, there was no way of telling

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town and out into the countryside towards St Albans. After a month on the road with King Edwards army we had hoped that we might lodge overnight in Barnet, but no such luck. Instead the King ordered us to dismount half a mile beyond the town and take cover in the fields.

We could just make out a line of distant hedgerows behind which we were told the enemy were camped led by that traitor, the Earl of Warwick. As we crouched close to the damp soil, we were commanded on pain of death to keep total silence and not make any noise that might give away our position to the enemy.

To add to our misery, Warwicks cannon thundered at us throughout the night, making sleep impossible as the cannon balls whizzed overhead. At least our silence meant that the enemy gunners were firing blind, and mercifully all their shot missed, thudding harmlessly in the fields behind us.

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The 'tipping point' of the Battle at about 8:00 am on Easter Day

how the battle was going, as the mist swirled around us and the clash of metal and din of battle filled the air. I was in the centre of the fighting with the troops personally commanded by King Edward, and as we struggled to force our way through the enemy ranks we heard a dreadful clamour coming from our left.

It meant nothing at the time, but a deserter told me later that this was when the enemy broke our left flank, sending our men fleeing to London and spreading rumours that the day was lost and our King was captured.

Thank goodness for the mist which kept us in ignorance. We

had no way of knowing in the confusion how the line of battle had pivoted so that our left flank was overlapped at one end of the fighting and our right flank overlapped the enemy at the other.

But whatever set backs we suffered on our broken left, on our right flank the Kings brother, Richard Duke of Gloucester, pressed hard the advantage. Leading from the front, he pushed the enemy back down a hill and into the mass of Warwicks centre, leaving behind a trail of shattered corpses.

Then a little later, we heard another cry go up in the mist to our left as enemy soldiers returning from Barnet were fired on by

Warwicks men thinking they were our side. You should have heard the curses and muffled shouts of Betrayed! as the Lancastrian right flank collapsed in disorder.

But nothing was clear at the time. My only thought was on keeping alive as I wielded my broadsword this way and that. Then there was another mighty cry and I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw in the midst of the fighting the King himself urging his men forward.

There he was vigorously and valiantly laying waste our enemy, striking out on one side and then the other, leaving no foe who crossed his path standing. Then a loud Hurrah! from behind as the King who had disappeared from sight threw in his reserves, pushing me and the lads forward on and through the enemy line.

Exhausted, we somehow remained standing in that surge of men and weapons, and suddenly a clearing in the mist opened up. All we could see was the enemy running away in retreat back towards the road to St Albans and down the hill to the brook on our right, clogged with the dead and dying.

How Warwick, choked on his reputation as Kingmaker as our men cut him down as he tried to flee.

The other traitors fared no better. Warwicks brother, the Marquis Montagu, met his end in that final surge as the King threw in his reserves. On our right the Duke of Exeter who commanded Warwicks left was struck down and left for dead by one of Duke Richards men. As for the commander of Warwicks broken right, the hapless Earl of Oxford, he escaped the field and the latest news is that he has taken flight to Scotland.

After three hours of fighting in the chill mist it was all over. Thanks be to God, King Edward had won the perfect victory. No strength left in my body, I snatched a few hours rest in a local tavern before taking horse for London and St Pauls. How our King had earned his victory parade that Easter Day.

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A German merchants letter from LondonThis fascinating account of the Battle is provided by a young German merchant living in London at the time, Gerhard von Wesel. He was an alderman at the Steelyard, the headquarters of the Hanseatic League located where Cannon Street station stands today.

Three days after the Battle Gerhard reported to the City authorities in Cologne, to whom he was accountable, what he saw on the streets of London and picked up from conversations with eye witnesses. The following letter is based on a much longer newsletter reporting on the crisis in England; and from a young man aged 28 it shows a touching sensitivity for the pity of war.

The other traitors fared no better. Warwicks brother, the Marquis Montagu, met his end in that final surge as the King threw in his reserves. On our right the Duke of Exeter who commanded Warwicks left was struck down and left for dead by one of Duke Richards men. As for the commander of Warwicks broken right, the hapless Earl of Oxford, he escaped the field and the latest news is that he has taken flight to Scotland.

After three hours of fighting in the chill mist it was all over. Thanks be to God, King Edward had won the perfect victory. No strength left in my body, I snatched a few hours rest in a local tavern before taking horse for London and St Pauls. How our King had earned his victory parade that Easter Day.

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A German merchants letter from LondonThis fascinating account of the Battle is provided by a young German merchant living in London at the time, Gerhard von Wesel. He was an alderman at the Steelyard, the headquarters of the Hanseatic League located where Cannon Street station stands today.

Three days after the Battle Gerhard reported to the City authorities in Cologne, to whom he was accountable, what he saw on the streets of London and picked up from conversations with eye witnesses. The following letter is based on a much longer newsletter reporting on the crisis in England; and from a young man aged 28 it shows a touching sensitivity for the pity of war.

17th April 1471

The Civic Authorities,

Imperial Free City of Cologne

Gentlemen,

I am fit and well as I trust you are, and bring you momentous news from London.

As you know, the country has for some time been ruled by King Henry and the Earl of Warwick, but

A German merchant from the Steelyard by Hans Holbein

A German merchant from theSteelyard by Hans Holbein

17th April 1471The Civic Authorities,Imperial Free City of CologneGentlemen,

I am fit and well as I trust you are, and bring you momentous news from London.

As you know, the country has for some time been ruled by King Henry and the Earl of Warwick, but about a month ago it so happened that King Edward returned from exile, landing in the Humber with a band of about 2,400 men. With amazing speed he marched on London, gathering more support, and and before long was leading an army no less than 15,000 strong.

On Maundy Thursday, King Edward entered London, riding through Cheapside to St Paul's at the head of a grand procession, and, when he reached the Bishop of London's Palace, he arrested King Henry. Events moved quickly.

On Easter Eve, Edward received news that the Earl of Warwick was advancing on London from Coventry with a large force behind him. King Edward immediately mustered his army, numbering about 20,000 men, in St John's field near Smithfield, and at about 4pm rode out towards St Alban's, taking his prisoner, Henry, with him. At around 7pm that evening Edwards army clashed with Warwick's vanguard near Hornsey Park. The two sides chased each other in the dark as far as a village called Barnet, ten miles from London; and it was there, one mile beyond the village, beside the highway to St Albans on a broad green

plot that Warwick set up camp.King Edward's people, not really knowing

in the pitch black where the enemy was, also set up their camp on the other side of the same highway, just opposite the Lancastrian army in a hollow and marsh.

All night long Warwicks artillery thundered as the gunners directed their fire towards Barnet, but overshooting the Yorkist troops. As dawn broke the opposing armies could just about make each other out but at that moment a thick mist descended and enveloped them so that neither side could see the other clearly.

King Edwards army opened fire and so furious was the shooting that more than 10,000 arrows still lie broken on the field of battle. The Lancastrians fought manfully and broke the Yorkist line, chasing 3000 of their people back to Barnet although nobody seemed to notice because of the mist. In the confusion King Henry was freed by some of Warwick's men and tried to escape along the road to St Albans, but was soon recaptured.

At last at about 8am the fighting tipped in favour of the Yorkist army and King Edward won the field. He forced the Lancastrian army to retreat, killing the Earl of Warwick and his brother, the Marquis Montagu, and leaving countless knights and gentlemen dead or wounded.

Many nobles lost their lives that day on both sides, and I have carefully noted down their names. As for the ordinary soldiers, they suffered terrible injuries in the fighting, mostly to the face and upper body a truly pitiable sight.

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A Lancastrian knights letter home

18th April 1471

Lady Margaret Paston,

Caister Castle, Norfolk

Dearest Mother,

Please do not worry. Thank God, my brother John is alive and well, and in no danger of death. But he has been injured by an arrow in his right arm below the elbow, and I have sent him my surgeon who has dressed the wound and says that young John should be recovered very soon.

As for me, I am pleased to report that my life is in no danger and I am not a prisoner.

But the losses have been terrible. Of two other brothers who fought with us at Barnet, one was killed and the other survived. Some of our leaders have been sent to the Tower and others were killed on the battlefield. The Earl of Warwick, our

From a 15th century manuscript 'Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie. Perhaps how Margaret Paston would have read the letter from her son.

From a 15th century manuscript 'Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie. Perhaps how Margaret Paston would have read the letter from her son.

was being celebrated a great hue and cry went up that Warwick had won the field with Edward captured and his brothers, Richard of Gloucester and Clarence, killed. Many Londoners were dismayed while others rejoiced privately, and at this street fighting broke out among the young men. We were well and truly scared as every peace loving German would have been.

But eventually the true news came that the Yorkist army had won, and a little later that Easter Day King Edward arrived in London bringing Henry back as prisoner. Then we saw a miserable spectacle. Those who had gone out to battle the previous day with fine horses and healthy bodies returned the next day with sorry nags and bandaged faces, some without noses, and bodies sorely wounded.

In the afternoon Edward rode in triumph to St Pauls and presented at the north door two banners, badly torn by missiles. On Easter Monday around 7pm the bloodied bodies of Warwick and Montagu were brought to St Pauls and there displayed, semi-naked, on the stone floor of the nave for everyone to see.

Thousands of Londoners filed past the corpses so that nobody could be in any doubt about who was the victor.

People I have spoken with say that never was there fought in England during the last hundred years a fiercer battle than at Barnet field this Easter Day.I remain your obedient servant,

Gerhard von Wesel 'The death of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick' by James E. Doyle

18th April 1471Lady Margaret Paston, Caister Castle, NorfolkDearest Mother,

Please do not worry. Thank God, my brother John is alive and well, and in no danger of death. But he has been injured by an arrow in his right arm below the elbow, and I have sent him my surgeon who has dressed the wound and says that young John should be recovered very soon.

As for me, I am pleased to report that my life is in no danger and I am not a prisoner.But the losses have been terrible. Of two other brothers who fought with us at Barnet, one

was killed and the other survived. Some of our leaders have been sent to the Tower and others were killed on the battlefield. The Earl of Warwick, our commander, and his brother, the Marquis Montagu, are both dead, and many leaders on both sides have perished.

I must mention that young John needs money urgently. I have done everything I can to support him financially, but I have run out of money myself, so can you please help him.

I know how desperate you must be for news and cannot wait to see you again.But until then please do not breathe a word about this letter to anyone. My life and

freedom depend on it.

Your loving and dutiful son,

John

commander, and his brother, the Marquis Montagu, are both dead, and many leaders on both sides have perished.

I must mention that young John needs money urgently. I have done everything I can to support him financially, but I have run out of money myself, so can you please help him.

I know how desperate you must be for news and cannot wait to see you again.

But until then please do not breathe a word about this letter to anyone. My life and freedom depend on it.

Your loving and dutiful son,

John

'The death of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick' by James E. Doyle

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ARMS AND ARMOUR

The use of artillery in the Wars of the Roses (by Graham Turner Osprey Publishing)

15c plate armour, a heavy burden

The Battle of Barnet opened with an exchange of arrows and artillery shot.

In the Wars of the Roses cannon were used differently in mainland Europe. On the other side of the Channel cannon proved their worth in siege warfare battering down walls of castles and towns with huge stone and iron projectiles at a range of around 1500 to 2000 metres; however the Wars of the Roses were characterised by pitched battles rather than sieges. Loading a gun was laborious and it had to be cleaned after every round, slowing things down even more. A good gun crew fired no more than 10 shots in an hour. In the Wars of the Roses it was customary to fire just one or two volleys before troops engaged in the melee of close combat.

In addition to cannon artillery was supplemented by the use of hand guns. At Barnet according to the chroniclers Edward had as many as "three hundred of Flemmynges with hande-gonnes." What they achieved on the battlefield is uncertain, but Barnet was probably the first occasion when hand guns were deployed in a major clash of arms on English soil.

Arrows would have been shot from a 6 foot longbow probably made from yew. It was a difficult weapon to use also requiring great strength to draw it; lethal at 150 metres at that range it could penetrate armour. Maximum range was about 400 metres. A proficient archer could shoot 10 or 12 arrows a minute. The longbow

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was used to devastating effect by English archers against the French in the Hundred Years War at Crcy and Agincourt.

Then according to the accounts of the battle the opposing armies came to hand strokes; this was close quarter hand to hand fighting which took up most of the battles. The common soldier would have worn a metal helmet and possibly armour to protect part of his face and neck while body protection would have consisted of a padded tunic. A knight would have worn plate armour ideally encasing all his body comprising many small plates strapped together to allow maximum movement.

The weight of the armour must have had implications for combat efficiency. One historian has estimated that it weighed

between 50 and 70 pounds roughly the load carried by an infantryman in World War One. It was common practice in the Wars of the Roses for men at arms to dismount and fight on foot using their horses only to ride to or escape from a battle.

Standard weapons would have been daggers and swords varying from short swords about 60 cm long up to massive 110 cm long two handed broadswords.

As armour became more sophisticated so the weapons became nastier battle axes and maces with hooks and spikes; iron balls attached to a staff by a chain designed to crush both the armour and the man inside. A particular nasty weapon was the pole axe a shaft up to 180cm long topped by a sharp curved blade on

Weapons used in hand to hand combat

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one side and a claw on the other with a spike on top.

Men would have soon become exhausted in this type of fighting which is one reason why most battles lasted only a few hours.

The discovery of mass graves at the site of the battle of Towton shows just how brutish the warfare was with bodies showing huge gashes and head fractures. The letter from the German merchant, Gerhard von Weisel, mentions soldiers badly wounded in the face and upper body

The ferocity of fighting at close quarters

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Three weeks after the battle an army assembled by Margaret of Anjou, the wife of Henry VI, was also defeated by Edward IV at Tewkesbury where her son was also killed. Henry VI died soon afterwards in the Tower whether executed or of natural causes we shall never know. Barnet and Tewkesbury marked the end of the demise of the Lancastrians. Edward had brilliantly destroyed his enemy by exploiting their weaknesses and divisions.

To round the story off, Edward died in 1483 and was succeeded as king by his brother Richard III, who as Duke of Gloucester had commanded the Yorkist right flank at Barnet. He became desperately unpopular and was killed at Bosworth in 1485 by Henry VII who seized the throne as the first Tudor king and sealed the new dynasty by marrying Elizabeth of York.

Without the decisive defeats of the House of Lancaster at Barnet and Tewkesbury, the Tudors may never have had the opportunity to seize the throne and England would have continued for longer in the shadows of the medieval age.

At a more tangible level, the Wars of the Roses have left behind a rich and varied legacy.

From a national perspective Henry VI founded Eton school and Kings College Cambridge, reflecting his commitment to education. In Barnet there are many permanent reminders of the Wars. In the nineteenth century a new suburb was built known as New Barnet. The developers obviously had an eye to history as all the road names reflect the Wars of the Roses. There is Lancaster Road, York Road, Bosworth Road, Edward Road, Henry Road, Warwick Road and many others including Woodville Road after Edward IVs wife and Margaret Road after Margaret of Anjou and rather confusingly a Boleyn Road; either the builder ran out of names or got his history muddled. The trend has continued into the twenty first century with a new block of flats named Clarence Court after Edward IVs brother. And finally and rather presciently there is a Leicester Road which reminds us today of the discovery of Richard IIIs skeleton under a car park and where the Wars of the Roses ended.John Hall

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Almost two years ago, shortly after getting elected as a Cockfosters councillor, I took a walk around Trent Park with the local conservation group. As I approached the daffodil lawn I was stunned in front of me stood a majestic Georgian country house, which I had never seen before. The mansion had recently been vacated by Middlesex University and was owned by a Malaysian-based university who were facing financial woes. It was fenced off, appearing fragile and forlorn.

My curiosity caught hold and I began asking my guides: who built it? Who lived here? What is its story? This was a prisoner of war camp in World War Two, said one, and before the war Churchill and royalty used to visit, replied another. At the time this sounded unbelievable but as soon as I left, I immediately sought out the history of the site and was overwhelmed with what I discovered.

This was not just a prisoner of war camp, but an MI 19 (no, I didn't know that existed either) intelligence gathering prison for the most senior captured German Generals, including it is alleged, Rudolf Hess.

It was a prison of luxury, befitting the senior rank of those captured such was the etiquette of the time and the nature of the deception. It was designed to put the prisoners at ease. There were microphones in the lamp shades, billiards table and trees. Undercover intelligence agents mixed with the prisoners to get conversations moving in the right direction.

An M Room in the basement where the Secret Listeners mostly German Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi Germany, recruited by the intelligence services as they understood the German language better than anyone else sat with headphones listening and recording the conversations in the floors and grounds above. They listened to the prisoners talking about the atrocities the Nazis were

committing, including those against their own people, in the country they had been forced to flee. It is hard to imagine how harrowing an experience that was young men and women, who were told little about the nature of the work they were doing, but must have recognised their purpose in helping defeat the Nazis.

And what a purpose indeed! Information was gathered that potentially saved countless lives by significantly shortening the war. Vital intelligence gained in May 1943, included definitive evidence of the development of Hitlers V- 2 rocket at an army research centre in Peenemunde. Churchill ordered its destruction, and within three months the RAF began their attack, slowing down the production of this devastating weapon and buying enough time for the allies to launch the D- Day offensive. In the words of Lt Col St Clare Grondona Had it not been for the information obtained at this centre, it could have been London and not Hiroshima that was devastated by the first atomic bomb. The story of this site does not stop however with its role in winning the war. In the 1920s and 30s it was the home of Sir Philip Sassoon, scion of the Sassoon and Rothschild fortunes a politician, socialite and networking supremo.

At Trent Park he entertained the A- listers of the era, including Charlie Chaplin, Winston Churchill, Edward Prince of Wales, Wallace Simpson, Lawrence of Arabia and the artist Rex Whistler (whose murals still adorn the walls). This was an estate where politicians could gather in secret and consider matters of national importance, with leading figures from the arts to the armed forces.

As a keen aviator (one of his planes is currently being restored) and Under- Secretary for Air, Sassoon is beginning to be recognised for playing a key role in ensuring the RAF were prepared for

the battles ahead. He died three months before the outbreak of war his ashes scattered from the air over his estate. He managed to avoid witnessing the German officers driven to his front door, lounging in his stately rooms, and his former bedroom used as the office of the chief spymaster Col Kendrick.

This is an immensely powerful narrative of a house which in the Victorian era was owned by the austere Bevan family, Quakers who founded Barclays Bank; morphing into a socialites playground that exemplified the elites excessive revelry of the 1920s. However, as the era of frivolity came to a shuddering halt, it ended up in the hands of the War Office to serve the nation. Classified documents revealing its importance were released just recently. The Secret Listeners, sworn by the Official Secrets Act, mostly took their harrowing experiences to their deaths.

One of only two survivors, 97- year- old Fritz Lustig, who served at Trent Parks sister site and now lives in Muswell Hill, has joined Dr Helen Fry (the historian whose book The M Room has helped bring the story of Trent Park alive) and myself on the campaign trail to establish a museum within the mansion to tell its extraordinary story.

The Future of Trent Park House: A Museum for the Nation

Hadley Wood News September 2016 Ist draft Cover page is the first page (picture of knights in armour) of the pdf article attached and labelled Barnet Special. Station Cuttings and Timetable Consultation Its full steam ahead for our new step-free entrance! The Rail User Group (RUG) welcomed Andrew Sidgwick, GTRs Local Development Manager, to its August meeting to discuss the plans, illustrated here. Andrew expects the works on the northbound side to take place between November and January, and you can find his full presentation on our website at www.hadleywood.org.uk/rail-user-group. Members have also suggested related initiatives, including potential landscaping around the new entrance and enhancements to the approach lane. And heres something for everyone to consider: further suggestions for pop-up businesses to be run from the ticket office, complementary to the existing businesses in the Crescent West parade. Please email Kate Ferguson [email protected] with your ideas for ways of making better use of these premises. Thanks too to everyone who has donated to the fund for a plaque to commemorate notable locomotive engineer and former resident Sir Nigel Gresley, which is now in production. GTRs Timetable Consultation has begun for the major 2018 changes when the Great Northern route will join up with their services to Gatwick and Brighton. A full brief and consultation paper are available to individuals on GTRs website but we can influence them directly when senior members of their Roadshow Team come to the next RUG meeting on Thursday 6 October at 7.00-8.30pm in St Pauls Church. This is a unique opportunity to put the case for Hadley Woods train services face to face, so please diarise the date now and come along to make your views heard, or else email them to [email protected]. Francesca Caine Chair, Hadley Wood Rail User Group Rail User Group meetings Thursday 6 October at 7pm in St Pauls Church, including a presentation and discussion with GTRs 2018 Timetable Roadshow Team Wednesday 30 November at 7pm at St Pauls Church Hall The Future of Trent Park House: A Museum for the Nation Almost two years ago, shortly after getting elected as a Cockfosters councillor, I took a walk around Trent Park with the local conservation group. As I approached the daffodil lawn I was stunned - in front of me stood a majestic Georgian country house, which I had never seen before. The mansion had recently been vacated by Middlesex University and was owned by a Malaysian-based university who were facing financial woes . It was fenced off, appearing fragile and forlorn. My

L to R. Dr Helen Fry, Fritz Lustig, Iain Standen Chief Executive of Bletchley Park and myself.

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Semi- permanent makeup is growing in popu-larity as an ever increasing number of people, all for different reasons want to achieve a more per-manent, natural makeup appearance that com-pliments their skin tone. Rosalyn Oakes of Hadley Wood has now teamed up with Effie at Crme to deliver semi- permanent make-up to both men and women. Rosalyn has been trained by the leading permanent cosmetic company Nouveau Contour Beauty Group. She prides herself on the high standards she has set in delivering safe hygienic treatments to a wide variety of clients with outstanding results. Rosalyn says Whether you are swimming, get caught in the rain, work out in the gym, have a neurological weakness or a tremor semi- permanent makeup takes away the stress and time required to apply makeup every day. As well as the cosmetic benefits of eyebrows appearing thicker and lips looking fuller semi- permanent makeup can be a great confidence booster to people who have suffered with medical conditions such as alopecia and or dealing with the hair loss associated with some cancer treatments. Crme will be hosting an introductory open evening on the 12 October 2016 between 6 & 8pm where Rosalyn will be available to answer all your questions and will be demonstrating an eye brow treatment. Places are limited so please call Crme to book your place. Rosalyn will be offering introductory discounts on treatments to all clients that book a treatment on the night.

Call Crme on 020 8449 2687 or pop in to 32 Crescent West Hadley Wood.

We are getting close. Berkeley Homes who bought it last year and intend to develop the site for luxury housing, have finally agreed to hand over most of the ground floor and basement to a Trust we are currently forming.

The vision is for a museum and learning centre to bring the houses story to the public far and wide; to educate school children not just on its fascinating history but even for nature lessons in the wider park; rooms for hire for the local community; and a cafe on the terrace in summer months for visitors to enjoy the breathtaking views. A planning application will be submitted to Enfield Council in mid- September.

If approved, the vision will become a reality. We have been fortunate to have had the support of leading institutions and personalities throughout this pursuit from the Princes Regeneration Trust, the Chief Executive of Bletchley Park Iain Standen, former Director of the CIA General Michael Hayden, Enfield- born Sir David Jason OBE, comedian Helen Lederer (whose grandfather was one of the Secret Listeners) and countless other historians and public figures. I am immensely grateful for the support of our local community too, without whom we would not have got this far.

There is still a long way to go and many hurdles to overcome, but I am optimistic for the future of Trent Park House and its potential as an attraction and educational resource of national significance that will instil a great sense of local pride. For more information and to keep updated visit www.trentparkmuseum.org.uk Jason Charalambous [email protected]

A Special (Fun) Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan When? 10am on September 30th 2016

Where? 24 Crescent West, Wood Barnet EN4 0EJ

At? Alan Laurence Hairdressers Hadley Wood We would like to invite everyone whether you are a new

or existing customer or would just like a slice of homemade cake made by our wonderful staff.

If you cannot come but would still like to give a donation to Macmillan just text CUPCAKE to 70550, go to macmillan.org.uk/coffee or phone 08450742606

Texts cost 5 plus network charges. Macmillan will receive 95p of every I donated in this way. (Obtain bill payers permission first). Any queries contact Kellie on 07741317440

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A Hadley Wood Orchestra. Are You Out There?Orchestral instrumentalists are invited to form a local orchestra in Hadley Wood I am a local musician/teacher/conductor, and eager to form, ( from scratch ), a new chamber orchestra, to provide weekly rehearsals during term time in St. Paul's Church hall. We would work towards public performances when the ensemble feels ready as well as having lots of fun and satisfaction from playing together!The typical sections are needed: Wood wind: flutes 1, and 2, Oboes 1, and 2, Clarinets 1, and 2, Bassoons 1, and 2 Horns: 1, and 2, Brass: Trumpets 1, and 2, Percussion: Timpani Strings: Violins 1, and 2; violas; cellos; double bass. The minimum playing level is aimed at grade 6, or its equivalent, so to ensure a working technical foundation. All ages are welcome.

We would begin with well known, and accessible repertoire of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. 20th century material if financially viable. There would be a termly subscription per member to cover costs of music hire, roles within the Orchestra etc. Anyone who is interested in adopting a secretarial/managerial role, please mention that too, as we would also need those skills! Rehearsal time could take place during daytime or the evening according to preferences. Please state a selection of possible times during the week which would suit you. If you are interested, and feel that you can offer your commitment to such a project, then please contact: Susie Geeson: [email protected] Tel 07796442064

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Hadley Wood News September 2016