Wednesday 17th January 2024 7.30 pm.
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
£7.50 including a glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom).
Michael McCarthy introduces his biography of ‘the boy who would be mayor’. For details and booking click More.
The Society successfully applied for the listing of the Theatre as an Asset of Community Value, inhibiting any change of use. We are therefore disturbed that an application for a licence by the owners of the Gatehouse pub to open a bar in part of the theatre area has specified no conditions to ensure the first floor bar will not interfere with the operation of the theatre.
The Society has been working with the School to take forward plans for workshops to consider the Schools planning applications. These are now likely to take place in the New Year and we hope facilitated by the Prince’s Foundation. Click More for details.
Friday 3rd November 2023 7.30 pm at 10A South Grove N6 6BS
The Community Project group is holding a guerrilla gardening discussion evening. If you have ever wondered what guerrilla gardening is or how it has its “roots” in the Civil War, then come along and find out. We will provide light refreshments (no charge) and talk through different ways to support the work (spade-wielding is only one of them). All are welcome.
Sunday 26th November 12 noon at 10A South Grove N6 6BS. Entry £15 to include a glass of Buck’s Fizz.
Shirley (cello) and Peter (guitar) have been playing jazz together for over 8 years taking in a number of festivals and clubs such as Ronnie Scotts. For more details and booking click More
Insurers are prone to claim that trees close to buildings are a risk and on that basis to refuse or limit cover. Where there are no good reasons we deplore the loss of trees in our urban environment. The Highgate Society has been successful in persuading Haringey to refuse an application to fell a mature […]
Our campaign on Townsend Yard has made some progress. Last month we reported that we saw a passageway beginning to take shape to provide emergency fire access to 36A Highgate High Street. It was a small win, but a win nevertheless.
The developer has belatedly submitted a planning application for the changes involved in constructing this passageway. We are now campaigning to make sure that as a minimum there is access to that passageway for emergency use by the resident of 36A as well as by the fire brigade. For details click More
Readers will recall the plans for the Archway Campus site at the bottom of Highgate Hill, which included a 32 storey tower. The developer Seven Capital responded to comments and objections by reducing slightly the height of the tower to 28 storeys. However, interestingly there is now a second alternative for the site which does not include the tower.
Wednesday 8th November 2023 7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and online on Zoom
£7.50 including a glass of wine (£3 on Zoom)
Ian Dungavell, Chief Executive of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust, will explain plans for a major project to conserve and unlock Highgate Cemetery’s remarkable landscape of memories, strengthen its resilience to the effects of climate change and enhance the visitor experience. Click More for details and booking.
Sunday 22nd October 2023
12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
!£15 to include a glass of Buck’s Fizz.
Patricia Hammond, accompanied by Matt Redman sings authentic parlour songs from the 1830s to the 1930s. Sing along with ‘Juanita’, ‘Come back to Erin’, ‘A perfect Day’, ‘Bless this House’ or ‘What a difference a day makes’.
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