Where exactly is your allotment? - Region - London

Started by Mrs Ava, July 23, 2007, 16:48:20

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Trevor_D

Might see you in your trading hut one Sunday morning, then! As we haven't got one ourselves, quite a few of our plotholders are members of Newton Park.

Trevor_D


Common_Clay

Quote from: Trevor_D on March 27, 2008, 07:34:14
Might see you in your trading hut one Sunday morning, then! As we haven't got one ourselves, quite a few of our plotholders are members of Newton Park.

Hold on a minute... you're not the Trevor I know, with the amazing ears and rides a bike?  :)

Trevor_D

Not guilty - haven't ridden a bike since I was a teenager. (But I think I've met the other guy in your hut.)

Common_Clay

Ah, ok, sorry! Yes, there's another Trevor, very nice guy too. Maybe see you down there too one day!

Barnowl

What a great place to have an allotment  :)

sims girl

#45
   ??? hi is there any one from North Wales Conwy area on this site  ???


ceres

Yes Barnowl, we're pretty lucky where we are.  There are downsides though - when the wall that seperates us from the park blew down last year, we had some unwelcome visitors.  Have you ever seen the havoc a herd of deer can wreak??

Barnowl

That must have been chaotic... venison stew anyone?

hopalong

East Finchley. There are about 180 plots on the site, a couple of streams (lots of frogs), woods behind, another allotment site (the Fuel Lands) next to that and Marylebone Cemetery next to that.  So we are part of a huge "lung" in the mioddle of a heavily built up area. Fantastic!  ;)
Keep Calm and Carry On

samela

Hi All

I'm in North London - Barnet and my plot is in the Clifford Road Allotments

Sam

SMP1704

Ceres

Royal Paddocks - is that the allotments next to Hampton Open air pool??
Sharon
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ceres

QuoteRoyal Paddocks - is that the allotments next to Hampton Open air pool??
No - I know the ones you mean but we're the Kingston side of Bushy Park.  We're back to back with the Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club.  Our entrance is on Park Road, Teddington.

Amazin

Another vote for Barnet here - Hospital Fields Allotments in Cricklewood, near Brent Cross shopping centre (that's why I've been saying my plot's in Brent for the last three years - d'oh!)

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willebee

#54
Quote from: nuthatch on July 24, 2007, 10:34:14
Forster Road   Beckenham

not to far from Eltham

Hi Nuthatch
I'm on the Forster Rd. annexe.

Cheers
Nothing ventured etc!!!!!

hopalong

Quote from: markfield rover on July 24, 2007, 09:45:40
My Great Grandfather had a plot in Finchley ,they were(are?) called 'The rough lots' I Google Earthed Finchley and what alot of plots/sites  hoping to pin point it one day.

I wonder if your great grandfather's plot was on the Fuel Lands, next to Marylebone Cemetery on East Finchley High Road?  I've a feeling they used to be called the rough lots. There is another site next to the Fuel Lands called East Finchley allotments (my site).
Keep Calm and Carry On

markfield rover

Hi Paul Long I will ask my mum, she remembers a cemetery and we tried to find it on google earth she was trying to find a swimming  pool  that was close but now you have a name Fuel Lands  that might mean something.Cheers for the info.

hopalong

Quote from: markfield rover on July 03, 2008, 17:10:58
Hi Paul Long I will ask my mum, she remembers a cemetery and we tried to find it on google earth she was trying to find a swimming  pool  that was close but now you have a name Fuel Lands  that might mean something.Cheers for the info.
Sounds promising. A popular open air swimming pool (Finchley Lido) was just over the North Circular from Marylebone Cemetery and the Fuel Lands.  There is still a swimming pool there, but not open air any more, and most of the site is taken up by a cinema complex, bowling alley and fast food joints.
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markfield rover

Evening Paul ,mum,me and google have found the plots they are the next lot north of you so yes just over the north circular. I think(?) a chap has written a book about Barnet allotments must have a look.
Cheers.

hopalong

Quote from: markfield rover on July 04, 2008, 19:55:38
Evening Paul ,mum,me and google have found the plots they are the next lot north of you so yes just over the north circular. I think(?) a chap has written a book about Barnet allotments must have a look.
Cheers.

You may already know by now that the Rough Lots are another name for the Glebe Lands. The site is now occupied by the Wingate and Finchley Foootball Club off Summers Lane.  Here is a link: http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/leisure-culture/libraries/archives/archives-histories/archives-finchleyhistories/archives-finchley-woodhouse.htm
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