The Tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet - 31/5/2015

It's that time of the week again. Here we are, with our most popular regular feature.

1. Mr Reasonable throws down a challenge to Barnet Council and puts his money where his mouth is!

Mr Reasonable ‏@ReasonableNB May 24

Barnet payments to Capita - £250 to charity if Richard Cornelius can show me the evidence of Capita savings http://reasonablenewbarnet.blogspot.co.uk 

2. Been given a parking ticket unfairly. Let Mr Mustard sort it out for you!

Mr Mustard-Blogger ‏@_MrMustard 1h1 hour ago

Have you had a PCN challenge refused when you didn't get a permit reminder. Do not pay up http://lbbspending.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/braunedoff.html … let me sort it

3. Local Tory activist Myles Longfield found this tweet rather amusing. So did we

Myles Longfield retweeted

ERS ‏@EthanLDN May 29

Seems like the Dutch Prime Minister has finally explained to David Cameron what LGBT actually stands for

4. Not really sure if this is an insult or a compliment?

The Borehamwoodian ‏@Borehamwoodian May 29

Visited new @BluebellesCafe in neighbouring village of Mill Hill. If Mill Hill keeps on improving, it'll be like Borehamwood in no time.

5. Mill Hill as it was in 1945. No M1 and two Railway lines. Interesting to ponder that if the Mill Hill East to Edgware service hadn't been shut down, Saracens Allianz Park Stadium would have a direct tube link to central London.

Railwayana UK ‏@RailwayanaUK May 24

MILL HILL (THE HALE) STATION, MIDDLESEX. 8.1945 http://dlvr.it/9y2bWj  #Railwayana





6. Great story in the local paper about local artist Sarah Ezekiel

eyegazeartist ‏@sarahezekiel May 28

Wonder of technology allows disabled Sarah to paint with her eyes http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=678 …

7. Neil Belshaw-Fox is keen for you to sign the UNISON petition to ask Barnet Council to refrain from outsourcing any more services.

Neil Belshaw-Fox ‏@neilabf 3h3 hours ago

Richard Cornelius Leader of Barnet Council: I am asking you to stop your outsourcing plans for the ... http://www.change.org/p/richard-cornelius-leader-of-barnet-council-i-am-asking-you-to-stop-your-outsourcing-plans-for-the-following-services-education-skills-and-school-meals-services-library-service-early-years-children-s-centres-adult-social-care-street-scene-services-2?recruiter=31477454&utm_campaign=signature_receipt_twitter_dialog&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition … via @UKChange

 

8. Did you know Londons oldest tree is in Totteridge and you can see it on a TICL walk!

TiCL ‏@TiCLme May 27

The Totteridge Yew At around 2000 years old the oldest tree in London #WildLondoner #LondonTreeWeek TiCL App

9. Fancy hearing an excerpt from Eloisa James new book? You can at Hendon Library on June 9th!

Barnet Libraries ‏@BarnetLibraries 23h23 hours ago

Read an excerpt from @EloisaJames new book http://bit.ly/1G2dG5p  meet her Jun 9th in Hendon http://bit.ly/1F1wtH6 




10. Joe the Drummer rather enjoyed his trip to Mill Hill to do some recordings!

Joe The Drummer ‏@joethedrummer May 29

I'm at @MillHillMusicCo with my friend Vic and engineer Fil Ross doing some acoustic stuff.