The Tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet 21.6.2020

Reality edges ever closer as lockdown is lifted. This week we had the return (sort of) of the thrills and spills of Premiership football. But what has been tickling the fancy of our local Twits? Here is our selection of the best of them.


1. My tweet of the week from one of my favourite accounts. Note with interest that this account needs ten more followers to hit 2,000. If you aren't following it, I'd suggest you do. It's been running for just over a year and the fact it has picked up so many followers shows just what happens when you publish interesting information.

'A Testing Job', 1968 COI film about driving test instructors. Filmed around Mill Hill and Burnt Oak. The Driving Test Centre is Churchill House on Bunns Lane, Mill Hill. You may see other parts of NW London you recognise. (1/2)

Here's the filmhttps://t.co/8MNnDq3pyh pic.twitter.com/0p40vWmIYI

— NW London TimeMachine (@time_nw) June 14, 2020

2. Who knew that Brent Cross shopping centre used to be so interesting!

Apparently wooden animals in shopping centres was quite the thing. Brent Cross: pic.twitter.com/AGmv3yvehm

— CARPET (@WHS_Carpet) June 20, 2020

3. Another of our favourite accounts is the Mill Hill Historical Society. This clip is quite nostalgic for me. I had a girlfriend who lived down the road from Mad Johns wife in Broadfields. I recall the dog.

A clip from a 1973 BBC documentary of Hell's Angel "Mad John" visiting his wife living near Knightwood Close on Broadfields, Edgware

The houses remains but most of the surrounding flats have since been redeveloped.https://t.co/D8eody4NRl pic.twitter.com/tc5J3poYb3

— Mill Hill Hist Soc (@MHHistSoc) June 17, 2020

4. Samuel Levy is another favourite. For those of us who spend our time walking the local nature reserve areas, this is a lovely bit of filming. I always enjoy seeing these

Day 15 of #30DaysWild
Today I had a look back and edited some footage from during the lockdown, before heading out later today.
This shows just how well Parakeets can climb around trees, however on this occasion the female couldn't get a foothold on the tree! #londonbirds pic.twitter.com/W00HqjFcMa

— Samuel Levy (@FinchleyBirder) June 15, 2020

5. This is a nice tweet. Will have to nip over to East Finchley to check this out

I will nominate the quirky Black Gull book shop in Camden mkt and Sister shop in East Finchley Spent many a lost hour in here and found some great bargains snd 1st editions.. pic.twitter.com/jR5ldJeHy0

— wardietony (@wardietony) June 21, 2020

6. We like a good photo and this is a great photo!

@LondonSnowWatch nice structure here in Mill Hill pic.twitter.com/1OwwOVGyLC

— Nicola Curtis (@NicolaCurtis9) June 17, 2020

7. Funny to think that when this was taken, this was the height of modernity! Nice pic

D5211 at Brent sidings, Cricklewood, 1963

📸 N/A pic.twitter.com/uMs9WzgZBO

— Chris Sykes (@N_Amberfield) June 16, 2020

8. Good to see people who care

This afternoon’s #BlackLivesMatter vigil & protest at Friary Park #Justice4Grenfell #Windrush pic.twitter.com/Moq31mzHYx

— Stand Up To Racism Barnet (@SUTRBarnet) June 20, 2020

9. Our historical tweet of the week.

#R10190 airship R101 will b walked back out on the 23rd of June 1930, all these months in the shed for letting out gas cells & other lightening work too, noticable to the public will b the removal of reefing girders @ the nose & tail.

She will fly at the Hendon air Padgent. pic.twitter.com/EHOK2pTXgM

— ℂ𝔸ℝ𝔻𝕀ℕ𝔾𝕋𝕆ℕ 𝕊ℍ𝔼𝔻𝕊 (@CardingtonSheds) June 16, 2020

10. A sentiment I think we all share

We still miss Amy https://t.co/tg6YdNOw3g

— #MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) June 9, 2020

That's all folks