The Tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet - 23 August 2020

Last week was  a struggle to find ten interesting tweets that meet our criteria. I ran out at eight, so there was no list. Fortunately this week our local Tweeters have been back on form! Here is our pick

1. Little bits of local trivia always intrigue me. From this tweet I learned that all of the power for the Thameslink line from Mill Hill to St Pancras is derived from a substation in Grahame Park

#Bedford the end of the line for Electric trains sine energisation on January 12th 1981 - ⚡️- from today an additional 30 miles is energised Bedford to Corby beyond #Thameslink #AlwaysOn 🦺 #TrackTeam 🚧 #electrification , original 1981 limit sign removed ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/3mbEsOsJQ8

— Robin Morel (@13milepost) August 23, 2020

2. Who knew that Burnt Oak was a hotbed of aquatic activity?

Bubble River Tour and Raft Racing 🏞

Join Thames21, London's leading waterways charity, to learn more about the Burnt Oak Brook and get crafty with your rafts! Groups of friends, families and colleagues are invited

📅26th Aug
🕔11am-2pm
📍Burnt Oak
Contact details below ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/uEfnybf6BT

— Young Barnet Fdn. #NeverMoreNeeded (@Young_Barnet) August 23, 2020

3. A nice historical tweet of a rather different Colindale

A 1910 postcard image of the Central London Asylum, (later to be Colindale Hospital), with Colindale Avenue in the foreground as it passes over the Silkstream. Back then the area was semi-rural, and the Hendon Aerodrome was about to be developed. (1/4)

Barnet Archives image. pic.twitter.com/Oj08TYo5LG

— NW London TimeMachine (@time_nw) August 21, 2020

4. Some nice pics here of Hendon in times gone by

Meant to post these for ages but here is St Mary's Church, Hendon sometime in the 20s or 30s.

From the Scott-Dixon collection at the @UkNatArchives pic.twitter.com/ubq7Vyebbc

— Mill Hill Hist Soc (@MHHistSoc) August 20, 2020

5. A rather nice picture of the Borough's finest garden centre!

Captured moments in time - beautiful dahlias in Finchley nurseries, Mill Hill, an unusual bird at St James park, new icecream sculpture on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square, and Regent Street, Picadilly #WorldPhotographyDay pic.twitter.com/UXriFU3rhw

— Julia Kwan (@kwan_julia) August 20, 2020

6. I do like a nice piccie of a beautiful sky, and this is a nice picture of a beautiful sky

Beautiful sky this morning @Barnet @StormHour @photohour @LensAreLive @BBCLdnWeather @bbcweather pic.twitter.com/SazDZpXPhI

— Mel 🌺🌸💐🌼🏵️ (@Melshenny1) August 21, 2020

7. And I love a bit of local rock and roll history!

The Stranglers (with Laura Logic) at the Duke Of Lancaster in Barnet, Feb.1978. pic.twitter.com/xVmCIfrTkv

— Mike Dixon (@077Mike) August 21, 2020

8. Nice to see some positive community tweeting from the Police in Totteridge, nice image

Totteridge SNT showing the other side of policing. Building community spirits. pic.twitter.com/MIB3HHbKsf

— Totteridge (@MPSTotteridge) August 23, 2020

9. Angie A is one of our favourite local musicians. Check her out

My next online gig is on September 25th...hope you can join me to 'GET A GOOD FEELING & PASS IT ON'. In the video clip I perform an opening song on for an event I organised. I'm with John Hindley, a fab folk singer/ songwriter guitarist. Keep on keeping on💕 #letthemusicplay pic.twitter.com/sKoKaZ5fpn

— Angie A (@1angiea) August 21, 2020

10. What's your favourite misheard lyrics?

And my favourite misheard lyric is from Dat by Pluto Shervington. I always sing along but haven’t a clue what they really arehttps://t.co/QsBIps4pct

— #MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) August 22, 2020

That's all folks!