The Tweets of the Week in the London Borough of Barnet 22nd Jan 2023

So how's your week been. I've had a lurgy so I had a quiet night in last night, and a pretty quiet week all in all. Feeling a bit better today though, so not too much to report, apart from writing a brand new song with The False Dots. The way I tend to write songs is to do a 'skeleton arrangement, get the band playing it, record it on my phone, then take it home, mull over it, then work out a proper arrangement with Fil Ross, our bass player and co-producer. The song was called Men & Motors. As sometimes happens, I listened to it and realised that the lyrics were too pompous and boring and didn't really work. So I rewrote them, played the new version to Fil on the acoustic guitar in the shop and now I think it's a banging number. We sorted out the arrangement, so it may well be a very productive week. Also had a couple of nice walkies with the doggies in the Ice

Totteridge pic.twitter.com/53nTnQDA41

— Roger Tichborne/Rog T (@Barneteye) January 21, 2023

Anyway, enough of my week. What were the Tweeters of Barnet up to?

1. This is my favourite tweet of the week, it's great to see kids learning about their local enivornment and geography

2B loved using Google Earth this afternoon to look at aerial maps of our local area and find what physical and human features are around us in Burnt Oak. pic.twitter.com/okyPAzln5I

— The Federation ofThe Annunciation Catholic Schools (@AnnunciationHA8) January 19, 2023

2. This is amazing, perhaps the definitive explanation of how the Norther Line should look.

Over the years I've discovered two lines had staff with a severe superiority complex: The Met and the Northern. The layout at Edgware in this diagram might have *just* made it the most complicated. https://t.co/ffZ7NRzjL8

— Tom Crame (@cranium84) January 22, 2023

3. And what a great tweet to follow it with

Sunrise over East Finchley station this morning. #northernline pic.twitter.com/4CEXqvAXaF

— Julian Vaughan (@julian_vaughan_) January 19, 2023

4. This is another wonderful tweet from one of our regulars

Frith Grange, which sat where Finchley Golf Course is now

Owned towards the end of the 19th Century by the Heals furniture family whose store still exists on Tottenham Court Road pic.twitter.com/PUYsxFUvpc

— Mill Hill Hist Soc (@MHHistSoc) January 20, 2023

5. Nice thread from Mark Amies on Colindale Station

Colindale Underground Station is due a major upgrade, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to go back in time and see its development..... https://t.co/XR6swVwc6O

— NW London TimeMachine (@time_nw) January 20, 2023

6. This deserves a good plug

Dementia-friendly swimming is available at Finchley Lido on Thursdays between 12 and 1pm. No booking is required and it is FREE (including for carers). For more info email: Petrit.Krasniqi@GLL.org #dementiafriendlybarnet pic.twitter.com/88CCC65Xpd

— Barnet Council (@BarnetCouncil) January 22, 2023

7. This is why I put up with Twitter and some of the people on it!

Found some old photos from the film "Dangerous Davies" (1981) with Bernard Cribbins out side the pub, film was filmed at the old Production Village Studios Cricklewood Lane. pic.twitter.com/Ex7YAVecSU

— james (@jamesh2401) January 22, 2023

8. And whilst in Cricklewood, a new landmark was opened there this week. What's the verdict?

Our January e-newsletter features updates on the latest activities happening across the Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration programme.

Read it here: https://t.co/Ga81Lf0ur5 pic.twitter.com/MKKjQbe4rp

— TransformingBX (@TransformingBX) January 20, 2023

9. A date for your diary!

We are pleased to announce that the 15th Mill Hill Music Festival will take place from the 17th to the 24 June 2023.

— Mill Hill Music Fest (@millhillfest) January 16, 2023

10. And finally, I missed this last week, but as it's next week, I felt it should be here. Please support this

Sunday 29th of January:we'll be working on the new Bee Bank project and picking litter in the woodland around the Silk Stream💪🏻🐝We'd love for you to join! Please register via the Eventbrite link or get in touch and let us know how you'd like to support💚 https://t.co/fd16xFjX9N

— Friends of the Welsh Harp (@welshharpies) January 10, 2023

That's all folks!