The tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet - 22nd October 2023

 As ever, I start with a potted round up of my week, before we get down to business. I've had a wonderful week. Wednesday saw a rehearsal for the False Dots forthcoming gig next Saturday ( CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS ), with Tom our trumpet player.  On Thursday, I went down to the NFT to watch Ken Loach's new film 'The Old Oak'. I am a big fan of Loach's work, ever since I first watched Kez, many moons ago. I realised that in some ways, many of his films are semi autobiographical, one man drowning in a sea of injustice. It is a good commentary on Great Britain today. Whatever you may think of Ken Loach, I believe we need people like him, to tell us things we don't want to hear and to challenge us. I went to an afternoon screening, followed by an Orange Hill School reunion, that was nice. On Friday as reported, I went to see Sunny War at the Slaughtered Lamb. Last night, it was Lloyd Cole who was wonderful. I've seen Lloyd Cole twice in my life, both times I missed watching England lose a World cup game due to a controversial decision. Last night it was The Rugby World Cup semi. In 1986, I went to Milton Keynes bowl to watch him, as well as Simple Minds, The Waterboys and Big Audio Dynamite. It was the day of the infamous hand of God Maradona goal. Lloyd was good, but I'll make sure I don't see him when there's a world cup game on!

Any way, enough of all of that. I didn't do this feature last week. Barnet seemed too traumatised by the awful events in the Middle East to tweet anything, but this week our tweeters are back on form.

1. Let's start in Burnt Oak, were a long standing stalwart of the community has just retired. We wish Fr Colin a happy and peaceful retirement

Father Colin of the Annunciation church in Burnt Oak has retired. He has been a volunteer, trustee and always an unstinting supporter of our charity. Liz attended the last mass he conducted. Thank you Father Colin for your support over the years. We wish you a happy retirement. pic.twitter.com/3gg6AKnZLN

— Good Neighbour Scheme for Mill Hill and Burnt Oak (@NeighboursMHBO) October 17, 2023

2. Nice historical tweet from a rather good account that is new to us, and a map from an old friend, showing this cartographhically

An aerial view of Edgware in the 1950s, looking south.

Photo: LURS Collection pic.twitter.com/ARhZgvI5UQ

— Tetramesh (@Tetramesh) October 21, 2023

From the underground map

1920 map showing the future route of the Northern Line Edgware Branch - completed four years later

Amazing to see such sprawling untouched land! pic.twitter.com/J8kiMZp390

— Inside Mill Hill and Edgware (@InsideMillHill) October 19, 2023

3. A date for your diary (not the Borough of Barnet, but just across the road!)

Brent Women of Renown is a short documentary film celebrating the lives of 3 pioneer women who lived and worked in Brent; Violet Doudney, Amy Johnson & Dame Stephanie Shirley CH.

Don’t forget your tickets for this FREE screening at @KilnTheatre https://t.co/1Odk3jCe1j pic.twitter.com/Zz55Jg2Rff

— CRICKLEWOOD (@cipcricklewood) October 18, 2023

4. And whilst we are in the South West of the Borough, this is a nice tweet

Sharing some photos from an album on Facebook “North West London” of #Cricklewood in days gone by. Featuring “Willesden Green and Cricklewood” Station, Cricklewood Broadway and Smiths - many more in album on site. pic.twitter.com/iFHpADj5U1

— NW2 Res Association (@NW2_RA) October 15, 2023

5. Those of you in the Colindale/Graham Park area might want to check this out

Want to relax........ Every Tueaday/18.30/Yoga/Old Library(Grahame Park, Colindale) @ColindaleGarden @cct_colindale #activewithin #letsgetactive #wellbeing #community #joinus #yoga #barnet #colindale #grahamepark #grahameparkestate @NHGhousing @Heybournepark pic.twitter.com/EgYU4fJpCq

— Active Within (@active_within) October 16, 2023

6. Another date for your diary, this does look fun

Murder in theatreland, Edwardian spirit mediums, mind tricks & all-around spookiness with our gothic & murder noir author event at Finchley Church End Library on Monday 13 November from 7-8pm. Tickets available at https://t.co/NhvtSxsy4I @AJWestAuthor @TomMeadAuthor @JakeKerridge pic.twitter.com/kEeq4KETKs

— Barnet libraries (@BarnetLibraries) October 16, 2023

7. We are big supporters of the night shelters scheme

7️⃣days to go!!! 🛌🏠🧼🪒🧴📝
Stock check before Winter Night #Shelter reopening on 30th of #October.✅
Thank you for #donation.https://t.co/kL5FxFywtm#Sunday #Week #London #Barnet #togetherinbarnet #Homeless #charity #love #helping #bedding #cosmetics #faith #follow #photo pic.twitter.com/0YBA418xL2

— Together in Barnet (@TogetherBarnet) October 22, 2023

8. A great result for the Borough of Barnet's oldest football team. Why not join them next Saturday at Brickfield Lane (opposite The Gate pub) for some solid non league footie. It's a great club with a friendly atmosphere (and then nip up the hill to High Barnet for the False Dots!)

79’ GOALLL Luke Alfano puts us 3-1 up

AYL 1-3 HAD pic.twitter.com/3BTho3vvIA

— Hadley FC (@hadleyfc) October 21, 2023

9. We would have featured this last week, if we'd done this feature. Not too late to register!

It's all kicking off at Mill Hill Music Complex! pic.twitter.com/nLfQvTMBCf

— #MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) October 13, 2023

10. And we'll finish our round up here. A rather good thread from another of our fave accounts

The Brent Cross area in 1922. To middle left, under construction is the viaduct that will take the new Northern Line extension to Edgware. In the bottom foreground is the sure where Brent Cross Shopping Centre will be in 50 years time. The NCR had yet to arrive.

Aerofilms image pic.twitter.com/upmiAYaKWU

— NW London TimeMachine (@time_nw) October 21, 2023

And finally

There are three things I don't do on this feature. I don't pick my own tweets, as a Manchester City Fan I don't celebrate Manchester United and their players and I only pick ten tweets. I hope you'll agree that today it is fitting that I break all of these rules. So here is my final tweet of the week. I hope you agree that it's fitting.

And here is Bobby at The Hendon Hall Hotel, where England stayed before winning the World Cuphttps://t.co/dDNOQCeYEJ pic.twitter.com/3wihYjxgT2

— Roger Tichborne/Rog T (@Barneteye) October 22, 2023

Have a loveley Sunday and a great week. I hope you don't mind before I go putting in a final plug for the False Dots gig at the Bull Arts Centre in Barnet next Sat, 28th October. Here's the poster and a video of what you might expect!