The tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet - 22/12/2019

An interesting week of tweets in the London Borough of Barnet. Here's our selection of the best.

1. This diagram fascinated me. I knew Mill Hill was the highest place with a London postcode, but it is interesting to see how it compares to the rest of the Thameslink line

Gradient - RollerCoaster pic.twitter.com/gFE589iGi0

— Robin Morel (@13milepost) December 22, 2019

2. A lovely piece of local history

On leaving Parliament, William Wilberforce retired to an estate at Highwood Hill & paid to build a chapel nearby, now St Paul's, Mill Hill, as the parish church was not close & was difficult to reach during winter floods.
Image: 'Proclaiming Liberty' window (2012) in St Paul's pic.twitter.com/IEtk9OBUc1

— Anglican Church SPb (@anglicanspb) July 30, 2019

3. Some very worrying news locally this week

Organised crime in leafy Mill Hill - BBC News - 'Organised crime' probe over Elstree and Barnet deaths https://t.co/P4MxVjrHhf

— Richie (@richiepaulo) December 22, 2019

4. Congratulations to Fleur Lewis of Barnet Copthall Swimming club

Link to press article in Local newspaper.https://t.co/xX9P4Rt63G

— Barnet Copthall (@BarnetCopthall) December 18, 2019

5. Do you support local libraries? Action is needed! If you have a few pounds to spare, please contribute

You've donated over £1500 towards our £30k target to complete the library. Average donation was £46.26. There are over 16,000 homes in Cricklewood. If every household gave just £2.00, we'd be fully funded. Please give. https://t.co/xvWB2kgJ7U

— Cricklewood Library (@CrklwdLibrary) December 21, 2019

6. Good to see churches working together in Cricklewood

A team effort and grateful that as churches we stand together. Want to know more? Come to our carols and readings Sunday evening, you would be welcome https://t.co/E1ic3T5FiE

— St Peters Cricklewood (@StPetersNW2) December 21, 2019

7. I remember this well. A great tweet

Promotion for the Royal Air Force Museum at Colindale in the 1970 Royal Air Force Yearbook.

The museum opened in November 1972. pic.twitter.com/jDuNlHcyKJ

— NW London TimeMachine (@time_nw) December 21, 2019

8.Nice tweet from Colindale Police, but are they a tad confused? I thought the bunnies were for Easter?

Colindale NPT would like to thank the Living Way Ministry on the Grahame Park Estate for their Christmas Party and all the Rabbits for the children. pic.twitter.com/mK8B96ThZK

— Colindale Police (@MPSColindale) December 21, 2019

9. A sad sight

And so it goes 💔#RIP #BarnetCopthall #Barnet @Sw_EngDiving @Sport_England @JMNSwimmer @jackrbuckner @tphollingsworth @BarnetCouncil @BarnetCopthall @LondonSport @LondonSwimming @TomDaley1994 @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan @InsideMillHill
“Merry Christmas everyone” 💔 pic.twitter.com/BzW9WN8Giu

— NorthLondonAquatics (@Save_Diving_Ldn) December 18, 2019

10. A drum kit is for life, not just for Xmas

Another happy customer! A drum kit is for life, not just Christmas. Not all are in such a magnificent setting pic.twitter.com/5aHGkBXoex

— MillHillMusicComplex (@MillHillMusicCo) December 20, 2019

That's all folks!

The Saturday list #46 - Ten tweeters you really should follow

Today the Times magazine posted a list of the top 40 people you really should follow on Twitter. It was quite an interesting list, so I thought the Barnet Eye should really have its own list. Clearly this will be a bit more Barnet centric than the times. I have not listed any of the Barnet bloggers (see the sidebar) as it goes without saying that you should follow them, so I don't want to use up half the list on my blogging colleagues !

If I was only allowed to follow ten people, these  are the ten I'd choose because they all post interesting things which I enjoy reading (for a whole host of reasons!)

1. Councillor Robert Rams - https://twitter.com/CllrRobertRams - Roberts feed is often unintentionally hilarious. It is a good study in car crash tweeting. Perhaps the best thing is the quickfire response of many of Roberts admirers. Always good for a laugh Check this out

Free Parking in Barnet's High Streets in the run upto Xmas & after Chanukah so you can take back unwanted gifts! http://t.co/EC2hiTCwtk
— Cllr Robert Rams (@CllrRobertRams) November 1, 2013

@CllrRobertRams

2. Camden Town London. https://twitter.com/CamdenTownLDN  - great tweeter. The best ones are the saucy ones posted on return from the pub, which mysteriously disappear the next day ! Always good value.

@CamdenTownLDN

3. Dave Hill. https://twitter.com/DaveHill Guardian writer and London geezer. Always something interesting going on.

@DaveHill

4. Rodney Marsh. https://twitter.com/RodneyMarsh10 - Ex QPR and Manchester City striker. If you like football chitchat, Sir Rodney is one of the best.

@RodneyMarsh10

5. Kate Belgrave https://twitter.com/hangbitch - Journalist & campaigner. Always got something worth reading to say for herself.

@hangbitch

6. Tweets MP's Delete. https://twitter.com/deletedbyMPs Does what its says on the tin ! A great source of embarrassing gaffes by our elected members

@deletedbyMPs

7. Matthew Offord MP https://twitter.com/HendonMP local MP for Hendon, opponent of gay marriage, campaigner for Human rights for dogs. Sadly he only allows his mates to see his blurberings, which are exceptionally funny (though not deliberately so)

@HendonMP

8. Captain Sensible https://twitter.com/sensiblecaptain Guitarist of the Damned. One of the more entertaining twitterers in the music world

@sensiblecaptain

9. Richard Dawkins https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins The Archbishop of Canterbury for the UK's Atheist population. Always a good source of controversy.

@RichardDawkins

10. Vincent Kompany https://twitter.com/VincentKompany Centre Half for Manchester City. Interesting insightful tweets on a range of subjects. A cut above the usual level of tweets from the football fraternity.

@VincentKompany