Hadley Wood News September 2016

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‘Challenge in the Mist’
by Graham Turner.
The young Richard, Duke of Gloucester
(the future King Richard III) looks apprehensively
through the mist at the Lancastrian army.
He commands the Yorkist right flank.
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THE BATTLE OF BARNET
WHAT HAPPENED ON
14TH APRIL 1471
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Battle of Barnet. The story continued

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PRELUDE TO THE BATTLE
The July issue of the News set the scene for the Battle of Barnet.
Based on a talk given by John Northam at the Oxford and
Cambridge Club, it recounted how in 1470 King Edward IV of York
fled to the Low Countries, leaving the saintly Henry VI of Lancaster
to be restored to the throne by the Earl of Warwick, known as “the
Kingmaker” and the most powerful man in England.
On the 14th of March 1471 Edward returned from exile. He
landed in the mouth of the Humber with only 1,200 men and
marched on London, building up the Yorkist army on the way.
Warwick was caught by surprise and outmanoeuvred. Soon
Edward had seized London and captured Henry VI. Two days later
on Easter Saturday Edward marched out of London taking Henry
along as a hostage for the final showdown with the Lancastrian
forces under Warwick who had eventually marched south and
decided to do battle. The stage was set for the Battle of Barnet
on a misty Easter Day 1471.
In this special issue the story of the battle is told by three eye
witnesses – a soldier who fought for the Yorkists, a German
merchant living in London at the time, and a Lancastrian knight
writing home to his mother after the battle. Unusually for the
Wars of the Roses there are as many as twelve contemporary
or near contemporary accounts. These three accounts have
been selected because they give a graphic and very personal
description of the battle, and show how for a moment in
England’s history Barnet became the focus of attention
at home and abroad. This issue also includes articles on
‘Arms and Armour’ and the “Aftermath and Legacy’ of the
battle.
If you are interested in learning more about the battle,
please read the paper published in John’s memory on
the websites of the Hadley Wood Association (www.
hadleywood.org.uk) and the Barnet Museum (www.
barnetmuseum.co.uk) or attend the talk “The Battle
of Barnet, discovering our Heritage” on Friday 30th
September when Sam Wilson will give an update on the
archeological survey of the battlefield.
John Hall
This near contemporary account (‘The Arrival of King
Edward IV in England’) gives an idea of what a victorious
Yorkist soldier experienced on the day.
It is unashamedly partisan in its support of King Edward,
air brushes out the saintly King Henry VI who was a prisoner
of the Yorkists, and because of the thick mist which severely
restricted visibility on the battlefield is light on the detail of
the battle dispositions of King Edward and the Lancastrian
army commanded by the mighty Earl of Warwick
Two maps indicate how the opposing armies were lined
up when battle was joined at about 5:00 am, and then
about three hours later when the battle suddenly tipped in
favour of King Edward.
The battle dispositions at Barnet at about 5:00 am on
Easter Day
A Yorkist soldier’s account from the
battlefield

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DIARY
Barnet, Easter Saturday,
13th April, 1471
DIARY
Barnet, Easter Day,
14th April, 1471
“The night before the battle could hardly
have been colder or more miserable. As
darkness fell we rode into Barnet, chasing
some well-armed enemy scouts through the
“At long last birdsong announced that
dawn had arrived. We fastened our armour
and readied ourselves for the battle. But
instead of seeing our enemy in full view, the
thickest mist you can imagine enveloped
us like a shroud. It was difficult enough to
recognise our own lads let alone the enemy.
But King Edward would not be deterred
by a morning haze. He had a score to
settle with Warwick - the upstart who dared
to call himself “Lieutenant of England.”
So between 4 and 5 o'clock the King
commanded his army chaplains to say
prayers for the men. Committing his cause
and quarrel to Almighty God, he ordered
a general advance, banners unfurled and
trumpets blasting out the call to battle.
How we set on the enemy. First our lads hit
them with a hail of arrows, cannon balls and
shot from our Flemish handguns. Then at
another trumpet blast we hurled ourselves
forward in furious hand to hand combat.
And how the enemy resisted our attack
blow for blow. There was no doubting their
courage, nor ours as the enemy archers
and gunners peppered us with arrows and
shot.
To be honest, there was no way of telling
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St Albans. After a month on the road with
King Edward’s army we had hoped that
we might lodge overnight in Barnet, but no
such luck. Instead the King ordered us to
dismount half a mile beyond the town and
take cover in the fields.
We could just make out a line of distant
hedgerows behind which we were told the
enemy were camped led by that traitor, the
Earl of Warwick. As we crouched close to
the damp soil, we were commanded on
pain of death to keep total silence and not
make any noise that might give away our
position to the enemy.
To add to our misery, Warwick’s cannon
thundered at us throughout the night,
making sleep impossible as the cannon
balls whizzed overhead. At least our silence
meant that the enemy gunners were firing
blind, and mercifully all their shot missed,
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The 'tipping point' of the Battle at about 8:00 am on Easter Day
how the battle was going, as the mist swirled around us and the
clash of metal and din of battle filled the air. I was in the centre
of the fighting with the troops personally commanded by King
Edward, and as we struggled to force our way through the enemy
ranks we heard a dreadful clamour coming from our left.
It meant nothing at the time, but a deserter told me later that this
was when the enemy broke our left flank, sending our men fleeing
to London and spreading rumours that the day was lost and our
King was captured.
Thank goodness for the mist which kept us in ignorance. We
had no way of knowing in the confusion how the line of battle had
pivoted so that our left flank was overlapped at one end of the
fighting and our right flank overlapped the enemy at the other.
But whatever set backs we suffered on our broken left, on our
right flank the King’s brother, Richard Duke of Gloucester, pressed
hard the advantage. Leading from the front, he pushed the enemy
back down a hill and into the mass of Warwick’s centre, leaving
behind a trail of shattered corpses.
Then a little later, we heard another cry go up in the mist to
our left as enemy soldiers returning from Barnet were fired on by
Warwick’s men thinking they were our side. You should
have heard the curses and muffled shouts of “Betrayed!”
as the Lancastrian right flank collapsed in disorder.
But nothing was clear at the time. My only thought was
on keeping alive as I wielded my broadsword this way and
that. Then there was another mighty cry and I could hardly
believe my eyes when I saw in the midst of the fighting the
King himself urging his men forward.
There he was vigorously and valiantly laying waste our
enemy, striking out on one side and then the other, leaving
no foe who crossed his path standing. Then a loud “Hurrah!”
from behind as the King who had disappeared from sight
threw in his reserves, pushing me and the lads forward on
and through the enemy line.
Exhausted, we somehow remained standing in that surge
of men and weapons, and suddenly a clearing in the mist
opened up. All we could see was the enemy running away
in retreat back towards the road to St Albans and down the
hill to the brook on our right, clogged with the dead and
dying.
How Warwick, choked on his reputation as “Kingmaker”
as our men cut him down as he tried to flee.
The other traitors fared no better. Warwick’s brother, the
Marquis Montagu, met his end in that final surge as the King
threw in his reserves. On our right the Duke of Exeter who
commanded Warwick’s left was struck down and left for
dead by one of Duke Richard’s men. As for the commander
of Warwick’s broken right, the hapless Earl of Oxford, he
escaped the field and the latest news is that he has taken
flight to Scotland.
After three hours of fighting in the chill mist it was all
over. Thanks be to God, King Edward had won the perfect
victory. No strength left in my body, I snatched a few hours
rest in a local tavern before taking horse for London and
St Paul’s. How our King had earned his victory parade that
Easter Day.”

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A German merchant’s letter
from London
This fascinating account of the Battle is
provided by a young German merchant
living in London at the time, Gerhard
von Wesel. He was an alderman at
the Steelyard, the headquarters of the
Hanseatic League located where Cannon
Street station stands today.
Three days after the Battle Gerhard
reported to the City authorities in Cologne,
to whom he was accountable, what he
saw on the streets of London and picked
up from conversations with eye witnesses.
The following letter is based on a much
longer newsletter reporting on the crisis in
England; and from a young man aged 28
it shows a touching sensitivity for ‘the pity
of war.’
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A German merchant from the
Steelyard by Hans Holbein
A German merchant from the
Steelyard by Hans Holbein
17th April 1471
The Civic Authorities,
Imperial Free City of Cologne
Gentlemen,
I am fit and well as I trust you are, and bring
you momentous news from London.
As you know, the country has for some
time been ruled by King Henry and the Earl
of Warwick, but about a month ago it so
happened that King Edward returned from
exile, landing in the Humber with a band
of about 2,400 men. With amazing speed
he marched on London, gathering more
support, and and before long was leading
an army no less than 15,000 strong.
On Maundy Thursday, King Edward
entered London, riding through Cheapside
to St Paul's at the head of a grand
procession, and, when he reached the
Bishop of London's Palace, he arrested
King Henry. Events moved quickly.
On Easter Eve, Edward received news
that the Earl of Warwick was advancing on
London from Coventry with a large force
behind him. King Edward immediately
mustered his army, numbering about 20,000
men, in St John's field near Smithfield, and
at about 4pm rode out towards St Alban's,
taking his prisoner, Henry, with him. At
around 7pm that evening Edward’s army
clashed with Warwick's vanguard near
Hornsey Park. The two sides chased each
other in the dark as far as a village called
Barnet, ten miles from London; and it was
there, one mile beyond the village, beside
the highway to St Albans on a broad green
plot that Warwick set up camp.
King Edward's people, not really knowing
in the pitch black where the enemy was,
also set up their camp on the other side
of the same highway, just opposite the
Lancastrian army in a hollow and marsh.
All night long Warwick’s artillery thundered
as the gunners directed their fire towards
Barnet, but overshooting the Yorkist troops.
As dawn broke the opposing armies could
just about make each other out but at
that moment a thick mist descended and
enveloped them so that neither side could
see the other clearly.
King Edward’s army opened fire and so
furious was the shooting that more than
10,000 arrows still lie broken on the field of
battle. The Lancastrians fought manfully and
broke the Yorkist line, chasing 3000 of their
people back to Barnet – although nobody
seemed to notice because of the mist.
In the confusion King Henry was freed by
some of Warwick's men and tried to escape
along the road to St Albans, but was soon
recaptured.
At last at about 8am the fighting tipped in
favour of the Yorkist army and King Edward
won the field. He forced the Lancastrian
army to retreat, killing the Earl of Warwick
and his brother, the Marquis Montagu, and
leaving countless knights and gentlemen
dead or wounded.
Many nobles lost their lives that day on
both sides, and I have carefully noted down
their names. As for the ordinary soldiers,
they suffered terrible injuries in the fighting,
mostly to the face and upper body – a truly
pitiable sight.
London in the meantime was gripped by
rumour and counter rumour. As Easter mass

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A Lancastrian knight’s
letter home
From a 15th century manuscript 'Le livre des faits
d'armes et de chevalerie’. Perhaps how Margaret
Paston would have read the letter from her son.
From a 15th century manuscript 'Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie’.
Perhaps how Margaret Paston would have read the letter from her son.
was being celebrated a great hue and cry
went up that Warwick had won the field with
Edward captured and his brothers, Richard
of Gloucester and Clarence, killed. Many
Londoners were dismayed while others
rejoiced privately, and at this street fighting
broke out among the young men. We were
well and truly scared as every peace loving
German would have been.
But eventually the true news came that the
Yorkist army had won, and a little later that
Easter Day King Edward arrived in London
bringing Henry back as prisoner. Then we
saw a miserable spectacle. Those who had
gone out to battle the previous day with fine
horses and healthy bodies returned the next
day with sorry nags and bandaged faces,
some without noses, and bodies sorely
wounded.
In the afternoon Edward rode in triumph
to St Paul’s and presented at the north door
two banners, badly torn by missiles. On
Easter Monday around 7pm the bloodied
bodies of Warwick and Montagu were
brought to St Paul’s and there displayed,
semi-naked, on the stone floor of the nave
for everyone to see.
Thousands of Londoners filed past the
corpses so that nobody could be in any
doubt about who was the victor.
People I have spoken with say that never
was there fought in England during the last
hundred years a fiercer battle than at Barnet
field this Easter Day.
I remain your obedient servant,
Gerhard von Wesel 'The death of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick' by James E. Doyle
18th April 1471
Lady Margaret Paston, Caister Castle, Norfolk
Dearest Mother,
Please do not worry. Thank God, my brother John is alive and well, and in no danger of
death. But he has been injured by an arrow in his right arm below the elbow, and I have
sent him my surgeon who has dressed the wound and says that young John should be
recovered very soon.
As for me, I am pleased to report that my life is in no danger and I am not a prisoner.
But the losses have been terrible. Of two other brothers who fought with us at Barnet, one
was killed and the other survived. Some of our leaders have been sent to the Tower and
others were killed on the battlefield. The Earl of Warwick, our commander, and his brother,
the Marquis Montagu, are both dead, and many leaders on both sides have perished.
I must mention that young John needs money urgently. I have done everything I can to
support him financially, but I have run out of money myself, so can you please help him.
I know how desperate you must be for news and cannot wait to see you again.
But until then please do not breathe a word about this letter to anyone. My life and
freedom depend on it.
Your loving and dutiful son,
John
mention that young John needs money urgently. I have done everything I
support him financially, but I have run out of money myself, so can you
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w how desperate you must be for news and cannot wait to see you again.
ntil then please do not breathe a word about this letter to anyone. My life
eedom depend on it.
oving and dutiful son,
'The death of Richard Neville, Earl of
Warwick' by James E. Doyle

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ARMS AND ARMOUR
The use of artillery in the Wars
of the Roses (by Graham Turner
© Osprey Publishing)
15c plate armour, a heavy burden
The Battle of Barnet opened with an
exchange of arrows and artillery shot.
In the Wars of the Roses cannon were
used differently in mainland Europe. On the
other side of the Channel cannon proved
their worth in siege warfare battering down
walls of castles and towns with huge stone
and iron projectiles at a range of around
1500 to 2000 metres; however the Wars of
the Roses were characterised by pitched
battles rather than sieges. Loading a gun
was laborious and it had to be cleaned
after every round, slowing things down
even more. A good gun crew fired no more
than 10 shots in an hour. In the Wars of the
Roses it was customary to fire just one or
two volleys before troops engaged in the
melee of close combat.
In addition to cannon artillery was
supplemented by the use of hand guns.
At Barnet according to the chroniclers
Edward had as many as "three hundred
of Flemmynges with hande-gonnes."
What they achieved on the battlefield is
uncertain, but Barnet was probably the first
occasion when hand guns were deployed
in a major clash of arms on English soil.
Arrows would have been shot from a 6
foot longbow probably made from yew. It
was a difficult weapon to use also requiring
great strength to draw it; lethal at 150
metres – at that range it could penetrate
armour. Maximum range was about 400
metres. A proficient archer could shoot
10 or 12 arrows a minute. The longbow
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was used to devastating effect by English
archers against the French in the Hundred
Years War at Crècy and Agincourt.
Then according to the accounts of the
battle the opposing armies “came to hand
strokes”; this was close quarter hand to
hand fighting which took up most of the
battles. The common soldier would have
worn a metal helmet and possibly armour
to protect part of his face and neck while
body protection would have consisted of
a padded tunic. A knight would have worn
plate armour ideally encasing all his body
comprising many small plates strapped
together to allow maximum movement.
The weight of the armour must have had
implications for combat efficiency. One historian has estimated that it weighed
between 50 and 70 pounds roughly the
load carried by an infantryman in World War
One. It was common practice in the Wars
of the Roses for men at arms to dismount
and fight on foot using their horses only to
ride to or escape from a battle.
Standard weapons would have been
daggers and swords varying from short
swords about 60 cm long up to massive
110 cm long two handed broadswords.
As armour became more sophisticated
so the weapons became nastier – battle
axes and maces with hooks and spikes;
iron balls attached to a staff by a chain
designed to crush both the armour and
the man inside. A particular nasty weapon
was the pole axe – a shaft up to 180cm
long topped by a sharp curved blade on
Weapons used in hand to hand combat

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one side and a claw on the other with a
spike on top.
Men would have soon become
exhausted in this type of fighting which is
one reason why most battles lasted only a
few hours.
The discovery of mass graves at the
site of the battle of Towton shows just
how brutish the warfare was with bodies
showing huge gashes and head fractures.
The letter from the German merchant,
Gerhard von Weisel, mentions soldiers
badly wounded in the face and upper body
The ferocity of fighting at close quarters
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Three weeks after the battle an army
assembled by Margaret of Anjou, the
wife of Henry VI, was also defeated
by Edward IV at Tewkesbury where
her son was also killed. Henry VI died
soon afterwards in the Tower whether
executed or of natural causes we shall
never know. Barnet and Tewkesbury
marked the end of the demise of the
Lancastrians. Edward had brilliantly
destroyed his enemy by exploiting their
weaknesses and divisions.
To round the story off, Edward died
in 1483 and was succeeded as king
by his brother Richard III, who as Duke
of Gloucester had commanded the
Yorkist right flank at Barnet. He became
desperately unpopular and was killed
at Bosworth in 1485 by Henry VII who
seized the throne as the first Tudor king
and sealed the new dynasty by marrying
Elizabeth of York.
Without the decisive defeats of the
House of Lancaster at Barnet and
Tewkesbury, the Tudors may never have
had the opportunity to seize the throne
and England would have continued for
longer in the shadows of the medieval
age.
At a more tangible level, the Wars of
the Roses have left behind a rich and
varied legacy.
From a national perspective Henry VI
founded Eton school and King’s College
Cambridge, reflecting his commitment
to education. In Barnet there are many
permanent reminders of the Wars. In
the nineteenth century a new suburb
was built known as New Barnet. The
developers obviously had an eye to
history as all the road names reflect the
Wars of the Roses. There is Lancaster
Road, York Road, Bosworth Road,
Edward Road, Henry Road, Warwick
Road and many others including
Woodville Road after Edward IV’s wife
and Margaret Road after Margaret of
Anjou and rather confusingly a Boleyn
Road; either the builder ran out of
names or got his history muddled. The
trend has continued into the twenty first
century with a new block of flats named
Clarence Court after Edward IV’s brother.
And finally and rather presciently there
is a Leicester Road which reminds us
today of the discovery of Richard III’s
skeleton under a car park and where the
Wars of the Roses ended.
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Station Cuttings and Timetable Consultation
It’s full steam ahead for our new step-­free
entrance! The Rail User Group (RUG)
welcomed Andrew Sidgwick, GTR’s Local
Development Manager, to its August
meeting to discuss the plans, illustrated
here. Andrew expects the works on the
northbound side to take place between
November and January, and you can
find his full presentation on our website at
www.hadleywood.org.uk/rail–user–group.
Members have also suggested
related initiatives, including potential
landscaping around the new entrance
and enhancements to the approach lane.
And here’s something for everyone to
Kate Ferguson katejacobrosa@hotmail.
com with your ideas for ways of making
better use of these premises. Thanks too
to everyone who has donated to the
fund for a plaque to commem-
orate notable locomotive
engineer and former resident
Sir Nigel Gresley, which is
now in production. GTR’s
Timetable Consultation
has begun for the major
2018 changes when the
Great Northern route
will join up with their
services to Gatwick and
Brighton. A full brief and
consultation paper are
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consider: further suggestions for “pop-­up”
businesses to be run from the ticket office,
complementary to the existing businesses
in the Crescent West parade. Please email
available to individuals on GTR’s website
but we can influence them directly when
senior members of their Roadshow Team
come to the next RUG meeting on
Thursday 6 October at 7.00-­8.30pm in
St Paul’s Church. This is a unique opportunity
to put the case for Hadley Wood’s train
services face to face, so please diarise
the date now and come along to make
your views heard, or else email them to
hadleywoodrailusergroup@gmail.com.
Francesca Caine Chair, Hadley Wood Rail
User Group
Rail User Group meetings
Thursday 6 October at 7pm in St Paul’s
Church, including a presentation and
discussion with GTR’s 2018 Timetable
Roadshow Team.
Wednesday 30 November at 7pm at the
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Almost two years ago, shortly after getting
elected as a Cockfosters councillor, I took
a walk around Trent Park with the local
conservation group. As I approached
the daffodil lawn I was stunned – in front
of me stood a majestic Georgian country
house, which I had never seen before. The
mansion had recently been vacated by
Middlesex University and was owned by
a Malaysian-based university who were
facing financial woes. It was fenced off,
appearing fragile and forlorn.
My curiosity caught hold and I began
asking my guides: who built it? Who lived
here? What is its story? “This was a prisoner
of war camp in World War Two,” said one,
and “before the war Churchill and royalty
used to visit,” replied another. At the time
this sounded unbelievable but as soon as I
left, I immediately sought out the history of
the site and was overwhelmed with what I
discovered.
This was not just a prisoner of war camp,
but an MI 19 (no, I didn't know that existed
either) intelligence gathering prison for the
most senior captured German Generals,
including it is alleged, Rudolf Hess.
It was a prison of luxury, befitting the
senior rank of those captured – such
was the etiquette of the time and the
nature of the deception. It was designed
to put the prisoners at ease. There were
microphones in the lamp shades, billiards
table and trees. Undercover intelligence
agents mixed with the prisoners to get
conversations moving in the right direction.
An ‘M Room’ in the basement where the
‘Secret Listeners’ – mostly German Jewish
refugees who had fled Nazi Germany,
recruited by the intelligence services as
they understood the German language
better than anyone else – sat with
headphones listening and recording the
conversations in the floors and grounds
above. They listened to the prisoners
talking about the atrocities the Nazis were
committing, including those against their
own people, in the country they had been
forced to flee. It is hard to imagine how
harrowing an experience that was – young
men and women, who were told little about
the nature of the work they were doing,
but must have recognised their purpose in
helping defeat the Nazis.
And what a purpose indeed! Information
was gathered that potentially saved
countless lives by significantly shortening
the war. Vital intelligence gained in May
1943, included definitive evidence of the
development of Hitler’s V-­2 rocket at an
army research centre in Peenemunde.
Churchill ordered its destruction, and
within three months the RAF began their
attack, slowing down the production
of this devastating weapon and buying
enough time for the allies to launch the
D-­Day offensive. In the words of Lt Col St
Clare Grondona ‘Had it not been for the
information obtained at this centre, it could
have been London and not Hiroshima
that was devastated by the first atomic
bomb.’ The story of this site does not stop
however with its role in winning the war. In
the 1920s and 30s it was the home of Sir
Philip Sassoon, scion of the Sassoon and
Rothschild fortunes – a politician, socialite
and networking supremo.
At Trent Park he entertained the A-­listers
of the era, including Charlie Chaplin,
Winston Churchill, Edward Prince of Wales,
Wallace Simpson, Lawrence of Arabia and
the artist Rex Whistler (whose murals still
adorn the walls). This was an estate where
politicians could gather in secret and
consider matters of national importance,
with leading figures from the arts to the
armed forces.
As a keen aviator (one of his planes
is currently being restored) and Under-­
Secretary for Air, Sassoon is beginning
to be recognised for playing a key role
in ensuring the RAF were prepared for
the battles ahead. He died three months
before the outbreak of war – his ashes
scattered from the air over his estate. He
managed to avoid witnessing the German
officers driven to his front door, lounging in
his stately rooms, and his former bedroom
used as the office of the chief spymaster
Col Kendrick.
This is an immensely powerful narrative
of a house which in the Victorian era
was owned by the austere Bevan family,
Quakers who founded Barclays Bank;
morphing into a socialites’ playground that
exemplified the elite’s excessive revelry of
the 1920s. However, as the era of frivolity
came to a shuddering halt, it ended up in
the hands of the War Office to serve the
nation. Classified documents revealing its
importance were released just recently.
The Secret Listeners, sworn by the Official
Secrets Act, mostly took their harrowing
experiences to their deaths.
One of only two survivors, 97-­year-­old
Fritz Lustig, who served at Trent Park’s
sister site and now lives in Muswell Hill, has
joined Dr Helen Fry (the historian whose
book ‘The M Room’ has helped bring the
story of Trent Park alive) and myself on
the campaign trail to establish a museum
within the mansion to tell its extraordinary
story.
The Future of Trent Park House: A Museum for the Nation
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Consultation
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entrance!
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Rail
User
Group
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August
meeting
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works
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suggestions
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your
ideas
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premises.
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too
to
everyone
who
has
to
commemorate
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now
in
production.
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to
individuals
on
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can
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of
their
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to
the
next
RUG
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at
7.00-­‐8.30pm
in
St
Paul’s
Church.
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is
a
unique
Hadley
Wood’s
train
services
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face,
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please
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to
make
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views
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L to R. Dr Helen Fry, Fritz Lustig, Iain Standen Chief Executive of Bletchley
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larity as an ever increasing number of people, all
for different reasons want to achieve a more per-
manent, natural make-­up appearance that com-
pliments their skin tone. Rosalyn Oakes of Hadley
Wood has now teamed up with Effie at Crème to
deliver semi-­permanent make-up to both men
and women. Rosalyn has been trained by the
leading permanent cosmetic company Nouveau
Contour Beauty Group. She prides herself on
the high standards she has set in delivering safe
hygienic treatments to a wide variety of clients with outstanding results. Rosalyn says “Whether you
are swimming, get caught in the rain, work out in the gym, have a neurological weakness or a tremor
semi-­permanent makeup takes away the stress and time required to apply makeup every day. As
well as the cosmetic benefits of eyebrows appearing thicker and lips looking fuller semi-­permanent
make-­up can be a great confidence booster to people who have suffered with medical conditions such
as alopecia and or dealing with the hair loss associated with some cancer treatments”. Crème will be
hosting an introductory open evening on the 12 October 2016 between 6 & 8pm where Rosalyn will be
available to answer all your questions and will be demonstrating an eye brow treatment. Places are
limited so please call Crème to book your place. Rosalyn will be offering introductory discounts on
treatments to all clients that book a treatment on the night.
Call Crème on 020 8449 2687 or pop in to 32 Crescent West Hadley Wood.
We are getting close. Berkeley Homes
who bought it last year and intend to
develop the site for luxury housing, have
finally agreed to hand over most of the
ground floor and basement to a Trust we
are currently forming.
The vision is for a museum and learning
centre to bring the house’s story to the
public far and wide; to educate school
childrennotjustonitsfascinatinghistorybut
even for nature lessons in the wider park;
rooms for hire for the local community; and
a cafe on the terrace in summer months
for visitors to enjoy the breathtaking views.
A planning application will be submitted to
Enfield Council in mid-­September.
If approved, the vision will become a
reality. We have been fortunate to have
had the support of leading institutions and
personalities throughout this pursuit – from
the Prince’s Regeneration Trust, the Chief
Executive of Bletchley Park Iain Standen,
former Director of the CIA General
Michael Hayden, Enfield-­born Sir David
Jason OBE, comedian Helen Lederer
(whose grandfather was one of the Secret
Listeners) and countless other historians
and public figures. I am immensely grateful
for the support of our local community
too, without whom we would not have
got this far.
There is still a long way to go and many
hurdles to overcome, but I am optimistic
for the future of Trent Park House and its
potential as an attraction and educational
resource of national significance that will
instil a great sense of local pride. For more
information and to keep updated visit
www.trentparkmuseum.org.uk
Jason Charalambous Councillor
jason.charalambous@enfield.gov.uk
A Special (Fun) Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan
When? 10am on September 30th 2016
Where? 24 Crescent West, Wood Barnet EN4 0EJ
At? Alan Laurence Hairdressers Hadley Wood
We would like to invite everyone whether you are a new
or existing customer or would just like a slice of homemade cake made by our
wonderful staff.
If you cannot come but would still like to give a donation to Macmillan
just text CUPCAKE to 70550, go to macmillan.org.uk/coffee or phone 08450742606
Texts cost £5 plus network charges. Macmillan will receive 95p of every £I donated in
this way. (Obtain bill payer´s permission first).
Any queries contact Kellie on 07741317440

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A Hadley Wood Orchestra. Are You Out There?
Orchestral instrumentalists are invited to form a local orchestra in Hadley Wood I am a local
musician/teacher/conductor, and eager to form, ( from scratch ), a new chamber orchestra,
to provide weekly rehearsals during term time in St. Paul's Church hall. We would work
towards public performances when the ensemble feels ready as well as having lots of fun
and satisfaction from playing together!
The typical sections are needed: Wood wind: flutes 1, and 2, Oboes 1, and 2, Clarinets 1, and
2, Bassoons 1, and 2 Horns: 1, and 2, Brass: Trumpets 1, and 2, Percussion: Timpani Strings:
Violins 1, and 2; violas; cellos; double bass. The minimum playing level is aimed at grade 6,
or its equivalent, so to ensure a working technical foundation. All ages are welcome.
We would begin with well known, and accessible repertoire of the Baroque, Classical,
and Romantic periods. 20th century material if financially viable. There would be a termly
subscription per member to cover costs of music hire, roles within the Orchestra etc.
Anyone who is interested in adopting a secretarial/managerial role, please mention that too,
as we would also need those skills! Rehearsal time could take place during daytime or the
evening according to preferences.
Please state a selection of possible times during the week which would suit you. If you
are interested, and feel that you can offer your commitment to such a project, then please
contact: Susie Geeson: susiegeeson@hotmail.com Tel 07796442064