
The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
No: 2538 Contributor: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Year: 1989
Beaconsfield Road, N11Looking north towards Oakleigh Road North.Photographed in June 1989 by John Donovan who used to walk this way every day from his home in Holly Park Road to his work at STC
Picture added on 12 January 2011 at 13:59
I used to have trolley races down the hill, quite often I did not make it. That was so many years ago. 1953 through 1956/7. The bollards where not there then. We used to go scumping on the allotments on the left, food was sparse. This is when mad Eric used to ride his tricycle around the area, always dragging a little dog on the end of a piece of string with so many puppies in hot persuit. I remember when he let the hand brake off Thompsons veg van and crashed it on the bend down the hill, some of the customers were still inside. I think they were all OK.
Added by Rufus Jones on 26 February 2015