
The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
Hand and Flower, 1250 High Road, WhetstonePicture added on 21 September 2009 at 10:30
I remember the Hand and Flower pub, but not the old buildings to the left of it. They were presumably demolished to make way for the widening of Oakleigh Road North.
Added by Dino Lytras on 26 March 2013
I remember the Hand and Flower. Actually used it for a couple of years. Then sadly it was knocked down and had a large Barclays Bank built on the site. Such a shame. It was a traditional old boozer.
Added by Chris Stevens on 20 September 2013
My grandparents were licensees of the pub through the 1960's into the early 70's. At that time there was a beer garden to the left and car parking with shellfish bar to left of that presumably where buildings had been demolished
Added by Graham Bettis on 11 November 2017
The company I worked for demolished the pub and built the Barclays building. I was involved with the air-conditioning design.
Living in Whetstone for the first 27 years of my life I remember it well - particularly the cobbled surface of the car park at the front as it was a useful short-cut to avoid the corner.
Living in Whetstone for the first 27 years of my life I remember it well - particularly the cobbled surface of the car park at the front as it was a useful short-cut to avoid the corner.
Added by Dave Roethenbaugh on 06 December 2019
My Grandparents and then my Father ran the pub from 1948 to 1955 - There was a beer garden to the left and Curly Howes had his greengrocers storage in the big 'Hanger' at the back of the pub itself.
Added by Lynette Benton on 10 August 2020