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Family History Hugh Petrie, Barnet’s Heritage Officer, recently appeared on GMTV’s family history slot, helping actor Scott Maslem (‘The Bill’) trace his family back to 19th Century Hendon. The feaure was filmed both at the Museum and at LBBarnet’s Archives at Mill Hill. Hendonwood? ‘Lines and Bears’, a short film based on the children’s poem of Lines and Squares by A A Milne, has just appeared. Shot almost entirely on location at the Museum last year, the film was made by London company Frantic Films. Virtual Reality The Museum has just been awarded a ‘Renaissance’
grant of £2500 by the MLA (Museums, Libraries & Archives) to
promote the virtual tours of its displays featured on this website. The
grant is to be used to publicize the tours to those groups, such as people
with mobility problems, for whom physical access to the building is difficult
or impossible. Drawing Competition As part of its Winterlude exhibition earlier this year, the Museum held a competition for children in which they were asked to draw their favourite toy from those on display. Over 150 children entered lovely pictures, which were displayed around the gallery walls during the show, and it was a hard task for Brenda Faris, one of our exhibitors, to narrow the entries down to six winners. However, she did so, and last week those children were sent small prizes contributed by the Museum and by Mrs Faris herself. Congratulations to all. Maze THE MAZE AT CHURCH FARMHOUSE MUSEUM The main work has now been completed on a maze in the
Museum Garden. The maze, which is situated in the north east corner of
the Garden, just beyond the pond, was made possible by a generous bequest
made in 2004 by the late Colette Anna Fontaine, of Edgware, additional
funding was kindly given by the Friends of Church
NEW BOOK The considerable slice of North London now covered by
London Borough of Barnet has a long and varied past. The fascinating history
of a major part of the Borough is revealed in a lively new book by Barnet’s
Heritage Officer, Hugh Petrie, who works both at Church Farmhouse Museum
and at the Borough’s Local Studies and Archives in Mill Hill. Hendon
& Golders Green is the product of extensive new research and contains
a wealth of illustrations, including many photographs of the area never
before reproduced: it will be the standard study of its subject for many
years to come. Hendon & Golders Green is published , in hardback,
by Phillimore , and is available in the Museum Shop, at Barnet branch
libraries, and at all good bookshops, price +15.95. (NB There is a 10%
reduction on this, and on all other purchases from the Museum Shop, for
members of the Friends of the Museum.) Blue Plaque The blue plaque in commemoration of Mark Lemon (which has been paid for by the Friends) was officially unveiled on 11th September by the well-known humorist, writer and broadcaster Alan Coren. It is very fitting that this memorial to the first editor of Punch should be unveiled by one of the last. Mr Coren edited the magazine from 1978 to 1987. (Alan Coren has a previous connexion with Church Farm: he was Patron of the Friends of the Museum in the late 1990s.) We hope that this blue plaque will be a permanent reminder of Mark Lemon- a man who played a significant role in the cultural life of Britain in the 19th Century. |