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Culture & Arts · High BarnetNew wartime play at High Barnet’s Bull Theatre opens in October
A new play about life in Barnet during the Second World War will premiere at the Bull Theatre in October. The production, featuring stories from the former Barnet Odeon’s bomb shelter, runs for four performances with tickets priced at £19 plus a booking fee.
High Barnet4 min readTrust 56 · Craft 95 · Hype 15
Local News · Golders GreenDavid Stevenson finds birth family 65 years after Golders Green abandonment
David Stevenson, abandoned as a baby in a Golders Green flat in 1960, has connected with his birth family after 65 years. DNA testing uncovered his Dutch-Indonesian roots and led to relatives in Rotterdam, though his mother died in 2010.
Golders Green5 min readTrust 48 · Craft 85 · Hype 15- Transport & TfL · Mill Hill
Northern line extension to Mill Hill scrapped in 1954 left three lost stations
A 1930s Northern line extension would have added three stations beyond Mill Hill East, but construction stopped after the Second World War. Post-war green belt laws led to the project’s cancellation in 1954, leaving only remnants of Brockley Hill station visible today.
Mill Hill5 min readTrust 36 · Craft 59 · Hype 15