Friday Ketchup | 13th March 2026

local news And chaT

• How did last week's pollution impact you?
• Make your voice heard - Consultation on burning of solid fuels (wood) - the ones that make us cough!
• WIGHTMAN: the ongoing water leak: is Thames Water Ltd. interested?
• Borough elections survey
• Measles - almost half of all measles cases nationally are in Enfield and Haringey
• What to look for in Railway Fields in March: Primroses in the meadow and chiffchaffs calling
• Wild life - toad
• A carpet of purple and yellow on Green Gate Common

Questions and Advice

• Council Leisure Centres - New Pricing Structure.

Events this weekend & next week or two

• Whats on at Karamel Spring Season 2026
• Artist Talk: The Brook by Ben Nathan
• Singles Night 7x7x7 at Jam in a Jar

For Sale

• headboard container/storage in walnut laminated, very good conditions - £35 or best offer
• extendable table dining 90cm-£30 or best offer - Collection in Turnpike Lane
• Italian walnut laminated wardrobe with drawers - £160 or best offer - collection in Turnpike Lane

Share, Give, Ask

• Gardeners World Magazines

Trades and Services

• Heating engineer recommendation

Crime and scams

• Bank telephone scam warning
• Off-lead dog mauls our cat in front yard

Pets (including lost and found)

• Does anyone know this tuxedo cat (black&white)?

local history

• From the archive: When the Arena was potteries

New comments 

• The Elms Hornsey - a Mysteriously Wealthy Tobacconist, a Hidden Russian Princess and a Jujitsu-Loving Victorian Publisher
• Mr Harling's 1st Middlesex Volunteer regiment red tunic from c1901
• Why Women Teachers Break Windows: The Teacher who Hid Her Identity to Become a Militant
• Historian's book is "full of discovery and surprises"
• Green Lanes at Clissold Park, Circa 1905
• Under the Bridges Seven Sisters Road finsbury Park c1955

A photo from the archive: Central Crouch End 1940s

things to do in March and Beyond

• Women’s History Month Events at Bruce Castle (FREE)
• Talk and Exhibition of photographs and maps tracing natural spring water and sewage in Bounds Green Brook Exhibition ends 22nd March
• A night out in Haringey: What about a modern magic show at Jackson's Lane?  20th March
• Friends of Railway Fields AGM
• Black River Band at the Nicholas Nickleby, N4 4ED
• Spring Equinox cycle ride - open to all - please join us - Sat 21 March
• Introduction to gardening and growing
• Crouch End Players Present Under Milk Wood
• Muswell Hill Repair Café
• Inverted Worlds Open Jam Session (Live Jazz and World Music)
• A Photography Walk with Mike Segal at Coldfall Wood

Now Booking at Jackson’s Lane 

March

• Married at First Sleight by Hudson & Hudson 
• Counting Sheeps by The Herd
• Jon Udry Is Having a Ball

May

• Period Drama by Olga Kaleta
• Nocturne by One more saga productions
• HeeraMandi by Insaan Arts in a collaboration with Amina Khayyam Dance Company
• The Comedy String Quartet by Graffiti Classics
• The Shedding by Elise Reine

June

• Edge Street Live Presents John Robb

listings

13  March

• Singles Night 7x7x7 at Jam in a Jar
• Game of Crones by A&E Comedy

14 March

• Pilates mat class Saturdays 9.00 and 10.00am
• Highgate Repair Café
• Artist Talk: The Brook by Ben Nathan
• Trevillion, McQuillan and Schneerson (Live Jazz)
• The Fun Screening Part IV
• Moonlight Speakeasy by Neon Moon
• King Toadfish Band at the Forest Tavern, E7 9BB

18 March

• Haringey Munch

19 March

• Jazz in the House: Maydan Ensemble