Friday Ketchup| 20th March 2026

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• local builder

local news And chaT

• There is going to be a meeting with the council! Time to talk about air pollution
• I've had a burning throat and sore eyes - what about you? harringaypollution@gmail.com
• Road works on Wightman Road
• Haringey Council about to quietly sign off 5 year commercial events deal IN Finsbury Park without meaningfully consulting
• FIVE more years of Events in Finsbury Park?
• Late Obituary for a Local Artist and Man of Culture
• Every Brook Flows Into A River and Every River Finds Its Way To The Sea: Ben Nathan wants to give us our rivers back
• Will the mayor tax SUVs and similar large cars?
• What to look for at Railway Fields in March: Bees and butterflies are flying, lovely ladybirds on fresh green leaves
• A ten minute nature safari at Ducketts Common

Local Elections 

• Letter from local Green Party to Cab Member for Parks
• Borough elections survey

Questions and Advice

• Working from home - crafts, assembly etc

Trades and services

• Fencing repair recommendation - Bear Fencing
• Lease extension solicitors: who would you recommend?
• Decorator - AtoB Decorators
• Lee Murphy - LA Roofing
• Guitar Teacher

Events this weekend & next week or two

• Haringey Borough FC's Big Match (2nd vs 1st)
• Spring Equinox cycle ride - open to all - please join us - Sat 21 March
• Railway Fields Saturday Opening: 21st March 10am - 2pm
• Friends of Priory Park AGM
• Friends of Railway Fields AGM

For Sale

• Old guttering wanted!
• Kids Bike - Black Ridgeback MX24 - For 8-11 yr olds - Used but good condition - £100
• Gracie Barra - Junior Jiu Jitsu Gi's for sale
• Royal Canin Gastrointestinal sachets cat food

Share, Give, Ask

• FREE Freestanding brass lamp with bulb
• Baby walker
• Bicycle mudguards

Pets (including lost and found)

• Grey Tabby with limp Beresford Rd / Effingham

local history

Photos

• An Edwardian women's party in Finsbury Park
• Topsfield Hall and a very narrow Tottenham Lane

New comments 

• Judges at the 1948 Olympics Basketball at Harringay Arena

A photo from the archive: Barclays Finsbury Park (Exterior), 1962

things to do in March and April

• Women’s History Month Events at Bruce Castle (FREE)
• Poetry &  Poppadums with Murray Lachlan Young
• Muswell Hill Repair Café
• Inverted Worlds Open Jam Session (Live Jazz and World Music)
• Pooches & Popcorn (dog-friendly movie night): Little Women
• A Photography Walk with Mike Segal at Coldfall Wood
• Highgate Repair Café
• All Good Repair Café Turnpike Lane
• The Great Quernmore Road PLANT SALE 2026
• Broadwater Farm Repair Café
• Muswell Hill Creatives Spring Makers Fair
• Muswell Hill Repair Café
• Jazz in the House: Rob Luft Quartet

Now Booking at Jackson’s Lane 

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

20 March

• Jazz Juice (Live Music) - Free Entry
• Married at First Sleight by Hudson & Hudson
• Black River Band at the Nicholas Nickleby, N4 4ED

21 March

• Pilates mat class Saturdays 9.00 and 10.00am
• Spring Equinox cycle ride - open to all - please join us - Sat 21 March
• Railway Fields Saturday Opening: 21st March 10am - 2pm
• Nature Drawing Group for Adults at Railway Fields
• Broadwater Farm Repair Café
• Introduction to gardening and growing
• Friends of Priory Park AGM
• TAI CHI in Crouch End on Saturdays
• Friends of Railway Fields AGM
• Spring Equinox Singing Circle

22 March

• Counting Sheeps by The Herd

26 March

• Vimala and Dorian play - “Everything Ella”
• Jon Udry Is Having a Ball
• Crouch End Players Present Under Milk Wood