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unusual facts about Victoria Park, Barnet



1999 AFL season

Waverley Park and Victoria Park both hosted their final AFL games in Round 22 --- their absence would be replaced the following year by Colonial Stadium.

Albert Adomah

On 6 October 2009, it was announced that football commentator John Motson had sponsored Adomah at Barnet.

Auckland Marathon

The course begins in the seaside suburb of Devonport on the North Shore and travels through Takapuna and Northcote before crossing the Harbour Bridge and heading toward the finish at Victoria Park.

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Andrew Wright, director of strategic development, told councillors in Enfield in November 2013 that over the past 3 years, the trust had experienced an 11% rise in patient demand.

Barnet, Vermont

In 1970, upon his arrival in North America, Chögyam Trungpa established the teaching center "Tail of the Tiger" (now Karmê Chöling).

Benjamin Franklin Stevens

Benjamin Franklin Stevens (February 19, 1833 – March 5, 1902), like his brother Henry Stevens a bibliographer, was born at Barnet, Vermont, and was educated at the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi society.

Church House, Barnet

Ravenscroft proposed that the land should be sold to raise funds to help maintain Ravenscroft Chapel – a chapel he had erected inside Barnet Parish Church in memory of his father, Thomas Ravenscroft, who died in 1630.

Darren Millane

Although his skills were occasionally poor, at his best he found and used the football well, and became a favourite to fans at Victoria Park.

Douban

One notable example is the ban on merely mentioning the name of Victoria Park in Hong Kong where the memorial gathering for the 20th anniversary was held, in the fear that it may lead to sensitive discussions.

Finchley Central tube station

The main one, leading directly to the ticket hall, is from an access road on the north side of the tracks which for many years lacked a name, but on 13 November 2006 was named Chaville Way after one of Barnet's twin towns.

Francis B. Brewer

Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Brewer was the son of Ebenezer and Julia Emerson Brewer and attended the Barnet, Vermont public schools, Newbury (Vermont) Seminary, and Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire.

Hendon and District Archaeological Society

HADAS was founded in 1961 by Themistocles Constantinides to investigate the Saxon origins of Hendon and since has grown to over 200 members covering the whole of the London Borough of Barnet, and addressing all archaeological periods.

Johann Trollmann

On June 9, 2010, the anniversary of his championship fight, the German artist collective Bewegung Nurr erected a temporary memorial "9841"in the Berlin Victoria Park to honor Trollmann.

John Leslie Marshall

After the 1992 election, the Boundary Commission recommended that the four Barnet seats be reduced to three.

Lathlain Park

On 6 September 2016 the West Coast Eagles Football Club announced that it has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with the Town of Victoria Park to develop a new home for the club at Lathlain Park with plans to build $50 million state-of-the-art headquarters, which will be one of the premier sporting club facilities in Australia.

Lawrence Ministry

Of the former Dowding ministry, 15 of the 17 ministers retained office—Peter Dowding and Julian Grill were not reappointed, and backbenchers Pam Buchanan (Ashburton) and Dr Geoff Gallop (Victoria Park) took their place.

McIndoe Falls, Vermont

A dam on the Connecticut River at the village forms the McIndoes Reservoir, which extends upstream to the village of Barnet.

Michel Kuipers

On 28 March 2013, Kuipers signed a short-term deal with Barnet until the end of the season.

Middleham Castle

Following Warwick's death at Barnet in 1471 and Edward's restoration to the throne, his brother Richard married Anne Neville, Warwick's younger daughter, and made Middleham his main home.

Milton Hook

During 1958 and 1959 he was a trainee schoolteacher at Manjimup and Victoria Park before proceeding to Avondale College, New South Wales, where he completed the Elementary Teachers Certificate (1961) and a Bachelor of Arts (1964).

Nilo Menéndez

Nilo Menéndez Barnet (Matanzas, 26 September 1902 - Burbank, California, 15 September 1987) was a Cuban-born naturalized American songwriter.

North London Railway

The Docklands Light Railway follows the path of the long-disused North London Railway from Bow Church to Poplar, and the northern section of the East Cross Route (A12) built in the late 1960s used the route between Old Ford and Victoria Park stations, demolished for the road's construction.

Oakbank Racecourse

Oakbank Racecourse is home of the Oakbank Racing Club, a club which, until 2009, raced just twice annually, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday and has done continually since 1876, except during World War II when it was held at Victoria Park and Morphettville Racecourse due to the army taking over the facility.

Original Pirate Material

The recording of Original Pirate Material lasted over a year, with Skinner recording the bulk of the album in houses in Barnet and Brixton onto an IBM ThinkPad.

Parks and open spaces in Birmingham

A number of parks were created to commemorate a special occasion, such as the Queen’s Jubilees such as Victoria Park and Queens Park.

Paul Fairclough

Barnet won the first leg at Underhill 2–1 thanks to a dramatic injury-time header from Bees defender Simon Clist.

Peter Benjamin Graham

Between 1947 and 1949, Peter Graham lived and painted at The Abbey Arts Centre in New Barnet London, along with artists, Leonard French, James Gleeson, Douglas Green, Stacha Halpern, Grahame King, Inge King and Robert Klippel.

Ringway 3

Ringway 3 was planned as a new motorway running either through or around the periphery of the capital's outer suburbs linking areas such as Barnet, Epping, Dartford, Purley and Chessington.

Robert Ayres Barnet

It was performed by the "Boston Cadets, who always present Barnet's pieces before they are staged professionally. The new piece is ... a fairy Mother Goose burlesque. The music is by A.B. Sloane. ... Augustus Pitou, Klaw & Erlanger, E.E. Rice, and other prominent gentlemen" attended.

Roberto Casabella

Roberto García Casabella (born 9 January 1987 in Madrid), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barnet.

Sally Wade

In March 2011 Wade scored the winning penalty as Barnet won the FA Women's Premier League Cup, beating Nottingham Forest after a 0–0 draw in the final at Adams Park.

St John, Friern Barnet

Originating in 1883 as a chapel-of-ease to Friern Barnet parish church it was initially a temporary iron structure on the north side of Friern Barnet Road and known as the school-church of St John, on account of classes being kept there by the Friern Barnet Grammar School.

St. Anselm Hall

St Anselm Hall (or "Slem's" as it is known to most students as a result of a misprint or 'typo' that appeared in The Manchester Guardian) is a hall of residence in the Victoria Park campus of the University of Manchester.

The Hive Stadium

The Hive Stadium is a 5,176 capacity stadium in Canons Park, in the London Borough of Harrow on the former site of the Prince Edward Playing Fields, the new home for Conference National side Barnet.

Trésor Kandol

On 18 November 2006, Kandol scored an injury time winner against Rochdale at Underhill to complete his hat-trick that also saw Barnet win their third consecutive league game.

United States H-class submarine

In 1915 the Imperial Russian Navy had ordered 17 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company, to be built in Canada at a temporary shipyard near Barnet, Vancouver, British Columbia to avoid US neutrality concerns, which had derailed the delivery of ten similar submarines to the British.

Victoria Park, Barnet

In 1887 Henry Stephens proposed converting the area to a park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, but it was not opened until 1902, a year after Victoria's death.

Victoria Park, Cardiff

The park was created as a municipal recreation ground by Cardiff City Council through a city charter between 1897 and 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee marking her record sixty years on the throne.

Victoria Park, Charlottetown

Shortly after this proclamation, the name Victoria Park was assigned in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Victoria Park, Glasgow

Victoria Park is set in western Glasgow, adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill.

Victoria Park, Hong Kong

The tennis centre court, enclosed with spectator seating for 3,607, is often used to host international tennis tournaments, such as the Hong Kong Open and Hong Kong Tennis Classic.

Every year, in the days preceding Chinese New Year, the park is home to the Lunar New Year Fair (年宵市場), which attracts large crowds late into the night.

Meanwhile, 140 member states of the United Nations are represented in this exhibition that has been shown in 20 metropolises on all 5 continents so far.

Victoria Park, Leicester

The War Memorial, a quadrifrons arch, was designed by Edwin Lutyens and built in 1923, to commemorate the dead of the First World War.

Victoria Park, Newbury

The A339 was in fact built on the path of a stream called the Minny Flush, because of the number of minnows to be found in it.

Wayne Wong

Wayne is a member of the Hong Kong, China Davis Cup team, he debut for Hong Kong at age 15 years 332 days in a reverse singles dead rubber against Thailand in an Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First Round tie at Victoria Park in February 1997.


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