Events
The Trax AGM
10am – 11am Saturday 3rd Dec. Broadwater Farm Community Centre
Apart from drinking lots of tea, making lots of noise and generally chatting about stuff one of the main things we do at the AGM is vote in a committee. This is a very special year as much of the committee are moving on and or taking on non committee roles in the club. This opens up new opportunities as we enter the clubs next and must exciting phase as the Lordship Loop is born.
Willow Weaving Workshop
In Back2Earth’s Harmony Gardens
Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE
Run by Angie and Georgia, working on a selection of sculptural features in the gardens.
The dates and times of the workshops are as follows:
- Thursday 24th November 1-3 pm
- Friday 25th November 10-12am and 1.15-3.15pm
- Thursday1st December 1-3 pm
- Friday 2nd Dec 10-12am and 1.15-315pm
To register your interest please contact info@back2earth.org.uk and put willow workshop as the subject of your email.
Or ring the Back2Earth office on 020 8808 1829
Around the World in Eighty Days
Special drama/performance/consultation event
Thursday 1st September
The Shell Theatre
Lordship Recreation Ground, Lordship Lane N17 (main entrance opposite Waltheof Avenue)
11am-12noon: Drama workshops for all ages and abilities
1pm-2pm: Around the World in Eighty Days performance
11-3pm: Consultation
Admission: Free. All Welcome. Bring a cushion and a picnic if you like! Free refreshments will be served after the show.
Petitioning in Lordship @ the playground
As part of ‘Love Haringey’s Parks’ week (see press release at the end, below) park users in Lordship Rec are invited to come and help with the ‘No To Cuts In Our Parks’ Petition. Meet at the children’s playground at 12 noon for petitioning around the area for half an hour. We will then go to the Downhills Park community cafe to meet up with park users there, and maybe join in their ‘Butterfly Count’…
An exciting Straw Bale Building opportunity in the Rec!
Are you interested in Eco-building? Like to try constructing with straw bales? Want to be involved in the creation of a brand new Environment Centre in the Lordship Rec.?
If you are nodding your head to any of these questions, then we have the perfect project for you! This summer you could be involved in an innovative mission to provide a sustainable learning centre for the community of Tottenham and surrounding areas!
Beneath the Surface – Shadow Art Show
The Friends of Lordship Rec are proud to present a beautiful shadow art show called
Beneath the Surface
by Jennie Pedley and Angela Bullock
Sunday 6th March, 2.30pm at the lake in Lordship Rec
Entrances: Lordship Lane/Higham Road/Walpole Road, Tottenham N17, refreshments in playground building.

To celebrate the restoration of the lake island in Lordship Rec Beneath the Surface is a live shadow show about a small boy who dreams that he enters a picture of a pond and shrinks to the size of an insect. Dazzled by beautiful microscopic creatures and terrified by water scorpions he escapes on the back of a great crested newt. Read the rest of this entry »
Lordship Rec Get Together
Saturday 30th October: 10.30pm – 2pm
@ Broadwater Community Centre, 1 Adams Rd, N17
Come and celebrate and look forward to the renewal of Tottenham’s largest park!
2010 Community Festival in Lordship Rec a huge success!
4,000 attend event to showcase the talents and concerns of Tottenham’s communities, and the potential of Tottenham’s largest park, on the eve of Lottery funding decision (due Sept 28th)
The 2010 Lordship Rec Community Festival, Lordship Lane, Tottenham on Sat 13th Sept was a huge success. Around 4,000 attended and took part in the activities which went on from 11am to 5pm. The event was organised and co-ordinated by the Lordship Rec Users Forum, the community-led stakeholders organisation driving forward the regeneration of the park. This year, in addition to the usual activities, the event incorporated a ‘Make A Change’ sports participation extravaganza (co-ordinated by the Council’s Leisure Services team) and the ‘Tottenham Green Fair’ (co-ordinated by the Back 2 Earth local charity).
Tottenham Shelter Tragedy Commemoration Day – 70th anniversary
For the 40+ Tottenham Civilians killed in 2nd World War Air-Raid Shelter Tragedy in Lordship Recreation Ground on September 19th 1940
Sunday 19th September 2010
2pm – 5pm @ Lordship Rec
By Lordship Wood, at the southern end of Lordship Recreation Ground (by the Downhills Park Road entrance), London, N17
Information display + refreshments available. All welcome.
The Lordship Rec Community Festival 2010
Incorporating the ‘Make A Change’ sports extravaganza and the ‘Tottenham Green Fair’
Lordship Rec, Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17
Saturday Sept 11th
1pm-5pm (sports from 12noon)
Activities include: Tottenham Flower & Produce Show, Dog Agility Show, Cycling Activities & Dr Bike, Fun Run, Performances & DJ, Community Cafe, Skateboarding/BMXing, Football Tournament, Netball, Tennis, Aerobics, Martial Arts, Rugby, Arts and Crafts for Under-5s and for older children, Pedal-powered Stage, History Displays, Pond-Dipping & Bug Hunt, Adventure Play, Children’s Procession, Picnics and Community Stalls.

