Toll Stories

11:59am Thursday 4th May 2006

Just as parking charges are hated by motorists today, toll roads were extremely unpopular with travellers of the past, write Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD.

	Leading your horse to water
	12:31pm Thu 6 Apr 06
	Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD launch their new column, The Past in a Picture, with this Edwardian photo of the junction of Regents Park Road and Hendon Lane, Finchley

Leisurely days in Victorian fashion

12:03pm Thursday 2nd March 2006

The coming of the railways changed the face of our area for ever, write PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD.

	Frozen out of all action
	3:43pm Thu 19 Jan 06
	Forecasters predicted this winter would be a cold one, but it is unlikely to match the big freeze of 1962, write Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD

Stocking fillers from the early 1900s

11:25am Tuesday 20th December 2005

Seventy years ago, people used to buy gift boxes of Woodbines as Christmas presents, according to Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD

	Money going up in smoke
	2:29pm Thu 24 Nov 05
	In the late 19th Century, having a fire could cost you more than your home just being gutted, write Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD

	Stopping 'The Great Stink’
	3:53pm Wed 12 Oct 05
	Times Group historians PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD kick up a stink as they discuss the history of sewage in Barnet

	The right stuff for the job
	6:36pm Wed 31 Aug 05
	What did our ancestors use before toilet paper was invented? JOHN HEATHFIELD and PERCY REBOUL look at the forerunners to today's softer than soft tissue

	'It was a wonderful relief'
	5:24pm Wed 17 Aug 05
	Sixty years ago, the Second World War ended with Japanese surrender. But while Flight Lieutenant Tony Rieck's squadron celebrated the news at their base in Burma, he himself was oblivious to it because he was flying a mapping mission.

	Making progress in the classroom
	5:13pm Wed 27 Jul 05
	Classes in Barnet used to be taught by children as young as 14, but PERCY REBOUL and JOHN HEATHFIELD wonder how many readers could match their powers of arithmetic

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