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High Street, POTTERS BAR, EN6 5AT

There is a small memorial garden in Potters Bar on the eastern side of the High Street near Salisbury Close. The garden contains Image] and a number of Victorian gravestones such as these. See also Image] taken in the same gardens.

A Potters Bar player heads the ball in the local derby against Wingate and Finchley FC. Behind, the fire escapes of the flats on the High Street provide a good viewing platform for anyone wishing to see a game of football - there were no takers on this bright but chilly afternoon.

Postbox No. EN6 42. See Image] for context.

Showing position of Postbox No. EN6 42. See Image] for postbox.

This is a fungus that it is worth knowing how to identify, as it looks remarkably similar to a field mushroom but is in fact poisonous. Agaricus xanthodermus can easily be identified however, because its flesh turns chrome yellow when bruised. As a general rule, any gilled white or cream fungus that turns yellow on bruising should be avoided as it is indicative of several poisonous species. When cut, the base of the stipe (stem) of this species should exhibit this colouration, but this snapped stem is only showing a little yellowing. The younger mushrooms, before the cap opens, look like padded drum-sticks - running your finger-nail across the cap of these will produce a deep chrome yellow colour. Note also the fawn scaly markings on the top of the caps and the skirt-like ring near the top of the stem on the open (and upside down) example. See picked example Image] and bruised example Image]

Entrance to Oakmere Park from High Street Potters Bar in Hertfordshire. See photo Image

Potters Bar War Memorial is situated in a small garden of remembrance to the east of the High Street in Potters Bar. It commemorates the fallen from the local area in the two world wars, specifically Potters Bar, Little Heath and Bentley Heath. To see each of the panels see: Image] Image] Image] Image] For more information, please read the shared description below:

The western façade of the war memorial in Potters Bar holds the introductory inscription. North Image] East Image] South Image] See shared description below:

The northern façade of the war memorial in Potters Bar has the fallen of WWI from Alford to Hawkes. East Image] South Image] West Image] See shared description below:

The western façade of the war memorial in Potters Bar has more of the fallen of WWI. The names are not in strict alphabetical order, but most of the names on this façade are alphabetically after those on the northern façade. Some of the names here may also be of those who fell in WWII. South Image] West Image] North Image] See shared description below: