About The Society > Origins
Origins
The Finchley Society was founded in 1971 by a group of local residents, when a row of Victorian cottages, built in 1829, was under threat of demolition in Lodge Lane.
Jean Scott, the founder of the Society, and
at that time the Greater London Council member for Finchley, enlisted
the support of Spike Milligan, then living in Holden Road, and of Bill
Tyler,
a local
architect.
This battle was won, but the pressure from developers is even greater
today. Spike was later to become our Patron.