en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:24:29 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Ruth Bloomfield Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-09-11T11:19:19Z It has been almost two decades since the Iron Lady fled Finchley, but the North London suburb remains synonymous with the Thatcher years. In fact, since the departure of Mrs T, the area has become less stolidly middle class, more cosmopolitan, and perhaps even a tiny bit gritty. It has an arts cinema, restaurants and acres of green space, but Finchley’s real allure is the prices. What you’d spend on a tiny studio in NW3 will buy you a Victorian family house in N3. Paul Richards Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2009-08-06T03:34:31Z Southfields, in southwest London, lies between Wimbledon and Putney. It grew from pastures and farms (literally the “south fields”) into a thriving residential neighbourhood within a couple of years. The arrival of the railway in 1889 (now the Wimbledon branch of the District Line) encouraged the builders to move in and create the distinctive Southfields “Grid” of terraced houses.