From Barnet With Love Activation Station

From Barnet with Love invites people across the borough to share the places, memories and everyday experiences that make Barnet feel like home – one postcard at a time.

artsdepot is one of the five free Activation Stations across Barnet where you can drop by, choose a postcard and create your own contribution to this borough-wide project.

How to take part:

Each Activation Station has everything you need to make and submit a postcard:

• Discover the story of Barnet’s early aviation and airmail heritage
• Choose a postcard inspired by the borough’s places and past
• Add your own colours, drawings, shapes and words
• Write a message about your neighbourhood, memories, experiences or hopes
• Post your completed postcard in the station’s dedicated postbox

The activity is free, suitable for all ages and available whenever the participating venue is open. No booking or previous creative experience is needed – just drop in and take part at your own pace.

A postcard journey through Barnet
Led by artist Emma Tominey, From Barnet with Love takes inspiration from an important moment in Barnet’s history. In 1911, the first official British airmail service flew from Hendon Aerodrome to Windsor, carrying commemorative postcards and envelopes.

More than a century later, the project is reimagining the postcard as a way to capture life across Barnet today. Historic postcards from Barnet Local Studies Archive and the RAF Museum provide a starting point, inviting residents to explore how local places have changed and add their own stories to the borough’s living history.

Postcards made at the Activation Stations will join contributions created through workshops with schools, community groups, and residents across Barnet. Together, they will form a collective portrait of the borough – sharing its places, people, memories, and hopes – and contribute to a public exhibition at the RAF Museum.

Photo credit: Jane Lam