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Contents 

Features 

Making plans12–13 

Waste on wheels 16 

Bereavement Café 18 

Saving the Crown22–23 

Building up 26 

DD’s 46th Woodford Diary32–33 

Current climate 36 

For the trees 38–39 

Opening doors42 

Springing back 46–47 

Puzzles & competitions 

Sudoku 14 

Woodford anagram 20 

Crossword competition 28 

Mind-bender puzzles34 

Every month 

Local news6–8 & 10 

Community events51–53 

Community groups 54 

Useful numbers 56 

Index of advertisers 58 

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Welcome... 

With homes across South Woodford among the first 

in the borough set to receive the new council-issued 

wheelie bins this March, you may have already come 

across a few waste-and-wheel-themed wordplays 

in the local press. Or rubbish puns and recycled 

headlines, as I like to call them. Nothing in the 

league of Milton Jones, Tim Vine or the late Richard 

Whiteley’s work, of course, but enough to stop the 

headline writers getting the sack, black or otherwise. Indeed, 

with this year’s UK Pun Championships postponed, they may be 

the best 2021 has to offer. 

Puns – and waste collection issues – can often be divisive. 

Depending on your sense of humour, they are either the height 

of witty wordplay or cringe-worthy dad jokes. Sometimes, they 

are just not very funny, but even then, it’s hard not to raise a 

smile of appreciation, or at least a groan of acknowledgement. 

So, yes, there really are plenty of puns that are rubbish. And 

some of them are rubbish puns. It’s those in the former category 

that are like finding a clock in your bin – a waste of time. 

If the roll-out of wheel-based puns all becomes too much, 

or there are just too many witticisms littering the page, then 

perhaps this throwaway fact will provide a welcome distraction: 

did you know, bin men don’t get trained in how to do their job… 

they pick it up as they go. 

As with any new service, there may be some bumps – but 

nothing dumped – in the road, and we’ll all be hoping the 

wheels don’t come off. But just like a wine-drinking optimist, 

whose black box is always half full, I have 

every confidence that our dutiful street 

cleansing operatives will – wait for 

it – continue to do a wheelie 

good job. 

Lee Marquis, Editor 

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South Woodford Society raising funds to 

install two village signs in local area 

The South Woodford 

Society is raising funds 

to erect two village 

signs in the local area. 

“Hopefully, this will 

make South Woodford 

a more defined 

area, create an even 

better community 

feel and be good for 

our businesses… 

We are applying for 

funding from various 

bodies, residents and 

businesses through 

the Spacehive crowdfunding platform,” 

said a spokesperson. A number of materials 

are being considered, including traditional 

wooden signs, as found in Wanstead and 

Woodford Green – which cost upwards of 

£10,000 each – and cheaper aluminium signs 

Design ideas include a tribute to 

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design ideas. Visit swvg.co.uk/sign 

Latest designs 

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Updated designs 

for the new Whipps 

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“The community 

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Police message 

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The police have 

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In a lot of cases, entry 

to properties has 

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the front door, 

where occupants 

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More South Woodford homes needed 

to join the Tin in a Bin Network 

South Woodford Business Forum: 

helping the high street bounce back 

TinaB donations 

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A network of foodbank collection points 

is seeking more homes in the local area to 

participate in the initiative. “Tin in a Bin (TinaB) 

is a network of homes across Wanstead, 

Aldersbrook and South Woodford, each with 

a bin where generous neighbours can drop 

donations. Sadly, the need for food support 

is growing rapidly, and we are now hoping to 

expand the network from its current 40-plus 

collection sites,” said a spokesperson for TinaB, 

which launched in April 2020 and supports a 

wide range of charities. Visit swvg.co.uk/tinab 

Your local lockdown stories: 

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South Woodford Village Gazette’s resident 

diarist is keen to hear lockdown stories from 

local residents. “Composing 1,000 words gets 

increasingly tricky under lockdown. Next time 

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scribbles’ that reflect the spirit of our 

community? Drop me a line with your stories, 

your positive strategies that keep you going. 

I’ll put them in my melting pot and produce 

a piece to represent more of us. No names, of 

course,” said DD, whose diary series has been 

running since 2013. Email dd@swvg.co.uk 

Members of the South Woodford Business 

Forum met virtually in February to discuss 

local business support. “We had a very 

constructive meeting attended by business 

owners along with councillors, the vicar at 

Holy Trinity Church and Redbridge Council 

officers. We discussed the support available 

to businesses, the challenges they face and 

the need for a strategic plan to help the high 

street bounce back,” said a spokesperson. The 

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Safer Neighbourhood Team seeking 

members for South Woodford panel 

School Streets consultation 

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Local police are seeking new members to join 

the South Woodford ward panel. “In order to 

ensure the work of each Safer Neighbourhood 

Team (SNT) is focussed on resolving problems 

in the ward, each ward requires a panel, made 

up of people whose role is to assess local 

concerns, identified through community 

engagement and analysis. The panel gives 

direction and local advice to the SNT. This 

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Redbridge Council is analysing responses to 

its School Streets consultation. If the initiative 

is implemented, it will see non-residential 

traffic banned from certain streets near 

schools – including Oakdale, Snaresbrook and 

Nightingale Primary Schools – for an hour at 

the start and end of each school day. “We are 

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Councillor Jo Blackman, Cabinet Member for 

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A new community group has been established 

to offer a free 12-week cycling and walking 

programme in Ray Park and Fairlop Waters, 

beginning this Easter. “The project aims to 

bring outdoor activity to adults in the local 

community who are currently inactive… The 

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Art club’s first virtual display, with 

hopes for ‘real exhibition’ in October 

Black swan touring local wetlands 

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Essex Art Club unveiled it’s first-ever online 

exhibition in February. “Our club has held 

annual exhibitions locally for many years – 

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cancel our Wanstead House exhibition in 2020. 

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host our first online exhibition, with works for 

sale… We hope to be able to resume some 

activities in spring, and be back in Wanstead 

with a real exhibition in October,” said club 

chairman Mary Springham. The virtual display 

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A black swan – named Bruce – took up 

temporary residence on Snaresbrook’s Eagle 

Pond recently. “Black swans are native to 

Australia. They were brought to the UK as 

ornamental birds for collections but, like 

other captive species, occasionally escape. 

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South Woodford church helps Syrian 

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Consultation on electric vehicle 

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A Community Sponsorship group made 

up of five churches in the Redbridge and 

Waltham Forest area – including St Mary’s 

Church in South Woodford – has successfully 

helped relocate a Syrian refugee family in 

the Wanstead area. “The family have moved 

here, to safety, as part of an initial scheme to 

resettle a limited number of refugees from 

the Syrian conflict… We have received so 

many generous donations of household items, 

volunteers’ time and money to pay for the 

family’s essentials,” said a group spokesperson. 

Redbridge Council is proposing to install new 

electric vehicle charging points (EVCPs) on 

streets across South Woodford. “The main 

objective of the proposed on-street EVCPs is 

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the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be 

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Making 

plans 

Co-chair of the South Woodford Society Pearl Arbenser-Simmonds 

reports on the group’s progress as they prepare the South Woodford 

Neighbourhood Plan. Photo by Geoff Wilkinson 

We have been preparing for the 

South Woodford Neighbourhood 

Plan (SWNP) for a while now and 

it’s time to give you an update on what’s to 

come in this thrilling year ahead! 

A key aim of neighbourhood planning is to 

allow the local community to play a vital role 

in guiding future development to achieve 

well-designed places and buildings; ensuring 

a positive relationship between development 

and quality of life. 

Through the creation of the Neighbourhood 

Plan, the South Woodford community will 

be more aware of, more involved in – and 

therefore able to influence – the design of 

proposed developments. This will ensure that 

places and buildings reflect local community 

preferences. 

The SWNP will be based on your vision 

and aims for South Woodford, drawn 

from evidence, consultation feedback and 

knowledge of our area. You may remember a 



survey we conducted at the very start of the 

process, where you gave us your views, hopes 

and aspirations for the neighbourhood, as well 

as agreeing the boundary area of the plan. 

These views have fed into the vision and aims 

outlined below. 

There are three stages to the process. 

Stage one was completed with the 

approval of the boundary area and official 

designation of the Neighbourhood Forum, 

the group of people who will drive the 

Neighbourhood Plan forward to completion 

and acceptance. 

We’ve recently applied for funding to set us 

off on stage two, which entails identifying 

information and policies to inform the plan. 

Stage three will bring the plan into force. 

You can find out more about the process in 

the Locality Neighbourhood Plans Roadmap 

(swvg.co.uk/np). 

We will stay in touch to keep you informed 

and also to invite you to get involved, 

especially where you have particular areas of 

interest and expertise. 

Our vision 

The vision for South Woodford covers the 

environment, business and culture: 

1. South Woodford will be a clean, green and 

safe environment that is well-managed and 

maintained for all those who live, work, 

learn and visit. It will be a place that people 

of all ages and from all walks of life can be 

proud of and will want to work together to 

protect. 

2. Our town centre will be even busier 

and more vibrant with a great shopping 

experience for all. 

3. Our green spaces will be enhanced 

and an environmentally sensitive 

culture will be fostered to protect and 

improve our amenities for everyone’s 

benefit. 

4. The creation of well-designed and well-built 

structures that benefit all who depend 

upon South Woodford. 

Our aims 

We will achieve our vision through a number 

of strategies and actions: 

1. Building a stronger community, fostering a 

collaborative and inclusive approach. 

2. Creating a clean and safe environment. 

3. Engendering a coherent and sustainable 

approach to development to support 

Redbridge’s policy of becoming net zero 

by 2030. 

4. Ensuring a holistic approach to planning 

and infrastructure improvements. 

5. Improving and increasing access to green 

spaces within the community, 

encouraging residents to support 

biodiversity and Redbridge’s Grow Zones 

initiative. 

6. Enhancing the vibrancy of the town centre 

with a great variety of businesses. 

7. Supporting local businesses through the 

established South Woodford Business 

Forum. 

8. Preserving the heritage of South Woodford. 

To achieve these aims, we’ll be exploring 

a range of topic areas such as social and 

community, economic issues, development 

and infrastructure and sustainability and 

environment. These will include arts, culture, 

sport and leisure, green spaces and more. 

We’re now conducting a survey as our next 

step to confirm the vision and aims to allow 

the SWNP to progress. Please let us know what 

you think. 

For more information and to take part 

in the South Woodford Neighbourhood 

Plan survey, visit swvg.co.uk/npsurvey or 

complete and return the form on page 15. 

For more information on the South 

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Vision and Aims for our Neighbourhood Plan 

The South Woodford Neighbourhood Plan (SWNP) will be based on your vision and aims 

for South Woodford, drawn from evidence, consultation feedback and knowledge of our 

area. We have fed your views into the Vision & Aims outlined on pages 12–13. It is now 

important that we invite further views and comments, to ensure we have accurately 

reflected your views and to progress the Plan. 

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Waste on Wheels 

The wheelie bin roll-out begins in South Woodford this March. The 

scheme will keep streets cleaner and encourage more recycling, says 

Councillor Jo Blackman, Cabinet Member for Environment and Civic Pride 

Some residents may already be 

familiar with Redbridge Council’s 

new wheelie bins through a pilot of 

7,000 households across the borough last 

year, which included some nearby streets 

in Wanstead. 

The pilot was a success, with results showing 

that 75% of participants noticed less rubbish 

spilt around their property on collection 

day, helping to improve the surrounding 

environment. Up to 67% of respondents found 

it easier to use wheelie bins than rubbish 

sacks. There was also a 13% reduction in 

household rubbish and an average of 4.2% 

increase in recycling in some areas. 

Wheelie bins are now being rolled out across 

the borough and South Woodford residents 

can expect their new bins to be delivered in 

March. All households that receive a kerbside 

rubbish and recycling collection service will 

be provided with one new, free, dark-grey 

180-litre wheelie bin for the collection of 

their rubbish. This new bin will replace the 

current rubbish sack collection and residents 

should place their rubbish sacks in the new 

bin. Your rubbish and recycling collection 

days will remain the same and you can start to 

use the new bin straight away. 

The wheelie bins should keep our streets 

cleaner by allowing residents to store and 

contain rubbish securely, helping prevent 

animals from ripping sacks, reducing split 

sacks on collection days and, ultimately, 

reducing littering and clean-up costs. Wheelie 

bins are also intended to encourage residents 

to recycle more to maximise space in their bin, 

and reduce the volume of waste thrown away. 

To make the service as effective as possible, 

we want residents to use the bin provided, but 

we also understand some households may 

need an alternative size – smaller and larger 

bins can be requested by completing a form 

on the council’s website. 

Privately owned wheelie bins and dustbins 

cannot be emptied as part of the new 

service. Rubbish will only be collected from 

Redbridge-issued wheelie bins. We want to 

be fair to all residents, so we want everyone 

to use the same size container. Also, our 

collection vehicles may not work properly or 

safely with other bins. So, we will be providing 

details of a bin amnesty, giving residents the 

chance to have privately owned wheelie bins 

disposed of free of charge. Cylindrical-style 

dustbins cannot be collected as part of this 

amnesty. These can be taken to Chigwell Road 

Recycling and Reuse Centre. 

Redbridge currently disposes of around 

22m rubbish sacks each year, which costs 

£18m. We also collect the fifth-highest amount 

of rubbish in England. Wheelie bins will 

increase the efficiency of collections, helping 

to save money that could be spent on other 

services like schools and social care. 

For more information and to request a 

different size bin or to take part in the bin 

amnesty, visit swvg.co.uk/bins 

© Geoff Wilkinson 




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Bereavement Café 

Judy Noble is one of several volunteers from churches in Wanstead and 

South Woodford who have been hosting Bereavement Cafés since 

2016. Having stopped in lockdown, sessions will now resume virtually 

We are about to start up our 

Bereavement Cafés again – by 

Zoom! We had been running these 

cafés for several years before lockdown, 

and now see our way to opening up again. 

The cafés offer a safe and friendly place for 

people who are struggling with the feelings 

of loss after the death of someone close to 

talk with others. 

We are a group of volunteers from St Mary’s in 

South Woodford, Christ Church in Wanstead 

and St Gabriel’s in Aldersbrook. Anybody, with 

any faith or none, who wants a chance to talk 

about these things can join us. 

“Grief doesn’t end with the funeral, but that 

is the point at which the level of community 

and social support we get from those around 

us can sometimes begin to lessen. As life for 

others returns to some sort of normality, it can 

be hardest for those experiencing the grief 

most profoundly to continue to process the 

thoughts and feelings they continue to feel, in 

many different ways and at unexpected times,” 

said Fr Martyn Hawkes when he helped found 

the cafés in 2016. 

We are not therapists but we are very good 

listeners. We have some training and we have 

experienced something similar ourselves. 

Before lockdown, we offered these meetings 

in a café meeting space at St Mary’s or Christ 

Church. The atmosphere of quiet peace 

there created the calm which helps these 

conversations. 

We know that, for many reasons, it can take a 

long time after a death to feel enough at ease 

with ourselves to get on with living our lives 

alongside our memories and thoughts about 

those we loved. You may have lived with 

this person for a long lifetime, had complex 

and important relationships with them, and 

experienced an unexpected and shocking 

loss. More so, perhaps, after COVID-19. We 

offer people space to talk about their situation 

over a cuppa when often this may be difficult 

to do within their own circle. 

It’s not quite the same by Zoom but you can 

join us, in a comfortable chair, with your own 

cuppa to hand. In a few months, we hope to 

return to meeting properly, face to face. In the 

meantime, we hope you will join us online. 

The meetings are drop-in, so you can come 

once, come occasionally or come often. You’re 

always welcome to join in, share and listen. 

This starts, and sometimes finishes, in a group, 

but even on Zoom, we can organise space to 

talk to one another in a ‘break-out room’. 

We will be offering a morning and an 

afternoon session every month. Mornings 

will start on 16 March from 10.30am to 11.30am 

(continuing on the third Tuesday of each 

month). Afternoon sessions will start on 

6 April from 2pm to 3pm (continuing on the 

first Tuesday of each month). We look forward 

to meeting you there. 

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SAVING 

THE CROWN 

(POST OFFICE) 

Firstly, let me introduce myself. My 

name is Clive Tickner and I am the 

Communication Workers Union 

(CWU) sector rep for South Woodford 

Post Office on George Lane, which on 

27 January was announced for closure. I 

have represented the office for many years 

and have worked for the Post Office for 

over 35 years. 

A bit of background behind this closure. In 

2017, South Woodford Post Office announced 

it was going to be franchised; however, the 

buyer pulled out. Then, in 2018, the terms of 

the lease were changed and the landlord gave 

the Post Office notice to be out by early May 

of this year. 

South Woodford is a Crown Post Office that 

transacts the full range of services and is 

publicly owned. The next nearest Crown 

Post Office would be Houndsditch, which is 

10 miles away, with the nearest sub Post Office 

two miles away. The staff currently working 

in there have nearly 200 years of experience 

between them. 

Crown Post Offices – those that are directly 

managed by Post Office Ltd – are a cherished 

institution, loved by all who use them. 

If the closure was to go ahead, it would 

have a devastating effect on George Lane’s 

businesses and the communities that the 

office currently serves. 

The petition launched on the day the closure 

was announced has already received over 

2,600 signatures at the time of writing, and 

responses are growing daily. The campaign 

has cross-party support, with Sir Iain Duncan 

Smith MP particularly vociferous in his 

support of keeping the site open. It is also 



Residents have 

until 11 March to 

take part in the 

consultation over 

the closure of 

South Woodford’s 

Crown Post Office. 

Communication 

Workers Union 

rep Clive Tickner 

urges you to 

do so. Photo by 

Geoff Wilkinson 

my intention to set up a public meeting at 

a date to be advised, and I would expect 

Post Office management to attend such an 

important meeting and to be answerable to 

the community of South Woodford. 

My biggest fear is that the local community 

will be left without a Post Office. It is our 

belief that the decision to close is based 

on pure financial dogma as we also believe 

the lease could easily be extended or an 

alternative premises found to house a Crown 

Post Office. 

A consultation started on 27 January and runs 

until 11 March. This is why we moved quickly 

to set up a campaign committee to stop this 

destruction of a national treasure, something 

that is a vitally important part of our social 

fabric. We need as much support as possible 

to halt this process. 

When this pandemic 

finally abates, the Post 

Office will be an integral 

part of the economy 

bouncing back, both nationally 

and locally, as well as retaining its position as 

an essential community hub to the people 

of South Woodford. These are some of the 

many reasons why we need to save South 

Woodford’s Crown Post Office. Please help to 

support this vital campaign. 

To contact Clive, call 07876 344 456 or 

email cstickner99@yahoo.co.uk 

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Permitted development rights in place since 1 September 2020 allow 

homeowners to extend upwards without planning permission. But it’s 

not without obstacles, says Derek Inkpin from solicitors Wiseman Lee 

As ever in life, the devil is in the detail, 

and specialist advice is required 

if you plan to extend your home 

upwards. One big no-no is if you have a 

house built before 1948 (and therefore 

much of the local area), this relaxation will 

not apply to you and planning permission 

will still be needed. 

Under the new rules, and subject to height 

restrictions and pitch of roof, if your house is 

built after 1948 you can extend your home up 

to two storeys to contain new flats on top of 

the existing structure. Extensions on existing 

extensions are not possible under the new 

rules and your property will not qualify if you 

live in a conservation area. 

Despite government encouragement to 

build flats and communal buildings in 

urban areas on top of existing buildings, 

the law nevertheless steps in to ensure 

certain measures are followed. Thus, if you 

are a freehold owner of a block of flats, you 

could be up against a number of issues, 

including: 

• The rights of existing tenants under 

the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, with 

the right of first refusal to the proposed 

development. 

• Breach of a landlord’s obligation to 

provide quiet enjoyment to the existing 

leaseholders, who may take legal action if 

the development is without their consent. 

• Party wall matters. 

• Overage when selling a building which has 

a potential for roof space development 

could result in a substantial payment to the 

seller if the development proceeds. 

• Issues with collective enfranchisement (the 

right to collectively seek the acquisition 

of the freehold and the right to manage), 

which is protected in law. 

• Insurance and health and safety issues. 

• Service charge issues. 

• Dealing with existing telecom masts. 

• Dealing with who owns the air space. Get 

this wrong and the leaseholders affected 

could halt the development. 

A good firm of urban architects will be 

required and a structural engineer to make 

sure the existing block is strong enough to 

support the development. And then comes 

all the legal work involving all the parties 

affected and their mortgage lenders. All 

achievable, but strong determination, hard 

work and a substantial financial outlay will 

obviously be required if success is to be 

guaranteed. 

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DD’s 46 th Woodford Diary 

Some South Woodford scribbles from DD, 

our resident diarist, commentator and 

observer of all things local 

So, lockdown continues as I write 

this! There are plenty of “Thou shalt 

nots” to be wary of: not sitting on a 

park bench, not breaching the two-metre 

gap, not entering a shop unmasked, and 

so forth. (Boris, Moses-like, comes down 

the mountain at regular intervals with a 

new set of commandments.) But taking 

exercise is OK. Indeed, recommended. But 

only locally. Round the familiar streets and 

parks and woods. My grandmother (the 

one who survived the 1918 flu pandemic) 

often used to say that “every picture tells a 

story”. When you’ve lived here all your life, 

as I have, every street tells a story, every 

park, every bit of woodland. Why not come 

along and exercise with me? 

© Evelyn Rowland / evelynrowland.co.uk 

I’m climbing Grove Hill. I was born here in a 

small maternity home. I enjoy the wide variety 

of houses. I was once employed as a cleaner 

in one of the more imposing ones. During the 

school holiday. I was not amused when ‘the 

lady of the house’ told my mother I was “rather 

slow”. I bet her parquet floor never gleamed as 

brightly before I got my hands, and knees, on 

it. I’m nearing the top of the hill now. Looking 

rather tenderly at a small house where lived 

another lady who became part of my life. She 

gave me a hand when our children were two 

months and 22 months old. They loved her, 

and clearly their love was requited. Decades 

later, her own grown-up children rang me 

out of the blue. “Please come and sit with 

Mum. She is dying. She is frightened.” What a 

privilege. What a challenge. I couldn’t recall 

that any conversation their mum and I had 

previously shared ranged much wider 

than topics like potty-training and 

Playdough. But when someone is 

in distress (“I wish I’d been a better 

person,” she confessed), you do 

your best, don’t you? 

I’m approaching the 

narrow footbridge 

over the motorway. 

Sometimes, I used 

to wait on the bridge to watch for my son 

getting off the 123 bus after school. If he was 

alone, we could walk home together. If he was 

with his mates, I would disappear smartish, so 

as not to embarrass him. On one occasion, as 

I stood looking down at the speeding traffic, I 

was approached by a stranger who asked: “Are 

you OK? Can I be of any assistance? Would it 

help to talk?” 

We can continue down towards the High Road 

now on a narrow track called Willow Path. 

Sheltered visually by trees and shrubs, but 

not audibly: the cars still roar along on your 

left. We are passing Craig Gardens, stirring up 

memories of my aunt and uncle who lived 

there for some years. Crazy but wonderful 

was the feather game we all played with them 

at Christmas. Sitting in a circle on the floor 

with a sheet drawn up under our chins and all 

blowing like mad in an attempt to keep the 



feather airborne. Tears of laughter. Essence 

of family. 

We enter Hillcrest Road. Our first address after 

we married. What a debt I owed to those four 

lovable teenagers who materialised when 

our first child was born. “Can we take your 

son for a walk in his pram?” Had they arrived 

from just up the road, or from Heaven? It was 

the beginning of countless walks, park visits, 

even shared trips to the seaside. In fact, when 

I was upstairs in labour with our daughter, our 

son was having tea with “the pals”. They were 

the first to hold the newborn baby, excitedly 

updating her brother. 

“You’ve got a baby sister 

now!” “Yes,” 

he replied. 

“And I’ve 

got a new 

red toy car.” 

We are soon crossing over the High Road to 

George Lane. My diary has already covered so 

many events and people I’ve witnessed there 

over recent years: the robed barrister fresh 

from Snaresbrook Crown Court, stooping 

to recover the vegetables tumbling from an 

elderly shopper’s inadequate plastic bag; 

the U3A volunteer gardeners bent double 

on our behalf in the flower beds; the key 

cutters and tattooists, the hairdressers and 

beauticians, the estate agents and sandwichmakers. 

I much regretted the closure of 

the Treasure Chest, with its huge stock of 

really useful home stuff. Next door to Fiori’s 

the greengrocer, also a serious loss at the 

time. I can still hear Peter’s resonant voice 

demanding everyone’s 

attention to the 

wonderfully succulent 

strawberries we mustn’t 

miss. One day, his hand 

was all bandaged up. 

And his head too! “What’s 

been happening?” I asked. 

Apparently, he had cut his 

hand badly and waited so long in 

casualty that he fainted and fell, cutting open 

his forehead as well. He ended up with more 

stitches in his head than in his hand. “Are you 

going to sue them?” “No, of course not. Noone’s 

to blame. They were just very busy.” I was 

sad to see Dave the butcher shut up shop too. 

Churchill’s, it was called. He said he’d “had an 

offer he couldn’t refuse”. He gave me one of 

his red-handled carving knives as a memento. 

Round the corner now, past Barclays, 

into Glebelands Avenue. I don’t think I 

ever told you about my 

undignified tumble on the 

ice a few winters ago. That 

pavement is always rather 

unpredictable but I swear the 

slope gets steeper under the 

snow. My legs shot forwards and 

the rest of me shot backwards. 

I sat there, feeling somewhat 

ridiculous, not to mention rather 

sore. “What are you doing down 

there?” A voice from behind me. Two 

gentlemen. They took an arm each 

and I was back on my feet. “You’d be 

better off at home, I think,” the voice 

continued. “Come on, let’s get you 

into my car.” It was the boss of the 

Wood Oven. “D’you know where 

she lives?” asked his colleague. “I 

certainly do! We catered for her 

70th!” I was chauffeured to 

my front door. 

That’s enough exercise 

for today. It’s time for 

a cup of tea. 

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Current Climate 

Paul Kaufman, Chair of East London Humanists, introduces their March 

public event on climate change and explains what the local group is 

up to in the COVID era 

Leo Barasi, acclaimed writer and 

speaker on climate change, will lead 

a discussion for our Zoom event this 

March. It takes place exactly a year after 

a meeting at Wanstead Library featuring 

Leo had to be cancelled due to COVID. A lot 

has changed in that year, but addressing 

human-created climate change remains 

more urgent than ever. 

In his book The Climate Majority, Leo argues 

that the battle to convince people that climate 

change needs to be tackled is largely won. The 

battle now is against the apathy which allows 

those with power to avoid taking the action 

necessary. He will examine how this can be 

overcome and what lessons we can learn 

from the way governments and people have 

reacted to the pandemic. 

Our group was initially reluctant to hold 

events on Zoom. We miss the conviviality of 

meeting in person. On the plus side, Zoom is 

now familiar to many and enables our reach 

to extend far beyond Wanstead and South 

Woodford. For example, our January event 

featured the editor of The Freethinker speaking 

from Spain, joined by human rights activist 

Leo Igwe speaking from Nigeria. We look 

forward to resuming more sociable events, 

but in the meantime, Zoom helps us thrive. 

Our activities involve more than just staging 

events. Last year, we celebrated Relationships 

and Sex Education being made compulsory 

in state schools. This follows 50 years of 

campaigning by Humanists UK and marks a 

historic moment in children’s rights. Our group 

contributes to the working party for the new 

curriculum in Redbridge. All children have the 

right to an education that helps keep them 

healthy, happy and safe, and we will continue 

to campaign against the ‘opt outs.’ 

Another campaign concerns Census 2021, 

which takes place on 21 March. It includes the 

leading question ‘What is your religion?’ This 

falsely presumes we all have a religion. It leads 

many to say they have a religion when they 

have no religious belief. They simply name 

the religion in their cultural background. 

Underestimating how many are not religious 

results in unfair provision, for example, of nonreligious 

pastoral care in hospitals, prisons 

and the armed services, and helps perpetuate 

anachronisms such as compulsory daily acts 

of Christian worship in schools. We urge those 

who are not religious to simply tick the ‘no 

religion’ box. 

The last year has seen its fair share of 

conspiracy theorists, anti-vaccers, intolerance 

and backward thinking. It remains as 

important as ever to have groups like ours 

which promote values based on evidence, 

reason and kindness. 

The East London Humanists’ virtual 

discussion on climate change featuring 

Leo Barasi will take place on 15 March from 

7.30pm. For more information and to take 

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FOR THE 

TREES 

Redbridge Council’s Principal Arboricultural and 

Horticultural Officer Peter Marshall heads up a team 

responsible for thousands of trees across the borough. 

With South Woodford’s felled trees being replaced in 

March, Peter explains the scope of his team’s work. Photo of 

Elmhurst Gardens by Geoff Wilkinson 



Did you know Redbridge Council 

maintains 40,000 trees and 128 

hectares of woodland in the 

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special team from Redbridge Council to 

maintain it all. 

The borough’s Arboricultural and Horticultural 

team – made up of specially trained staff – 

are responsible for the maintenance of the 

council’s 21,000 trees on the streets, 19,000 

trees in parks, schools, housing and welfare 

sites, grass verges and shrubs on streets, 

and assisting with maintaining council 

woodland. 

To ensure the trees stay healthy and cared 

for, my team carry out annual inspections 

of all street trees to recommend work to 

maintain them – and once every three years to 

recommend pruning work. 

Inspections on the remaining council trees 

in parks, schools, housing, welfare sites and 

woodlands are carried out on a three-year 

rotation. Trees in the Wanstead and South 

Woodford areas are due to be inspected for 

pruning in 2022. 

Trees are usually only removed when they are 

dead or decayed, in line with council policy. 

When pruning and felling is recommended, 

the work is normally grouped by borough 

wards and completed by the end of March 

the following year. My team normally fell a 

tree on the street to a waist-high stump and 

then return to remove the stump just prior to 

planting a replacement tree. 

Planting is carried out between November 

and March, and planned street planting in 

Wanstead and South Woodford is aimed at 

being completed by March 2021. 

In addition, there is also about 160,000 square 

metres – equivalent to 22 football pitches 

– of highway grass cut eight times a year, 

and 20,000 square metres of highway grass 

cut once a year as part of the Grow Zone 

project to create wild flower meadows in the 

borough to improve biodiversity. A quarter 

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South Woodford. 

Highway shrub beds – covering an area 

equivalent to seven football pitches – are also 

pruned up to twice a year, depending on the 

obstruction they may pose to pedestrians and 

vehicles. 

Where weeds grow up in footpaths, kerb 

edges and shrub beds on the street, my team 

carry out a spot treatment with herbicide 

to control growth up to five times a year, as 

required. 

We also work closely with the Neighbourhood 

Street Scene Engagement team on numerous 

community projects to spruce up the 

borough’s neighbourhoods. These have 

included: 

• Installing railing planters and troughs 

outside schools and business. 

• The spring bulb giveaway. 

• Tree planting within schools. 

• Community adoption of shrub beds and 

adopting street tree pits. 

• Working with Trees for Cities, planting new 

trees in east Ilford and a new woodland 

near Seven Kings park. 

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wellbeing and make the borough 

look and feel better. In addition, they 

can provide healthy spaces for wildlife to 

flourish. 

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enjoy them now and for years to come. To 

help achieve this, the council is currently 

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While National Trust properties remain closed, Richard Speller, 

chairman of the charity’s Woodford and District Centre, is pleased to 

have launched the group’s programme of virtual talks 

Like so many local and indeed national 

voluntary organisations, the Woodford 

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Trust has suspended all of its activities for a 

year now, obviously due to the pandemic. 

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The centre has well over 200 members, most 

of whom are also members of the National 

Trust centrally. We endeavour to keep in touch 

with them regularly by email to assure them 

of our continued existence, but it has to be 

accepted that, due to the demographic nature 

of our membership, many do not have an 

internet connection. In February, we started 

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own presentation on war memorials. It is our 

intention to continue these monthly, or even 

more frequently, until lockdown is ended and 

meetings are once again permitted. 

It is worth remembering our centre normally 

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monthly talks from September to April, 

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of interest, summer outings to houses and 

gardens, both National Trust and others, and 

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activities as soon as possible. 

The Woodford and District Centre is one of 

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affiliated to the national organisation. We 

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be laid off and many projects abandoned. 

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for an exhibition in June (with a virtual display 

back up), group member Ged Rumak 

compares and contrasts two of 

his spring-themed paintings 

Like most people, I have had a lovehate 

relationship with lockdown, 

which I won’t discuss here, but 

needless to say, it has necessarily 

created a more restricted artistic view 

of the world. However, with spring upon 

us, two of my paintings from 2019 in 

contrasting locations and with different 

approaches come to mind – one in Rapallo, 

Italy (inset), and the other in Epping Forest 

(main image). 



Both paintings 

are not just 

a matter of 

recording the 

subjects to be 

painted – though 

the skills to do this 

are pre-requisite. 

In working on these 

images, I am trying 

to refine the physical 

experience of being on 

location. This process involves 

many things, certainly the 

fundamental skills of drawing and 

painting, space, light, tone, perspective, 

form and composition, but also gut 

response, risk-taking and a sound 

knowledge of materials. If all this has 

worked, then I hope the images have 

come to life. 

Painting and drawing ‘en plein air’ is 

a tricky business, especially in spring 

when weather and subject are likely to 

change quickly. Places seem to have 

something different to offer each time 

you see them, especially after a heavy 

shower. Making sketches and hastily 

grabbed phone-camera shots are often 

necessary before proceeding to the studio, 

but occasionally so is having to revisit the 

site to consolidate things. Some conjecture 

and good-old artistic licence can be necessary, 

but I normally resist the temptation to tidy 

up too much – staying true to the basic 

composition as first seen, for better or for 

worse. 

I share the concern of many of my 

contemporaries over the degradation of 

painting and drawing skills taught in our art 

schools. It is essential to be taught or to teach 

yourself the rules and master them before you 

break or abandon them. 

Most of my work is based on personal 

experience. I tried to capture a bright, early 

spring morning in Rapallo before the bustle 

of the port begins and the tourists descend 

on the cafés on the waterfront, changing its 

character. In contrast, forgetting the rules 

somewhat by breaking down literal shapes 

and colour combinations, Epping Forest, again 

on an early spring morning, still evokes a 

particular sense of time and space. 

To lovers of visual art, or perhaps to those 

who just enjoy the experience of galleries 

and exhibitions, it’s worth noting that the 

Woodford Arts Group is planning a COVIDsafe 

exhibition in early June at Packfords 

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will be available online. 

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Community events 

ESSEX ART CLUB 

ONLINE EXHIBITION 

The historic club has launched their first-ever 

online exhibition, with works for sale. Subjects 

include terrestrial and marine landscapes, 

portraits and life studies, still life and abstracts. 

Date: online until the end of April 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/eac 

MAR 

1 

IMAGINE IF… 

DIGITAL FESTIVAL 

A four-day festival to celebrate the life and 

legacy of author, speaker and advisor on 

education in the arts Sir Ken Robinson. 

Date: Monday 1 to Thursday 4 March 

Cost: free Enquiries: imagine-if.com 

MAR 

1 

WRITERS VIRTUAL 

SUPPORT GROUP 

Hosted by Redbridge Libraries. 

Date: Tuesday 2 March Time: 4pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: nina.simon@visionrcl.org.uk 

MAR 

2 

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VIRTUAL INFANT 

FEEDING CAFE 

Ask any question you have about feeding your 

baby. Repeats every Wednesday. 

Date: Wednesday 3 March Time: 11am–12:30pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: HITBooking@nelft.nhs.uk 

MAR 

3 

VICTORIAN LONDON: 

DOWN WITH THE FENCES 

The extraordinary growth of London in the 

Victorian age swallowed up huge areas of 

green space. Areas across east London were 

under threat and local campaigns were 

started to save ’the peoples playgrounds’. 

Mark Gorman tells the story of the role 

played by ordinary Londoners. Hosted by The 

Hackney Society. 

Date: Thursday 4 March Time: 7–8.30pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/fences 

MAR 

4 

TREES IN 

HISTORY 

A talk by author and historian Georgina Green 

for the Ilford Historical Society. 

Date: Monday 8 March Time: 7.30pm 

Cost: by donation Enquiries: janetseward@aol.com 

MAR 

8 

CLIMATE CHANGE: 

FROM APATHY TO ACTION 

Leo Barasi, writer and speaker on climate 

change, will lead a discussion on Zoom. An 

East London Humanists event, which is open 

to all. 

Date: Monday 15 March Time: 7.30pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/elh 

MAR 

15 

FOSTER FOR REDBRIDGE 

INFORMATION SESSION 

Join this virtual information session to find out 

more about fostering. 

Date: Tuesday 2 March Time: 6–7pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/foster2march 

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2 

VIRTUAL BEREAVEMENT 

CAFÉ MORNING SESSION 

For people who are struggling with feelings of 

loss after the death of someone close. 

Date: Tuesday 16 March Time: 10.30–11.30am 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/bereavement 

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HACKNEY TO KOSOVO 

AND BACK AGAIN 

To celebrate International Women’s Day, 

Elizabeth Gowing talks about three women’s 

journeys between London and Kosovo over 

the last 100 years. Hosted by Soroptimist 

International East London. 

Date: Tuesday 16 March Time: 7–10pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/kosovo 

MAR 

16 

REDBRIDGE LIBRARIES: 

TECH MEET UP 

An online meeting for adults in Redbridge 

with an interest in technology. Hosted by 

moderators with significant experience in the 

technology industry. 

Date: Wednesday 17 March Time: 6.30–7.30pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/techmeet17march 

MAR 

17 

FOSTER FOR REDBRIDGE 

COFFEE MORNING 

Date: Friday 19 March Time: 10–11am 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/foster19march 

MAR 

19 

KENNETH MORE THEATRE: 

THE HISTORY OF ROCK 

Live-streamed from the Kenneth More 

Theatre, The History of Rock is a celebration of 

rock music through the decades. Featuring the 

music of artists such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, 

AC/DC, Queen and many more. 

Date: Saturday 20 March Time: 7.30pm 

Cost: from £10 Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/historyofrock 

MAR 

20 

NORTH EAST LONDON 

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 

An online astronomical-themed presentation. 

Date: Sunday 21 March Time: 3pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: stevek1951@hotmail.com 

MAR 

21 

CHILL OUT WITH 

REDBRIDGE LIBRARIES 

This session may help if you are struggling 

with unsettling emotions during these difficult 

times of pandemic and lockdown. 

Date: Thursday 1 April Time: 7–7.30pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/chill 

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CAFÉ AFTERNOON SESSION 

Date: Tuesday 6 April Time: 2–3pm 


APR 

6 

WRITERS VIRTUAL 

SUPPORT GROUP 

Hosted by Redbridge Libraries. 

Date: Tuesday 6 April Time: 4pm 

Cost: free Enquiries: nina.simon@visionrcl.org.uk 

APR 

6 

LONDON’S EAST INDIA 

COMPANY LEGACY 

Plenty of places in London owe their roots to 

the East India Company. This talk on Zoom will 

show some of the company’s legacy, including 

large houses like Danson House, parks like 

Wanstead Park and East India Company 

warehouses in the City at Devonshire Square. 

Rob Smith of Footprints of London hosts this 

live virtual tour and illustrated presentation. 

Date: Monday 12 April Time: 2–3pm 

Cost: from £6 Enquiries: swvg.co.uk/eic 

APR 

12 

EAST END 

ARTISTS 

An Ilford Historical Society talk by Jef Page. 

Date: Monday 12 April Time: 7.30pm 

Cost: by donation Enquiries: janetseward@aol.com 

APR 

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CAFÉ MORNING SESSION 

Date: Tuesday 20 April Time: 10.30–11.30am 


APR 

20 

THE SECRET JEWS OF 

MAJORCA ISLAND 

Majorca holds a secret, never discussed in 

most travel guides. During the Inquisition, 

the Chuetas publicly professed Catholicism 

while privately adhering to Judaism. Still, 

hundreds of Jews were murdered, and only 15 

families survived. The Jewish Historical Society 

of England hosts a virtual tour of Majorca’s 

history and its lessons for Jews today. 

Date: Tuesday 27 April Time: 8pm 

Cost: £5 Enquiries: jhse.org 

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WOODFORD AND WELLS 

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 

We understand that your home is the biggest 

investment that you will make in your life. 

We care for your home… 

We specialise in exterior painting and 

refurbishment as well as interior painting and 

decorating, laminate and wood floor laying 

and garden decking. We are fully insured, and 

can offer customer and client feedback and 

recommendations. 

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Call: 07939 574 896 

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Local community online 

CO-OP’S CO-OPERATE 

A large listing of activities and groups for all 

ages. Visit co-operate.coop.co.uk 

ELMHURST PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION 

Fundraising for a natural woodland play 

area in Elmhurst Garden in South Woodford. 

Visit swvg.co.uk/epa 

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER RODING 

A Facebook group for those who want to help 

bring the river back to life. Visit swvg.co.uk/rr 

FRIENDS OF WANSTEAD PARKLANDS 

Researching and promoting Wanstead 

Park and the historic parklands. Visit 

wansteadpark.org.uk 

NATURE CONSERVATION IN REDBRIDGE 

A Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure Facebook 

group. Visit swvg.co.uk/nature 

Redbridge 

Volunteer with us 

We will train, mentor and 

support you all the way. 

To find out more and apply, visit 

samaritans.org/volunteer 

Email redbridgesamsrecruitment@gmail.com 

Samaritans of Redbridge is part of Samaritans, a registered charity. 

Chris O’Donovan Photography/Samaritans 

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 

Sharing photography tips and advice. 

Visit swvg.co.uk/photo 

REDBRIDGE COMMUNITY RADIO 

A new local radio station featuring news, 

events and interviews. Visit swvg.co.uk/radio 

ROTARY CLUB 

The Rotary Club of Leytonstone and Woodford 

are meeting online. Call 020 3597 2921 

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL 

Women volunteers committed to women’s 

empowerment. Visit swvg.co.uk/siel 

SOUTH WOODFORD & SURROUNDS 

A Facebook group for news and discussions 

about our community. A place to share ideas 

and ask advice. Visit swvg.co.uk/life 

SOUTH WOODFORD GARDENERS 

Tending to and improving the flower beds 

across the local area. Visit swvg.co.uk/swg 

SOUTH WOODFORD SOCIETY 

Making South Woodford a better place to live. 

Visit southwoodfordsociety.org 

WOODFORD AND WANSTEAD PARENTS 

A Facebook group to share thoughts and help 

each other. Visit swvg.co.uk/parents 

WOODFORD GREEN SPEAKERS 

Improve your public speaking skills. 

Email woodfordgreenspeakers@gmail.com 

WOODFORD TOWN FC 

Support a local football team as they return to 

the Woodford area. Visit swvg.co.uk/wtfc 

WREN WILDLIFE GROUP 

Online Sunday morning free talks on local 

wildlife. Visit wrengroup.org 

YOUNG WRITERS CLUB 

A club for children who aspire to become 

authors. Visit swvg.co.uk/youngwriters 



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Useful numbers 

ADVICE & SUPPORT 

Samaritans116 123 

Citizens Advice Redbridge0300 330 9063 

Community Legal Advice0845 345 4 345 

HEALTH 

NHS 111111 

Whipps Cross Hospital020 8539 5522 

The Shrubberies Medical Centre020 8530 4108 

Glebelands Practice020 8989 6272 

South Woodford Health Centre 020 8491 3333 

Elmhurst Practice020 8491 3310 

The Broadway Surgery 020 8505 3204 

Southdene Surgery020 8530 3731 

Out of hours GP020 3770 1888 

LEISURE & LIBRARIES 

South Woodford Library & Gym020 8708 9067 

Woodford Green Library020 8708 9055 

Wanstead Library 020 8708 7400 

Wanstead Leisure Centre020 8989 1172 

in South Woodford 

LOCAL COUNCILLORS South Woodford ward 

Beverley Brewer (Lab) 07741 329 779 

beverley.brewer@redbridge.gov.uk 

Michael Duffell (Con)07741 196 006 

michael.duffell@redbridge.gov.uk 

Suzanne Nolan (Con) 07741 892 854 

suzanne.nolan@redbridge.gov.uk 

LOCAL COUNCILLORS Churchfields ward 

Stephen Adams (Con) 07741 330 461 

stephen.adams@redbridge.gov.uk 

Rosa Gomez (Lab)07741 194 517 

rosa.gomez@redbridge.gov.uk 

Clark Vasey (Con)07741 194 763 

clark.vasey@redbridge.gov.uk 

LOCAL MP Chingford and Woodford Green 

Iain Duncan Smith MP020 7219 3000 

iainduncansmith.org.uk 

LOCAL MP Ilford North 

Wes Streeting MP020 3475 7901 

wesstreeting.org 

LOCAL MP Leyton and Wanstead 

John Cryer MP020 8989 5249 

johncryermp.co.uk 

POLICE & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH 

Emergency 999 

Non-emergency101 

Crimestoppers0800 555 111 

Neighbourhood Watch redbridgenhw.info 

Safer Neighbourhoods Teams020 8345 3616 

REDBRIDGE COUNCIL 

Customer contact centre020 8554 5000 

Report anti-social behaviour020 8478 4679 

UTILITIES 

Electricity (power cut)105 

Electricity emergency 0800 40 40 90 

Gas emergency0800 111 999 

Thames Water (report a leak) 0800 714 614 

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Da Silva Pearce School of Performing Art 

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PERFORMING 

Acting • Dance • Singing 

Principal: Michael Da Silva Pearce 

Centre Manager: Bianca Durand 

Saturday Academy Ages 5 - 17 

at Wanstead High School 

PLEASE ENQUIRE ABOUT 

PLACES AND OUR CORONAVIRUS 

PREVENTION MEASURES 

Visit www.dsp-performing.org 

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ACTING 

DSP Performing57 

ART 

Essex Art Club10 

Geoff Wilkinson 4 

BATHROOMS 

Bathworks41 

BEAUTY 

Woodford House60 

BOILER INSTALLATION 

Wanstead Group49 

BUILDERS 

North London Loft Rooms24–25 

CARPENTRY & JOINERY 

K&D Joinery 43 

CEMETERY 

City of London Cemetery 44–45 

CENTRAL HEATING 


CHARITIES 

Haven House Children’s Hospice40 

Redbridge Samaritans54 

St Francis Hospice 56 

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES 

Crescendo Music Academy5 


Variations Dance Studio5 

CLEANING 

Dyson Repair Man 6 

The Oven Wizard 8 

COMMUNITY & GROUPS 

East London Humanists37 

Redbridge Samaritans54 

South Woodford Society15 

COMPUTER MAINTENANCE 

Problem Computers7 

COUNSELLING 

Counselling Helps37 

Forest Therapy Centre14 

DANCE 



DECKING 

Lancasters Gardencare29 

Woodford & Wells 53 

DECORATORS 

E18 Handyman28 

Stuart Green Property Solutions14 



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Woodford House60 

DOG TRAINING 

Colin’s K9 Training Services20 

DOORS 


DYSON REPAIR 


EATING COACH 

Eat Sense20 

ESTATE AGENTS 

Churchill Estates 30–31 

Yellands 34 

EXTRA INCOME 

UW50 

FURNITURE ASSEMBLY 

LOWM Logistics17 

GARAGE SERVICES 

Woodbridge Autos19 

GARDENS & LANDSCAPING 


GIFTS 

Creative Giftware 52 

HANDYMAN 




HEALTH 

Eat Sense20 

Herbalife Nutrition 4 

HOLISTIC HEALTH 

Eat Sense20 

HOME SECURITY 

Tutum Home 1 

LOFTS 


MOT 

Woodbridge Autos19 

MUSIC 


NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 

South Woodford Society15 

NUTRITION 

Eat Sense20 

Herbalife Nutrition 4 

OVEN CLEANING 

The Oven Wizard 8 

PATIOS & DRIVEWAYS 


PERFORMANCE ART 



PEST MANAGEMENT 

GJB Pest Management 35 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Geoff Wilkinson 4 

PLANNING & DESIGN 


PLUMBING & HEATING 


PROPERTY MAINTENANCE 




REMOVALS 

LOWM Logistics17 

SCHOOLS 

Avon House Preparatory School 34 

Park School For Girls 9 

St Aubyn’s School21 

Woodford Green Prep School 55 

SECURITY CAMERAS 

Tutum Home 1 

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SMART HOME 

Tutum Home 1 

SOLICITORS 

Wiseman Lee LLP27 

STAINED GLASS 

McCarty & Smith 59 

STAIRS 


STORAGE 

BWI Self Storage 11 

TUITION 

MagiKats17 

WILL WRITING 

St Francis Hospice 56 

Wiseman Lee LLP27 

WINDOW RESTORATION 

McCarty & Smith 59 

WINDOW SHUTTERS 

Woodthorpe Joinery2 



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