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Contents<br />
Features<br />
A portrait of our High Street20–21<br />
History comes home24<br />
A lot to lose 28<br />
Healthy retirement32<br />
East End atmosphere36–37<br />
Turf wars40<br />
Restoring the Roding46<br />
Illustrating a point 50–51<br />
A potted history 54<br />
Listen and learn 58<br />
Doodle too64–65<br />
Will you?68<br />
Puzzles & competitions<br />
Sudoku 26<br />
Crossword competition42<br />
Wanstead anagram52<br />
Mind-bender puzzles70<br />
Every month<br />
Local news6–8, 10, 12, 14 & 16<br />
Wanstead map60–61<br />
Community events75–78 & 80<br />
Community groups 82<br />
Useful numbers84<br />
Index of advertisers86<br />
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“Those in charge of vehicles that can cause the<br />
greatest harm in the event of a collision bear the<br />
greatest responsibility to take care and reduce<br />
the danger they pose to others.” So says rule H1, the<br />
first of the new rules in the updated Highway Code’s<br />
hierarchy of road users. It makes sense. We expect bus drivers to<br />
be, well, better drivers than car drivers; it’s why they have to pass<br />
an extra test for their licence. And likewise, we should expect car<br />
drivers to be more attentive on the road than a person waiting<br />
to cross; after all, you don’t need a licence to walk the streets and<br />
pedestrians are not moving a two-tonne object at pace. The new<br />
hierarchy should go without saying, but it’s always good to have<br />
it written down. Let’s not forget, the Highway Code also tells<br />
drivers to turn on their lights when it’s dark (rule 113).<br />
The hierarchy does not remove the need for everyone to behave<br />
responsibly, of course. Rule H1 goes on to clarify that: “The<br />
objective of the hierarchy is not to give priority to pedestrians,<br />
cyclists and horse riders in every situation, but rather to ensure<br />
a more mutually respectful and considerate culture of safe and<br />
effective road use that benefits all users.” Which does sound like<br />
something we should all aspire to. On-road and off-road, we can<br />
all probably afford to give way to others a little more.<br />
When you think about it, the drivers on our roads span such a<br />
diverse range of skills – from those who stall at every junction to<br />
those who spend more time on the road than with their families<br />
– it’s easy to appreciate why, as in life, consideration for others is<br />
key. We’ve all seen the driver who overtakes at speed, only to<br />
be found waiting at the next set of lights; there’s a life lesson<br />
in that (and I don’t mean fuel efficiency). So,<br />
as drivers follow new rule H2 and give way<br />
to pedestrians waiting to cross, let’s all<br />
remember, you don’t always need to be<br />
moving forwards to make progress.<br />
Lee Marquis, Editor<br />
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<strong>February</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
5<br />
Chestnut Manor Care Home Receives 11 Blessings<br />
Westgate Healthcare’s newest luxury care home, Chestnut Manor Care Home,<br />
received eleven blessings when opening its doors to the public in September last year.<br />
Wanstead is a bustling town filled with great local<br />
amenities and a strong sense of community, but<br />
it is now home to eleven Ursuline nuns who have<br />
created a vibrant and flourishing home in their<br />
latest residence, Chestnut Manor Care Home.<br />
The Sisters have an incredible history dating back<br />
over 400 years, stemming from Desenzano in Italy.<br />
Founder, Angela Merici, chose to put her company<br />
under the patronage of St Ursuline, an early English<br />
saint who was known as the patroness of learning<br />
led by Angela’s interest for the development and<br />
fulfilment of women. The ethos of the Ursulines is<br />
that hard work and prayer go hand in hand, and<br />
their desire is to bring Christ to the world.<br />
Fernanda Perini, Activities Coordinator at Chestnut<br />
Manor Care Home, said: “Our residents have so<br />
many exciting activities to enjoy such as creating<br />
decorations for internal events, letter writing to<br />
stay connected with the Wanstead community,<br />
local trips, in-house entertainment, Westgate<br />
Healthcare’s Lifestyle Innovations, and much more.<br />
It is a pleasure to work at the home and the Sisters<br />
have been a delight, they get involved in all the<br />
activities that we set and they encourage other<br />
residents to get involved, too. It’s lovely to see the<br />
care they show everyone at the home.”<br />
Sister Anistacia, Resident of Chestnut Manor Care<br />
Home, said: “The home is absolutely wonderful and<br />
the facilities are excellent. We are looked after very<br />
well and the staff are courteous at all times. We are<br />
blessed here; we have our mass in the home three<br />
times per week which is a bonus. The environment<br />
is always clean and tidy and the domestic staff are<br />
always up for a chat. The food is second to none,<br />
everything we ask for the Chef caters to.”<br />
Today, life looks much different for the Ursuline<br />
Sisters as Chestnut Manor Care Home caters to<br />
their personal and physical needs. The home offers<br />
nursing, residential, respite and dementia care for<br />
people over and under the age of 65 years within<br />
its luxurious care setting.<br />
“The Sisters have been a delight, they get<br />
involved in all the activities that we set<br />
and they encourage other residents to<br />
get involved, too.”<br />
Chestnut Manor Care Home pride themselves on<br />
being innovators and early adopters of new ideas<br />
and initiatives that enhance their residents’ lives.<br />
Owned and run by Westgate Healthcare, the home<br />
have established bespoke initiatives designed<br />
to empower their communities and encourage<br />
residents to embrace their passions. The home is<br />
passioniate about taking the lead in evolving their<br />
residents’ lifestyles by continuing to do the things<br />
that are special to them.<br />
Daniela Danciulescu, Care Home Manager, said:<br />
“Since the day we opened, Chestnut Manor has<br />
been a lively community thanks to the arrival of our<br />
Sisters. They have made the atmosphere electric as<br />
they are so active and inspiring. They make all our<br />
joining residents feel welcome and they engage<br />
well in all our activities. We are so pleased to have<br />
them living at our home.”<br />
To find out more about how Chestnut Manor Care<br />
Home can help care for your loved one, call 020<br />
3918 6509. The home is also looking for talented<br />
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home directly to discuss available opportunities.<br />
We are recruiting! Apply online or call 020 3918 6509<br />
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Portrait of our High Street: photographer<br />
documents local shops and shopkeepers<br />
Documentary<br />
photographer Russell<br />
Boyce has produced<br />
a series of portraits<br />
of Wanstead’s<br />
shopkeepers. “The<br />
pictures are a historic<br />
visual document<br />
about the Wanstead<br />
community, for<br />
the community,”<br />
said Russell, who<br />
photographed each<br />
shop twice, once with<br />
all the staff outside and<br />
again with the owner inside. The shopkeepers<br />
were also interviewed about their thoughts<br />
on the future of the High Street. The portraits<br />
and shopkeeper quotes will be displayed<br />
outside the Temple in Wanstead Park in March<br />
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hope people enjoy the exhibition and articles<br />
and feel closer to our community as they look<br />
at the pictures and read the quotes.”<br />
Phone mast<br />
refused<br />
An application<br />
to install an 18m<br />
phone mast within<br />
the grounds of the<br />
Esso petrol station<br />
in Aldersbrook has<br />
been refused. It<br />
follows a similar<br />
application for a<br />
20m mast that was<br />
rejected last summer.<br />
Over 60 objections<br />
were lodged by local<br />
residents, citing the<br />
adverse impact it<br />
would have on the<br />
character of the area.<br />
“We have successfully<br />
fended this off twice<br />
now, so hopefully<br />
that will be the end<br />
of the matter,” said an<br />
Aldersbrook resident.<br />
HMO licensing<br />
consultation<br />
Redbridge Council<br />
has launched a<br />
consultation on its<br />
proposals to renew<br />
the Additional<br />
Houses in Multiple<br />
Occupation licensing<br />
scheme. “From its<br />
introduction in 2017,<br />
property licensing<br />
has had a significant<br />
impact on improving<br />
standards in the<br />
private rented sector<br />
and continues to<br />
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said a spokesperson.<br />
The consultation<br />
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<strong>February</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
7<br />
Road safety in Wanstead: council<br />
considers responses to consultations<br />
Road safety in Wanstead: concerns<br />
over High Street zebra crossing<br />
Redbridge Lane West<br />
Redbridge Council is considering responses<br />
to a number of consultations on plans to<br />
improve road safety across Wanstead. The<br />
proposals include a raised ‘speed table’ for the<br />
High Street’s zebra crossing (near the Co-op)<br />
and speed bumps on Redbridge Lane West,<br />
The Green, St Mary’s Avenue and Mansfield<br />
Road. “The council is planning a number of<br />
measures to improve road safety in the area.<br />
We will consider the feedback we’ve received<br />
from residents and make a decision in the<br />
coming weeks,” said Councillor Jo Blackman.<br />
Agreement on new natural play<br />
area in Wanstead Park<br />
Some large logs have been placed on the site<br />
behind the Temple in readiness for the project<br />
A formal agreement for the maintenance of a<br />
new children’s play area in Wanstead Park has<br />
been signed off by the City of London’s Epping<br />
Forest and Commons Committee. “This means<br />
work can now proceed on the first phase, and<br />
crowdfunding can go ahead in March. Credit<br />
to the Aldersbrook Families Association for<br />
getting us to this stage,” said John Sharpe of<br />
the Friends of Wanstead Parklands. The play<br />
area will be constructed from natural materials<br />
found in Epping Forest at a cost of £45,000.<br />
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Concerns have been raised over the safety of<br />
the zebra crossing on Wanstead High Street,<br />
opposite Christ Church Green. It follows<br />
an incident last month when a pedestrian<br />
was injured, and in 2016, a 91-year-old man<br />
was knocked over and killed at the site.<br />
Redbridge Council is considering responses to<br />
a consultation on plans to make the crossing<br />
a raised ‘speed table’, but there are also calls<br />
to relocate the crossing, remove the trees that<br />
obstruct the view for drivers and pedestrians,<br />
or change it to a pelican crossing.<br />
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Public meeting about the commercial<br />
use of Christ Church Green<br />
Wanstead filmmaker premiers<br />
ManFish at Horror-On-Sea Festival<br />
A public meeting to discuss the commercial<br />
use of Christ Church Green has been<br />
scheduled for 2pm on 5 March. Local<br />
councillors and Vision RCL representatives will<br />
be in attendance. “Whilst we all appreciate<br />
costs need to be met for the maintenance<br />
of our green, Vision needs to rethink<br />
their approach as to how they go about<br />
working with residents and the businesses<br />
of Wanstead,” said Colin Cronin, who has<br />
organised the event. The meeting will take<br />
place at Christ Church.<br />
Local filmmaker Marc Coleman premiered his<br />
debut comedy-horror feature film ManFish at<br />
the Horror-On-Sea Festival in Southend last<br />
month. “The film – shot mostly in Wanstead<br />
and Redbridge – played to a big crowd. I’m<br />
really pleased with the screening and the<br />
feedback on the film has been really positive.<br />
To have the opportunity to be at a physical<br />
screening after the last couple of years was<br />
really special. I’m now looking for investment<br />
for my next film, which I’d like to film locally as<br />
well,” said Marc. Visit marcsspace.com<br />
Redbridge Lane West allotment plot<br />
holders consider response to Cadent<br />
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Redbridge Lane West allotment plot holders<br />
held a meeting in January to consider their<br />
response to Cadent’s latest proposals to<br />
carry out upgrade work on their adjacent<br />
gas compound. “Although Cadent has made<br />
changes to their earlier proposal, we feel there<br />
is much that remains unclear. We have asked<br />
the council to work with us to get Cadent to<br />
provide more detail. We want to protect the<br />
allotment land from permanent damage and<br />
loss, and we think there’s more Cadent can do<br />
to reduce their impact,” said a spokesperson.<br />
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Volunteers gather for first Wanstead<br />
Park litter pick of <strong>2022</strong><br />
YouTube channel for talks about the<br />
history of Wanstead Park<br />
Wanstead House, by<br />
Richard Westall (1765–1836)<br />
The first Wanstead Park litter pick of <strong>2022</strong><br />
took place last month. “Luckily, the weather<br />
was lovely on Sunday 9 January, unlike the<br />
downpour the day before. We had 23 litter<br />
pickers, including quite a few children. We also<br />
sold a couple of craft items and several books<br />
and notelets and made £27.50. It was great to<br />
chat to so many interested people,” said Gill<br />
James of the Friends of Wanstead Parklands.<br />
The event will continue to take place on the<br />
second Sunday of every month (volunteers are<br />
invited to meet outside the Temple at 11am).<br />
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The Friends of Wanstead Parklands has created<br />
a YouTube channel to present the recordings<br />
of a new series of online talks about the<br />
park’s history. The Wanstead Park in Context<br />
presentations began in January and continue<br />
this month with an event on 24 <strong>February</strong>.<br />
“The next talk will cover the formation of the<br />
post-glacial landscape in the Roding Valley<br />
and successive waves of human settlement,”<br />
said Richard Arnopp. The talks are held on<br />
Zoom, with opportunities for questions and<br />
discussion. Visit wnstd.com/wpic<br />
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A new orchard has been planted on<br />
Wanstead Park Recreation Ground, an area<br />
of open space situated alongside the River<br />
Roding, just outside the southeast corner<br />
of Wanstead Park. “As well as enhancing the<br />
ecological value of the site, it’s hoped this new<br />
community orchard will increase exploration<br />
of this underused green space. We also plan to<br />
relax the mowing regime in the grassland area<br />
surrounding the orchard, which will boost<br />
biodiversity,” said Anna MacLaughlin, a nature<br />
conservation ranger for Vision RCL.<br />
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<strong>February</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
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A green roof and wooden cladding:<br />
changes to café kiosk design<br />
Wanstead House receives funds to<br />
improve drama facilities<br />
A decision is expected this month on Vision<br />
RCL’s plans to amend the design of the<br />
proposed café and bar kiosk facility on Christ<br />
Church Green. The addition of a green roof<br />
and the use of wooden cladding are among<br />
the changes put forward. Permission to install<br />
the kiosk was granted last August – despite<br />
192 objections – and the latest application<br />
seeks to discharge several of the planning<br />
conditions attached. The unit will be located<br />
next to the green’s existing toilet block. Visit<br />
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Wanstead House Community Association<br />
has received funds from Redbridge Theatre<br />
Company – the former operators of the<br />
Kenneth More Theatre – to improve the main<br />
hall used by drama groups, including new<br />
stage curtains and lighting equipment. “The<br />
company had a surplus of funds to distribute<br />
after winding up its affairs. As part of its<br />
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Healthwatch Redbridge calls for<br />
better local NHS dental services<br />
Redbridge youngsters to vote for<br />
their Members of Youth Parliament<br />
Members of Youth Parliament<br />
take part in an annual debate<br />
in the House of Commons<br />
Healthwatch Redbridge is calling for better<br />
NHS dental services in the borough following<br />
the publication of their findings from a survey<br />
on dental care. “In some cases, patients<br />
were told they would have to wait more<br />
than three months for an emergency dental<br />
appointment,” said a spokesperson. NHS<br />
dental costs were also cited as confusing.<br />
”Some patients told us they were unaware<br />
they were being treated as a private patient,<br />
ending up with expensive treatment costs.”<br />
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Voting will take place this month to<br />
elect Redbridge’s two Members of Youth<br />
Parliament. All young people (11- to 18-yearolds)<br />
who live or study in Redbridge are<br />
eligible to vote, and ballots will be delivered to<br />
secondary schools, colleges and other centres<br />
around the borough. “A total of 96 young<br />
people applied to take part in the election and<br />
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Council spokesperson. The Youth Parliament<br />
term starts in March and runs for two years.<br />
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Funding to help supercharge<br />
Redbridge’s electric vehicle network<br />
Swan watchers’ plea to keep dogs<br />
under control in Wanstead Park<br />
Electric vehicle charge<br />
point on Halstead Road<br />
Redbridge Council has secured £557,610<br />
from the Office for Zero-Emission Vehicles to<br />
install 310 electric vehicle charge points across<br />
the borough. Redbridge currently provides<br />
59 publicly available charge points, with the<br />
new lamp post sites to be in place by March<br />
2023. Feedback from residents will determine<br />
the locations. “The installation of these charge<br />
points will provide easy access to people,<br />
where off-street parking is not an option for<br />
them,” said Councillor Jo Blackman, Cabinet<br />
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Volunteers who help monitor the well-being<br />
of swans in Wanstead Park have urged dog<br />
owners to keep their pets under control,<br />
especially when the lakes are frozen. “Last<br />
month, many of the park’s lakes were iced<br />
over. The swans prefer to be on the banks<br />
away from the ice, but if they are panicked and<br />
run on the ice, they can acquire nasty injuries<br />
from skidding, and reaching them is tricky and<br />
dangerous for the rescuer. The ice is also risky<br />
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I am hoping to return to face-to-face advice<br />
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A portrait of our<br />
High Street<br />
Photographer Russell Boyce has used a vintage film camera to create<br />
a historic visual record of Wanstead High Street’s shopkeepers,<br />
accompanied by their thoughts on the future. In the first of a series of<br />
reproductions, Wanstead Domestic Appliances step into the frame<br />
I<br />
live in Wanstead and I’m a documentary<br />
photographer. Throughout most of 2021,<br />
I was working on a picture story about<br />
the small business owners in Wanstead. My<br />
inspiration for this project are the formal<br />
pictures taken from the Victorian and<br />
Edwardian period of proud shopkeepers<br />
standing outside their stores.<br />
Over the year, I photographed more than<br />
30 local business owners and their staff. The<br />
project is quite simple; I used a 1966 vintage<br />
Rolleiflex film camera to shoot black and white<br />
pictures. I photographed all the staff outside<br />
the shop as well as the owner or manager<br />
inside. I then asked the owner about their<br />
business and, crucially, what they think about<br />
the future of our High Street. The owners are<br />
a diverse group with a wide range of answers<br />
– mostly very positive, which is quite uplifting<br />
during these tough times.<br />
Jamil and Nayyer Sheikh from Euronics<br />
Wanstead Domestic Appliances said:<br />
“We opened in <strong>February</strong> 2005. The major<br />
challenges to us are from online stores, but<br />
we get business because of our services and<br />
presence. There are still customers out there<br />
who want to deal with real people. We are<br />
getting business from the recommendations<br />
we have. If someone is happy, they send other<br />
people to us. I think the future of the High<br />
Street is bright.”<br />
Owner of Euronics Wanstead Domestic<br />
Appliances Jamil Sheikh poses for a picture with<br />
his son Nayyer Sheikh and repairman Malick<br />
Basheer Ahmed outside his store at 19 Wanstead<br />
High Street. Photo taken on 18 August 2021.<br />
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HISTORY COMES HOME<br />
Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition later this<br />
year exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the first of a series of<br />
articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show<br />
20 years ago at Earl Tilney’s<br />
park in Wanstead, a Roman<br />
“About<br />
mosaic pavement was found,”<br />
wrote Smart Lethieullier of Aldersbrook<br />
Manor House in a letter to a fellow<br />
antiquarian in 1735. He went on to suggest<br />
“that the mosaic could have been the floor<br />
of a Roman banqueting house.” So began<br />
the search for Wanstead’s Roman villa.<br />
The Romans had first arrived on Britain’s<br />
shores in the year 55 BC, led by Julius Caesar,<br />
on the hunt for the precious metals Britain<br />
was known for. A second, more successful<br />
violent invasion began in 43 AD, and the<br />
Romans settled in pockets across the island,<br />
establishing cities like London and Colchester.<br />
Wanstead’s proximity to the road from these<br />
cities – and the river now known as the<br />
Roding – meant it was the ideal location for<br />
a villa, a place where people lived, farmed<br />
and entertained. At the time of Lethieullier’s<br />
letter in 1735, a newer building had just been<br />
constructed on the site of the Roman villa. It<br />
was in the spectacular gardens of Wanstead<br />
House, then owned by Richard Child, Earl<br />
of Tylney, that the mosaic pavement was<br />
discovered while gardeners dug holes to<br />
plant an avenue of trees. However, the exact<br />
location is still a mystery.<br />
From 1947, several excavations carried out by<br />
local historian Jack Elsden Tuffs and later Frank<br />
Clark of the West Essex Archaeology Group<br />
(WEAG) uncovered many objects that help<br />
us piece together what the villa may have<br />
looked like. The artefacts suggest a wealthy<br />
family once lived there. Pieces of painted wall<br />
plaster, roof tiles and the mosaic pavement<br />
mentioned in Lethieullier’s letter all point to<br />
a house built with no expense spared. Many<br />
of the materials found would have been<br />
Fragments of Roman<br />
pottery found at the site of<br />
Wanstead’s Roman villa<br />
imported from other parts of the empire,<br />
including expensive Samian pottery from Gaul<br />
(France). Tiles for a hypocaust heating system<br />
meant the villa may have had underfloor<br />
heating and possibly a bathhouse. Animal<br />
bones among the remains indicate there was<br />
a farm attached to the villa too. The villa was<br />
possibly abandoned by its owners around the<br />
year 400 when the Roman empire collapsed.<br />
In the 1960s, Elsden Tuffs established that<br />
the mosaic pavement was located on the<br />
northwest side of the Perch Pond. In 2007 and<br />
2008, ground penetrating radar was used to<br />
detect features indicating a possible walled<br />
structure, but the search for Wanstead’s<br />
Roman villa continues.<br />
The artefacts shown here (on loan from the<br />
City of London) will be displayed in the new<br />
Redbridge Museum, which will also feature a<br />
digital interactive exhibit to explore the villa.<br />
Redbridge Museum is located on<br />
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A LOT TO LOSE<br />
In the eighth of a series of articles by plot holders at the Redbridge<br />
Lane West allotments – which are under threat from the adjacent gas<br />
works – Roger Snook explains why the site is a lifeline for him and others<br />
Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote a poem,<br />
Inversnaid, in which he made the<br />
following plea for the preservation<br />
of our rich, yet vulnerable, wildlife and<br />
wild places.<br />
©Roger Snook<br />
What would the world be, once bereft<br />
Of wet and wildness? Let them be left,<br />
O let them be left, wildness and wet;<br />
Long live the weeds and wilderness yet.<br />
You might think the last things allotment<br />
holders want are the three Ws (weeds,<br />
wildness and wilderness). At the moment, as<br />
winter continues, our allotments are bare and<br />
like a wilderness. But, beneath the ground,<br />
they are preparing for this year’s harvests. We<br />
like wild animals and wild flowers (weeds)<br />
wherever we can make room for them, and<br />
have recorded nearly 200 species on our<br />
allotments. (There is a photographic display<br />
of them on the Redbridge Lane West gate.)<br />
The allotments have become a sanctuary for<br />
wildlife, and a green lung, refreshing the air in<br />
the midst of urbanisation and motorways.<br />
Now, we find that Cadent, the multimillionpound<br />
gas giant, wants to turn some of our<br />
allotments into a temporary (two-year-long!)<br />
plant and equipment store and heavy vehicle<br />
roadway while they simply erect a new electric<br />
fence and carry out other minor upgrades.<br />
Some plot holders will lose a significant part<br />
of their land permanently!<br />
Gas burning is a major pollutant and petrol<br />
burning even more so. We are desperately<br />
trying to make the obvious plain to Cadent:<br />
find somewhere else for your plant and<br />
vehicles and rethink your plans for moving<br />
materials on, off and within your site<br />
without land-grabbing ours. We are trusting<br />
our councillors (who have a strong ‘green’<br />
manifesto) and our community (4000-plus of<br />
whom have already signed our petition), to<br />
protect this irreplaceable amenity.<br />
I am 80 years old and disabled. The allotment<br />
is a lifeline for me, as it is for many others,<br />
young and old, well and unwell, all sexes and<br />
of many ethnic groups and religions. I’m what<br />
Big Brother, in his official documents, calls<br />
‘white English’, and David Wright, my fellow<br />
allotment holder for the last nearly 20 years,<br />
is half my age and of Jamaican extraction. I<br />
taught for 40-odd years at Ilford County High<br />
School for Boys, and David is a local university<br />
lecturer, born in Brum.<br />
We allotment holders are a happy band of<br />
pilgrims from all walks of life – and very much<br />
want it to stay that way! We often grow more<br />
than we need and are able to give produce to<br />
elderly folk living on their own and to homes<br />
giving respite care. It is not only a close-knit<br />
community of growers, the allotments are<br />
very much a part of Wanstead life. Please do<br />
all you can to support our cause.<br />
To view more wildlife photos taken by<br />
Roger and David, visit wnstd.com/eln<br />
To view the petition to save the Redbridge<br />
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HEALTHY RETiREMENT<br />
Margot Cooper is a former catering officer for the Royal National Throat,<br />
Nose and Ear Hospital and is keen to welcome more retired health care<br />
professionals to the local branch of the NHS Retirement Fellowship<br />
The NHS Retirement Fellowship is<br />
a national charity set up in 1978 as<br />
a social, leisure, educational and<br />
welfare organisation for NHS staff. Today,<br />
the Fellowship comprises a much wider<br />
membership from the health and social<br />
care sector and their partners, and includes<br />
staff that have been outsourced to the<br />
private sector, hospice staff, League of<br />
Friends helpers and volunteers generally.<br />
Membership can be postal or in branch (there<br />
are over 120 branches across the country). All<br />
members have the opportunity to be involved<br />
in the wide range of interesting and fun<br />
activities within branches and nationally.<br />
Our local branch (covering Redbridge and<br />
Waltham Forest) has been going for over 40<br />
years and meets at the pastoral centre of<br />
Our Lady of Lourdes in Wanstead on the first<br />
Monday of the month from 2pm to 4pm. There<br />
is an annual £30 fee and a local £2 per meeting<br />
charge. Our monthly meetings are a time to<br />
enjoy live entertainment, listen to serious<br />
talks on ageing problems and the necessary<br />
paperwork, plus events featuring speakers,<br />
singers, artists and authors.<br />
Our branch has a welfare coordinator who<br />
is very diligent at looking after the needs<br />
of the unwell, and indeed every member’s<br />
welfare. We also have a number of clubs<br />
offering different activities. Our bowls group<br />
play indoors and outdoors all year round. The<br />
lunch club offers afternoon teas at different<br />
locations. Our concerts and theatre outings<br />
(using your freedom pass) with block-booked<br />
tickets has yet to restart, but organised<br />
walks are ongoing. We have a wonderful<br />
organiser for trips – some just for a day out<br />
to gardens and outdoor shows, nurseries and<br />
places of interest, others for short holidays to<br />
January’s meeting of the Redbridge<br />
and Waltham Forest branch of the<br />
NHS Retirement Fellowship<br />
Ireland and middle England. Our computing<br />
club needs a little help and we welcome<br />
suggestions for speakers and entertainers.<br />
We publish a magazine, News and Views, three<br />
times a year. The editor is always looking for<br />
interesting and relevant articles.<br />
Our group needs more volunteers to make the<br />
tea and take part in running the club and the<br />
committee. We certainly have room for a few<br />
more members as the hall holds 120.<br />
One benefit of the pandemic has been<br />
Zoom and getting to watch talks organised<br />
by Mirthy (mirthy.co.uk), which offers free<br />
online events for our members (recent<br />
presentations have covered topics such as<br />
London architecture and family history). But<br />
you do need a screen and you are usually<br />
alone. So, it would be lovely to see new faces<br />
at the club.<br />
The Redbridge and Waltham Forest branch<br />
of the NHS Retirement Fellowship meets at<br />
the pastoral centre of Our Lady of Lourdes,<br />
51 Cambridge Park, Wanstead, E11 2PR.<br />
For more information, visit nhsrf.org.uk or<br />
call 01305 361 317<br />
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from the Petty Son & Prestwich blog…<br />
How long does<br />
it take for a surveyor’s<br />
report to come back?<br />
Before we dive into timescales,<br />
it’s important to clear this<br />
question up first. Yes, there<br />
are different types of survey<br />
homebuyers can request, and each<br />
will have an impact on when you’ll<br />
receive the report back from the<br />
surveyor.<br />
There are three main types of<br />
property surveys available to you: Condition Report (Level<br />
One Survey), HomeBuyer’s Report (Level Two Survey), and<br />
a full Building Survey (Level Three Survey). While you have<br />
the choice of three different levels, it’s really only the latter<br />
two that are worth considering.<br />
Homebuyer’s Reports can be returned within five working<br />
days, whereas Full Structural Surveys will take a little<br />
longer to compile, usually somewhere in the region of<br />
eight working days. There’s also a discrepancy between<br />
individual surveyors. Some will simply take longer than<br />
others to get the report out to you, so you should take<br />
the above as a guideline rather than concrete timeframes.<br />
Most good surveyors will give you a rough idea of how<br />
long it’ll take before you instruct them, however. If they<br />
don’t, you are well within your rights to ask.<br />
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For the last four years, I have been<br />
wandering through London’s East End<br />
photographing streets, open spaces<br />
and buildings, in fact, anything that looks<br />
likely to change or disappear.<br />
However, development happens, sometimes<br />
at an alarming speed, and sometimes it’s<br />
very dramatic. The one constant during<br />
this time has been the river. Following the<br />
Thames east from Tower Bridge leads you<br />
past old warehouses, where barges and ships<br />
unloaded goods from all over the world. Now,<br />
most are converted into smart apartments.<br />
As the river follows the bend past Limehouse,<br />
one of the most dramatic developments<br />
opens up before you, Canary Wharf, so<br />
named because fruit from the Canary Islands<br />
was originally unloaded there. Building<br />
was completed in 1992, but still today it is<br />
expanding. When you come across it at night,<br />
it’s difficult not to be impressed; it may not<br />
be to everybody’s taste, but you can’t deny<br />
it’s a statement to change. Next door on West<br />
India Quay, 200-year-old warehouses still exist,<br />
housing the Museum of London, restaurants<br />
and bars. The exteriors of warehouses built in<br />
1802 have survived to a large degree, a good<br />
example of how original buildings can be<br />
converted and maintain their fabric.<br />
I am still going to spend nights seeking out<br />
the unchanged parts of the City and East End,<br />
capturing the atmosphere while it still exists.<br />
This month, when we reopen the gallery, I will<br />
be adding new pictures to the photographs<br />
on display. The images will bring back<br />
memories for older visitors who grew up in<br />
the East End, and for the younger ones who<br />
lived in apartments there and who now have<br />
families and have moved further out. The<br />
more I explore, the more I discover hidden<br />
pockets that still exist. It’s just a matter of<br />
looking.<br />
Geoff’s Eightyfour Gallery is located at<br />
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Geoff Wilkinson will be reopening<br />
his photography gallery in Wanstead<br />
this month, with new images added to<br />
his exhibition depicting the atmosphere<br />
of London’s East End, an area which<br />
resonates with many residents here<br />
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Turf wars<br />
At this month’s meeting of the Wanstead Historical Society, historians<br />
Mark Gorman and Peter Williams will be explaining the various ways<br />
Wanstead Flats has been used for agriculture over the years<br />
Farming, market gardening and<br />
horticulture in the area around<br />
Wanstead Flats has a long history, yet<br />
Wanstead Flats today shows few signs of a<br />
time when farms and fields made the area<br />
an important centre for food production.<br />
Today, the allotments, which are dotted<br />
around Wanstead and Leytonstone, are the<br />
only reminder of this not very distant past. As<br />
those farms and fields gave way to housing,<br />
allotments became increasingly important<br />
to local people to help support themselves.<br />
During two world wars, supply shortages<br />
increased the significance of local food<br />
production and led to allotments springing<br />
up on Wanstead Flats itself. Not surprisingly,<br />
at the end of each of those wars, allotment<br />
holders made determined efforts to keep<br />
their green spaces, while the City of London<br />
Corporation, which has overall responsibility<br />
for the Flats, fought to return them to their<br />
former use for recreation and leisure.<br />
But the story of the struggle to cultivate the<br />
Flats goes back much further. From the time<br />
of the Norman invasion in 1066 to the 1800s,<br />
this was an area of small villages and farms.<br />
Wanstead Flats was, as it is today, a large open<br />
space on the southern edge of Epping Forest,<br />
but then surrounded only by the villages<br />
of Leytonstone, Wanstead and Forest Gate,<br />
whose inhabitants used their ancient rights<br />
to graze their cattle and collect firewood.<br />
This led to frequent disputes with the local<br />
landowners, who regarded Wanstead Flats as<br />
their property.<br />
Change was on the way, as by the early 1800s,<br />
London was making its presence felt. Market<br />
gardeners were involved in extensive potato<br />
cultivation for the London market. The Flats<br />
was also the destination for drovers bringing<br />
Aldersbrook Farm on the edge<br />
of Wanstead Flats, now the site<br />
of the City of London Cemetery<br />
herds of cattle from all over Britain to fatten up<br />
their animals before taking them to Smithfield<br />
market. The Rabbits pub on Romford Road<br />
was a centre for agents and drivers doing<br />
deals for cows. Meanwhile, much of the<br />
topsoil of Wanstead Flats was being stripped<br />
off and sold to feed the growing demand for<br />
pot plants in Victorian London. The Flats was a<br />
place of intensive activity.<br />
By the 1900s, the large-scale cattle drives were<br />
over, killed off by the arrival of the railways.<br />
Wanstead Flats, stripped of much of its loam<br />
and denuded of many trees, was in a sorry<br />
state, and the City of London Corporation, as<br />
managers of the Flats and the rest of Epping<br />
Forest, set about restoring the area. In this<br />
they were helped throughout the next 100<br />
years by the presence of small herds of cattle<br />
grazed by farmers from Waltham Cross.<br />
Wanstead Flats is no longer the setting for<br />
struggles over food production, but the<br />
important role it played in feeding both<br />
London and the locality deserves to be<br />
remembered.<br />
Mark and Peter’s talk will take place at<br />
Wanstead Library on 7 <strong>February</strong> from 8pm<br />
(visitors: £3). Call 07949 026 212<br />
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Crossword competition<br />
Win a £35 gift voucher from Creative Biscuit<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
Across<br />
1. Spectacles (7)<br />
5. Foot joint (5)<br />
8. Make amends (5)<br />
9. Die (7)<br />
10. Surveying method<br />
for distance (13)<br />
11. Reverberations (6)<br />
12. Dig find (6)<br />
15. Sweets (13)<br />
18. Plane terminal (7)<br />
19. Blood pressure<br />
medication (5)<br />
20. Layers (5)<br />
21. Catches, snares (7)<br />
Down<br />
1. Bigger than big (5)<br />
2. Get rid of (7)<br />
3. American name for<br />
guide dogs (6, 3, 4)<br />
4. Salt component (6)<br />
5. His work is in<br />
ruins? (13)<br />
6. Brownish-olive (5)<br />
7. Endless (7)<br />
11. Bewitch, enthral (7)<br />
13. Rainbows (7)<br />
14. Effigy, figure (6)<br />
16. Courage, guts (5)<br />
17. Pulls hard (5)<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
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18 19<br />
20 21<br />
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Congratulations to E Pearl of Sylvan Road, Wanstead,<br />
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January Crossword Solution<br />
H E A P B A R B I C A N<br />
E V K S U A O<br />
L E A D I N S R A T I O<br />
L I N I G S K<br />
B U L L D O G C L I P S<br />
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C S R U A H T<br />
A B O R T B A R C O D E<br />
L O E L M U R<br />
F I N A N C E S A L P S<br />
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6 8 5 3 1 2 9 7 4<br />
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Restoring the Roding<br />
The Thames21 project is making improvements to the River Roding<br />
adjacent to Wanstead Park. Catchment Partnership Development<br />
Officer Will Oliver provides an update in the second of a series of articles<br />
The environmental charity Thames21<br />
has joined forces with Vision<br />
Redbridge Culture and Leisure, City of<br />
London (Epping Forest) and the Friends of<br />
Wanstead Parklands to improve habitats<br />
within a stretch of the River Roding<br />
bordering Wanstead Park.<br />
By adding fallen trees to the channel, we<br />
can provide homes for a wider variety of<br />
animals and plants by encouraging the river<br />
to ‘rewild’ itself away from its current straight,<br />
featureless form.<br />
In the December edition of the Wanstead<br />
Village Directory, I discussed in more detail<br />
how this process works. But before work<br />
on the Roding can commence, we must<br />
first secure a Flood Risk Activity Permit<br />
(FRAP) from the Environment Agency (the<br />
government body responsible for protecting<br />
the environment).<br />
Bar a few exceptions, all work that happens<br />
in a main river or on its floodplain must<br />
have a FRAP. This permit is only granted if<br />
the work will not increase the flood risk to<br />
properties or businesses. Since my last article,<br />
the Thames21 river restoration team have<br />
written up their plans to improve the Roding<br />
alongside Wanstead Park through the addition<br />
of staked and secured fallen trees. These have<br />
been submitted to the Environment Agency<br />
and, all being well, we hope to be awarded a<br />
FRAP by the end of <strong>February</strong>. We will then be<br />
contacting volunteers to carry out the river<br />
improvement project.<br />
Whilst we wait for this permit to be approved,<br />
it’s a good opportunity to highlight a<br />
similar project which Thames21 has recently<br />
completed on the River Cray at Footscray<br />
Meadow, Bexley in south London.<br />
River Cray (before)<br />
River Cray (after)<br />
The River Cray is one of only 200 chalk streams<br />
in the world. Unlike rivers such as the Roding,<br />
which receive large amounts of rainwater,<br />
chalk streams are almost entirely fed from<br />
underground water stores, which rise through<br />
chalk bedrock. This filtered water means a<br />
chalk stream should run crystal clear. Just like<br />
the Roding, the River Cray has been artificially<br />
straightened and widened over the years,<br />
reducing the value of the habitats it holds. In<br />
2020, Thames21 worked with local volunteers<br />
to introduce 16 fallen trees to the river channel<br />
alongside Footscray Meadow. The photo<br />
above shows a section of the Cray before and<br />
after fallen trees were used to narrow the<br />
channel. Already, the processes described in<br />
my last article have been kick-started with the<br />
river developing wilder areas for animals and<br />
plants to thrive.<br />
Fingers crossed, we’ll soon be seeing similar<br />
improvements in the Roding!<br />
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ILLUSTRATING A POINT<br />
Karina Laymen believes illustration is a servant of the creators of art. In<br />
the first of a series of articles, the Wanstead House tutor presents a<br />
piece of work from her Valentine’s Day greetings card range<br />
Even though the Valentine’s Day<br />
celebration has a blurry and dark<br />
origin – from the death of two men<br />
executed in Rome during the third century<br />
to the killing of priests in the Middle Ages –<br />
the matter this day brings us now is love.<br />
One of the most supported theories about the<br />
birth of this celebration is the pagan festival<br />
of Lupercalia during the fourth century,<br />
which praised and promoted the fertility of<br />
women and the matching of couples. This<br />
Roman festival was Christianised during the<br />
fifth century by Pope Gelasius, setting the<br />
day of the festival on 14 <strong>February</strong>. In England,<br />
as in other parts of Europe, <strong>February</strong> was<br />
considered the mating season of birds,<br />
so this month was soon connected to<br />
connotations of love.<br />
No matter the origins, nowadays, we<br />
celebrate love in a very sweet and explicit<br />
way by sending greeting cards to our other<br />
halves, married or not, at the beginning of a<br />
relationship, in a solid love story or even an<br />
expected relationship with someone.<br />
Around the middle of the 17th century,<br />
there was a surge in the custom of sending<br />
handmade paper cards to lovers or potential<br />
lovers to express gratitude, affection or even<br />
requests for a relationship. During the 19th<br />
century, the production of factory-made cards<br />
started to rise.<br />
It is a time where a rose, a gift card or a<br />
box of chocolates will translate a deep<br />
sentiment of love into a playful gesture<br />
towards our significant other, to express<br />
our joy and happiness that the gift<br />
of love generates inside us.<br />
The human desire of joining<br />
themselves to a twin soul<br />
does not come from a fleshly impulse, but it is<br />
a spiritual command engraved in the deepest<br />
essence of our configuration: we are born<br />
to love, to be loved and to be joined to our<br />
‘other I’; it is part of our intrinsic nature. As the<br />
body is part of our nature and we take care<br />
of it, the spirit is also part of our nature, and<br />
we must cultivate it with the water of love,<br />
generosity and kindness.<br />
Let’s cultivate our love for that significant<br />
other on this Valentine’s Day with a gesture of<br />
kindness to celebrate our joy towards them<br />
with the perfect love, which in better words:<br />
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,<br />
it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not<br />
dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not<br />
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”<br />
(Corinthians 13:4–5, King James Bible)<br />
Creativity surrounds Valentine’s gift cards and<br />
the imagery ranges from sweet roses, cute<br />
cherubs to humorous cartoons. The fullness<br />
of the art of illustration, in this specific festival,<br />
will serve the purpose of love at its finest level,<br />
recreating endearment, joy, passion and even<br />
flirtation and humour, so much needed in a<br />
time like this.<br />
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Karina teaches art classes every Friday at<br />
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A POTTED HISTORY<br />
Ruth Martin of the Aldersbrook Horticultural Society has compiled<br />
a potted history of the garden. In the first of a series of articles, she<br />
guides us from ancient civilisations to the medieval period<br />
Gardens have existed for thousands<br />
of years – the gardens of the<br />
ancient civilisations influenced<br />
gardens in the West. Egyptian gardens<br />
were centred around pools where lotus<br />
flowers and papyrus grew, surrounded<br />
by beds of poppies, cornflowers and corn<br />
marigolds shaded by palms, figs, vines and<br />
pomegranates. The paradise gardens of<br />
Persia included formally laid orchard trees,<br />
planes and cypresses.<br />
In ancient Islamic culture, symmetrical<br />
layouts of gardens were used, divided into<br />
quadrants, by rills representing the four rivers<br />
flowing from paradise: water, milk, honey<br />
and wine. Roman gardens were influenced<br />
by the Greeks – and were an integral part of<br />
the house surrounded by columned walks,<br />
including pools and fountains. Mosaics, trellis<br />
and frescos were common features and the<br />
architectural plants used are familiar to us<br />
today – clipped hedges and elaborate topiary<br />
made of laurel, bay and box with flowering<br />
plants of roses, lilies and myrtle.<br />
During the medieval period (800–1500), the<br />
influence of Persian gardens and designs<br />
spread around Europe. England was culturally<br />
and politically part of Europe; Roman designs<br />
also influenced English gardens. Medieval<br />
gardens belonging to the wealthy consisted<br />
of three types: the herber, the orchard and<br />
the pleasure park. Royalty and nobility would<br />
have all three areas, covering some 15 acres,<br />
the more moderately well-off would have<br />
two, covering two to five acres, and the town<br />
bourgeoisie and lesser manors would have the<br />
herber of under an acre.<br />
The herber consisted of a lawn, herbs and<br />
flowers, with trees at the edge of the lawn<br />
to provide some shade. There would be turf<br />
A medieval herber<br />
seats, arbours, trellis works and fountains. The<br />
orchard contained fruit trees and walks and<br />
the pleasure park or little park was bounded<br />
by palisades. At the centre, was a timberframed<br />
garden building, as well as ponds for<br />
fish and waterfowl.<br />
At this time, however, the majority of the<br />
population lived in squalid hovels made of<br />
wood frames with wattle and daub, leaky<br />
thatch, damp walls and wet floors, and if<br />
they owned animals, they would share the<br />
space. The slightly better-off villagers lived in<br />
marginally better houses, with separate barns<br />
for their animals. Gardening as we know it<br />
did not exist; the land around the hovel was<br />
used to grow vegetables to feed any animals<br />
and themselves. They had a diet of cabbages,<br />
kale, leeks, onions and turnips supplemented<br />
by any game they could trap. Fruit was also<br />
grown – apples, pears, plums and cherries.<br />
Some cottagers attempted to cheer up their<br />
garden by collecting plants from the wild and<br />
planting them amongst the vegetables. The<br />
cottage garden was born.<br />
Ruth will be giving a presentation on the<br />
history of the garden at Aldersbrook Bowls<br />
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Listen and learn<br />
In the 24th of a series of articles, David Bird discusses the work<br />
of Redbridge Music Society and introduces tenor Michael Gibson and<br />
pianist Lucy Colquhoun, who will perform in Wanstead this month<br />
Redbridge Music Society continues<br />
its current project of promoting<br />
and supporting outstanding young<br />
musicians with a recital on 15 <strong>February</strong> in<br />
the Churchill Room at Wanstead Library, to<br />
be given by award-winning Scottish tenor<br />
Michael Gibson, accompanied by Lucy<br />
Colquhoun on piano.<br />
The recital will include some traditional Irish<br />
and Scottish folk songs, a popular Neopolitan<br />
song and some well-known parlour songs. The<br />
recital will end with a performance of Robert<br />
Schumann’s famous song cycle Dichterliebe.<br />
Michael Gibson is a recent graduate of the<br />
Royal College of Music (RCM) International<br />
Opera Studio, where he held the Aldama<br />
scholarship and studied with Professor Janis<br />
Kelly. Previously, he graduated from the Royal<br />
Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal<br />
Northern College of Music. His recent operatic<br />
roles include Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Azael<br />
(L’enfant Prodigue), Ecclitico (Il mondo della<br />
Luna) and Roméo (Roméo et Juliette) at the<br />
RCM Opera Studio.<br />
As an in-demand concert soloist, Michael has<br />
performed works including Mozart’s Requiem,<br />
Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Petite Messe<br />
Solennelle, Bach’s St John Passion and B Minor<br />
Mass, Finzi’s Dies Natalis and Puccini’s Messa<br />
di Gloria. He has also given performances of<br />
song cycles, including Beethoven’s An die ferne<br />
geliebte, Britten’s Winter Words and Schubert’s<br />
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Michael was a runner-up in the 2021 Clonter<br />
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Lucy Colquhoun<br />
Pianist Lucy Colquhoun studied at RCM<br />
with Roger Vignoles, winning all the major<br />
accompaniment prizes, including the Alisdair<br />
Graham, Titanic Memoriam and Joan Chissell<br />
Schumann Prizes, along with numerous<br />
scholarships. She is a Britten-Pears and Park<br />
Lane Group Young Artist and a Samling Artist.<br />
She is currently a staff member at RCM.<br />
Lucy has performed at many major concert<br />
venues, including London’s Southbank<br />
Centre and Royal Albert Hall. She has played<br />
at many prestigious UK Music festivals,<br />
including the Oxford Lieder and Brighton<br />
Festivals. She has broadcast on BBC Radio 3<br />
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been an accompanist for Sir Thomas Allen<br />
and for singers in the finals of the Kathleen<br />
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Michael and Lucy will perform at<br />
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Doodle too<br />
Art Group Wanstead member Blandine Martin explains why<br />
doodling on empty food packets became an additional<br />
artistic outlet for her during the pandemic<br />
I’m Blandine Martin, a French artist based<br />
in east London. In my practice, I like to<br />
experiment with a multitude of materials,<br />
mixing traditional techniques such as<br />
weaving, basketry and woodworking<br />
with computer-aided manufacturing<br />
technology. Recently, laser cutting has<br />
enabled me to cut repeated patterns on<br />
fabric to create dream-like installations<br />
along with semi-sculptural textile work.<br />
I’m fascinated by the fragility of memories,<br />
family themed work and the traces we leave<br />
behind. Sadly, I recently inherited some old<br />
family objects from my late mother. Some<br />
were found broken and rotting in the cellar,<br />
which made them easier to transform by<br />
giving them another purpose and narrative. It<br />
became very clear by working on the objects<br />
that I was also healing my own grief, which<br />
prompted me to include them in my textile<br />
show entitled 3am, the exact time my mother<br />
passed away. The exhibition – which will take<br />
place in July – will include the work of a new<br />
textile group called Material Difference, made<br />
up of seven artists who came together while<br />
doing the same textile course at City Lit.<br />
Doodling has been a very important part of<br />
my practice for exploring patterns as well<br />
as ‘the running line’, which subsequently<br />
informed my textile work by means of digitally<br />
printed designs, including machine-stitched<br />
threads imitating those lines.<br />
I started using doodling techniques on empty<br />
food packaging at the beginning of the first<br />
lockdown. It was a way to be creative at<br />
home without the need for studio space or<br />
tons of art materials. The packaging structure<br />
turned out to be the perfect base<br />
for drawing. The shape of the<br />
packaging also gives the drawing<br />
a sculptural dimension, which I<br />
really like. As an art technician<br />
in a secondary school, I have<br />
used doodling techniques with<br />
students as a mindful exercise<br />
tool and to explore abstracted<br />
forms without conscious effort.<br />
The students created some<br />
really fabulous, colourful, bold<br />
and dynamic landscapes.<br />
I joined Art Group Wanstead a<br />
few years ago to meet others,<br />
share ideas and projects and<br />
to be inspired by like-minded<br />
people. Since the pandemic<br />
started, it became clear just<br />
how important it is to be able<br />
to join discussions in my local<br />
area. I must admit, I was blown away by how<br />
big the creative community is around here.<br />
Making art can be a lonely task, so to be part<br />
of a group can be beneficial in many ways.<br />
Last year, I exhibited at The Stone Space in<br />
Leytonstone, displaying sculptures in their<br />
window. It was such a positive experience<br />
that I am currently looking for more exhibition<br />
space in and around Wanstead.<br />
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Are you and your business ready for the year ahead?<br />
There are significant changes taking place<br />
in <strong>2022</strong>, which could affect the costs of<br />
running a business and the time taken to<br />
manage the administration of your tax<br />
and accounting.<br />
Many of these changes are due to take<br />
place in April, around the beginning of the<br />
new tax year and so business leaders in<br />
Wanstead and South Woodford need to<br />
act now to prepare for them.<br />
MTD for VAT<br />
The final stage of Making Tax Digital for<br />
VAT takes place this year and will require<br />
all VAT registered businesses to comply<br />
with the new digitised tax system from<br />
April – whether they are above the £85,000<br />
registration threshold or below it.<br />
Businesses new to the MTD regime must<br />
follow strict rules, including using HMRCcompliant<br />
software to report and record<br />
VAT information quarterly.<br />
The latest HMRC data shows that only a<br />
third of VAT-registered businesses with<br />
taxable turnover below £85,000 have<br />
voluntarily signed up to MTD for VAT<br />
ahead of April <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
National Insurance Increase<br />
The Government announced a 1.25<br />
percentage point increase to National<br />
Insurance Contributions (NICs) from April,<br />
which will affect employees, employers and<br />
the majority of self-employed workers.<br />
For a typical basic rate taxpayer earning the<br />
current UK median income for this group of<br />
£24,100, they will have to pay an additional<br />
£180 a year, while for those earning the<br />
median higher rate income of £67,100, they<br />
would have to pay an additional £715.<br />
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If you operate a business, you can use the<br />
tax-free dividend allowance of £2,000. Any<br />
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Will you?<br />
Hollie Skipper from local solicitors Wiseman Lee explains why making a<br />
will is important if you wish to avoid complications – and costs – for<br />
those left behind after your death<br />
Husband Tim and his wife Cathy have<br />
two minor children. When Cathy died<br />
without a will (intestate), her jointly<br />
owned property with Tim automatically<br />
passed to Tim by survivorship, together<br />
with the remainder of Cathy’s estate worth<br />
£100,000.<br />
After a few years, Tim remarried in his 40s. His<br />
new wife, Liz, has two minor children from a<br />
previous relationship.<br />
After their marriage, neither of them made<br />
a new will. In any event, their marriage<br />
would have revoked any will that they had<br />
individually put in place before their marriage.<br />
Tim and Liz bought a new house together<br />
as joint tenants. Tim was healthy and active<br />
but died three years later in a climbing<br />
accident when his children were still under<br />
the age of 18.<br />
Liz is now the sole owner of the house she<br />
bought with Tim and her children may well<br />
inherit that property on her death if she too<br />
dies without a will. Furthermore, Liz would<br />
be entitled to a significant portion of Tim’s<br />
other assets and could effectively receive his<br />
entire estate, which is likely to include the<br />
assets of his first marriage. Tim and Cathy’s<br />
children could receive nothing. Only if Tim<br />
left other significant assets, after Liz had<br />
received her share under the rules of intestacy,<br />
would his children inherit any remainder,<br />
which is likely to be a small portion of<br />
Tim’s estate.<br />
It is tempting to believe these facts are<br />
somewhat extreme, and the outcome<br />
described unlikely, but situations like this are<br />
common and relate to most second marriages,<br />
even in later life.<br />
With the proper advice, Tim and Liz could<br />
have made wills after their marriage to<br />
provide adequate provision for each other<br />
but still ultimately protect their own children’s<br />
interests in assets they may have amassed<br />
during their previous relationships.<br />
This whole issue is obviously sensitive and for<br />
many a taboo subject. However, it is estimated<br />
that over 30 million UK adults have not made<br />
a will.<br />
COVID-19 appears to show growing evidence<br />
that younger people in their 30s and 40s have<br />
started the will-making process. The sad but<br />
perhaps inevitable issue is the pandemic has<br />
caused many people to focus on thinking<br />
beyond tomorrow and next year and to the<br />
making of a will.<br />
Putting a will in place does not need to be<br />
expensive and there are other services, such<br />
as lasting powers of attorney and declarations<br />
of trust, which could also leave your affairs in<br />
much better shape.<br />
Wiseman Lee is located at 9–13 Cambridge<br />
Park, Wanstead, E11 2PU. For more<br />
information, call 020 8215 1000<br />
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Scott Whitehead Trees<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
COMMUNITY MARKET<br />
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SNOWDROPS AT<br />
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WEA CENTENARY FILM CLUB<br />
A screening of Sometimes Always Never (2018).<br />
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THE STRUGGLE TO CULTIVATE<br />
WANSTEAD FLATS<br />
A talk by Mark Gorman and Peter Williams<br />
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Date: Monday 7 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
BACKGAMMON SOCIETY<br />
Repeats every Monday.<br />
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GARDENING IN<br />
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Date: Tuesday 8 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: Aldersbrook Bowls Club, E12 5DY<br />
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8<br />
THE SECRET WILDLIFE OF THE<br />
FOREST OF DEAN<br />
A talk by Nick Martin for the North East<br />
London RSPB group.<br />
Date: Tuesday 8 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: online Cost: by donation<br />
Enquiries: nelondonRSPB@yahoo.co.uk<br />
FEB<br />
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ELECTRONIC<br />
KEYBOARD CONCERT<br />
An East London and Essex Electronic<br />
Keyboard Club event featuring Joanne Powell<br />
nee Naulls.<br />
Date: Wednesday 9 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.15–10.15pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: £9; under-16s: £1 Enquiries: 020 8530 3717<br />
FEB<br />
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WELLBEING WALKS:<br />
WANSTEAD PARK<br />
Some gentle slopes and uneven terrain.<br />
Date: Thursday 10 <strong>February</strong> Time: 11am–12pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Park, Warren Road entrance<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/walking<br />
FEB<br />
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GEOFF WILKINSON PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Quick<br />
Before it<br />
Goes!<br />
A collection of photos by local<br />
photographer Geoff Wilkinson<br />
depicting London’s East End<br />
Call 020 8530 1244 or visit<br />
geoffwilkinsonphotography.co.uk<br />
Eightyfour Gallery, 84 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, E11 2EZ<br />
Lovat Lane, London, EC3<br />
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HONK! AN UGLY DUCKLING<br />
OF A MUSICAL<br />
A heart-warming musical.<br />
Date: Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 <strong>February</strong><br />
Time: 7.30–9.30pm<br />
Venue: Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford, IG1 1BT<br />
Cost: £19.50 Enquiries: wnstd.com/uglyduckling<br />
FEB<br />
10<br />
LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH:<br />
CREATE BRILLIANT BADGES<br />
Become a craftivist and create peaceful<br />
protest badges with Redbridge Museum for<br />
LGBT+ History Month. Suitable for children<br />
aged eight and over.<br />
Date: Saturday 12 to Sunday 20 <strong>February</strong><br />
Venue: online (downloadable activity)<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/badges<br />
FEB<br />
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VALENTINE’S FLAMINGO<br />
VINTAGE & MORE FAIR<br />
Vintage stalls, Valentine’s cards, gifts, jewellery,<br />
clothes, accessories and face painting.<br />
Date: Saturday 12 <strong>February</strong> Time: 11am–4pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: free entry Enquiries: 020 8989 9881<br />
VALENTINE’S DAY<br />
DINNER & DANCE<br />
Three-course meal and live music from David<br />
Francis at Wanstead Golf Club.<br />
Date: Saturday 12 <strong>February</strong> Time: from 7pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Golf Club, Overton Drive<br />
Cost: £50 Enquiries: 020 8989 3938<br />
FEB<br />
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WANSTEAD PARK<br />
LITTER PICK<br />
Hosted by the Friends of Wanstead Parklands.<br />
Date: Sunday 13 <strong>February</strong> Time: 11am<br />
Venue: the Temple, Wanstead Park, E11 2LT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wansteadpark.org.uk<br />
FEB<br />
13<br />
BALLET THEATRE UK:<br />
SNOW QUEEN<br />
Date: Sunday 13 <strong>February</strong><br />
Time: 2.30pm and 7.30pm<br />
Venue: Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford, IG1 1BT<br />
Cost: £18.50 Enquiries: wnstd.com/snowqueen<br />
FEB<br />
13<br />
BEREAVEMENT CAFÉ<br />
MORNING SESSION<br />
Hosted by volunteers from local churches.<br />
Date: Tuesday 15 <strong>February</strong> Time: 10.30–11.30am<br />
Venue: Christ Church, Wanstead Place, E11 2SW<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: 020 8505 3000<br />
FEB<br />
15<br />
REDBRIDGE MUSIC<br />
SOCIETY RECITAL<br />
Redbridge Music Society presents Scottish<br />
tenor Michael Gibson and pianist Lucy<br />
Colquhoun. The recital will include traditional<br />
Irish and Scottish folk songs, well-known<br />
parlour songs and will end with a performance<br />
of Robert Schumann’s famous song cycle<br />
Dichterliebe. Booking required.<br />
Date: Tuesday 15 <strong>February</strong> Time: 8pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: visitors: £10 Enquiries: 07380 606 767<br />
FEB<br />
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WANSTEAD COMMUNITY<br />
LITTER PICK<br />
Join local residents and councillors and help<br />
keep Wanstead tidy.<br />
Date: Saturday 19 <strong>February</strong> Time: 10am<br />
Venue: corner of Woodbine Place/High Street<br />
Enquiries: jo.blackman@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
WANSTEAD<br />
VINTAGE FAIR<br />
Including fashion, accessories, vinyl, furniture,<br />
homeware, jewellery, textiles, menswear,<br />
kitchenalia, buttons, magazines, books and<br />
prints. Refreshments available.<br />
Date: Saturday 19 <strong>February</strong><br />
Time: 10.30am–4.30pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead United Reformed Church<br />
Cost: £2.50 Enquiries: wansteadvintage.com<br />
FEB<br />
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19<br />
COPPED HALL<br />
GUIDED TOURS<br />
A chance to see both the mansion and the<br />
gardens accompanied by an experienced<br />
guide, who will explain the rich history of<br />
Copped Hall. Booking required.<br />
Date: Sunday 20 <strong>February</strong> Time: from 10am<br />
Venue: Copped Hall, Epping, CM16 5HR<br />
Cost: £10 Enquiries: wnstd.com/coppedhallevents<br />
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7+ and 11+ Admission <strong>2022</strong><br />
Assessments will take place in March<br />
For further information please contact the Admissions Registrar:<br />
registrar@staubyns.com<br />
020 8504 1577<br />
Bunces Lane, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 9DU<br />
www.staubyns.com<br />
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SOUTH WOODFORD<br />
COMMUNITY MARKET<br />
Monthly market offering a range of products.<br />
Date: Sunday 20 <strong>February</strong> Time: 11am–4pm<br />
Venue: George Lane, South Woodford<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: aceeventsltd.co.uk<br />
FEB<br />
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WANSTEAD CIRCULAR<br />
FOREST WALK<br />
A five-mile circular walk through Wanstead<br />
Park and Wanstead Flats. The walk will be<br />
continuous with no stops. Booking required.<br />
Date: Sunday 20 <strong>February</strong> Time: 1.30–4.30pm<br />
Venue: meet at Wanstead station, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: £5 Enquiries: wnstd.com/walk20feb<br />
FEB<br />
20<br />
REDBRIDGE COUNCIL<br />
PLANNING COMMITTEE<br />
Date: Monday 21 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.15pm<br />
Venue: Council Chambers, Town Hall, IG1 1DD<br />
Enquiries: wnstd.com/councilmeetings<br />
FEB<br />
21<br />
VICTORIAN<br />
FARM BUILDINGS<br />
A talk by Anne Padfield for the Woodford<br />
Historical Society.<br />
Date: Monday 21 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: online Cost: members only<br />
Enquiries: woodfordhistoricalsociety.org<br />
FEB<br />
21<br />
AUDLEY END HOUSE<br />
AND GARDENS<br />
A talk by Dr Peter Moore, curator of collections<br />
and interiors at Audley End, for the Woodford<br />
and District Centre of the National Trust.<br />
Date: Tuesday 22 <strong>February</strong> Time: 10.30am<br />
Venue: Woodford Memorial Hall, E18 2PA<br />
Cost: £3 Enquiries: 07774 164 407<br />
FEB<br />
22<br />
E MOSES & SON:<br />
PIONEERS IN THE EAST END<br />
David Barnett talks about E Moses & Son,<br />
a well-known Jewish business in Victorian<br />
London. A talk for the Jewish Historical Society<br />
of England.<br />
Date: Tuesday 22 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30–9pm<br />
Venue: online Cost: £5 Enquiries: jhse.org<br />
FEB<br />
22<br />
WANSTEAD PARK IN<br />
CONTEXT: IN THE BEGINNING<br />
Join Richard Arnopp for the second in his<br />
series of talks on the history of Wanstead Park,<br />
which cover the history and archaeology of<br />
the Wanstead estate, its colourful succession<br />
of owners and tenants, and the development<br />
of a unique landscape. The talks are being<br />
held via Zoom, with opportunities for<br />
questions and discussion. They will also be<br />
recorded and posted online for those who<br />
cannot attend the live events.<br />
Date: Thursday 24 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30–9pm<br />
Venue: online Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/wpic<br />
FEB<br />
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24<br />
THE A TO Z OF<br />
BEE-FLIES<br />
This free talk will introduce the cast of bee-fly<br />
species in the UK, provide the latest news on<br />
what they get up to, and let you know how<br />
to join the Bee-fly Watch <strong>2022</strong>. A Field Studies<br />
Council and FSC Biodiversity event.<br />
Date: Friday 25 <strong>February</strong> Time: 1–2pm<br />
Venue: online Enquiries: wnstd.com/bee-flies<br />
FEB<br />
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EAST LONDON ME/CFS<br />
SUPPORT GROUP<br />
Information and support.<br />
Date: Saturday 26 <strong>February</strong> Time: 2.30–5pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: by donation Enquiries: 07957 152 566<br />
QUIZ NIGHT IN AID OF MARIE<br />
CURIE CANCER CARE<br />
Teams of up to eight people. The ticket cost<br />
includes cake and refreshments. A Wanstead<br />
and Woodford Fundraising Group event.<br />
Date: Saturday 26 <strong>February</strong> Time: 7.30–10pm<br />
Venue: Scout Hut, High Road, South Woodford<br />
Cost: £10 Enquiries: jillplayford@hotmail.com<br />
FEB<br />
26<br />
ESSEX ART CLUB<br />
DEMONSTRATION<br />
A demonstration by Lorain Briggs using mixed<br />
media. Visitors welcome.<br />
Date: Sunday 27 <strong>February</strong> Time: 2.30–4.30pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: £5 Enquiries: essexartclub.co.uk<br />
FEB<br />
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Nurture Curiosity Creativity Excellence<br />
Independent Co-educational Day School For 3 - 11 Years<br />
7+ Assessments - Saturday 26th <strong>February</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
Register via - www.wgprep.co.uk<br />
Assisted Places available from 7+ see our website for details<br />
Tel: 0208 504 5045<br />
Email: admissions@wgprep.co.uk<br />
www.wgprep.co.uk<br />
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Local community groups<br />
ART GROUP WANSTEAD<br />
For local professional and amateur artists.<br />
Organises the annual Art Trail Wanstead<br />
Membership is free. Visit wnstd.com/art<br />
CLEANER GREENER WANSTEAD<br />
An initiative to help address climate change,<br />
and loss of biodiversity. Visit wnstd.com/cgw<br />
FRIENDS OF THE RIVER RODING<br />
A Facebook group for those who want to help<br />
bring the river back to life. Visit wnstd.com/rr<br />
FRIENDS OF WANSTEAD PARKLANDS<br />
Researching and promoting Wanstead<br />
Park and the historic parklands. Visit<br />
wansteadpark.org.uk<br />
NATURE CONSERVATION IN REDBRIDGE<br />
A Vision Redbridge Culture & Leisure Facebook<br />
group. Visit wnstd.com/nature<br />
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
Sharing photography tips and advice.<br />
Visit wnstd.com/photo<br />
ROTARY CLUB<br />
The Rotary Club of Leytonstone and Woodford<br />
are meeting online. Call 020 3597 2921<br />
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL<br />
Women volunteers committed to women’s<br />
empowerment. Visit wnstd.com/siel<br />
STRIDES BADMINTON CLUB<br />
Every Sunday from 3.30pm at Wanstead<br />
Leisure Centre (over-18s). Call 020 8598 8435<br />
THE WANSTEAD GRAPEVINE<br />
A Facebook group for local discussion and<br />
selling. Visit wnstd.com/twg<br />
WANSTEAD CLIMATE ACTION<br />
A local group sharing concerns about the<br />
climate emergency. Visit wnstd.com/climate<br />
WANSTEAD COMMUNITY GARDENERS<br />
Tending to and improving the flower beds<br />
across Wanstead. Visit wnstd.com/wcg<br />
WANSTEAD COMMUNITY HUB<br />
A Facebook group for all who live in Wanstead<br />
and the surrounding areas. A place to share<br />
ideas and ask advice. Visit wnstd.com/wch<br />
WANSTEAD COMMUNITY FORUM<br />
A Facebook group for discussing any issues<br />
affecting the local area. Visit wnstd.com/wcf<br />
WANSTEAD SOCIETY<br />
Making Wanstead a better place to live and<br />
work. Visit wansteadsociety.org.uk<br />
WILD WANSTEAD<br />
A project to create a multi-garden nature<br />
reserve across Wanstead. Visit wnstd.com/ww<br />
WREN WILDLIFE GROUP<br />
Promoting learning and conservation of local<br />
wildlife. Visit wrengroup.org.uk<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com
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My Dream KITCHEN<br />
“Having a well Designed Kitchen<br />
Is not a matter of Life or Death.<br />
It’s more Important than that”<br />
Check out our Flagship<br />
Showroom in Loughton<br />
‘By ‘By Appointment Only’ Only’<br />
loughton@mydreamkitchen.co.uk<br />
loughton@mydreamkitchen.co.uk<br />
11 GOLDINGS HILL<br />
11 GOLDINGS HILL<br />
LOUGHTON<br />
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0800<br />
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Useful numbers in and around Wanstead<br />
ADVICE & SUPPORT<br />
Samaritans116 123<br />
Citizens Advice Redbridge0300 330 9063<br />
Community Legal Advice0845 345 4 345<br />
National Debtline0808 808 4000<br />
HEALTH<br />
NHS 111111<br />
Whipps Cross Hospital020 8539 5522<br />
Wanstead Pharmacy020 8989 0597<br />
The Evergreen Surgery020 8518 8746<br />
Wanstead Place Clinic020 8926 1450<br />
Wanstead Village<br />
Dental & Health Centre 020 8530 2126<br />
Out of hours GP020 3770 1888<br />
LEISURE & LIBRARIES<br />
Wanstead Leisure Centre020 8989 1172<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre020 8509 6526<br />
Wanstead Library 020 8708 7400<br />
Aldersbrook Library020 8496 0006<br />
SATISFACTION<br />
GUARANTEED<br />
• Interior/Exterior Painting<br />
• Woodwork Restoration<br />
• Wallpapering<br />
• Decorating • Varnishing<br />
Tel: 07943 848 437<br />
contact@jasonsdecorators.co.uk<br />
jasonsdecorators.co.uk<br />
UNBEATABLE<br />
PRICES<br />
LOCAL COUNCILLORS Wanstead Village ward<br />
Jo Blackman07435 258 060<br />
jo.blackman@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Paul Donovan 07741 197 406<br />
paul.donovan@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Daniel Morgan-Thomas07741 194 993<br />
daniel.morgan-thomas@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
LOCAL COUNCILLORS Wanstead Park ward<br />
Sheila Bain07741 904 843<br />
sheila.bain@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Paul Merry020 8708 2014<br />
paul.merry@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
LOCAL MP Leyton and Wanstead<br />
John Cryer MP020 8989 5249<br />
johncryermp.co.uk<br />
LOCAL MP Chingford and Woodford Green<br />
Iain Duncan Smith MP020 7219 3000<br />
iainduncansmith.org.uk<br />
POLICE & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH<br />
Emergency 999<br />
Non-emergency101<br />
Crimestoppers0800 555 111<br />
Anti-terrorist Hotline0800 789 321<br />
Neighbourhood Watch redbridgenhw.info<br />
Wanstead Village SNT020 8345 3616<br />
Wanstead Park SNT020 8345 3616<br />
REDBRIDGE COUNCIL<br />
Customer contact centre020 8554 5000<br />
Council Tax enquiries 020 8708 5670<br />
Housing020 8708 4002<br />
Benefits020 8708 5690<br />
Adult Social Service020 8708 7333<br />
Children’s Services020 8708 3885<br />
Report anti-social behaviour020 8478 4679<br />
UTILITIES<br />
Electricity (power cut)105<br />
Electricity emergency 0800 40 40 90<br />
Gas emergency0800 111 999<br />
Thames Water (report a leak) 0800 714 614<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com
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Da Silva Pearce School of Performing Art<br />
DSP<br />
PERFORMING<br />
Acting • Dance • Singing<br />
Principal: Michael Da Silva Pearce<br />
Centre Manager: Henry Young<br />
Saturday Academy Ages 7 – 18<br />
at Wanstead High School<br />
50% DISCOUNT<br />
FOR THE FIRST 3 MONTHS FOR NEW APPLICATIONS<br />
DIPLOMA COURSE IN MUSICAL THEATRE<br />
AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AGED 16+<br />
Visit www.dsp-performing.org<br />
for further information and to book a place<br />
E-mail: admin@dsp-performing.org<br />
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ACCOUNTANTS<br />
Davis Grant 66–67<br />
THP Chartered Accountants 25 & 60<br />
ACTING LESSONS<br />
DSP Performing 85<br />
ADULT EDUCATION<br />
Tutor Doctor 55<br />
Wanstead House61<br />
AERIALS<br />
Aerials Direct62<br />
ART<br />
Geoff Wilkinson 60 & 77<br />
jmg Art 6<br />
BALLET<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 9<br />
BATHROOMS<br />
Bathworks73<br />
The Bathroom Fitting Company 63<br />
BUILDERS<br />
Darby & Finch Contracts 30<br />
Glenward 23<br />
Millbrook Build 35<br />
North London Loft Rooms48–49<br />
Trim Loft Conversions71<br />
BUSINESS SUPPORT<br />
Apples & Pears26<br />
CARPENTRY & JOINERY<br />
K&D Joinery57<br />
CARPET CLEANING<br />
Safeclean Chigwell14<br />
CARPET FITTER<br />
Geoffrey Gramlick 70<br />
CHARITIES<br />
Barnardo’s61<br />
British Heart Foundation60<br />
Oxfam61<br />
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES<br />
Creative Biscuit42<br />
DSP Performing 85<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 9<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre15<br />
Tumble Tots16<br />
Wanstead House61<br />
CLEANING<br />
Safeclean Chigwell14<br />
CLOTHING<br />
Hokey Cokey Productions 11<br />
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE<br />
Computer Solutions 26 & 82<br />
Problem Computers 52<br />
COOKING<br />
Ty Wiseman Bespoke Chef 4<br />
DANCE LESSONS<br />
DSP Performing 85<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 9<br />
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– Index of advertisers –<br />
DECORATORS<br />
Jason’s Decorating84<br />
MG Décor 22<br />
DENTIST<br />
Smile in London61<br />
Woodford House 47<br />
DOG TRAINING<br />
Colin’s K9 Training Services10<br />
DOORS<br />
Garolla 52<br />
K&D Joinery57<br />
DRIVEWAYS<br />
Weald Hall Landscapes41<br />
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR<br />
Safe GAP12<br />
ELDERLY CARE<br />
Home Instead62<br />
Homesdale 27 & 60<br />
Westgate Healthcare1 & 5<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
SW Radley Electrical Contractors18<br />
ESTATE AGENTS<br />
Churchill Estates 44–45<br />
Martin & Co13<br />
Petty Son & Prestwich33<br />
FISHMONGER<br />
Wanstead Fish30 & 60<br />
FITNESS<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre15<br />
The Studio17<br />
FLORIST<br />
Lillies of Wanstead29 & 61<br />
FOOT HEALTHCARE<br />
FAB Footcare7<br />
GARAGE DOORS<br />
Garolla 52<br />
GARDENS & LANDSCAPING<br />
Growing Gardens 22<br />
Weald Hall Landscapes41<br />
GIFTS<br />
Creative Giftware 34<br />
Hokey Cokey Productions 11<br />
Keating Jewellers 4 & 60<br />
GROUP EXERCISE<br />
The Studio17<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
E18 Handyman 8<br />
Stuart Green Property Solutions 38<br />
JEWELLERS<br />
Keating Jewellers 4 & 60<br />
KITCHENS<br />
My Dream Kitchen 83<br />
LOCKSMITH<br />
Barry & Sons26<br />
LOFTS<br />
North London Loft Rooms48–49<br />
Trim Loft Conversions71<br />
MORTGAGES<br />
Connect Mortgages 56<br />
OSTEOPATH<br />
Wanstead Osteopaths61 & 87<br />
PERSONAL ASSISTANT<br />
Apples & Pears26<br />
PERSONALISED GIFTS<br />
Creative Giftware 34<br />
Hokey Cokey Productions 11<br />
Keating Jewellers 4 & 60<br />
PHARMACY<br />
Wanstead Pharmacy60<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Geoff Wilkinson 60 & 77<br />
PLASTERING<br />
Heritage Plaster Services19<br />
PLUMBING & HEATING<br />
Heating Plus 39<br />
Wanstead Group31<br />
POLITICS<br />
John Cryer MP18<br />
Wanstead Liberal Democrats 38<br />
RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS<br />
Creative Biscuit42<br />
Robins Pie & Mash60<br />
The Bungalow Café61 & 88<br />
ROOFING<br />
Cox and Sons Roofing 56<br />
SCHOOLS & NURSERIES<br />
Avon House Prep School34 & 76<br />
Park School For Girls 59<br />
St Aubyn’s School 79<br />
Woodford Green Prep School81<br />
SINGING LESSONS<br />
DSP Performing 85<br />
SOLICITORS<br />
Edwards Duthie Shamash 43<br />
Wiseman Lee LLP61 & 69<br />
STAIRS<br />
K&D Joinery57<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Scott Whitehead Trees 70<br />
TUITION & COURSES<br />
Tutor Doctor 55<br />
Wanstead House61<br />
UTILITIES<br />
UW 74<br />
WINDOW RESTORATION<br />
McCarty & Smith 53<br />
WINDOW SHUTTERS<br />
Woodthorpe Joinery2<br />
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The Bungalow Café<br />
BREAKFAST • OMELETTES • PIES • DINNERS • SALADS • SANDWICHES • HOT DRINKS<br />
Sunny days guarantee our decking and patio will be full of<br />
guests enjoying a drink or treat on the bar overlooking Christ<br />
Church Green. On not-so-sunny days, we also offer comfortable<br />
seating on our wooden decking with a log burner to lighten the<br />
mood. Alternatively, you can sit inside, with free WiFi.<br />
Open Monday to Saturday, 7am – 3pm<br />
<br />
“Absolutely what an English cafe ought<br />
to be, quality food, quality service at a<br />
very reasonable price and the coffee is<br />
amazing. Highly recommended!”<br />
Ioannis Argyrou, August 2020<br />
COMPLETELY REFURBISHED<br />
49 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, E11 2RQ<br />
thebungalowcafe.com 0208 989 5620<br />
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