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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong> | FREE<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
11am to 6pm<br />
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Please walk, cycle or use public transport<br />
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INSIDE: Wanstead Fringe special • Wood carvings • Jean Maestri obituary • Evergreen Field<br />
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Contents<br />
Features<br />
Wanstead Fringe section ...............17–32<br />
Fringe starts here ....................................... 18<br />
Wanstead Fringe events .................19–25<br />
Take a bow, Wanstead ........................... 26<br />
Ageing comedy ......................................... 28<br />
The wheel Argentina .............................. 30<br />
Carving out memories .................. 38–39<br />
Wanstead’s loss .......................................... 44<br />
Planting ideas...............................................52<br />
Good evening ............................................. 56<br />
Discovering Wanstead ...................64–65<br />
Friends at work ...........................................68<br />
The law, seriously .......................................74<br />
Puzzles & competitions<br />
Sudoku ............................................................40<br />
Crossword competition ........................48<br />
Wanstead anagram .................................66<br />
Every month<br />
Local news .................................6–8, 10 & 12<br />
Wanstead map ....................................60–61<br />
Community events ..........................89–92<br />
Community groups .................................94<br />
Useful numbers .........................................96<br />
Index of advertisers .................................98<br />
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People of Wanstead, <strong>September</strong> is here,<br />
When local events step up a gear.<br />
Comedy, theatre, jazz, art and rhyme,<br />
The mix is eclectic, the content sublime.<br />
From pubs to churches, it’s a varied arena,<br />
There’s even an event about the wine of Argentina.<br />
Three solid weeks, it’s a cultural binge,<br />
I’m talking, of course, about the Wanstead Fringe.<br />
Cultural activities here were once thin on the ground,<br />
But thanks to the Fringe, they’re now easily found.<br />
It all started back in 2013,<br />
Much smaller then, but people were keen.<br />
Each year it grew, with events aplenty,<br />
Apart from the COVID break of 2020.<br />
Now 10 years on, it’s bigger than ever,<br />
And continues to provide enlightening pleasure.<br />
Famous authors will keep us in the know,<br />
Including a chat with Jonathan Coe.<br />
Making us laugh will be comedian Paul Sinha,<br />
Fresh from The Chase, he’s always a winner.<br />
St Mary’s will host tours of the crypt,<br />
And Wanstead Theatre Co has a rugby-themed script.<br />
Photographer Geoff Wilkinson often appears on these pages,<br />
He’ll be discussing his career (which has lasted for ages).<br />
A musical in a church and an interview with a lord,<br />
Guitarist Pete Black will strike the right chord.<br />
Musicians Joe Walters and Lucy Crowe,<br />
Are to perform an experimental music show.<br />
Will Gompertz, another big name taking part,<br />
He’ll be talking about all things art.<br />
More than 100 events are ready to book,<br />
Truly something for everyone, do take a look. Lee Marquis, Editor<br />
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Decision day demo: youth centre<br />
campaigners at Parliament and Town Hall<br />
Campaigners<br />
will gather for a<br />
demonstration outside<br />
Redbridge Town Hall<br />
this month as they<br />
await the council’s<br />
decision on the<br />
future of Wanstead<br />
Youth Centre. The<br />
Elmcroft Avenue<br />
venue is under threat<br />
of closure following<br />
claims over £2.4m<br />
of refurbishments<br />
are needed to make it fit for purpose. “The<br />
cabinet meeting on 14 <strong>September</strong> is when the<br />
decision about the future of the youth centre<br />
will be made. We will be gathering outside<br />
from 6.30pm,” said a spokesperson for the Save<br />
Our Wanstead Youth Centre campaign, which<br />
is calling for a 12-month moratorium to allow<br />
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“The centre is used daily by multiple groups,<br />
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the community. It is the only remaining youth<br />
centre of its kind in the borough.” Last month,<br />
campaigners also took their message to<br />
Parliament. Visit wnstd.com/sowyc<br />
Margaret Centre<br />
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Campaigners have<br />
launched a petition<br />
to save the Margaret<br />
Centre at Whipps<br />
Cross Hospital. “This<br />
is a specialist end-oflife<br />
and palliative care<br />
unit. In the current<br />
plans for the new<br />
hospital, this awardwinning<br />
centre will<br />
not exist. We want<br />
the centre to be<br />
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Changes at<br />
recycling centre<br />
Residents wishing<br />
to take any waste to<br />
Chigwell Road Reuse<br />
and Recycling Centre<br />
in a van or trailer<br />
must now book<br />
a slot in advance.<br />
“This system is<br />
aimed at relieving<br />
congestion and<br />
improving recycling<br />
performance. You<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Age UK invites over-55s to discover<br />
what’s on offer at local activity centre<br />
Tickets available for next month’s<br />
Wanstead Beer Festival<br />
Age UK is keen to raise awareness of its<br />
activity centre in Wanstead (also known as<br />
the Allan Burgess Centre). “The centre has<br />
struggled to replenish visitor numbers since<br />
reopening after COVID. We run daily exercise,<br />
games and craft classes, and our fabulous new<br />
chefs, Teresa and Julie, prepare freshly cooked<br />
meals Monday to Friday,” said centre manager<br />
Jackie Balman. Located at 2 Grove Park<br />
(opposite the Co-op), the centre’s two-course<br />
lunches (£7) are available to any Redbridge<br />
resident aged 55 and over. Call 020 8989 6338<br />
Foster a dog whilst it trains at<br />
local Guide Dogs school<br />
Tickets are available for the first Wanstead<br />
Beer Festival, taking place in the halls of Christ<br />
Church on 14 October. “The festival will include<br />
a number of real ales from the local area and<br />
beyond. There will also be craft ales, lagers<br />
and cider, and some carefully chosen wine and<br />
prosecco for non-beer drinkers,” said organiser<br />
Paul Donovan. Proceeds from the event –<br />
which runs from 1pm to 10.30pm – will be<br />
donated to local charities. The £12 ticket price<br />
(£10 in advance) includes a commemorative<br />
pint glass. Visit wnstd.com/beer<br />
The Guide Dogs’ Redbridge hub is seeking<br />
volunteers from the Wanstead area to foster<br />
a dog. “Our fosterers provide loving homes<br />
for our dogs to relax in while they are in<br />
training. It can be a great way to add a dog to<br />
your home without long-term commitment,”<br />
said Volunteer Coordinator Phoebe Coles.<br />
Volunteer fosterers drop off their dog at the<br />
Woodford Green centre on weekdays between<br />
7am and 9am and pick them up between 4pm<br />
and 6pm. All costs are covered and training is<br />
provided. Call 07795 106 874<br />
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Connect with nature: new series of<br />
events for Wanstead Park and Flats<br />
Local public speaking club to host<br />
virtual open house event<br />
An organisation that encourages people<br />
to connect with nature is launching a new<br />
series of events across Wanstead Park and<br />
Wanstead Flats this month. “Our Walk in the<br />
Woods project continues with events running<br />
until November. What a glorious time to get<br />
out and enjoy autumn!” said Alison O’Connor,<br />
founder of Tinder Sticks. The free events are<br />
suitable for over-18s and include making<br />
bracelets from plants, looking for animal<br />
tracks, bird watching and identifying edible<br />
fruits and nuts. Visit wnstd.com/tindersticks<br />
Residents looking to enhance their<br />
communication skills or conquer their fear<br />
of public speaking are invited to join the<br />
Woodford Green Speakers’ virtual open house<br />
event on 26 <strong>September</strong>. “We recognise the<br />
profound impact public speaking skills can<br />
have on personal growth and professional<br />
success, so join us for an enlightening session<br />
and gain confidence,” said a spokesperson for<br />
the club, which is affiliated with Toastmasters<br />
International. The free online event runs from<br />
7pm to 9pm. Visit wnstd.com/speak<br />
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Wanstead Park swans Bonnie and<br />
Clyde separated after injury<br />
Planning application for flats on<br />
Evergreen Field submitted<br />
How the development would<br />
look from the High Street<br />
An injured swan known as Clyde has been<br />
permanently removed from Wanstead Park’s<br />
Perch Pond. “Sadly, the top bone of his wing is<br />
broken from a high-impact incident, probably<br />
sustained whilst defending his family. He is<br />
moulting, so it’s not a flying accident, and<br />
we had a report of three dogs harassing the<br />
family. There is no chance Clyde will fly again,<br />
so he will remain at The Swan Sanctuary in<br />
Shepperton. He was very distressed at leaving<br />
his mate, Bonnie, and cygnets,” said swan<br />
rescue volunteer supporter Helen O’Rourke.<br />
A planning application to build a four-storey<br />
block of flats on Evergreen Field has been<br />
submitted. The site – a patch of fenced-off<br />
land on Wanstead High Street next to Christ<br />
Church Green – has not been inhabited since<br />
1944, when two homes that stood there<br />
were bombed and then demolished in 1967.<br />
Redbridge Council is due to make a decision<br />
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Historic High Stone damaged in<br />
a car crash (again)<br />
Look and learn on festival day with<br />
Art Group Wanstead<br />
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The historic High Stone at the junction<br />
of Hollybush Hill and New Wanstead was<br />
damaged in a car crash last month. Originally a<br />
mile marker showing the distances to Epping,<br />
Ongar, Whitechapel and Hyde Park Corner, an<br />
obelisk has stood in roughly the same location<br />
since the 18th century, although the current<br />
High Stone dates from the 1930s after the<br />
original stone was also damaged by a vehicle.<br />
A Redbridge Council spokesperson said: “The<br />
monument is currently being repaired off-site<br />
and will be reinstated soon.”<br />
Lillies<br />
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A range of drop-in art workshops and<br />
demonstrations for all ages will take place at<br />
the Wanstead Festival on 17 <strong>September</strong>. “Tutors<br />
and artists will be showing techniques with<br />
watercolours, calligraphy, portrait paintings<br />
and a clever way to put together mixed-media<br />
designs that can be transferred to T-shirts.<br />
Botanical subjects always intrigue. No real<br />
insects are hurt for tutor Katherine Poluck’s<br />
amazing mounted butterflies (pictured) –<br />
learn about her realistic techniques,” said a<br />
spokesperson for Art Group Wanstead.<br />
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Events in the Parish of Wanstead during the Wanstead Fringe<br />
St Mary’s OVERTON DRIVE, E11 2LN<br />
Both our historic churches will be open.<br />
8 th <strong>September</strong>, 7.30pm<br />
Ghost Town Stories narrated by Patrick Marlowe in the Church<br />
yard. Tickets £10 available from the Fringe.<br />
Timed entry by pre booked tickets from:<br />
9 th <strong>September</strong>, 5pm–9pm<br />
Harvest Supper in the Church yard with live music. Tickets £10<br />
available from wansteadparishadmin@uwclub.net<br />
https://www.wansteadparish.org/event/open-house-weekend-2-2/<br />
12 th <strong>September</strong>, 7pm<br />
Concert featuring Lucy Crowe and Joe Walters. Tickets £5–£10<br />
available from the Fringe.<br />
Christ Church<br />
14 th –29 th <strong>September</strong><br />
Crypt Tours. Various dates and times available. Tickets available<br />
from the Fringe.<br />
E11 2SW<br />
Saturday 19th<br />
Christ Church WANSTEAD PLACE, E11 2SW<br />
16 th & 17 th <strong>September</strong><br />
Open church with Flower Festival and local art display.<br />
10.00 –4pm<br />
Sunday 20th<br />
Saturday 16 th <strong>September</strong>, 3pm<br />
Songhaven Concert. Free 45 min concert by professional<br />
musicians especially designed to be a joyful event for those who<br />
struggle in normal concert surroundings. No booking required.<br />
12noon—4pm<br />
Sunday 17 th <strong>September</strong><br />
An afternoon of events in the Church garden: BBQ, Bar, stalls and<br />
all-new Church yard crazy golf.<br />
St Mary’s<br />
Overton Drive<br />
Sunday 17 th <strong>September</strong>, 6pm<br />
Jazz Vespers with Inge-Lise Nygaard and the Nick Tomalin<br />
Quartet. No booking required Bring your own refreshments!<br />
Saturday 19th<br />
For more information, visit wansteadfringe.org 11am –4pm<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com<br />
Sunday 20th<br />
1pm –4pm
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~ A special Wanstead Fringe section ~<br />
The Wanstead Fringe will be celebrating<br />
its 10th anniversary this <strong>September</strong> with<br />
its largest-ever mix of cultural events.<br />
WELCOME: Fringe starts herepage 18<br />
FRINGE EVENTS: take your pick pages 19–25<br />
THEATRE: Take a bow, Wansteadpage 26<br />
COMEDY: Ageing comedypage 28<br />
WINE: The wheel Argentina page 30<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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Wanstead Fringe<br />
Fringe starts here<br />
It all began in 2013, and now, as the Wanstead Fringe gears up for its<br />
10th instalment of 100-plus cultural events, director Giles Wilson reveals<br />
what he’s looking forward to the most<br />
Ten years ago, the Wanstead Fringe<br />
started as a joke among a few<br />
friends. Why shouldn’t little old<br />
Wanstead have its own cultural fringe to<br />
complement the Wanstead Festival? we<br />
thought. Well, it was a joke then, but<br />
nobody’s laughing now (comedy nights<br />
notwithstanding).<br />
The Fringe has become something to take<br />
seriously. Alongside our favourites – the openair<br />
Kinema, the jumble trail, The Duke street<br />
party and others – more than 100 events will<br />
be taking place before the end of <strong>September</strong>.<br />
We will have four plays running, and thanks<br />
to the support of The Bull and some careful<br />
investment on our part, we hope to be able<br />
to expand that number during the rest of<br />
the year. We have 11 talks from authors – some<br />
local, some national – including one of the<br />
greatest living English novelists. We have<br />
always had music as part of our programme,<br />
but this year, we are hugely expanding the<br />
amount on offer. International opera star Lucy<br />
Crowe and husband Joe Walters will again be<br />
transforming St Mary’s into a magical venue<br />
for music – and that will also be the place to<br />
hear a new musical, Dark Isle. There will be a<br />
recital called Low Strings Drama, led by local<br />
composer Simone Spagnolo, which promises<br />
to be a unique blend of chamber music and<br />
drama soundtracks. Redbridge Brass Band,<br />
local singer-songwriters, singer Lydia Gerrard<br />
and local guitar virtuoso Peter Black also<br />
feature in the programme.<br />
The event I’m looking forward to most is<br />
hearing from novelist Jonathan Coe, whose<br />
series of novels have told an authentic story<br />
about the changes in British life since the<br />
war. The event will have a vivid counterpart<br />
as Helen Day, historian of Ladybird Books,<br />
talks about the perceptions our society used<br />
to have of itself. Author Paterson Joseph will<br />
talk about the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho,<br />
a revealing insight into a lesser-known side of<br />
our history.<br />
One national newspaper website profile of<br />
Wanstead this year said that, in the evenings,<br />
it became a ghost town. Wanstead-bred<br />
author and theatre director Patrick Marlowe<br />
will be doing his best to disprove that by<br />
telling an evening of ghost stories in the<br />
St Mary’s churchyard.<br />
It’s our sponsors – listed on page 32 – who<br />
have underwritten this. Do support them<br />
if you can. Vision RCL is supportive and<br />
generous with its buildings, but we have built<br />
the Fringe without any public money. Our<br />
host venues and volunteers keep the show on<br />
the road. But the people really responsible for<br />
the Fringe are those, like you, who buy tickets<br />
and attend events. Thank you.<br />
And here’s to the next 10 years.<br />
For more information on Wanstead Fringe<br />
events, visit wnstd.com/fringe<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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Friday 8 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Ghost Town Tales (£10)<br />
An eve-of-Fringe special. One newspaper this year said that after 5pm, Wanstead<br />
becomes a ghost town. The Fringe will be disproving it all throughout <strong>September</strong><br />
– but for one night only we’re going to revel in it. Author and director Patrick<br />
Marlowe – an award-winning writer of ghost stories – will be testing your nerve as<br />
he tells stories designed to frighten. Patrick grew up in Wanstead and as a chorister<br />
he would often sing in St Mary’s, the location of the famed crypt, when he and his<br />
fellow choirboys would attempt to out-scare each other with spooky tales. Come<br />
along to the churchyard and see how strong your constitution is.<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive<br />
Saturday 9 <strong>September</strong><br />
10am<br />
Wanstead Book Festival presents: Andrew Weale (Free)<br />
Andrew Weale, author of Newt in a Suit and Nora, visits Wanstead to tell his stories<br />
and delight the under-fives.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library<br />
10am Pottery: Handbuilding Taster Session (£40)<br />
These sessions are a fun and very accessible introduction to clay. Suitable for<br />
adults and children from the age of six.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Pottery, Nightingale Lane<br />
from 12pm<br />
The Duke Street Party (Free)<br />
The infamous Duke Street Party will once again open the Fringe with a bang. With<br />
Little Dukes activities from 12 noon to 4pm.<br />
Venue: The Duke, 79 Nightingale Lane<br />
3pm MUST Wine Bar Wanstead: Rosé Wine Speed Tasting (£20–£25)<br />
Four outstanding MUST Wine tastings with four great wines every Saturday<br />
throughout the Fringe. Today it’s Rosé from four different countries. Savings<br />
available when you attend different tastings. Tickets available in person at<br />
MUST Wine.<br />
Venue: MUST Wine, 125 High Street<br />
6.30pm Kinema <strong>2023</strong>: Matilda the Musical (conc: £5; adults: £10)<br />
Outdoor family cinema – reliably Wanstead’s favourite night out of the year. This<br />
year’s presentation is Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, starring Emma Thompson,<br />
with lyrics by Tim Minchin. Revolting children and their families are most welcome!<br />
Bring something to keep you warm and something to sit on.<br />
Venue: Christ Church Gardens, Wanstead<br />
Sunday 10 <strong>September</strong><br />
8pm Wanstead Comedy Night feat Glenn Moore (£15)<br />
Comedy for Wanstead Fringe <strong>2023</strong> kicks off with a fantastic evening of stand-up<br />
headlined by Mock the Week regular Glenn Moore. Recognised for his brilliant<br />
joke-writing ability, Glenn received superlative reviews for both his Edinburgh<br />
shows and his sell-out UK tour.<br />
Venue: Eton Manor Rugby Club, Nutter Lane<br />
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Monday 11 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren (£10)<br />
Leading science journalists Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren bring us extraordinary<br />
stories and studies that open our eyes to the workings of the mind.<br />
Venue: City Place Coffee, 5 Clock House Parade<br />
8pm Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson (£18–£22)<br />
The Wanstead Theatre Co is back with a sparky and engaging comedy set on that<br />
glorious morning 20 years ago when England won the Rugby World Cup for the<br />
first and only time. Set in the fictional Greyhawks Rugby Club and performed in<br />
the very real Eton Manor RFC on non-match days of the Rugby World Cup <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Check website for additional dates.<br />
Venue: Eton Manor Rugby Club, Nutter Lane<br />
Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong><br />
6pm How we see ourselves: the Transcultural Self (£12)<br />
Victoria Baskerville, a Wanstead resident, transactional analyst, psychotherapist<br />
and community artist will invite us to account for and map all our identities.<br />
Venue: The Larder, 39 High Street<br />
7pm The Wheel Argentina – Wine Tasting (£25)<br />
“Every winery in Argentina on a bike. On my own. On forty quid. 4,500km uphill<br />
all the way. My name is Carole. I am the only person mad enough to have cycled<br />
every winery in Argentina. Sample some of the most emblematic wines of my<br />
experience while I take you through some of the most emblematic experiences in<br />
this travelogue with a difference.”<br />
Venue: Daygustation, 13a High Street<br />
7pm To a Skylark: Classical, folk and experimental music (£5–£10)<br />
Local musicians Joe Walters and Lucy Crowe curate an evening of music<br />
exploring themes associated with the skylark, our local Wanstead Flats resident<br />
struggling to survive in modern times. Joe and Lucy will perform with and<br />
alongside their friends, also locals of the area, and also musicians who feel the<br />
push and pull of urban life alongside their front garden that is Epping Forest.<br />
Expect classical song intertwined with folk, entangled with experimental indie<br />
and reimagined with free improvisation, all presented by leading exponents of<br />
these respective fields. Lucy Crowe (soprano), Chris Higginbottom (drums/<br />
vocals), Ali McQueen (vocals/guitar), Pete Smith (tuba/vocals), Benedict Taylor<br />
(viola/vocals), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Josh Warren (violin/vocals) and Joe Walters<br />
(piano/horn/trumpet/guitar/vocals).<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive<br />
Wednesday 13 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Catapult Cabaret: All Girl Band (£15)<br />
Catapult is back! Hot Girl Summer is here, and the cast of All Girl Band is feeling<br />
fun, flirty and fabulous. Join us for an evening of celebrating femme fatales, divas<br />
and gals just being gals via musical theatre hits from the last 50 years. Check<br />
website for additional dates.<br />
Venue: Upstairs at The Bull, 129 High Street<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Ian Dunt (£10)<br />
Outspoken journalist and commentator Ian Dunt knows something has gone<br />
terribly wrong with our society. It’s a feeling many of us have, but we struggle to<br />
articulate exactly why. Ian has no such problems. In his Sunday Times bestselling<br />
book How Westminster Works… and Why It Doesn’t, he lifts the lid on what<br />
has happened to politics, exposing aspects of the system in a way that can be<br />
understood and challenged.<br />
Venue: Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club, Overton Drive<br />
8pm<br />
Football quiz: West Ham – Champions of Europe (£8 per person)<br />
How well do you know the current Champions of Europe, West Ham United?<br />
Venue: The Duke, 79 Nightingale Lane<br />
Thursday 14 <strong>September</strong><br />
from 5pm Crypt Tours at St Mary’s Parish Church (£10)<br />
Come and gaze into Wanstead’s past, and hear about the people who lived here in<br />
Georgian times in the many mansions that existed then. Tours leave on the hour.<br />
The church will also be open; visitors are advised to visit the church too before the<br />
tour. Note: access is restricted, there is no disabled access to the crypt. Tours at<br />
5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Check website for additional dates.<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive<br />
7pm From Schumacher to Sunak (£10)<br />
Two press photographers – Geoff Wilkinson and Stefan Rousseau – talk about<br />
their careers spanning 50 years of history. From politicians to the rich and famous<br />
and everything in between, get a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes to<br />
achieve the photographs that appear in the papers.<br />
Venue: Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club, Overton Drive<br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Will Gompertz (£10)<br />
Will Gompertz is familiar to audiences throughout the country from his years as<br />
the BBC’s Arts Editor. For years Will was a fixture on the Ten O’Clock News as he<br />
would introduce Turner or Booker Prize winners, or explain why a statue or painting<br />
had been sold for record prices. In his new book he explains how anyone can look<br />
at and experience the world with an artist’s heightened powers of perception.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
Friday 15 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Jonathan Coe (£10)<br />
Jonathan Coe is one of Britain’s greatest living novelists whose books shine a light<br />
on how we as a society see ourselves. From his hit 1994 book What a Carve Up,<br />
through The Rotters Club, Number 11 and Middle England, he has found a moving,<br />
funny and true way to tell the story of Britain. His new novel Bournville continues<br />
the theme, following characters as they age from the Queen’s Coronation, through<br />
the 1966 World Cup, royal weddings and deaths, to Brexit and COVID. Through it<br />
all, Coe’s characters pose the question of whether the family – and the country<br />
– became closer together or further apart? He has created a social history of<br />
postwar Britain while it is still going on with a rare knack for spotting significant<br />
details and weaving them into hilariously well-observed plots. Do not miss this.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
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Saturday 16 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm A Journey into the World of Guitar – with Peter Black (£8–£12)<br />
Be mesmerised by exquisite music from around the world from the Romantic<br />
Period to today. Performed by guitar virtuoso Peter Black, featuring duets with<br />
Father Martyn.<br />
Venue: St Gabriel’s Church, 12 Aldersbrook Road<br />
3pm<br />
Free relaxed Songhaven concert (Free)<br />
A free, relaxed, dementia-friendly concert. All welcome.<br />
Venue: Christ Church<br />
Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong><br />
6pm<br />
Jazz Vespers (Free)<br />
Wanstead Parish invites you to a unique candlelit service with jazz provided by the<br />
Nick Tomalin Quartet and Inge-Lise Nygaard on vocals.<br />
Venue: Christ Church<br />
8pm Wanstead Comedy Night feat Mick Miller (£15)<br />
Wanstead Comedy Night welcomes comedy legend Mick Miller to Wanstead.<br />
Venue: Eton Manor Rugby Club, Nutter Lane<br />
Monday 18 <strong>September</strong><br />
7pm The Room Upstairs (£12–£15)<br />
One ‘invisible illness’, lots of puppets, a self-deprecating actor, far too many<br />
biscuits and a sprinkle of absurdity all can be found in the room upstairs. But can<br />
you handle the journey up? This atmospheric show raises awareness of ME through<br />
the lens of a mother/daughter relationship. Based on true events, this play explores<br />
how this condition gradually penetrates every element of someone’s life and<br />
proves how sometimes laughter is not only the best medicine, but often the only<br />
one that’s available. Check website for additional dates.<br />
Venue: Upstairs at The Bull, 129 High Street<br />
8.15pm Robot Penguin (£12–£15)<br />
“A little less Attenborough, more cybernetic furry Louis Theroux.”<br />
Winner of the Baloney Award <strong>2023</strong>, Emperor Spy Cam A10N3 has returned from his<br />
Antarctic investigation for the BBC. In his performance review he’ll be covering<br />
his infiltration of a penguin colony, struggles to adapt to their complex and<br />
contradictory society, and his code-breaking feelings towards one of the subjects.<br />
A bizarre, irreverent comedy about depersonalisation and the neurodivergent<br />
experience through the ‘lens’ of an undercover robotic penguin. Check website for<br />
additional dates.<br />
Venue: Upstairs at The Bull, 129 High Street<br />
Tuesday 19 <strong>September</strong><br />
7pm Photo talk: Where is East London going? (£10)<br />
Join Wanstead photographer Geoff Wilkinson as he discusses his pictures of a<br />
changing East London.<br />
Venue: Eightyfour Gallery, 84 Nightingale Lane<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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Wednesday 20 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Paterson Joseph (£10)<br />
It’s time everyone knew the story of Charles Ignatius Sancho. In the mid-1700s,<br />
a boy born on a slave ship found his way to Georgian London and miraculously<br />
survived. The boy grew and went on to tread the boards of London’s theatres,<br />
become a composer, led the fight to end slavery and become the first black person<br />
to vote in Britain. His diaries, dazzlingly made into a novel by Paterson Joseph,<br />
paint a portrait of English history that’s rarely if ever heard. The Secret Diaries of<br />
Charles Ignatius Sancho won the <strong>2023</strong> Christopher Bland Prize.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
8pm Wanstead Comedy Night feat Paul Sinha (£15)<br />
Paul Sinha – voted the UK’s Best Club Comedian – takes a break from The Chase<br />
to headline Wanstead Comedy Night. Fresh from Edinburgh, with a brand new set,<br />
Paul will make this his fifth Wanstead Fringe appearance!<br />
Venue: Eton Manor Rugby Club, Nutter Lane<br />
Thursday 21 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Natalie Lee (£10)<br />
Natalie Lee is familiar to thousands of people through her Instagram presence<br />
as @StyleMeSunday. Her book, Feeling Myself, is about how warped society’s<br />
approach to sex has become and how the shame that surrounds conversation<br />
about sex can hold women back. Taking us through her journey, from traumatic<br />
beginnings to marriage, motherhood and divorce, it’s a story of learning to be your<br />
true self in a society that doesn’t prioritise your pleasure.<br />
Venue: MUST Wine, 125 High Street<br />
Friday 22 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Quiz Night (£12)<br />
Wanstead High School is hosting a bumper quiz, with a great host, well-stocked<br />
bar and complementary nibbles to keep brain power up! It’s Wanstead High<br />
School’s PTA’s first time on the Fringe calendar and this event marks the start<br />
of a fundraising campaign for the school’s 100th year. A community event – all<br />
welcome! Teams of up to 8 – opportunity to join others on the night .Licensed bar,<br />
bagels and snacks inclusive of ticket price.<br />
Venue: Wanstead High School, Redbridge Lane West<br />
Saturday 23 <strong>September</strong><br />
11am Wanstead Fringe Jumble Trail (£5)<br />
The popular Wanstead Fringe Jumble trail is back! The original, biggest and best<br />
local trail returns, bringing jumble trail fans to Wanstead from all over East London.<br />
The Jumble Trail offers a brilliant opportunity to clear out your wardrobe and free<br />
up some space in the toy cupboard! It also provides a great excuse to get out there<br />
and meet the neighbours, steal ideas for your garden, and just have a general<br />
wander around the area. There will be a Central Hub behind the Corner House on<br />
Wanstead High Street, where you’ll also be able to pick up a Jumble Trail map and<br />
visit several stalls.<br />
Venue: All around Wanstead<br />
Please mention the Wanstead Village Directory when responding to adverts
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Sunday 24 <strong>September</strong><br />
3pm Theatre classics and more, with Lydia Gerrard (£12.50–£15)<br />
Join Lydia Gerrard for a selection of musical theatre and classical favourites.<br />
Lydia has just returned from covering and playing Grizabella and Jellylorum/<br />
Griddlebone in CATS The Musical. In between performing contracts, Lydia<br />
often busks at Waterloo station or livestreams concerts from her living room<br />
to fulfil her love of sharing music. Check out youtube.com/lydiagerrard and<br />
facebook.com/lydiagerrardmusic for previous livestreams.<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive<br />
8pm Wanstead Comedy Night featuring Sajeela Kershi (£15)<br />
Returning from a recent tour of New Zealand, the brilliant Sajeela Kershi headlines<br />
the final comedy night of Wanstead Fringe <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Venue: Eton Manor Rugby Club, Nutter Lane<br />
Monday 25 <strong>September</strong><br />
8pm<br />
In conversation: Victor Adebowale and Eddie Nestor (Free)<br />
Eddie (actor, radio broadcaster and comedian) and Victor (Lord Victor<br />
Adebowale CBE) will discuss their experiences on their respective career journeys,<br />
current affairs and local issues before taking questions from the audience.<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive<br />
Tuesday 26 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents Sohom Das (£10)<br />
Forensic psychiatrist Sohom Das has spent 15 years trying to understand, treat and<br />
rehabilitate dangerous people. His work takes him to high security prisons and<br />
securely locked hospital wards across the country, as well as to courtrooms where<br />
he gives evidence as an expert witness. In In Two Minds, a revealing, honest and<br />
– at times – humorous memoir, Dr Das shares stories from his work, and how he’s<br />
learned to live with mistakes when the worst happens.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
Wednesday 27 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm An Evening of Spoken Word (£8)<br />
Back for its third year, the Fringe’s Evening of Spoken Word has become a ‘must do’<br />
on the schedule. City Place Coffee, at the heart of the High Street, transforms into<br />
a cabaret-style venue, including a bar, for an intimate evening of poetry, spoken<br />
word and music from eight diverse artists.<br />
Venue: City Place Coffee, 5 Clock House Parade<br />
7pm Documentary Photography – Why Bother? Who Cares? (£7.50)<br />
You may have seen Russell Boyce’s pictures of Wanstead High Street business<br />
owners last year. You might have seen his post-Covid exhibition ‘Overheard in<br />
Lockdown’ in Wanstead Park this year. We’re continuously bombarded with live<br />
colour images from every corner of the world so why bother to shoot pictures on<br />
the doorstep in black and white using a vintage camera? Who cares? Find out from<br />
Russell himself.<br />
Venue: La Bakerie, Wanstead High Street<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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Thursday 28 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Helen Day – Visions of our future (£10)<br />
Ladybird Books are instantly recognisable. As well as helping generations of<br />
children learn to read, they represented a vision of how people perceived their<br />
lives as things were changing around them. Helen Day is the unofficial historian<br />
of the role the books played in our lives. She will be celebrating the art, the books<br />
and the values which they represented. Wanstead’s Oxfam bookshop will be<br />
celebrating the books too by exhibiting as many Ladybird books as it has been able<br />
to collect – and this is your chance to buy a piece of all our history.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
Friday 29 <strong>September</strong><br />
7.30pm Concert: Low Strings Drama (£10)<br />
Join award-winning composer – and Wanstead resident – Simone Spagnolo for a<br />
unique blend of chamber music and mystery drama soundtracks. This concert will<br />
present Low Strings Drama, a musical drama for viola and violoncello in eleven<br />
variations that alternates tense and turbid moments to frantic passages and<br />
dreamy melodies.<br />
Venue: Wanstead United Reformed Church, Nightingale Lane<br />
7.30pm Wanstead Book Festival presents: Tim Burrows (£10)<br />
Until 1965, Wanstead was truly a part of Essex, and even now there are tell-tale<br />
signs all around us of a time before it became part of a London borough. In the<br />
1980s, though, Essex became the stuff of tabloid headlines, supposed stereotypes<br />
and populist politics. Author Tim Burrows, in his book The Invention of Essex, says<br />
it is still regarded as the heartland of Thatcherism and Brexit but nevertheless is<br />
the place where England is most itself. He will be in conversation with celebrated<br />
local historian and psychogeographer (and star of the Wanstead Fringe in 2022 and<br />
2014) John Rogers.<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Churchill Room<br />
Saturday 30 <strong>September</strong><br />
2pm and 3pm MUST Wine Bar Wanstead: Champagne Tasting (£20–£25)<br />
To finish the Fringe in style: Champagne Tasting (Rosé, Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de<br />
Noirs, Demi Sec). See Saturday 9 <strong>September</strong> for more details.<br />
Venue: MUST Wine, 125 High Street<br />
7pm Dark Isle: a new musical (£12; conc: £10)<br />
Dark Isle is a new musical written by Wanstead-based actor and writer Katherine<br />
Tripp, alongside Matthew Hessey and composer Ralph Warman. The performance<br />
will be a concert version of the musical, with two acts and a short interval. The<br />
musical is based on the true story of the ‘Flannan Isles Mystery’. In 1900, three<br />
lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared from their posts on the Flannan<br />
Isles in the Outer Hebrides. The musical is a depiction of what ‘could’ have<br />
happened, and how it affected the women who were left behind. Though the show<br />
is suitable for all ages, the complex themes of death, grief and isolation may be<br />
best suited for those 16 and over. Some loud sound effects may be used during<br />
the performance.<br />
Venue: St. Mary’s church, Overton Drive<br />
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Take a Bow, Wanstead<br />
From rugby to robots, Fiona Gordon takes a look at some of this year’s<br />
Fringe theatre offerings, and thanks the local venues that will make<br />
these performances truly memorable<br />
When actors take a bow, they are<br />
receiving thanks on behalf of<br />
people behind the scenes who<br />
make a show possible. This year, before the<br />
shows even started production, the thanks<br />
firmly belong to two well-loved venues in<br />
Wanstead. Because of them we have some<br />
cracking shows at this year’s Fringe, and<br />
one venue in particular is hoping to delight<br />
audiences for many years to come. But<br />
more of that later.<br />
Wanstead Theatre Co has been gaining a<br />
reputation for producing West End-quality<br />
shows in local venues on or near the High<br />
Street. Their play about a jumble sale was<br />
performed in Our Lady of Lourdes church hall<br />
and their play about pub life was performed<br />
in The Bull. This year, they read a lot of plays<br />
trying to find one that matched a Wanstead<br />
venue, and thanks to Eton Manor RFC, a<br />
long-term collaborator with the Fringe, they<br />
have found the perfect comedy. Breakfast<br />
with Jonny Wilkinson is set on that glorious<br />
morning when England won the Rugby World<br />
Cup for the first and only time. Dave’s position<br />
as chairman of his local rugby club is being<br />
challenged by an extremely loud Australian.<br />
Why does Jake, the club’s best player, keep<br />
disappearing? Why has Nigel’s wife stopped<br />
him from wearing a nun’s outfit? And why<br />
have only seven people turned up to watch<br />
the game of the century?<br />
What gives this production an extra kick is not<br />
only that it marks the 20th anniversary of that<br />
momentous event, but that the day before the<br />
Fringe starts, so does the Rugby World Cup<br />
<strong>2023</strong>. Shows are on non-match days, however,<br />
so they don’t clash with any on-pitch dramas!<br />
Baloney Theatre are back this year after their<br />
compelling A Non-Emergency with not one,<br />
Scenes from last year’s<br />
Wanstead Fringe theatre<br />
but two very special shows. The Room Upstairs<br />
explores the invisible illness of ME through<br />
the lens of a mother-daughter relationship<br />
with lots of puppets, a self-deprecating<br />
actor, far too many biscuits and a sprinkle of<br />
absurdity. And Robot Penguin, winner of the<br />
Baloney Award <strong>2023</strong>, is a bizarre, irreverent<br />
comedy about depersonalisation and the<br />
neurodivergent experience through the ‘lens’<br />
of an undercover robotic penguin called<br />
Emperor Spy Cam A10N3.<br />
The two shows will be performed at The Bull<br />
and here is why this particular collaboration<br />
deserves a special thanks. At the kind<br />
invitation of The Bull, the Fringe planning<br />
team have spent many hours discussing ideas,<br />
compiling research and using funds to fit<br />
out the upstairs bar with theatre lights and<br />
a lighting deck to create a more permanent<br />
home for Fringe theatre. To provide a<br />
dedicated venue for theatre on our High<br />
Street all year round is amazing and a great<br />
reason to take a bow!<br />
For more information on Wanstead Fringe<br />
events, visit wnstd.com/fringe<br />
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Ageing comedy<br />
Over the last 40 years or so, a lazy mythology has built up around the<br />
evolution of stand-up comedy in the UK, says Jon Fentiman, organiser of<br />
the Fringe’s comedy nights<br />
The lazy mythology goes something<br />
like this: up until the late 1970s, standup<br />
comedy was dominated by nasty,<br />
bigoted white men telling sexist, racist and<br />
homophobic jokes and was essentially a<br />
right-wing enterprise. Then, suddenly, in<br />
1980, the revelation that was alternative<br />
comedy exploded onto the scene,<br />
pioneered by the likes of Ben Elton and<br />
Alexei Sayle, who wrestled stand-up from<br />
the hands of these nasty comedians and<br />
comedy became an essentially left-wing<br />
progressive enterprise.<br />
The reality, however, is far more nuanced.<br />
Without a doubt, casual racism, sexism and<br />
homophobia were woven into the fabric of<br />
many comedy routines before the advent of<br />
alternative comedy, but only a few comedians<br />
made outright bigotry the mainstay of their<br />
acts. After all, the 1970s were the heyday of<br />
comedy greats such as Les Dawson, Ken Dodd,<br />
Tommy Cooper and Morecambe and Wise.<br />
It should also be recognised that whilst<br />
alternative comedy helped pioneer a different<br />
approach to stand-up, it wasn’t particularly<br />
left-wing politics that provided its original<br />
inspiration.<br />
Rather than simply telling jokes – mostly<br />
written by other people – the new comedians<br />
began writing their own material and gave<br />
themselves license to talk about real-life<br />
experiences in amusing and entertaining<br />
ways. The vast majority of acts were hilariously<br />
anarchic, and they seemed to take inspiration<br />
from the energy and irreverence of the punk<br />
era and the spirit of the old music hall rather<br />
than leftist politics.<br />
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was tension<br />
and sometimes even animosity between<br />
Mick Miller<br />
the old-school and new comedians, with the<br />
latter often satirising the formulaic structure<br />
of the former’s routines. But gradually,<br />
over time, a more respectful relationship<br />
ensued, with many of the new comedy acts<br />
acknowledging the influences of and respect<br />
for their predecessors.<br />
Now, despite alternative comedy becoming<br />
the mainstream, against the odds, some<br />
old-school comedians have survived the<br />
test of time. And these comedians can still<br />
have modern-day comedy club audiences in<br />
hysterics. Mick Miller, whose career stretches<br />
six decades (a regular on 1970’s TV show The<br />
Comedians), is one such comedian. Now in his<br />
seventies, Mick has adapted and honed his<br />
material, and with the emergence of TikTok<br />
and Instagram, his comedy genius is wooing<br />
a new generation and proving himself as the<br />
ultimate survivor of stand-up comedy.<br />
If you want to see old-school, bigotry-free<br />
comedy for yourself, Mick Miller will be<br />
headlining Wanstead Fringe comedy night on<br />
17 <strong>September</strong>. You won’t regret it!<br />
For more information on Wanstead Fringe<br />
events, visit wnstd.com/fringe<br />
For more information and to book tickets, visit wansteadfringe.org
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Wanstead Fringe<br />
The Wheel Argentina<br />
In a Wanstead Fringe travelogue with a difference, Carole Edrich invites<br />
you to sample some of the wines emblematic of her experience of<br />
cycling to every winery in Argentina<br />
Salta Province has sub-tropical weather.<br />
That means either pouring rain or<br />
hot sun and humidity in the lowlands<br />
or hot sun with more hot sun everywhere<br />
else. Salta is mostly desert. The thermal<br />
amplitude makes for amazing wines.<br />
Downhill towards the city. Wet and humid.<br />
On a normal trip, humidity would have been<br />
welcome. Humidity is useful when so many<br />
people smoke because it makes the smoke –<br />
and all smells – stick to the people who cause<br />
them. Not this trip. Cycling in this humidity is<br />
like swimming through treacle. Exhausting,<br />
sweaty and no sane person would do it.<br />
I find my hotel in Salta – the only one in the<br />
entire five-month adventure that the local PRs<br />
have organised – and immediately go for a<br />
shower. The pipes grumble. I wait. The water<br />
comes out a bright, vivid green. I decide to go<br />
without. No energy for grumbling. Tonight, I<br />
decide that sweaty is betty-er.<br />
There are few excitements to compare with<br />
one’s first night in a strange new place.<br />
Despite my weariness and a deplorable urge<br />
to throw off my cycling kit and watch Latin<br />
soaps on the probably black-and-white<br />
portable TV in my room, I set out to immerse<br />
myself in the town. After all, I might never<br />
come here again. Live this precious moment<br />
to the full! I think. Savour the experience. Meet<br />
people. Make notes. Crush each ripe fruit of<br />
sensation against the palate until the appetite<br />
is cloyed in intoxicating richness.<br />
Richness. Savour. Palate. Appetite… That<br />
brings me to food. The restaurants are closed<br />
when I eventually find them, what with it<br />
being a Sunday, half-past March and everyone<br />
being at home for their weekly family asado<br />
(directly translated: ‘bar-b-cue’ or ‘grill’,<br />
culturally translated: more meat than you can<br />
eat and then some). In the end, in a garage<br />
that has run out of petrol, I find a couple of<br />
boiled cardboard media lunas (pasties) and<br />
two dented plastic bottles of water in slightlyless-than-two-litre<br />
holders.<br />
That night, I wake up to scuttling. After<br />
being run over by cockroaches in bed in the<br />
‘pleasantly intimate’ cupboard they have<br />
booked for me to share with said cockroaches,<br />
the minutes of the luminous green clock that<br />
I can neither turn off nor cover creep to 6am. I<br />
make the decision to get up and cycle through<br />
horizontal rain to my next destination, leaving<br />
the cockroaches to feast on the second media<br />
luna, which I haven’t been able to face.<br />
Onwards, and uphill (again), to Cafayate. This<br />
is the penultimate stage of my nine-stage bike<br />
ride through the wine trails of Argentina. On<br />
12 <strong>September</strong>, we’ll have time to talk about<br />
four of the stages – and we’ll be tasting four<br />
wines that match my experience that covered<br />
4,500km through the wineries of Argentina.<br />
Which four sections we cover will be up to you<br />
(interactive, innit).<br />
For more information on Wanstead Fringe<br />
events, visit wnstd.com/fringe<br />
© Carole Edrich<br />
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I<br />
was born in the East End some 60-odd<br />
years ago, and as an urban kid, I found<br />
the parks and green spaces I fell in<br />
love with offered an entirely different<br />
playground to my usual surroundings.<br />
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Valentines Park, Lodge Farm Park and Raphael<br />
Park to mention a few. And then carving for<br />
a 12-piece animal sculpture trail in Highams<br />
Park, partly funded by the Arts Council. This<br />
was a fantastic boost for me.<br />
Many years later, just as the new millennium<br />
dawned, I found myself mooching around<br />
Hainault Forest and happened across a guy<br />
carving the woodhenge that was to be placed<br />
around the forest for people to find as they<br />
explored the woods. He had started the<br />
project carving the life cycle of a frog, and<br />
although it was rough cut and nowhere near<br />
finished, I was very impressed with his work.<br />
In conversation with the artist, he suggested<br />
I could carve if I chose to. But my thinking at<br />
that time told me I couldn’t do such an artistic<br />
thing. Plus, how could I afford tools? So, that<br />
was that.<br />
Around March 2022, I was asked to carve some<br />
pieces for another natural play project in<br />
Wanstead Park, and in July <strong>2023</strong>, I found myself<br />
carving in the park I used to roam as a young<br />
child. Mad how life twists and turns, eh? I feel<br />
chuffed that my work is so well received.<br />
A big thank you to all those who have aided<br />
and assisted me – past and present – to allow<br />
me to get my art out there.<br />
Roll on 2014 when, by chance, en route from a<br />
family visit to a volunteer group at Audley End<br />
House, I saw Andy Butcher’s version of the Tiki<br />
head theme. Once again, I was impressed with<br />
this guy’s work: carvings made on sevenfoot-tall<br />
logs. Long story short, I saved<br />
up and purchased one, which is still<br />
in my workshop today. From there,<br />
we struck up a friendship and I was<br />
encouraged by him to have a go.<br />
This time, the ‘I can’t’ thoughts<br />
were silenced.<br />
I got a second-hand<br />
Sthil, a little domestic<br />
chainsaw that was<br />
perfect for the job,<br />
and a cheap grinder. I<br />
had begun. Later that<br />
year, I moved into a small<br />
woodland to get closer to<br />
the wood resource I was working<br />
with. Rough living, but I enjoyed it. Then, after<br />
a couple of years selling my bits roadside<br />
and to the odd person here and there (these<br />
small sales encouraged me to keep at it), I<br />
got my first project, which was to carve a<br />
12-foot standing tree trunk in a local school.<br />
That project was well received and word soon<br />
got around. After that, I was asked to carve a<br />
fallen tree in Henry Reynolds Park for a natural<br />
play area. Then other projects came along, in<br />
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Chainsaw artist Marshall Lambert has created three<br />
new wood carvings for the play area in Wanstead<br />
Park, a place he used<br />
to visit as a child.<br />
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Wanstead’s loss<br />
Following the recent death of Jean Maestri – the proprietor of the<br />
Wanstead Park Tea Hut for over 30 years – the Maestri family reflect on<br />
the life of the Queen of Wanstead Park<br />
Jean was born on 22 <strong>September</strong> 1944<br />
in Dagenham. She was the youngest<br />
of three children. Her childhood<br />
memories were playing on the bomb sites<br />
and having games of rounders with her<br />
friends between four trees in the street.<br />
She went to school with Terry Venables<br />
(the famous footballer), who was a year<br />
above her. She left school at the age of 15<br />
and surprised everyone by getting a job as<br />
a medical receptionist at the Royal London<br />
Hospital, where she worked for eight years<br />
until she had her first baby.<br />
She met her husband Giovanni in a crowded<br />
Trafalgar Square on Bonfire Night back in<br />
1960. He asked her if she had seen his cat. It<br />
was a chat-up line and she fell for it (and him).<br />
Jean and Giovanni were together for the rest<br />
of her life. They got married in 1965, and a<br />
year later bought the house they lived in ever<br />
since. Jean and Giovanni went on to have five<br />
children and fostered 60 others.<br />
As her husband was Italian and worked in<br />
the ice cream trade, this inspired Jean to<br />
get an ice cream van with her friend and<br />
go back to work. In 1986, after many years<br />
of working in the ice cream van, Jean came<br />
across the old wooden boat house cafe in<br />
Wanstead Park. It was in a right old state and<br />
the cafe needed a lot of love and TLC, which<br />
is where Jean came in. She applied to the<br />
Corporation of London to get it rebuilt and<br />
their architect designed the building to match<br />
the Temple nearby.<br />
Jean continued to run the Wanstead Park<br />
Tea Hut for 37 years. She loved this cafe and<br />
dedicated her life to it, working seven days<br />
a week. She became the life and soul of<br />
Wanstead Park and would have her regulars,<br />
who loved coming over to see her daily for<br />
Jean Maestri at the<br />
Wanstead Park Tea Hut<br />
a cup of tea and a chat. Jean loved baking<br />
and all her cakes were homemade. She was<br />
especially known for her homemade bread<br />
pudding, an old recipe handed down from<br />
her mum. People would get very upset if they<br />
turned up and it was sold out!<br />
When the pandemic hit, Jean took a back<br />
seat, retired at home and bought herself a<br />
Pomeranian dog to keep her and her husband<br />
company. She loved her little dog, Fluffy,<br />
so very much and she became the apple of<br />
her eye. Jean was also very lucky to have 10<br />
grandchildren, who all absolutely loved and<br />
adored her.<br />
We would like to thank all of the customers,<br />
the people of Wanstead and the Corporation<br />
of London for all of the kind messages, love<br />
and support we have received. Jean died on<br />
30 June <strong>2023</strong>. She was a wonderful, kind and<br />
caring lady who will be sadly missed by all.<br />
The Wanstead Park Tea Hut overlooks<br />
the Heronry Pond, near the park’s<br />
Wanstead Park Avenue entrance. For more<br />
information, visit wnstd.com/teahut<br />
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Crossword competition<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Planting ideas<br />
The Aldersbrook Horticultural Society’s new season of talks kicks off this<br />
month with a presentation by Danny Clarke, aka The Black Gardener.<br />
Here, Ruth Martin introduces some of the other names on the bill<br />
After a break in August, the members<br />
of Aldersbrook Horticultural<br />
Society are looking forward to<br />
another great year and a busy programme<br />
from <strong>September</strong>.<br />
Our last eventful year ended with a fun social<br />
with good food and prosecco, hosted by<br />
Jane Batey and Rob Owen, which followed<br />
a fascinating walk in Wanstead Park led by<br />
John Meehan. He pointed out the origins and<br />
development of a number of interesting trees<br />
and explained that the park was established<br />
in the early 1820s after Wanstead House was<br />
demolished. No doubt we will learn more<br />
about the origins of Wanstead Park at our<br />
November meeting, when Hannah Armstrong,<br />
author of Wanstead House, East London’s Lost<br />
Palace, will talk to us about the gardens of<br />
Wanstead House. Hannah is among a number<br />
of excellent and interesting speakers we have<br />
lined up for the coming year.<br />
Things get underway with Danny Clarke, also<br />
known as The Black Gardener, speaking at<br />
our <strong>September</strong> meeting about ‘gardening<br />
on a budget’. Danny is a garden designer<br />
and appears on ITV’s Love Your Garden. We<br />
will also hear from Fergus Garrett, the head<br />
gardener at the iconic Great Dixter Garden<br />
in East Sussex, who will talk at our February<br />
meeting about succession planting. Fergus is<br />
described as one of the most influential living<br />
garden designers and horticultural educators<br />
in Britain today, and is the chief executive of<br />
the Great Dixter Charitable Trust.<br />
As well as hosting nationally known speakers,<br />
we are continuing to use our many local<br />
enthusiasts and experts to talk about aspects<br />
of gardening and horticulture on a range<br />
of topics, including a talk by Mark Kenny<br />
about his garden in Ilford that he opens<br />
Danny Clarke (The<br />
Black Gardener)<br />
for the National Gardening Scheme, two<br />
local gardeners, Barry Reeves and Elaine<br />
Fieldhouse, talking about composting, and<br />
a keen allotmenteer, Celia Parker, taking<br />
us through a ‘year on the plot’. At least two<br />
garden visits will be organised over the next<br />
year: to Sissinghurst Castle Gardens in June<br />
and to The Gibberd Garden in Harlow in<br />
January to see the snowdrops and early-spring<br />
bulbs. Cerith Lowery from The Gibberd Garden<br />
will also speak at our January meeting.<br />
Aldersbrook Horticultural Society was reestablished<br />
in 2018, a hundred years after<br />
the original society was set up. We regularly<br />
work in our two community gardens at<br />
the Aldersbrook Medical Centre and the<br />
Aldersbrook Bowls Club (where we hold our<br />
meetings). Over the last year, we opened 20<br />
gardens locally and raised more than £5,000<br />
for local and national charities. We are a<br />
friendly bunch of keen gardeners, novice<br />
gardeners, allotmenteers, and those interested<br />
in the natural environment. All are welcome.<br />
Aldersbrook Horticultural Society meet<br />
at Aldersbrook Bowls Club on the second<br />
Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm<br />
(membership: £35 per year; visitors: £5 per<br />
meeting). Visit wnstd.com/ahs<br />
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Good evening<br />
Ahead of an evening talk about Sir Alfred Hitchcock for the Wanstead<br />
Historical Society this month, Gary Lewis reflects on his journey to<br />
becoming a tour guide and speaker centred around the iconic director<br />
Good evening (as Leytonstone’s<br />
favourite son himself would say).<br />
My name is Gary Lewis. I’m a local<br />
historian, public speaker and tour guide on<br />
the subject of the late, great film director,<br />
Sir Alfred Hitchcock.<br />
Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899<br />
in Leytonstone. Known as the Master of<br />
Suspense, he directed over 50 feature films<br />
before receiving an American Film Institute<br />
Life Achievement Award. He made his<br />
directorial debut with the silent film The<br />
Pleasure Garden in 1925. His first successful<br />
film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog<br />
(1927), helped to shape the thriller genre, while<br />
his 1929 film Blackmail was the first British<br />
‘talkie’. He died in California on 29 April 1980.<br />
I’ve been a resident of Leytonstone for over 40<br />
years, but my fascination with Hitchcock really<br />
began when I was a teenager in the late 1970s.<br />
One Sunday night, I stayed up late to watch<br />
Psycho on TV. I remember jumping out of my<br />
chair at the shower scene and the screeching<br />
violins have stayed with me to this day. After<br />
that, I was hooked. Fast forward to October<br />
2015, I was forced to take early retirement from<br />
London Underground as a Tube driver due to<br />
ill health. For the next year, I wondered where<br />
to turn for my next career move. Inspiration<br />
struck in <strong>September</strong> 2016 when I joined the<br />
Alfred Hitchcock of Leytonstone Society.<br />
At a meeting of the society in early 2018, I<br />
proposed presenting a slide show on the<br />
early life of Hitchcock, entitled ‘Hitchcock’s<br />
Leytonstone’. They enthusiastically agreed,<br />
and in May 2018, I gave my first talk at The<br />
Birds pub. Three more talks followed and soon<br />
I was hired by local groups, keen to hear about<br />
Hitchcock’s roots. On 4 <strong>September</strong> 2019, I gave<br />
my biggest talk yet to over 100 people for the<br />
Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society.<br />
Sir Alfred Hitchcock<br />
Having developed my illustrated talk on the<br />
early life of Alfred Hitchcock, the next logical<br />
step was to start a guided tour entitled<br />
‘Walking in the Footsteps of Hitchcock’. On<br />
29 <strong>September</strong> 2019, as part of Leytonstone<br />
Loves Film, I guided 60 people from all over<br />
the world – including six from Mexico – on my<br />
first 90-minute tour.<br />
Sadly, on 11 November 2019, I parted company<br />
with the Alfred Hitchcock of Leytonstone<br />
Society. I felt it was time to move on and I<br />
saw this as a golden opportunity to start<br />
my own business. On 12 January 2020, the<br />
dream became a reality and Hitchcock<br />
Talks and Tours was born. The pandemic<br />
followed shortly after, but I kept going when<br />
lockdown allowed. Now, my talks and tours<br />
are generating interest not only from local<br />
residents and local clubs but from all over the<br />
globe. I look forward to bringing Hitchcock’s<br />
Leytonstone to the world!<br />
Gary’s presentation will take place at<br />
Wanstead Library on 4 <strong>September</strong> from<br />
8pm (visitors: £3). Call 07949 026 212<br />
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tours, visit wnstd.com/hitchcock<br />
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Oxfam Books &<br />
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1 Clockhouse Parade, High Street, Wanstead<br />
5<br />
6<br />
Pharmacy / Post Office<br />
Oxfam Bookshop<br />
Co-op<br />
Christ Church<br />
Green<br />
Grove Park<br />
Allan Burgess Centre<br />
Woodbine Place<br />
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British Heart Foundation<br />
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Barnardo’s<br />
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Wanstead High Street<br />
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I am now holding face-to-face surgeries<br />
again as well as also still holding them<br />
by telephone, coffee mornings and street<br />
surgeries. It is important that I am accessible<br />
to residents. You can also still call, email and<br />
write to me at the above contact addresses.<br />
Newsletter: If you want to receive an email<br />
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Since I was young, I dreamed of<br />
becoming an artist. I also aspired to be<br />
a teacher. Unfortunately, my family’s<br />
economic environment couldn’t provide<br />
me with artistic nurturing, but after<br />
graduating from university, I became an art<br />
teacher, which became my lifelong career.<br />
Some 15 years ago, I left my teaching position<br />
of 20 years, having fulfilled that ambition,<br />
drawing a simple, yet unfinished conclusion<br />
to the first half of my life. Transitioning from<br />
full-time teacher to housewife, my pace of life<br />
slowed, and I decided to reignite my interest<br />
in painting. In the process of painting, I found<br />
joy in life and pursued my unfinished dream<br />
of being an artist in the second half of my life!<br />
Hong Kong has undergone rapid change in<br />
recent years, and the fast-paced life there can<br />
be overwhelming, making it difficult to catch<br />
one’s breath. When I take a moment to<br />
pause, I realise things around me have<br />
vanished without a trace. Old values<br />
have also faded and become blurred.<br />
Many old buildings and even the<br />
skills of experienced craftsmen are<br />
gradually being eliminated due<br />
to the loss of economic value.<br />
However, to me, these scenes and<br />
the small characters in the city<br />
are the fragments of my life and<br />
the pieces of my growth. Hence,<br />
I enjoy roaming the streets,<br />
exploring historical sites and<br />
searching for subjects to paint. I<br />
hope to use colours to preserve<br />
past emotions and memories,<br />
capturing fleeting encounters and<br />
vanishing moments, allowing my<br />
art to retain a strong local flavour.<br />
Ten months ago, I left my native Hong<br />
Kong and moved to the UK, settling in<br />
Wanstead. Exploring the community has<br />
become a means of understanding the local<br />
culture. Many beautiful historical buildings<br />
have captured my attention and I couldn’t<br />
resist putting them into my paintings, like<br />
Christ Church pictured here.<br />
Since I don’t have many local friends, I<br />
have been sharing my finished works in<br />
community groups online. Through this,<br />
I also got to know more about the local<br />
landmarks. I discovered these historical<br />
buildings hold unique meaning for individual<br />
residents, just like my own desire to preserve<br />
certain architectural scenes; they are puzzle<br />
pieces of my life. And so, I completed one<br />
artwork after another, and painting has<br />
become my daily life and motivation here<br />
in Wanstead.<br />
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Discovering<br />
Wanstead<br />
Madeline Wong is an<br />
artist from Hong Kong<br />
now living in Wanstead<br />
and applying her<br />
passion for painting<br />
old buildings to the<br />
landmarks she is<br />
discovering here<br />
Apart from old buildings, I also love painting<br />
flowers. In the UK, beautiful flowers can be<br />
found everywhere during spring and summer,<br />
which truly brings joy to the heart! I hope to<br />
share my floral paintings with everyone soon.<br />
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Treat your home to our professional carpet & upholstery services<br />
• Carpets • Fabric Upholstery • Mattresses •Stain Removal<br />
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Telephone: 07949 455 189 or 0808 143 1310<br />
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Your local Carpet Fitter<br />
in Wanstead<br />
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Carpets Planned, Supplied & Fitted<br />
Mob: 07778 015 104<br />
Email: gramlick@hotmail.com<br />
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Catholic Independent<br />
Boys’ School<br />
Open Morning<br />
Thursday 28 th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong>, 9.30am – 11.30am<br />
Come and spend the morning at<br />
our school, with a guided tour<br />
and the opportunity to meet our<br />
Head, staff and pupils.<br />
Ranking 39th in the Sunday<br />
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• Small classes • 11+ preparation<br />
• Pupils of all faiths welcome • High academic results<br />
Call the school office on 020 8504 7372 to arrange a tour<br />
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Friends at work<br />
In the second of two articles looking at the work taking place to<br />
improve Wanstead Park, the Friends of Wanstead Parklands’ chairman<br />
Peter Brimson expresses concerns over the condition of the park’s lakes<br />
I<br />
was elected as chairman of the Friends<br />
of Wanstead Parklands earlier this year.<br />
Last month, I reported on the positive<br />
developments in the works concerning<br />
Wanstead Park’s Temple (the visitor centre)<br />
and the historic Grotto remains.<br />
© Geoff Wilkinson<br />
The condition of the park’s lakes, however,<br />
gives fewer grounds for optimism. The<br />
Corporation of London (who manage the<br />
park) has made a firm commitment of £1.15m<br />
to strengthen the dams in the lake cascade.<br />
The finance is committed as a requirement<br />
of the Environment Agency to prevent<br />
dam failure in the event of flooding or the<br />
earth dams drying out in a drought. These<br />
works are necessary, and should start in<br />
autumn 2024, but will do nothing for the<br />
most visible problem: the drying out of the<br />
Ornamental Water.<br />
The Corporation of London is prepared to<br />
fund pumping water from the River Roding<br />
into the Ornamental Water during the winter<br />
months. Unfortunately, this requires a licence<br />
from the Environment Agency, which has<br />
not so far been forthcoming. We hope the<br />
Environment Agency will grant a licence in the<br />
foreseeable future, but there is no guarantee.<br />
If the licence is withheld, there is no other<br />
major source of water replenishment, which<br />
would lead to the current state of drying<br />
remaining indefinitely.<br />
Another possible source of at least some water<br />
for the lakes was a series of small drainage<br />
schemes that would channel excess water<br />
from roads, the golf course and other adjacent<br />
land into the water bodies. The scheme<br />
failed to attract funding from the Greater<br />
London Association. At the June Epping<br />
Forest Consultative Group, the Corporation<br />
of London was asked about how the scheme<br />
The dry, cracked bed of<br />
the Ornamental Water<br />
might be taken forward. The reply was<br />
that a further consultant’s report would be<br />
commissioned. No doubt the search for funds<br />
for this scheme will continue, but once again,<br />
there are no guarantees.<br />
Looking at the longer term, I have to flag<br />
up the risk to the future of both Perch Pond<br />
and Heronry Pond. At present, the Heronry<br />
Pond is prone to considerable leakage. There<br />
has been a long-term failure on the part of<br />
the Corporation of London to fix these leaks.<br />
However, both Heronry Pond and Perch Pond<br />
are kept full by pumping water into them from<br />
an underlying aquifer. This is a most welcome<br />
arrangement, but again, it does depend<br />
on a licence from the Environment Agency<br />
to continue pumping. The current licence<br />
expires in 2028 and there is no guarantee the<br />
renewal will be granted given the looming<br />
water shortages in London and the South<br />
East. I sincerely hope pumping will continue<br />
post-2028, as without this water supply – and<br />
the leaks being repaired – the lakes will simply<br />
drain away.<br />
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Wanstead Parklands, visit wnstd.com/fwp<br />
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Garden Design,<br />
Construction<br />
& Maintenance<br />
For a Garden to suit your needs<br />
• For gardens large or small • Friendly, reliable service<br />
• Free initial consultation<br />
Contact Tony Sephton B.Eng<br />
Tel: 020 8521 4225 Mob: 07940 715 221<br />
Email: tonysephton66@gmail.com<br />
29, Melville Road, Walthamstow E17 6QS<br />
Local Property<br />
Maintenance Specialist<br />
‣ Painting & Decorating<br />
‣ Laminate Flooring<br />
‣ Bath & Shower Re-siliconing<br />
‣ Gutters Cleared & Repaired<br />
‣ Call Out Maintenance<br />
‣ Carpentry<br />
‣ Insurance Work<br />
‣ Odd Jobs<br />
Estimates are free and you will find me competitively priced with no hidden<br />
charges. I have Public Liability Insurance. References can be provided from<br />
homeowners, landlords and letting agents.<br />
Call Stuart on 07917 870879<br />
or email stuartgreenpropertysolutions@gmail.com<br />
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Our Lady of Lourdes<br />
Primary School<br />
Why should you choose<br />
Our Lady of Lourdes<br />
Primary School?<br />
Consistently a top 20% school nationally for<br />
academic performance (year on year significantly<br />
above the national average)<br />
Choose from over 30 extra-curricular clubs that<br />
help to develop individual interests and talents<br />
Outstanding pastoral care within a vibrant<br />
community built on kindness<br />
Come and find out what everyone is talking about!<br />
Please contact us via Tel: 020 8989 9521 or email us<br />
at admin@ourladyoflourdes.redbridge.sch.uk<br />
to book a tour of the school<br />
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1-2 Johnston Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0XA<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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AVON HOUSE<br />
PREPARATORY SCHOOL<br />
Independent Prep School For Children Aged 3-11 Years<br />
OPEN MORNING<br />
Friday 22 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong>, 9am to 11am<br />
• 3+ Years Entry<br />
• 4+ Years Entry<br />
• 7+ Years Entry<br />
• Small Class Sizes<br />
• Specialist Subject Teachers<br />
• Extensive Sports Facilities<br />
• Co-Curricular Clubs<br />
• Qualified School Nurse<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong> fees from £3,800 per term / £11,400 annual<br />
To book your place, contact:<br />
admissions@ahsprep.co.uk / 020 8504 1749<br />
490-492 High Road, Woodford Green, IG8 0PN<br />
www.avonhouseschool.co.uk<br />
• SENCO Support<br />
• Wraparound Care<br />
• Holiday Clubs<br />
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The Law, Seriously<br />
Derek Inkpin from local solicitors Axiom DWFM takes the law seriously,<br />
but even he knows sometimes the law can be an ass… especially if<br />
you get a bit tipsy in a pub<br />
We are surrounded by laws and<br />
regulations every day of our lives,<br />
the dos and don’ts which regulate<br />
society and all of us in it. However, against<br />
the serious background of most rules, the<br />
following bizarre laws still exist.<br />
• The Licencing Act 1872 makes it clear you<br />
can’t be drunk in a pub, and since 2003, bar<br />
staff cannot legally serve drunk people.<br />
Time to practice your sober face.<br />
• The Madhouses Act 1774 restricts property<br />
owners to one “lunatic” per residence.<br />
• If you fire a cannon within 300 yards of<br />
residential properties, you will commit an<br />
offence under the Metropolitan Police Act<br />
1839. (So, measure out 301 yards to avoid an<br />
issue).<br />
• If you want to avoid a library fine,<br />
confirmation that you have cholera should<br />
do the trick under section 25 of the Public<br />
Health (Control of Disease) Act 1985.<br />
• If your alarm goes off at 3am, failing to stop<br />
it breaks the Clean Neighbourhoods and<br />
Environment Act 2005.<br />
• You can be annoying in public, unless you<br />
go to the library, in which case, irritating<br />
someone there would be contrary to the<br />
Library Offences Acts of 1888 and 2005.<br />
• Unless you don’t mind a £500 fine, don’t<br />
carry a plank or ladder on a pathway.<br />
That would be against section 54 of the<br />
Metropolitan Police Act 1839.<br />
• Knock down ginger (you remember,<br />
knocking and scarpering for fun) is illegal<br />
and could land you with a £500 fine.<br />
• Whatever you do, don’t beat your dusty rug<br />
in the street. Pollution is OK, but giving your<br />
neighbour a tickly throat is definitely out.<br />
• Singing obscene lyrics in the street is an<br />
offence; just hum the dodgy parts to avoid<br />
a fine. Yes, it’s that Metropolitan Police Act<br />
1839 again.<br />
• Everyone knows you cannot open someone<br />
else’s mail, but delaying the post contradicts<br />
the Postal Services Act 2000, so no chatting<br />
to the postie, please.<br />
• Looking guilty holding a salmon suggests<br />
you are a poacher and therefore liable for<br />
an offence under the Salmon Act 1986.<br />
• A bye-law passed by Daventry District<br />
Council in 2015 prescribes that failing<br />
to produce an empty poo bag when<br />
challenged could result in a £100 fine.<br />
So, now you’ve been told.<br />
Axiom DWFM 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 />
We are a small family tree surgery business based in east London<br />
that offers a range of arboricultural services: everything from<br />
trimming small front garden privet hedges to pollarding or felling<br />
fully mature trees.<br />
± Tree removal<br />
± Crown lifting, reduction, thinning<br />
± Hedge trimming<br />
± Local family business<br />
± Fully insured<br />
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Phone: 0208 530 4159 or 07795 903216<br />
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Edwards Duthie Shamash<br />
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Your local<br />
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Here to help both employees and employers.<br />
Employees:<br />
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• Discrimination<br />
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• Employment disputes<br />
• Settlement agreements<br />
• Flexible working requests<br />
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• HR support<br />
• Redundancy/business re-organisations<br />
• Disciplinary or grievances<br />
• Termination of employment<br />
Call us: 020 8475 7401<br />
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OAK LODGE, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, WANSTEAD<br />
£195,000 L/H<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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South Woodford, Woodford Green<br />
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020 8530 3333<br />
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Sometimes you see it, sometimes you<br />
don’t, but if you walk across Lake<br />
House Road from Jubilee Pond, or<br />
take the rough route over the ant hills in<br />
that same direction, you may discover a<br />
small, semi-permanent pond that goes by<br />
the curious name of Cat and Dog Pond. The<br />
site presumably gets its name from the fact<br />
that it’s only visible when it’s been raining<br />
‘cats and dogs’.<br />
First shown in an 1863 map as a body of water<br />
with a course going towards Harrow Lane<br />
(now Harrow Road), it was possibly a sluice to<br />
help drain the road. Another line on the map<br />
shows a ditch or water course running toward<br />
an area of the Flats known as the Brickfield.<br />
Early reports, when the area was used for<br />
mining clay and gravel for brickmaking,<br />
mention a water course there.<br />
If you’re lucky enough, you will see the pond<br />
filled with water, and then next time you visit,<br />
it’s gone, choked by undergrowth and lost<br />
from view.<br />
It may have come to your attention that a few<br />
of us have being doing a bit of work at this<br />
old, neglected site over the past few years.<br />
The pond was in danger of drying out and<br />
becoming scrubbed over, threatening the<br />
amphibians, invertebrates and water birds<br />
that depend on it. In an effort to reverse this<br />
onslaught and restore this historic landscape,<br />
channels have been dug around the pond to<br />
form a network of ditches – a Wanstead Flats<br />
Wetlands – with tall rushes rising around the<br />
edge of the waterscape and birds fleeting<br />
between the reeds and bushes.<br />
of trousers, many gloves, three buckets, a visit<br />
to A&E and the unavoidable conclusion that I<br />
hadn’t a clue as to what I was doing.<br />
It did look quite impressive over that first<br />
winter as the rain filled the pond. Water<br />
actually remained throughout the first<br />
summer, bringing in the butterflies, damsels,<br />
dragonflies and, of course, frogs and newts.<br />
Last year, the weather turned against us and<br />
warned of what’s coming down the line as<br />
the climate catastrophe takes hold. The frogs<br />
managed to get out before the pond dried<br />
up, but I’m not sure the newts were so lucky.<br />
The drought also clobbered the planting<br />
we’d done around the site and, at one point,<br />
it looked like we lost most of the 200-plus<br />
trees and shrubs we had put in. Come the rain<br />
in August and <strong>September</strong>, we were pleased<br />
to see many bouncing back. Not that you’ll<br />
see many of them this year as the grass has<br />
swamped everything and – with the help<br />
of burrowing critters – has made it a bit<br />
dangerous to guess where the paths are, so<br />
take care!<br />
We will be back (once the autumn migration<br />
is over in October) as this is a job that<br />
keeps on giving! Thanks to all my team<br />
of volunteers, especially Mark Thomas,<br />
Sean K, Sean T (aka JF), Tony Abbott and not<br />
forgetting Trevor ‘The Mole’.<br />
Getting permission from the authorities to<br />
go ahead with the project was, I assumed,<br />
going to be the hardest part. That naive<br />
assumption was put to bed the first<br />
day of diving into the reeds. Get<br />
a fork in, dig out the reeds,<br />
plant them further down<br />
the ditches – easy. Not!<br />
So, here we are, three<br />
years on, seven pairs of<br />
wellingtons, one broken<br />
fork, one spade, six pairs<br />
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Group, visit wnstd.com/wren<br />
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Only when<br />
it rains<br />
Wren Wildlife Group member Nick Croft shares his<br />
experience of breathing life back into Cat and Dog Pond<br />
on Wanstead Flats. Additional words by Tony Morrison.<br />
Photo by Mary Holden<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Independent Co-educational Day School For 3 - 11 Years<br />
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Creative Giftware<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
85<br />
ESTABLISHED BUILDERS SINCE 1985<br />
Our building projects cover areas in<br />
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BARTLETT<br />
FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER<br />
2130-0130<br />
'ALWAYS FREE'<br />
Local legends invite friends and music heads<br />
for a night of Soul, Funk, Rare Groove, and<br />
Boogie! One for the fan’s of 70’s and 80’s music,<br />
always a busy night.<br />
DUKEBOX<br />
PRESENTS ADAM ENGLISH -<br />
HOSPITALITY SPECIAL<br />
SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER<br />
7PM – 9PM<br />
'ALWAYS FREE'<br />
The official after party for the Wanstead<br />
Festival, offering special hospitality<br />
discounts.<br />
Sure to be a crowd pleaser!<br />
A NIGHT WITH TIEMPO TEQUILA<br />
FRIDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER<br />
7PM-10PM<br />
"ALWAYS FREE"<br />
A night of curated cocktails and tequilla<br />
tasting with our signature Tiempo Tequilla.<br />
WEST HAM - CHAMPIONS OF<br />
EUROPE - FOOTBALL QUIZ!<br />
WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER<br />
8PM – 11PM<br />
£8 PP // 2-6 PER TEAM<br />
How well do you know the current<br />
Champions of Europe, West Ham United?<br />
Step up & show up your knowledge.<br />
Burger deal available with quiz entry.<br />
BOOK NOW ON<br />
THE DUKE “ALL DAYER BBQ”<br />
WITH ETHICAL BUTCHER<br />
SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER<br />
'ALWAYS FREE'<br />
The best of our regenerative meats,<br />
sourced from the Ethical Butcher.<br />
Damn delicious fresh BBQ food, cooked in<br />
our garden area. Good vibes & good food.<br />
BOOK TABLE VIA<br />
90'S FOOTBALL QUIZ<br />
WEDNESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER<br />
8PM – 11PM<br />
£8 PP // 2-6 PER TEAM<br />
Relive the golden days of football, is your<br />
knowledge up to par?<br />
Burger deal available with quiz entry.<br />
BOOK NOW ON<br />
DISCOVOLANTE DJ'S<br />
EVERY FRIDAY<br />
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EVERY SUNDAY<br />
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Community events<br />
ESSEX ART CLUB<br />
AUTUMN EXHIBITION<br />
A variety of works will be available for sale.<br />
Date: Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 <strong>September</strong><br />
Time: 10am–5pm (until 4.30pm on Sunday)<br />
Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: essexartclub.co.uk<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
VINTAGE FAIR<br />
Including fashion, jewellery and books.<br />
Date: Saturday 2 <strong>September</strong><br />
Time: 10.30am–4.30pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead United Reformed Church<br />
Cost: £2.50 Enquiries: wansteadvintage.com<br />
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LOCAL MAKERS<br />
MARKET<br />
Including screen prints, ceramics, jewellery,<br />
homewares and textiles.<br />
Date: Saturday 2 <strong>September</strong> Time: 11am–4.30pm<br />
Venue: Christ Church Hall, E11 2SW<br />
Cost: free entry Enquiries: wnstd.com/makers<br />
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POND DIP IN<br />
WANSTEAD PARK<br />
Date: Sunday 3 <strong>September</strong> Time: 2pm<br />
Venue: Shoulder of Mutton Pond, Wanstead Park<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wrengroup.org.uk<br />
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WANSTEAD & WOODFORD<br />
WEA FILM CLUB<br />
A screening of Hit the Road (2021).<br />
Date: Monday 4 <strong>September</strong> Time: 12.30pm<br />
Venue: Odeon, South Woodford, E18 2QL<br />
Cost: 20p plus the cinema’s usual charges<br />
Enquiries: weafilmclub18@gmail.com<br />
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NHS RETIREMENT<br />
FELLOWSHIP<br />
For retired NHS and social care staff.<br />
Date: Monday 4 <strong>September</strong> Time: 2pm<br />
Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes, E11 2PR<br />
Cost: £2 Enquiries: 020 8514 8286<br />
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HITCHCOCK’S<br />
LEYTONSTONE<br />
A presentation by tour guide Gary Lewis for<br />
the Wanstead Historical Society.<br />
Date: Monday 4 <strong>September</strong> Time: 8pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: £3 Enquiries: 07949 026 212<br />
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A WALK IN THE WOODS:<br />
WANSTEAD FLATS<br />
Hosted by Tinder Sticks.<br />
Date: Tuesday 5 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–12pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Flats, Capel Road, E11 2LT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/tindersticks<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
COMMUNITY MARKET<br />
Date: Sunday 3 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–3pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead High Street<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: aceeventsltd.co.uk<br />
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BEREAVEMENT CAFÉ<br />
AFTERNOON SESSION<br />
Date: Tuesday 5 <strong>September</strong> Time: 2–3pm<br />
Venue: St Mary’s Church, South Woodford<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: 020 8505 3000<br />
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HITCHCOCK: THE<br />
HOLLYWOOD YEARS<br />
An illustrated talk by tour guide Gary Lewis.<br />
Date: Wednesday 6 <strong>September</strong> Time: 8pm<br />
Venue: Hethcote & Star, Leytonstone, E11 4EA<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: leytonstonefestival.org.uk<br />
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DEATH CAFÉ<br />
AFTERNOON SESSION<br />
Talk openly about death and dying in a<br />
safe and confidential space. Open to all.<br />
Refreshments provided.<br />
Date: Friday 8 <strong>September</strong> Time: 1–3pm<br />
Venue: Chestnut Manor Care Home, Wanstead<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/cmdc<br />
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OPEN WEEKEND AT THE<br />
TEMPLE IN WANSTEAD PARK<br />
Explore Wanstead Park’s visitor centre.<br />
Date: Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 <strong>September</strong><br />
Time: 12–5pm<br />
Venue: the Temple, Wanstead Park, E11 2LT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/temple<br />
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EAST LONDON ME/CFS<br />
SUPPORT GROUP<br />
Conversation, information and support.<br />
Date: Saturday 9 <strong>September</strong> Time: 2.30–5pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: by donation Enquiries: 07957 152 566<br />
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WANSTEAD PARK<br />
LITTER PICK<br />
Help keep the park tidy. Hosted by the Friends<br />
of Wanstead Parklands.<br />
Date: Sunday 10 <strong>September</strong> Time: 11am<br />
Venue: the Temple, Wanstead Park, E11 2LT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wansteadpark.org.uk<br />
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VALENTINES MANSION<br />
WEDDING VENUE SHOWCASE<br />
Find out more about weddings at Valentines<br />
Mansion whilst sampling canapés and a glass<br />
of prosecco. Booking required.<br />
Date: Sunday 10 <strong>September</strong> Time: 11am–5pm<br />
Venue: Valentines Mansion & Gardens, IG1 4XA<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: 020 8708 8105<br />
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A WALK IN THE WOODS:<br />
WANSTEAD PARK<br />
A discovery walk around the park looking for<br />
signs of autumn. Hosted by Tinder Sticks.<br />
Date: Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong> Time: 1–3pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Park, E11 2LT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/tindersticks<br />
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KEEPING IT LOCAL<br />
WANSTEAD<br />
An informal gathering for local business<br />
owners to network and socialise.<br />
Date: Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong> Time: 7pm<br />
Venue: Dama de Elche, Cambridge Park, E11 2PU<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/kilw<br />
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THE BLACK GARDENER:<br />
GARDENING ON A BUDGET<br />
A talk by Danny Clarke (The Black Gardener)<br />
for the Aldersbrook Horticultural Society.<br />
Date: Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: Aldersbrook Bowls Club, E12 5DY<br />
Cost: £5 Enquiries: wnstd.com/ahs<br />
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THE ART OF<br />
HIERONYMUS BOSCH<br />
A lecture by Dr Paula Nuttall for The Arts<br />
Society, Woodford Green. Visitors welcome.<br />
Date: Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong> Time: 8pm<br />
Venue: Bancroft’s School, High Road, IG8 0RF<br />
Cost: donation Enquiries: wnstd.com/artssociety<br />
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RSPB TALK:<br />
ICELAND AND BACK<br />
A talk for the North East London Local Group<br />
of the RSPB by Brian Nobbs.<br />
Date: Tuesday 12 <strong>September</strong> Time: 8pm<br />
Venue: St Mary’s Church, South Woodford<br />
Cost: £4.50 Enquiries: wnstd.com/rspb<br />
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ELECTRONIC<br />
KEYBOARD CONCERT<br />
An East London and Essex Electronic Keyboard<br />
Club event featuring Chris Stanbury.<br />
Date: Wednesday 13 <strong>September</strong> Time: 7.15pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: £12; under-16s: £2 Enquiries: 020 8530 3717<br />
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New Essex Choir<br />
Open Rehearsal Friday 29 th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 7:30pm<br />
If you enjoy singing, come and join us at our Open Rehearsal as<br />
we prepare for our Christmas concert. There’s no obligation to<br />
join and we are a non-audition choir open to everyone.<br />
We meet in Barkingside most Friday evenings during school<br />
terms with a concert at the end of each term.<br />
See www.newessexchoral.org.uk/join-us for more information,<br />
including sample recordings of previous concerts<br />
To let us know you are coming or ask any questions you can<br />
email info@newessexchoral.org.uk or call 07785 767 361.<br />
Sing for fun! Sing for health! Sing with friends!<br />
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OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND:<br />
ILFORD HOSPITAL CHAPEL<br />
Guided tours and refreshments.<br />
Date: Saturday 16 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–4pm<br />
Venue: Hospital Chapel, Ilford Hill, IG1 2AT<br />
Cost: free entry Enquiries: 020 8514 8286<br />
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CRAFT FAIR AT CHESTNUT<br />
MANOR CARE HOME<br />
A variety of stalls, with refreshments available.<br />
Date: Saturday 16 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–4pm<br />
Venue: Chestnut Manor Care Home, Wanstead<br />
Cost: free entry Enquiries: 0203 871 6070<br />
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RELAXED CONCERT AT<br />
CHRIST CHURCH<br />
Professional performers will sing popular<br />
tunes from stage and screen.<br />
Date: Saturday 16 <strong>September</strong> Time: 3pm<br />
Venue: Christ Church, Wanstead Place, E11 2SW<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/songhaven<br />
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RSPB WALK ON<br />
WANSTEAD FLATS<br />
Hosted by the North East London Local Group<br />
of the RSPB. Visitors welcome.<br />
Date: Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong> Time: 9am<br />
Venue: Wanstead Flats, Centre Road<br />
Cost: £3 Enquiries: 07582 996 315<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
COMMUNITY MARKET<br />
A market alongside the Wanstead Festival.<br />
Date: Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–5pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead High Street<br />
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OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL:<br />
WANSTEAD HERITAGE WALK<br />
Date: Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–12pm<br />
Venue: meet at Wanstead Station, E11 2NT<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: wnstd.com/whw<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
FESTIVAL <strong>2023</strong><br />
Date: Sunday 17 <strong>September</strong> Time: 11am–6pm<br />
Venue: Christ Church Green, Wanstead<br />
Cost: free entry Enquiries: wnstd.com/festival<br />
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FLOWER ARRANGING<br />
DEMONSTRATION<br />
Kathy Stangaard presents to the Woodford<br />
and District Floral Arrangement Group.<br />
Visitors welcome.<br />
Date: Monday 18 <strong>September</strong> Time: 7.30–9.45pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: £7 Enquiries: 020 8508 9765<br />
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BEREAVEMENT CAFÉ<br />
MORNING SESSION<br />
For people struggling with feelings of loss.<br />
Date: Tuesday 19 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10.30–11.30am<br />
Venue: Christ Church, Wanstead Place, E11 2SW<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: 020 8505 3000<br />
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WANSTEAD<br />
STAMP FAIR<br />
Including postcards, cigarette cards, phone<br />
cards and philatelic accessories.<br />
Date: Saturday 23 <strong>September</strong> Time: 10am–3pm<br />
Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes, E11 2PR<br />
Cost: free Enquiries: 07534 496 845<br />
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ESSEX WILDLIFE<br />
TRUST PRESENTATION<br />
A talk by Rich Yates for the Woodford and<br />
District Centre of the National Trust. Visitors<br />
welcome.<br />
Date: Wednesday 27 <strong>September</strong> Time: 2.30pm<br />
Venue: All Saints Church Hall, Woodford Green<br />
Cost: £3 Enquiries: 07774 164 407<br />
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A SCHOOLGIRL’S WAR:<br />
SCHOOL LIFE IN WWII<br />
A presentation by Mary Smith for the East of<br />
London Family History Society.<br />
Date: Wednesday 27 <strong>September</strong> Time: 7.30pm<br />
Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road<br />
Cost: £3 Enquiries: 07762 514 238<br />
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MACMILLAN COFFEE<br />
MORNING<br />
Hosted by Francis & C Walters Funeralcare.<br />
Date: Friday 29 <strong>September</strong> Time: 11am–2pm<br />
Venue: 121 High Street, Wanstead, E11 2RL<br />
Enquiries: diana.varakina@coop.co.uk<br />
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St John's Leytonstone E111HH<br />
Saturday<br />
9th <strong>September</strong> 7.30pm<br />
Passing Open Windows<br />
A Symphonic Tribute to<br />
by Dee Palmer<br />
Thames Valley<br />
Festival Orchestra<br />
Tickets £16<br />
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Local community groups<br />
ALDERSBROOK LINE DANCING CLUB<br />
Thursday evenings (8pm to 10pm) at<br />
Aldersbrook Bowls Club (£4). Beginners<br />
welcome. Call 07983 618 856<br />
ALDERSBROOK BOWLS CLUB<br />
New members welcome. Located at<br />
34 Aldersbrook Road, Aldersbrook, E12 5DY.<br />
Call 020 8989 8282<br />
ALLAN BURGESS CENTRE<br />
Offering a wide range of activities for the<br />
over-55s. Freshly cooked two-course lunches<br />
available (£7; booking required). Located at<br />
2 Grove Park, Wanstead. Call 020 8989 6338<br />
EAST LONDON AND ESSEX ELECTRONIC<br />
KEYBOARD CLUB<br />
Concerts held every second Wednesday of the<br />
month from 7.50pm to 10.15pm at Wanstead<br />
Library (visitors: £12). Call 020 8530 3717<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 />
EAST LONDON ME GROUP<br />
Support group for those with ME/CFS.<br />
Meetings held at Wanstead House at various<br />
dates throughout the year. Call 07957 152566<br />
or email ianpurser81@gmail.com<br />
NCT REDBRIDGE & DISTRICT<br />
Offering support and information to parents<br />
and parents-to-be. Call 0300 330 0700<br />
THE EAST OF LONDON<br />
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY<br />
Fourth Wednesday of every month, 7.30pm<br />
at Wanstead Library. Free entry. Call<br />
020 8530 4514 or visit eolfhs.org.uk<br />
WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD BLIND CLUB<br />
Social club for people with sight problems<br />
meeting Thursday afternoons (2pm to 4pm) in<br />
South Woodford. Call 07840 850 838<br />
WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD<br />
CENTENARY FILM CLUB<br />
Meets on the first Monday of each month<br />
(except August), 12.30pm at the Odeon, South<br />
Woodford (the cinema’s usual charges apply).<br />
Email weafilmclub18@gmail.com<br />
WANSTEAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />
Meeting on the first Monday of the month<br />
(<strong>September</strong> to May) from 8pm at Wanstead<br />
Library. Call 07949 026 212<br />
WANSTEAD SOCIETY<br />
Making Wanstead a better place to live and<br />
work. Visit wansteadsociety.org.uk<br />
WOODFORD AND DISTRICT FLORAL<br />
ARRANGEMENT GROUP<br />
A floral demonstration and refreshments<br />
every third Monday of the month, 7.30pm at<br />
Wanstead Library. Cost: £5. Call 020 8530 2427<br />
WOODFORD AND WANSTEAD<br />
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY<br />
Meeting virtually or at Wanstead House every<br />
Monday to share photography tips and advice.<br />
Visit wnstd.com/wwps<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com
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Useful numbers in and around Wanstead<br />
ADVICE & SUPPORT<br />
Samaritans116 123<br />
Citizens Advice Redbridge 0300 330 9063<br />
Community Legal Advice 0845 345 4 345<br />
National Debtline 0808 808 4000<br />
HEALTH<br />
Whipps Cross Hospital 020 8539 5522<br />
Wanstead Pharmacy 020 8989 0597<br />
The Evergreen Surgery 020 8518 8746<br />
Wanstead Place Clinic 020 8926 1450<br />
Wanstead Place Surgery 020 8989 1968<br />
Wanstead Village<br />
Dental & Health Centre 020 8530 2126<br />
Out of hours GP 020 3770 1888<br />
LEISURE & LIBRARIES<br />
Wanstead Leisure Centre 020 8989 1172<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 020 8509 6526<br />
Wanstead Library 020 8708 7400<br />
Aldersbrook Library 020 8496 0006<br />
IN THE BUILDING TRADE FOR 30 YEARS<br />
LOCAL COUNCILLORS Wanstead Village ward<br />
Jo Blackman (Lab) 07435 258 060<br />
jo.blackman@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Paul Donovan (Lab) 07741 197 406<br />
paul.donovan@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Daniel Morgan-Thomas (Lab) 07741 194 993<br />
daniel.morgan-thomas@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
LOCAL COUNCILLORS Wanstead Park ward<br />
Sheila Bain (Lab) 07741 904 843<br />
sheila.bain@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Bayo Alaba (Lab) 07918 273 096<br />
bayo.alaba@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
LOCAL MP Leyton and Wanstead<br />
John Cryer MP (Lab) 020 8989 5249<br />
johncryermp.co.uk<br />
LOCAL MP Chingford and Woodford Green<br />
Iain Duncan Smith MP (Con) 020 7219 3000<br />
iainduncansmith.org.uk<br />
POLICE & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH<br />
Emergency 999<br />
Non-emergency 101<br />
Crimestoppers0800 555 111<br />
Anti-terrorist Hotline0800 789 321<br />
Neighbourhood Watch redbridgenhw.info<br />
Wanstead Village SNT 020 8345 3616<br />
Wanstead Park SNT 020 8345 3616<br />
REDBRIDGE COUNCIL<br />
Customer contact centre 020 8554 5000<br />
Council Tax enquiries 020 8708 5670<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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ACCOUNTANTS<br />
THP Chartered Accountants 53 & 60<br />
ACTING LESSONS<br />
Little Actors Theatre 4<br />
The Acting Space16<br />
ADULT EDUCATION<br />
Redbridge Institute 97<br />
AERIALS<br />
Aerials Direct 76<br />
BALLET<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 95<br />
BATHROOMS<br />
Bathworks 47<br />
The Bathroom Fitting Company82<br />
BEAUTY<br />
The Beauty Spot 9<br />
BOOKS<br />
Wanstead Bookshop48<br />
BUILDERS<br />
Finch Contracts42<br />
Glenward 85<br />
North London Loft Rooms33<br />
Trim Loft Conversions72<br />
CARPENTRY & JOINERY<br />
K&D Joinery 87<br />
CARPET CLEANING<br />
Safeclean Chigwell66<br />
CARPET FITTER<br />
Geoffrey Gramlick66<br />
CHARITIES<br />
Barnardo’s61<br />
British Heart Foundation60<br />
Oxfam61<br />
Saint Francis Hospice60<br />
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES<br />
Little Actors Theatre 4<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 95<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 63<br />
Tumble Tots 36<br />
Wanstead Festival 1<br />
COMMUNITY & GROUPS<br />
Leytonstone Wanstead Synagogue 6<br />
Wanstead House49 & 61<br />
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE<br />
Computer Solutions 36 & 58<br />
DANCE LESSONS<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 95<br />
DECORATORS<br />
Jason’s Decorating94<br />
MG Décor42<br />
DENTIST<br />
Smile in London61 & 69<br />
Woodford House15<br />
DOORS<br />
Garolla84<br />
K&D Joinery 87<br />
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ELDERLY CARE<br />
Caremark Redbridge 4<br />
Chestnut Manor Care Home5<br />
Homesdale54 & 60<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
SW Radley Electrical Contractors62<br />
ESTATE AGENTS<br />
Churchill Estates78–79<br />
Martin & Co 55<br />
Petty Son & Prestwich31<br />
The Stow Brothers45<br />
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES<br />
All Saints Chorus & Orchestra99<br />
Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson27<br />
Thames Valley Festival Orchestra 93<br />
The Duke & Street Party88 & 100<br />
The Parish of Wanstead14<br />
Wanstead Beer Festival7<br />
Wanstead Comedy Nights29<br />
Wanstead Festival 1<br />
Wanstead Fringe 19–25<br />
FISHMONGER<br />
Wanstead Fish60<br />
FITNESS<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 63<br />
FLORIST<br />
Lillies of Wanstead12 & 61<br />
FOOT HEALTHCARE<br />
FAB Footcare 58<br />
FOSTERING<br />
Ryancare Fostering61<br />
GARAGE DOORS<br />
Garolla84<br />
GARAGE SERVICES<br />
DC Dodd Motor Repairs46<br />
GARDENS & LANDSCAPING<br />
Growing Gardens 70<br />
Weald Hall Landscapes 58<br />
GIFTS<br />
Creative Giftware84<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
E18 Handyman96<br />
Stuart Green Property Solutions 70<br />
HEALTH<br />
Meducate10<br />
INSURANCE<br />
Charles Crown Insurance 11<br />
JEWELLERS<br />
Keating Jewellers 8 & 60<br />
KITCHENS<br />
London Kitchen Designer13<br />
LOCKSMITH<br />
Barry & Sons40<br />
LOFT CONVERSIONS<br />
North London Loft Rooms33<br />
Trim Loft Conversions72<br />
MORTGAGE ADVISOR<br />
Charles Crown Financial 11<br />
OSTEOPATH<br />
Wanstead Osteopaths61<br />
PHARMACY<br />
Wanstead Pharmacy60<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Geoff Wilkinson40 & 60<br />
PLASTERING<br />
Heritage Plaster Services 43<br />
PLUMBING & HEATING<br />
Heating Plus41<br />
POLITICS<br />
John Cryer MP62<br />
PUB<br />
The Duke88 & 100<br />
RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS<br />
The Bungalow Café61<br />
ROOFING<br />
Cox and Sons Roofing46<br />
SCHOOLS & NURSERIES<br />
Avon House Prep School73<br />
Loyola Preparatory School 67<br />
Our Lady of Lourdes School71<br />
St Aubyn’s School37<br />
Woodford Green Prep School 83<br />
SINGING<br />
New Essex Choir91<br />
SOLICITORS<br />
Axiom DWFM75<br />
Edwards Duthie Shamash77<br />
SPORT & LEISURE<br />
Sylvestrian Leisure Centre 63<br />
Wanstead Golf Club34–35<br />
THEATRE<br />
Wanstead Theatre Co27<br />
TOURS<br />
Hitchcock Talks & Tours57<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Scott Whitehead Trees 76<br />
WASTE DISPOSAL<br />
Arbis Waste Disposal 36<br />
WEB DESIGN<br />
Klarity Media90<br />
WEDDING VENUE<br />
Valentines Mansion2<br />
WILLS<br />
Brampton Wills & Estate Planning 4<br />
WINDOW RESTORATION<br />
McCarty & Smith 59<br />
WINDOW SHUTTERS<br />
Woodthorpe Joinery 50–51<br />
YOGA<br />
Yoga For Everyone 4<br />
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<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
99<br />
All Saints Chorus and Orchestra<br />
presents<br />
V I V A L D I<br />
GLORIA<br />
BACH Concerto for Violin & Oboe<br />
FRANCK Panis Angelicus<br />
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine<br />
CULLEN Friendship Motet<br />
HANDEL Arrival of the Queen of Sheba<br />
Saturday <strong>September</strong> 30th <strong>2023</strong><br />
7.00pm<br />
St. Gabriel’s Church<br />
12 Aldersbrook Road · London E12 5HH<br />
All Saints Chorus and Orchestra<br />
Conductor: Jon Cullen<br />
Soprano - Lucy Farrimond · Mezz-Soprano - Lucy Thalange<br />
Violin - Jonathan Strange · Oboe - Graham Salter<br />
Tickets: Adults £16 Concessions £12<br />
The All Saints Chorus and Orchestra’s<br />
performance of Handel’s Messiah was<br />
sold out. Early booking advised.<br />
Tickets available from Eventbrite, the church or by calling 07541 966720<br />
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LEYTONSTONE TAVERN<br />
BURGER & FRIES TRUCK<br />
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