Year: 2012

Wanstead to get ice cream parlour

Wanstead High Street is to have an ice cream parlour in the shop recently vacated by One Deko.

It might be coming to the end of a disappointing summer (weather-wise), but the venture could do well. It is, for example, likely to effective at liberating pocket money from Wanstead High School pupils. It is also well-positioned for toddlers in Christchurch Green to make the most of their pester power.

Fans of high street diversity will be happy too.

Wanstead News roundup, 27.8.12; A new challenge, old battles & a minor mystery

* Wanstead and Snaresbrook Cricket Club staged a dramatic victory on Sunday to reach the finals of the Kingfisher Beer Cup, the national club championship. The final will be played on Sunday 16 September, but sadly in Derby rather than at Lord’s (nothing against Derby, but, you know).

* The Evergreen field – the usually untended but hugely valuable plot of land next to Christchurch Green – could be much in the news in the coming months. It is reported that the field has been sold and may now be the subject of a planning application. It was as a result of a campaign to stop development on this site that the Wanstead Society was originally formed. More here from the Wanstead Guardian.

* And a campaign is in full swing, backed by politicians from all the parties, to persuade the Metropolitan Police not to close Wanstead Police Station. It’s another rerun of an old battle. A special Area One sub committee meeting is being held on 14 September at 7.15 pm at Wanstead Library.

* Finally a minor mystery, brought to our attention by Wansteadium reader Matt. He writes: “I work in advertising, and recently had to find some footage from the 1980s for a mood film. Stay with me. While in the edit suite, someone walked in with a massive archive box full of DVDs from ITN, all containing archive footage. I picked out maybe 10 DVDs to look through, and started with one that sounded promising, so I threw in into my Mac and started flicking through it… The DVD started with a report on Mercury’s (remember them?) entrance to the pay phone market. The report started with a close up pull-back from a telephone box to a wide shot, I thought, ‘Blimey, I recognise that!’

Now I can’t imagine why you’d be so fussy as to send someone out to St Mary’s avenue from central London, so i’m guessing there was an ITN cameraman living in Wanstead in the 1980s. What were the chances of me coming across this shot? If you’re still awake, you can compare it with Streetview now.”


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So apart from reflecting on how time has not been kind to the institution of phone boxes, the minor mystery of why Wanstead would have featured in this obscure bit of film remains. Anyone got any answers?

No lions in Wanstead (probably)


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Filling Wanstead’s void

All round London people are scratching their dejected heads, wondering how they are going to fill the gaping hole in their lives now it’s time for ordinary life to resume.

But not in Wanstead. No. Wanstead folk have something special and shiny and new to treasure and pet and stroke. It’s the very first Wansteadium In Print, a real tangible publication that you can actually hold in your hands and read, even in the bath.

The first copies were given out during the Wanstead Festival, but if you are near the Larder, you can pick one up. Or click the image for a printable copy. Do let us know what you think – it’s probably no more than a flight of fancy, but we like it.

Update: You can also pick up a copy at Cafe Voyage at Snaresbrook station.

Wanstead’s party weekend

Wanstead’s party weekend – coinciding with the end of the Olympics – has begun with the arrival of artist Jeremy Deller’s inflatable Stonehenge on Christchurch Green.

We’ll be adding photos and tweets here all weekend. Either send directly to us at wansteadium@gmail.com or include @wansteadium on your tweets.