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Wansteadium reader Neil Davies is the latest to spot a Wanstead-made coin-operated mechanism on his travels around the world. So far we’ve had two sightings from New Zealand and refuse to let this one drop until we have all five continents covered.
Wansteadium has form for obsessing about signs on Wanstead shops, as regular readers will know. But Wanstead Hairdressers on Woodbine Place is one of those iconic establishments where change -happily – happens glacially. A visitor from 50 years ago could still recognise the place.
The new window sign is accompanied by the refurbishment of some old and cool barbers’ chairs, and go with the green glass fittings which were installed a couple of years ago.
In our write-up of the 1987 Evening Standard profile of Wanstead which we ran on Saturday, we neglected to muse too much on the price of property. That was clearly what interested a lot of people though. Just to recap on the figures…
Let’s try to add some up-to-date figures, though of course it’s a bit tricky to compare like with like. We’ll do our best.
After last week’s signs of mortality, Jenny Schenck offers these beauties, taken at Perch Pond.
You can send your photos for Wanstead Weekly Photo to info@wansteadium.com
Regular Wansteadium contributor Marcus Tylor found this old page of a 1987 Evening Standard at the bottom of a cupboard. It paints a fascinating picture of how the paper saw Wanstead 30 years ago, and being published shortly after the great storm shows evidence of fallen trees on St Mary’s Ave.
The much-celebrated guerrilla gardeners, who cultivate and plant on odd bits of unloved ground all around Wanstead, are going legit.
Now officially known as the Wanstead Community Gardeners, they have a new home  on the web – and we’re delighted that it’s here on Wansteadium.
You can see more of their work at their page, and find out how to get in touch with them. Details of when they have their working parties will be listed on the Wanstead Social Diary.
