Author: Wansteadium

Gasworks on Blake Hall Road have made the traffic there even more of a pain than usual. There’s no shortage of venting on Twitter and elsewhere, and lots more to come after it was announced that the roadworks would go until October.

Blake Hall Road now renamed as Blake Hell Road due to gas works going on till the end of October (October!!) Cant go anywhere as it takes an absolute age to do so. #wanstead #blakehallroad #blakehellroad #roadchaos #walkingplaces

A photo posted by Moss Stitch (@gillusher) on Jul 25, 2015 at 7:09am PDT

@nationalgriduk How long are the road works on Blake Hall Rd , London (E12) going to be in place? The traffic is a nightmare! #noshowworkmen

— LMAPPY (@LMappy) July 28, 2015

@RedbridgeLive @nationalgriduk @RedbridgeBlue Why is no one working at #BlakeHallRoad? Causing chaos for far longer than necessary.

— Gary (@Glitch33) August 1, 2015

Just to make the road works at blake hall road even better the temporary traffic lights are now not working #class @TfLTrafficNews

— Frank Kain (@FrankKain) July 31, 2015

Seems the gas works on Blake Hall Road Wanstead will last until 30 October 2015. *kills self*

— Lucretia Borgia (@lucretiaborgia1) July 31, 2015

@TheWansteadtap as a pedestrian/runner, Blake Hall Road is always Blake Hell Road. Crossings set so far in favour of drivers it is obscene.

— Scott McMillan (@s_mcm_) July 30, 2015

@Wansteadium Appalling traffic conditions Blake Hall Road, Aldersbrook Road junction again. Avoid if poss – holes dug, no workers on site

— Avril York (@Threadtangle) July 24, 2015

But it’s not all bad news.

Despite tonight staring into bleak abyss of road works on Blake Hall Rd until end of Oct, on + side, found lost Kitchenaid mixer attachment

— Luci Gosling (@lucigosling) July 27, 2015

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Early warning to Wanstead folk. As part of this year’s Wanstead Fringe there will be a Wanstead-wide Jumble Trail, where you set up stalls outside your house for people to come and buy the things you don’t want any longer. Make sure the date is in your diary – and for more details see the flyer below.

From Geoff Wilkinson on Wanstead Daily Photo.

The elegant little garage on Church Path, I&K Brown, shut its doors for the final time on Friday evening, after 40 years serving Wanstead motorists. Wansteadium reader Faisal Nisar was probably their last customer – he was having his MoT done – and recorded the moment in these photographs.

@lovewanstead @Wansteadium having my MoT done at I&K Brown garage here at Wanstead and just discovered that today they close after 40 years

— Fas (@Flash01976) July 31, 2015

Messrs Brown and Brown are retiring, and Wansteadium wishes them very well. The plan is for the site to be redeveloped into three new houses – one four-bedroom and two three-bedrooms. The designs had caused some consternation – some living nearby objected to the modern design. Planning permission was however granted at the end of June this year.

 

THE WANSTEAD FRINGE IS COMING BACK FOR A THIRD YEAR!

This is just a bit of advance notice, but the dates are confirmed as Sat 5 to Sat 12 September – as in previous years it’s the week leading up to the Wanstead Festival, which will be held on Sunday the thirteenth.

The Fringe website is now live – you can see it here wansteadfringe.org – and though the programme isn’t yet released, there will be some of the old favourites… open air Kinema, comedy, music, and something for the brain too.  There’s also some advice if you want to organise an event yourself – there’s still time to do it.

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