Author: Wansteadium

Anyone ever wonder what is the point of local news blogs like Wansteadium? Well, here’s the answer: photos, as submitted by readers, of the Wanstead Village Dog Show.

Chris Darling, aged 14, sent this photo of Toby who won best puppy in show. Toby’s a nine-month-old cockerpoo.

Reader Camille sent the following photos of Tinkerbelle (right) and Suzie (left) showing off their prize rosettes with owners Louise and Heather after coming first and second in the ‘best old timer category.’ Carefully phrased.

This is Suzie the bichon frise getting ready for the ‘best fancy dress category.’ Camille writes she was unfortunately pipped to the post in this category by another bichon who goes by the name of Honey Boo-Boo. Honey Boo-Boo probably sees it differently.

And Kirsteen sent these images of a bucolic idyll. All the better since it normally rains.

Thanks to everyone.

The annual Wanstead Dog Show is taking place on Sunday. Details below. As is traditional, photos of dogs in the show are welcome. Please send photos or links to info@wansteadium.com

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “I was just passing through Hermon Hill to Chigwell Road when I spotted this wooden fence with these lovely flowers and greenery growing through it.”

… is a HOLD for Labour’s John Cryer. The full result, as presented here by the BBC, is :

Leyton & Wanstead returns Lab John Cryer with Green's Ashley Gunstock in 3rd place Election 2015 http://t.co/HnVc2fZ82R @Wansteadium

— Mark Stephens (@MarksLarks) May 8, 2015

And here’s Ilford North (which includes part of the Wansteadium heartland) which sees Wes Streeting, the deputy leader of Redbridge Council, becoming an MP at the age of 32.

Thank you to those Wansteadium readers who in the past month bought items from Amazon using the box on the side of this site. Each time anyone does that, Amazon gives us a few pence (though you don’t pay any extra), and these have added up to cover half our running costs for the month. So thank you for helping to keep Wansteadium going.

Just in case you’ve missed the election leaflets on your doormat, we’re pleased to bring you, in alphabetical order, scans of the leaflets from four of the five candidates standing in Leyton and Wanstead.* They have been collected by the excellent website ElectionLeaflets.org.  You can get the images in greater detail by clicking that link.

Rosumund Beattie, UKIP

John Cryer, Labour

Ashley Gunstock, Green

Carl Quilliam, Lib Dem

Matthew Scott, Conservative

*If anyone has a copy of leaflet on behalf of independent candidate Mahtab Aziz, please get in touch with us via wansteadium@gmail.com.