Wansteadium suspects it missed the actual day of the closure of Barclays Bank in the High Street, but it’s certainly gone today, Thursday. We discovered on our earlier post that the branch dates back at least to 1922, so this is quite an ending.
Incidentally, the cashpoint has also disappeared. Presumably the whole thing hasn’t been some elaborate heist?
Some after and before shots…
We’re delighted to announce that the Wanstead Fringe will return for a second year following its barnstorming debut in 2013.
More than 20 events took place last year during the Fringe which was, more or less, organised in a month. There’s a bit more time this year, and the Wanstead Fringe website is already up and running. You can see it here at www.wansteadfringe.org – where you can also sign up for Fringe News by e-mail, get tips on organising your own event, volunteer to help or (and this is new) become a Friend of the Fringe.
We thought you’d like to be among the first to know. Now, then, no time to waste…
Congratulations to Zoology, which has been shortlisted for best local salon in the UK by Creative Head magazine. It is up against four other hairdressers in the awards which will take place at Tate Modern in September.
Head zoologist Mark Mountney reckons the shortlisting is their biggest achievement so far. He said: Â “I was bought up in Wanstead and went to school at Wanstead High and I’ve only ever worked in Wanstead.
“I started my business in 1996, Marks Of Wanstead, which was where Envi nails is now, just next door. That was 18 years ago. Then in 2002 we moved to where we are now, into what was the controversial ‘M11 Link Road office’, and way before that used to be the Wanstead Library.”
The pictures below, a touch out of order, give a flavour of the times. As Wansteadium noted earlier this month, though, the row between Sumo Fresh and the soon-to-be Long Horn is now looking particularly smart.
Shame. Tonight's #area1 council meeting is cancelled. Wansteadium discovered this in the most analogue way possible. pic.twitter.com/TGPIHnN9p3
— Wansteadium (@Wansteadium) June 23, 2014
Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Mrs W spotted this wonderful sky late yesterday evening. I popped along to one of my favourite sky ‘locations’, the footbridge over the A12 and managed to get these two pictures before it disappeared.”
