Author: Wansteadium

Wanstead weekend photo, XXVIII


© Geoff Wilkinson who writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “‘Allo, ‘Allo, ‘Allo. Those wonderful words from those old black and white movies sadly not to be heard from Wanstead Police Station for much longer. We are to lose it, after a long battle, it is to close, a sad loss. What will happen to the building ? On a more cheerful note I wanted to do another photograph of it and something a bit different. I have always liked the blue lamp so I thought I would give it pride of place in the foreground of the picture. “

Letter to Wansteadium: Cider with roses

Wansteadium reader Noel McMahon, of the Nightingale pub, writes:

Are there any volunteers please to join a number of us in creating a rose garden in the now once again very tatty Green outside The Nightingale Pub? It really has deteriorated since we last raised funds to smarten it up some years back. It could be so lovely for the community once more. Names and suggestions please to Noel or Lucy at the pub. Let’s cheer up the street and boost the area even further.

Police ‘foil armed robbery’ on Wanstead High Street

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Police have denied shots were fired on Wanstead High Street shortly after 9am today as armed officers appeared to foil an attempted robbery on the Wanstead post office.

Plain clothed police swarmed the area amid reports that they were ready and waiting for the robbery to take place. Witnesses saw a man detained on the road.

Two elderly women said they heard two shots being fired, but thought it was a car backfiring.

One Wansteadium reader, Dan Clapton, said: “Shortly after 9am there was a shout of ‘armed police’ and two loud bangs, followed by some shrieks. Plain clothed armed police were pinning a white male to the ground by a small white van outside Tescos. The whole of the high street is now closed off. Armed police everywhere. There was a cash van about to make a delivery.”

Update 10am: Wanstead Guardian is reporting that police say an arrest has been made, and that shots were not fired – the sounds heard were cars hitting each other.

Update 1pm: Police now saying they fired “Hatton Rounds”. (Wikipedia defines these as: “They are used by military and SWAT teams to quickly force entry into a locked room. Amongst police, these rounds are nicknamed ‘master keys’, and their use is known as ‘Avon calling’.”)

Update 1.15pm: Operations appear to be continuing around Colvin Gardens on the Nightingale Estate, where a car has been covered with tarpaulin.

Wanstead Guardian posts this video on YouTube:

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Wanstead Cricket, 4-6 May

Our man on the boundary writes:

“The Bank Holiday Weekend at Wanstead Cricket Club brought lots of high drama with the U16 Matchplay team losing by 2 runs in a closely fought game against Goresbrook with the stand-out performance from Mohammed Shahriyar (67).

On Saturday the 1st team were defeated by 60 runs against Buckhurst Hill in the League Cup while the 2nd team won the reverse fixture by 10 runs thanks to 61 from 25 balls from David Richardson featuring six 6s.

Sunday saw friendly action at Overton Drive with visitiors Kingfisher CC providing a strong challenge.  Kingfisher CC fell 15 runs short chasing 267 in 40 overs.  Adam Lord provided teh backbone to the batting with an unbeaten 90 but the shock performance was from wicketkeeper Jonathan Das (in leg-spinner guise) who took 6 wickets.

On Thursday 9 May Dutch ladies team Groen Geel visit Overton Drive to take on the Wanstead Ladies Team in a Twenty20 match as part of their tour of England. Kicking-off at 6pm, Wanstead CC are rolling out the orange carpet for our international visitors with a BBQ!  The bar will of course be open and the ladies would like as much support as possible to show how hospitable Wanstead is.

Wanstead weekend photo, XVII

 

© Geoff Wilkinson, who writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: "Driving along Addison Road the other day I did a double take when I saw this white van. There sitting affixed to the front of the van were this pair of Michelin men, I haven't seen these for years, where have they been hiding? Michelin man is the symbol of the Michelin tyre company and was introduced at the Lyon Exhibition in 1894. It is one of the worlds oldest trademarks and always smiling."
© Geoff Wilkinson, who writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Driving along Addison Road the other day I did a double take when I saw this white van. There sitting affixed to the front of the van were this pair of Michelin men, I haven’t seen these for years, where have they been hiding? Michelin man is the symbol of the Michelin tyre company and was introduced at the Lyon Exhibition in 1894. It is one of the worlds oldest trademarks and always smiling.”

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