Author: Wansteadium

Wanstead news roundup, 1.02.11; Stump, Hacking and Overheard in Wanstead

• It’s not looking good for Wanstead’s best-known heirloom, the chestnut tree-stump which until last September sat with a certain grace on George Green. It became clear that the grace was actually wood rot, and the Corporation of London removed it for renovation. It seems, though, that it might be beyond repair – the corporation is asking anyone who knows anything about restoring to get in touch. (People once sang to this tree..)

• Interviews for volunteers for London 2012 begin on Tuesday morning.

• Wanstead High Street update: Just weeks after Wanstead Beauty Clinic celebrated its 25th anniversary, two new beauticians are opening – one in the former Horsfall and Wright shop, and one in the rather magnificently redeveloped Cuckfield Garage. A positive sign, perhaps, but not exactly ideal for the diversity of the high street.

• Mark Stephens, Wanstead’s most celebrated lawyer (and Julian Assange’s brief) is waiting to find out if he is one of the people whose voicemail was hacked by the News of the World. He says he “certain that many of my clients have, and indeed some of them have been in to ask what they can do about it”.

• Overheard in Wanstead: Friday morning, inside Santander branch on Wanstead High Street: woman says thank you to cash dispenser.

If Wanstead was a boot, what kind of boot would it be?

Last month we asked what one should make of the Radley Wanstead bag (“If Wanstead was a handbag, what sort of handbag would it be?“). Now here come the Wanstead boots, – or to give them their full name, “The Ladies Wanstead Lace Boots” – a bargain brought to you by Peacocks (reduced from £25 to £10 for black and £20 for mid-brown). They are “stylish work boots,” they say, adding that they’re “lightweight, flexible and exceptionally comfortable”.

So, just as with the handbag, the same question needs to be put: in what way are these boots in any way like Wanstead? Answers via comments below, Twitter or Facebook. Thank you. (And thanks to spotter Gabrielle Collard.)

UPDATE:
Dave Buba, in first again, writes: ‘Surely the description of ” lightweight, flexible and stylish” says it all?’

Vote: Wanstead’s best Sunday Roast

Wansteadium’s food blogger Suki Orange writes:

The question is put by @blogandduck: Where is the best Sunday roast in Wanstead. Obviously it’s a matter of taste, and I’m not going to give my opinions just yet because I think we should crowdsource this. Or maybe crowdsauce it. So, people, your votes please (and if your favoured option is not included, please write it in). Let’s give Mr/Ms Blogandduck the benefit of our wisdom.

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