Queen’s British Steak House and Grill, the rather stylish-looking venture in the former British Queen pub on New Wanstead, will be opening on 18 September, Wansteadium can confirm. It’s been reported that it’s the owners of the even-more stylish-looking Blue Boar in Abridge who are behind the plan; the website for the restaurant is not yet giving much away – and certainly not anything as detailed as menus and prices. More details to follow when available…
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Tank on the streets of Wanstead
Bizarre, but this was the scene in St Mary’s Avenue on Saturday, as captured by Wansteadium reader (and urban morphologist) Reza Masoudi. More pictures on Reza’s photo blog here.
Volunteers to demystify things are welcome.
Revised rubbish and recycling collection days for Wanstead
Public service announcement time: the rearranged rubbish and recycling collection dates after Bank Holiday Monday are as follows:
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Official confirmation from Redbridge Council here: Holiday collection dates.
Sign of times gone by
Ain’t it great when removed shop signs reveal layers of the past? (Click to enlarge.)
No drama in Nutter Lane
Windy Tuesday in Wanstead almost resulted in drama in the comically named Nutter Lane near the tennis club, when a falling tree landed on a white van, narrowly missing a Wansteadium reader walking by with her children.
@janeclapton reports: “The tree fell across the road on to the van, luckily falling on top of the roof and only slightly shattering the windscreen in the corner. The driver and another van man moved the tree to the side of the road.
“A tree surgeon was working in the lane at the time and after examination diagnosed ‘black spot disease’!”
She adds: “I could sensationalise further by commenting that my young children and I narrowly avoided potential tragedy by crossing over to the other side of the road only seconds earlier! Ha ha – technically true although ‘seconds’ a slight exaggeration!”
That’s the kind of understatement that does E11 proud.
The Pryce is Wright
It’s a bit of a comedown since the heady days of Horsfall and Wright, but estate agents Elizabeth Pryce is now comfortably settled in the shop next door to its former offices. As such it’s a bit of a zero sum gain for Wanstead High Street diversity, but on the plus side it does free up a very attractive corner office which should be tempting for all sorts of interesting shops (fingers crossed).
