A genuine sight of Wanstead (if you tend to hang around in car parks); the Grimsby fish man doing his mongering behind the Corner House, as he does every Wednesday.
Gabrielle Collard, who took the picture, writes: “Seems a bit dodgy, buying haddock off a man in a carpark, but hey, Wanstead needs fish.”
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Choice tweets about Wanstead, XXII; You think you’ve got trouble getting home?
Jus manged to lock myself in the back of my van. I’m in brading crescent wanstead e11. Need help asap
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The first 10 books sold at Wanstead’s new bookshop
People queued outside the Oxfam bookshop on Wanstead High Street on Saturday morning, anticipating the 10am opening of what, according to reliable sources, is believed to be Wanstead’s first bookshop in at least 50 years.
And here, exclusively to Wansteadium, are the first ten purchases made at the shop:
1. Rembrandt’s Eyes by Simon Schama
2. The Great Moghuls by Bamber Gascoigne
3. American Prince, My Autobiography, by Tony Curtis
4. Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-18, by Richard Holmes
5. Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus 2004
6. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Audio CD)
7. Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
Nicholas Nickleby, by Charles Dickens (Audio book)
8. Beatles by Lars Saabye Christensen
Bob Dylan Chronicles book one
Tarantino A-Zed by Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn
Classical 1000 – Top recordings of all time, by Rob Cowan
9 . The Young Lloyd George, by John Grigg
WG’s Birthday Party by David Kynaston
10. Coast – The Journey Continues, by Christopher Somerville
The Somme Day by Day Account by Chris McCarthy
Thanks to Mark Appiah and shop manager Jillian White.
Choice tweets about Wanstead XXI; Busy, busy, busy
Checking out Wanstead’s new Oxfam Books and Music – probably the busiest shop in the history of busy shops.
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Wanstead news roundup, 01.10.10; Food, money and Snow
• Campaigners are calling on Redbridge Council to introduce food waste collections – it is just one of nine London boroughs which does not offer the service. But at the same time well over 1,000 people have been taking part in the Redbridge Conversation, an impressive online tool for weighing up where spending cuts should fall. (More about this tool on Wansteadium later this week.)
• Wanstead resident Chris Rigby, who installed solar panels on his roof in January, has had his first cheque FROM a power company. Scottish Power paid him £175 – a first return on the £8,500 panels, for which he also received a £2,500 grant. This week he told the Daily Mail that he does not now have to use his boiler to heat water between May and September.
• Wanstead cultural event of the week: Peter Snow is speaking at Wanstead Library tonight, Friday, at 7pm. Tickets are £5.
Wanstead’s bookshop: Saturday’s the day
Wanstead’s Oxfam bookshop will open on Saturday morning at 10am, Wansteadium can reveal.
The preparations, which have included completely overhauling the inside of the former travel agent on Wanstead High Street, have been completed; the shelves are filled with books and volunteers have been signed up, though more are still welcome.
Oxfam area manager Mark Appiah confirmed the opening plan to Wansteadium. Reviews from readers welcome here from Saturday.
