Category: Wansteadium



(Reminds us of that classic litter...)

C4 has repeated last year’s Location Location Location featuring a new house in Bushwood. We covered it pretty thoroughly at the time, and you can read our original post here.

Calling Anisha and James (the newish residents): are you Wansteadium readers yet?

 

The chutzpah of flytippers reached new heights on Nutter Lane on Tuesday night. (Thanks to Mark Bentley for the pictures.) 

@Wansteadium it's unbelievable – looks like a skip has been emptied, strewn all over the road

— Jane Clapton (@janeclapton) March 11, 2015

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It will be interesting to see how the Duke’s co-working Tuesdays work out. Home-workers, freelancers and students are among those being invited to bring their work to the pub, which is offering the essential elements of powerpoints, wifi, coffee and a friendly neighbour to watch your laptop while you go to the toilet. It’s the sort of venture that Wanstead has needed for some time – the logjam in the library is a familiar frustration (as is the sign on the Churchill Room door that it is NOT a place for studying).

So good luck to the co-workers. Reports on the venture are welcome.

The crowdfunding appeal to raise money for refurbishment of Wanstead’s playground on Christ Church Green has had a number of boosts. Three £500 donations – from Dabora Conway, Martin & Co and Zeeba Daycare – have taken the total to more than £8,000. There are still three weeks left for the campaign to reach its £13,000 goal.

One of the campaign’s fundraising events was a Frozen singalong at the Duke on Saturday which raised more than £300 (Geoff Wilkinson was there to capture the moment). Two similar events have been planned for 18 April and 13 June – and people wanting to pledge money NOT to have Frozen earworms given to them can do so at www.spacehive.com/wansteadplayground.

Geese are common enough in some parts round here (Walthamstow can hardly move for them), but not often sighted on Christ Church Green. Pete Daly volunteers this snap and invites those in the know to demystify their strange appearance. A portent perhaps?