Category: Wansteadium

Wanstead Talk – our message boards – have been on a break which was enforced by Wansteadium’s limited capacity to be coder, developer, blogger and street magician simultaneously. But now it’s back with a much simpler layout and organisation. All the old subjects have been archived, which means it’s a clean slate. Existing logins will continue to work, though. (Nearly 300 Wansteadium readers have got a login.)

You can log in here.
If you’ve forgotten your name or password you can go here.
If you would like to register to take part, go here.

And if you just want to see what people are talking about (the list of topics is expected to grow) then go here.

The house rules are a bit tighter than before, but the essence is the same… keep it friendly, polite and constructive. And if you have scores to settle or arguments to have, there are plenty of other places on the internet where you can do just that.

Wansteadium reader Justin McArdle wrote to say that on 1am on Friday he was woken up by “an overflying propeller driven plane”. He checked on the website FlightRadar24, which as its name suggests keeps track of what is in the sky, and found that the plane was a Cessna and had made “in excess of 40 passes at less than 1000m backwards and forwards across London”. He added: “Its flightpath did not actually quite directly overfly Wanstead – the plane turning westwards over Leyton but close enough to be heard quite clearly. I heard the plane on several occasions through the early hours as it returned on its criss-cross of London.” Anyone else hear something similar? Please use the form below.

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Space junk…….that’s what occurred to me when I saw this mess from across Nightingale Green, I’m not sure why space sprung into my mind. Anyway, close up, it looks to me like an old stool that someone has thrown out. I’d rather they had taken it to the dump, still at least it hadn’t fallen off the International Space Station.”

In memory of a Wanstead legend, Billie Figg, a founder member of the Wanstead Society, who died last week aged 92. Though she lived in Wanstead for more than 50 years, she told the Wanstead Guardian in 2011: “I still feel like a newcomer here compared to a lot of people I’ve met down the years… there are families here who have been living in Wanstead for generations.”

Readers are invited to add their own comments and memories using the form below.
(Photograph by Richard Chambury @richfoto)

Has your office lost all its furniture and fridge? If it has, look closely at these items. Are there any identifying features? Look at that writing on the note. “Please ensure you wash up after yourself.” Ring any bells? If you think these items might be yours, or you know whose they are, you can pick them up from the grass by the side of Forest Rise, just beyond Forest School. Do try and be more careful next time. And don’t have nightmares.

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo:”I was walking along the High Street the other evening when this car passed by. I was intrigued by the L shaped package strapped to the roof. What could it have been, a small arm chair? Must be many other things that shape? Answers please….”