Category: Wansteadium

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “Gotta love Christmas lights, they make me feel so warm and festive. I took this picture Monday night on my way home from the Woodford and Wanstead Camera Club where I had judged their annual projected photograph competition. I just had to stop outside this house and take a picture, I think the contrast in colour between the lights in the garden and the warmth of the ones on tree inside is great.”

Here’s an original present for Christmas – a true Wanstead-based jigsaw. Produced by local resident Jill Stock, the jigsaw is available in a number of formats (and complexities). You can also buy the image as a poster. Prices are as follows:

Jigsaws
500 or 200 piece jigsaws (51x41cm) £15

Posters
A1 £50 to order (not mounted)
A2 £40
A3 £20

Orders can be made directly to jillstock@gmail.com, and they will be available for collection. (The jigsaws and posters don’t have the writing on them…)

Regular readers will have no need to be reminded of our annual hunt for hedgehogs in Wanstead. It’s time for a winter equivalent: old-fashioned carol singers doing their thing, house-to-house, possibly gathered under a lantern. Does that still happen? If you witness it or take part, please let us know using the email address hedgehogs@wansteadium.com, stating clearly which carols were sung. Thank you.

Seasonal painting of Wanstead Park in the snow, by Danish artist Nils Hans Christiansen (1850-1922). #EppingForest pic.twitter.com/oarQJX7we0

— Wanstead Parklands (@FWP2009) December 15, 2014

Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “I think this may be the sort of view of earth that astronauts have from the space station, perhaps as they pass over the Alps or the Himalayas. Ranges of mountains, areas of snow and ice, darker areas that look like the shadows of clouds… Of course it’s actually dear old Wanstead and the roof of my car on Saturday morning, there was a very heavy frost  that night…mmm I think I prefer to think of it as the more romantic view from space.”

An unofficial public service announcement on behalf of the loyal traders of Wanstead and Snaresbrook: there’s still time to collect stamps for the Christmas reward card which – as well as supporting the health of the High Street – also gives chances to win prizes. And while there are hundreds of items which will qualify for a stamp, Wansteadium was much taken with the item pictured (left).