Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “I pass this garden shed on Eastway on the way to the Gallery quite often. I’m not quite sure what appeals to me about it, I thinks it’s the peeling paint and ‘vintage’ look. It always makes me think of seaside beach huts, one of my favourite things.”
…but was it perhaps maybe a bit, well, you know… tasteless?
Some sort of recognition needed for the Halloween display in Elmcroft Ave: a real life hearse and coffin. Anyone have pics?
— Wansteadium (@Wansteadium) October 31, 2014
Thanks, Matemii
Nice work from T-Space Design and Build who shared the contenders of their pumpkin-carving challenge with passers-by.
There’s only one way to react to Will Self’s slur that Wanstead is a home for the living dead: a zombie parade. We need as many people to have zombie-themed Hallowe’en costumes, send photos to us or tweet them, we’ll collate them and send them on to the gloomy one.
(This will, however, be an equal opportunity zombie parade – ghosts, ghouls and skeletons are also welcome.)
There will be prizes too – a copy of Lemony Snicket’s The Dark for children zombies, and a copy of The Quiddity of Will Self for grown-up zombies.
Now get those eyes rolling backwards in your heads.
Very Hallowe’eny, as triggered by this tweet:
"@Wansteadium: An evening of spooky tales http://t.co/XRq8vKXuPz" In the town where @willself tells of tje dead going to live
— Slamin140 (@skyellis666) October 27, 2014
It’s true: the deadly slur comes in Will Self’s 2012 book The Quantity Theory of Insanity:
And it turns out that’s not all. In his 2013 book How the Dead Live, there comes this:
Spooky.
There will be an evening of spooky story-telling on Tuesday evening – in the mould of the Wanstead Fringe story telling evening. Arranged again by Marian Temple at Time For Tea (the tea shop past Snaresbrook station) from 7.30 onwards. Marian says: “Bring a bottle, they will provide nibbles. Come prepared to hear spine chilling stories, vaguely spookies or pathetically non spooky. Story contributions super welcome.”
