Wanstead Library refurb in full flow, as observed by neighbour Sally Anne who is wondering what will happen to the discarded furnishings.
Chocka
Wanstead High Street & New Wanstead & Hermon Hill all chockablock on Monday morning with queueing traffic. Suspect this might be the reason and that it could be like this for some weeks…
A1199 closed for Bridge repairs for ten wk Green Man 2 Snaresbrook @IlfordRecorder @Wansteadium @lovewanstead @WeLoveWanstead @LaraGuardian pic.twitter.com/q9lutNnSz2
— Andrew Burns (@andrewb_63) April 19, 2017
Space age
Anyone care to volunteer the story behind the space shuttle which has takes off and lands regularly in Grosvenor Road? Tinfoil seat covers are a nice touch.
Update: Mystery solved by Georgi
Front page
Best of luck to the new Turkish barber opening in the former Closet site. It’s good to see such a prime spot on the High Street being occupied again.
BUT, dear reader, please allow Wansteadium a moment of wistfulness for the lost shopfront which had been a feature of the shop for at least 100 years, according to photographs of previous tenants. There was a charm about the old which is now gone. But good luck nevertheless to the new venture.
Exciting news! The successor to the much-loved Andrew’s Builders Merchant is…
Oh. Never mind.
(But of course, good luck to this new venture and welcome to the High Street.)
Clearly anti-social. But strangely intriguing
On a garage in Nightingale Lane. Explanations welcome.