Wansteadium

It’s not happening today, you understand, but you can now sign up to take part. The trail itself takes place on 10 September, the first Saturday of Wanstead Fringe week (10-17 September).

Buoyed by the success of last year and by the Aldersbrook trail which took place last weekend, this Wanstead-wide event should be bigger and better than ever.

In case you don’t know, the idea is simple. You get together anything you want to get rid of, sign up to take part, set up a stall outside your house, and people who might buy your unwanted items come past with their money ready.

Lessons were learned about how the event could work more smoothly across Wanstead, Snaresbrook and Aldersbrook. You can now sign up via the Jumble Trail website, which is here or contact organiser Maya on wansteadfringe_jumbletrail@outlook.com

More details about how you can get involved in the Wanstead Fringe are coming later this week…

The miserable traffic conditions on Thursday morning – both Central Line and North Circular hit by problems and much of Wanstead at a standstill – could detract attention from the real talking point: EUref last night’s storm.

Wanstead weatherman Scott Whitehead (@wanstead_meteo) says by his reckoning there was more rain yesterday on any single day than before the UK joined the EEC in 1973, though Wanstead seems to have had more than surrounding areas.

So we have a new record <drum roll> for 24hr rainfall. The total fall from 09-09 is 60.8mm, beating the previous record by 5mm

— Wanstead weather (@wanstead_meteo) June 23, 2016

It hasn't rained this much since… the year we joined the Common Market #EUreferendum pic.twitter.com/hoZKSPRJSx

— Wanstead weather (@wanstead_meteo) June 23, 2016

@liviapizzichini @centralline agreed 35-40 mins on platform at Wanstead still unable to get on a train. Severe delays

— Giles Littleford (@gil3s) June 23, 2016

A406 Crooked Billet Underpass (E17/E4 ) (All Directions) Underpass is flooded. pic.twitter.com/4vLukgWTbz

— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) June 23, 2016

Still on the positive side, it’s good to see things are going smoothly on Blake Hall Road…

All going well #blakehellroad https://t.co/6WzP3bnJB9

— Blake Hell Road (@blakehellroad) June 22, 2016

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Good luck to the Currant (@The_CurrantUK on Twitter) – the new entrant on Wanstead High Street which has now opened. As is conventional on these pages, we wish them all the best in their venture.

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About 20 caravans parked on George Green in Wanstead on Wednesday lunchtime, causing some concern that a camp was being set up. However by early afternoon the caravans had departed. The Green is owned by the Corporation of London, rather than Redbridge Council.

UPDATE: The Ilford Recorder is reporting:

Forest Keepers from the City of London Corporation – which manages the land – were supported by the Redbridge Community Police Team in assisting the travellers to move on. “Driving on forest land with the intention to stay overnight is a bylaw offence,” said a spokesman for the corporation.

@MarksLarks @Wansteadium Someone suggested they're Aldersbrook residents that have set up home to avoid the #blakehellroad roadworks!

— Jane Clapton (@janeclapton) June 22, 2016

Three weeks after the death of Basant Lal Sharma in a collision on the pedestrian crossing on Wanstead High Street, his funeral is to be held.

Mr Sharma, who was 91 and had 15 grandchildren and five great-granchildren, had lived in Wanstead for some years after moving from the West Midlands. He would walk around Christ Church Green twice each day.

His family have called for a campaign to move the location of the zebra crossing at the top of Grove Park, saying it is unsafe in its current location.

His funeral will be held at the City of London Crematorium on Thursday 23 June at 3.30pm, and his family say all who knew him are welcome.

*Witnesses to the collision are still being sought, as detailed in the photograph below.

Impressive-looking renovation on this magnificent house on Grosvenor Road. We reported just over a year ago that the very run-down property had been sold with an asking price of £1.2m. It was billed as an “extremely rare opportunity to acquire one of the last remaining mid-Victorian character townhouses in Wanstead”, and from the outside at least it looks like a job well done.