Wansteadium

This week’s contenders in our contest to find the best picture of the bluebells in Wanstead Park (with extra marks for originality) are as follows:

First up we have this from Terry Ransome:

This from regular photographer Mick Terry:

#runspam #runfatboyrun #6milerun #bluebells #wansteadpark #wansteadium #wanstead

A photo posted by Mick Terry (@mickterry) on Apr 21, 2016 at 10:10am PDT

Representing the professionals are these are by Vita Zorge.

And a first for this competition – a video:

Bluebell happiness in #WansteadPark @wansteadium @WeLoveWanstead pic.twitter.com/ZRlH4rT8vQ

— Alison O'Riordan (@Ali_ORiordan) April 22, 2016

More next week. Send your entries to info@wansteadium.com or tag us on social media.

Please make sure when you’re taking photos that you don’t damage any of the flowers – stick to the paths.

Regular readers will know we obsessively monitor Wanstead’s appearance in adverts, TV programmes and newspapers.

This sighting – of the laundrette in Wanstead High Street in a TV ad – is not technically new, but it’s worth repeating, both because the advert is running again and also because the laundrette is now no longer operating.

So sit back and enjoy Wanstead Laundrette’s glory day. It never looked finer.

Thanks to Neil Wells for the tip. If you’re using an iPhone, you’ll need to click here to watch it.

• PS. We’ve been told that Wanstead Roller supplier Elegance Wedding Cars is featuring on ITV’s This Morning. Any photographic evidence appreciated.

  
Number two in a series, as shot by Nick Affleck. Number one, in case you’d forgotten, was this from Nov 2014.

  

  

Wanstead HSBC is no more. As we revealed would happen, the doors are now closed, signs taken down and even the cashpoint hole is boarded up.

It’s not looking good for unsung stalwart cafe of the High Street, Delicataste. Pretty much empty inside, the padlock on the door unwavering. It was admired for its breakfasts and salt beef sandwiches, but its apparent passing has barely raised an eyebrow. This is the time to spare it a thought.

• Meanwhile good luck to Fat Biscuit, formerly Mario’s Shake Shack, which is undergoing a refit and due to reopen soon.