A cornucopia of photos this week, including this black and white beauty from Peter Hall. If you’re looking on a desktop, it’s worth clicking the photo to see a bigger version. Thanks to him, Mick Terry and Cinzia for this week’s shots. You can send yours for next week to info@wansteadium.com.
Our new weekly e-mail listing Wanstead events which we sent for the first time on Saturday seems to have been a hit, and led to a rush of new subscribers.
Great idea! I’m all signed up to the boxing exercise class, courtesy of this email, wrote reader Cheryl.
Others approved on Twitter, including Lisa:
@Wansteadium Really like the #wanstead social calendar newsletter. Very useful. Please keep that going!
— Lisa Agasee (@1womanworkforce) February 27, 2016
Regular reader Maya found a novel way of sharing it , by linking to this page.
So we’ll keep it going, with the help as ever from Wanstead Social Secretary Stephanie Pettigrew. If you are involved with an event you would like listed send the details via this page.
And if you would like to sign up while you still can (places are limited), fill in this form below to get our updates by e-mail.
Ever wondered what happened to the old Mastermind chair? Turns out it is in Chalet Wood in Wanstead Park pic.twitter.com/aiwsqMce7U
— James Heal (@JWFHeal) February 28, 2016
Tom Hardy’s appearance in Wanstead last month for the filming of his new BBC series Taboo was a pretty exciting event for many. And now a trailer for the series has been released by its US broadcaster FX. In it you can clearly see Hardy walking down the aisle of St Mary’s.
Despite the quick work with the trailer, it’s thought the series won’t be broadcast until 2017.
UPDATE, FRIDAY 8PM It appears that the video is now no longer available in the UK. Still, it was good while it lasted.
(iPhone users will need to tap here to watch the video.)
We’ll be trying something new this weekend, all in the interests of greater Wanstead coherence.
Every Saturday we will send an email to our newsletter subscribers (1,325 of you, and counting) with a list of the events for the forthcoming week, as compiled on our new-look Wanstead Social Diary by social secretary Stephanie Pettigrew.
If you are involved in an event which you would like to be included, let us have the details by filling in the form at this page.
If you haven’t yet signed up for the newsletter, hurry! Places are running out. Enter your details in the boxes here.
Coveting is not good for your soul. But Juan Stead, a regular commenter on Wansteadium posts, wrote on Monday wrote that for local treasures, people could venture from Wanstead into Leytonstone, where they will find shops which are “huge assets” which “suit the different vibe on the other side of the Green Man”. Juan doubted if they would fit into Wanstead’s more conventional High Street, but taking a look at these might make some Wanstead loyalists yearn a bit.
So here is the rundown from Juan’s list…
1. Bookshop/cafe All You Read is Love
2. Arty printers Hooksmith
3. The Wild Goose Bakery
4. Panda
Very tasty dim sum at Panda #Leytonstone on Sat pic.twitter.com/OoUSuipEAn
— FORA (@fora_e11) January 18, 2016
5. Marmelo
Feeling the love at Marmelo today! #MarmeloKitchen pic.twitter.com/QQbF95DaDO
— Natalie Stopford (@Marmelo_Kitchen) February 14, 2016
Wansteadium reader Andrew Shields writes:
Hurrah, great post. It was actually my list, on one of the Ginger Pig threads, which Juan Stead supported. But I’m not looking for credit 😉
The Wild Goose I believe now closes on Tuesdays since it started opening on Sundays.
Writing as someone who has lived in the Bushwood area of Leytonstone for 25 years but who uses Wanstead as much as Leytonstone socially and for shopping, I’m pleased at any effort to see W and L united by a postcode rather than divided by the Green Man roundabout.
There’s a lot happening in L, not least the change in demographic which is seeing far more young couples/families staying rather than seeing L as merely a stop on the way to somewhere else. The hipster phenomenon may be derided in some parts of London, but seeing the Red Lion full of beards with a bit of disposable income is far preferable to the clientele this spectacular pub attracted in its previous incarnations. Indeed, Antic’s investment in the Red Lion can be seen as one of the key triggers for the ‘new L’.
Yes, there are still some less salubrious parts of L, but even further down the High Road towards Stratford you’ll find independents trying to find a niche and talking up the area as ready for more investment.
So do venture across the roundabout and have an explore: the 5 places I mentioned are great, but there are plenty of others too!
