Wansteadium

Victim of the fog 

 

The traditional ghoulish Halloween display on Elmcroft Avenue rose from the depths on Saturday night. Wansteadium reader Kim, from Elegance Wedding Cars, disputes our suggestion of last year that this might be in questionable taste: “Not tasteless, just fun. We get asked to do it by all the local families.”

Meanwhile other sights included this from Eithne, a Nice Croissant customer… 

And this creative creosoting on Chigwell Road…

Yes, very polite, considering this

Central Line at Leytonstone – just don't bother pic.twitter.com/XMW2xUHhVe

— Paul (@paul_in_essex) October 28, 2015

and this

Remembering why I cycle everyday @centralline Leaves on the line is it?! #nightmare pic.twitter.com/AtEYWMpLvp

— Sam Williams (@samjoshwilliams) October 28, 2015

and this

#centralline @centralline delays in the rain, all chucked off at leytonstone pic.twitter.com/Ow4yRK1hzB

— Emma McCann (@emma_l_mccann) October 28, 2015

and actually this

Slightly concerned to see a man with a #samuraisword on the tube this morning @centralline pic.twitter.com/GCAZwq5Ge4

— Ralph Dorey (@ralphdorey) October 28, 2015

Wansteadium reader AJS writes: “Anyone else had issues with Wanstead addresses being wrongly marked as Leytonstone online? I’ve been going round in circles with BT today – our new router didn’t arrive yesterday because “Leytonstone” in an otherwise-correct address seemed to confuse Postie and it was marked as a “Missort” (and redirected to who-knows-where). Speaking to BT today they say it’s just the data Royal Mail gives them, so now not sure where fault is! Any ideas if we can get Wanstead recognised as an actual place in postcode terms! ;-)”

It’s a related issue which has clearly confounded none other than Time Out magazine. Last year, you may remember, Wansteadium stamped its foot in a rather surly manner when Time Out’s Love London awards had one category for Leytonstone and Wanstead. Which was fine, except they called the category “Leytonstone”. The magazine eventually did the right thing and renamed the category following our footstamp.

But lo and behold, this year’s Love London awards has added insult to injury by having a new single category of Leyton – covering Leyton, Leytonstone AND Wanstead.  Time out, Time Out.

(But good luck to the numerous Wanstead shops, bars and restaurants which are contenders – and to all readers, please don’t be put off voting. You can do so here.)

 

@Wansteadium Is E12 still "Manor Park"? Hard to live down if your address is in Aldersbrook…

— Paul Berry (@pmberry2007) October 29, 2015

A Wansteadium reader writes that on the early morning of Sunday 18 October, her car was “hit and run” by a silver car outsider her home. Since she lives in a cul-de-sac this was a bit of a mystery. She writes: “We hardly have any cars come into our close.  But a neighbour witnessed a silver car, which looked like it had already had half of the front hanging off.” She says she had rung the non-emergency police number 101, which had advised her to go to a police station to report the incident, but that she wasn’t going to get the time to go to Ilford or Barkingside to do it. She’s not interested in claiming insurance but is just wondering if anyone else got their property damaged in the same way… Do come forward and tell….

 

Inadvertently this has become Wansteadium’s inaugural Tree Fortnight. Henceforth, each October, we will take the opportunity of reviewing all the latest happenings in the world of trees. It will at least give us more chances to use the “can’t see South Woodford for the trees” joke.

Meanwhile, since the item by our new Arboricultural Correspondent Scott Whitehead, the colours of trees around Wanstead has richened even more. Here are some more photos, the two below taken by reader John Divver. Send any pictures you take to info@wansteadium.com. And also any good tips from gardening-minded readers on leaf mulch.