Normally reliable sources tell Wansteadium that Gioberti’s will reopen on Tuesday, renamed as Piccolo, and will remain as an Italian restaurant though run by a South American chef.
Wanstead’s first frost, 2013
13 November – Wanstead’s first frost of the season, though it came a bit unexpectedly. (We know some others take this sort of thing very seriously, but this now counts as a tradition for Wansteadium)
For sake of reference:
2012 – 6 November
2011 – 25 November
2010 – 21 October
Reader Matt Bennett writes:
Just wanted to share this picture with you. It’s Wanstead green and with the weather the way it was this morning
I felt compelled to take a picture.
No filter and everything!
Anyway the result put a massive smile on my face and made me proud to
Think I live in such a beautiful place.
Wanstead and Snaresbrook council meeting, livetweeting thereof
Wansteadium’s exclusive livetweeting of the area 1 committee of Redbridge Borough Council, which concerns Wanstead and Snaresbrook. We say exclusive, because we don’t think there were any reporters at the meeting (though we may be wrong about that). Tweets are in chronological order, more or less.
Wanstead and Snaresbrook council meeting, livetweeting thereof
Wansteadium’s exclusive livetweeting of the area 1 committee of Redbridge Borough Council, which concerns Wanstead and Snaresbrook. We say exclusive, because we don’t think there were any reporters at the meeting (though we may be wrong about that). Tweets are in chronological order, more or less.
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We’re live blogging the area 1 committee for Redbridge – #area1
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Wanstead Society asks if council backs their fundraising to but Evergreen Field, and if it would support compulsory purchase of it #area1
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Cllr Chris Cummins says yes to support, but Cllr T Chan says council can’t compulsorily purchase land #area1
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He says the council would need to be able to show why it hadn’t needed to buy it 20, 30 or 40 years ago. Attempt wd be challenged #area1
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Cllr Cummins says the council cannot insist the black plastic sheeting around Evergreen Field be removed #area1
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Nor is the land untidy for the council to insist on an enforcement order “but it has gone on too long”. #area1
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“You are up against a very determined owner,” says Cllr Cummins. Allegations of dumping of contaminated oil there will be investigated
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Cllr Wilson says a petition is being collected for the land to be tidied #area1
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Resident says three houses have been demolished – one entirely – in Malford Grove. Shouldn’t residents be informed of planning posn? #area1
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Cllr Cummins says planning enforcement officers need to visit and make sure there haven’t been breaches #area1
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Cllr Mrs Nolan says often planning notices aren’t posted outside properties, and they should be #area1
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Resident presents petition about traffic management around Lakehouse estate #area1
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No police rep turned up to the #area1 meeting. It’s just a few weeks since the new local policing arrangement started
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That was the arrangement which led to the closure of Wanstead Police Station, by the way #area1
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Nominations for the Mayor’s Community Award for people/groups who make life better in Redbridge are welcome #area1
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Meeting hears Wanstead Festival came in £400 under its £10k council budget. 3k came this year despite weather #area1
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Cllr Mrs Nolan says £600 spent on stilt walkers was a bit excessive #area1
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For sake of reference, we’ll revisit Maya Anaokar’s tweet from the festival.https://twitter.com/Anaokar/statuses/379233603185815552
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Would cost be lower if stilts were shorter, asks resident Michael Powys #area1
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Next year’s festival will be on 7 or 14 September #area1
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(Wanstead Fringe cost council tax nothing, btw)
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Climbing Wall cost £600, table football and other games £900, and children’s theatre £900 at the Wanstead Festival #area1
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Wellington Road residents – who have long wanted to stop Hermon Hill-High St rat run – frustrated at still waiting says resident #area1
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The road and others have become higher priority for next year following campaign & study of traffic flows, but no firm commitment yet #area1
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Resident says real problem is Hermon Hill – and that’s due to Charlie Brown roundabout, which could use traffic lights #area1
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Officer Steve Grayler says TFL has no plans to introduce lights there but they are aware of the problem. #area1
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What ho! Three coppers have arrived! #area1
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Cllr Cummins says: “I see the police have arrived and sorry if we were a bit critical of you.” #area1
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@Wansteadium delayed due to congestiona at Charlie browns roundabout?
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“We had an arrest in Leyton, unfortunately,” says copper #area1
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Officer now explaining the Local Policing Model. Contact points started, he says – and people *can* report crime at Wanstead House #area1
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BMWs are being taken again, he says. Priorities are drinkers and bikes on Wanstead High St and also numberplate theft #area1
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Tacking mobile phone theft and uninsured drivers. One caught on Aldersbrook Rd, he says #area1
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Resident says a police evening contact point at Wanstead House left the officer drumming his fingers because no one came #area1
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Does everyone know where Wanstead House is, resident asks. And when do officers actually patrol? #area1
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There’s nothing on my ward that’s not being tackled, says Sgt Nicolaou. We’ve reduced crime here and solved big drug issue. #area1
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So what has reduced crime, asks resident. Searching and stopping and not tolerating people who shouldn’t be here, says Sgt. #area1
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@Wansteadium Shouldn’t be here? What type of people shouldn’t be in Wanstead, is there a list, did we miss a memo? Where should they be?
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Guilty conscience, @DaisyRussell2 ? Can we see your council tax bill please?
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@Wansteadium great work on live tweeting the area 1 mtg, I couldn’t make it but wanted to hear re Gordon Road parking measures. Thanks!
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Shouldn’t police use Twitter asks resident. We do have a Twitter account, says Sgt, but it has to go through the Met Press Office #area1
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Cllr Mrs Nolan sas residents concerned that event elsewhere in borough could mean officers not available for Wanstead & Snaresbrook #area1
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But doing a good job, she says. The new model is good, says sgt, though there had been initial doubts . We’re stronger than we were #area1
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Nine police ward teams based at Woodford, sgt says, and they can be back up for each other when needed #area1
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Officers now distributing screws to the assembled residents. Lesser hyper local tweeters would use that as an excuse for a joke.
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Police leave to a round of applause. Turns out they were anti-theft screws for numberplates. #area1
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Thought Wanstead parking issue was over? No. Calls for controlled parking in Gordon Road, Church Path, and Fitzgerald Rd #area1
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Doctors at Evergreen and Wanstead Place surgeries say lots of people coming in late to appointments. Want the 11-12 hours later #area1
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Drs having to write letters to explain parking tickets, he says. Cllr Nolan says diff parking times was partly to help patients #area1
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She says the doctors themselves now have five – *five*, she emphasises – parking spots in Wanstead Place #area1
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Cllr Mrs Dunn says after a few disabled bays are introduced, that should be that on Wanstead parking #area1
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Plan aproved for some 1hr permit spots in Church Path & Fitzgerald Rd & permit parking on Gordon Rd. Cost of signs+paint=£8.5k #area1
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Cllr Mrs Nolan asks if some of the grass at the war memorial on Wanstead High Street could be made hardstanding. #area1
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Cllr Mrs Nolan asks if planters on Wanstead High Street could get some lighting to stop them looking sad #area1
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Christmas tree and high street lights in Wanstead are costing £7k #area1
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Nutter Lane report deferred until January and with that, it’s a wrap for #area1 Thanks for reading.
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@Wansteadium @DaisyRussell2 1) Passive aggressive 2) Stop brown- nosing the rozzers 3) Report some proper news, you mug!
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@Wansteadium Reads like it was a right wing rally …
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@Wansteadium Thanks very much. Can you just post a pic of birth cert. tho next time please – just wanna check you’re from this manor …
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Arrivederci Giobertis
.@wansteadium Last night we were the last paying customers of Giobertis. Big party there today.
— Jonathan Gladwin (@MrPew) November 10, 2013
@Wansteadium the farewell Giobertis do pic.twitter.com/EvWTNjf84Y
— Eddie Cafe (@eddie_cafe) November 10, 2013
@wansteadium the final photo of the giobertis wall pic.twitter.com/OfewgxxnVC
— Eddie Cafe (@eddie_cafe) November 10, 2013
Wanstead Magazine Club recharged
The much celebrated Wanstead Magazine Club, which saves unloved but otherwise excellent magazines and distributes them in public places in the interests of general improvement, has had a recharge with fresh stocks of lush magazines including National Geographic, Monocle, Which?, and lots more. The current crop is in the Larder, but more will be added to our regular haunts – watch our @Wansteadium Twitter feed for details.
Meanwhile, eyes were attracted by this seemingly new and exciting contribution: a big glossy magazine called Wanstead Life. How exciting! Until, upon reading, it turns out there is just one article about Wanstead, and that’s concerning an exhibition about Wanstead Flats, though neighbouring areas were also mentioned. (It seems this is not to be confused with the similarly named West Essex Life.)
Wanstead weekend photo, LI
Geoff Wilkinson writes on Wanstead Daily Photo: “I took this photograph tonight, I was out looking for firework displays but couldn’t resist this pattern caused by a street lamp. Let me know if you have any idea where it is.”