Spotted: sweet-looking little girl exiting Wanstead chippy & turning to crow unexpectedly at the long and winding queue: “So long, suckers!”
Ryan Gilbey
Ryan_Man2
The UFOs are back in Wanstead
Cue eyeball-rolling: UFO sightings have returned to Wanstead.
On the UK UFO Sightings website, a reported sighting on Thursday evening reads:
I was just looking out of the bedroom window when I saw a very bright white light and a sound that I did not recognise. I kept my eyes fixed on the object and it came closer overhead at great speed, the sound was uniform unlike a plane when flying. It was a disc shape and was huge. I could clearly see two lit windows encompassing most of the top of the object it was a very bright white light. This was most definately NOT a plane or an helicopter. It was moving at great speed -very different to a plane.
A commenters on the site says it’s the second recent sighting “of this object with what appear to be windows on it”.
Eyeballs at ease.
Greengrocer makes name for self
So the greengrocer on Wanstead High Street is called Harveys. Who knew? A new sign has gone up above the shop, proudly pointing out that it was established in 1969 (just like Gap).
It’s simple, and has won the support of the Wanstead-based Smarter High Street campaign, which points out: “Peter Harvey’s been run off his feet since he opened his greengrocery in 1969. So busy that he didn’t get around to putting a sign up.”
Wansteadium is a bit wistful that there are no greengrocer’s apostrophes on the sign, but then one does expect above average of Wanstead.
Rotisserie chicken delivery in Wanstead
It certainly sounds like a notch above the usual food delivery choices – but you can now have rotisserie corn fed chicken delivered to your door, as long as you live in Wanstead or Woodford. The Rotisserie Company has just opened for business, and offers chickens which are “basted in garlic and rosemary-infused olive oil and seasoned with salt, pepper, lemon and herbs de Provence” and new potatoes cooked under the chickens with onion and garlic.
Owner Kim Smith told us: “We bought our first Rotisserie a few years ago and used it for parties and the like. It was a huge success with our friends and we always joked that every household should have a commercial rotisserie in their house… When my company suffered in the recession it seemed a good idea to share my passion with others who enjoy good food and possibly don’t always have the time to cook or just don’t feel like it.
They offer free delivery to Wanstead, even on meals for one (£4.50), and are open Wed – Fri 4-8pm, Sat – Sun noon – 8pm
And – this bit is something of a departure for us and we received nothing in return – if you mention Wansteadium when ordering your first delivery from them, they will give you 10% off. Full menu and pricing from their website or on 020 8279 5964.
Wanstead Flats in frosty glory
Atmospheric picture from Mathew Heath (@here_comes_B) taken on Wanstead Flats on Tuesday morning. He took the picture for keyboardist Roger O’Donnell, formerly of the Cure, and now a solo artiste, who used to live nearby.
Wanstead news roundup, 15.11.10; Swings, Paphitis, Stone
• Up to £14K could be spent renovating the stone on the corner of Hollybush Hill which historically gave Leytonstone its name. The money would be spent on cleaning the stone, putting a plaque next to it explaining its history and, perhaps strangely, removing the pedestrian safety barriers nearby.
• Campaigners are holding a Take Back Wanstead Flats event next Sunday at which they plan to stake out the area proposed for the police’s Olympic base. Meanwhile one campaigner, Kevin Blowe, says in 2008/9 Redbridge issued 16% of the UK’s fixed penalty notices for flyposting, and that 49% of them were subsequently cancelled. He says he was issued with one for a poster put on a tree on Wanstead High Street, but it was withdrawn.
• Five playgrounds in Redbridge are to be renovated with some new government money, but none of them is in Wanstead.
• Dragon’s Den’s Theo Paphitis, amid preparations for Children In Need, had his dinner in Wanstead on Thursday, (presumably at Nam Am).
• Nice things said about Wansteadium, I
Mum just let me know Mike Leigh’s new film was shot on my Nana’s old road in Wanstead 🙂 http://bit.ly/bRpEC5 (nice local London blog too)
JazCummins
JazCummins
UPDATE MONDAY, 2330 GMT: The plan to clean the stone at Hollybush Hill has been shelved, on the grounds of cost, reports Wanstead Guardian.