Choice tweets about Wanstead, XVI: A heartbreaking tale of staggering coffee shop staff
thank you staff of wanstead starbucksfor my bday pressies. ps, i do have friends
Ryan Gilbey
NadsatNav
Fonts helps even Wanstead
Ahh what a bit of design can do. For anyone who thought the former New Wanstead pub The British Queen (Gothic font, white on stark black) might feel a bit too earthy, its replacement might seem a bit more palatable. In a relaxed serif font on grey background, Queen’s – British Steak House and Grill.
UPDATE: Dolly Creative tweets in reaction:
@Wansteadium I’m going to call the Heritage Secretary – how dare they get rid of the Old English?
Gabrielle Collard
DollyCreative
UPDATE 2200: Mark Bentley adds:
new steak house in wanstead. Menu and sourcing policy facts please. This could be a major breakthrough. Any font will do.
Mark Bentley
markb999
Wanstead news roundup, 4.7.10; The bowler’s Holding, Wanstead cinema, and no more Wanstead Sauna?
• A spectacular traffic snarl-up which stretched from the M11 to Wanstead High Street last Monday meant that legendary West Indian fast bowler Courtney Walsh didn’t make it to Wanstead Cricket Club in time to open new training nets as planned. But all was not lost – fellow legendary West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding was there and stood in for Walsh. (Photo: Dave Buba)
• The application to knock down the 160-year-old building which once housed Wanstead’s only ever cinema, Kinema – now Nam Pham, next to the George, has been rejected again. The plan was for a block of flats.
• A public inquiry into the proposal to develop the former Chepstow House in Leicester Road, Wanstead, has now finished. Report here from the Counties’ Residents’ Association, who oppposed the plan. Decision expected by the end of the month.
• Two council pest control officers denied charges that they deliberately poisoned animals at Alexandra Lake in March. More than 80 birds and a dog died at the lake.
• It appears that Wanstead Sauna is now no longer open for business, with a very large padlock having been put on the door.
Wanstead’s 7-11… something up?
Dolly Creative offers this picture of the new 7-11 in Wanstead High Street, with the acerbic comment: “Here’s our erstaz 7-11 store being opened by the shopkeeper at ten past eight this morning.” She adds:
@Wansteadium BTW, it’s a pretend 7-11. And they don’t even open at 7. http://yfrog.com/mgg1hjGabrielle Collard
DollyCreative
R.I.P. Wanstead’s Olive Branch…
Long live the Olive Branch.
As Wansteadium revealed in April, the Olive Branch was put up for sale. And the sale has now gone through, the cafe is now under new management. So what does the future hold?
The answer is that the cafe will stay open for the next few weeks, but then it will shut for about six weeks for refurbishment, and will re-open in the autumn as a cafe by day and a Portuguese restaurant by night. The name is as yet a secret, but it won’t be a Nando’s. New proprietor very friendly, so prospects look bright.