This year’s Wanstead Fringe is taking place between 10 and 25 September, and once again is gearing up to be the cultural event of the year for this beautiful little bit of our city.
If you fancy running an event, or have an idea, this is your chance to get in on the planning. Or if you’re interested in volunteering we want to hear from you too. Fill in your details on this Google Form and organisers will be in touch.
This has appeared on the pavement opposite the Co-op. We don’t, at the time of writing, have any idea what it is about. Anyone with the right intelligence, please do let us know. (Thanks to Magali for the pic.)
The new regime on Nightingale Lane, which makes the ancient road one-way from the High Street to Wellesley Road, is now in force. Not everyone seems to have noticed yet, with reports of drivers apparently not noticing the new rules.
The reason for the rule is understandable – it’s long been too congested for two-way traffic. But we can’t help wondering if there might be some unintended consequences coming up in the next few weeks and months.
For instance, with no fear of oncoming traffic, drivers may well feel more free to speed down the first part of the road, which is usually busy with pedestrians. Watch this space.
This moment from the BBC’s Test Match Special was when Wanstead Cricket Club’s 20-year-old batsman Robin Das (pictured below) had his England debut, playing as a substitute in the Lord’s Test against New Zealand. Congratulations to him and the Das family.
Some useful details for this weekend’s activities. More events too in the Wanstead Events Calendar.
As usual Wanstead will get a ringside seat for the flypast on Thursday morning as the aircraft come low to fly over central London. They are expected after 12.50, and St Mary’s church is holding a viewing party.
The highest point in Redbridge is at the Redbridge Cycling Centre, so that is where our corporate beacon will be lit. We don’t think it will be visible from Wanstead, though we may be wrong, and beacons may be visible towards the south for anyone with views in that direction. The beacon will be lit at 9.45pm.
These are the days and times of Wanstead street parties over the next few days. Hopefully the weather forecast will improve for the weekend.
| Street to be closed and Street Numbers/Junctions Affected | Party Date | Time |
| Pulteney Road, from Foxdene Close to 62 | 03/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Empress Avenue, from Woodford New Road to A1199 Woodford Green | 03/06/2022 | 9pm-10pm |
| Addison Road, from Cambridge Park to Chaucer Road | 04/06/2022 | 9am-10pm |
| Dover Road, from Margaretting Road to Wanstead Park Avenue | 04/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Preston Drive, from 10 to 62 | 04/06/2022 | 10pm-6pm |
| Clavering Road, from Northumberland Avenue to Empress Avenue | 04/06/2022 | 11am-11pm |
| Gloucester Road, From Buckingham Road to Leicester Road | 04/06/2022 | 10am-10pm |
| Cowley Road, from junction of Wellesley Road to Nightingale Lane | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Mansfield Road, Harrier Avenue to Redbridge Lane West | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Cheyne Avenue, from 1 to 52 | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Broxbourne Avenue, from Cranbourne Avenue to Charnwood Drive | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Tavistock Road, from No 3 to Cleveland Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Rutland Road, from Leicester Road to Buckingham Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Gordon Road, from Cambridge Park to Chaucer Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Windsor Road, from Lakehouse Road to Belgrave Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Spratt Hall Road, from Woodbine Place to Chaucer Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Alexandra Road, from Hermon Hill to Burton Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Voluntary Place, from 20 Voluntary Place to end and to end of Greenstone Mews | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Warren Road, from Redbridge Lane West to Langley Crescent | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Colebooke Drive, From Langley Drive up to and including 32 and 48 Warren Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Orford Road, From No. 22 to Pulteney Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| South View Drive, From Monmouth to Hurstwood Avenue | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Crescent Road, from Waverley Road to End of Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Langley Drive, From Langley Crescent to Colebrooke Drive | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Cranbourne Avenue, from Rodney Road to Ashbourne Avenue | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Warwick Road, From Buckingham Road to Leicester Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Chester Road, from Oak Hall Road to Drummond Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Cadogan Gardens, from No. 45 to No. 101 | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Dangan Road, from Cambridge Park to Chaucer Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Deynecourt Gardens, From Eaton Rise to Elmcroft Avenue | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Wellington Road, From High Street to Nelson Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Elmhurst Drive, from No. 1 to No. 15 | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Richmond Way, from Belgrave Road to Lakehouse Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
| Grosvenor Road, From Stanstead Road to Leicester Road | 05/06/2022 | 9am-9pm |
And lastly, congratulations to Wanstead Church School for restaging this photo from 1977. Any Wansteadium readers who were in the original photo are welcome to share their kudos below.
https://twitter.com/WansteadChurch/status/1530189528228585472