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Small number of celebrities expected at Nightingale Green
Wheelie roll-out
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The long-awaited roll-out of wheelie bins across Wanstead is about to take place, residents have been told, with bins being delivered in the coming weeks.
All properties have been assessed by Redbridge officials for their suitability for wheelie bins, and those which are deemed not suitable will be receiving red bin bags instead.
The information circulated by Redbridge confirms that the borough collects the fifth highest amount of rubbish in England. We don’t believe we’ve seen a logical explanation for this, but perhaps wheelie bins might bring the borough into line with other councils
Intriguingly the leaflet promises a “bin amnesty” – for those go-ahead households who bought their own wheelie bins and now would be landed with two. Well, the council is offering to help take unwanted bins off their hands.
What will happen to the conventional bins houses have had for years and years is less clear. Guess they’ll be have to be thrown away. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, huh?
New look for loved old Wanstead building
The old Grove Hall on Grosvenor Road – until a few years ago the church hall of Wanstead United Reformed Church – has undergone an enormous refurbishment in preparation for becoming a Montessori school.
The hall, now owned by Treehouse Nursery, will be hosting 90 under-fives each day, and will give employment to a significant extra number of staff. Grove Montessori, as it will be known, is to open in the next few weeks.
The building has for many years played a big part in the lives of Wanstead people – during the War, for instance, families whose houses had been bombed were allowed to store their furniture in the hall. It was an active church hall until a few years ago when it became an after school club.
But the new school has meant a large refurbishment by Treehouse owners Paul Samouelle and Maria Sanchez, including the addition of a second floor where the hall previously was.
The hall’s original doors have been retained 
The stained glass at the front of the hall has been completely replaced 
There is a stunning new room upstairs which shows the ceiling and a new view of the church 
A two-metre-long tropical fish tank 
A heated splash pool for the children 
One modern room of the hall has been demolished to give the school a bigger garden… 
… complete with barbecue hut
Short and sweet
The snow was short-lived – and our plans for our occasional Snow Pic-off will have to be put on ice until we are blessed with more picturesque scenes. But for the meantime our thanks to longtime Wansteadium reader Phil Carnelly for this picture.
Gulp. This is not good.
A doctor writes:
Black swan welcomed to Snaresbrook
A black swan has been a guest on Eagle Pond for the past few days, attracting bird-lovers. He’s doing a tour of local wetlands, and has been christened Bruce (black swans generally come from Australia). He is apparently socialising well with the mute swans of Snaresbrook, proving again that Australians are generally good company.