GOOD NEWS: The derelict shop, all boarded up and crumbling, next to the pet shop on Wanstead High Street is now be redeveloped, five years after planning permission was given for new flats
above it. Local traders, who had earlier complained of rats in the former antiques shop, have welcomed the news.
BAD NEWS: The long hot dry weather appears to have done for a tree (right) planted on Christchurch Green, Wanstead, donated by the Wanstead Society. Wansteadium regular and society member Yenwod Samoth tweets as below:
@WeLoveWanstead @wansteadium This tree looks very dead, should we have provided more water/care? http://tweetphoto.com/34010954
Yenwod Samoth
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GOOD NEWS: Wanstead has now got something in common with West Hampstead (as well as the -stead bit). High-end Indian Takeaway The Tiffin Tin has opened in one of the empty shops opposite Snaresbrook Tube. The relaunched website Smarter High Street campaign praises the renovation as “professional and confident – and everyone’s attracted to confidence”.
BAD NEWS: The three shops next door – also empty – are probably still going to be demolished.
GOOD NEWS: This weekend is Open Weekend at the Olympic Park – and there’s a tour of all three of London’s historic Olympic sites.
BAD NEWS: It’s sponsored by BP.