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Wanstead steakhouse update

Wansteadium — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:41:31 +0000

Re Wanstead’s forthcoming Queen’s British Steakhouse and Grill, Mark Bentley adds:

Re new Queens Steak place, Wanstead. Did recce to Blue Boar Abridge last night. Can confirm is same owners. Will be welcome addition. vg.less than a minute ago via webMark Bentley
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Saddle up

Wansteadium — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:37:16 +0000

Spare a thought this weekend for Wanstead’s Gabrielle Collard (@dollycreative) who is about to embark on a Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle ride (yes, that’s right, uphill). She is planning to complete the 860-mile ride in 17 days, all in the aid of the Depression Alliance and the Maria Falco Trust. You can follow her progress on her site, or donate if you wish through her JustGiving page.

Opening date for Wanstead’s new steakhouse

Wansteadium — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:43:24 +0000

Queen’s British Steak House and Grill, the rather stylish-looking venture in the former British Queen pub on New Wanstead, will be opening on 18 September, Wansteadium can confirm. It’s been reported that it’s the owners of the even-more stylish-looking Blue Boar in Abridge who are behind the plan; the website for the restaurant is not yet giving much away – and certainly not anything as detailed as menus and prices. More details to follow when available…

Tank on the streets of Wanstead

Wansteadium — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:46:12 +0000

Bizarre, but this was the scene in St Mary’s Avenue on Saturday, as captured by Wansteadium reader (and urban morphologist) Reza Masoudi. More pictures on Reza’s photo blog here.

Volunteers to demystify things are welcome.

Revised rubbish and recycling collection days for Wanstead

Wansteadium — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:18:42 +0000

Public service announcement time: the rearranged rubbish and recycling collection dates after Bank Holiday Monday are as follows:

Normal collection day	But this week...
Monday	Tuesday
Tuesday	Wednesday
Wednesday	Thursday
Thursday	Friday
Friday	Saturday

Official confirmation from Redbridge Council here: Holiday collection dates.

Sign of times gone by

Wansteadium — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:22:37 +0000

Ain’t it great when removed shop signs reveal layers of the past? (Click to enlarge.)

No drama in Nutter Lane

Wansteadium — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:30:13 +0000

Windy Tuesday in Wanstead almost resulted in drama in the comically named Nutter Lane near the tennis club, when a falling tree landed on a white van, narrowly missing a Wansteadium reader walking by with her children.

@janeclapton reports: “The tree fell across the road on to the van, luckily falling on top of the roof and only slightly shattering the windscreen in the corner. The driver and another van man moved the tree to the side of the road.

“A tree surgeon was working in the lane at the time and after examination diagnosed ‘black spot disease’!”

She adds: “I could sensationalise further by commenting that my young children and I narrowly avoided potential tragedy by crossing over to the other side of the road only seconds earlier! Ha ha – technically true although ‘seconds’ a slight exaggeration!”

That’s the kind of understatement that does E11 proud.

The Pryce is Wright

Wansteadium — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:10:39 +0000

It’s a bit of a comedown since the heady days of Horsfall and Wright, but estate agents Elizabeth Pryce is now comfortably settled in the shop next door to its former offices. As such it’s a bit of a zero sum gain for Wanstead High Street diversity, but on the plus side it does free up a very attractive corner office which should be tempting for all sorts of interesting shops (fingers crossed).

Wanstead news roundup, 24,08.10; Artists, white lines, and TV

Wansteadium — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:48:04 +0000

• The full list of artists participating in the Wanstead Art Trail – a fantastically enlightened bid to give Wanstead artistic buzz (rather like the regeneration-inducing Folkestone Triennial) – has been published by the Wanstead Society. It shows 63 venues in Wanstead which will be showing works by more than 130 artists, both professional and amateur. It will take place between 19 and 26 September and more details, including the full map, can be found at the Wanstead Society website.

• Rumours that the Metropolitan Police had started marking out the part of Wanstead Flats where they want to site their Olympic operational headquarters were scotched when it turned out the lines had been painted by the Showman’s Guild for the Wanstead Flats Fair. Opposition to the Met’s proposal is increasing in volume; the force is making its case online.

• Meanwhile, on Tuesday night, the decision will be made about the Arcelor Orbit sculpture, which, in June, Wansteadium revealed risks interfering with the Freeview TV signals of people living in Snaresbrook.Details here. It now appears that if there did turn out to be a significant effect, the Olympic Delivery Authority would be required to pay for corrective measures, though it’s not clear what this could be.

The Andrews’ clear-out begins

Wansteadium — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:27:20 +0000

Four months after it shut its doors for good, and in doing so found a use for some of its range of padlocks, Andrews’ Builders Merchants, in Woodbine Place, has now been cleared out. It made for a pretty sorry sight. What the future holds for this unique building is not yet known.