Wanstead News

So you LIKE the idea of open air films, do you?

16 April 2012

George C Parker writes: Thanks so much to everyone who has expressed enthusiasm for the idea of an open air film for Wanstead. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can catch up here. As I kind of suspected, there are all sorts of well-informed, talented, creative people in Wanstead who are [...]

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Wanstead food

Suki’s Wanstead food update

15 April 2012

Wansteadium’s food blogger Suki Orange writes: I thought I’d mention a few items of mutual interest. • Firstly, congratulations to Provender, which was given a glowing review in Time Out  thanks to the reputation of chef Max Renzland, who apparently had a string of somewhat eponymous restaurants in the 90s. The review says: His bistros [...]

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Other Wanstead stuff

April showers

12 April 2012

Let the record show that, following the introduction of a hosepipe ban, Wanstead received eight consecutive days of rain. That is all. (No 2 in a series.)

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Wanstead News

‘Join our campaign for open-air films in Wanstead!’

11 April 2012

George C Parker writes: Summer in Wanstead has long been garlanded with the Festival on Christchurch Green, and the wonderful Music in Wanstead Park event. Thousands are drawn to enjoy these sunny get-togethers which make wonderful and inclusive use of Wanstead’s privileged green spaces. But, friends, we can go further. Imagine the warmth of the [...]

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Wanstead News

Wanstead’s Easter scenes

7 April 2012

Some very large ‘plus one’ signs

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Wanstead News

Wanstead roundup, 5.4.12

5 April 2012

• Two homemade signs posted in Wanstead. Make of them both what you will – the first in Grosvenor Road, the second outside the George. • Green garden waste collections have restarted – the day after your normal collections. • Having said that, the Easter collections will be affected as follows. Collections due on Good [...]

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Wanstead News

Cambridge Park church to become a nursery

4 April 2012

The news that the owners of the Treehouse Nursery in Woodbine Place have acquired the former Methodist Church building on Cambridge Park (above) is likely to be welcomed by many in Wanstead (though some may feel there are enough nurseries already). Paul Samouelle paid a reported £900,000 for the building, and now plans to convert [...]

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