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Your cultural life in and around Walthamstow No.23 • January 2015

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ew year resolutions get a bad press to my mind.

People are always proudly declaring that they never make them.

I think I can understand why, they always seem to be about giving up something, normally something we really, really enjoy. But instead of looking for something to ‘give up’ perhaps we should be looking for something to ‘take up’ instead. Hopefully this issue is full of all sorts of things that you might have always wanted to have a go at, but for whatever reason haven’t got around to. You might have always fancied making your own furniture or trying your hand at welding perhaps. If so Blackhorse Workshop (page 12) have all the equipment and courses you could ever ask for. Maybe you’ve always wanted to sing, or at least find out if you could sing, so read about our Local Hero Lizzy and her array of choirs on page 24. If you’re between 14 and 19 you might fancy having a go at acting, writing or directing. In which case see page 14 for details of the Soho Theatre’s January theatre courses.

If however you can’t be persuaded to try something new and are free of any New Year promises to cut out drinking, preferring a night at your local pub with a friend or friends to one down the gym getting a new bod for 2015, then you might appreciate Richard Ashman’s celebration of the local boozer on page 18. What’s more if you love your local may I offer a final suggestion for a New Year’s resolution: see more music locally this year and support your local while you’re doing it. Why not start with Janus Sounds’ line up of world class acts appearing throughout 2015 (see page 16) at Hoe Street’s Rose and Crown. It’s an easy resolution to keep up too with our listings full of everything from jazz to classical.

Finally for a borough with as much creative energy as ours our feature on Wood Street Walls quotes a truly shocking statistic – we have only 78 art studios in Waltham Forest as opposed to Hackney’s 1,150. Wood Street Walls is looking to establish a new creative space in Walthamstow in reaction to so many people losing their studios to high rents and redevelopment, and are using crowdfunding site Spacehive to raise the cash. Please read more about the project and how to get involved on page 21.

Happy new year for 2015!

Paul Lindt, Editor editor@theelist.co.uk

Walthamstow, a poem by Iva Petrova Blackhorse Workshop Soho Theatre’s Young Theatremakers Educating the East End - A Student’s View Janus Sounds In praise of the British boozer Wood Street Walls/Static SpeakEasy Local Hero - Lizzy Renihan Walthamstow Diary The Magpie

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Anthony Roussel Waltham Forest is home to many designer/makers. One of the more unusual I’ve come across is this month’s cover star, Anthony Roussel. Originally a jewellery designer he is now producing decorative and innovative designs in wood to adorn interiors. Here he talks about his work.

I create sculptural surfaces in wood. I have developed a collection of intricate decorative panels for commercial and residential environments. The concept is focused on working with wood in innovative ways. My surface designs are aimed at interior designers and architects but I also deal directly with private clients. I have a 3D range and

an inlaid range with brightly coloured stained wood. These are also available as table tops.

I started my career as a jewellery artist and then moved into furniture and lighting.

My new 3D surface work is a progression of all these disciplines but one thing that remains is the use of wood as my specialism.

Atelier Anthony Roussel

www.anthonyroussel.com

Working a lot with photography as a tool to develop patterns, these are then translated into repeated forms which are cut into wooden layers. They are then meticulously bonded into sculptural relief form.

For now I have a home studio but I plan to be using the Blackhorse workshop this year as I live locally.

info@anthonyroussel.com

If people want to see my new surface designs then they can be viewed at the Material Lab studio, 10 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 8BB. Phone: 020 7436 8629.

Email: info@material-lab.co.uk 9.00am-5.30pm, MondayFriday.

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This month in town

January

Friday 2 Bumps and Babies Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA A monthly meet up for new mums and mums to be. A great chance to make new friends whilst eating cake!

10.30-12.30pm. FREE. Sue Lopez 07947 455370 Susana.lopez@cancer.org.uk Creative Writing Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Interested in writing creatively but not sure where to start? Have you done some writing but don’t feel confident in sharing the results? This group aims to develop our skills with expert help, to grow in confidence and to publish a collection of some of the resulting work. 12-2pm. Also first Weds evening 6.30-8.30pm. FREE. Deborah on 020 8257 1144 or hgcl.groups@outlook.com https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com Gay Meet-up The Castle Pub, 15 Grosvenor Rise East E17 9LB 6.30-11pm. FREE. Jean-Francois 07831 782200 jeanfrancoisdor@gmail.com http://www.meetup.com/ Walthamstow-Gay-Meetup/

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E11 Cycle Ride Meet outside Carlton House (behind Natwest), Aylmer Road off High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AD A 12-18 mile ride encompassing cycling politics and the Regent’s Canal, including Union Chapel, Camden Passage, Sutton House, Clissold House & Emirates stadium. All much closer than you might think. Great ride to start the new year, led by David Giddings. Time for coffee and lunch as agreed on the day. 10am-3pm. FREE. http://www.e11cycling.co.uk/

Creative Kids: Tangled Yarns William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Regular session for under fives to enjoy with their parents and carers. This month, we’ll look at the people who work in the textile industry and make a giant Creative Kids rug to celebrate fairness. Booking essential. 1011.30am, repeated 1-2.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk

Monday 5 Winter Soups The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Pop in and lend a hand with making a selection of seasonal soups using locally grown organic produce. Learn how to make the delicious soups that we serve in the cafe. Get tips on how to make exciting and affordable soup out of everyday ingredients. 10am-1pm. http://www.hornbeam.org.uk

Saturday 3 Blackhorse Market Blackhorse Workshop, 1-2 Sutherland Road Path, E17 6BX A monthly street food and makers’ market with design and craft and great activities for kids. 10am-4pm. FREE. Harriet Warden 02085311612 info@blackhorseworkshop.co.uk http://www.blackhorseworkshop.co.uk/ market

Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Join us for a discussion on cycling issues, opportunities and upcoming events. We usually go to a nearby pub after the meeting . 8-9.15pm. FREE http://wfcycling.wordpress.com/.

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Open Mic - New Year Special Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Come and celebrate the new year with a night of performance, showcasing a variety of talent from all over London.

7.30pm. andy@mirror-mic.com 07940260558

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East London Lesbians Meet Up Group The Castle Pub, 15 Grosvenor Rise East E17 9LB Monthly lesbian meet up group; relaxed, friendly and sociable. 7-10pm. FREE. Molly ell.molly@aol.co.uk www.meetup.com/East-London-Lesbians

The Lucky Strikes / Stick in the Wheel What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Dark and dirty Americana to chill your soul from the rock n roll wastelands of Essex - inspired by Tom Waits, The Band and Neil Young. 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

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Creative Writing Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ See Friday 2 for details except 6.30-8.30pm. FREE. Son Of Kirk What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Son of Kirk mix the purest of fiddle folk tones with contemporary, intricate drum rhythms and sweeping cello accompaniment, all wrapped around beautifully ambient guitar-based songs. 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

Friends’ Talk: Alke Schmidt William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Artist Alke Schmidt discusses how the social costs of the global textile industry past and present inspired her Tangled Yarns exhibition. 7.309.30pm. £7.50, Friends of the William Morris Gallery £5. roger.huddle@ntlworld.com Red Imp Comedy Club presents Sean Hughes Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe St E17 4SA Presenting Perrier winner Sean’s brand new show MUMBO JUMBO. Consisting of stories including being serenaded at the break of dawn by Robert Smith, trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda and coming to the conclusion that he will never have a proper conversation with his dear mum! Doors 8.30pm, show 9-11pm. £14+10% booking fee.

Some tickets available on the door.

0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.redimpcomedy.com/ Jazz and Soul Night Upstairs at The County Arms, 420 Hale End Road, Highams Park E4 9PB Shelley T and The MPG’S play jazz, soul and Motown. 9-11pm. Suggested donation £5.

Shelley 07903271877 shelley@alphabeck.co.uk

Friday 9 Stow Baby Film Lounge presents Ida (2014, Cert 12A) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. Doors: 11.15am, Film 11.45am, Close 1.45pm Tickets: £6.50/£5 (conc) Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out.

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Mirror Mic’s open mic night The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH The Mirror Mic team hosts an open mic night. Experience a variety of talent from music to comedy and cheer on some raw talent! Well-behaved kids welcome until 9pm if accompanied by an adult. 7.30-11.30pm. FREE. andy@mirror-mic.com 07940 260558 http://www.hornbeam.org.uk/events Stow Film Lounge presents Pride (2014, Cert 15) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Award-winning comedy drama starring Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy telling the story of gay activists working to help Welsh miners during their lengthy strike in the summer of 1984. Doors: 7.45pm, Film 8.30pm.

Late bar, Close 12am. Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 (conc). Ticket & food £14 (pre-book only) Pre-book at www.stowfilmlounge.com or on the door if not sold out.

07910 643987

Saturday 10 Stow Kids Film Lounge presents Dolphin Tale 2 (2014, Cert U) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR The team of people who saved the life of Winter the dolphin reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother’s death in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.

Doors: 10.30am, Activity Session, Film 11am, Close 1pm. Tickets: £5.50 child, £11 child party package, £4 acc adult, under 2’s free Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out.

07910 643987 WVRA Monthly Gardening Day Meet at Village Square on corner of Orford and Eden Roads Cutting back bushes and plants in flowerbeds around the Village. Bring gloves, loppers and secateurs if you have them and wear sturdy shoes/ boots. All other equipment will be provided. 10.30am-12.30pm. FREE. Helen Lerner 0781 404 2499 or helen@walthamstowvillage.net The East Lonesome Drifters The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Proper ‘Country’ and ‘Western’ - both styles played with a forensic knowledge of the background and history of the songs, the ELD entertain & educate.

9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk

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Walthamstow Family Bike Club Meet outside the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction E17 9RW A friendly, marshalled exploration of local open spaces and back street routes with a reviving cafe stop midafternoon. 1-5pm. FREE Paul 020 8520 0648 paul.gasson@gmail.com.

Club Mellow 18-30s Men’s Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN 18-30 Men’s Night is for gay, bisexual or trans* men who have sex with men aged 18-30yrs to meet up with other guys their age in a friendly, supportive environment. 7-9.30pm. £2.

020 8509 3898 info@elop.org

Dad & Baby Massage and Yoga Health Works, 111a Hoe Street E17 4RX This fun class helps you bond with your baby while benefiting you both with some great stretches and songs.

Learn how to calm your baby and solve colicky problems, bowel issues, teething etc. 10.30am-11.30pm. £10 includes free bottle of baby massage oil.

Jo Redmond 07587 638154 joredmonde17@gmail.com http://www.thehealthworks.co.uk Walthamstow Acoustic Massive (WAM) recruitment session Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU With over 70 students from 18-80 brandishing the motto, ‘It’s never too late!’ WAM is unexpectedly evolving as a powerful musical community, a musical platform and social network.

WAM performed at Walthamstow Garden Party and The Stow Festival last year and are now looking for more singers to join their choir. Rehearsals will start the last Sunday of the month.

2-5pm.

For further info or to recruit: wam@shapeshifter-productions.com 020 7018 2927 www.shapeshifter-productions.com Steve Turner at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Steve is a wonderful singer and concertina player. “The best spot I’ve seen recently... Total intensive musical focus” - Nancy Kerr. 7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 (conc) 07746 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk

Monday 12 Stowtellers St Mary’s Welcome Centre, 8 Church End E17 9RJ This month the fabulous Nell Pheonix will be telling ‘Wit, Luck & the Kiss of Forgetfulness’ - stories of love, luck & sharp objects - fairytales for adults.

7.30-9.30pm. £5 stowtellers@yahoo.co.uk

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Family History Quiz Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road E17 4JP Come along and test your knowledge of family and local history in this light-hearted quiz! No prizes, just an enjoyable evening’s entertainment.

8-9.30pm. FREE. Mark Carroll 020 8530 4755 mcarroll@waitrose.com http://www.wffhs.org.uk

Wednesday 14 Felix Holt & The Radicals / Legends Of Country What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Exservicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Felix Holt is inspired by musical styles such as gospel, blues and country, and influenced by artists such as Sister Rossetta Tharpe, Louis Jordan and Hank Williams. 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

Thursday 15 New Lammas Lands Defence Committee The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Our aim is to defend the former Lammas Lands of Leyton and Walthamstow Marshes, so that they remain public open space in perpetuity. 8-10pm. Annual subscription, currently £12/£6 (conc) www.lammaslands.org.uk nlldc@rocketmail.com The Real William Morris Trinity United Reform Church, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL (entrance in West Avenue) Although regarded as a great designer, Morris’ local legacy is in how his Socialist ideas affected local Radical groups. In this talk at Walthamstow Historical Society Roger Huddle sheds new light on Morris’ Walthamstow connections. 7.30-9pm. £1.50, members FREE. 07792 750017 walthamstowwalks@mz48.myzen.co.uk www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Dare to Design An Art and Craft Workshop for Parents!

Explore your creativity and share your creations and experiences with other parents.

Come along to one of our classes and build your artistic confidence. There is always a friendly atmosphere and kids are welcome too! Learn new techniques each week with different materials through painting, recycling, embroidery, decopatch, and much more. Encourage your creativity and self-expression through exploration of various materials.

This is a great opportunity to experiment with mediums you have never used before. This leads to a beautiful range of results and is always extremely inspiring. Make friends, and get creative!

Monday from 9:30 to 11am FREE and kids are welcome.

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Friday 16 Stow Film Lounge presents Ida (2014, Cert 12A) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. Doors: 7.45pm, Film 8.30pm. Late bar, Close 12am.

Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 (conc). Ticket & food £14 (pre-book only) Pre-book at www.stowfilmlounge.com or on the door if not sold out.

07910 643987

Saturday 17 Hollow Ponds Volunteer Task - Old Birch Well Meet in the car park off Snaresbrook Road, E11 1PQ Help clear away more vegetation from around the Old Birch Well and continue the great work started in 2014. No booking required, bring your own lunch. For over 16s. 10am-2pm. FREE. 020 7332 1911 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/eppingforest​

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Stow Kids Film Lounge presents Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967, Cert U) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilisation in this classic animated musical. Doors: 10.30am, Activity Session, Film 11am, Close 1pm. Tickets: £5.50 child, £11 child party package, £4 acc adult, under 2’s free Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out.

07910 643987 Apple Yowling Ferry Boat Inn, 1 Forest Road, Walthamstow N17 9NG Come and join in as we wish the trees in Waltham Forest’s oldest Apple Orchard good health and a bumper crop in traditional English style! Morris dancing outside the Inn followed by wassailing in the orchard, toasting the trees (literally!), dancing and yowling to banish any lingering bad vibes! Please bring something to make a noise with. Small charge for (optional) song sheets. Mulled spiced cider and food available in the Inn, and a ‘Big Sing’ of traditional folk songs around a roaring open log fire afterwards. 5.30pm. FREE Katy on 07904 159398 Co-Pilgrim / Olly Wills What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Exservicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Luscious harmonies and soaring strings bring you from the feel of classic Teenage Fanclub to the sound of the Byrds and beyond. 8-11pm.

FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

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Graham Larkbey & The Escape Committee The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Maximum pub rock from local legend Graham Larkbey and the gang. What can I say that hasn’t been said. If you haven’t seen them yet - where have you been? 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk

Sunday 18 Anonyma at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA A truly spell-binding combination of talents, drawing on traditional tales from Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland. Fine voices, stunning harmonies and a warm, lively and humorous rapport with audiences.

7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 (conc) 07746 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk

Wednesday 21 The War Hospital Leyton Library, High Road, Leyton E10 5QH To mark the centenary of the First World War, discover the local history of Whipps Cross War Hospital during the conflict and share personal and family stories. 11am-12.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 http://wflibraries.eventbrite.co.uk Daniel Meade & The Flying Mules / Hogie What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Country, boogie-woogie, honky-tonk, bluegrass, for those who have lived a little. 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

Friday 23 Evan Parker / John Russell and John Edwards Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA The jazz legend comes to Walthamstow. Stewart Lee writing in The Guardian described Evan as “the greatest living exponent of free improvisation” and The Independent calls him “a formidable musician”.

8-10pm. £7 in advance (via http:// www.janussounds.com), £9 on the door

Saturday 24 The Simon Theobold Band The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Great songwriting, superb musicianship all wrapped up in an old school blues rock package that will have you shouting for more. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk Events marked

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Fork to Fork Seasonal Supper Club The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Delicious, healthy & tasty food – locally sown, grown, picked & cooked.

We’re offering a tasty main course, as well as scrumptious starters and delightful desserts. And making use of as much local produce as possible, provided by Organiclea Community Growers. We cater for all special dietary requirements – please alert us to them when you book. 10am-3pm. 3 courses for £15! http://www.hornbeam.org.uk

Sunday 25 Relaxed afternoon jazz The William Morris Bar, 807-811 Forest Road E17 4JD Cool Blue Note-era jazz from the Paul Kaufman trio, plus occasional guest.

Enjoy great food, wines, ales and company while chilling out in this fabulous warm and stylish bar. 1.304.30pm. FREE. Paul 07801 429782 paul20002009@hotmail.com

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Leon Rosselson at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Political word-smith extraordinare. See the man who penned The World Turned Upside Down and Palaces of Gold.

7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 (conc) 07746 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk The Acid Drops The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Jazz-Funk regulars bring their unique blend of jazz, funk and psych to The WO. If you haven’t caught their act yet - do!

They are fab! 8-10pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk

Monday 26 Harrow Green Community Library Reading Club Meet at Violetta Cafe, 487 Leytonstone High Road, E11 4LJ A chat over tea or coffee about a text chosen by club members - a book, an excerpt from a novel, a poem or newspaper report. 10-11.30am. FREE. https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com/

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Club Mellow 18-30s Men’s Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN 18-30 Men’s Night is for gay, bisexual or trans* men who have sex with men aged 18-30yrs to meet up with other guys their age in a friendly, supportive environment. 7-9.30pm. £2.

020 8509 3898 info@elop.org

Bakers Arms Book Group The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH We are an informal and friendly group (sometimes some of us haven’t even read the book!). This month’s books are No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre and The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi. Tea, coffee, wine available. New members welcome, just turn up. 7.30pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk

Wednesday 28 Simon Stanley Ward / Mick Lynes What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB A 25-year-old Londoner in a cowboy hat who is sharp-witted, knowing, and has a distinctive, high voice that hits the spot on his self-penned country songs. 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

The Bevvy Of Blues Jam The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG The monthly blues jam returns with house band The Bluetone Groovers providing the platform for a host of special guests. Pick up that harp and come on down. 8-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk

Saturday 31 Family Day: Medieval Master William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Join William Morris the master craftsman and start an apprenticeship in a Medieval Craft Guild. Drop-in event for families of all ages. 1-4pm. FREE. http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ whats-on

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Waltham Forest Citizens Advice Bureau Annual General Meeting 6.30pm on Thursday 15 January 2015 Voluntary Action WF, 1 Russell Road E10 7ES Waltham Forest Citizens’ Advice Bureau invites local residents or people with a connection to the borough to join us for our Annual General Meeting. Please RSVP by email to admin@walthamforestcab.org.uk The aim of the meeting is to elect persons to serve as Members, Trustees and Directors of the Charity until its next AGM. Nominations are invited from residents of Waltham Forest, aged 18 or over, who support the activities of the Charity. Nomination forms are available from: CEO, Waltham Forest CAB, Churchill Business Centre, 6 Church Hill, London E17 3AG. They should be completed and returned to the above office by 5.00pm on Monday 12 January. They should be countersigned by two other persons, aged 18 or over, who live or work in Waltham Forest, and placed in envelopes marked “Nominations” together with a personal statement of no more than 100 words explaining why you have the skills and abilities to perform the role of CAB Trustee. The Charity, which is a member of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and trades as Citizens Advice, has the following aims: To ensure that the rights of individuals are not frustrated through lack of knowledge or the inability to communicate effectively and, to use its influence to ensure that government, organisations and firms adopt reasonable social policies.

More information about the work of the bureau can be found at www.walthamforestcab.org.uk

Saturday 31 continued

Booking for February

Hank Wangford What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB UK country legend! 8-11pm. FREE with a collection.

Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk

Thursday February 5 Red Imp Comedy Club presents Barry Cryer Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe St E17 4SA Comedy legend Barry Cryer returns to Red Imp. Star of Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, he’ll do solo stand up. His brilliant support act is Ronnie Golden! Doors 8.30pm, show 9-11pm. £16+10% booking fee. Some tickets available on the door.

0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.redimpcomedy.com/

The Per$ecuted The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Fine country-rock outfit, marrying brilliant songwriting with their own dynamic energy - always exciting and entertaining. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk

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Every week/Whole month Saturdays Family Storytime The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ For children 3-11 years old to enjoy stories with their parents and carers.

Local storytellers, including Jane Grell will share the magic of storytelling and build confidence in reading aloud.

Older children will be encouraged to read to younger ones from books in the library collection. 2-4pm. FREE. Ros 020 8555 5248 hgcl.groups@outlook.com https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com

DANCE/FITNESS Saturdays North Star Velo Meet at corner of Browning Road & Bushwood Road, Leytonstone E11 3AY Typical rides are 40-50 miles including a coffee stop. See website for more information. 8.30am-1.30pm. FREE. http://www.northstarvelo.com// Until Sunday 4 January (closed New Year’s Day) Pop-Up Shop Hoe Street Central, Hoe Street E17 4RT Menagerie Makes will be selling delightful animal themed gifts, homewares, accessories and showcasing Beast17; Bella Quail’s unique re-loved furniture and artisan crafts. 10am-7pm Morag 07905 164663 morag99@hotmail.com http://menageriemakes.com 6-25 January Glow London Hoe Street Central, Hoe Street E17 4RT Independent womenswear designer producing timeless beautifully designed high quality clothes at affordable prices. Opening times TBC. 27 January - 15 February Tatiana Soroko Hoe Street Central, Hoe Street E17 4RT Contemporary flowers and gifts for all occasions. Opening times TBC..

Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays Conservation Volunteers Meet opposite Lee Valley Riding Centre, 1a Connaught Close E10 7QS. Help improve your local green spaces through a wide range of activities including; woodland management, habitat creation, pond maintenance and some environmental construction.

With practical sessions every day there are plenty of opportunities to join in, meet new people, learn new skills and discover hidden green spaces while improving your health and stamina. No previous experience is required. 9am4.30pm. FREE. Tom Nandi, 07917267573 t.nandi@tcv.org.uk Until 1 March Raids, Rationing and Riots: Waltham Forest and the Great War Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Exhibition to mark the centenary of WWI, commemorating the impact of the war on the lives of people from Chingford, Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone. Open Wed-Sun 10am5pm. FREE. No need to book.

020 8496 4391 vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk

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Until 4 January Art Basel Wynwood Art District, 2A Chingford Road, E17 4PJ Last chance to catch Wynwood cafe’s first Art Basel group exhibition of paintings, photographs and prints.

Open cafe hours: Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat & Sun 8am-6pm. FREE. http://www.wynwoodartdistrict.co.uk/ Until 4 January Rossetti’s Obsession: Images of Jane Morris William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Exhibition of Rossetti drawings, photographs and pastel studies of Jane Morris. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. FREE. 020 8496 4390 wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ Until 25 January Tangled Yarns William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Alke Schmidt’s art explores the politics and morality of the textile industry, from the 18th century to the present day. Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. FREE. 020 8496 4390 wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ Until 31 January Resurrection Artefacto Bespoke Tattoo and Art Space, 476 High Road Leytonstone E11 3HN Group multi-media show “Resurrection” will explore the belief that it is through death that new life begins. From funerary rites to recycling, this show will investigate our relationship with life through death.

07412099018 artefactotattoo@gmail.com http://www.artefactotattoo.com Until 7 February Fun Palace Retrospective! The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Your memories and drawings of Walthamstow plus photographs from the Fun Palace Weekend and a film of how we made the Mill Elephant. TuesThurs 10am-7pm. Fri-Sat 10am-6pm.

Sun 11am-2pm. FREE. 020 85213211 info@themill-coppermill.org http://www.themill-coppermill.org Wednesdays Leyton Technical Quiz Night 265B High Road, Leyton E10 5QN £50 cash prize, bottle of wine for runners-up, spot prizes and cumulative bonus rollover prize too. 8pm. £2 each.

020 8558 4759 http://leytontechnical.com

Art & Illustration in The Deli Cafe The Deli Cafe, 69 Orford Rd E17 9NJ Artwork for sale and regularly updated.

Open cafe hours 8am-6pm.

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Wednesdays from 14 January Club Mellow Youth Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A space for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans young people aged 13-21yrs who want to meet up with others in a friendly, supportive environment away from the scene. 6-9pm. £1.

0208 509 3898 or youth@elop.org Thursdays from 15 January Club Mellow LGBT Social Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A weekly afternoon social support space for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people who want to meet up with others in a friendly, supportive environment.

2.30-4.30pm. £2.

0208 509 3898 or info@elop.org Thursdays from 15 January Club Mellow Baby & Toddler Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A welcoming, inclusive drop in for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* parents and carers and their babies and toddlers offering opportunity to network and socialise with other LGBT families in a safe, friendly setting.

11am-1pm. £2.50, little ones FREE. 0208 509 3898 or info@elop.org Tuesdays from 13 Jan English Conversation Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Improve your English, chatting in a group will boost your confidence, increase your vocabulary and help you to become more fluent. There will be opportunities to cook together and to visit some interesting places..

10am-12pm. FREE. hgcl.groups@outlook.com https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com Mondays Organiclea Jamming Sessions The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Volunteers will gain skills in creating jams, preserves, chutneys, cordials, flavoured vinegars, oils and perhaps even some fancy kale chips using surplus produce from Organiclea.

2-5pm. FREE but spaces limited. bryonymiddleton@gmail.com Wednesdays Farmdrop E17 The Chequers, 145 High Street E17 7BX Click and collect online farmers market bringing together local independent producers. A weekly ‘drop’ for your preordered groceries and artisan produce, collected from the hands that made it.

6.30-8.30pm.

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Saturdays OrganicLea market stall The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Organic and local sustainably grown fruit, vegetables, homemade bread, jams and preserves. Healthy Start vouchers can be used. 10am-3pm. http://www.organiclea.org.uk/ we-sell-food/our-market-stall/ Saturdays OrganicLea market stall with Transition Leytonstone Between St John’s Church & Matalan, High Road, Leytonstone E11 1HH As above. 10.30am-3pm. http://www.transitionleytonstone.org.uk Thursdays Tiny Tempo Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Fun introduction to musical conceptsusing singing, instrument playing, listening and dancing! With guitars, ukuleles, and a lot of energy, fun is had by all. 9.30-10.30 for under 18 months, 10.30-11.30 for 18 months and older. £5 for one child, £8 for two. www.hornbeam.org.uk Thursdays from 15 January The Mill Voices – Sing for Pleasure & Health The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Non auditioned adult singing group for anyone who wishes to enjoy the positive effects of singing. 7.30-9pm. £2, £1 (conc) Marina TheMillVoices@hotmail.com

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Classes/Courses Tuesdays from 13 Jan-31 March Plays of Bertolt Brecht Greenleaf Centre, Greenleaf Road E17 6QP An 11 week course for adults exploring the plays of Bertolt Brecht. 10am12pm. £7.90 or FREE if in receipt of certain benefits.

0800 328 1060 walthamstow.branch@wea.org.uk http://www.london.wea.org.uk Tuesdays from 13 Jan-31 March The changing face of Londons East End Shernhall Methodist Church Hall, Shernhall Street E17 9HX An 11 week course for adults. Mostly classroom based but including a walk.

7.30-9.30pm. £7.90 or FREE if in receipt of certain benefits.

0800 328 1060 walthamstow.branch@wea.org.uk http://www.london.wea.org.uk Alternate Sundays, 11 & 25 January Life drawing Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Create original art in front of a life model. All materials provided. Advance booking essential. 3-5pm. jonathan.ellis@mac.com or text 07980 713819

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Tuesdays Significant Seams 131 Wood St E17 3LX Sew & Tell: ESL with Zelda (term time) Come along and learn English (and sew!) in a friendly environment.

10am-1pm. £3.

Kids knitting club Join us for a great after-school activity. 4-5pm. £5. admin@significantseams.org.uk http://www.significantseams.org.uk Wednesdays Significant Seams 131 Wood St E17 3LX Stories and sticking Craft activity and story time for toddlers and their adults with Kaye. 10.30-11.30am. £3.

Mending club Friendly group sharing the joy of making and making it up when it goes a lil’ wrong! 1-3pm. £3.

Kids’ craft club Good citizenship and creative making at our community space on Wood St. 4.30-5.30pm. £5 Thursdays Significant Seams 131 Wood St E17 3LX Supportive Sewing Circle Bring your sewing, knitting or craft project along and join in. 1-3pm. £3.

Neighbourly Stitch and Knit Come along with your sewing, knitting or craft project and join in. 1-3pm. £3.

Sundays The Jazz Roast The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Every Sunday JB Jazz invite fellow jazzmeisters to sit in on their laid back vibe. The perfect accompaniment to The WO’s excellent Sunday roasts.

1-7pm. FREE. Roast optional, from £7. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk Mondays WO Community Choir The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Join our fast growing community choir.

Absolutely no auditions. All abilities welcome. Inclusive, informal and fun.

Call for more info or come along on the night. 7.30-9pm. £7 (or £6 in advance), first session free.

Laura 07813686980 singattheWO@gmail.com

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info.banjosmith@gmail.com Sundays The Drawing Room Ricco’s Cafe, 64 High Street E17 7LD A relaxed environment to develop your observation and drawing skills.

Weekly meetings consist of themed lessons where you will have the chance to explore a range of different ideas and techniques. 10am-12pm. £12.50.

Marc Summersgill 07738114358 marc@marcsummersgillpaintings.co.uk

Mondays Ukulele Classes for Beginners Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Learn the ukulele or improve your skills with an experienced, professional musician in a fun and relaxed environment. Instruments not provided!

8.30-9.30pm. £10. 20%discount when booked in advance.

Violaine Bailleul 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com http://www.banjosmith.co.uk Mondays until 9 February Five String Banjo Classes Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Dick Smith teaches 5-String Banjo classes in 3 finger bluegrass style picking for adults. 6.30-7.30pm. £12.50. 20%discount when booked in advance.

Violaine Bailleul 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com http://www.banjosmith.co.uk Mondays until 30 March (termtime only) Waltham Forest Community Choir St Mary’s Church, Church Hill E17 9RJ A friendly choir with a wide-ranging repertoire, from Faure to Folk via Gospel, African and Pop Classics. Open to those living or working in Waltham Forest.

New members welcome anytime. No audition required. 7.30-9.30pm. £5 (payable termly £50).

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Wednesdays until 11 February Banjo Classes for Beginners Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Recruiting now, Dick Smith teaches five-string Banjo classes in three finger bluegrass style picking. Start from scratch or brush up your banjo skills in a relaxed and fun environment. 7.308.30pm. £12.50. 20%discount when booked in advance.

Violaine Bailleul 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk Natural Voices Choirs Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Fun funky choirs for men and women beginners plus advanced ladies’ choir.

Various days and times. £10.

Lizzy Renihan 07950-204338 lizzyrenihan@hotmail.com http://www.naturalvoices.co.uk Thursdays The Singing Room Community Choir Open Session Small side hall, St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Rd E17 3JF A local choir for the confident, not so confident and downright petrified!

Come and give us a try. We’ve fantastic songs to sing. 7.30-9.15pm. £7.

Anna 07931 372996 or annamusicmakers@gmail.com for further details or just turn up!

Fridays Come and Sing - Under 5s All Saints Church, Church Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Singing songs of inspiration and love for parents and under 5’s. 9.3010.30am. £5.

Andrea Encinas 020 8509 7222 andrea@britishgospelarts.com http://comeandsing.com/parents-andchildren-under-5

DANCE/FITNESS Saturdays from 10 January Piano Classes for Children Mission Grove School, Mission Grove Road E17 7EJ Introduction to piano and music theory. Group classes with four children in a half hour class taught in relaxed and fun environment. 10am-12.45pm. £75 for term of 10 sessions. £5 registration fee.

Priority bookings 07568 157028 or rachelbettelley@hotmail.com Saturdays E17 Junior Guitar Club Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Guitar playing fun for children of all abilities. Ages 7 and upwards. 10am12pm. Different levels & times. Pay £8 for taster session, then £48 for a halfterm of six lessons 30 minutes each.

Christian Karlsson mob. 07958 471 083, chris@stunningmusic.com www.stunningmusic.com Saturdays B.I.G. Gospel Choir All Saints Church, Church Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Join this friendly and dynamic choir who were recent finalists of Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2014. 4.30-6pm. £5 plus annual membership.

Andrea Encinas 02085097222 andrea@britishgospelarts.com http://www.britishgospelarts.com Mondays Baby Massage Mothers Hub, 133 Wood St E17 3LX Developmental baby massage course for babies of 8 weeks and older. Come and have fun with your baby whilst helping them to relax and grow.

10.30am-12pm. £8 or concessions Alex Brandon 07528 385986 alexjanebrandon@gmail.com Mondays & Thursdays (term time) BONGALONG music, movement and make believe St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Road E17 3JF Fun music sessions using singing, dancing, let’s pretend and wonderful percussion instruments. Sessions for Under 5s and their carers at 10am, 11am, additional session on Mondays at 1.30pm. Sessions for Under 1s at 1.30pm and 2.30pm on Thursdays. £5.25. Booking essential. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811460282 www.bongalong.co.uk Tuesdays Baby Massage The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Stimulate and relax your baby with developmental baby massage.

11.15am-12.15pm. £8 or £40 for six week course.

Alex Brandon 07528 385986 alexjanebrandon@gmail.com

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Tuesdays Hola Chicos – Spanish for babies and toddlers The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Spanish sessions introducing babies and toddlers to Spanish through songs, games and stories. 10.15-11am. £5, additional siblings £2.50.

Alex Brandon 07528 385986 alexjanebrandon@gmail.com Wednesdays Hola Chicos – Spanish for babies and toddlers Mothers Hub, 133 Wood St E17 3LX Sessions introducing babies and toddlers to Spanish through songs, games and stories. Ages 0-5. 10-11am. £5, additional siblings £2.50.

Alex Brandon 07528 385986 alexjanebrandon@gmail.com Wednesdays (term-time only) Brownies in Wood Street Peterhouse Community Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW Brownies is for girls aged 7-10. We meet once a week and do lots of fun activities and games. We also have a variety of trips and weekends away.

Please email/call to express interest and find out more. 6.30-8pm. £2.

Lottie 0774 0985 479 22ndwalthamstow@gmail.com http://www.girlguiding.org.uk Fridays until 27 March (term-time) Acting Bugs The Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW Drama and storytelling classes for children: ACTING BUGS for children aged 3 to 4. DIDDY BUGS for the under 3s stimulates the senses through story based sessions. 9.50-11.30am.

First class FREE. £7 per session paid half termly, £6.50 per session when paid termly. 50% discount for siblings.

Samantha Seager 07903 459497 info@actingbugs.co.uk http://www.actingbugs.co.uk Thursdays until 19 February Kids Art Club The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA 6 sessions of fantastical storytelling and related art making. For 2-11 year olds. 3.30-5pm. £1.

020 85213211 info@themill-coppermill.org http://www.themill-coppermill.org Saturdays,10 January-14 February Telling Tales! (6 week course) Walthamstow Central Library, High Street E17 7JN A free course for 8-11 year olds, where imaginations come to life! Develop stories and poems with professional writer and spoken word artist Paul Lyalls and work towards a Discover Arts Award. NB a parent or guardian should stay on site throughout. 10am-12pm.

FREE but booking essential.

020 8496 3000 librarypromotions@walthamforest.gov.uk http://tellingtalese17.eventbrite.co.uk

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Fridays Walthamstow Children’s Choir The Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW A new choir for ages 5–11. Children learn to sing together and about vocal development and musicianship.

But most importantly they have fun!

4-4.45pm. £3, £5 for two siblings.

Charlie Furniss 07795 025635 e17childrenschoir@gmail.com Saturdays from 10 January Spanish for Toddlers & Children Mission Grove School, Mission Grove Road E17 7EJ Spanish for Toddlers Learning Spanish in a fun and relaxed environment. Singing and games.

Suitable for 4-6 year olds. 10.3011am. £65 for term of 10 sessions. £5 registration fee.

Spanish for Children Suitable for 5-8 year olds. 11am-12pm. £70 for term of 10 sessions. £5 registration fee..

Priority bookings 07568 157028 or rachelbettelley@hotmail.com Saturdays from 10 January French for Toddlers & Children Mission Grove School, Mission Grove Road E17 7EJ French for Toddlers Learning French in a fun and relaxed environment. Games, dance, cooking.

Suitable for 4-6 year olds. 11.3012pm. £65 for term of 10 sessions. £5 registration fee.

French for Children Suitable for 6-8 year olds. 12.15-1.15pm. £70 for term of 10 sessions. £5 registration fee.

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Saturdays French Classes The Salvation Army, 434 Forest Rd E17 4PY Come and sing with us in French!

Saturday French Club for children aged 4+. Two 1 hour drop-off classes: 10am for non-French speakers, 11am for French speakers. 10am-12pm. £8. Free trial. 20% off for siblings.

Sofia 07574044184 sofia.bouceddour@yahoo.fr http://laccent.weebly.com Saturdays BONGALONG Early Risers St Mary’s Welcome Centre, 8 Church End E17 9RJ Up early on a Saturday morning?

Come along to Early Risers-fun, creative music sessions for children Under 5 and their carers; singing, dancing, fab instruments, snacks and a story. Dropin, term-time only. 8.30-9.15am. £6. £10 for 2 children, older siblings £3. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811 460282 www.bongalong.co.uk Mondays Jacky’s Fitsteps The Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road E17 9LN Dance fitness to ballroom and latin music. No partner needed. 7.308.30pm. £6 per class, or £20 for 4 classes paid in advance.

Jacky Logan 07715 421 349 jacjuke@aol.com http://www.jackysjukebox.co.uk Saturdays Iyengar Yoga Class St Andrew’s Church, St Andrew’s Road E17 6AR The practice of Iyengar yoga is suitable for all regardless of age and flexibility.

It helps gain good health, improve posture, relieve tension, increase stamina and flexibility.This is a general class. Beginners are welcome. 9-10am. £7.50.

Nicholette 07962 424 460 nicholetteyoga@gmail.com http://www.nicholetteyoga.com

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Fridays Jacky’s Fitsteps The Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW Dance to get fit, tone up, improve your posture. Drop in or contact Jacky for more details. 1.15-2.15pm. £6. £20 for four sessions in advance.

Jacky Logan 07715 421 349 jacjuke@aol.com http://www.jackysjukebox.co.uk Saturdays & Sundays Beginners Yoga Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A gentle yet challenging dynamic class for beginners. Explore the foundations of asana, breath, mindfulness and relaxation. Drop in; no need to pre-book.

12.30-1.30pm. £10 or £90 for 10. leytonyoga@gmail.com http://www.leytonyoga.com Saturdays Advanced Vinyasa Yoga Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A creative, dynamic yoga class to challenge and inspire experienced yoga practitioners. All classes are drop in; no need to pre-book. 9-10am. £10 or £90 for 10. leytonyoga@gmail.com http://www.leytonyoga.com Sundays Yoga Me Happy – Easy Like Sunday Morning Aveling Park Bowls Club, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 5EH Hatha yoga for all. Ease yourself into Sunday with a yoga session to open the body and mind and set you up for the day and week ahead. I have mats, so no need to bring anything but yourself. Two classes every Sunday 9.30-10.45am & 11am-12.15pm. £8, 10th class free with loyalty card.

Eliza Moore 07710 621 268 yogamehappy@yahoo.co.uk http://www.yogamehappy.co.uk

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Saturdays Pregnancy Yoga United Reformed Church, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL A drop in class for second and third trimester. Learn how to relax the body and breathing for birth. Really friendly classes followed by tea and cake with other mums to be! 9-10am. £8.

Sarah Rush 07815120792 enquiries@yoyoga.co.uk http://www.yoyoga.co.uk Saturdays Donation Yoga For All Levels United Reformed Church, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL A friendly Saturday morning class for all levels. Yoga to boost immunity, strengthen the body, release deep tension and promote relaxation. All equipment provided. 10.30-11.45am.

Donation, pay what you can afford.

Sarah Rush 07815120792 enquiries@yoyoga.co.uk http://www.yoyoga.co.uk Mondays Clare’s Dance Class United Reformed Church Hall, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL A fun dance class for ladies in the Stow!

Learn different dance styles & iconic routines from musicals & pop videos such as Thriller! Beginners welcome.

8.30-9.45pm. £8 drop-in/£6 term rate.

Clare Farow 07939 125014 clarefarrow2@gmail.com Saturdays Parent & Child Yoga Winchester Road Methodist Church, Winchester Road E4 9JP A yoga class for children from age 2 and parents to learn about yoga and how their bodies work and have fun with their parents. Please bring a yoga mat. Booking essential. 9-10.15am. £8 payable per half term at £40.

Laura Piercy Farley 07970493521 e18yoga@virginmedia.com http://www.e18yoga.co.uk

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Mondays E17 Kids Yoga (2-6yrs) United Reformed Church, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL A fun accessible class, teaching kids balance, confidence, coordination, focus, stillness and body/breath awareness in a non-competitive, encouraging, kind environment. Yoga Alliance registered & certified RYTC. Ages 2-3yrs: 1.50-2.30pm Ages 4-6yrs: 4.30-5.05pm £5 per class or £4 for 6.

Nikki Willemen 07833438943 anikwillemen@gmail.com http://www.nikkiyoga.london/ Mondays Yoga for Healthy Backs Back 2 Balance, 609 Forest Road E17 4PP Small classes to release tension in the neck, shoulders and back. Please wear comfortable clothes and avoid eating a heavy meal 2 hours before class.

7-8pm. £9 or £48 for 6 sessions.

Vanessa Brooks-Fisher 07919 595665 yoganessy@gmail.com http://www.yoganess.org Mondays Hatha Yoga Drop-In Community Room, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP Creative and inspiring class. All levels including beginners. Newcomers always very welcome. 8-9.30pm. £7.

Please pay at Centre reception.

YogaRos 07711042883 yogaros@yahoo.co.uk http://www.yogaros.co.uk Mondays Yogi J Yoga St Michael & All Angels Church Hall, Northcote Road E17 6PQ Release physical tension and mental stress. Bring a mat or email James to buy one. 7-8pm. £9 or 6 classes for £45 Email James jjcassidy123@aol.com Tuesdays BollyFusion Dance Workout The Welcome Centre, St Mary’s, Church Path (off Vestry Road) E17 9RJ .

Accessible, upbeat and exciting Bollywood class influenced by street dance and jazzy moves. All welcome, regardless of experience. Zumba-style warm up, learn a fun routine, yogastyle cool down. Come and join in the BollyFusion fun! Over 18s. 7.45-8.30pm.

First class FREE when joining, then £7 when booked in advance, £6 members.

Vanessa 07958 523431 info@khyalarts.org.uk Tuesdays Learn Belly Dancing The Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road E17 9LN Enjoy belly dancing to stay in shape and express your own personal creativity. For all ages. 7-8pm. £5.

Sarah 07735 345635

Tuesdays Waltham Forest Flames Basketball Pastures Youth Centre, 15 Davies Lane E11 3DR A fun, GIRLS ONLY u18 basketball session for mixed ability. Fun drills and games that will lead to an improvement in both ability and character. Come along and try it out!

4-6pm. £3.

Michael 07875 018011 michael.gainsborough-adam@ accesssport.co.uk http://jmywehner.wix.com/everbetter Tuesdays Estilo Y Sabor Latin Dance Chingford Rugby Club, Lea Valley Playing Fields, Waltham Way, E4 8AQ Kizomba at 7:30pm, Bachata at 8:00pm, Salsa at 8:45pm, club from 9:30pm. Beginners, improvers and intermediate/advanced. 7.30-11pm. £3.

Andreas 07804 778373 Wednesdays Low Cost Dynamic Yoga Class Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A therapeutic yoga class focused on lengthening and supporting the spine, easing discomfort and releasing tension from the body. Open to all levels. Just drop in; no need to pre-book. 11am12pm. £6. leytonyoga@gmail.com http://www.leytonyoga.com Wednesdays Waltham Forest Flames Basketball Pastures Youth Centre, 15 Davies Lane E11 3DR A fun u18 basketball session for MIXED GENDER & ABILITY. Fun drills and games that will lead to an improvement in both ability and character. Come along and try it out!

4-6pm. £3.

Michael 07875018011 michael.gainsborough-adam@ accesssport.co.uk http://jmywehner.wix.com/everbetter Thursdays Pilates Mat class Leyton Parish Church Hall, Lindley Road E10 5PY Drop-in, general level Pilates class, to improve your strength, flexibility, balance and co-ordination. Teacher highly qualified and experienced. Mats and small equipment provided. New participants please contact Alison first.

7-8pm. £10. alison.bray@gmail.com http://www.abpilates.co.uk

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Walthamstow a poem by Iva Petrova Walthamstow you renew my sense of hope In your nest of multi-colours I find a place where my soul can grow Your paths are always alight Even the grim, surrounded by despair.

Foxes lounge in my garden and figs grow bigger than fists.

There’s an aching to explore And if ever a place could be my home I would proudly call you my own.

You bear no judgment And being a bull in a china shop Makes more sense than being a dime a dozen.

I learn more truth from falling in your playground And being so far from the familiar Doesn’t affect my desire to reach for the stars.

Iva is 21 and from Bulgaria, but raised in Cape Town.

She moved to London for the first time when she was 18 and returned last year. She says “This time I have the luck of living and working in Walthamstow. This makes a big difference. The poem is about how I don’t think of Walthamstow as a place, territory. To me it’s about the people, it’s about the sense of being a part of something.

Being a part of something, yet being allowed to express yourself, to learn and grow.”

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Services & Facilities The space offers a range of different affordable membership packages to suit everyone from the commercial and professional maker, to the casual DIY user.

Bench space is available to book on a ‘pay as you go’ basis by the day or the month, and there’s a regular series of induction programmes to ensure you feel safe using the tools and machinery. We also offer oneto-one technical support to help turn your projects into reality, or to learn a particular skill, for example TIG welding or mastering joinery.

The workshop also runs a fabrication service.

We’ve made giant pencils to be turned into lamps, custom designed office furniture, art installations and DIY projects ranging from eco-kitchens to building spit roasts.

If you’re looking to revive some old skills, maybe forgotten or a little rusty, or learn some new ones or just for a friendly somewhere where you can make or fix stuff then this the place for you. But according to Harriet Warden, the workshop’s Creative Director, this is just the beginning. Here she tells the E List more.

Blackhorse Workshop opened last year in a former industrial building off Blackhorse Lane with the aim of providing a new kind of public space for making and mending.

The space offers ‘pay as you go’ access to wood and metalwork machinery and the space to build or fix anything, from planters to stage sets, bikes and furniture.

We now have over 150 regular members, run a series of beginner woodwork and metalwork courses and provide start up studio space for twenty new creative enterprises. Since September, we’ve run a monthly street food and makers market supporting local craftspeople and an emerging hub of food entrepreneurs. The workshop is also home to Wood Street Coffee who run our fantastic café as well as Left Bank Brewery; an on- site micro brewery and bakery.

Background The project was originally commissioned by Waltham Forest Council and given start up funding by CREATE, the GLA Outer London 12

Fund and the Olympic Legacy Trust UK. The building was converted by the award winning architecture and design collective Assemble, and with a small but ambitious team taking it on, a fantastic space is emerging.

From carpenters to metalworkers, architects to designers, furniture upholsterers to motorbike mechanics – the workshop is helping to solve the issue of access to machinery and expertise that is currently lost after leaving school or college, and bridges the lonely world of the creative startup by offering a network of advice and support.

Essentially it’s filling the technical knowledge gap that skipped a generation and is helping to hold onto manual skills that the digital world is letting slip by but that are proving so important to understanding how to approach design. It’s encouraging people to rediscover these lost skills, whether as creative hobbies, for moneysaving home improvements, or as valuable resources in our construction and manufacturing trades.

We work with kids of all ages, and offer regular drop in activities at our monthly market. To date these have ranged from Indiana Jones style stone carving to helping to construct the first ever Blackhorse Burning Man for a spectacular bonfire night. The workshop’s activities also proved to be a major hit at the Walthamstow Garden Party last summer, delivering industrial style hobbyhorses to hundreds of eager children.

Courses & Training Our evening short courses are designed to help you progress from the absolute basics through to mastering the skills to venture out on your own projects. So it might be learning the art of basic furniture making joints to understanding how to TIG weld, or on a practical level how to tackle common DIY problems.

We bring in specialist makers to teach you how to get started working with particular materials such as stone or leather, alongside showing you the best suppliers and basic equipment to use.

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As part of our education programme we’ve delivered innovative skills training together with project partners like Punch Drunk and Animaux Circus where we’ve built theatre sets, music festival signage and taught furniture making from reclaimed wood.

We’ve held making challenges such as ‘Take a Mallet to a Pallet’ where entries have resulted in some incredible pieces from telescopes to hand turned rounders bats!

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an amazing community who generously share their skills and knowledge. It attracts a real mix of ages from the recent graduate through to retired professionals all with very different skills and reasons for using the workshop. And with a growing computer dependent lifestyle, the workshop is providing an outlet for anyone keen to escape the keyboard grind.

The studios have already attracted some of London’s most exciting emerging design talent, with residents such as the Lola Lely Studio who have recently collaborated with Allen Jones for his retrospective at the Royal Academy and are working on a new commission for the Architecture Foundation.

There’s some really great projects happening.

One of our members, a chef and part-time welder has converted a horsebox into a new street food sausage business ‘VOL: Dutch

Smokery’ complete with smokery built at the workshop, and another bitten by the blacksmithing bug is now producing beautiful hand forged kitchen knives.

How to get started If you’ve got something you’d like to fix or build then the best way to get started is to come and have an induction, which we run on a weekly basis on alternate Fridays or Saturdays. Or you can get in touch to arrange an appointment to chat through your ideas with one of our technicians. You can also sign up to our mailing list to keep up to date on our all our events, courses and activities.

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Soho Theatre’s Young Theatremakers Soho Theatre’s work in Walthamstow goes further than the former Granada – their education projects offer local young people the chance to take part in a range of exciting workshops from January.

During the last week of October, a group of 20 young people from Walthamstow, all aged between 11 and 18, some of whom had never taken part or performed in any theatre before, created a show about food and memories of their favourite meals.

Complete with fake-moustachioed waiters, a band playing away in the background and some of the best mime food they’d ever tasted, the audience were treated to a menu of stories set in restaurants and kitchens.

as a comedy, theatre and entertainment venue, Soho Theatre will also be bringing their education work to the borough, including Soho Young Theatremakers – weekly workshops for ages 14-19, Soho Young Playwrights – playwriting for under 11s in Walthamstow primary schools, and NT Connections – a programme delivered in conjunction with the National Theatre which Leyton Sixth Form College are involved in this year, performing on stage at Soho Theatre.

This was the first of Soho Theatre’s education workshops in Waltham Forest – a taster week of their Young Theatremakers course which will take place weekly on Thursday nights from January. As part of their work to re-open the former Granada

Steve Marmion, Soho Theatre’s Artistic Director said: “You may have noticed Soho Theatre popping up around Walthamstow recently.

As you might know, we are hoping to open

an exciting new venue in the former Granada cinema on Hoe Street. As a warm up, and to really get to know you better, we have loads of different projects around the place.

What we are doing is bringing tailor made versions of the work we already do in the West End with young people, the community and new artists.

We had a brilliant time with our half term project working with local young people. And that’s just the start. From our under 11s playwriting in schools, through to holiday projects and theatre and comedy workshops, we hope to have a taster of everything we do somewhere nearby.”

If you’re aged 14 to 19 you can sign up for Soho Young Theatremakers online at www.sohotheatre.com/young-people For more information on any of Soho Theatre’s education work in Waltham Forest visit www.sohotheatre.com/young-people or email jules@sohotheatre.com 14

Educating the East End - a student’s view Last month The E List visited Frederick Bremer School and talked to some of the teachers and students about their experience with the school the subject of Channel 4’s Educating the East End. We also sent questions to Charlie, one of the students featured in the series, who left FB last summer for Sixth Form. Unfortunately due to college work he couldn’t get us his answers in time for the main feature, but as they were so good we wanted to include them this month.

On the first day everyone was extremely conscious of the cameras, how they turned and looked at you suddenly in the middle of a lesson was unnerving in a very funny way.

The students were understandably excited at first and therefore acted up a little bit, but it was only a week or so before we started to forget about the cameras. As far as I saw the staff all behaved normally and no teachers suddenly became much kinder or caring! Of course I was not taught by everyone but I can honestly say all the teachers shown in the series are always like that, they just happen to be genuinely lovely.

The series showed several of the non-teaching members of staff at Bremer which was good as they are some of the most important. In my case if I hadn’t been sent to Ms Austin and Ms Yildiran to try and help with my anxiety

attacks there is no way I would have made it into school every day, let alone complete my GCSEs and make it to and enjoy sixth form.

These members of staff dedicate time, in my case many hours, to ensuring students who are struggling in any aspect can be supported and helped to have as normal a school experience as possible. At Bremer, these staff are crucial and we could not survive without them.

The student/staff and inter-student relationships are genuinely as strong as they came across in the programme, I don’t think you could edit them out actually. Of course news spreads around a community as small as a secondary school but the students at Bremer have time and time again shown their willingness and innate desire to help and comfort anyone going through rough times.

The family spirit at that school is superb and

really makes everyone feel so secure. Both staff and students alike know they are in a safe environment as soon as they walk through those gates.

Watching the show back was as strange and outer body experience as I have ever had, but thankfully the main reason it was so odd was I feel like a completely different person to the boy struggling to breath outside that history classroom. At the time I was desperately hoping that by the time the programme aired I would be feeling much better, and therefore I could use the episode as a sort of closure on a not particularly happy time. Luckily I have improved considerably and I was able to reflect on the events with real pride. I am relieved I agreed to take part as I will always have the series as a reminder of how much I love that school, despite a tricky last year.

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Janus Sounds - bringing music to Walthamstow in 2015 Janus Sounds is bringing top musical talent to Walthamstow in 2015 including Evan Parker and Marcus Bonfanti for their ‘End of the Line’ series. They’d love to hear from you on who else they should bring up the Victoria Line!

2015 is the year in which Janus Sounds hopes to become better known to the citizens of Walthamstow.

Janus Sounds started in 2013 as a record label headquartered in Walthamstow, set up by two friends - George StewartLockhart and Stephen Vitkovitch - with a shared vision of bringing old and new music to the market - hence the reference in the company’s name to the Roman god Janus (appropriate for the January issue of E-List!) with two heads looking backwards and forwards. Their roster is modest with four acts. George explains how one of the highlights of their initial few releases was working with veteran bass guitarist Tony Reeves (with British jazz band Big Chief on 16

the label) who played on and produced ‘The Valentyne Suite’ by progressive jazz rockers Colosseum, cited by both founders as a favourite album. Tony passed through the British Blues school that is John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, replacing John McVie who had left to join world-beaters Fleetwood Mac. Tony has produced the label’s latest release, an album by Big Chief (‘Blues in Twos’) of music recently unearthed from recordings by the band in 1982 featuring renowned saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith to mark ten years since his passing.

Other acts on the label include Psyche Bugyo, an offshoot of cult Japanese psych rockers Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O, and solo saxophonist and flautist

Ryoko Ono formerly with Acid Mothers.

However, Janus Sounds haven’t been exclusively focused on releasing music, they’ve also brought Italian Klezmer act Minimal Klezmer to Walthamstow for a couple of concerts (The Jewish Music Institute note that Klezmer is music that was played at Jewish weddings). Both events packed out The Mill, and the first event had London Jazz News reviewer Andy Boeckstaens commenting “nothing could have prepared me for the live experience”.

The success of these events convinced Stephen and George, joined by George’s brother Ed in 2014, to divide the company’s efforts to focus on live music too. Their assessment was that there was a significant

appetite for good music in Walthamstow but also a relatively limited choice, and set about trying to put together an offering to fill the gap in the market, building on their experience of launching a night dubbed ‘The Triptych’ in West London which featured Henri Herbert, pianist of the recently dissolved Jim Jones Revue with support from Tommy Hare and Freddy Keen, as well as records selected by Nicky Francis of Goldheart Assembly.

In 2015 they will be bringing a range of well established artists to the Borough in a series of concerts titled ‘End of the Line’.

They arrived at the title after engaging in an open discussion with the various Walthamstow focused Facebook groups - one

title suggested was a misspelt ‘Walthamstow Swings’! At present the ‘End of the Line’ series is looking as follows: – On Friday 23 January legendary Free Jazz saxophonist Evan Parker will play at Ye Olde Rose and Crown. Stewart Lee writing in The Guardian described Evan as “the greatest living exponent of free improvisation”. Cheap Early Bird tickets for this event have sold out, but Advance price tickets are still available, or more on the door.

– On Friday 17 April Marcus Bonfanti, winner of the 2013 & 2014 British Blues Awards ‘Best Acoustic Performer’ and the man behind Classic Rock Magazines’ top 5 Blues Albums of 2013 will be playing, also at at

Ye Olde Rose and Crown. Cheap Early Bird tickets for this are still available at the time of going to print.

Tickets for all events can be found at www.janussounds.com. Discussions are underway with other acts with a view to bringing them up the Victoria Line and more acts are expected to be confirmed in due course. The guys are open to suggestions (info@janussounds.com) and would love to hear from you!

Words by Sarah Burden, concert photos

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headed upstairs to test their cinematic grey matter in the McGuffins film quiz. In a corner sat a poor chap who made the place his daytime home thanks to the kindly staff, and at the bar a regular recalled sheltering from bombs during the Second World War at the nearby Granada cinema.

My head was spinning trying to take all this in – and I hadn’t even had a drink yet.

But before I could, I made way for a group leaving a function room with their bicycles.

As they passed I studied posters promoting forthcoming shows in the theatre upstairs and mulled over a pile of leaflets advertising local events and good causes. As a failed pub under previous management a few years ago its customers made little complaint when it ran out of beer for days on end. Now a poll in The Londonist has voted it the best boozer in E17.

Before we allow local pubs be lost to supermarkets and flats Richard Ashman asks that we take a moment to think about their significance for our lives and communities and why a London without locals would be a very sorry place indeed. Photography by Simon Goodwin.

There must be something in the British character that gave us pubs. Maybe they provided the ideal outlet for an emotionally repressed nation that was suspicious of foreigners and thought sex was a dirty word. If we couldn’t take our minds off the miserable weather by making the world’s best puddings, we could always cheer ourselves up by escaping to the local ale house, tavern or inn.

Today you could argue that pubs just can’t compete against the cheaper alternative of shop-bought booze and the lure of the modern home with its 50 inch plasma TV, state of the art sound system, posh coffee maker, endless gadgets, funky wall art, designer light fittings and underfloor heating.

Who would want to leave those creature comforts for a potentially tiresome journey to a slightly battered building where you 18

risk brushing against volatile strangers, have someone else’s taste in music forced upon you and face the horrors of unsanitary toilets?

If statistics and predictions are anything to go by, pubs are now battling for their very survival. As their numbers continue to shrink, many thousands have been converted to apparently more profitable use. But can you put a price on their valuable service to society? A typical afternoon scene in a Wetherspoons suggests they can provide as good a social comfort blanket for the old and lonely as a charity or council service.

Entering Ye Olde Rose and Crown on Hoe Street one evening (passing the delicious aroma of Peppe’s pizza on the way in) I spotted a deaf couple communicating with sign language, while behind them some youths were playing pool. Near them punters tapped their toes to a live band while a crowd

Pubs offer a neutral space where folk can unshackle their shyness with alcohol, escape a tense atmosphere at home, unburden the pressures of life and just be themselves, someone that glows under low lighting and feels happier with the smattering of bonhomie from fellow patrons. They can be the ideal place to gossip about a locally cherished institution - perhaps one that was formed in the pub itself. How many marriages and friendships began in a pub, or decisions get made affecting local life? The hubbub in a pub can help set in motion exciting ideas and plans that wouldn’t so readily come to mind sitting at a sterile table in a cafe or living room. Pubs remove the mental straightjacket.

They don’t judge.

So cheers to the twenty or so pubs left in Walthamstow today. Some may be a little unsophisticated and frayed at the edges and if you don’t drink alcohol they could appear somewhat irrelevant. However their enormous contribution to our cultural life is invaluable.

Social media is great but being together is unbeatable. That’s why pubs have been with us for a thousand years. They’re the home of the subversive, entertaining, randomness of humanity and help nourish the soul.

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In praise of the British boozer

When stood in an old pub I sometimes imagine the ghosts of previous patrons that imbibed there in decades past. Old photos of busy street scenes exude a vibrant world of fancy lamp posts, well dressed pedestrians, elaborate shop fronts and trams advertising Bisto. The same streets today look dull compared to those exotic images of yesteryear, but there still exists within the walls of a good pub some of that richness of life, both past and present.

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Home is where the art is New community project Wood Street Walls brings streetart to Walthamstow together with an innovative scheme to provide a new creative space for local artists. Photography by Mark Rigney.

The project will also provide a creative outlet for local and established artists to publicly showcase their work through murals, as well as free art workshops for local residents.

The photographs show the first piece, a mural designed by E17 residents Tom Jackson and Craig Evans, artistic duo Static, which was erected last month in Ravenswood Industrial Estate. It has already caught the attention of local media, with Wood Street Walls founder Mark Clack invited to talk about the project and debate the benefits of street art on BBC Radio London.

After reading the Artist Workspace Study, commissioned by the mayor of London that showed there are only 78 art studios in Waltham Forest, compared to the 1,150 in neighbouring borough Hackney, Mark decided

to establish a community support we have received group with the aim to from local residents, “…there are only 78 art keep more artists in the and Waltham studios in Waltham Forest, businesses Forest council, as well as area. With the report compared to the 1,150 Metropolitan and Baxter highlighting that many artists will be left without in neighbouring borough & King who donated the initial public space to a home over the next 5 Hackney” showcase the first step in years, as 30% of studio what we want to achieve.” spaces cease to exist due to rising rents and residential conversions, Wood Street Walls is using civic crowdfunding Wood Street Walls was established. site Spacehive to gather pledges from as “After speaking with Tom and Craig, (Static), little as £1. The group received more than 70 who are facing being without their art space pledges from local residents - amounting to by next June and realising that many artists over £1400 - within 2 weeks of its launch. In are in the same predicament, it was a natural return for pledges, as well as supporting artists step to try to establish a new creative space in their local area, supporters will also receive in Walthamstow. The space won’t just be t-shirts, limited edition prints, workshops and for artists to enjoy, it’ll be a space for the even studio space, although no funding will community. We’re overwhelmed by the be taken until they reach their £40k target.

For more information and donate to their cause visit www.woodstreetstudios.co.uk, www.e17woodstreet.co.uk/shop/wood-street-walls & on twitter @woodstreetwalls. With 5 more public artworks planned for January, we’ll follow up in 3 months time to see how they’ve progressed.

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Fear is stalking that delightful enclave in Walthamstow known as “Poets Corner”.

To look at the neat Victorian and Edwardian facades, the welltended gardens and the floral displays that brighten up many a commuter’s walk to the dreaded Victoria Line, one would be forgiven in thinking “pure delight.”

There’s young Ivanovic on his mobile - “No earphones today Ivan?” as we all benefit from the latest offerings of Jay Z. Old Mr. and Mrs. Smith are shuffling down Tower Hamlets Road on their way to Paddy Power in the High Street hoping to recoup the pension money they lost last week.

FI scouts are out looking for new circuits as they hammer up Aubrey Road, chicane into Milton and throw a hard right into Brown’s and its (in)famous pot holed section.

Ah, there’s the Browns (and the Jones) both trying to claim the last permit parking space in the road. The Jones, having recently upgraded to a Chieftain tank, gently but firmly push the Brown’s surprisingly small looking (badge less) Audi A4 out of the way.

The unbounded joy that followed the opening of the Empire cinema, and the new eateries is now replaced by the realization that their beloved car parking space is under threat from out-oftownies. Outlandish cinemagoers desperately seeking somewhere to park their 4X4s while they nosh at Nandos and catch the latest movie release at “The Scene”.

To the rescue comes our Council. By extending parking restrictions, out-of-townies risk a fine should they dare park in our beloved streets and go and enjoy themselves!

All hail our municipal champions.

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Lizzy Renihan Many readers will already know this month’s local hero from her choir Natural Voices who regularly appear at fundraising and social events around the area. However this is just one of the choirs she’s involved with, all singing out across the country from Surrey to the Isle of Mull. Miraculously she finds time to talk to Paul Lindt.

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Lizzy was photographed in the former Modern College of Drama and Music on Orford Road where The Natural Voices Choir original started and still rehearse. It is now a private house and the home of the Cordon Verve Cookery School.

finest performers at The Majestic Theatre. It was such an honour but so moving to lose such a great man.

Having the opportunity to work with Stephen Swartz who wrote the musical Wicked was incredible. He believed in me and gave me my first West End solo .

You have also toured Europe with the BBC and RTE Concert Orchestras and been a soloist on Radios 2 and 4. It gives the voice an incredible lift to sing with an eighty piece orchestra of this calibre in some of the greatest concert halls in Europe and in the Royal Festival Hall. I sang on Friday Night Is Music Night, a concert performed in front of a studio audience which goes out on air live with only one rehearsal. Terrifying but a real privilege. Grainne and I were interviewed for Woman’s Hour by Jenni Murray. She unexpectedly asked us to sing live on air which would have been a shock but I can sing anywhere if it’s with my big sis – she is amazing.

How and why did you start working with choirs? I recently looked back on my new year resolution for 2009 and it says that I’d like to lead something creative which would have a positive influence on the community. I started Natural Voices in 2010 with a small group in

The Modern School Of Music in Orford Road Walthamstow. It was a relaxed and fun, group singing session. News of the group spread by word of mouth, numbers grew and it occurred to me that I was running a choir. At this point I had just had my second child and had given up my theatre career to bring up our family.

I found choir leading and arranging totally fulfilling so I started more and more choirs and it’s now a full time job....and a half.

You obviously see their potential as much more than a way to make music. Singing together in a choir is a very empowering and healing thing. We’re a strong community who are there for each other. Together, there is so much that we can give and so many ways that we can help others, especially by raising awareness, bringing people together and most of all helping charities who need us.

Many people in the area may already have come across Natural Voices. Natural Voices Choirs are community choirs that I’ve created. My dad called us Natural Voice singers, which means that we learn by ear and sing using our natural voice. So, it was easy to come up with the name. We sing a mixture of contemporary music with my own vocal arrangements that enable every ability to join. There are no auditions. I believe

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Are you an East Ender? No, I was born in Greenford in West London to Irish parents.

My husband and I bought a Warner flat in Blackhorse Road (as it was affordable then) and just before we had our two children, we bought our house in Leyton. It was affordability which drew us to the area initially but it’s the amazing and creative community that have kept us here. We just feel at home here as artists and Londoners.

You have a background in acting and obviously love music too. How did it all begin? Our dad was a wonderful Irish tenor and taught me, my 3 sisters and brother to sing. We were hilariously called The Von Trapps of Greenford. We used to sing at everything in our London Irish community. We were a family choir of six, all singing in harmony.

I studied dance, drama and acting during school and went to LAMDA to study classical acting. My older sister Grainne and I both became professional musical theatre actors in the West End. All four sisters have sung professionally.

You’ve since performed a lot in the West End… I understudied and played the role of Eponine in Les Miserables opposite my older sister who was playing Fantine. I was also in ‘Joseph’ and ‘Starlight Express’ the musical on skates. Other fond memories were playing Polly Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera for The Royal Shakespeare Company. I loved my years at The National Theatre playing various leads in plays and musicals and my favourite of all was playing Anna in the King And I on the UK tour opposite Kevin Gray who was a huge Broadway star. It was a book musical, so you can really play out your character within the play and the songs. Really demanding (especially as I was expecting my daughter Emily) but so fulfilling.

Any anecdotes you’d like to share? Last year I was flown over to Broadway to sing a solo from The King And I at Kevin Gray’s Memorial Concert alongside Broadway’s

everyone should have the opportunity to sing, regardless of ability, we’re not about sounding perfect, we’re about enjoyment of singing and performing - taking the stuffiness out of choirs.

You’ve expanded the concept to other areas. With the help of an amazing team of choir leaders who are colleagues from the West End, I have choirs in Surrey, the Isle Of Mull, Romford, South Woodford and Barnet.

I run two adult choirs in Walthamstow and a junior and senior youth choir. I am due to expand further into North London and also Leyton in 2015. I’m lucky because my choir leaders love it as much as I do and want to run more sessions.

You are also working with the Walthamstow Acoustic Massive I believe.

I’m one of the creative directors alongside the wonderful musicians Dick Smith and Alison Jones. I run and arrange for the WAM choir and this year we are featuring a song that I’ve composed. I can’t wait to hear it played with 50 ukuleles, banjos and violins.

Sounds like 2015 will be a busy year for you and the choirs. What else have you got planned? A small group of us performed of BBC3’s Don’t Tell The Bride and we’ve had so many enquiries that I’ve formed ‘Choir For

Hire’ so we are taking bookings throughout the year.

For the community choirs it’s a full year of singing already. Expect a flash mob on Valentine’s; a short film and song for International Women’s Day; leading the St. Patrick’s Day Mayor’s Annual Fundraiser; Walthamstow Toy Library fundraising Fayre; the Alice Rose Fun Run for GOSH; the Eat Of Heat Food Bank fundraisers; The Teenage Cancer Trust Barnet; and the Natural Voices Annual Summer and Christmas concerts for all the community.

Each choir leader will have their own programme of annual events in their community supporting charities close to their heart.

You live in Leyton with your family. Tell us something about the area we really should know about but might not? My new favourite place is the gorgeous 1940’s style cafe called La Petite Robe Rose on Leyton High Road I’m hiring it for my vintage birthday drinks. Leyton has some of the best outdoor spaces in the borough which is fantastic for our two children. We’ve spent so much time in Brook’s Farm with our children.

I even went into labour right by the pigsty.

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Walthamstow Diary Between forest and marsh lies the glorious Stow.

These are the tales and meanderings of a proud resident of E17 We had a friend staying with us recently, and he made what he thought was a pretty ingenius suggestion, “Why don’t you sell up and buy somewhere bigger outside of London?”. He isn’t the first to ask us that question, and he isn’t the first to give us a questioning look when we reply “we don’t want to move, we like it here”. Normally people leave it there, this friend however did not, he had clearly been thinking about this a great deal.

He started listing all the reasons why we should move, bigger place, fewer people, more cows, we did our best not to yawn as he spoke. When he had finished his seemingly well-rehearsed speech, he then made a mistake and asked “What’s so special about Walthamstow anyway?” Now it was our turn to talk.

I retrieved my 2015 Walthamstow calendar from the kitchen and put it on the table in front of him. The calendar, created by local artist Emma Scutt, has a local landmark on each page. Buildings such as the Chequers, the Lighthouse, Gods Own Junkyard, St Barnabas Church and the Assembly Hall fill its pages. As he flicked the calendar, I was telling him all about the places he was looking at. I explained that all of these varied places were all in Walthamstow, all of them within walking distance of home. His response “You get churches outside of London”, he was missing the point, he was proving resistant to the Wonders of E17.

Words clearly were not working with him, so we took him for a walk, a long walk. Starting on the glorious marshes, our walk also took in the High Street, the Village, and ended at Cafe Bonito on Wood Street.

Looking at us over his cup of hot chocolate, he said “Blimey, there’s lots of stuff here isn’t there”. He saved himself with that statement, he was close to being fed to the marsh bears on the way home, but he earned himself a reprieve. After a short pause, he said “I like Walthamstow”, job done I thought, job done. www.walthamstowdiary.com 26

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Thanks this month to www.facebook.com/WalthamstowTouristBoard and www.facebook.com/Walthamstow Life and https://twitter.com/e17facts The mice at Walthamstow Central are operated by remote control.

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JC: “Deck the halls with poles and trolleys, tra la la la, la... la la la la...”

FT: Steve McQueen did it on a motor bike.

RW: That beats trainers hanging off telephone wires DG: Every little helps.

Walthamstow (unofficial) Tourist Board In Walthamstow there are more ‘missing cat’ posters than there are ‘kebab shops’.

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SL: Ooooh what’ve I missed??

PF: Ok bye. Don’t slam the door on your way out MS: You’re no one til you’ve been kicked outta WalthamstowResidentsNews..

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AW: Epic thread. Everyone deserves a cookie.

SF: I’d rather have a biscuit. Bourbon if poss x DA: I’m a Pennywise Morning Coffee man DA: Have we arrived at the Biscuit Bitching section? Can anyone think of anything inflammatory to say about custard creams?

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Walthamstow Life St Mary’s Church has a secret escalator that leads to Birmingham.

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Missed it? Watch on BBC iPlayer - Part 1 available until 3 Jan, part 2 until 7 Jan LR: I’m not watching. They got very sniffy

about my collection of old phone chargers and refused to value them.

PM: Maybe they thought they were Nokia-off.

IS: £30-40K for his Rolex!

ML: What was his address again?

Walthamstow Life It is impossible to measure the excitement of a Walthamstow resident at the prospect of getting a TK Maxx.

Walthamstow Facts Famous cross-dressers fashion shop on Lea Bridge Road to close after 60 years.

SM: Love that Grayson Perry used to shop there - he also used to race mountain bikes at the Beastway on the Olympic site!

NH: They used to sell lots of proper dressy dresses. Whenever my mum had a function she’d drag us in there. They were brilliantly funny and thought my mum was someone completely different! She never let on!

LO: I did wonder about the pvc corsets being sold alongside nylon twinsets :) Thought they were just eclectic NH: Their catch phase whenever you tried anything on was “oh, it’s made for you dear” Walthamstow Life In 2003 Timeout magazine famously nominated Walthamstow as “the most scantily clad place in London”. It came second after Penge West.

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Merton Road, London, E17 4 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £700,000 - £750,000 Victorian property has a number of original features and potential to become a tremendous family home.

Berthon Gardens, London, E17 4 bedroom end terrace house for sale Guide Price £550,000 - £600,000 The stunning and expansive kitchen/ diner has stylish units, skylights, doors that open onto the garden.

Woodstock Road, London, E17 4 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £525,000 - £550,000 With loft extension, offering four bedrooms, a large through lounge, kitchen diner and three bathrooms.

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