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Your cultural life in Walthamstow No.18 • July/August 2014
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2012 Paralympics. Photo Danny Coope
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Howard Road House
Paul Lindt discovers the people behind wooly Walthamstow’s worldwide fame. Cover photo and portrait by Paul Tucker. Often if you wander down Howard Road around the time of a significant local or national occasion there’ll be a cluster of people gazing and sometimes pointing into the front garden of no 22. Such gatherings have been a common occurence for Suzanne, Maureen and Sam several years now. What’s more these crowds won’t be just local visitors, passers by or kids on regular pilgrimages from the local primary schools, some will have come from much, much further afield. During the Olympics camera crews from Germany and South Korea turned up. Even Monty Don came while filming a new BBC TV series. What is it that attracts all these people and causes them to smile and to leave with warmth in their heart? Only this month’s cover star and Walthamstow international tourist attraction, the amazing knitted displays of Howard Road House. The garden has always been full of gnomes and their assorted ornamental friends all lovingly arranged by resident Maureen Haggerty. But a few years ago her daughter Suzanne, a passionate knitter, had the idea to create a Halloween display of knitted figures to entertain local children. Now a regular favourite it has grown to include a homage to Michael Jackson’s Thriller complete with zombies. Then in 2011 she created William & Kate’s Royal Wedding followed by the Queen’s Jubilee in 2012. Each display
became more and more ambitious. By the time Sue decided to translate the London Olympics in to wool, she had to enlist the help of her mother Maureen, nieces Sam and Katie together with assorted other family members including sister Lyn, who has the unofficial job title of structural engineer (Rapunzel’s tower from this year’s Art Trail and the Titanic from Valentine’s Day being particular structural triumphs). Other events the family have gone on to knit, crochet and embroider are Glastonbury complete with its Pyramid Stage; the London Marathon including runners, Tower Bridge and a knitted river Thames; and Chinese New Year with a huge dragon. Each display takes two to three weeks to make. Don’t tell the kids but some characters are recycled. Former Archbishop Rowan Williams has been reborn as a pole vaulter before ending up as zombie for Halloween. As they’re out in all weathers Maureen insists on washing everything after each appearance, which means they might be clean but sadly like your jumper won’t last forever. Sam, aside from having crash courses in complex knitting techniques, has taken on the social media for the House. which is part of the reason that the girls now receive fan mail and knitted contributions from all around the world. Having abandoned work on their World Cup display in its early stages (for obvious reasons) we can’t wait to see what they produce next. As they say ‘Watch this space’ Follow @HowardRoadHouse on Twitter or Like them on Facebook
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Michael Jackson, Halloween. Photo Howard Road House
unny days are here again, so a warm welcome to a special July/August edition of the E List. Why a double issue? As I realised last year many of the regular events, classes and clubs seem to close for at least the month of August. Many organisers are away with the kids for the holidays or just deserve a month off, so it seemed a good opportunity for us to have one too. The town definitely seems to be sleepier this time of year. But don’t worry there’s still plenty to do this July and August including a myriad of festivals the like of Street17, the Walthamstow Garden Party, the Festival in the Village, the Wood Street Family Fun Day etc. To keep the kids happy there’s also a whole host of summer clubs. In this issue you’ll find what we have at the time of going to press but for the very lastest in listings visit www. theelist.co.uk where organisers can upload their events at any time so it’s well worth visiting regularly. Finally if you are on the move then why not download our lovely app too? Before moving on, I must say thanks to Laura, Paula and everyone at Artillery and all the participants of the E17 Art Trail this year. Managed to get round a fair few shows myself and the quality and sheer variety was fantastic - as were many of the parties! It just keeps getting better each year hence a bigger feat of organisation. I’m really pleased to have one of this year’s highlights as our cover star.
St George’s Day. Photo Howard Road House
Finally and on a more serious note July sees the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. I always remember, on camping trips through France as a 17 year old, the shock of seeing all those white crosses for boys my age. We have two fascinating WWI features by Wilcumstowe Times and Chris Evans this issue with zeppelins and Walthamstow buses. Finally I’d like to wish you all a fine summer wherever you may be, and the E List will be back in September. Paul Lindt, Editor paul@theelist.co.uk
The Jubilee. Photo Howard Road House
The Owl and the Pussycat, E17 Art Trail 2014. Photo Paul Tucker
Paul Ibberson Voice & Piano 5 Life of a dress, the lives of brides a poem by Dominique Golden 9 Beulah Road Market 14 Queen’s Road Cemetery 15 Susan Murray and the Red Imp Comedy Club 16 WWI and the men and machines of Waltham Forest 18 Little Free Libraries 19 Street17 Walthamstow’s unique street arts festival 20 This summer and the Mall Walthamstow 20 Gennaro Contaldo - why Jamie’s mentor loves Walthamstow 22 Wilcumstowe Times - Zeppelins over Walthamstow 23 Local Hero - Paul Gasson 24 Walthamstow Diary 26 Spotted Walthamstow 27
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Chinese New Year. Photo Howard Road House
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Red Imp Comedy Club – Richard Herring and Grainne Maguire Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Yet another brilliant hour from Herring as he works up to the Edinburgh Festival. Maguire is one to watch too! Doors 8pm. £15. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/275508
Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet at the William Morris Garden (near the Forest Road gate) Get outdoors, meet new people, get new skills & knowledge, improve your health & well-being, be part of your community and help keep the new William Morris Garden looking lovely with Lloyd Park’s Head Gardener. 10am-1pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 or email ellie.mortimer@walthamforest.gov.uk.
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WMG Late: Belgium William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Experience the cultural highlights of Belgium, birthplace of artist Frank Brangwyn. Have a go at traditional lacemaking, try Belgian waffles and relax with a Belgian beer while listening to the music of Jacques Brel. 6.3010.30pm. FREE. No booking required. www.wmgallery.org.uk
Under 5’s Nature Explorers Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP Adventures and activities in Lloyd Park for under 5s and their parents/ carers. We start with a fun ramble around the park searching for items around our monthly theme. There will then be activities and story time until 1pm. Food warming facilities and hot drinks available during and after the activities. 10am-1pm. FREE but booking is recommend to avoid disappointment. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv. org.uk Red Imp Comedy Club – Sean Hughes and Zoe Lyons Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Perrier winner and star of ‘Buzzcocks’ Hughes is back with quality jokes. Lyons is one of the funniest women in the UK - quality. Doors 8pm. £12. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/275509 Rebecca Pronsky & Rich Bennett (USA) / MC Hansen (Denmark) What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Rebecca Pronsky is Brooklyn’s own indie-twang songstress. Her songs are a gritty and dark blend of roots country. 8.30-11pm. Free with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
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Red Imp Comedy Club – Phil Jupitus and Andrew Lawrence Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Star of Buzzcocks Jupitus brings quality gags to the Stow. Lawrence is fresh from his Radio 4 series. Doors 8pm. £12. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/275510
Saturday 5 Annual Alumnae Event Walthamstow School for Girls, Church Hill, E17 9RZ Annual reunion for former staff and students, with entertainment, lunch, tours of the school, archive/ memorabilia, etc. See what your old school is up to now! 10.30am-3.30pm. £15. Booking essential: please book in advance from Lesley Winter, 0208 509 9410. l.winter@wsfg.waltham.sch.uk Dads R Us Walthamstow West Children’s Centre, 215 Queens Road E17 8PJ Give Mum a break and enjoy some quality fun time with your child or children. Choice of structured and unstructured play including music, arts and crafts, woodwork, soft play and more… NB At least one child should be under 5. 10.30am-12.30 pm. £2 per family.
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Walthamstow Village Big Clean Up! Meet at Village Square on corner of Orford and Eden Roads To prepare for the London in Bloom judges’ visit on 15 July we are seeking volunteers to litter-pick, garden and paint street furniture. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Lots of fun. 10.30am-onwards. FREE. Helen Lerner 0781 404 2499 or helen@walthamstowvillage.net The Mill Summer Beezaar The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA A celebration of the season - stalls, refreshments, games, music – and lots of information and advice about bees! 2-5pm. FREE. www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Forest Philharmonic Concert with South West Essex Choir Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 703 Forest Road E17 4JD Beethoven Piano concerto No.5 “Emperor” and Mozart Requiem. Conductor: James Sherlock. Piano: John Lill. 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £10 (concs £12, £8, under 18 and students £3), Family ticket (stalls): one adult one child £10. http://swetickets.ticketsource.co.uk or eventbrite.co.uk or tickets@forestphilharmonic.org.uk
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Red Imp Comedy Club – Bridgett Christie and Paul F Taylor Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Winner of Comedy Award 2014 Christie has just broken the record for the longest run at the Soho Theatre. See her new show here before the stadium tour. Doors 8pm. £12. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/275513
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Gerry & The Toys The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG A welcome return for the velvet voice and rocking vibes of Gerry and Dave et al. Great pub rock. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk
Sunday 6 Lloyd Park’s Trees and Plants from around the world Lloyd Park, Forest Road, London, E17 4PP. Please meet at 2pm in the Community Bowls Pavilion. Come and discover the history behind some of Lloyd Park’s trees and plants. In a 90 minute walk learn about the Tree of Heaven and Gingko from eastern Asia, the Horse Chestnut from Eastern Europe, and other interesting additions to the park. 2-3.30pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@ tcv.org.uk Eastern Front The Chequers, 145 High Street E17 7BX Sunday session with good food, great booze and DJs supplying an across the board soundtrack - folk funk, worldwide soul, balearic disco and much more. 4pm til late. FREE. Walthamstow Gay Meetup The Nag’s Head, Orford Road, E17 9LP Now official, another gay night in Walthamstow! SAVE the date! & see you then! From 6-11pm. FREE. http://www.meetup.com/WalthamstowGay-Meetup/
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Bistro Bicyclette The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Have lunch cooked by Norman Loves whilst you wait for the Tour De France to whizz by Bakers Arms and celebrate all things cycling with Dr Bike, HEET, We Love Low Cost Living Campaign and the Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign. 12-4pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk
Red Imp Comedy Club – Seann Walsh and Suzi Ruffell Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Star of Live At The Apollo, Mock the Week and Stand Up For The Week Seann is one to watch. “Unimprovable” The Scotsman. Ruffell is a rising star. Doors 8pm. £12. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/276307
Spin-a-Disc The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP With our very own Auntie Maureen. You bring the records Auntie will spin them. From 8pm. FREE. Red Imp Comedy Club – Shappi Khorsandi and Paul Sinah Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 55 Hoe Street E17 4SA Star of Live at The Apollo, Mock The Week, Royal Variety brings her new show to the Stow. Sinah is star of ITVs The Chase and a brilliantly sharp comic. Doors 8pm. £12. Bun 0208 509 3880 redimpcomedy@gmail.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ event/276306
Wednesday 9 Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Join us for a discussion on cycling issues, opportunities, and upcoming events. Everyone is welcome and we appreciate all contributions. We usually go to a nearby pub after the meeting. 8-9.15pm. http://wfcycling.wordpress.com/ Truckstop Honeymoon (USA) / Don Gallardo (USA) What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Exservicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB From New Orleans, hollering with all their hearts over a five string banjo and a doghouse bass, Truckstop Honeymoon live the life they sing about. 8.30-11pm. Free with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Watch out July1-8 continues to see some of the best of the UK’s stand up coming to The Rose and Crown thanks to Susan Murray and the Red Imp Comedy Club. On page 16 we chat to Susan about the shows, and what’s she’s got planned for Red Imp.
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Thursday 10 Creative Kids: Yoga William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under five to enjoy with their parents and carers. This month, use movement to tell stories about plants and animals. 10-11.30am. FREE. 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/whatson/events-calendar/creative-kids-yoga The Schmolympics & The White Death Harmony Hall, 10 Truro Road, E17 7BY Grow Your Own Theatre present two original shows by young people 8-16yrs. Theatremakers share an unusual Olympics, while the Youth Theatre have a tale of intrigue and murder! Whodunnit?! 5.30-6.45pm. FREE. Donations welcome. Sarah at Grow Your Own Theatre 07541 082 552 sarah@gyot.org.uk http://www.gyot.org.uk Whitefield Schools & Centre @ The Mill The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Celebratory launch of art works by pupils of Walthamstow Landmarks. Meet the artists! 5.30-7.30pm. FREE. www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Charleston Workshop for Beginners The Trades Hall, 17 Hoe Street E17 4SB (entrance in Tower Hamlets Road) This fun workshop will run through basic Charleston moves, such as the Black Bottom, Granny’s Kneecaps, and On The Spot Charleston. You do not need a partner to attend, just bring your dancing shoes! 7.30-8.30pm. £10. More info www.jeromelanderson.com
Friday 11 Big Chief Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Live Blues and Jazz by long running North London band Big Chief “infectiously enjoyable” (TheJazzMann. com). 8.30pm. FREE. 17Blues Club Walthamstow Cricket, Tennis & Squash Club, 48A Greenway Avenue E17 3QN The Luke Donovan Faction, with their own brand of delta blues gospel. DJ Lanky Mick also will be providing an excellent selection from his very extensive collection. FREE. DJ from 8.30, band on 9.15ish, followed by DJ until 11.30pm. 0794 657 4129
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Open Mic night The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Experience local & talented performers, a supportive audience, drinks and snacks. Anyone is welcome to grace our intimate stage. Doors open at 7.30pm and music starts at 8.15. FREE, though donations appreciated. Andy 07940260558, andythemirror@ gmail.com Stow Film Lounge presents Car Wash (1976, Cert PG) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR A kinetic and hyperventilating comedy concerning the crazed events that take place within a single 10-hour period at a Los Angeles car wash. Live music from funk band The Live 45s. Doors open 7.45pm, Film 8.30pm, Late Bar, close midnight. Tickets: £8/£6 conc, ticket + food £13.50 (pre-book only) Stow Film Lounge 07910 643987 stowfilmlounge@gmail.com http://www.stowfilmlounge.com
Saturday 12 Dragon and Princess DIY Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HF Drop in throughout the day to try your hand at a selection of themed craft activities to celebrate the launch of Summer Reading Challenge 2014. 10am-3.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 Walthamstow Village (Extra) Gardening Day Meet at Village Square on corner of Orford and Eden Roads To weed the planters and flower beds around the Village. Please bring gardening hand tools, if you have them. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Lots of fun. 10.30am-1.30pm FREE. Helen Lerner 0781 404 2499 or helen@walthamstowvillage.net Making Musical Instruments from Recycled Materials Forest Recycling Project, 2c Bakers Avenue behind Hornbeam Cafe. Learn how to transform everyday objects into drums, shakers and horns. Make something creative and then make some noise! This is a hands on workshop suitable for all ages, all materials are provided. 2-5pm. FREE no need to book. Introducing… Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Remixed Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN The war is over but the journey just began. Will Odysseus make it to Ithaca? One thing’s certain in this 7+ storytelling – it’s going to be epic! 1-1.45pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000
DANCE/FITNESS Dads R Us Walthamstow West Children’s Centre, 215 Queens Road E17 8PJ See 5 July for details. The Yes: Author Visit by Sarah Bee Wood Street Library, Forest Road E17 4AA Join children’s author Sarah Bee as she takes us on an adventure through her new picture book ‘The Yes’. Perfect for 3-8 years. 2-3pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 What’s Left of Medieval Walthamstow St Mary’s Church, Church Hill, E17 9RJ Come on this walk organised by Walthamstow Historical Society and explore pre-suburban Walthamstow using roads over 1,000 years old and features which our Medieval ancestors would have recognised. 2-3.30pm. FREE. Walthamstow Historical Society walthamstowwalks@mz48.myzen.co.uk www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk ‘Our big gig’ presents ‘You and your voice’ Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe Street, E17 9AH As part of ‘Our big gig’ Hornbeam Cafe is hosting a free workshop called ‘You and your voice’. Push your limits and get creative. All levels welcome. 4-6pm. FREE. andy@mirror-mic.com 07940260558
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Walthamstow Family Bike Club Meet 1pm outside the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction, E17. A relaxed and sociable ride around open spaces and cafes in and around Waltham Forest. 1-5pm. FREE. Paul 020 8520 0648, paul.gasson@gmail.com
Monday 14 Music quiz with Tricky Ric The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Let’s get quizzical with this fabulous music quiz. 7.30pm. Entry is £1 and the winners take the pot.
Wednesday 16 What’s Left of Medieval Walthamstow St Mary’s Church, Church Hill, E17 9RJ See Saturday 12 for details, but different time. 11am-12.30pm. Michael Messer & Ed Genis / The Snakes (Acoustic) What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB The American magazine, ‘Spirit’ listed Michael Messer as one of the greatest slide guitarists ever alongside Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 8pm-11pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
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Barn Dance The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP No need for a ticket, just bring your dancing shoes. From 8pm. FREE.
Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet at the William Morris Garden (near the Forest Road gate) See Thursday 3 for details.
Black* Scarr The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG This month’s Higham Hill Country Club features country songwriting of the highest order from Johnny Black & Emma Scarr. Great to have them back. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk
Waltham Forest Community Choir @ The Village Acoustic Showcase The Village Pub, 31 Orford Road E17 9NL Enjoy folk songs from around the British Isles together with support from other acoustic acts together with craft beers! FREE. 8pm-11pm 07954 740745 info@singwithus.net http://www.singwithus.net
Sunday 13 Songs of War and Peace Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 703 Forest Road E17 4JD Natural Voices Choirs have joined forces with charity Shapeshifter Productions and have banded together over 100 singers, Walthamstow Acoustic Massive, E17 Jazz Collective and special guests. For a huge community concert commemorating the centenary of the start of World War I. Tickets on sale now from: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/songs-of-war-and-peacetickets-10972395731
Los Otros at The Vic The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Enjoy the mellow sounds of jazz standards or get up and dance to the Bossa Nova beats with the everchanging line-up of lovely musicians who comprise “Los Otros” (The Others). 9-11.30pm. FREE. 07801756863 juliajubilada@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/site/ losotrosjazz/home
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Paul Ibberson Voice & Piano Enjoy a captivating evening of beautiful, original songs in the atmospheric setting of St. Mary’s Church, in aid of Depaul UK. http://www.depauluk.org/ Each year the charity helps more than 5,000 of the UK’s young homeless through their nightstop and spare room initiatives. They also help with family relationships, health issues and training for employment/further education. Come for a glass of wine or a soft drink before the concert (incl. of the ticket price). £5 (+50p booking fee) £7.50 on the door. Having studied formal composition at Trinity College of Music, London, Paul draws on a wide classical tradition, alongside the legacy of great songwriters past and present, to make his own highly individual songs. There are traces of Stephen Sondheim, Hollywood film scores, symphonic and choral music, yet there remains a striking originality and poignancy to his music.
Friday 18 July, St. Mary’s Church, Walthamstow, London E17 9RJ Paul Ibberson is a singer-songwriter, composer and teacher living in Walthamstow. With just voice and piano, his songs resonate, rich in harmony and melody. His recordings last year, ‘London Songs’, were described as being “...moving, intimate, gentle... and poetic.”
Friday 18 Curator’s tour William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Join one of the Gallery’s curators for an introductory tour of the collection. We will tell the story of William Morris’s life through some key objects on display. 10.30-11.30am. £7. Booking essential. 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/whatson/events-calendar/curators-tour-176 Paul Ibberson – Voice and Piano St Mary’s Church, Church Hill, E17 9RJ Enjoy a captivating evening of beautiful, original songs in the atmospheric setting of St. Mary’s Church, the historic heart of Walthamstow Village, in aid of Depaul UK. 7.30-9pm. Doors at 6.30. £5.50, £7.50 on the door. Come for a glass of wine/soft drink before the concert (incl. of ticket price). Paul Ibberson 07801 736873 coosticks@ntlworld.com http://www.wegottickets.com/ paulibberson
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Little George Sueref What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Down-home blues and sweet-voiced soul from Little George and his band. One of the UK’s finest and unusual blues singers. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 8.30-11.30pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Saturday 19 Help Save Our Loft from the Strain Chingford Rugby Club, Lea Valley Playing Fields, Waltham Way, London E4 8AQ Table top sale (clothes, shoes, handbags and accessories, cuddly toys etc). Clothes range from size 6 - 32. Brand new and second-hand. Refreshments available. Proceeds to go to Macmillan Cancer Support & Cancer Research UK. 9.30-12.30pm. FREE. Emma orders4ekb@outlook.com Shiver The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG A superb combination of originals and covers from this supremely talented rock outfit. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk http://www.the-wo.co.uk
Paul is also involved in commercial and production music, and has provided music for BBC World, MTV Europe and Channel 4 as well as for advertising. He has scored two short animation films, one of which won an award at the Bilbao International Film Festival, and written a large orchestral work for the launch of a luxury bespoke perfume in Bahrain. He was been awarded the Chappell and Halford composition prizes. Hackjam The Mall Walthamstow, 45 Selborne Walk, London, E17 7JR Ever fancied making a computer game or animation? At Hackjam you can learn to do just that in only 20 mins! Drop in anytime, stay as long as you want. All ages welcome. No booking necessary, just drop in and start coding! 11am-3pm. FREE. hackjam@share-uk.org http://hackjam.it/ Dads R Us Walthamstow West Children’s Centre, 215 Queens Road E17 8PJ See 5 July for details.
Jazz At The Bell The Bell, 617 Forest Rd E17 4NE Live jazz and grooves featuring some of London’s finest jazz musicians. A relaxed atmosphere with excellent music perfect for a Sunday evening. 8-10pm. FREE. Andrew Button 0798083307 thegreatesthips@hotmail.com http://www.andrewbuttonguitar.co.uk
Monday 21 Spin-a-Disc The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP With our very own Auntie Maureen. You bring the records Auntie will spin them. From 8pm. FREE.
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What’s Cookin’ Leytonstone Festival Sunday Picnic Henry Reynolds Gardens, Bush Road E11 3AE Urban Voodoo Machine / Miraculous Mule / Dan Raza / Dog Roses / Oh! Gunquit / Lucky Strikes and more! FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 12-8pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
E17 Puppet Project presents… In the Shadow of the War Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HF Come and share Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful) through creating your own puppets and props, then project them to an audience! 4-6pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000
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The Rainbow Girls (USA) / Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra (USA) What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB From California, an electric all-lady stomp-folk grand band. Old timey from Marty O’Reilly. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 8.30-11pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Thursday 24 Preparing for Eid Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP In preparation for Eid, make paper lanterns and clay stars. 10am-1pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv. org.uk
Friday 25 Creeping, Crawling, Slithering, Sliding… Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN Join staff from Suntrap Environmental Education Centre as they bring some special visitors to our libraries… Expect hissing cockroaches, fire salamanders, corn snakes and more! 11am-12pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 Rant and Rave Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HF Dress up, act out, laugh, perform and play! Become a character and let loose at this poetry and percussion workshop with author Anne Stairmand. Ages 4+. 1-2pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 Rant and Rave Wood Street Library, Forest Road E17 4AA Dress up, act out, laugh, perform and play! Become a character and let loose at this poetry and percussion workshop with author Anne Stairmand. Ages 4+. 3.30-4.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 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 book is Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi. Tea, coffee, wine available. New members welcome, just turn up. 7.30pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk
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Blackmail Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR A special screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 silent classic film, accompanied by the Forest Philharmonic Orchestra. Get there early (from 5.30pm) for some great street food and drink from the Real Food Festivals. 7.30-9.30pm. £12. £8.50 for Waltham Forest residents Barbican Box Office 020 7638 8891 https://www.barbican.org.uk/music/ event-detail.asp?ID=16324 She17 Selfies The Grove Cafe, 21 Hatherley Mews, Off Hoe Street E17 She17 songwriters showcase featuring original acoustic songs by Sam Kurt, Sulk, Jo Winning and more. Live Women’s Acoustic Music in the Stow events every other month. 7.45-11pm. £3. Kids £2. Pay on the door. She17music@icloud.com http://www.she17.com Music in the dark Blackhorse Lane Studios, 114 Blackhorse Lane E17 6AA French-Nicaraguan acoustic guitar duo JP & Xochitl bring you their unique and haunting sounds: a fusion of Arabic, Spanish and Gypsy music. The sequences in the dark will wow your senses! 8-10pm. £9. Concession £7. Jean-Pierre Mas 079 6850 4888 info@musicinthedark.net http://www.musicinthedark.net DJ Jerome Anderson @ The Rose and Crown Pub Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Join Jerome for an eclectic mix of tunes, from Swing to Ska and everything in between! 9pm-1am. FREE. Jerome Anderson 07931507760 jerome@jeromelanderson.com http://www.jeromelanderson.com/
Saturday 26 LETS Join The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Pop along to the comfortable surroundings of the Hornbeam Cafe 10.30am - 12noon to find out about Waltham Forest LETS (local exchange trading scheme). If you like the way that people can exchange all kinds of goods and services with one another without the need for money, then you can also join up on the spot. Members are also welcome to pop by to chat and trade. 10.30-12noon. info@wflets.org www.wflets.org/ Family Day: Beauties and Beasts William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP On the last Saturday of every month we pack the gallery full of fun activities for families. This month, bring this magical fairy tale to life through movement and dance. 1-4pm. FREE, just drop in. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000
DANCE/FITNESS Walthamstow Garden Party Lloyd Park, 531 Forest Road E17 5EH A free weekend of music, theatre, arts and food in Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park. 12-9pm. FREE. E17 Designers Market at the Walthamstow Garden Party Forest Road, London E17 5JW Designers, artists and craftspeople, with prices and styles for all tastes and pockets. Part of free weekend of music, theatre, food and family fun. 12-5pm. FREE. e17designers.co.uk Music in the dark Blackhorse Lane Studios, 114 Blackhorse Lane E17 6AA See Friday 25 for details. Fork to Fork: Seasonal Supper Club 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH The Hornbeam Cafe invites you to a vegetarian feast with delicious healthy tasty food – locally sown, grown, picked and cooked! The supper club is open from 6.30-10.30pm so you can choose your time to book a table (latest 9pm). Advance booking is essential. The café can cater for all special dietary requirements. All 3 courses for just £15! www.hornbeam.org.uk
Sunday 27 Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign Monthly Ride Meet outside Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN at 10am for a 10.15am start. We have a few routes lined up and usually decide distance and destination on the day according to what people prefer. We ride leisurely suited to the wishes of participants. We usually stay within 30 miles and sometimes considerably shorter. We tend to be back by 3pm and always have a snack stop somewhere. 10am-3pm. Free. Robert Robert@wfcycling.org.uk Walthamstow Garden Party Lloyd Park, 531 Forest Road E17 5EH A free weekend of music, theatre, arts and food in Walthamstow’s Lloyd Park. 12-8pm. FREE. BeBop Baby at the Walthamstow Garden Party Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP A daytime BeBop dance for all the family. Live music and DJs fresh from KoKo & The Jazz Cafe. Full bar. Soft space for the babies. Face painting & some surprises. Buggy parking, baby changing, friendly people. 12-5pm. £6 per child under 5. £3 for ages 5-8 years siblings. Booking essential. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811460282 www.bongalong.co.uk Craft Fair at The Mall The Mall Walthamstow , 45 Selborne Walk E17 7JR Craft Fair held in The Mall. FREE. 11am5pm. Craig Higgins 020 8509 0016 craig.higgins@themall.co.uk
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E17 Designers Market at the Walthamstow Garden Party Forest Road, London E17 5JW See Saturday 26 for details. Music in the dark Blackhorse Lane Studios, 114 Blackhorse Lane E17 6AA See Friday 25 for details but different times, 5-7pm.
Tuesday 29 All About Bees Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP For Love Parks Week find out about all that buzzes in the park. Meet for a walk around the park spotting different types of bees then return to the community room for some bee art. 10am-1pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv. org.uk Bongalong Summer Fun St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Side Hall, Havant Road E17 3JF Music, movement and make believe for Under 5s & their carers; a Bongalong mix of musical fun with gorgeous percussion instruments too! 10.30am and 11.30am. £6 per child under 5. £3 for ages 5-8 years siblings. Booking essential. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811460282 www.bongalong.co.uk Bricks and Tricks: Castlemania Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN If you love Lego you’ll love this building workshop with our master ‘architect of the miniature’, Rob Spinks. Book early to avoid disappointment. Ages 5+. 11.30am-12.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000
Wednesday 30 Bongalong Summer Fun St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Road E17 3JF See Tuesday 29 for details. E17 Large Ensemble Orford Road Social Club, Orford Road E17 This ensemble is a great way to end the season. The line up brings together some of the key players from previous gigs with special guests. The band is led by John Turville. The music tonight will feature some new pieces commissioned by the group written by Hans Koller and based on Turkish poetry, plus some old favourites. 8.30-10.30pm. £10 (concessions £7). e17jazz.com/whatson/
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Benedict Rubinstein (The Mariners Children) What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Solo project from the Mariner’s Childrens Benedict Rubinstein. His songs are sparse with a delicate understatement. Lyrically he creates incredible confessional tales, often with an underlying darkness. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 8.30pm11pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
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Thursday 31 Bongalong Summer Fun St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Road E17 3JF See Tuesday 29 for details. Wine tasting Upstairs in Madam La Zongas at The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Tasting wines from around the world with Sean Pines. 7pm. Prices vary £12-14. For booking and prices please contact sean on seanpic@aol.com
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Friday 1 Minimal Klezmer in Concert The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane, E17 7HA An intimate performance by the Italy and UK based klezmer trio - expect a jazzy set and amazing musicianship. London Jazz News described Minimal Klezmer’s last concert at The Mill “a highly entertaining and satisfying show.” £5, Children (u13) half-price, available at: www.eventbrite.co.uk, search “Janus Sounds” or “Minimal Klezmer” Are You Loc-Ale The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Mini Ale Festival. Local Ales from local brewers. Also we will have a craft stall selling arts and crafts made by the staff. FREE.
Saturday 2 Walthamstow Village Gardening Day Meet at Village Square on corner of Orford and Eden Roads Wear sturdy shoes/boots and if you have them bring gardening gloves, handtools and a kneeler; all other equipment will be provided.10.30am12.30pm FREE. Helen Lerner 0781 404 2499 or helen@walthamstowvillage.net Festival in The Village Around Walthamstow Village and The Asian Centre Come and join us for a day of summer fun in Walthamstow’s famously pretty village. A free community festival of music, arts, procession, stalls, crafts, food and games for everyone young to old. With a youth talent show (tickets required) in the Asian Centre from 7.30 pm. 1-6pm. Free event, Youth Talent Show is ticketed. walthamstowfestival@gmail.com http://villagefestival.wordpress.com/ Events marked
The Snakes / Boss Caine What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Exservicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Guitar fuelled country influenced rock’n’roll. 8.30-11.30pm. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Sunday 3 Frank Brangwyn tour William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Brangwyn was one of the founders of the Gallery and an important artist in his own right. This tour takes in our current exhibition ‘Help is better than sympathy’ and the first floor Brangwyn gallery. 10-11am. FREE no need to book. wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/
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Monday 4 Spin-a-Disc The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP With our very own Auntie Maureen. You bring the records Auntie will spin them. From 8pm. FREE. Charleston Workshop for Beginners The Trades Hall, 17 Hoe Street E17 4SB (entrance in Tower Hamlets Road) See Thursday 10 July for details.
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Butterflies - Big Butterfly Count Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP Take part in the Big Butterfly Count of Lloyd Park, enjoy an hour’s walk of the park learning all about butterflies and their life cycles, then play some butterfly games and activities. 10am-1pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv.org.uk
Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet at the William Morris Garden (near the Forest Road gate) See Thursday 3 July for details.
Wednesday 6 Under 5’s Nature Explorers Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP See Wednesday 2 July for details. Benjamin Folke Thomas Band What’s Cookin’ @ Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Acclaimed Swedish folk troubadour returns to UK with his band. FREE. Voluntary collection taken. 8.3011.30pm 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Friday 8 Frank Brangwyn tour William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Join one of our curators to discover the life and work of Frank Brangwyn. 1011am. FREE no need to book. wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ Explore… Captain Underpants Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HF Using the adventures of Captain Underpants to inspire you, design and create your own comic strip! Ages 8-10. Workshop delivered by Explore Learning. 2.30-3.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 Open Mic night The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH See Friday 11 July for details.
DANCE/FITNESS Explore… The Groovy Greeks Wood Street Library, Forest Road, E17 4AA Travel to mythical ancient Greece in this interactive workshop for ages 8-10. Find out about what the ancient Greeks did for us. Workshop delivered by Explore Learning. 12.30-1.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 Bat Night Lloyd Park, Forest Road, London, E17 4PP. Meet 8:30pm at the Community Bowls Pavilion. Learn who flies in the park at night with a walk and talk about bats. 8.30pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@ tcv.org.uk 17Blues Club Walthamstow Cricket, Tennis & Squash Club, 48A Greenway Avenue E17 3QN Tonight Sean Taylor, a blues singer songwriter. DJ Lanky Mick also will be providing an excellent selection from his very extensive collection. FREE. DJ from 8.30, band on 9.15ish, followed by DJ until 11.30pm. 0794 657 4129
Sunday 10 Walthamstow Family Bike Club Meet 1pm outside the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction, E17. See Sunday 13 July for details. Georgian Villas and Edwardian Terraces along Forest Road William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Join this walk organised by Walthamstow Historical Society exploring Forest Road looking at surviving 18th century houses and at how the area has been transformed by terraced houses from the early 1900s. 2-3.30pm. FREE. Walthamstow Historical Society walthamstowwalks@mz48.myzen.co.uk www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk
Monday 11 Music quiz with Tricky Ric The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Let’s get quizzical with this fabulous music quiz. 7.30pm. Entry is £1 and the winners take the pot.
Tuesday 12 African Fabrics Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP Learn how different styles of fabrics are made and have a go at simple tie dye. 10am-1pm. FREE just drop-in. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv.org.uk Events marked
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Wednesday 13 Georgian Villas and Edwardian Terraces along Forest Road William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP See Saturday 12 for details, but different time. 11am-12.30pm. Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Details as Wednesday 9 July.
Thursday 14 Creative Kids: Dreamcatchers William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under fives. This month, collect good dreams in your own dreamcatcher and try weaving for the first time. 10-11.30am. FREE, booking essential 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk Explore…. Revolting Rhymes Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN Join us for a fun literacy workshop (ages 5-8) based around the characters created in Roald Dahl’s crazy collection of poems. Workshop delivered by Explore Learning. 11am-12pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000 Explore…. Creative Writing Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN Discover the wonderful world of your own imagination! Creative writing skills for ages 7-11. Workshop delivered by Explore Learning. 1.30-2.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com to reserve your place, visit the library or phone 020 8496 3000
Monday 18 Spin-a-Disc The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP With our very own Auntie Maureen. You bring the records Auntie will spin them. From 8pm. FREE.
Tuesday 19 Bat and Moth Night Meet in the Community Room in the Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 4PP Explore the park at night to see if you can spot some nocturnal bats and moths, and play some night time games. 7.30-9pm. FREE. Contact Rachel Hoyes from The Conservation Volunteers on 07787193981 or e-mail r.hoyes@tcv.org.uk
Thursday 21 Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet at the William Morris Garden (near the Forest Road gate) See Thursday 3 July for details.
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Launch of MORE Soft The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Celebratory Launch of lovely tactile work! Meet the artists. Nibbles, Mill Punch and maybe some music! 6-8pm. FREE. www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Brangwyn at War! William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Libby Horner reveals the stories behind Frank Brangwyn’s First World War designs. 7-9pm. £5. 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ whats-on/events-calendar/brangwynat-war
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Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign Monthly Ride Meet outside Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN at 10am for a 10.15am start. See Sunday 27 July for details.
Wood Street Family Fun Day Wood Street Plaza, Wood Street E17 3HX A summer celebration organised by local people for local people. Performers, stalls, bouncy castle, fun fair, DJ and more. 12-4pm. FREE. graham@woodstsnt.co.uk woodstreetfirst.org
Bumper Spin-a-Disc The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP With our very own Auntie Maureen. You bring the records Auntie will spin them. From 5pm. FREE.
LETS Join The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH See Saturday 26 July for details. Fork to Fork: Seasonal Supper Club 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH See 26 July for details.
Sunday 31 Craft Fair at The Mall The Mall Walthamstow , 45 Selborne Walk E17 7JR Craft Fair held in The Mall. FREE. 11am5pm. Craig Higgins 020 8509 0016 craig.higgins@themall.co.uk
Wednesday 27 Walthamstow’s Gem of a Village William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP See Saturday 12 for details, but different time. 11am-12.30pm.
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Los Otros at The Vic The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH See Thursday 17 July for details.
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Wine tasting Upstairs in Madam La Zongas at The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Tasting wines from around the world with Sean Pines. 7pm. Prices vary £12-14. For booking and prices please contact sean on seanpic@aol.com
Hip Shake! Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Rhythm & Blues Dance Party. Jumpin’ tunes from the 1940s & ‘50s to keep you dancing all night! Music & Dancing until Midnight DJ VOODOO DOLL will be joined by Essex favourite ROB BE BOP. 7.30pm-12am. £10. £7 Students Claire Austin 020 8829 0919 info@londonswingcats.com http://www.londonswingcats.com
Walthamstow’s Gem of a Village Vestry House Museum, Vestry Rd E17 9NH Almost uniquely in Greater London, the Medieval Heart of Walthamstow is preserved in its street pattern and some of its buildings. Join this Walthamstow Historical Society walk to explore one of London’s ‘hidden gems’. 2-3.30pm. FREE. Walthamstow Historical Society walthamstowwalks@mz48.myzen.co.uk www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk
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life of a dress, the lives of brides a poem by Dominique Golden of Forest Poets Like a jug of milk porcelain white on the outside fluidity on the inside on her wedding night she undoes the dress it falls onto the ground around her ripples of crumpled satin ring around her feet she steps out another bride steps in she fills up the dress with milk white skin and adds some finishing touches to make it her own she breathes in the wedding through time honoured material
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Dominique’s poem is one of 17 poems by Forest Poets about objects in the Vestry House Museum collection. Dominique chose Lilian Sims’s 1942 wedding dress that was loaned to at least three others brides during the war. She says, “I imagined the dress was conducting a magical ritual over and over, turning women into brides, into wives.” The poems remain on display at the museum until the end of August. Dominique Golden lives in Walthamstow and is a Forest poet. She also makes music and art with her partner Nik Clifford. Find Forest Poets on Facebook and Twitter @ForestPoets
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Until 5 July At Home at The Mill The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA A group exhibition by local artists to celebrate the 10th E17 Art Trail. Pop in and see it - make yourself at home! FREE. Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm. Fri-Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 11am-2pm www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org 11-20 August Pound A Portrait Hoe Street Central, Unit 3 Central Parade, Hoe Street, Walthamstow E17 4RT Fancy your portrait taken professionally? Know a great character who should have their photo taken? You may also appear in a film. 11-5pm. £1. Email to book now! Paula Smith portrait@paulasmith.co.uk http://www.poundaportrait.com 22-25 August Pound A Portrait - Exhibition Hoe Street Central, Unit 3 Central Parade, Hoe Street, Walthamstow E17 4RT Come view the results from the ‘Pound a Portrait’ project at this pop up gallery exhibition. 11-5pm. FREE. Paula Smith portrait@paulasmith.co.uk http://www.poundaportrait.com 21August - 27 September MORE Soft The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Fabric Art by Walthamstow’s amazing creative community. Soft sculpture to embroidery, knitting, quilts and MORE! FREE. Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm. Fri-Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 11am-2pm www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Mon to Sat, 4-23 August 3 Week Summer Holiday Programme TSP Youth Space Charity (The Soul Project), 245 Wood Street E17 3NT Come along during the school holidays and take part in fun activities and enjoy great days out. Create music videos, graphic design comic books; take part in singing and dance lessons and lots more! 9.30-3.30pm. £5. Plus £3 if you require lunch. Cassie or Rani 02080454523 cassie@thesoulproject.com http://www.tspyouthspace.moonfruit. com/
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10 July - 16 August Whitefield Schools & Centre @ The Mill The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Wonderful Whitefield kids share their take on Walthamstow Landmarks. Come take the Tour! An exhibition of art work by pupils about their place in the local community. FREE. Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm. Fri-Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 11am-2pm www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org 12 July to 14 September Mythical Maze: Summer Reading Challenge 2014 All Waltham Forest Libraries An amazing adventure awaits children when they take part in the Summer Reading Challenge. Read six books from the library, meet some fantastic mythological creatures, and collect stickers and prizes along the way… FREE. Throughout library opening hours. 020 8496 3000 Wednesdays until 27 August Summer of Stories William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Join us for interactive storytelling sessions inspired by William Morris’s love of myths, legends and folk tales from cultures around the world. 11am12pm. FREE. Mondays and Fridays Bridge Club night Quaker meeting House, 1a Jewel Rd E17 4QU We play duplicate bridge twice a week. A host is available on Monday nights. 7.30-10 pm. £3 for members, £4 for non-members Further info contact Peter Rogers on garfield2001@btinternet.com or 07980712128 Thursdays Acoustic Showcase at The Village The Village Pub, 31 Orford Road E17 9NL Come and enjoy performances from London-based musicians playing acoustic sets of original music and covers in the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Village Pub. FREE. 7.45pm. gabriel4music@gmail.com for details or if interested in performing a set! Sundays Jazz @The Nags The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Come and listen to our house band The Stowaways. Accompanied by a different singer each week. 5.30pm. FREE.
Wednesdays Youth Out East ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN LGB&T social group for people aged 13-21 who are LGBT or questioning their sexuality. A space for you to be yourself, meet new people and share experiences in a supportive environment. 6-9pm. £1. 02085093898 or e-mail youth@elop.org Thursdays LGBT Social Support ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN Open to all LGBT people and those with support needs looking to socialise and share experiences in a relaxed environment away from the scene. Be yourself, talk about the issues relevant to you, and develop lasting friendships. With different activities to take part in such as art projects, discussion afternoons, quizzes & movies, through to stress buster workshops, relaxation sessions, self-esteem, confidence building & much more. 2.30-4pm. £2. 02085093898 or info@elop.org Saturdays The Beulah Road Market 52/54 Beulah Road E17 9LQ Every Saturday we will showcase local makers and traders - everything from hand-made jewellery, original illustrations, retro vinyls to tasty hot food and live music.. 11am-4pm. Alessandra Rigillo 07971 255 705 alessandrarigillo@googlemail.com Saturdays OrganicLea market stall The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH The market stall sells organic and local sustainably grown fruit and vegetables, homemade bread, jams and preserves. Healthy Start vouchers can be used. 10am-3pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk Wednesdays Farmdrop E17 The Chequers, 145 High Street E17 7BX Click and collect online farmers market bringing together local independent producers for the good people of E17. A weekly ‘drop’ for your pre-ordered groceries and artisan produce, collected from the hands that made it. 6.30-8.30pm. Sian 07813240730 farmdrope17@gmail.com http://www.farmdrop.co.uk
Sundays Walthamstow Farmers’ Market Top of the High St by town square Fresh vegetables & salads, fruit in season, unpasteurised milk, cheese & dairy, artisan bread & cakes, juice, free range eggs, meat & poultry, herbs, locally made preserves & honey, plants and lots more. 10am-2pm www.lfm.org.uk
Classes/Courses Sundays Crochet Class Abstract, 54 Beulah Road E17 9LQ Drop-in FREE Crochet Class for a taste of this amazing craft. A bit of patience is all that is needed! 10-12pm. FREE. 07971 255 705 alessandrarigillo@googlemail.com Mondays Life drawing Upstairs in Madam La Zongas at The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Come and join the lovely Walthamstow life drawing class. 7.30pm. £8.50. walthamstowlifedrawing@googlemail. com Mondays until 21 July. New term starts 8 September. Banjo Classes Studio Office, Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Whether you are a complete beginner or have some banjo playing experience, you can join in Dick Smith’s banjo lessons. Dick has been teaching Bluegrass banjo lessons for more than 15 years. 6pm-7pm. £12.50. 20% discount for a term booked in advance. For further info call Dick Smith 07903 419 691 or email dickbanjosmith@ gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk
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Mondays until 21 July. New term starts 8 September 5 string banjo classes Studio Office, Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Bluegrass style three-finger picking classes. Private lessons also available with professional musician with over 20 years experience. 7.30pm-8.30pm. £12.50. 20% discount for a term booked in advance. Violaine Bailleul 07745 052 525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com http://www.banosmith.co.uk
Saturdays until 26 July. New term starts 8 September Ukulele Classes Studio Office, Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU If you are interested in learning the ukulele, Dick Smith runs a beginners ukulele class and two intermediate ukulele music classes in Walthamstow. 10-11am. £10. 20% discount for a term booked in advance. Dick Smith 07903 419691 info.banjosmith@gmail.com http://www.banjosmith.co.uk
Register now for new term starting 8 September Strung Out violin group for adults Studio Office, Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Got a violin in your attic you want to dust down? Fancy learning a new skill? Our motto is “it’s never too late!” Strung Out is a fun violin group for adult enthusiasts of all levels, with a professional musician whose work spans from the West End to Womad. All styles of music welcomed from classical to traditional. Fun is the key ingredient! Evening classes are limited, so please book in advance. For further information and to reserve a place, please contact Alison Jones: 07740 622 428 strungout@shapeshifter-productions.com
Wednesdays Bell ringing for beginners St Mary’s Church, Church Hill, E17 9RJ Learn the ancient art of bell ringing at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow Village - 10 years or older welcome. Practice night every Wednesday evening; come along and have a go! 7-8pm. FREE. David Baker 020 85215202 davidmbaker@hotmail.com
Thursdays The Singing Room Community Choir E17 Small side hall, St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Rd E17 3JF The Singing Room Choir welcomes new singers. We have around 30 members, regular performances and fantastic songs to sing! £7. 7.30-9.15pm. Contact Anna on 07931372996 or annamusicmakers@gmail.com for further details or just turn up! Thursdays until 31 July E17Singers Choir for mums, dads, childminders to bring baby along St Michael and All Angels Church Hall, Northcote Road E17 6PQ Learn harmonies and rounds from around the world, enjoy the health benefits of singing. No experience necessary. 10.15-11.30am. £6. £50 for a 10 week term. Jo 07770807835 jokiyoga@gmail.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. Different levels & times. Pay £8 for a taster session, then £48 for a half-term of six lessons 30 minutes each. Christian Karlsson mob. 07958 471 083, chris@stunningmusic.com www.stunningmusic.com Events marked
Tuesdays and Thursdays Magic Box Mothers Hub, 133 Wood Street, E17 3LX What’s inside the Magic Box today? Join a host of different characters as they lead you on exciting and interactive storytelling adventures...! Drop-in for 2ish- to 5-year olds. Tues 10am and 4pm, Thurs 10am. £4 or £6 for 2 kids - coffee and cake included. magicboxe17@gmail.com Wednesday mornings (term time) Atty’s Musical Steps - Baby Band / Toddler Troupe Salvation Army, 434 Forest Road E17 4PY Fun-packed, educational and inspirational music classes for little ones - pick up some great ideas for songs, rhymes and activities to make music at home. Trial class Baby Band £4.50 (ages 4m-2y, 30 mins), Toddler Troupe £5.00 (ages 18m-3y, 40 mins).Price per class when enrolling £4.00 (BB) £4.50 (TT). Enrol termly or book a trial class. Contact Atty on 07950 526662 or atty.cronin@musicalsteps.co.uk to book your place and for more info. Thursdays throughout August Tiny Tempo The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Join The Tiny Tempo Team for a fun introduction to musical concepts-using singing, instrument playing, listening and dancing! With guitars, ukuleles, and a lot of energy, fun is had by all. 10-10.45am. £5 for one child, £8 for two children. www.hornbeam.org.uk
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Thursdays Drop in Art Club The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Have fun making pictures and collages for The Mill or to take home. 3.30-5pm. £2 donation welcome, reduction for families. www.themill-coppermill.org mo@themill-coppermill.org Thursdays Club Mellow Parent, baby & Toddler ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN Weekly social group for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans parents and carers with bumps, babies and toddlers. With plenty of activities for the little ones and a chance to share stories & build better networks for the adults. 10:30am-12:30pm. £2.50 & Kids Free! 02085093898 or e-mail info@elop.org Saturdays starting 13 September Toddler Spanish Class Mission Grove School, Buxton Road E17 7EJ Learning Spanish in a fun and relaxed environment. Singing and games. Suitable for 3-6 year olds. Half hour class. Taught by a native Spanish speaking tutor. 10.30am. £65 per term for ten week course. £5 registration fee. Priority bookings Rachel 07568 157028 rachelbettelley@hotmail.com
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Saturdays starting 13 September Spanish For Children Mission Grove School, Buxton Road E17 7EJ Learning Spanish in a fun and relaxed environment. Suitable for 5-8 year olds. One hour class. Taught by a native Spanish speaking tutor. 11am. £70 per term for ten week course. £5 registration fee. Priority bookings Rachel 07568 157028 rachelbettelley@hotmail.com Saturdays starting 13 September French For Toddlers Mission Grove School, Buxton Road E17 7EJ Learning French in a fun and relaxed environment. Games, dance, Cooking. Suitable for 4-6 year olds. Half hour class. Taught by a native French speaking tutor. 11.30am. £65 per term for ten week course. £5 registration fee. Priority bookings Rachel 07568 157028 rachelbettelley@hotmail.com Saturdays starting 13 September French For Children Mission Grove School, Buxton Road E17 7EJ Learning French in a fun and relaxed environment. Games, dance, Cooking. Suitable for 6-8 year olds. One hour class. Taught by a native French speaking tutor. 12.15pm. £70 per term for ten week course. £5 registration fee. Priority bookings Rachel 07568 157028 rachelbettelley@hotmail.com
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Mondays until 18 August Jerome’s Beginners Lindy Hop The Trades Hall, 17 Hoe Street E17 4SB (entrance in Tower Hamlets Road) Join me for this fun hour long intro to Lindy Hop dancing, just bring your dancing shoes! 7.30-8.30pm. £10. Jerome Anderson 07931507760 jerome@jeromelanderson.com http://www.jeromelanderson.com/ Mondays until 18 August Tennis Coaching Walthamstow Tennis Club, 48a Greenway Avenue E17 3QN Adult beginners tennis coaching. Booking advisable. 8-9pm. £7. Victoria tennis@wimx.org.uk http://www.wimx.org.uk Mondays Jackys Fitsteps The Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road E17 9LN Dance fitness to ballroom and latin music-no partner required. 7.308.30pm. £6. £20 for four sessions in advance. Jacky Logan 07715 421 349 jacjuke@aol.com http://www.jackysjukebox.co.uk Tuesdays Khyal Arts’ BollyFusion The Welcome Centre, St Mary’s, Church Path (off Vestry Road) E17 9RJ . The perfect place to get FIT, make FRIENDS and have FUN! Over 18s only class. All welcome, regardless of experience, whether for enjoyment or to develop dance skills; come and join in the BollyFusion fun! Accessible, upbeat and exciting Bollywood class influenced by street dance and jazzy moves. 7.45-8.30pm. First class FREE when joining. Then £7 when booked in advance, £6 members. Vanessa info@khyalarts.org.uk or 07958 523431 Tuesdays Swing Cats Corner Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Lindy Hop and Jitterbug Classes for beginners and above, followed by social dancing. No need to bring a partner. Licenced bar. 7-11pm. £9 . Claire Austin 020 8829 0919 info@londonswingcats.com http://www.londonswingcats.com Tuesdays Circular Flow Yoga Foster Hall, Wellesley Road E17 8JZ The physical practice combines postures to create a flow, uniting the movement, the breath and the mind. Yoga is about finding ourselves and giving ourselves permission to do so. 7.15-8.15pm. £10 drop-in or £35 for 5 lessons. Sherene 07956325888 sherene@circularflowyoga.co.uk http://www.circularflowyoga.co.uk
Tuesdays Learn Belly dancing The Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road E17 9LN A great way to help you stay in shape and allow you to express your own personal creativity, enjoyed by many people around the world and for all ages. 7-8pm. £5. If you are interested please contact Sarah on 07735345635. Tuesdays Tai Chi Principles / Qi Gong / Meditation / Martial Arts St. Stephen’s Church Hall, 1 Copeland Road, E17 9DB For people who want to cultivate/ improve physical health, mental well-being, energy(qi) and awareness through the mindfulness practice of I Liq Chuan using Tai Qi and Zen principles. Training consists of Qi Gong, moving/ static-meditation, self-defense, single person/partner training. 7-8.30pm. £8. First class free. Please contact before attending, thank you. Mark 07983 338 523 m.watan@iliqchuan.com http://www.iliqchuan.com Tuesdays and Wednesdays Pilates Upstairs in Madam La Zongas at The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP 6.30pm. £12 drop in or 6 Classes £55. For bookings and prices please contact Galina on 07748654124/Lesley on 07985097686 Wednesdays Low Cost Yoga Class Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A slow-flowing, dynamic yoga class, leading to deep relaxation. Open to all levels. All classes are drop in; no need to pre-book. 11am-12pm. £6. leytonyoga@gmail.com http://www.leytonyoga.com Fridays Waltham Forest Green Gym Meet outside The Stables in Lloyd Park Want to improve your health and well-being but not too keen on running machines or lycra? Then why not take a look at our award-winning alternative... You could be helping the environment as well as yourself! We all know we should try to be healthier and fitter yet are aware of the importance of our natural resources and environment. Green Gym ticks all the boxes! Experienced leaders guide you through a range of practical projects giving you the opportunity to tackle physical jobs in the outdoors - improving your strength and stamina, boosting your practical skills and confidence and benefiting your local green spaces. FREE. 11am-2pm Gareth 02085338022 gg-waltham-forest@tcv.org.uk
Wednesdays Yoga Classes Walthamstow Toy Library, 46 Ravenswood Road E17 9LY YogaNess Hatha Yoga classes with an emphasis on the Therapeutic benefits of Yoga. Come and find a space for yourself! 7.30-9pm. £10 (trial visit only £5). Vanessa Brooks-Fisher 07919 595665 yoganessy@gmail.com http://www.yoganess.org Thursdays Yoga Me Happy – Walthamstow Wind Down Quaker Meeting House, 1a, Jewel Rd E17 4QU Hatha yoga for all abilities. This post-work wind down will stretch and tone the muscles, working through the joints, so you’ll feel flexible and fantastic, before a deep relaxation to re-energise you for the weekend. I have mats, so no need to bring anything but yourself :-) 6.30-8pm. £9. Pick up a loyalty card at your first class and you’ll get your 10th lesson absolutely FREE! www.yogamehappy.co.uk 07710 621 268 Thursdays Ladies Only Yoga Class Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A supportive, slow-flowing, dynamic yoga class, leading to deep relaxation. Open to women of all levels. All classes are drop in; no need to pre-book. 5.15 -6.15 pm. £10. Ten Class Pass, £90 leytonyoga@gmail.com http://www.leytonyoga.com Fridays Jackys 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 until 30 August Tennis Coaching Walthamstow Tennis Club, 48a Greenway Avenue E17 3QN Adult tennis drills and match play coaching. Booking advisable. 9-11am. £12. FREE. Victoria tennis@wimx.org.uk http://www.wimx.org.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 flexibility and age. It helps gain good health, improve posture, relieve tension, increase stamina and flexibility. This is a general class. Beginners are welcome. £7.50. 9-10am. Nicholette on 07962 424-460.
Saturdays Tai Chi for the Over 50s Walthamstow Academy, Billet Road, Walthamstow E17 5DP A relaxed class 1.5 hour weekly class aimed at the over 50s, focusing on improving health. Beginners welcome. Bookings in advance via office, allocated on a first come, first served basis. 11am-12.30pm. £3. Price per lesson booked as a 5 week blocks in advance. Emma Tozer 0208 558 5512 emma.tozer@ntlworld.com http://www.ageuk.org.uk/ walthamforest/ Fridays Tai Chi Lea Bridge Library, Lea Bridge Road E10 7HU Come and round off your week with a relaxing tai chi class. Taught by an experienced and dedicated tutor. 2.45 -4.15pm. £5.00 Danni 0207 263 0996 tao5@hotmail.co.uk Sundays Bolly Fusion Family Dance Class Forest School (girls’ school hall), College Place, E17 3PY Great Reasons to do BollyFusion Family Dance Class: Improve cardiovascular endurance, physical fitness, and coordination; Accessible, upbeat and exciting Bollywood class influenced by street dance and jazzy moves for all to enjoy; Spend quality time with the family having fun and getting fit together! 1.30pm and then again at 2.30pm.First class FREE when joining. Then £7 when booked in advance, £6 members. Vanessa info@khyalarts.org.uk or 07958 523431 Sundays Pregnancy Yoga Class Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA A gently-flowing 60 min yoga class to prepare you for birth and motherhood. All classes are drop in, no need to prebook. 9-10am. £10. Ten Class Pass, £90. 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 abilities. Ease yourself into Sunday with a yoga session to open your body and mind and set you up for the day and the week ahead. 9.30-10.45am repeated 11am-12.15pm. £8. Booking Only due to limited space. Pick up a loyalty card at your first class and you’ll get your 10th lesson absolutely FREE! www.yogamehappy.co.uk 07710 621 268
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Community Market is “Very Walthamstow” E List sent Annabel Colley to have a look. Photographs by Goodwin Photography. Alessandra Rigillo has reason to celebrate. Not only does her yarn shop, Abstract at 54 Beulah Road, E17, mark its first anniversary in August, but the Saturday community market she established in the tiny courtyard between her shop and no 52, Fox and Bear, is thriving. The idea is to help to regenerate Beulah Road which had over 25 outlets even as late as the 1970s. The market’s ethos is to bring neighbours and newcomers together to support small local designers and traders. “We wanted somewhere for people to hangout, buy treats or gifts, or even have a portrait done,” says Alessandra. Saturdays between 12-5pm you will find hand-made jewellery, original illustrations, bespoke furniture, retro vinyls, delicious food and more. The Italian with a passion for knitting also believes that food helps to bring communities together. Bestowed Kitchen, who sell
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handmade food sourced from local suppliers, helped to establish the market; they recently supplied the E17 Art Trail lunchboxes. Other food regulars include Honeybone Organics (dandelion syrup) and A Little Piece of Greek Sunshine (home-made cakes). The courtyard has hosted up to 17 stalls and is owned by the Don Miller Charitable Trust. Traders can book a free stall from Alessandra on 07971 255 705 and must provide their own table, chairs and a small contribution towards communal flyers. Alessandra concludes that people are now more concerned about mass-production; what they eat or wear, and where it comes from, “It’s all about give and take and working together, it’s very Walthamstow.” Regular traders: Bella Quail (re-loved Furniture), Lucy’s emporium (jewellery & home decorations), Lan’s Jewels, Chica Press (prints and illustrations), Colourful Cottons (handmade), Lady of the Flowers (upcycled items), and Crochet baby clothes by Dina Bogdanova. For future dates and traders see Beulah Road Market on Facebook.
Walthamstow’s “New Cemetery” As part of her ongoing project in the area, Lissa Chapman recounts the origins of the Queen’s Road Cemetery. The land they finally chose was eleven acres of what had, until a few years before, been part of Markhouse Common, and for which the owner wanted the large sum of £5,000. The committee’s choice, as well as being expensive, had other drawbacks. One was the low water table – the cause of the serious subsidence that means so many of the gravestones are at such bizarre angles. And the site was, at that time, not reached by a road. So the ratepayers had to pay for Queen’s Road to be laid out so funeral corteges could get to the cemetery.
Walthamstow’s Queen’s Road Cemetery is not as famous as Highgate Cemetery. Nor can it offer the neo-Gothic splendours of Kensal Green, or even, like Abney Park, the opportunity to picnic in what can feel like a nature reserve with grave stones. A first impression is of bleakness and even neglect, as visitors are faced with a vista of anything-but-serried ranks of ragamuffin memorials, facing in all directions, often tilting at bizarre angles, and with little vegetation except overgrown trees. But, for anyone who cares to read them, this is a place full of human stories. 150 years ago Queen Victoria was a 40-something widow with nine children, Walthamstow was a small town popular with City bankers looking for a tranquil and convenient place for a country home, and the area of the town that is now named after England’s queen and the British Empire’s empress was meadowland, plum orchards and watercress beds. But not for long. The developers had already found Walthamstow, and the cannier local landowners were beginning to sell off some of their excess acres at a good profit to provide housing for the new breed of railway commuter. The leafy and peaceful townscape was about to change forever. Between 1801 and 1871 the population trebled, and by 1901 had reached 95,131. For good or ill, Walthamstow was transformed, almost literally beyond recognition. The thousands of new residents needed many things: among them, the basics of food, water, shelter and sanitation – and, in the end, a place for a grave. The church yard at St Mary’s was no longer enough. In 1870 the Vestry (the term used for the parish-based group of notables that ran most of the town) set up a Burial Board to discuss what should be done to provide more grave spaces.
The Burial Board members made meticulous plans. The new cemetery was carefully laid out, and two chapels, a caretaker’s house and a “dead house” were commissioned. One chapel was for Church of England funerals, the other, for all other denominations, with consecrated and unconsecrated ground for each kind of burial. A lodge keeper, sexton and several assistants were appointed. And the new employees were given instructions to buy everything from a greenhouse costing £23, to “keep off the grass” notices. And they all spent a lot of time discussing the best way of keeping marauding cattle coming in from Markhouse Common and damaging the immaculately rolled turf. Finally, all was ready for the first inhabitants - there were three classes of grave available, priced according to the desirability of the ground. Or you could, if you could afford it, plan to be buried in a brick-lined grave or even a vault. And the elaborate funerals and memorials were not long in coming – Walthamstow Victorians were just as obsessed with death as were all others. It was only the comparative poverty of the area that meant there are few of the elaborate “house tombs” that line the paths of other old burial grounds. But, researching the early history of the cemetery, the most poignant discovery is that many if not most of the memorials now on view mark “second hand” graves, sold on in later years to families who could pay. For the poor were buried in batches, ten or twelve to a plot, and the rule was that unmarked graves with space for further burials could be sold on after thirty years. And at the original burial registers, carefully kept but much altered and scored over, it becomes clear that nearly half of those early burials were of children.
Lissa Chapman, a Walthamstow resident, is joint artistic director of Clio’s Company, which is well known for site specific theatre and arts in education projects. Clio’s Company is currently working on a Heritage Lottery funded project, Watercress Beds to One-Way Streets, focusing on the development of the Queen’s Road area of Walthamstow and involving a community theatre production, work involving Edinburgh Primary School, oral histories and a project website as well as work on, and research about, Queen’s Road Cemetery.
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Edinburgh Festival Comes to Walthamstow Edinburgh Festival is “the most brilliant, exhausting, exhilarating, expensive, drunken comedy trade fair,“ according to Walthamstow comedian Susan Murray. She talks to The E List’s Annabel Colley about how she got an amazing A-List line up of previews at her Red Imp comedy club this summer and pays tribute to her comedy inspiration, the late, Rik Mayall You’ve been doing comedy upstairs at the Rose and Crown for a number of years. Tell us about Red Imp, your latest club? It’s me branching out as a solo artist. I used to co-run Guffaw Club with another promoter but we split up due to ‘artistic differences’. He moved up to Cambridge so it was a bit tricky. I now employ mates to help me out - I make them wear uniforms. Well, a red T-shirt with a logo printed on it but it makes me feel dead important and in charge. You have a fantastic line-up. How do you get the big names to come and perform here? Pure sex appeal, baby. I have to sleep with every act we have on, which is why the club is generally monthly, unless I’m particularly sexy and then it might be more often. I’m going to be extraexhausted after these previews what with all this sexiness. I’m a bit concerned about Barry Cryer he’s in his 80s you know. It might be the one time I can say “Barry Cryer died on MY arse”. I’ve been a Circuit comedian for 18 years so I may as well put my contacts to good use and bring a bit of excellent stand-up to the Stow. How does a “preview” performance differ? A preview is work in progress of a fulllength solo show ie one hour long. The acts are still learning/structuring and may be using notes, OR it can be quite polished. Our punters know the score. I think they like seeing the ‘inner workings’ of creating stand up. Our acts love them for being so comedy savvy and it’s how we can get high profile TV acts to our modest gig. The venue is a good size for them and the audience aren’t too easy or too difficult so they know where their jokes are truly at. I also make notes at the back if I think of anything for them. Micky Flanagan did a secret gig for me once. Omid Djalili 16
Sean Hughes appearing in the Stow on Wednesday 2 July.
did the first ever Red Imp in January. He was awesome(stow). Alan Carr did two nights. What the best and worst thing about doing Edinburgh Festival as a female comedian? Has it changed over the years? The best thing about it is being a female comedian. There are loads of us at the festival and we all start menstruating on mass and the Royal Mile is awash with American tourists covered in blood. The worst thing is being a female comedian… is being asked about being a female comedian. Sorry, it doesn’t matter what sex you are, the Edinburgh Festival is the most brilliant, exhausting, exhilarating, expensive, drunken comedy trade fair you ever did see. If you go expecting to make a big splash and it to be career changing then your star sign must be Delusion. I’m doing a play and I know I’ll end up doing loads of extra gigs as well as my hour-long solo show. I’ll be performing between two and five times a day - from lunchtime gigs to late night gigs finishing at 2am. It puts you into a higher gear as a performer; it’s like boot camp for comedians. What else have you got planned personally? Any more radio or TV coming up? I have guest appearance on Radio 4, Stephen K Amos’ “Idiots Guide” in July. I’ve also been producing a radio show about comedians’ pre-gig rituals. It’s likely to fill short stints in between shows on The Comedy Club on Radio 4 Extra. I’ve got lots of great comedians on it like Sarah Millican and Micky Flanagan. Lots have been recorded back stage at the Rose and Crown.
Bridgit Chritie appearing in the Stow on Saturday 5 July.
I’m supposed to be writing a play too, but that’ll have to wait until after Edinburgh. I also teach stand up in Brighton. My long-term aim is to write and be in my own radio sit com, so I’m writing that at the moment with Alan Francis, an excellent
actor and stand up. My secret ambition (probably not so secret now!) - is to do TV comedy acting. Rik Mayall has been my absolute comedy hero since I was 13. The Young Ones blew my mind. He’s the reason I’m doing comedy. I’ve never cried at a celebrity dying before. Now I know how all those Diana ******s felt. So gutted. Can you reveal to our readers what else you have lined up for Red Imp? Barry Cryer is doing The Stow Festival in September. I’m on the case with Josie Long. I’m also trying to pin down Gina Yashere and Tom Staid. Chris Addison is on my wish list, as is Greg Davis and Ross Noble who used to live in Walthamstow. I’ll be booking awesome acts like Sean Meo and Paul Thorne who aren’t well known but are brilliant A-list club comics. I’m also hoping to get Canadian Craig Campbell on his autumn tour (Frankie Boyle’s support act). I know the circuit like the back of my hand, but I always say just because an act hasn’t ‘been on the telly’ doesn’t mean they’re not hilarious. The Michael McIntyres of this world started in clubs like mine. You might see a mega-star of the future if you come to Red Imp. Susan Murray is a guest on Stephen K Amos’s “Idiots Guide”, to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 2 July at 6.30 pm.
Seann Walsh appearing in the Stow on Tuesday 8 July.
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All aboard ‘Ole Bill’, we’re off to the Front Chris Evans shares a couple of examples of the role the men and machines of Waltham Forest played in the early days of WWI.
At first glance, Walthamstow doesn’t really have any obvious hook to hang any centenary remembrances onto. Nearby Leyton can be rightly proud of the efforts and sacrifices of its football team, then called Clapton Orient. At a time during the early years of the war, when footballers (already then professional) were being criticized for continuing to play games, Orient were the first English team to sign up en masse as a ‘footballer’s battalion’. There exists tremendously moving footage of the team, fans and backroom staff, all freshly changed into brand new uniforms, marching their way around the pitch immediately after the last home fixture they would play together. Three Orient players would not return from the Somme. The current supporter’s club has led a concerted effort for these losses not to be forgotten and their fundraising has resulted in a memorial being built in the French town of Flers, near the Somme battlegrounds where the men died. These events have been covered not only in a short BBC documentary recently, but also a soon to be reissued book, ‘They Took the Lead’ by Stephen Jenkins, which is highly recommended.
attached, I was able to read that Walthamstow was the place of manufacture of the LGOCB-type bus, more commonly known as ‘Ole Bill’. These distinctive buses, rickety double deckers, many still plastered with posters advertising products from home, were to become an iconic image of the Great War. Their importance in transporting troops to and from the frontline provided an essential role in the war effort, so much so that after the war, one was presented to King George V for inspection and became the first bus he’d ever stepped on. The buses were manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) at the factory at Blackhorse Lane. Production started on the B-types in 1911 and around 2500 were built in total. With the outbreak of the war, around 900 were requisitioned for military service and shipped to France. The buses could carry 24 fully equipped soldiers but not before the windows had to be removed and replaced with wooden planks as stray rifles and packs were causing too many breakages! Some were even converted into mobile pigeon lofts to transport the many carrier pigeons needed for communications. After the war, AEC continued to build buses and other vehicles in Walthamstow until 1927, when production was moved to Southall.
Both the London Transport Museum and the Imperial War Museum have examples of these increasingly rare buses in their collections. As part of the commemorations, the Transport Museum is fundraising to get their In contrast, Walthamstow doesn’t bus renovated and roadworthy. seem to particularly honour its dead. An Since I was a kid I must have stood estimated 22,000 men from Waltham next to the IWM one, the original No35 Bus, Leyton to The Elephant & Castle c1916. A ‘B’ Type bus ‘Old Bill’ Forest died during the war but an ‘Ole Bill’, on numerous occasions of the type as used to carry troops to the front. imposing war memorial doesn’t even list and yet it took a the names of the fallen. Where once it stood proudly in Lloyd Park, chance peruse of it was moved at some point to the town hall, rather away from a toy catalogue public view. An internet search of ‘Wathamstow World War One’, to bring it to my turns up little apart from the interesting, and depressing, tale of attention that Arthur Elsdon, a Walthamstow clerk and conscientious objector, it was forged in who was sentenced to two years hard labour. The name AVRO, Walthamstow, once one of Britain’s foremost airplane manufacturers, can trace presumably by its roots back to the first successful flight of an English plane, on local engineers Walthamstow Marshes in July 1909, by A.V Roe, founder of the and tradesmen. company. Whilst they did provide biplanes to the Royal Flying Men (and probably Corps (pre-cursor to the RAF) during World War One, they would women), who become better known with their production of the Lancaster and because of their skills Vulcan bombers during World War Two and beyond. were perhaps prevented from fighting in France but who did their duty in other ways. We may not have a decorated war hero or a However…whilst perusing a high brow academic journal story that resonates today like the Clapton Orient one, but we can recently…OK I admit it, it was an Airfix models catalogue…the be proud of the small part our corner of East London contributed. name Walthamstow jumped out at me. Once I had recovered And, because I can’t help myself, once it’s resissued, I’ll probably from the initial shock of seeing the word Walthamstow in print be building one of Airfix’s B-types as my own small tribute… without the words ‘house prices’, ‘arts festival’ or ‘hipster twats’ 18
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Unless you’ve been living under a metaphorical rock or a selfimposed media blackout, you can’t have failed to notice that this year marks the centenary anniversary of the outbreak of World War One. I for one have already watched so many documentaries on the BBC that I fully expect an honorary degree to drop through my letterbox any day. I even sat through the whole series of ‘The Crimson Field’!
Free books in pretty nooks Introducing Walthamstow’s new network of Little Free Libraries
Very little in life is free these days, especially in London. So when we stumbled across a beautifully decorated house shaped box full of books available for free in E17, we wanted to find out more. A sign in the window simply said “Take a book, return a book, donate a book.” We later discovered that this aptly named, Little Free Library (LFL), is part of a new national initiative to promote free books, literacy and art in the UK. Built and installed by a new non-profit organisation called the Little Free Library Project, each LFL has been artfully decorated by largely local E17 artists. There are currently 12 Little Free Libraries in Walthamstow, located in residential front gardens, cafes, family friendly pubs and community spaces. Rather than me trying to describe what a LFL looks like it’s far easier to let pictures do the talking. The majority of the LFLs are installed in residential gardens and stewarded by volunteer hosts. We caught up with a few of the LFL hosts to find out why they got involved. “As a host I see it more as being a LFL guardian, trying to bring reading closer to people, especially children.” says Garner Road host Marita Keremezo. Brettenham Road host Kate Bohdanowicz says, “In our busy hectic lives, it’s nice to see something so simple can stop people in their tracks. Kids love it. It’s a wonderful concept and I feel lucky to be a host.” Keremezo’s LFL located on Garner Road was decorated by local artist Gabriela Castellanos (second row, third picture above). As you can see it’s designed like a beautiful bird cage. “The bird cage design came out of a conversation with a friend.” said Castellanos. “I wanted it to be bright and bold, appealing to children and adults.” I have to say it absolutely achieves that goal. The Poet’s Corner LFL on Aubrey Road is hosted by Jen Powell. A painted cloud on the roof of the LFL says, “I wandered lonely as a
cloud”, a quote from Wordsworth. “I’ve always loved disappearing in a different world to my own through a book, and am constantly finishing a book that I have loved and feeling like I must share it with the world, so the Little Free Library is the perfect way to do this.” says host Powell. On the edge of E17 near the beautiful Walthamstow Marshes on Coppermill Lane, the Jackson Pollock inspired LFL (first row, second picture above, with co-host Toastie) was created by photographer Fabien Ho who says “I wanted to be part of a movement that celebrates the good old fashioned print format. The move to digital books has curbed our ability to share freely a good read and the LFL sounds like a great way to bring this back.” The Little Free Libraries were launched to coincide with the E17 Art Trail, but will be around long-term says Nick Cheshire who set up the project. There are also plans to add several more LFLs in E17 including Pearl Road and a special LFL just for kids at Frederick Bremer School. Cheshire says that he chose Walthamstow because of the overwhelming sense of community that exists in the area. “People are happy to work together to help things improve for the better.” says Cheshire. “There is also a vibrant arts community here as the E17 Art Trail exemplifies. We couldn’t have chosen a better place to launch our project .” If you want to take a book or donate a book pop down to your nearest Little Free Library. It might be closer than you think. To find out more about the organisation and to find your nearest LFL take a look at their website www.littlefreelibraryproject.org.uk. Happy reading E17! Thanks to Nick Cheshire from LFL and to Shirley Anstey who contacted the E List through Twitter for supplying the images.
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“Street17 is about having fun with art. It’s free and there’s something for everyone - particularly younger people,” says festival organiser, Adam Taylor. One big draw this year will be spectacular BMX and skateboarding displays by the UK’s leading professional group, Team Extreme. With the opportunity to take part in free coaching sessions on a specially erected ramp. Energy levels will be equally impressive on the stage with street dance groups, drumming workshops, live DJing and free-running displays. Visitors will also be encouraged to help make a giant sculpture from recycled materials under the direction of local sculptor Michelle Reader. And, with dozens of artists creating and displaying work, there will be plenty of chances to participate. Last year’s festival saw more than two thousand people enjoy the work of the many artists and performers. “The Town Square came alive with people of all ages joining in with hands-on arts activities,” says Adam. “Come along, take part making some art. Or just wander about and let it happen around you.” Pop-up galleries, craft stalls and food from around the world all add to the atmosphere. And, if it all sounds too exhausting, you can always kick back and watch films of Waltham Forest past and present on the Big Screen. Street17 is made possible by funding from LB Waltham Forest and sponsored by Churchill Estates and The Mall.
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The Mall Walthamstow is preparing for a summer of fun for families. The shopping centre will be staging an array of exciting activities and events for children and families throughout the summer holidays with plenty to keep everyone entertained. The activities will be taking place during August alongside the monthly craft fairs, held on the last Sunday of every month. Don’t miss the next two craft fairs which are being held at the Mall on Sunday July 27th and August 31st. Creative craft workers in Walthamstow are being urged to get in touch with the Mall to secure their stall at these popular monthly craft fairs. The Mall is hitting all the right notes with its Busker of the Year Competition which is proving popular with performers. The competition to find the Busker of the Year was launched by The Mall Walthamstow and artists of all ages have been taking part. Lucia Smith was one of the latest local entrants to perform at The Mall Walthamstow. The talented youngster delighted shoppers with her musical performance playing her violin. Everyone who enters the competition gets the chance to perform on one of the designated performance pitches at the Mall Walthamtow.
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They are able to keep any money donated by shoppers so long as they donate 15 per cent to charity. The Mall is now matching the donation by the brilliant buskers taking part in the competition which will run until November. In a bid to increase the opportunities for local performers the Mall Walthamstow has added two additional outdoor performance areas, outside Costa Coffee and the market entrance area which are available for buskers who don’t require a power source. These are in addition to the two existing indoor performance areas. Lucia’s musical talents raised more than £130 and she donated £50 to The Rotary Club. The Mall’s Busker of the Year competition will prove a steppingstone for the would-be winner as the prize will be a day’s recording at London’s prestigious Cowshed Studio. Everyone who enters the competition gets their chance to step into the spotlight with weekly performances being staged at the Mall during the competition. Shoppers are urged to show their support for performers and vote for their favourite.
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A true MasterChef at home in E17 Forget William Morris. Forget Grayson Perry. Walthamstow’s current famous (culinary) artistic son is celebrity chef, Gennaro Contaldo - Jamie Oliver’s mentor– who has lived in E17 for almost 13 years, raising his young family here with his wife, Liz. But what are Gennaro’s thoughts on being an E17er? “I love the mix of people who live here” he says, “that feeling of community. And with all the improvements lately - shop fronts tidied up, new flats being built, even a new cinema – there are definitely exciting times ahead for the area. The food scene is really improving too, with pop up restaurants and people sharing their knowledge and experiences online through Twitter and the Waltham Forest Food & Drink Society Facebook Group. I’m also looking forward to seeing what The Scene at Cleveland Place will have to offer!” Gennaro has created his own little bit of ‘rustic’ Italy here in E17 with his ‘cucina al fresco’ – an open air kitchen complete with a wood burning pizza oven right in his back garden! A great place to cook with the foods he forages from places like his beloved Epping Forest. When not enjoying his home life in the Stow, he’s a busy man giving live cookery demos to packed houses around the UK and
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Architectural historian, Karen Averby uncovers curiosities and stories from Walthamstow’s rich and varied past
THE DAY ZeppelinS CAME TO TOWN This July marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and, although there are many poignant stories of Walthamstowers who went to war, it is difficult to do any of these justice in so few words. So instead of Walthamstowers going to war, here follows two brief accounts of when the war came to Walthamstow. On 17-18 August 1915, four enemy airships (Zeppelins) were dispatched to attack London. Two turned back with mechanical issues, a third bombed Ashford in Kent believing it to be Woolwich, whilst the fourth, Zeppelin Airship L10, was the first enemy airship to reach London. Its target was central London, but seemingly mistaking the Lea Valley reservoirs for the Thames, the pilot instead dropped bombs along a route leading from Walthamstow to Leytonstone. The first bomb hit Lloyd Park (which the pilot believed to be Blackfriars) at 10.32pm and further incendiaries were dropped south of Hoe Street Station and at the junction of Lea Bridge Road. Nos. 41-47 Bakers Avenue were destroyed and tenements at Bakers Almshouses were damaged. Several more bombs were dropped on Leyton, culminating in 3 incendiary bombs exploding at Leyton Tram Depot at 10.37pm. The Fire Service estimated resulting damage costs to be £30,750. On Sunday 3 September 1916 at 2.30am a dramatic spectacle was witnessed in the night skies above north-east London. Zeppelin SL11 was one of a convoy of high flying invading airships, obscured by thick cloud. As it flew over Alexandra Palace amidst seemingly ineffective anti-aircraft volleys, it turned towards Walthamstow. Meanwhile, 20 year old Pilot William Leefe Robinson was flying one of several planes sent to intercept the enemy aircraft, and decided to head towards the SL11. After two unsuccessful passes, Robinson emptied his last drum of ammunition into the airship. Within seconds the tail section was alight with hydrogen-ignited flames shooting out over 100 feet,
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Where did you grow up? I was born in Langley Vale which nestles next to Epsom Downs on the fringes of south London but when I was 12 my family moved to central Scotland. This was life changing, as I had become an attention-seeking troublemaker only to find my salvation in Scotland’s wide open spaces and a love of hill walking; I was so lucky to be given a fresh start. You live in a rather magical but hidden part of the Village, how did you discover it? We had sold our Camden flat and went looking for somewhere to rent for six months so we could get to know east London. We’d never been to Walthamstow before, and decided to view just one property for sale despite the photograph suggesting it was run down and in a neglected area. To our surprise it was at the end of a gorgeous footpath in the village, had just been renovated and we were able to move in to our dream home straight away. It can be daunting moving to a new and unfamiliar area. How did you find it? Having lived in Camden for 15 years and been heavily involved in environmental and transport campaigning, it was a huge wrench to leave so many friends behind. But I needed a break from activism and the voluntary commitments I’d acquired – and moving house did the trick. It was only in the months after we moved in that I started to appreciate just how fortunate our choice of Walthamstow was. Now I can’t imagine wanting to live anywhere else. Cycling has been a big part of your life and I understand you were quite an activist in you’re early years. I’ve been cycling in London since 1980, and started taking part in on-street protests run by the Islington Cyclists’ Action Group group in 1987. Playing snooker in potholes, or lying in them wrapped in bloody bandages was 24
a wonderful introduction to the lovely and passionate people who were prepared to devote their time and energy to a worthy cause. I graduated on to the more spectacular London Cycling Campaign (LCC) direct actions, and after 3 years as LCC’s chair I returned to my local roots and co-ordinated the Camden LCC group for a decade, which gave me much exposure to traffic management scheme design, and an involvement in innovative cycle schemes in Camden. Recently you’ve been involved in the plans to secure £30 million for Walthamstow for the Mini Holland scheme. What’s the scheme about? The Mini Holland funding will support a programme of road closures, more 20mph streets with better physical speed reduction measures, high quality protected cycle routes, improved links to the borough’s other town centres, and public realm improvements. So most residents will live in streets with calmed motor traffic, and many will have commuter rat runs removed. It will become easier to walk and cycle, with the aim of making it safer for an unaccompanied 12 year old to cycle. And as the cyclist profile shifts from fit lycraclad males to a much more representative
cross section of our community, we’ll see a gentling of our cycling culture. This will no doubt mean safer streets for the Walthamstow Family Bike group too, another passion of yours. The group sounds great fun. The Walthamstow Family Bike Club has been running free monthly rides for 14 years and will definitely benefit from mini Holland as we attract a wide range of abilities ... our youngest rider was 4, and the oldest nearly 80. Hence we have to use back street routes to avoid the borough’s busier roads, but mini-Holland should open up a number of routes which are currently no-go areas for the less experienced cyclist. July sees the Tour de France come through Walthamstow. How excited are you? Bringing the Tour de France through the middle of the borough via Lea Bridge Road, Woodford New Road and Orient Way, on Monday 7th July will be pretty awesome. I think our borough’s challenge is to help local people bridge the gap between cycling obsessives dressed in specialist gear and the concept that ordinary members of the public could enjoy leisurely and healthy cycling in normal clothes and easily get around Walthamstow’s streets.
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Since coming to Walthamstow several years ago, Paul has completely immersed himself in the community; always willing to offer his help where it’s needed. Equally importantly the way he has worked for the betterment of the town’s future completely justifies his Local Hero status. Here Paul Lindt talks to a man much happier out on his bike or discussing the merits of Walthamstow as a Transition Town than about himself.
The benefits to the environment of cycling is obvious and this fits well with something else you’re involved in, the idea of Walthamstow as a transition town. First of all what is a transition town? A Transition Initiative is where locals get together to support community projects which offer inspired solutions to the challenges of climate change, peak oil and global economic instability. How might this work for Walthamstow? Walthamstow is unusual compared to most Transition Towns - we are hugely fortunate to have several well-established environmental organisations such as the Hornbeam Centre, Forest Recycling Project, HEET, Organiclea, and Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign. So Transition Walthamstow’s role is more focussed around supporting existing organisations, although there are also opportunities for us to help establish new social enterprises such as a wholefood co-op, or cargo bike delivery scheme. The most well known aspect of the idea is a currency eg. the Brixton Pound. The Walthamstow version is called the Beams. Where does the name come from? The name is derived from the name of the Hornbeam Centre on Hoe Street; 1 beam is roughly similar in value to £1. The scheme is run by WF LETS (local exchange trading system) which is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation. Our 270 members offer services and goods such as DIY, music lessons, alternative therapies, gardening, equipment loans, cooking, dog walking and giving lifts. My first LETS trade was for the repair of my 95 year old Singer sewing machine. A LETS expert restored it to perfect working order, and I regularly use it to repair the family’s clothing. In the last 6 months I have traded over 500 beams, which have included a singing lesson, a sturdy pair of boots and
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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 So that’s the art trail done for another year, and what a huge trail it was. We wandered around to so many venues that I actually managed to wear a hole in my trainers. OK, so the trainers were pretty cheap, but I still think that’s an achievement. Hard to believe the trail has been going for ten years, even harder to believe how big it is now. I loved the variety and ingenuity of the projects on the trail, none more so than the swing powered etching machine at the very wonderful Blackhorse Workshops. I don’t know if you got chance to see it, but it was a pretty impressive setup. A set of swings was linked by wire to a series of pulleys, weights and sliding wooden plates. As the swings swung, they powered the etching machine and it drew a unique design, depending on how fast the swings swung. It was simple but wonderfully complex all at the same time. During the art trail something else exciting was happening in Walthamstow, or should I say something else was happening in the sky above Walthamstow. On various clear evenings the International Space Station was clearly visible as it flew over E17. This was the first time I’ve seen the station, and I was pretty blown away. Amazing to think that there are people whizzing around in space looking down on us. My twitter feed regularly filled up with the #E17SpaceWatch tag, and photos of small white dots passing overhead, particularly over the Rose & Crown which popped up every time the space station flew by. Sadly camera phones don’t do the station any justice, not that I let that stop me taking pictures of course. The day that I saw the etching machine at Blackhorse workshop was also the day I first saw the station fly over. I liked the contrast, a wooden people powered machine at the start of the day, and people flying past in a space ship at the end of the day. Space stations and etching machines, all in a day’s wander around Walthamstow. www.walthamstowdiary.com
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Spotted Walthamstow Wish you’d said something at the time but now it’s too late?? Message thanks, rants and questions to the Spotted Walthamstow Facebook page and we’ll repost. 100%anonymous. Here are some edited highlights from the past few weeks.
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‘For those who use the W12 bus route will recognise this kind gentleman, he won a London Bus Award for outstanding customer service - just wanted to share and thank all residents for your positive feedback!’ Matt: Absolutely the nicest guy I’ve ever met working anywhere on TFL! Kerry: Very nice guy always stops our bus to give us a newspaper. Sara: I love him! He makes my mornings. Majid: I have never seen him without a smile. Jayne: He is a legend. ALWAYS courteous and professional. So pleased good service gets rewarded. Lesley: OMG! Such a lovely man he deserves it Terry: Excellent man and driver: 100% there for his passengers! Cherese: He is the best bus driver ever, so smiley and friendly and I love the way he puts the school kids in check when they are being cheeky...well deserved! Noreen: Wow...I am so overwhelmed at the love n respect out there for my Dad, didn’t realise he was so popular and made your day by simply smiling and caring as he goes about his daily job. He really loves his job and always talks of all the lovely passengers he meets n greets, he is just as jovial at home, there is never a dull moment in the Shabir household! Lol. BIG Thank you for your comments. I will convey each one to him. 75 493 ‘Thank you so much to the kind French speaking man who saw me struggling with too many bags and kids and carried my shopping home for me yesterday! He was friendly and cheerful and wonderful and I hope I can pass it on to someone else today! #randomactsofkindness’ 4 102
‘Does anyone know the name of the guy (the taller one) selling coffee in the overground bit in Walthamstow Central station? He told me his name ages ago but I forgot...and am too embarrassed to ask again!’ Craig: Barry Ista... Marcia: Max Wellhouse David: Les Presso Joe: Phil McCavity Owen: Hugh Jorgan Melanie: Mal Adjusted Victoria: You’re all mean! 12 10 ‘Look who’s The Castle! But where’s Kirsty?’ Emily: Location Location Location!! Johanna: Phil drinks Rosé. Hmmmm! Is Kirsty at the bar with a pint of Ale? Charlie: Kirsty? Probably off giving misguided advice about how it’s best to spend your twenties finding a man and not bothering with a career. Emmeline: I cycled past them yesterday up near the village. I accidentally shouted “don’t move here it’s rubbish” as I went by. Oops. Judith: Probably off spouting out nonsense about girls not going to university and have babies young. 31 124
Michael: The Brazilian girl next door to me completely removed the bush in her front garden. Melanie: I’ve never waxed my bikini line or shaved my legs. How sexist! Curtis: Come on people it’s not the 70’s anymore (or early 80’s) or France. Coral: I must say I’ve always kept a tidy bush. Dave: Leaf it out. Sarah: When I worked with Waltham Forest Council there was a lovely man with the job title “Inspector of Over-Hanging Foliage”. Michelle: Maybe people on here should consider the blind and partially sighted whose white stick does not warn them about uncut over hanging foliage Melanie: They could be dead even! Have you thought about that eh! 4 80 ‘Loving the art mural on the side of the house at the corner of Ritchings Avenue and Lime Street to celebrate the Art Trail - incredible. Love walking past this everyday.’ Catherine: Amazing, we need more of that! Adam: Stunning! Ruth: I hope it stay’s up there permanently. Maybe it will start a trend? FRP: Wow that’s amazing, hope it’s not temporary. We need this type of art to become a permanent image around #Walthamforest Curtis: I drove past when the dude was painting this, wicked. Elisabetta: Wow! Amazing!
‘Good evening, I would like to rant about bushes, mostly hedges outside houses. TRIM THEM PLEASE people. I bet all you guys, well most of you, shave every morning, women are waxing bikini lines, shaving legs.. Put down the razors and trim the bush outside your house! It’s rude - shockingly rude - to expect people to walk around them, soon my children and I will be walking in the road!!! Please this weekend get out the trimmers. Rant over thanks! X’ Mikki: Where’s “Bush of your Garden” Man when you need him?
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Forest Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price: £600,000 - £650,000 This spacious home that has been refurbished and decorated to an exceptionally high standard.
Bedford Road, London, E17 3 bed end terrace house for sale Guide Price £500,000 A 1930’s double fronted family home in picturesque and quiet Lloyd Park location.
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Granville Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £600,000 - £650,000 A great property for a family looking for a smart and spacious home in the heart of Walthamstow Village.
Cromwell Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £600,000 - £650,000 The dining room has its own characterful fireplace and gives access to the wonderful kitchen.
Primrose Road, Leyton, London, E10 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £450,000 - £500,000 Downstairs there are stripped wooden floors and a 22 foot lounge/ dining room with patio doors.
Woodville Road, London, E17 2 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £425,000 - £450,000 This great home has been tastefully modernised to create an open plan area and a bright airy atmosphere.
Turner Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house to rent £1,700 pcm features a through lounge/dinner, fully fitted kitchen, family bathroom and private rear garden.
Forster Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house to rent £1,500 pcm Set on a quiet residential road is this three bedroom house is just bursting with character!
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