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Your cultural life in and around Walthamstow No.25 • March 2015
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y sister tells a story of having to walk a mile or so of a car production plant to the sounds of men hollering, whistling and grunting at her the entire time. It was early on in her work placement from university and she had lovely long blond hair so perhaps those men thought it justified. She’d been only one of two women on her Mechanical Engineering course at Salford, and here she was the only woman on the shopfloor of this gargantuan factory. This was over twenty years ago and a lot has changed since then. I am proud to say my sister now has a senior position with the same car manufacturer but sadly the factory has been demolished, the workforce laid off and houses built on the site. Part of her role now involves debating environmental fuel policy with various committees consisting predominantly of men including politicians. Sadly she still gets the strong impression that some are thinking ‘what does a women know about the workings of a car?’ One man actually pushed her “I mean actually know?’ And this with her as elected chair.
I accept that this undercurrent of sexism and stereotyping is still alive in Britain, which is sad as it was these attitudes that inspired the feminism that emerged in the 60s and 70s. What is interesting to me is that in recent years the focus on what should be a fundemental human right, ie gender equality, is becoming much more international. If we deserve to be treated in a certain way then shouldn’t everyone no matter where they live. We would not tolerate FGM being inflicted on our sisters and daughters in the UK, so why should someone else have to just because they live elsewhere. That’s why International Women’s Day (IWD) is so important, because it celebrates how far we’ve come but also how far we’ve yet to go. Much of this month’s magazine is given over to the work of some amazing women, mainly working locally, from artists to campaigners. They represent in different ways what is so magnificent about all our community to the benefit of all genders. I’ve highlighted listings for some of the key events that form part of IWD but please also visit www.walthamforest.gov.uk/iwd2015 for the complete programme. Finally towards the end of the month we see the welcome return of Cultivate, the council’s Urban Food Growing Festival. We have a selection of the main events in the listings but be sure to visit www.cultivatewf.org for the latest festival additions throughout the month.
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Aisling Fahey, Young Poet Laureate for London Women’s activism in Waltham Forest Bestowed Kitchen Jeremy Deller brings together Morris and Warhol Wilcumstowe Times – The legacy of Mary Squire Local Hero - Catherine West of Significant Seams Walthamstow Diary The Magpie
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my mother, my friends and colleagues. The images are very vibrant and aim to celebrate our featherless energy, the female spirit and the magic that lies within us.
I create all my work under the name Zanara. Originally from Bulgaria, I have lived in the UK for nine years. This is my home now! I’m proud to be the third generation of my family involved in the creative arts. My grandparents were peasants, my grandmother was a textile weaver and my grandfather a wood-craftsman. I’m tremendously proud of my father, Radi Nedelchev, who is a full time artist and who has won numerous awards. His work is exhibited and held in collections across the world. A piece by him was in the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy last year which was wonderful. Now I am excited to be following in his footsteps on my own creative journey and seeking my own spiritual place. My artwork explores two themes. The first is folklore from around the world. I’m inspired by traditions, myths and symbols from ancient cultures. The second theme is inspired by my work with children and is in many ways the complete opposite to the first. It’s all freehand drawing, bright vivid colours with no deep spiritual messages just pure joy! What links these two themes is an
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International Women’s Day means all of these ideas to me and more. It is a day that reminds us of our amazing giving and loving nature. It is a symbol of what we truly are, goddesses, pieces of stardust and we should never forget this. Giving life in every possible sense, puts us so much closer to our creator than anything else can.
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element of storytelling. All of my work refers back to our eternal journey, of the universe, love, good and evil, what I see as the spiral of life. The cover of the E List this month is from my women’s series. The series celebrates the powerful women in my life, starting with
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Dad & Baby Massage and Yoga Health Works, 111a Hoe Street E17 4RX This fun class helps you bond with your baby while benefiting you both with some great stretches and songs. Learn how to calm your baby and so other any colicky problems, bowel issues, teething etc. 10.30am-11.30pm. £10 includes free bottle of baby massage oil. 07587 638154 joredmonde17@gmail.com www.thehealthworks.co.uk
Mums, Not Fairy Godmothers! A New Relationship with Money Wood Street Library, Forest Road, Walthamstow E17 4AA Do your children think that you’re a Fairy Godmother or that money grows on trees? Discover and learn to implement steps that encourage positive relationships with money; in your home and with your child. 10.30am-12.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 http://www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com
E11 Cycling Meet outside Carlton House (behind Natwest), Aylmer Road off High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AD Group cycle ride with interesting routes. See website for this month’s route. Time for coffee and lunch as agreed on the day. 10am-3pm. FREE. http://www.e11cycling.co.uk/ The Musical Aquarium Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Come and join Jerome and Lindsay who will be diving into the tank, and playing their own eclectic brand of music for your Sunday lunchtime listening pleasure! 1-4pm. FREE. Jerome Anderson 07931507760 jerome@jeromelanderson.com http://www.jeromelanderson.com/ The Comedian’s Club Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 Leytonstone High Road E11 4JU A new monthly comedy night for new comedians This month’s headline: Gwilum Argus plus Nathalie Kerrio, Ronnie Ansari, Daphna Baram, Valerio Miconi, Stephen Steppings, Mat Brooks, JB Carter, Leon Green plus MC Paul Thompson 7.30-11pm, £1. Leon leongreen1961@gmail.com http://ploughE11.co.uk Tony Kendall at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Tony has been a personality, performer, collector of local music for many years. Tonight he sings folks songs he’s found in Walthamstow and Essex. 7.3010.30pm. £7, £5 (conc) 07746 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk http://www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
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Club Mellow 30+ Men’s Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN A space for gay, bisexual or trans men who have sex with men 30 yrs & over who want to meet in a friendly environment. 7-9.30pm. £2. Claire 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org
Tuesday 3 WVRA Monthly Gardening Day Meet at Village Square on corner of Orford and Eden Roads E17 9NJ Sweeping up leaves, cutting back bushes and flowerbeds around the Village. If you have them please bring a rake, broom, gloves, loppers and secateurs and wear sturdy shoes/boots. All other equipment will be provided. 10.30am-1.30pm. FREE. Helen Lerner 07814 042499 helen@walthamstowvillage.net
Wednesday 4 DIY Natural Pain Relief during Labour Leyton Library, High Street, Leyton E10 5QH Find out about an approach to pregnancy and child birth which combines traditional Chinese medicine and conventional western practice. 10.30-12.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 http://www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com Creative Writing Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Monthly group helping you develop your skills with expert help, grow in confidence and publish a collection of some of the work. 6.30-8.30pm. FREE. Deborah on 020 8257 1144 or hgcl.groups@outlook.com https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com
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International Women’s Question Time Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Road E17 4JD Discuss, connect, discover! A Q&A session with some of the most influential women in our borough. Women only event. Drop-in, no booking required. 7-9pm. FREE. Women’s Participation in Sport Council Chamber, Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow E17 4JF An evening of presentations and discussion exploring issues in relation to Women’s Participation in Sport. 7-9pm. FREE. Society / MC Hansen & Jacob Chano What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Country-rock melodies and wonderful three-part harmonies from Society. Danish singer MC Hansen combines storytelling of traditional folk music with contemporary country. 8.3011pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Thursday 5 World Book Day Arts and Crafts Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HS Get creative! Be inspired by characters from your favourite books and make some awesome works of art to celebrate World Book Day. 4-5.30pm. FREE but booking essential. 020 8496 3000 www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com or in person at your nearest library Still Ragged: 100 Years of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP A new documentary exploring the legacy of the ground-breaking book by painter-decorator Robert Tressell. In association with the Waltham Forest Radical History Workshop. 7pm FREE but booking essential. wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 4390 or in person at the Gallery Neighbourly Knit & Stitch Significant Seams 131 Wood St E17 3LX A social group of those who like to make. We share (& show off!) what we are working on, and have a laugh. We always have community projects on offer too. 7-9pm. £3 020 8521 4244 admin@significantseams.org.uk http://www.significantseams.org.uk
Jazz and Soul Night Upstairs at The County Arms, 420 Hale End Road, Highams Park E4 9PB Shelley T and The MPGs from The Nags Head play classic jazz, soul and Motown. 8.30-10.30pm. Suggested donation £5. Shelley 07903 271877 shelley@alphabeck.co.uk http://soul-screamers.webs.com
Friday 6 Bumps and Babies Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Monthly meet up for those with a baby and those expecting one. Come along to meet other new mums and mums to be, have a coffee and maybe even a piece of cake! 10.30am-12.30pm. Sue 07947 455370 Susana.lopez@cancer.org.uk Creative Writing Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Details as Wed 4 except 12-2pm. All Made Up: Mothers and Daughters Make-Up Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HS A fun few hours exploring make-up! Learn from each other; gain and exchange hints, tips and leave as made up as you want to be. 4.30-6pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com Sketch and Scribble! Illustration Workshop Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Celebrate World Book Day by learning to create characters and comics with writer, artist and illustrator, Richy K. Chandler; creator of over 300 Wallace and Gromit published comic strips, and characters such as ‘Lucy the Octopus’. Suitable for children aged 6+. 4-5.30pm. FREE 020 8496 3000 www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com Gay Meet-up The Castle Pub, 15 Grosvenor Rise East E17 9LB Exchange ideas, tips, network or promote your cause, business, venue or just yourself. Have a good time with like minded people over a drink or two every month in very relaxed environment. 6.30-11pm. FREE. Jean-Francois 07831 782200 jeanfrancoisdor@gmail.com http://www.meetup.com/ Walthamstow-Gay-Meetup/ Jazz, Soul & Motown Night The Function Room, 3 The Avenue, Highams Park E4 9LB Shelley T and The MPG’S play classic jazz, soul and Motown. 8.30-10.30pm. 0203 723 8873 shelley@alphabeck.co.uk
are selected from the programme for International Women’s Day.
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Friday 6 continued How To Make An American Quilt (1995, Cert 12) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Part of the Strong Women film series curated by Significant Seams. A group of women at a quilting bee instruct a nervous bride (Winona Ryder) with lessons from the patchwork of their own lives. Doors 7.45pm, film 8pm, late bar until 12am. Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 (conc). stowfilmlounge@gmail.com Are You Ready for Country-ish? Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG An evening of country-ish music featuring Bob Collum and the Welfare Mothers, East Lonesome Drifters, Dana Immanuel and Harrison J. Bodnar. 9pm start. £5 on the door. Andy Cavendish 07985 314389 andy266@gmail.com http://lunalounge.info
Saturday 7 Star Wars Jedi Training Event TSP Youth Space Charity (The Soul Project), 245 Wood Street E17 3NT This Jedi training camp for 4-8 year olds will be better than ever before. Dress up as a Storm Trooper, Darth Vader or any Jedi character. May the force be with you!!! 1-3pm. £3.50, £2 if in costume. No booking required. Cassie or Rani 020 8045 4523 cassie@thesoulproject.com www.tumbleinthejungle.co.uk Blackhorse Market Blackhorse Workshop, 1-2 Sutherland Road Path, E17 6BX A monthly street food and makers’ market with design and craft and great activities for kids. 10am-4pm. FREE. Harriet Warden 020 8531 1612 info@blackhorseworkshop.co.uk www.blackhorseworkshop.co.uk/market Cycle Confident Women Walthamstow Leisure Centre 243 Markhouse Road E17 8RN Free all-female cycle training with female instructors. Different levels of training available. 10am-4pm. FREE 0203 031 6730 www.cycleconfident.com/sponsors/ waltham-forest Monumental Women Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Only 15% of public statues in the UK are of women. Join artist Orly Orbach to create a new female statue for display in a public place. 2-4pm. FREE 020 8496 3000 www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com
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Breeze Bike Ride: Lea Valley Ramble Meet at Car Park at the end of Coppermill Lane (near Coppermill Playing Field) E17 7HG A women-only gentle bike ride using cycle paths in the Lea Valley park and surrounding areas. 10.30am-12pm. FREE www.goskyride.com/Breeze Northcote Karaoke The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Rd E11 4EL Come and sing your woes away with a cocktail & our fun karaoke crowd. 8-12pm. FREE. 020 8518 7516 tuesday.northcotee11@yahoo.com Orphan Colours / Ceri James & The Three Fifths What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Country soul from Orphan Colours featuring Noah & The Whale’s Fred Abbott. Country blues and folk rock from Ceri James. 8.30-11.30pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk The Versatiles The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Soul funk jazz featuring stellar bassist Edd Bateman and the superb voice of Georgia Van Etten. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk www.the-wo.co.uk
DANCE/FITNESS Mother’s Day Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 5JW For Mothers Day join us to create a beautiful card to say thank you to someone special in your life. Just drop in. All activities are free and on a first come first served basis. Everyone welcome. 10am-1pm. FREE. Vicky Peet 07870 678 571 v.peet@tcv.org.uk www.tcv.org.uk/london/waltham-forest
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The E List when booking an event The Community Quilt Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Road E17 4JD Participants will stitch and sew a patch for Significant Seams’ fifth community quilt exploring the changing role of women. It will later feature in the E17 Art Trail. 10am-5pm. FREE. Catherine West 07742 925085 blog@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk
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Breeze Bike Ride: Walthamstow Parks Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow E17 4JF A gentle bike ride around parkland in the Walthamstow area, using quiet roads and cycle paths. 10.15am12pm. FREE www.goskyride.com/Breeze Walthamstow Family Bike Club Meet at the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction E17 9RW A friendly marshalled exploration of local open spaces, back street routes with a reviving cafe stop midafternoon. 1-5pm. FREE. Paul 03085 300648 paul.gasson@gmail.com Woody Guthrie: Hard Times & Hard Travelin’ with Will Kaufman at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA A captivating “live documentary” that sets the songs of Woody Guthrie in the context of the American 1930s - the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the New Deal and the state of popular music itself. 7.30-10.30pm. £7 (£5 conc) 07746 612607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
Sunday 8 Mother’s Day Celebrate International Women’s Day Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Road E17 4JD Inspirational speakers, workshops and information with partner organisations from across the borough who champion female achievements, challenge barriers to equality, and support the needs of women every day. No booking required, though some workshops may require registration in advance. 12-6pm. FREE. 0208 496 3000 Women-only Day Walthamstow Leisure Centre , 243 Markhouse Road, E17 8RN Enjoy a variety of women-only sport and leisure activities today. All are free and open to women and girls of all ages (crèche facilities available 9am-2pm). Sessions are drop-in only, and on a first come, first served basis. 9am-5pm FREE. 020 8520 7464 walthamstow@gll.org
A NOVEL IN NINE MONTHS
17 March to 17 November 2015 One workshop a month Tuesdays, 7pm to 9pm 39 Orford Road, Walthamstow, E17 9NL
A series of workshops taking you through the planning, drafting, plotting and character development of a novel – support all the way through to your final version. By the end of the nine months you will have a completed novel under your belt. The workshops will be tutored by Brandon Robshaw. £225 for nine sessions payable in two instalments Limited to 10 writers only For full course details see http://mendham-writers.com/upcoming-courses/ To book contact Rochelle@mendham-writers.com
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Monday 9 Club Mellow 18-30s Men’s Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN For gay, bisexual or trans* men who have sex with men aged 18-30yrs to meet up with other guys their age in a friendly, supportive environment. 7-9.30pm. £2. Claire 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org
Tuesday 10 Leyton Tea Dance Leyton Great Hall, Adelaide Road, E10 5NN Fancy a cup of tea and a twirl round the dance floor? The dances will feature music by DJ Malcolm ‘Mr Wonderful’ Fernandes plus a display of ballroom dancing by ex-Senior British Ballroom Champion Janet Cunningham–Clayton. Doors open 1pm, dancing 1.30-4pm. £5.
Wednesday 11 The Makers Hub: Polymer Clay Buttons Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Learn to work with Polymer Clay, a versatile colourful clay that can be made into a kaleidoscope of beautiful patterns then cut to make buttons (or beads) for use on sewn, knitted and crocheted projects. 1.30-4.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com 020 8496 3000 Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Join us for a discussion on cycling issues, opportunities and upcoming events. We usually go to a nearby pub after the meeting. 8-9.15pm. FREE http://wfcycling.wordpress.com The Hallelujah Trails / Sugar Magnolia What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB The Hallelujah Trails are a London based American country rock band with soul. Harmonious folk from Sugar Magnolia. 8.30-11pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Thursday 12 Creative Kids: Victorian Costume William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Part of African Textiles Season. Visit the exhibition and make your own costume based on the Morris family children using brightly coloured Dutch wax fabric used by Yinka Shonibare MBE. 10-11.30am, repeated 1-2.30pm. FREE but booking essential. 020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk or in person at the Gallery Events marked
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SPINE Festival presents Storycraft Lea Bridge Library, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7HU Share, create and discuss stories as a family using puppets, percussion, actions and singing. With the help of a professional storyteller, you’ll soon be part of the story! (ages 2-5). 1-5pm. FREE but booking essential. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com librarypromotions@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 3000 or visit your nearest library Opus Femina: Women’s Work Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street E17 9AP Exhibition preview of stunning new mosaics by Norma Vondee and Aliyah Owen. 6.30-8.30pm. FREE www.pictoremgallery.com ’avin a Giraffe Leyton Technical, 265b Leyton High Road E10 5QN Monthly comedy night. This month headliner is Addy Van Der Borgh. “Van der Borgh has funny bones. This man was born to make people laugh” Edinburgh Evening News, “Brilliant natural clown” Daily Telegraph. Plus MC Jamie Gosney and 6 brand new acts. 8.30-11pm, £4. 0208 558 4759 leytontechnical@anticlondon.com www.leytontechnical.com
Friday 13 Stow Baby Film Lounge presents Gone Girl (2014, Cert 18) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR In our last ever Baby Film Lounge Ben Affleck stars in this thriller as a husband whose wife (Rosumund Pike) disappears. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy his lies, deceits and strange behaviour have everyone asking the same dark question: Did he kill his wife? Doors: 11.15am, Film 11.45am, Close 1.45pm Tickets: £6.50/£5 (conc) Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out. 07910 643987 E17 Puppet Project Presents: In the Shadow of the War Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HS We’ll explore the stories of WW1, create shadow puppets, watch an interactive history presentation then create masterpieces with light, projecting your own work. 4-6pm. FREE but booking essential. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com librarypromotions@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 3000 or visit your nearest library
Walthamstow Watercolours 4–29 March 2015
Weds –Sun 10am - 5pm
Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Local artist and illustrator Emma Scutt will be exhibiting the 24 paintings featured in her Walthamstow 2014 and 2015 calendars which show favourite places and buildings around Walthamstow, including God’s Own Junkyard, L Manze, EMD cinema, William Morris Gallery and the market. Original watercolour paintings and framed prints for sale.
emma@littleangelsmurals.co.uk www.littleangelsmurals.co.uk Stow Film Lounge presents Nightcrawler (2014, Cert 15) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR A gaunt Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a driven man desperate for work who muscles into the cut-throat world of LA crime journalism, blurring the line between observer and participant. Doors: 7.45pm, Film 8.30pm. Late bar, close 12am. Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 (conc). Ticket & food £14 (pre-book only) Pre-book at www.stowfilmlounge.com or on the door if not sold out. 07910 643987
Saturday 14 SPINE Festival presents Pop-Up Flashback Lea Bridge Library, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7HU Pop up books and poetry like you’ve never seen or heard them before! Enter an imaginative world of memories through poetry and incredible pop-up books in this heart-warming adventure of growing up (ages 5+). 10-11am. FREE but booking essential. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com librarypromotions@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 3000 or visit your nearest library
Stow Kids Film Lounge presents The Book of Life (2014, Cert U) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR This vibrant computer-animated adventure musical comedy tells the legend of Manolo, a conflicted hero and dreamer who sets off on an epic quest through magical, mythical and wondrous worlds in order to rescue his one true love and defend his village. Doors: 10.30am, Activity Session, Film 11am, Close 1pm. Tickets: £5.50 child, £11 child party package, £4 acc adult, under 2’s free Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out. 07910 643987 Absofab Vintage and More Lister Hall, next to Leytonstone Methodist Church, High Road E11 3DA Fab stalls offering vintage, retro, kitsch, home gear, fashion, crafts, collectables and more. Including a charity stall and homemade refreshments. All in a musical atmosphere. 11am-5pm. £1, children free with an adult Sandra 07956 221710 sandrahome@ntlworld.com
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Saturday 14 continued The Life of Bees The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ Local beekeeper, lecturer and bee promoter Ian Nichols gives a short history of the honey bee, life inside the hive, bee products and danger and threats to bees. Honey for sale. 7.30pm buffet (please bring something) 8pm talk, followed by questions. FREE but donations welcome. 020 8555 5248 info@newsfromnowhereclub.org.uk RDB feat. ex-Iron Maiden Dennis Stratton / Dave Edwards + Fuze Waltham Forest Corporation Sports and Social Club, Forest Road (just behind the Town Hall) E17 4JF Fundraising event for CANCER RESEARCH UK. Endorsed by www.CRUK. org. 7.30pm-midnight. £7 Ray Spalding 0208 5273944 www.wfsocialclub.org.uk DJ Jerome Anderson 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! 10pm-1am. FREE. Jerome Anderson 07931507760 jerome@jeromelanderson.com http://www.jeromelanderson.com/
Sunday 15 Jazz at The Bell The Bell Pub, 617 Forest Road E17 4NE Live jazz and grooves from some of London’s finest jazz musicians. 8pm. FREE. www.belle17.com Spring Blooms Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Decorate a flower pot, plant a seedling and watch it grow. Be inspired by the plants and flowers in Vestry House Museum’s beautiful garden. With artist Lucy Rainbow. Everyone welcome. 1.30-4pm. FREE Sharon Trotter 020 8496 4391 vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house Club Mellow Rainbow Families ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN Opportunity for LGBT parents and carers with children of all ages to socialise and build support networks, and offering children opportunity to meet other LGBT families and develop a positive sense of self and identity. We meet at various venues, contact for current details. 3-5pm. £2 per adult, £1 per child. Claire 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org
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Julie Felix at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA It’s impossible to summarise the career of this iconic singer-songwriter and peace activist. In a career spanning five decades Julie is one of the artists who turned folk music into a global phenomenon in the 60’s. 7.3010.30pm. £7 (£5 conc) 07746 612607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
Monday 16 Women Only Bike Ride Car Park at the end of Coppermill Lane (near Coppermill Playing Field) E17 7HG Easy going bike ride around the marshes and Olympic Parks, no more than 12 miles. 10am-12pm. FREE http://www.goskyride.com/Search/ Details?eventid=53294 Walthamstow Historical Society Centenary Lecture Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN To mark 100 years of WHS, Lord Peter Hennessy, Atlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary College will speak on ‘Watching the Prime Ministers’. 7-8.30pm. FREE but ticket required. Order in advance by sending your name, address and telephone number to neil.houghton@tesco.net www.walthamforest.gov.uk/libraries Club Mellow Women ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN A space for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* women who have sex with women who want to meet up in a friendly, supportive environment away from the scene. 7-9.30pm. £2. Claire 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org
Wednesday 18 Change Champions Workshop Programme The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Sessions to support champions in the We Love Low Cost Living Campaign and other local people interested in starting a community project to grow/ share/nurture resources. This will be an opportunity for champions to network with others working on community projects, share skills and experiences, and troubleshoot, taking you step by step through how to kickstart your project, how to involve people & how to make it happen. 6.30-8pm. FREE but please book a space. grace@hornbeam.org.uk Arts Social Xylonite Arts, 12 Winchester Road E4 9LN Monthly gatherings for creative souls. 7-9pm. FREE. info@xylonitearts.com www.xylonitearts.com
11 DAY POP-UP CAFE-DELI Serving tasty, creatively prepared real food made with love. – MARCH 18 - 29TH – Hoe street central, Hoe Street, E17 4RT (opp. ‘the scene’/hsbc) 10 to 6pm MON - FRI 9 to 6pm SAT & SUN find more information at bestowedkitchen.com photograph by www.ixelpixel.photography
Yinka Shonibare MBE: The William Morris Family Album William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Curatorial tour of the Gallery’s first major commission: a Morris-inspired photographic exhibition by Turner Prize nominee. 3pm. FREE, no need to book. www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on The Malingerers / The Forty Elephant Gang What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Twisted country, blues, folk and rock’n’roll from the Malingerers. Heartbreak, misdeeds and revelry from Forty Elephant Gang. 8.3011pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
Thursday 19 Fretwork St Mary’s Church, Church End E17 9NP The world famous viol consort Fretwork play music by Taverner, Tye, Cornyshe, Parsons, Byrd, Gibbons, Ferrabosco, Locke, Jenkins & Purcell. 7.30pm. £13 (£6.50 conc) on the door. 020 8223 0772 VillageMusic@WalthamSoft.com
Darren Hayman performs Chants for Socialists William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Cult singer-songwriter Darren Hayman performs his powerful new collection of songs based on Morris’s Chants for Socialists, parts of which were recorded at the Gallery. Plus special guests Thee Concerned Citizens. 7.30pm. £12, booking essential. wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 4390 or in person at the Gallery Los Otros at The Vic The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Enjoy the mellow sounds of jazz standards with Los Otros at The Victoria. Who will be our mystery guests this time? 9-11pm. FREE. Julia Clarke 07801 756863 juliajubilada@gmail.com
Friday 20 Darren Hayman performs Chants for Socialists William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP As Thursday 19 except tonight’s special guest is Robert Rotifer.
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Waggle Dance Launch Party Blackhorse Workshop, 1-2 Sutherland Rd Path E17 6BX Start your Cultivate Festival here! Meet our hive of bee experts, enjoy an evening of bee themed music and performance - learn to do the waggle dance! 6.30-8.30pm. FREE but please book in advance at www. waggledance.eventbrite.co.uk events@artillery.org 020 8521 2155 www.cultivate.org The Roots Acoustic / Ambient Music & Beer Festival The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG A weekend of laid back music to celebrate the onset of Spring kicks off with The East Lonesome Drifters, Black *Scarr and The Alternative Book Club in a country/blues extravaganza.. 7.30-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk www.the-wo.co.uk Stow Film Lounge presents Two Days, One Night (2014, Cert 15) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Marion Cotillard stars as a young Belgian mother who discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Doors: 7.45pm, Film 8.30pm. Late bar, close 12am. Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 (conc). Ticket & food £14 (pre-book only) Pre-book at www.stowfilmlounge.com or on the door if not sold out. 07910 643987
Saturday 21 The Big Dig 2015 Mission Grove Wildlife Area, Mission Grove Meadow, Church Lane Community Garden, Kelmscott Science Garden, Chingford Hall Community Garden, Rushcroft Community Garden, Greenway Community Play Garden These seven local growing spaces will open their doors and welcome in volunteers to get the new growing season off to a great start! Full details of all the Big Dig: Growing Food Together events, including start times, are available on the Big Dig website. 8am-4pm. FREE. www.bigdig.org.uk Little George Sueref What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Grit ‘n’ groove gumbo of wailin’ Southern-fried soul and down-home Chicago blues. 8.30-11.30pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk Events marked
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NCT Nearly-new Sale Walthamstow School For Girls, Church Hill E17 9RZ Sale of pre-loved baby and children’s clothes, toys and equipment. Space is limited so we request parents to not bring prams and pushchairs if possible. 10.30am-12pm. £2.50 per family, £2 for NCT members. Walthamforestbranch@nct.org.uk www.nct.org.uk/branches/Waltham-forest Film as Cultural Capital: Screening & Workshop (Cert 18) Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD An introduction to Michael Haneke. One of the most important directors in cinema history whose work asks tough questions about human nature and gives us uncomfortable answers, Learn more at this documentary screening and workshop. Plus chance to watch two Michael Haneke directed films. 10.30am-3.30pm. FREE. www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com 020 8496 3000 The Roots Acoustic / Ambient Music & Beer Festival The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG As Fri 20 except acts include Steve White & The Protest Family, The Old Dry Skulls, Sulk, Andrew Secrett. 3-11pm. FREE. Table Top Sale & Pirates Party TSP Youth Space Charity (The Soul Project), 245 Wood Street E17 3NT New, nearly-new and handcrafted items for sale. Light refreshments, face painting, games and other fun activities. Pirate party for under 8’s. 11am-4pm. FREE entry to sale, or book a selling table for £10. Pirates Party £3.50 or £2 for those in pirate costume! Kay or Rani 020 8045 4523 kay@thesoulproject.com http://tspyouthspace.weebly.com/ Stow Kids Film Lounge presents Lady and the Tramp (1955, Cert U) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Disney’s classic canine animation is a romantic musical comedy with some great songs from Peggy Lee. Doors: 10.30am, Activity Session, Film 11am, Close 1pm. Tickets: £5.50 child, £11 child party package, £4 acc adult, under 2’s free Pre-book tickets: www.stowfilmlounge. com or on the door if not sold out. 07910 643987
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Urban Food Growing Festival 20-29 March 2015 Now in its second year the Cultivate Festival continues to provide a focus for the borough’s successful movement of food growers, and brings together the many organisations, community groups and individuals who grow for themselves and for sale - within a sustainable ethos. Cultivate offers a full and varied programme of food tastings, cooking sessions, presentations, workshops and activities hosted throughout the festival by the many community groups and local businesses engaged in the food growing cycle. The line-up provides opportunities for everyone – from novice gardener to experienced allotment holder – to explore, learn and share their knowledge.
Getting Our Children to Grow! Children and growing are very much at the centre of this year’s festival and our School Challenge hosted by event partner Organiclea will see Potato Parties throughout the borough as part of their programme of horticultural activities that link to national curriculum throughout Cultivate and British Science Week. For more details, events and the latest news
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BeBop Baby The Trades Hall, 17 Hoe Street, E17 4SB (entrance in Tower Hamlets Road) A daytime BeBop dance party for all the family. Live music, face painting & more. Buggy parking, baby changing, friendly people. 1-4pm. £4 or earlybird family tickets online. Hannah, Mandy, Ben 07813 156140 bebopbabydance@gmail.com www.bebop-baby.co.uk
William Morris Birthday Lecture William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP The subject is the life and work of John Henry Dearle, possibly Morris’s most loyal follower and who dedicated his life to Morris & Co. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. £8/£5 Gallery Friends. To book please contact Roger Huddle roger.huddle@ntlworld.com
Club Mellow 50+ LGBT Afternoon Tea ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road Walthamstow E17 9BN This group is for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans 50+ men and women to socialise with afternoon tea & cake. 2.30-4.30pm. £2. Claire 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org Gardener’s Q & A Walthamstow Library, High St E17 7JN Meet our panel of experts for edible gardening and food growing advice, an afternoon in the style of Gardeners’ Question Time. 3-5pm. FREE but please book in advance at www.gardeners.eventbrite.co.uk. Ingrid 020 8521 2155 events@artillery.org www.cultivate.org The Roots Acoustic / Ambient Music & Beer Festival The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG As Fri 20 except acts include The Kindling, Lena Margareta, John Ellis. 3-11pm. FREE. John Kirkpatrick at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA The master of the squeezebox, wonderful singer and glorious warm hearted performer of all kinds of music. 7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 (conc) 07746 612607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
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Spanish Tapas Bar Quiz Orford Saloon Tapas Bar, 32 Orford Road, E17 9NJ Join us for an evening of easy questions, testing your fandango and flamenco knowledge, your manchego and your vino. Discover your friends’ hidden Spanish knowledge, guessing, tasting and even dancing skills with this light-hearted fun quiz hosted by Rachel McCormack. 7pm. £5. http://orfordsaloon.co.uk
Wednesday 25 E17 Jazz presents Josh Kemp Quartet Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR Josh returns to E17 fresh from a 30date UK tour. With a rich tone, fluid and melodic improvising style and attractive compositions, the gig features music from Josh’s latest album Tone Poetry. 8.30-10.30pm. £8/£5 (conc). 07930 544 312 www.e17jazz.com/whatson/ Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers / Don Gallardo What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemens Club, 2 Harvey Road E11 3DB Nashville-based singer/songwriter Don Gallardo unites introspective lyrics, southern charm, and honeywarm vocals. 8.30-11pm. FREE with a collection. Stephen Ferguson 07904 210218 ramblinsteve@whatscookin.co.uk http://whatscookin.co.uk
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Stitch N Bitch Xylonite Arts, 12 Winchester Road E4 9LN An informal gathering for anyone interested in crafts. 7-9pm. FREE. info@xylonitearts.com www.xylonitearts.com
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Scarlet Realm + The Blazing Zoos + The C’r’Bs The Plough & Harrow, 419 Leytonstone High Road E11 4JU Live New Wave pop-punk, alt-country and rock in the Sinbin tonight. 8-11.30pm. £4, or £3 before 8pm. info@ploughE11.co.uk http://ploughE11.co.uk
Wine Tasting The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Tasting wines from around the world, with Sean Pines. 7-9pm. £12 seanpic@aol.com
The Catherine Lima Jazz Band The Plough & Harrow, 419 Leytonstone High Road E11 4JU Catherine plays with her lounge jazz quartet in the public bar. 9pm. FREE.
Walthamstow Floral Art Society Walthamstow Cricket, Tennis & Squash Club, 48a Greenway Avenue E17 3QN Flower club with visiting demonstrators, in-house workshops and social events. 7.30-9.45pm. £7, members £2.50. Ann Young 020 8531 8178 walthamstowfloralart.wordpress.com PUNdamental Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 Leytonstone High Road E11 4JU Bringing Top Club Comedy to your door step with top comedy names! 7.45-10.30pm, £7. Neil Black ennarrbee@hotmail.com facebook.com/PUNdamentalComedy
Friday 27 Bakers Arms Book Group The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH This month’s book: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee. An informal and friendly book group. Tea, coffee, wine available. New members welcome, just turn up. 7.30pm. www.hornbeam.org.uk The Bevvy Of Blues Jam The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG The monthly blues jam with house band The Bluetone Groovers and a host of amazingly talented jammers. 8-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk www.the-wo.co.uk
Saturday 28 Table Top Sale Holy Family Catholic School, 1 Shernhall Street (Next to Thorpe Coombe Hospital) E17 3EA A chance to clear that clutter, grab a bargain, enjoy our delicious refreshments and take away a home made cake for later! 10am-1pm. 50p. To book a table (£15 or £10 if pre-paid) email: t.friends@holyfamily. waltham.sch.uk or phone the school on 020 8520 0482. www.holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk Urban Herbal Street Party The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Herbs are easy to grow, fragrant, flavourful and versatile - and they look great on a sunny windowsill. Come to a street party to celebrate all things herbal in the city! 12-3pm. £1 entry includes workshops and herb plant 020 8558 6880 info@hornbeam.org.uk www.hornbeam.org.uk Fork to Fork Seasonal Supper Club The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Delicious, healthy & tasty food – locally sown, grown, picked & cooked. Expect a tasty main course, as well as scrumptious starters and delightful desserts. We cater for all special dietary requirements – please alert us to them when you book. 7.30-11pm. 3 courses for £15! www.hornbeam.org.uk
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Spring Singaround at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA The season’s turning so come and give us a turn! No guest booked so share a song, a tune, a poem, a monologue or whatever you have. The theme is ‘The Seasons’. 7.30-10.30pm. FREE. 07746 612607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
The November Five The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Rd E17 5RG Prepare to be totally rocked out by one of the finest, tightest, high octane outfits around. A superb show guaranteed. 9-11pm. FREE. events@the-wo.co.uk www.the-wo.co.uk Family Day: Museum Curators William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Be a curator for the day - pick your favourite objects from the collection for your very own museum. Drop-in event for families of all ages. 1-4pm. FREE
Sunday 29 clocks go forward OrganicLea Open Day Hawkwood Plant Nursery, 115 Hawkwood Crescent E4 7UH Get practical help, training and support to grow your own food, whether at home, on an allotment or as part of a community group. 12-4pm. FREE. 020 8524 4994 info@organiclea.org.uk www.organiclea.org.uk The Musical Aquarium The Warrant Officer Pub, 318 Higham Hill Rd E17 5RG As Sunday 1 except different venue Lazy Sunday Afternoon Jazz The William Morris Bar, 807-811 Forest Road E17 4JD Cool Blue Note era jazz from the Paul Kaufman trio, plus occasional guest. Enjoy great food, wines, ales and company while chilling out in this fabulous warm and stylish bar. 1.304.30pm. FREE. Paul 07801 429782 Harrow Green Community Library Reading Club Violetta Cafe, 487 Leytonstone High Road, E11 4LJ A chat over tea or coffee about a text chosen by club members - a book, an excerpt from a novel, a poem or newspaper report. 10-11.30pm. FREE. Ros Kane 020 8555 5248 hgcl.groups@outlook.com harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com
Spring Into Your Saddle: Local Food Growing Tour Meet at the Ancient House Orford Rd/Church Lane junction E17 9RW A 15 mile cycle tour of food growing sites in Waltham Forest, and volunteering activity at OrganicLea’s Hawkwood site. Part of the Cultivate Festival. 1-6pm, with a break at 4pm. FREE. Paul 020 8520 0648 paul.gasson@gmail.com http://cultivatewf.org
Tuesday 31 Adults With Dyslexia Meet-Up The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Share your experiences and learn different ways to cope with dyslexia. Practical information, resources, creative solutions, films and tips including guest speaker Matt Boyd from Exceptional Individuals Recruitment Consultancy shares his knowledge of placing people with dyslexia into employment. 6.308.30pm. FREE. www.wfda.org.uk
Every week/Whole month Sundays NEW Don’t let Sunday’s DRAG The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Rd E11 4EL Comedy musical drag cabaret with quite simply London’s finest artists; Topsie Redfern, Ginger Johnson Cosmic, Michael Twaits & Myra DeBois. 6-8.30pm. FREE. 020 8518 7516 tuesday.northcotee11@yahoo.com Tuesdays until 31 March Plays of Bertolt Brecht Greenleaf Centre, Greenleaf Road E17 6QP An 11 week course for adults exploring the plays of Bertolt Brecht. 10am12pm. £7.90, concessions available 0800 328 1060 walthamstow.branch@wea.org.uk www.london.wea.org.uk 2-29 March NEW International Women’s Day exhibition: A Historical Timeline Walthamstow Central Library, High Street E17 7JN Get a visual picture of the history and significance of International Women’s Day and the amazing women who have inspired us all. Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-4pm. FREE.
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Five performances NEW 6, 7 (signed), 11, 13 & 14 March Double Bill: Interview & Five Kinds of Silence The Welsh Church Hall, 879 Leytonstone High Road E11 1HR The Woodhouse Players perform two one-act plays including award-winner Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson. 8pm, £8 (£5 conc) tickets@woodhouseplayers.co.uk 020 8504 3872 www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk 3-15 March NEW D4DISCUS Pop Up Shop Hoe Street Central, 137 Hoe Street E17 4RT A local clothing label offering retro style handmade clothes for women and children created with beautiful 1960’s vintage fabrics and trimmings. Designer Seiko Fujino will be on site for made to order and pattern cutting services. Plus homewares from Sophie Home and letterpress prints from Russell Frost. 11am-7pm. FREE. info@d4discus.com www.d4discus.com Until 15 March All You Read is Love Pop-up 877 High Road Leytonstone E11 1HR Bookshop, cafe and bar serving coffee, cocktails, cakes and savouries as well as stocking carefully selected literary fiction, graphic novels, poetry & illustrated children’s fiction. 10am10pm. Karen Bundgaard 07719102092 karen@allyoureadislove.com www.allyoureadislove.com Saturdays Family Storytime The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street, Leytonstone E11 4LJ For children 3-11 years old to enjoy stories with their parents and carers. Local storytellers, including Jane Grell will share the magic of storytelling and build confidence in reading aloud. Older children will be encouraged to read to younger ones from books in the library collection. 2-4pm. FREE. Ros 020 8555 5248 hgcl.groups@outlook.com https://harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com Thursdays Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet William Morris Garden (near Forest Road gate), Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP We meet every Thursday to help keep the 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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Wednesdays Priory Court Gardening Club Priory Court Community Centre, 11 Priory Court E17 5NB We want to encourage people of all ages to enjoy the benefits of growing their own food so if you would like to get involved and join our volunteers please get in touch! Beginners welcome..2.30-4.40pm. FREE. 020 8531 9990 4-29 March NEW Walthamstow Watercolours Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Local artist Emma Scutt exhibits the 24 paintings from her 2014 and 2015 Walthamstow calendars including God’s Own Junkyard, Manze’s, the William Morris Gallery and the market. Paintings and prints for sale. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. FREE. emma@littleangelsmurals.co.uk www.littleangelsmurals.co.uk Until 22 March NEW East London Printmaker’s Annual Box Set Xylonite Arts: Artspace & Vintage Shop, 12 Winchester Road E4 9LN An exhibition of prints by 59 members of East London Printmakers. Weds-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 10am-6pm, 4th Sunday of the month 12-4pm. FREE. info@xylonitearts.com www.xylonitearts.com www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk Until 7 June NEW Yinka Shonibare MBE: The William Morris Family Album William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP The Gallery’s first major commission: a Morris-inspired photographic exhibition by Turner Prize nominee Yinka Shonibare MBE. Weds-Sun 10am5pm. FREE. www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on Until 30 April NEW Rose Richardson: Map Artist Walthamstow Central Library, High Street E17 7JN Visually striking hand-drawn Map Art of ancient and modern London including our very own Walthamstow. Imagine you are flying over a city. Experience the beauty of London as you have never seen it before. Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 10am-4pm. FREE. www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on Sundays Quiz Night Walthamstow Cricket, Tennis & Squash Club, 48a Greenway Avenue E17 3QN A fun general knowledge and music quiz for all with cash and beer prizes and food in the interval. 8.3010.30pm. £1 each. Paul 07891 739454 p.harringtonmoore@btinternet.com
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Until 28 March NEW Opus Femina: Women’s Work Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street E17 9AP Norma Vondee and Aliyah Owen are leading the arts and crafts revolution in a stunning new exhibition of mosaics. Tues-Sat 9am-5.30pm. FREE Avtar Bahra 02085200340 pictoremgallery@aol.com www.pictoremgallery.com Until 11 April Grow Your Idea The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA A new exhibition to showcase the extraordinary success of activities and groups hosted at The Mill, the Walthamstow community project which opened in 2011 to support ideas driven by local residents. Tues-Thurs 10am-7pm. Fri-Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 11am-2pm. FREE. www.themill-coppermill.org.uk Saturdays North Star Velo Meet at corner of Browning Road & Bushwood Road, Leytonstone E11 3AY Typical rides are 40-50 miles including a coffee stop. See website for more information. 8.30am-1.30pm. FREE. www.northstarvelo.com Tuesdays Pub Quiz The Bell Pub, 617 Forest Road E17 4NE Hosted by local celebrity Rowan McIntyre. Come flex those brain muscles every Tuesday night for your chance to take home the money! 8pm. £1.50 www.belle17.com Tuesdays Cheeky quiz night The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Rd E11 4EL Come and join our cheeky quiz that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The winning team have the option of writing a round for the following week! 7.30-10pm. £1 020 8518 7516 tuesday.northcotee11@yahoo.com Wednesdays Leyton Technical Quiz Night 265B High Road, Leyton E10 5QN £50 cash prize, bottle of wine for runners-up, spot prizes and cumulative bonus rollover prize too. 8pm. £2 each. 020 8558 4759 leytontechnical@anticlondon.com http://leytontechnical.com Wednesdays Club Mellow Youth Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A space for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans young people aged 13-21yrs who want to meet up with others in a friendly, supportive environment away from the scene. 6-9pm. £1. Claire 020 8509 3898 or info@elop.org Events marked
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Thursdays Club Mellow LGBT Social Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A weekly afternoon social support space for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans people who want to meet up with others in a friendly, supportive environment. 2.30-4.30pm. £2. Claire 020 8509 3898 or info@elop.org Thursdays Club Mellow Baby & Toddler Group ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road E17 9BN A welcoming, inclusive drop in for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* parents and carers and their babies and toddlers offering opportunity to network and socialise with other LGBT families in a safe, friendly setting. 11am-1pm. £2.50, little ones FREE. 0208 509 3898 or info@elop.org Saturdays OrganicLea market stall The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Organic and local sustainably grown fruit, vegetables, homemade bread, jams and preserves. Healthy Start vouchers can be used. 10am-3pm. www.organiclea.org.uk/we-sell-food/ our-market-stall/ Saturdays OrganicLea market stall with Transition Leytonstone Between St John’s Church & Matalan, High Road, Leytonstone E11 1HH As above. 10.30am-3pm. www.transitionleytonstone.org.uk Wednesdays NEW Natural Voices Choir: Leyton St Mary’s Parish Hall, 72 Lindley Road, Leyton, next to Murco pertrol station. E10 6QT Launch night for funky new choir in Leyton. Sing your heart out and make new friends. Enquire for further details and sign up now. 7.30-9pm. First session FREE, £8 thereafter. Lizzy 07950 204338 naturalvoices@hotmail.co.uk www.naturalvoices.co.uk Tuesdays East Side Jazz Club Tommy Flynn’s, Upstairs at 692 High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AA Weekly modern jazz club featuring the UK’s best jazz musicians in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere with plenty of seating. The music room has its own bar with real ale. 8.30-11pm. £6 cash on the door only. First floor, stairs access only. Clive Fenner 020 8989 8129 eastsidejazzclub@gmail.com http://eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.co.uk
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Thursdays The Mill Voices – Sing for Pleasure & Health The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Non-auditioned adult singing group for anyone who wishes to enjoy the positive effects of singing. 7.30-9pm. £2, £1 (conc) Marina TheMillVoices@hotmail.com Sundays The Jazz Roast The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Every Sunday JB Jazz invite fellow jazzmeisters to sit in on their laid back vibe. The perfect accompaniment to The WO’s excellent Sunday roasts. 1-7pm. FREE. Roast optional, from £7. events@the-wo.co.uk www.the-wo.co.uk Sundays Karaoke Night Lord Raglan, 199 Shernhall Street E17 9HX Beat the winter blues and come and have a cheeky Sunday session. Prima Donnas will be laughed at, all talent welcome! You know it makes sense ;) 8-11.30pm. FREE. Archie or Maureen 020 8520 2145 www.facebook.com/lordraglane17 Mondays Sing at The WO The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Join our fast growing community choir. Absolutely no auditions. All abilities welcome. Inclusive, informal and fun. 7.30-9pm. £7 or £6 in advance, taster session free. Laura 07813686980 singattheWO@gmail.com Mondays until 30 March Waltham Forest Community Choir St Mary’s Church, Church Hill E17 9RJ A friendly choir with a wide-ranging repertoire, from Faure to Folk via Gospel, African and Pop Classics. Open to those living or working in Waltham Forest. New members welcome anytime. No audition required. 7.30-9.30pm. £5 (payable termly £50). Membership Secretary 07954 740745 members@singwithus.net www.singwithus.net
Classes/Courses Mondays E17 Swedish Bygga Bo Café, 18 Chingford Road, E17 4PJ Learn Swedish on these beginners/ intermediate courses. Relaxed and fun for adults. Classes at 2pm, 7.30pm or 8.45pm. £10 (£60 for six classes). Christian Karlsson 07958 471083 chris@e17swedish.com www.e17swedish.com
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Tuesdays English Conversation Group The Epicentre, Harrow Green Community Library, 41 West Street E11 4LJ Improve your English, boost your confidence, increase your vocabulary and become more fluent. There will be opportunities to cook together and to visit some interesting places. 10am12pm. FREE. Ros 020 8555 5248 hgcl.groups@outlook.com www.harrowgreenlibrary.wordpress.com Thursdays NEW Women Learn Self-Defence KAPAP Style Lea Bridge Library , Lea Bridge Road, Leyton E10 7HU 4 week course. Learn simple, effective skills to defend yourself in everyday situations. Please note that this is a women only class, but will be led by a male tutor. 11am-12.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 3000 www.wflibraries.eventbrite.com Saturdays Waltham Forest Bilingual Group The Limes Community and Children’s Centre, 6 Somers Road E17 6RX Workshop and drop-in advice and play session for parents raising their children bilingually. Discuss language choices and strategies, or just pop in for a coffee and a chat. 3.30-5.30pm. FREE. Claire Thomas 07770 860038 info@wfbilingual.org.uk www.wfbilingual.org.uk Thursdays until 26 March Telling Tales Lounge: An Oral Storytelling Pop-up The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Are you retired? Would you like to share experiences and stories from your life to contribute towards a theatre performance and audio play? This is an informal opportunity to socialise and reminisce. 2-4pm. FREE coffee, tea & biscuits provided. sonalidb@gmail.com sonaliwrites.com Thursdays from 5 March Kids Art Club The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Five themed art sessions with Katie & Mo, activities tailored to kids of all ages. 3.30-5pm. £1. Mo Gallaccio 020 8521 3211 info@themill-coppermill.org www.themill-coppermill.org Fridays Walthamstow Children’s Choir The Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW For ages 5–11, over 7s particularly welcome. Children learn to sing together and about vocal development and musicianship. But most importantly they have fun! 4-4.45pm. £3, £5 for two siblings. Charlie Furniss 07795 025635 e17childrenschoir@gmail.com
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Tuesdays Significant Seams, 131 Wood St E17 3LX 020 8521 4244 admin@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk Sew & Tell: ESL with Zelda (term time) Come along and learn English (and sew!) in a friendly environment. 10am-1pm. £3. Kids knitting club Join us for a great after-school activity. 4-5pm. £5. Wednesdays Significant Seams (as above) Stories & Sticking Craft activity and story time for toddlers and their adults with Kaye. 10.30-11.30am. £3. Mending club Friendly group sharing the joy of making and making it up when it goes a lil’ wrong! 1-3pm. £3. Kids’ craft club Good citizenship and creative making at our community space on Wood St. 4.30-5.30pm. £5 Thursdays Significant Seams (as above) Supportive Sewing Circle A welcoming group who stitch & knit, socialise and make, brightening the week. We always have at least one community project on the go so anyone can join in, with or without a current project. 1-3pm. £3. Neighbourly Knit & Stitch A social group of those who like to make, we share (& show off!) what we are working on, and have a laugh. We always have community projects on offer too. 1-3pm and also 7-9pm on 19 March. £3 Thursdays Sew & Tell ESL for adults Woodside Primary Academy, Wood Street E17 3JX Learn English creatively while also practising your sewing skills! Sessions are split between relaxed English tuition and sewing a patch for our Community Quilt that explores the changing role of women. Free Crèche. 10am-12pm. £3. 020 8521 4244 admin@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk. Sundays The Drawing Room Ricco’s Cafe, 64 High Street E17 7LD Develop your observation and drawing skills. These weekly meetings consist of themed lessons to explore a range of different ideas and techniques. 10am-12pm. £12.50. Marc Summersgill 07738114358 marc@marcsummersgillpaintings.co.uk Mondays Life drawing The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Come and join this lovely life drawing class. 7.30-10pm. £8.50. walthamstowlifedrawing@googlemail. com
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Alternate Sundays 1, 15 & 29 March Life drawing Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Create original art in front of a life model. All materials provided. Advance booking essential. 3-5pm. jonathan.ellis@mac.com or text 07980 713819 Mondays & Saturdays until 30 March Ukulele Classes for Beginners/ Improvers Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Learn the ukulele or improve your skills with an experienced, professional musician in a fun and relaxed environment. Improvers Mondays 8.309.30pm and Beginners’ Saturdays 12.30-1.30pm. £10. Violaine Bailleul 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk Mondays & Wednesdays until 1 April Five String Banjo for Adults Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Dick Smith teaches 5-string banjo classes in 3 finger bluegrass style picking for adults. 1 hour classes Mondays 7.30pm, Wednesdays 6.30pm. £12.50 or £10 per class when term booked in advance. Violaine Bailleul 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk Tuesdays & Thursdays (term time) Strung Out: Violin groups for Adults Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Fun violin group for adult enthusiasts of all levels, with a professional musician whose work spans from the West End to Womad. Please book in advance. 1 hour classes, Tuesdays at 6.30pm Easy, 7.30pm Early Stages, Thursdays at 7pm Intermediates and 8pm for Beginners. £10. Violaine 020 7018 2927 strungout@shapeshifter-productions.com www.shapeshifter-productions.com Thursdays NEW Acoustic Showcase The Village Pub, 31 Orford Road E17 9NL Weekly acoustic sets of covers and originals performed by talented London musicians in the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Village Pub. To perform please contact Gabriel. 8-11pm. FREE. gabriel4music@gmail.com Thursdays Tiny Tempo Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Fun introduction to musical conceptsusing singing, instrument playing, listening and dancing! With guitars, ukuleles, and a lot of energy, fun is had by all. 9.30-10.30 for under 18 months, 10.30-11.30 for 18 months and older. £5 for one child, £8 for two. www.hornbeam.org.uk
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matt@tjball.co.uk 0208 5031100 www.tjball.co.uk 49 Leytonstone Road, Stratford E15 1JA Saturdays E17 Guitar Clubs Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Fun guitar lessons for adults and children of all abilities. Juniors: ages 7 and upwards. Different levels & times. Five 30min lessons £44. Adults: Multi-skill groups. Beginners welcome. From 12 noon. Five 30min lessons £44, or drop-in £10. Christian Karlsson 07958 471083 chris@stunningmusic.com www.e17guitar.com Thursdays The Mill Voices – Sing for Pleasure & Health The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Non auditioned adult singing group for anyone who wishes to enjoy the positive effects of singing. 7.30-9pm. £2, £1 (conc) TheMillVoices@hotmail.com Thursdays Community Choir for Mums, Dads & Childminders St Michael & All Angels Church Hall, Northcote Road E17 6PQ Easy to learn, powerful, uplifting harmonies and songs from all around the world. Bring your baby & toddler along and a will to sing. No experience necessary. 10-11am. £6. Michaela east17singers@gmail.com Saturdays B.I.G. Gospel Choir All Saints Church, Church Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD Join this friendly and dynamic choir who were recent finalists of Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2014. Bring water to drink. 4.30-6pm. £5 plus annual membership. Lisa Herbert 07757924648 leece@ntlworld.com http://bigchoir.co.uk
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Mondays NEW Toddlers & Tea The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Rd E11 4EL Grab a pot of tea or a vino whilst the kids make a mess with the playdough. 12.30-3pm. FREE. 020 8518 7516 tuesday.northcotee11@yahoo.com Mondays (term-time) NEW Woodcraft Folk Walthamstow Woodchips Venue varies, Epping Forest / Higham Hill E17 4BT Parent-led group for children aged 4-6. We believe in peace, sustainability, social justice, friendship, children’s rights and co-operation. We explore the forest, play games, make things, tell stories, sing songs, go camping and more. Venue alternates between the forest and a local hall. 5.30-6.30pm. £20 a term (£10 low/unwaged) . e17woodchips@gmail.com http://woodcraft.org.uk/ Tuesdays until 31 March NEW Stories & Sticking ESL for Families Walthamstow Central Library, High Street Walthamstow E17 7JN Weekly English lessons for you and your toddler using song and story, cutting and sticking. Free story book for each family at the end of the course. 10-11am and 11.30am12.30pm. Suggested donation £1 per class. 020 8521 4244 admin@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk Tuesdays and Thursdays Magic Box: Interactive storytelling sessions Mothers Hub, 133 Wood Street, E17 3LX Drop-in for 2ish- to 5-year olds. What’s inside the Magic Box today? Join a host of different characters, from Dahlia the Dinosaur to Captain Wonkynose, as they lead you on exciting and interactive storytelling adventures! Coffee and cake included. Tues 4-5pm, Thurs 10-11am. £4 or £6 for 2 kids Lottie at magicboxe17@gmail.com
DANCE/FITNESS Mondays & Thursdays (term time) Bongalong: Music, Movement & Make Believe St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Road E17 3JF Fun music sessions using singing, dancing, let’s pretend and wonderful percussion instruments. Sessions for Under 5s and their carers at 10am, 11am, additional session on Mondays at 1.30pm. Sessions for Under 1s at 1.30pm and 2.30pm on Thursdays. £5.25. Booking essential. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811460282 www.bongalong.co.uk Wednesdays (term-time only) Brownies in Wood Street Peterhouse Community Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW Brownies is for girls aged 7-10. We meet once a week and do lots of fun activities and games. We also have a variety of trips and weekends away. Please email/call to express interest and find out more. 6.30-8pm. £2. Lottie 07740 985479 22ndwalthamstow@gmail.com www.girlguiding.org.uk Tuesdays until 31 March Family ESL with Significant Seams Walthamstow Central Library, High Street E17 7JN Toddlers and parents for whom English is not a first language are invited to a donation-based story and craft session that builds English comprehension and speaking skills for both. 11.30am12.30pm. £1 or suggested £10 contribution for a ten week series. Regulars will receive a free book. 0208 521 4244 admin@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk Saturdays French Classes The Salvation Army, 434 Forest Road E17 4PY Come and sing with us in French! Saturday French Club for children aged 4+. Two 1 hour drop-off classes: 10am for non-French speakers, 11am for French speakers. 10am-12pm. £8. Free trial. 20% off for siblings. Sofia 07574044184 sofia.bouceddour@yahoo.fr http://laccent.weebly.com Saturdays Bongalong: Early Risers St Mary’s Welcome Centre, 8 Church End E17 9RJ Up early on a Saturday morning? Come along to Early Risers-fun, creative music sessions for children Under 5 and their carers; singing, dancing, fab instruments, snacks and a story. Dropin, term-time only. 8.30-9.15am. £6. £10 for 2 children, older siblings £3. fiona.bongalong@gmail.com 07811 460282 www.bongalong.co.uk
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Fridays until 27 March (term-time) Acting Bugs The Peterhouse Centre, 122 Forest Rise E17 3PW Drama and storytelling classes for children: ACTING BUGS for children aged 3 to 4. DIDDY BUGS for the under 3s stimulates the senses through story based sessions. 9.50-11.30am. First class FREE. £7 per session paid half termly, £6.50 per session when paid termly. 50% discount for siblings. Samantha 07903 459497 info@actingbugs.co.uk www.actingbugs.co.uk Mondays & Wednesdays NEW Capoeira Classes Walthamstow Leisure Centre, 243 Markhouse Road E17 8RN Capoeira is a unique Brazilian art-form that combines martial arts, dance, music and acrobatics. It exercises all the muscle groups and the mind! All levels welcome. 6.15-7.30pm. £9 per class, first class FREE. Child & Student discounts available. 07462745158 sacimaculelecapoeira@gmail.com http://sacimaculele.com Mondays Clare’s Dance Class United Reformed Church Hall, 58 Orford Road E17 9QL A fun dance class for ladies in the Stow! Learn different dance styles & iconic routines from musicals & pop videos such as Thriller! Beginners welcome. 8.30-9.45pm. £9 drop-in/£7 term rate. Clare Farow 07939 125014 clarefarrow2@gmail.com Tuesdays NEW Pilates The Nag’s Head, 9 Orford Road E17 9LP Please book in advance. 6.30-9pm. £12 or £55 for 6. Galina 07748 654124 or Lesley 07985 097686 Mondays Ashtanga Yoga The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Fast flowing dynamic yoga class. Great for detox, increasing fitness, stamina, strength, flexibility and balance. Oneto-ones available. 7-8.30pm. £11 drop-in or £10 with loyalty card. josettayoga@hotmail.co.uk 07554 440499 Mondays-Thursdays Beginners Yoga Class Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA Gentle yet challenging dynamic classes for those new to the practice or simply desiring a slower pace. The foundations of asana, breath, mindfulness and relaxation are explored in every class. Drop-in only; no need to pre-book. . 6.45-7.45pm. £10 or £90 for 10. leytonyoga@gmail.com www.leytonyoga.com
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Mondays Yogi J Yoga St Michael & All Angels Church Hall, Northcote Road E17 6PQ Release physical tension and mental stress. Bring a mat or email James to buy one. 7-8pm. £9 or 6 classes for £45 jjcassidy123@aol.com www.facebook.com/theyogij Tuesdays NEW Tai Chi for Self Defence Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre, 90 Crownfield Road, Leyton E15 2BG New, free class. All welcome, however we particularly welcome people with a disability and the elderly. Full support will be available for those who need it. 1.30-2.30pm. FREE. WFDRC 020 8534 1589 reception@wfdrc.org.uk http://wfdrc.org.uk Tuesdays Estilo Y Sabor Latin Dance Chingford Rugby Club, Lea Valley Playing Fields, Waltham Way, E4 8AQ Kizomba at 7:30pm, Bachata at 8:00pm, Salsa at 8:45pm, club from 9:30pm. Beginners, improvers and intermediate/advanced. 7.30-11pm. £7, £10 on last Tuesday Cuban club night. Andreas 07804 778373 Events marked
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Tuesdays BollyFusion Dance Workout The Welcome Centre, St Mary’s, Church Path (off Vestry Road) E17 9RJ . Accessible, upbeat and exciting Bollywood class influenced by street dance and jazzy moves. All welcome, regardless of experience. Zumba-style warm up, learn a fun routine, yogastyle cool down. Come and join in the BollyFusion fun! Over 18s. 7.45-8.30pm. First class FREE when joining, then £7 when booked in advance, £6 members. Vanessa 07958 523431 info@khyalarts.org.uk Tuesdays NEW Swing Patrol Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 Leytonstone High Road E11 4JU Weekly swing dance classes. No experience or partner necessary! 6.308.30pm. £8. 020 3151 1750 www.swingpatrol.co.uk Tuesdays Ladies Yoga Leyton Yoga, 691 High Road Leyton, First Floor (above USSR) E10 6RA Gentle yet challenging yoga practice for women only. 9.30-10.30am. £10 or £90 for 10. leytonyoga@gmail.com www.leytonyoga.com
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Tues (Girls) & Weds (Mixed) Waltham Forest Flames Basketball Pastures Youth Centre, 15 Davies Lane E11 3DR A fun, basketball session for mixed ability. Fun drills and games that will lead to an improvement in both ability and character. Come along and try it out! 4-6pm. £3. Tuesdays - for under 18 girls only Wednesdays - for under 18 boys and girls of any ability. Michael 07875 018011 michael.gainsborough-adam@ accesssport.co.uk http://jmywehner.wix.com/everbetter Tuesdays Learn Belly Dancing The Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road E17 9LN Enjoy belly dancing to stay in shape and express your own personal creativity. For all ages. 7-8pm. £5. Sarah 07735 345635 Wednesdays NEW Blackhorse and Standard Women’s Morris Dancing St. Gabriel’s Family Centre, Havant Road, E17 3JF Morris dancing is a great way to have fun and keep fit, and new members are always welcome!. 8-10pm. FREE. 020 8527 2926 or 020 8514 8771 www.blackhorseandstandard.org.uk
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Wednesdays NEW Walthamstow Sports Hub Walthamstow Academy , Billet Road, London E17 5DP A multi-sport hub night for ages 12-18 including football, badminton, table tennis and inclusive street dance all in a fun, safe environment. Come down and get involved, you don’t want to miss out! 5-7pm. £1 per class. Tau Roberts 07534945885 walthamstowsportshub2015@gmail.com Fridays NEW Yoga Class Tommy Flynn’s, 692 High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AA Friendly class to improve your strength, alignment and flexibility. Poses modified to suit all levels. You’ll feel energised and relaxed, the perfect way to start the weekend! Drop in class, no need to book. Please bring a yoga mat. 10.30-11.30am £8, first class £5 if you quote EL1 Rosalba 07966 960 949 Rosalba@tiscali.co.uk
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Brave Heart Aisling Fahey, Young Poet Laureate for London, is smart, funny and full of hope. Mike Sims of Forest Poets meets Walthamstow’s star poet. Photo by Leonie Morse. Have you heard Aisling Fahey, Walthamstow born and bred, and Young Poet Laureate for London since last October? Look her up on YouTube, performing at the Poetry Café or the Glastonbury Festival. Her poetry is smart, funny, open-hearted, heart-breaking. Even when tackling the toughest subjects, it’s hopeful somehow, joyful even. When Aisling visited a school recently to run a workshop, a teacher asked the class what they thought her title might mean. “A young boy piped up: ‘I think a Poet Laureate is a man’,” she laughs. “I didn’t have to respond – the girls in the class put him right.” Because the boy couldn’t have been more wrong. As the first woman to hold the post, Carol Ann Duffy is in her sixth year as Britain’s Poet Laureate. Gillian Clarke is the National Poet of Wales and Liz Lochhead is the Scots Makar. Fahey’s predecessor as London’s Young Poet Laureate was Warsan Shire, and Fahey herself was chosen from an all-female shortlist. Kate Tempest was a Mercury Prize nominee and Hollie McNish has just won a £10,000 Arts Foundation Award for Spoken Word. Women are thriving in contemporary poetry and many of its most adventurous, fearless exponents – Aisling among them – are young women. Poet-mentors such as Joelle Taylor and Malika Booker were an inspiration – “they have such powerful, independent voices,” Aisling says. They helped develop her confidence in her subject: “family relationships and dynamics, the reality of what it’s like to be a young woman. The poetry flows naturally from these experiences.” When she was 15, Aisling joined the Barbican Young Poets group, led by Jacob Sam-La Rose; now she is helping to launch Barbican Junior Poets. She is also active in the Burn After Reading poetry collective. The support of ‘communities of poets’ like these was crucial to her development as a writer, she says. But the most important thing “is not to be deterred from expressing yourself by anyone else’s opinion. Writing is 14
such a personal thing that to share it seems almost at odds with what it takes to create. Recognise how vulnerable you are, how brave you are being, but don’t let that scare you.” When we spoke, Aisling was just back from her current YPLL residency at the Olympic Park, talking to the construction workers refitting West Ham FC’s future home. Any idea what this might inspire, I ask. “Not yet,”
she says thoughtfully, “though there’s lot of possibilities around the idea of family. My dad previously worked as a builder and my uncle is a carpenter. Lots of the workers are from the north of England, India or Romania – a long way from home. Also, I’ve been trying out new forms in my own work at the moment, which is a kind of construction. It could be an interesting exchange!”
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Standing up for women In the lead up to International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th March 2015, Silvana Gambini does a round-up of women’s activism in E17. Call me an old 1980s’ feminist (more than happy to put my hands up to this description!), but as I looked over the calendar of events to mark and celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), it occurred to me that E17 is quite a hotbed of women’s activism. Our local MP, Stella Creasy – a born campaigner - is always ready to take up the banner for a women’s issue and our small Greater London postcode is brimming with local and national campaigns and organisations set up and supported by passionate and committed local residents. Here are a few….
Waltham Forest Women’s Network (WFWN) is a voluntary organisation working in the community for the past 10 years, bringing local women together through inclusive, participatory and informative events which are also fun. As a committee of volunteers working on WFWN projects, WFWN is the main mover and shaker in the borough when it comes to organising International Women’s Day celebrations – last year’s amazing ‘Women’s Worth’ festival at the Assembly Hall was their 10th anniversary event and attracted over 1,000 women. They believe in collaborative working with other community organisations who have a 16
women’s agenda and bring these together to achieve such successful events. WFWN also advocates for safe spaces for women and girls with the aim to empower them, enable them to share their knowledge and skills and provide an opportunity to showcase their talents. www.facebook.com/WF.WomensNetwork Women of Walthamstow (Wowstow) started out three years ago because women in the area raised concerns with MP Stella Creasy that a GP practice was failing to provide contraceptive advice. She put them in touch with one another and WowStow was born. They’ve since
given evidence to a House of Commons committee on sexual health, met Anna Soubry, the then Minister for Public Health, held two public meetings and fought successfully for a ‘family planning’ clinic in central Walthamstow. They have now widened their remit to look at sexual health more generally and have recently advised Walthamstow Council on its sexual health review. Run by a core group of about six women, their chair, Jenny Lennox, has lived in Walthamstow for 5 ½ years, while other members have lived in the area for as long as 20 years. www.wowstow.wordpress.com
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The Stow Roses is the local E17 chapter of the Women’s Institute and is definitely not all ‘Jam and Jerusalem’! The ball started rolling in 2013, born out of a random tweet by Jacky Bergman (the current president and an E17 resident since 1987) and now the Stow Roses play their part in the annual national WI campaign as well as organising seminars for International Women’s Day - Women’s Prisons in 2014 and Women’s Healthcare in 2015.
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Rooms of our Own (ROOO) Wendy Davis, a Walthamstow resident since 1980, started this exciting new social enterprise out of sadness at seeing so many women’s centres close due to lack of funding. By creating a sustainable model using housing to fund community centres, ROOO plans to have hot-desking, a creche and business support to help women move towards
Hibo Wardere is a survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) and an anti FGM campaigner and educator. She’s lived in E17 for 12 years and has collaborated with other anti FGM campaigners including Leyla Hussain from Daughters of Eve (yet another Waltham Forest resident). Hibo is an inspiring public speaker and has recently been involved in delivering FGM awareness sessions at Frederick Bremer School. She has been featured in the local, national and international press and is about to be part of a BBC documentary. Her life-affirming attitude is humbling - “I feel absolutely so lucky to be able to use my own horror in educating others. It has been a blessing”
The Next Generation There are many young women in the borough who are getting involved in issues about which they feel strongly. A prime example would be Arifa Nasim, who organised a fundraising dinner for Karma Nirvana, the charity working against forced marriage and honour-based violence. She is a member of the Youth Advisory Panel and was involved in the recent ‘Our Bodies, Our Future: Walthamstow’s Campaign for Consent on the Curriculum’ Conference at Frederick Bremer School. It’s good to know that the baton isn’t being dropped and that, thanks to young women like Arifa, women’s activism has a strong and bright future in E17.
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Counting Dead Women is a campaign started by Karen Ingala Smith CEO of nia - a London-based domestic and sexual violence charity - and a Stow resident of 11 years. She has been recording the deaths of women killed by men since 2012 (an average of over 2 a week). Along with Women’s Aid, she has established the Femicide Census, which will enable this violence to be monitored and to provide data to help analyse and reduce the number of women killed by men. Last year she was awarded Positive Role Model for Gender by The National Diversity Awards.
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Let Toys Be Toys does exactly what it says on the tin – it’s a call to action to retailers, publishers and manufacturers to remove ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ signposting from shops, books and toys, in order to allow children the freedom to choose to read and play with whatever most interests them. The campaign started after a heated discussion on a Mumsnet thread in 2012 and Tessa Trabue, a resident of Walthamstow Village for six years, has been an active member since joining the campaign shortly after it formed. Let Toys Be Toys has had considerable success, with 14 major UK retailers agreeing to take down the signs, including Marks & Spencer and Debenhams, as well as eight major children’s publishers, including Usborne and Ladybird Books. The campaign has received support from local MP Stella Creasy and many prominent authors such as Joanne Harris and Neil Gaiman. Two E17 shops, Debbie Bliss Home and the now closed Orford Road Toy Shop, have received the Let Toys Be Toys ‘Toymark’ award for good practice for the inclusive way they market toys to children.
financial independence. There will also be space for women’s charities working on domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment, meeting rooms for women’s groups meeting to discuss and campaign on issues affecting women and 4 or 5 floors of housing, including a wheelchair accessible floor. LBWF offered a site in St James St in October 2013; although this is now under review, ROOO hope to see their project built.
Bestowed Kitchen Bestowed Kitchen is the latest pop-up to hit the streets of Walthamstow. The E List’s Annabel Colley talks to its co-founder, Jeremy Wood. Photography by Michael Innes.
As Walthamstow residents, we felt that there was a need for more quality food businesses in the area. We saw this opportunity and in March 2014 made the leap into this fantastic community. We started out at Beulah Road Market in the Village. Since then we have loved being part of the food and drink scene here which has very much exploded in the last year! The name “Bestowed” 18
came from a desire to reference the local area as we were to base the business here. We also like the meaning of the word, as the idea behind our food is to provide people with something special and genuinely made with love. What type of food inspires you? Do you have a food philosophy and signature dish? We love food, from the simplest to Michelin star style but our main focus is simply on serving great food that looks and tastes fantastic, and is passionately created and freshly prepared. We pride ourselves on quality and try to make everything from scratch as much as possible, for example our apple wholegrain mustard, chutneys, preserved lemons and soda breads are all handmade. Our salads are probably our signature dishes and what we believe differentiate us; they are filling, healthy and have lots of unexpected flavours going on. However all our products follow the same formula; we are all about trying to create new dishes or twisting classics that all ultimately taste fantastic. You should try our earl grey chocolate brownie!
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Jeremy, Bestowed Kitchen has been in existence for about a year now – why did you set it up? And why the name? Food has always been a huge passion and inspiration for my partner Sabrina and me. I had been thinking about working in food for a long while and it got to the point when I thought that it was something I had to do, otherwise I would always regret it.
Advertorial You provided lunch boxes for the E17 Art Trail last summer and had a stall at the fantastically attended Walthamstow Garden Party in Lloyd Park. Were they key turning points for you? Yes, last summer the area was buzzing, packed with events and festivals pretty much every weekend. We worked hard trying to have an involvement in as many as we could. From the catering for the E17 Art Trail closing party to our stalls at the Barbican Garden Party and the Village festivals to pop-ups we were bowled over by the response we got. We realised that there was a demand for our food which made us feel we were on the right track. Our regular presence locally led to an increase in our private catering events, which was great! Didn’t you win a local small business award? What is it that makes Walthamstow a good place to base your business? When we won best “start-up” at the Waltham Forest Small Business Awards, it topped off a fantastic first year. We were thrilled as it felt like recognition for all our hard work! E17 is an area which very much encourages, supports and thrives on local businesses and we are proud to be part of it. The sense of community here is amazing. People want you to succeed and go out of their way to support you. We have gained a core following because we feel that people want and appreciate something different and creative in terms of food. You are going to be running a two-week pop up café in March. Yes, our March pop-up cafe-deli will be a fantastic opportunity for us to really showcase ourselves in E17 across the 11 days we are open. We are really excited about it. The menu will include our gourmet salads, cold mains (e.g. rosewater and harissa chicken), artisan tarts (e.g. squash, sage and stilton), handmade breads and cakes (e.g. salted caramel and pear cake). We will also be selling some of our own apple wholegrain mustard. We are trying to collaborate with as many local artists and businesses as possible so they can also benefit from the space. For example, there will be some local artwork exhibited and the space will be furnished with exclusively created up-cycled furniture from local designer Claire Loescher. All the furniture will be available for people to buy and collect at the end of the pop-up.
Also, on 27 March, to celebrate our first birthday and to close the pop-up in style we will be hosting a specially curated vegetable, fruit and herb inspired cocktail night as part of the Cultivate Festival. The night will see the glorious mix of food and drink come together to honour all things grown and wild! On the drinks front expect refreshing creations such as a cucumber, gin and coriander cooler amongst other delicious concoctions. A selection of our food will be available for people to enjoy with their drinks. Bottled local beer and soft drinks will also be available to buy. And what else have you got planned this year? Because of our day jobs, the pop-up is only temporary so we need to make it a big success to allow us to push on and eventually achieve our goal to open permanently in the area. Working towards this will be our main priority this year. Following the pop-up, other plans are to grow the bespoke catering side of the business, as well as hopefully taking part in some of the local summer festivals and events again. It’s going to be another big and exciting year for us!
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Jeremy Deller brings together two giants of 19th and 20th century art: William Morris and Andy Warhol Love is Enough, Deller’s exhibition features rarely seen works by Morris and Warhol and can be seen at Modern Art Oxford early this month
Love is Enough examines the prolific careers of these two figures, each of whom developed an artistic practice and a conceptual framework that helped to define the centuries in which they lived. The exhibition draws together works from public and private collections across the UK and the USA. They include the epic and rarely seen Holy Grail tapestries completed by Morris in 1896, a selection of Warhol’s iconic silkscreens and archival material from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, including a signed photograph of Shirley Temple posted to a thirteen-year old Andy from the actress in 1941. Jeremy Deller said: “For me, these two figures have so much in common, not least their tendency to be contradictory. Morris railed against capitalism and yet he established a shop in central London bearing his family name, and Warhol’s trademark blankness, I think, belies a deeply political artist.” Jeremy Deller met Andy Warhol in 1986 and spent two weeks at the Factory in New 20
York. Deller began making artworks in the early 1990s, often showing them outside of conventional galleries. In 1993, while his parents were on holiday, he secretly used the family home for an exhibition titled Open Bedroom. Morris and Warhol both established printmaking businesses and distributed their work through new forms of mass production. Both were natural collaborators who worked with the prominent artists of their time to develop working methods that did much to redefine the artist’s relationship to the studio and factory. Morris achieved this through his mastering of craft techniques and his rejection of industrial processes and Warhol through the activities of the Factory, which often parodied the industrial culture of the mid-late 20th century. Love is Enough illuminates many points of connectivity within their work, such as publishing and popular culture, notions of empire, nation, mythology, decoration and the artist as brand.
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Architectural historian, Karen Averby uncovers curiosities and stories from Walthamstow’s rich and varied past
The legacy of Mary Squire Walthamstow has a long tradition of charitable works and benefactions, several with enduring legacies. One of the most noteworthy is that established in the eighteenth century by Mary Squire, a widow of Newington, Surrey. She erected and endowed six almshouses to the west of St. Mary’s churchyard, south of the workhouse garden and what is now Church Path, specifically to provide accommodation for six poor widows of tradesmen. The almshouses comprised six single rooms each with a bedstead, stove and large water tub. An initial annual pension of £5 for each widow was increased by a further £8, as bequeathed in Mary’s will. Eligibility criteria was strict. Mary stipulated that the women had to be of the parish, and of the established church, with compulsory attendance at Sunday services unless
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prevented by some malady. The widows had to be aged over 50, although younger widows were considered if lame or visually impaired. No lodgers were allowed and men were forbidden from staying overnight. Decorous conduct was expected at all times, with expulsion for any widow receiving more than two admonitions for being quarrelsome, disturbing the peace or not being ‘sober and cleanly.’ To supplement their stipend, the widows were allowed to take in ‘small washing and clear starching’ and one nurse-child. As the years passed, qualification for accommodation became less strict; from 1895 preference was given to widows facing reduced circumstances through misfortune, and from 1924 widows of non-tradesmen were considered.
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The almshouses have provided homes for scores of widows over the years, each with their own story and set of circumstances. In 1871 73 year old Priscilla Maynard, a beadle’s widow was living at No. 1 with her widowed 43 year old daughter, and No. 6 was occupied by Susanna Southerden; she and her butcher husband were both from Dover and had lived in Wokingham with their son and his wife and child before a move to Walthamstow. In 1901 Emma Quarterman, a 60 year old hairdresser’s widow was living at No. 6 with her 2 year old grandson, although ten years later was living there alone. Before moving to the almshouses, she and her husband had lived at Maynard Road and Barclay Road with their daughter Emma. By 1911 No. 4 was occupied by 85 year old blind widow Elizabeth Crick and her elderly nurse. Of Elizabeth’s eleven children, four were still living at this time.
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Catherine West Catherine will probably not thank me for saying this, but her Significant Seams on Wood Street in Walthamstow is a masterpiece. The well stocked craft shop at the front helps fund the relaxed area at the back, where people can often resolve “difficult” issues through the collective power of chat and the making of a soft toy. Here Catherine explains all to Paul Lindt. Is that an American accent I hear? Guilty. I am from the east coast in the USA but I am very happy to call London and Walthamstow home – though from time to time I particularly miss the rolling hills of Virginia, and the campus of Sweet Briar, the women-only college I attended whose culture was summarised by my favourite t-shirt, “Where women are leaders and men are guests.” I found my voice, confidence, and some of my closest friends and strongest role models there.
What is your working background? I originally started out in New York City in advertising and marketing. After a few years I became disillusioned, I didn’t really feel I was using my strengths for ‘good.’ I did a radical but wonderful thing i.e. threw it all in and went to work in a bookshop as events coordinator. Eventually I realised I was spending more on books (despite the discount!) than earning, so I moved to the International Festival for Arts and Ideas. I still adore it - it was a great experience but the cyclical and climactic nature of the job exhausted me. So, when we moved to London, I helped set-up an art and creative industries space at a University, but was seduced by another festival role until common sense prevailed and I began to reflect on the cumulative skills, knowledge and experiences I had amassed, and started making up names for the idea that would become Significant Seams. How did your own background help shape Signicant Seams? As Significant Seams founder - my professional experiences in marketing, fundraising and management have been a huge asset. My experience of resettling in a foreign land - even with a shared language - hasn’t hurt. My personal passion for patchwork 24
has been a key ingredient - but also the courage of many a vulnerable person sharing their pain, fear and insight, and experience have inspired me, and I daresay inspire our volunteers too. Significant Seams has been built by people listening to one another, asking for help when it is needed, helping when and where they can, and collaborating to create a different kind of business, one not just about an economic bottom line. As a business, we commit 100% of our profits to supporting community building and support programmes for people in vulnerable life moments - and developing new businesses that help people, in addition to generating money. We bring a collective creativity to bear on whatever the challenges may be. We make use of what’s already around us, sometimes to a slightly absurd degree, and make things happen. We also laugh - out loud - a lot. Returning to the start of it all, your experiences with Woodside Children’s Centre were very important weren’t they. Originally the Woodside Children’s Centre team helped me test and develop a means to get people introduced to support networks BEFORE they needed them and talking about the coming changes BEFORE they happened, improving access to support when it is needed, or removing the need for it at all. For example, although I didn’t profess to be an expert at
weaning if I teach a group of women to make a baby bib, we’d end up talking about weaning. If a nutritionist visited during the session just to introduce herself, the women felt they’d made a contact rather than been introduced to a service. I found that many mother’s feel awkward bringing up their struggles with such things in ‘polite’ conversation – which doesn’t help them to resolve them early. This has become the model for many of our groups, that idea of ‘conversations amidst craft’. We embrace projects that help people talk about things that normally trouble people. We hope that when people don’t have links or support structures in the wider community they can find them with one of our groups. A lot of people have travelled similar journeys and many are ready to help others on a similar route. How does it all work financially? A mix of funded or subsidised spots for vulnerable people, along with commercial spots for other people also interested in the skills, makes our programme even more affordable, and sustainable. This approach also builds affinity, generates donations and new crafters wanting kit – so we are building a retail business too: our “Sewing Supplies for Social Good.” Tell us about your shop on Wood Street. The front portion is a craft shop with an ever-growing inventory of material, yarns, embellishments and tools, plus classes
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How did you end up in Walthamstow? My husband got offered a job in London so we moved to the UK. Two years later, looking to buy somewhere with a garden and on a blue tube line (he remains convinced they have the best trains and service) we landed here.
to learn to use it all. This is the essential business element key to the survival of the social element. Immediately behind is the community space where many of our groups meet. So if you buy from the shop you can literally see the space where your money is going. This back area is packed with donated materials available to groups. The two are connected by the Stitch & Craft Library, a membership-based lending library of an estimated 2000 books, magazines, and patterns. For £2 a month, membership supports our work and costs less than a year’s subscription to a single magazine, all for a vast collection and community. Something interesting happened at your English as a Second Language Programme. While the women sat sewing they began to work out how they might be linked apart from they were sitting round a table in Walthamstow! And this with very little common language between them. It turned out that the Kenyan Embassy in Istanbul had played a role in the lives of three of the women, one from Eritrea, one from Lithuania and one from Turkey. What it illustrated to me is that common humanity: a desire to find connections with each other, to see parallels in our own lives when you spend time getting to know each other.
What do you love about what has been achieved by the Significant Seams? It’s inspiring to be entrusted with the stories, needs, challenges and aspirations, not to mention creative energy, of a community. When you’re looking for a career they don’t tell you getting keys out of a frozen lock, getting permission to hang pillows from a fence, designing a doll, or comforting someone in her 70s who’s only just facing the molestation that happened before she was ten could be in a day’s work. What does International Women’s Day mean to you? It’s an important annual moment to focus conversation on celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of women - as well as to highlight the appalling treatment and conditions that derail many women’s lives - and whole communities by extension. I personally think this stems from how women’s roles and contributions often defy a monetized society. Value has become predominantly measured in economic terms, a scale that is disrupted by humans’ animal inclination to reproduce. International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to inspire the wider community to talk about these contradictions hopefully in order to chart a way forward not just for women, but for our society. Our current Significant Seams community quilt project seeks to nuture this
conversation constructively. How can people get involved? We’re inviting people to make a square about the changing role of women - experienced, hoped for or anticipated. We’re offering special sessions, free workshops, and kits to support participation and conversations. We also have a great Pinterest board called “Women of the World” with amazing facts, figures, sayings and images we’ve been amassing. We’re asking for completed patches by the end of March and we’ll be putting them together in time for exhibition during the 2015 Art Trail. (Patches are welcome from men and boys as well as women and girls.) We’re also inviting people to come along to a fabulous stitchy cult classic film with Maya Angelou and Winona Ryder, How to Make an American Quilt at the Stow Film Lounge, part of a year long collaboration; a “Strong Women” Film Series - to inspire reflection and fun. We’ve got more entertaining films coming up in future months, highlighting different issues but also hopefully providing a good night out too. Visit our website www.significantseams.org.uk or www.stowfilmlouge.com for more details.
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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 The key thing is not to panic, that’s what people always say when in situations of stress isn’t it? Whatever you do, don’t panic! If I were to panic, which of course I’m not, I might be panicking about August. If you haven’t heard the news yet, there are plans to close the Victoria line between Walthamstow and Seven Sisters, from the 8th to the 30th August. On paper I seem to be calm about this don’t I? In my head however, I’M SCREAMING IN CAPITAL LETTERS. The Victoria line is closing for nearly a month, time to run around the streets waving our arms in the air, the end is nigh, abandon hope all ye who enter here, everything is lost. OK, it seems like I may have started to panic, let’s try and look at the positives. This closure will improve the service of our underground line, it will also increase the number of trains that run all the way through to Walthamstow. This in itself is a minor miracle; nothing darkens my mood more than the trains that terminate at Seven Sisters. The closure will bring good things, but that still leaves August and the dreaded rail replacement buses to deal with. There’s only one thing for it, we are just going have to take August off, retreat to our side of the Lea until normal service is resumed. Actually, why stop at a mass holiday? As we are going to be cut off anyway, why don’t we just declare independence and have done with it. We can become a self-governing republic, and finally elevate our mattress overlords to their deserved position as head of state. Our new national anthem will be called Pound A Bowl, its words will remind us that freedom came when the tunnels were closed. Every August we can hold a grand festival of abandoned things, and march down the High Street carrying the grand mattress aloft. Come on E17, who’s with me? Let’s start stockpiling bacon jam and prepare for the birth of the People’s Republic of Walthamstow. And above all, don’t panic. www.walthamstowdiary.com
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The Magpie’s beady eyes are always on the look-out for the shiniest, funniest remarks, witty retorts and bizarre sightings to steal from the area’s streets and social media channels. Thanks this month to www.facebook.com/WalthamstowTouristBoard and www.facebook.com/Walthamstow Life and https://twitter.com/e17facts The song ‘Stairway to Heaven’ was written after Jimmy Page paid a visit to the food court at the top of Walthamstow Mall. Walthamstow Facts Is it me, or is it the second morning in a row there’s been a sweet, pollen-like smell around Chingford Road? Rather strange... pleasant, but strange. AS Sweet smell of success in your nostrils? JM: Maybe it’s the scent of Ian Duncan Smith’s fear of Stella Creasy? AS: Wouldn’t that be foul smelling? AS Gentrification? Does it have a scent? ML Essential beard oil probably PC: Might be a cannabis farm };{I} DA: Blimey - talk about making Chingford Road sound more interesting than it is! ;-0 JF: Seems to be around the BT building by the Dog and Duck. Will it be there tomorrow...? AS: The building or the smell? Ha. Walthamstow Life The Bell pub quiz is commonly used as a selection ground for GCHQ Walthamstow Facts
Not sure I want 36 of these on my nuts!? LB: They’re taking over! Noisy blighters too. AT: They’re ring necked parakeets and breed very easily DC: Hoe St needs a Piri-Pirikeet restaurant! AS: I can see it now...next to Grey Squirrel Grill. Walthamstow Life Dumbledore was buried on this island in Walthamstow Reservoirs. Walthamstow Facts
“When you’re tired of Walthamstow, you’re tired of life” Walthamstow Facts I love all the new messages in the bus station. They look like a mixture of memories, overheard snippets and busrelated sentences like the one in the photo. Does anyone know where they came from? I always grin at “Nah bruv, I love my grandma!”
SF: I love the one about as a kid trying to sit on every seat as fast as they could. I remember doing that. RJ: The one about a shirt clinging to a sweaty back makes me squeamish. MM: Who is Shillibeer in the photo? SF: Mr George Shillibeer invented the omnibus but never patented it and died in poverty. AJ: http://art.tfl.gov.uk/100-poems/?id=15179 Walthamstow Life The Castle was recently awarded a ‘good’ by OFSTED for its health, safety and development of pre-schoolers. Walthamstow Facts Does anyone have a pipe bender I could borrow for 24 hours? Bit random, sorry. Leytonstone Life
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Pembroke Road, Wathamstow, London, E17 4 bedroom end of terrace house for sale Guide Price £850,000 - £900,000 A Wonderful Family Home In An Enviable Location. This fabulous home has an abundance of original features, high ceilings with decorative cornice and a large cellar. Located just a short walk to the Village restaurants, pubs and cafes, several excellent schools or to Walthamstow Central Station. The bay fronted lounge has a stunning cast iron fireplace and tremendous cornice decorating this charming room. The adjacent dining room has a wood-burning stove and overlooks the garden. Form the hallway you walk through to the large, well appointed kitchen. Beyond the kitchen you discover the glorious conservatory where you can dine no matter what the weather and take in the expansive garden with its mature plants and seating for al fresco dining. On the split level first floor you find four double bedrooms and a modern family bathroom. This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of Walthamstow’s premier properties, ready to welcome its next family.
Pendlestone Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £600,000 - £650,000 The stunning open plan ground floor perfectly demonstrates the attention to detail that has gone into the interior design.
Campbell Road, London, E17 4 bedroom detached house for sale Guide Price £575,000 - £600,000 A spacious living area with a fully fitted kitchen, dining area and separate lounge.
Daventry Avenue, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale £529,995 Seven 3 bedroom homes with a great living space at the heart of each property.
Albert Road, London, E17 3 bedroom end of terrace house for sale Guide Price £650,000 - £700,000 Newly built family residence, sympathetically designed to resemble a Victorian home.
Hillcrest Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £500,000 - £525,000 Currently being refurbished. Has a stunning kitchen/diner with doors to the garden.
Berthon Gardens, London, E17 4 bedroom end of terrace house for sale Guide Price £550,000 - £600,000 Spacious family home, extended and decorated to a high standard throughout.
Brookscroft Road, London, E17 2 bedroom terraced house for sale Offers in Region of £425,000 Smartly decorated Victorian home. Original features, stripped floors and high ceilings.
Mansfield Road, London, E17 3 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £550,000 - £600,000 Delightful property with great charm and character. Plenty of room for a family to enjoy.
Woodend Road, London, E17 2 bedroom terraced house for sale Guide Price £400,000 - £425,000 Comfortable Victorian home. Great charm and decorated to a high standard.
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