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Est. 2006<br />
wnstd.com Issue No: 171<br />
ISSN 2059-013X<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong> | FREE<br />
ISSN 2632-8224 Est. 1992<br />
swvg.co.uk Issue No: 166<br />
• Combined issue • United together •<br />
By Elena-Stefania Grigoriu (aged 6),<br />
from South Woodford<br />
INSIDE: Rainbows • NHS volunteer’s story • Tesco delivery driver’s story • Artistic isolation<br />
Coronavirus support • Online activities • Useful numbers • Directory of local businesses<br />
Independent directory of businesses, news and events across Wanstead and South Woodford
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)<br />
and community support<br />
Like so many up and down the country, our community can be proud of<br />
how it is responding to the coronavirus pandemic. These are extraordinary<br />
times, but we can all be thankful we are part of a community that cares.<br />
And like so many other businesses impacted by the restrictions designed<br />
to reduce the spread of the virus, this publication has had to adapt. The<br />
Wanstead Village Directory and the South Woodford Village Gazette have<br />
joined forces to continue publishing. Copies will not be delivered to homes<br />
for the time being (visit swvg.co.uk/cv for an explanation), but every effort<br />
has been made to provide as many residents with a copy as possible, via our<br />
network of distribution stands in supermarkets.<br />
Our ethos of supporting the community and the local economy is more<br />
important now than ever before. We encourage you to do the same.<br />
Let a neighbour know you are there for them<br />
Cut out and fill in the slip below and pop it through their letterbox…<br />
You are not on your own!<br />
Are you unable or too worried to leave your home because of the coronavirus?<br />
Do you need someone to do your shopping or pick up a prescription for you?<br />
Or do you just need someone to chat to on the phone to break up your day?<br />
My name is: ___________________________________________<br />
I am one of your neighbours and would like to help. I don’t want anything in return.<br />
I just believe in helping my neighbours in a time of difficulty.<br />
If you would like to speak to me, please call: _______________________<br />
I cannot offer any medical advice.
How can I find or offer support?<br />
People you can phone:<br />
Redbridge Council Wellbeing Service, open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm ............ 020 8708 5555<br />
Redbridge CVS, an umbrella body for local charities and community groups .... 020 8553 1004<br />
Talking Therapies, helping those feeling distressed ...................................................... 0300 300 1554<br />
The Samaritans, for people who need someone to listen ...........................................................116 123<br />
Citizens Advice Redbridge, for free, confidential and impartial advice ......................0300 330 9063<br />
Age UK Redbridge, Barking & Havering, for advice or information ................................ 020 8220 6000<br />
Facebook Groups: connect with others and see how you can help<br />
Redbridge Joins Together ..................................................................................................wnstd.com/rjt<br />
Redbridge COVID-19 Mutual Aid ..............................................................................wnstd.com/cov19<br />
Wanstead Community Hub ........................................................................................... wnstd.com/wch<br />
Woodford, South Woodford and Wanstead Parents ..................................... wnstd.com/parents<br />
Wanstead Community Forum ........................................................................................ wnstd.com/wcf<br />
WhatsApp Groups: coordinating local volunteer response<br />
Churchfields ward .............................................................................. swvg.co.uk/churchfieldsgroup<br />
South Woodford ward ...........................................................................................swvg.co.uk/swgroup<br />
Wanstead Village ward ................................................................................. wnstd.com/villagegroup<br />
Wanstead Park ward ...........................................................................................wnstd.com/parkgroup<br />
List of groups across Redbridge .............................................................wnstd.com/covid19groups<br />
COVID-19 is an illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused<br />
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symptoms.<br />
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If you have symptoms, stay at home for seven days.<br />
If you live with other people, they should stay at home for 14 days from<br />
the day the first person got symptoms.<br />
Only call 111 if you cannot get help online. Visit 111.nhs.uk/covid-19
Contents<br />
Features<br />
Thank you24–25<br />
Every neighbour helps 26<br />
(Lock) Down with the kids 30<br />
Artistic isolation36–37<br />
Emergency appeal40<br />
DD’s 41st Woodford Diary42–43<br />
Floating ideas 46–47<br />
Emergency lesson 50<br />
Seeds of hope 54<br />
Building history 58<br />
Puzzles & competitions<br />
Sudoku 28<br />
Crossword competition32<br />
Wanstead anagram 44<br />
Mind-bender puzzles48<br />
Every month<br />
Local news8–10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 & 22<br />
Online community groups 62<br />
Useful numbers64<br />
Index of advertisers66<br />
Cover image by Elena-Stefania Grigoriu<br />
(aged 6), from South Woodford<br />
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Welcome...<br />
Wanstead, meet South Woodford. South Woodford,<br />
meet Wanstead. What’s that? You’ve already met and you’re<br />
old friends? Well, that makes things easier for me. I’m sure you<br />
won’t mind sharing your community magazine for the time<br />
being. It’s a time for uniting neighbours, so while<br />
driven by commercial and logistical forces,<br />
there’s something aptly poetic about<br />
combining two community publications<br />
during these difficult times.<br />
Lee Marquis, Editor<br />
Dear NHS,<br />
You are more than just doctors, healthcare workers and nurses,<br />
You are the backbone and strength while our country stresses,<br />
You are there for every dispatch, diagnosis and<br />
unfortunate absences.<br />
Knowing you are always here and always will be there gives<br />
us great solace.<br />
While on the surface you are pharmacists, midwives<br />
and paramedics,<br />
Your hard work is the true cure to this pandemic.<br />
Through all this panic and every administered anaesthetic,<br />
You remain empathetic.<br />
Every day, for us, you put your lives at stake,<br />
So we applaud you and thank you every Thursday at eight.<br />
From the doors of our homes, we keep our promise,<br />
From kids, to the elderly, and even Boris.<br />
From free food and rainbows we express,<br />
Our gratitude to,<br />
Our NHS.<br />
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Calling local residents...<br />
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encourage you to do the same. Help us help these businesses<br />
by mentioning the Wanstead Village Directory or South<br />
Woodford Village Gazette when responding to adverts.<br />
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If you are a business based in Wanstead or South Woodford,<br />
or if you have a presence in the local community, we can help<br />
you get your message across to our readers. The deadline for<br />
inclusion in the June <strong>2020</strong> edition is 15 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
This is a combined issue of the Wanstead<br />
Village Directory and South Woodford<br />
Village Gazette, published monthly and<br />
available from a network of stands across<br />
Wanstead and South Woodford.<br />
Wanstead Village Directory: ISSN 2059-013X<br />
South Woodford Village Gazette: ISSN 2632-8224<br />
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Thank you NHS: rainbows across Wanstead<br />
and Woodford add colour to lockdown<br />
Residents across<br />
Wanstead and<br />
Woodford have joined<br />
the international<br />
trend of displaying<br />
children’s rainbow art<br />
in their windows, to<br />
pay tribute to NHS staff<br />
during the coronavirus<br />
pandemic. “A rainbow<br />
has a pot of gold at<br />
the end, but it seems<br />
the rainbows I see<br />
when walking around<br />
Woodford have two. At<br />
one end is the appreciation of all our front-line<br />
workers and at the other, the flowering of<br />
children’s art. From pavements to windows,<br />
it’s great to see their artistic involvement,”<br />
said Julia Brett, founder of Woodford Arts<br />
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It is thought the trend started in Italy and<br />
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children to go rainbow spotting on their daily<br />
walk. Visit swvg.co.uk/rainbows<br />
Redbridge and<br />
climate change<br />
Redbridge Council<br />
is seeking the views<br />
of residents to help<br />
it become more<br />
environmentally<br />
friendly. “We are<br />
responding to<br />
the climate crisis<br />
by developing a<br />
plan to make our<br />
operations net-zero<br />
by 2030… We know<br />
communities across<br />
Redbridge are taking<br />
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emissions. That’s<br />
why we want to hear<br />
your ideas for how<br />
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a spokesperson. The<br />
consultation is open<br />
until 31 <strong>May</strong>. Visit<br />
swvg.co.uk/cc<br />
Rainbow display on the corner of Leicester<br />
Road and Hereford Road, Wanstead<br />
Domestic abuse<br />
in lockdown<br />
Redbridge Council<br />
has launched Reach<br />
Out, a support<br />
service for any adult<br />
who is being abused,<br />
or is fearful of being<br />
abused. “We know<br />
the last place a<br />
victim of domestic<br />
abuse wants to be<br />
is trapped at home<br />
with their abuser.<br />
So, we want all<br />
residents to know<br />
that Reach Out is<br />
there to provide<br />
support throughout<br />
this difficult time,”<br />
said Councillor Jas<br />
Athwal. The service<br />
operates Monday to<br />
Friday, 9am to 5pm.<br />
Call 0800 145 6410<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com / swvg.co.uk
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Tin in the Bin Network: foodbank<br />
collection points at local homes<br />
From Boris to bluebells: political<br />
photographer’s Wanstead Park walk<br />
© Stefan Rousseau<br />
A number of homes across Aldersbrook,<br />
Wanstead and South Woodford have become<br />
collection points for foodbank donations<br />
to fill the gap left by the closure of regular<br />
collection locations, such as churches and<br />
some shops. “Over the Easter weekend, our<br />
network received items exceeding £800<br />
in value, which we delivered to Redbridge<br />
Foodbank,” said James Paterson, organiser<br />
of the Tin in the Bin Network, which has also<br />
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Press photographer Stefan Rousseau replaced<br />
Boris Johnson with the bluebells of Wanstead<br />
Park last month. “My speciality is politics,<br />
but with the Prime Minister recovering<br />
from COVID-19 and the government largely<br />
operating from home, my working week has<br />
become a daily challenge to come up with<br />
picture ideas… I usually run in Wanstead<br />
Park, but this time I took my cameras. I spent<br />
an hour photographing walkers, runners and<br />
cyclists, all stopping to view the blue carpet of<br />
spring flowers,” said Stefan.<br />
Local resident creates website to help<br />
shoppers avoid supermarket queues<br />
Computer programmer Tom McGuinness<br />
has launched a website to help people check<br />
how busy their local supermarkets are. “When<br />
COVID-19 hit the UK, I tried to think of ways<br />
I could help others. With help from my wife<br />
and an Italian friend, I created QCheck. It<br />
shows a map of your area with colour-coded<br />
markers for each supermarket. While people<br />
are queueing, they report how long the wait<br />
is. This appears on the map, helping others to<br />
avoid busy stores,” said Tom, who has lived in<br />
South Woodford since 2013. Visit qcheck.uk<br />
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Council assures residents recyclable<br />
materials are not going to landfill<br />
Wanstead Social Distance Club:<br />
lockdown-friendly talks<br />
© Geoff Wilkinson<br />
With kerbside recycling collections<br />
suspended, Redbridge Council is keen to<br />
assure residents that recyclable materials are<br />
not going to landfill. “General waste collected<br />
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This process reduces the volume of the waste<br />
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Social Distance Club, offering a series of online<br />
talks. “The inaugural meeting took place last<br />
month when author John Rogers spoke about<br />
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Redbridge Council support for<br />
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Redbridge Council has so far paid out £16.3m<br />
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Play areas fenced off: respect social<br />
distancing to keep parks open<br />
Speaking of lockdown: Woodford<br />
Green Speakers club goes online<br />
© Geoff Wilkinson<br />
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Temporary fencing has been assembled<br />
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coronavirus, as it survives on plastic for<br />
36 hours and on metal for 12 hours. This means<br />
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public speaking skills is inviting new members<br />
to join them in their online sessions during<br />
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WhatsApp groups bring residents<br />
together during current crisis<br />
Residents in streets across Redbridge have<br />
set up WhatsApp groups to help neighbours<br />
support each other during the current crisis.<br />
Primrose Road and Violet Road in South<br />
Woodford are two such streets where new<br />
connections have been made to ensure<br />
the vulnerable can get supplies and vital<br />
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Coronavirus Wellbeing Service helps<br />
hundreds across the borough<br />
Local artist offers free ‘relaxation<br />
through art’ classes online<br />
A council-led initiative to help protect those<br />
most vulnerable to coronavirus has provided<br />
aid or advice to hundreds of callers requesting<br />
help and support. As well as responding to<br />
calls, the Wellbeing Service has also arranged<br />
for deliveries of food parcels and other<br />
essential items to a number of Redbridge<br />
residents. “To help us to support those who<br />
most need it, before using the service, please<br />
ask family, friends and neighbours to support<br />
you… If you still need help, then please call,”<br />
said a spokesperson. Call 020 8708 5555<br />
Wanstead artist Brenda Coyle invites residents<br />
of all ages to take part in her online art<br />
classes during lockdown. “I can’t keep still,<br />
so I decided to start running ‘relaxation<br />
through art’ classes for free online. I asked<br />
my students to pass on my email to friends<br />
and family so that they could join in, doing<br />
a bit of meditative art while self-isolating,”<br />
said Brenda, who had to suspend her classes<br />
at Wanstead House. Brenda’s tutorials cover<br />
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Helping kids afraid of the dark:<br />
publishing contract for young writer<br />
Frank’s mission: fundraiser for<br />
Wanstead resident’s gift appeal<br />
Nine-year-old Wanstead resident Riku<br />
Fryderyk Borowczyk – who is a member of<br />
the South Woodford Young Writers Club – has<br />
signed a book deal with Pegasus to publish<br />
his story The Witching Hour. “In this story, I<br />
want to help children who are afraid of the<br />
dark by making them think differently about<br />
what might be there that they cannot see,”<br />
explained Riku. “We’re looking forward to the<br />
launch of the book in the next few months<br />
and seeing The Witching Hour on the shelves<br />
of our local bookstores,” said his mum.<br />
Wanstead resident Frank Charles is seeking<br />
donations for his Give A Gift Appeal. “It’s a<br />
small charity which relies on public donations<br />
to grant wishes to children and adults with<br />
life-threatening illnesses, feed the homeless,<br />
feed families in need and, more recently,<br />
to bring food and supplies to Whipps Cross<br />
Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic,”<br />
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We’re going on a bear hunt:<br />
45 teddies to find across Wanstead<br />
Wanstead and South Woodford<br />
schools donate equipment to hospital<br />
A bear hunt has been created in Wanstead to<br />
help keep children entertained on their daily<br />
walk. “The bear hunt is all around Wanstead,<br />
centred around Leicester Road and Hereford<br />
Road, but goes as far as Warren Road, Gordon<br />
Road and Rodney Road,” explained Lorna<br />
Sparks. There are 45 bears to find, each with<br />
an accompanying letter that spells out a<br />
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Schools in Wanstead and South Woodford<br />
have joined a number of others across the<br />
borough in donating personal protective<br />
equipment to healthcare staff during the<br />
coronavirus pandemic. Staff from 20 school<br />
communities in Redbridge collected over<br />
3,000 goggles and other equipment their<br />
pupils would normally use in science lessons,<br />
with the supplies sent to Queen’s Hospital<br />
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Friends of Aldersbrook Riding School<br />
launched to support stables<br />
Join a virtual Sparkle Walk this<br />
month in aid of Haven House<br />
The Friends of Aldersbrook Riding School was<br />
established last month to help support the<br />
local stables. “Our aim is to support the school<br />
to help ensure it continues to provide an<br />
invaluable facility for our local communities.<br />
We will be organising fundraising activities<br />
that will enhance the wellbeing of our horses<br />
and run activities, talks and social events,” said<br />
a spokesperson. Children are invited to paint<br />
a picture of a horse or pony to be displayed<br />
at the school, with the best entry receiving a<br />
riding voucher. Visit wnstd.com/fars<br />
Haven House Children’s Hospice’s annual<br />
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crisis, but the Woodford Green charity is now<br />
encouraging residents to take part in a virtual<br />
walk this month. “This can be any distance at<br />
any time on 15 <strong>May</strong>. Make sure it is safe and<br />
that it adheres to government guidelines on<br />
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The creation of the NHS in the<br />
aftermath of the Second World War<br />
was a monumental achievement,<br />
and the NHS has grown to be our most<br />
treasured national asset.<br />
Today, it employs over a million people and<br />
provides a vast range of services to all of us,<br />
sending us out healthy when we are young,<br />
mending our injuries and curing our illnesses.<br />
It is there for us at every stage of our lives.<br />
The NHS now faces its most difficult<br />
challenge since its formation, so when<br />
the call went out at the end of March<br />
for volunteers to help, it was of little<br />
surprise that over 700,000 people<br />
signed up.<br />
Living close to Whipps Cross<br />
Hospital, I wondered if there was<br />
an opportunity to help out at the<br />
hospital where my three children<br />
were born, and where we have<br />
been looked after for the last 25<br />
years. A quick online search found their<br />
appeal for volunteers to help them deal with<br />
the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
I completed an occupational health<br />
questionnaire, a DBS check and watched a<br />
series of training videos, answering some<br />
simple questions on each.<br />
My start date arrived. Bring some ID. After four<br />
years of retirement, it felt like one of those<br />
long-forgotten first days at a new job. Exciting,<br />
with a few nerves thrown in to spice it up.<br />
Myself and five other new volunteers<br />
were given a tour of the hospital and an<br />
explanation of the types of work we might<br />
be asked to do. The welcome was warm and<br />
friendly and we were immediately made to<br />
feel appreciated.<br />
The aim is to use volunteers to do those tasks<br />
which take clinical staff away from providing<br />
care. Whether fetching medicine from the<br />
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personal shopping, we do anything that helps<br />
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Our wellbeing is paramount to the hospital.<br />
Whipps, like all hospitals, are experts in<br />
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feel any more likely to catch COVID-19 inside<br />
the hospital than in a supermarket. I may<br />
catch it. I expected to catch it anyway. But if<br />
you have anxieties about catching it, then<br />
volunteering in a hospital may not be for you.<br />
I have thoroughly enjoyed my first week. The<br />
people are inspirational; the volunteers, the<br />
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Why don’t you come and join us?<br />
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Thank<br />
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Wanstead resident<br />
Andy Nutter had<br />
no hesitation<br />
in volunteering<br />
to help the<br />
NHS during the<br />
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Every neighbour helps<br />
As a part-time Tesco delivery driver, Alex Hanford has found himself<br />
escalated to key worker status during the current crisis. And, having only<br />
recently moved to South Woodford, has found a community that cares<br />
So much seems to have changed in the<br />
last few weeks, and my first thought<br />
has to be how inspired I am by the<br />
NHS and all the health and care workers<br />
who have faced up to this crisis first hand.<br />
Things that went on in the background are<br />
now at the forefront of our minds.<br />
On a personal level, I have been thrilled to<br />
see the groundswell of support generated<br />
in our local community. Having only lived in<br />
South Woodford for just over a year, I have<br />
very few local connections, so the opportunity<br />
to reach out online to offer help and engage<br />
with neighbours we had never met was<br />
invaluable!<br />
My partner and I were put in touch with a lady<br />
living in New York, who was concerned about<br />
her mum living just over the road from us, and<br />
we have been able to help her on a number<br />
of occasions, by shopping for essentials and<br />
getting to know her (from two metres away,<br />
of course!).<br />
As a car owner, I wanted to do what I could to<br />
support the NHS, so I registered as a volunteer<br />
with them and have already carried out my<br />
first couple of assignments for the Redbridge<br />
Wellbeing Service, delivering food parcels and<br />
collecting prescriptions for local residents.<br />
As my regular role in Central London<br />
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role as well! Our whole team in Enfield<br />
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One of the most touching things for me<br />
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underlying health issues who was frankly<br />
terrified during the first days of the lockdown,<br />
to another lady who had just lost her brotherin-law<br />
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As I can’t be with my own mum in<br />
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or Cornwall, it really does help me to think<br />
that there are other people doing exactly<br />
what I have seen in South Woodford, going<br />
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and essential services to people around them<br />
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It appears we will have to adjust the way we<br />
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(Lock) Down with the Kids<br />
Riku Fryderyk Borowczyk is a member of the South Woodford Young<br />
Writers Club and has recently signed a publishing contract with<br />
Pegasus. Here, the nine-year-old offers his poetic thoughts on lockdown<br />
It’s been three weeks since my last day of<br />
school. The way I see this situation is that<br />
it has highlighted a once-in-a-lifetime<br />
event, a never-ending holiday. So, you may<br />
think, what to do during this holiday when<br />
you cannot go out much?<br />
This is a big question mark. While in<br />
lockdown, I have had time to work on my<br />
book publication, been able to practice skills<br />
and work on some things I couldn’t do much<br />
because of school. Playing board games<br />
with my family (don’t get mixed up with<br />
bored games, those are a terrible invention!),<br />
cooking, or even playing in the garden, are a<br />
great way of spending time at home.<br />
As for me, I now spend Wednesdays with<br />
South Woodford Young Writers Club on Zoom,<br />
still consuming new skills of writing.<br />
I miss my favourite sausage rolls from<br />
Wanstead High Street. However, my mum now<br />
has more time and inspiration for cooking.<br />
My parents don’t live together (not that I’m<br />
making myself Andy from The Suitcase Kid by<br />
Jacqueline Wilson), but due to the lockdown,<br />
I get to spend more time with my dad as he is<br />
working less. This is very exciting, as it’s not a<br />
usual thing for me.<br />
Although there are many positive things to<br />
think about, I realise that our world is out of<br />
control, that Mother Nature has turned on us<br />
and endangered people’s lives. I hear about<br />
what’s happening on the radio, although my<br />
mum thinks that hearing or watching the<br />
news now might not be for my young ears.<br />
In the Young Writers Club, our teacher,<br />
Shameem, has given us the splendid task of<br />
writing a poem about Earth, and I would like<br />
to share my poem with you here.<br />
The tables have been turning<br />
My stomach’s stopped churning<br />
A bad man threw a black cloud<br />
And devastated that town<br />
Mother Nature was tired of us<br />
Now it’s over<br />
There’s not a Range Rover seen<br />
There will be no illness on our Queen<br />
Or us<br />
We’ll stay and pray for the best<br />
And we won’t make a fuss<br />
Let’s enjoy and appreciate<br />
That there’s less littering<br />
Our world’s ecology is quickening<br />
My heart is alive<br />
Full of happiness<br />
It’s a time when people start spending time with<br />
each other more<br />
Now our family shall rest<br />
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A<br />
lot of artists have home studios<br />
or areas to work in, but some<br />
forms of artwork need to be done<br />
in professional workshops. Artists, like<br />
writers, try to have a schedule, a discipline,<br />
although by its very nature, the muse<br />
strikes when least expected. It doesn’t keep<br />
office hours.<br />
Having recently moved more into<br />
printmaking, I regularly book studio time at<br />
a printmakers. This is because the techniques<br />
I’m using involve a lot of hazardous chemicals<br />
and acids. It also gives me access to a large<br />
press, but more than that, it also allows me<br />
to mix with a small community of other<br />
printmakers who share their techniques and<br />
enthusiasm. This is, of course, on hold for now.<br />
Luckily, I do have a smaller press at home<br />
which allows me to continue working. I work<br />
on copper and other metals.<br />
The Mersea Oyster Shed shown here is a copper<br />
etching with aquatint and was completed<br />
before the restrictions were put in place, but<br />
I have managed to print a limited edition of<br />
prints at home.<br />
Another method of printing, which can be<br />
done without a press, is called mono printing.<br />
For all those people stuck indoors, this is<br />
an easy way to get creative and stave off<br />
boredom. It’s something parents can do with<br />
children, from the very simple art of potato<br />
stamping, which many would remember from<br />
school, to the more sophisticated. There are<br />
lots of free YouTube videos that show this easy<br />
technique.<br />
YouTube is also a great source of free art<br />
lessons. Plus, Facebook and Instagram are<br />
awash with artists offering free tuition at the<br />
moment.<br />
The shutdown has affected many of us in<br />
different ways. Woodford Arts Group member<br />
Darren Evans had just opened his exhibition at<br />
Lopping Hall when it was cancelled. Our own<br />
travel-themed exhibition planned for the end<br />
of <strong>May</strong> will no doubt also be cancelled. But<br />
hopefully, we will put this exhibition on later<br />
in the year. This will take us out of Woodford to<br />
all corners of the globe and we have all been<br />
continuing with our art in its many forms. In<br />
the meantime, we will be putting on a virtual<br />
exhibition and will publish details of this<br />
nearer the time.<br />
Fellow member John Rowlands is a metal<br />
sculptor and has recently finished a piece of<br />
work of rugby players in action. He is now<br />
working on a large commission in his garden.<br />
You can see John in his workshop on our<br />
podcast page on our website. These podcasts<br />
are a work of art in themselves as Cheryl<br />
Gabriel, who was a BBC producer-turned<br />
photographer, has used her considerable skills<br />
to ‘produce’ us!<br />
Other members of Woodford Arts Group are<br />
also still working from home. David Varney<br />
continues to work on his resin pieces, which<br />
can also be seen on our podcast page.<br />
Many members’ plans have been<br />
disrupted, and to quote Ged Rumak:<br />
“If you want to make God laugh, tell<br />
him your plans.” Ged planned lots of<br />
open-air painting at the coast but is<br />
now working from sketchbooks. Plein<br />
air sessions were something else we<br />
as a group planned to do more of this<br />
season, especially around Woodford,<br />
to get the community involved.<br />
Alison Stenhouse has also been working<br />
on a coastal theme of the east coast,<br />
while Emma Liebskind has been<br />
making use of her garden,<br />
pondering natural forms and<br />
structures that represent<br />
home and places of safety.<br />
All in all, we are keeping<br />
in touch and encouraging<br />
each other until we<br />
can get together again<br />
and get our Travellers’<br />
Tales exhibition back<br />
on the road.<br />
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Artists have<br />
always sought<br />
isolation to find<br />
their muse – but it<br />
is very different when<br />
isolation is thrust upon<br />
you! Woodford Arts Group<br />
was set up to keep local<br />
artists in touch, and that ethos<br />
continues in lockdown, says Julia Brett<br />
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Emergency Appeal<br />
Haven House Children’s Hospice has called off many of its fundraising<br />
activities for the foreseeable future. Chief Executive Mike Palfreman<br />
warns this could have a devastating impact and appeals for support<br />
Nationwide, strict restrictions are<br />
now in place to stop the spread<br />
of coronavirus. Public gatherings,<br />
events and ceremonies have been<br />
cancelled and shops and businesses have<br />
closed their doors.<br />
Our hospice has now launched an Emergency<br />
Fund to help us keep supporting local children<br />
and their families who need specialist care.<br />
These are challenging times where no one<br />
is immune from the effects of coronavirus.<br />
Haven House now faces the possibility that<br />
hundreds of seriously ill children and families<br />
who depend on the care given by our frontline<br />
nurses will stop – threatening our very<br />
existence. Every day, children and families<br />
need our help, but now more so than ever.<br />
Families tell us we are their lifeline and we<br />
cannot let them face this alone. The impact<br />
that coronavirus will have on our vulnerable<br />
children and families could be devastating.<br />
Haven House faces a serious crisis and we<br />
need the help of our community.<br />
We welcome the government’s<br />
announcement to pledge up to £200m to the<br />
UK’s hospice sector.<br />
Haven House is on the front line in providing<br />
care for some of the most vulnerable children<br />
in our local community. I would like to thank<br />
the Chancellor for recognising the vital role we<br />
play in supporting the NHS in its fight against<br />
COVID-19. Whilst we await details of precisely<br />
what this funding will mean to Haven House,<br />
we can say that these emergency funds will<br />
be essential to keep us going in the short<br />
term and enable us to continue providing<br />
a lifeline and specialist care to our children<br />
and families.<br />
We are determined to play our part and<br />
support the NHS at this critical moment, and<br />
are doing so through offering both beds and<br />
expertise, working closely every day with our<br />
NHS colleagues to ensure children at endof-life<br />
and in non-emergency situations but<br />
without COVID-19 can be swiftly transferred<br />
out of hospital to free up those beds.<br />
The funding is very welcome but does not<br />
mean we can become complacent in our<br />
appeal for funds. We are projecting a loss in<br />
income of around £500,000 in the next three<br />
months and the situation beyond then is<br />
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I would like to thank our supporters who<br />
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Haven House is located in Woodford<br />
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DD’s 41 st Woodford Diary<br />
Some South Woodford scribbles from DD,<br />
our resident diarist, commentator and<br />
observer of all things local<br />
I<br />
am self-isolating. Never heard of such<br />
an expression before. I suppose it’s not<br />
an entirely new phenomenon. Think of<br />
Simeon Stylites spending 37 years on a<br />
small pedestal on the top of a pillar near<br />
Aleppo in the fifth century AD, denying<br />
himself the blessing of human company.<br />
Similar to, but not the same as, solitary<br />
confinement forced upon you by others,<br />
often as a punishment. Our <strong>2020</strong> isolation<br />
is voluntary but forced on us by the threat<br />
of a disease no-one fully understands. Yet.<br />
I stood at least six feet away<br />
(sorry, I’m still not fully metric)<br />
I am, in fact, self-isolating with another self.<br />
He reads The Telegraph; I read the i newspaper.<br />
The political spectrum nicely spanned. Twice<br />
the number of brain-exercising crosswords.<br />
And double the dose of daily reading<br />
matter and the challenge of cheerfulness<br />
in this strange and uncertain environment.<br />
Unprecedented in my long lifetime, though<br />
my grandmother died in the great flu<br />
pandemic of 1918, leaving my mother as the<br />
oldest of four children at the age of nine.<br />
I ventured down to my newsagent, Webb’s,<br />
opposite the Odeon. Stood outside feeling<br />
embarrassed, foolish even, putting on a mask<br />
and blue plastic gloves. Opened the door to<br />
be received by welcoming gales of laughter<br />
from my friendly shopkeeper. I think I grinned<br />
too, but not visibly, for obvious reasons. I<br />
stood at least six feet away (sorry, I’m still<br />
not fully metric) and issued my request:<br />
“Could you deliver The Telegraph as well<br />
as the i from now on?” He was still<br />
trying to moderate his mirth as he<br />
reached for his ledger to emend<br />
the entry on my address page.<br />
“Will there be an extra cost?” “Yes,” another<br />
50p, to cover The Telegraph on Sunday. The i<br />
only comes out from Monday to Saturday.” He<br />
stood back as I crossed the floor to deposit the<br />
sheaf of subscriber vouchers on the counter.<br />
But he waved aside my purse: “I’ll let you know<br />
what you owe in due course.”<br />
Walking back home, I felt as if I’d mislaid<br />
normality. The spring blossom was just as<br />
beautiful, but my brief, cautious exchange<br />
with my newsagent, even in my mask and<br />
gloves, had seemed like a small treat. And<br />
another treat awaited me on the doorstep.<br />
Two bags containing groceries delivered<br />
by my next-door neighbours. Here was one<br />
of the upsides of our predicament as two<br />
persons squarely into the high-risk category.<br />
More hand-washing before we unpacked<br />
the contents. Not gold or frankincense or<br />
myrrh but nevertheless, items of far greater<br />
value than usual because they evidenced the<br />
kindness of others. Parsnips and small new<br />
potatoes, sugar snaps and pears. Easy-peel<br />
satsumas and Granny Smith apples. Semiskimmed<br />
milk. These most ordinary items had<br />
acquired a worth massively misrepresented by<br />
their modest price tags. Bounty in a recyclable<br />
Sainsbury’s plastic bag.<br />
From the serious to the comic: as a nation,<br />
we are supposedly famous for our sense of<br />
humour. The newspapers are full of gems: one<br />
correspondent to the Letters page reminded<br />
us that clocks go forward shortly. “Not sure<br />
how far forward but I think four months<br />
would be good,” he wrote. Another exponent<br />
of the comic art wrote: “I felt like Howard<br />
Carter must have done when he first gazed<br />
on the riches in the tomb of Tutankhamun: I<br />
visited Waitrose in Godalming where, in aisle<br />
five, what a sight met my eyes: stretching<br />
seemingly into the horizon was row upon<br />
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row, nine-pack upon nine-pack of<br />
the supermarket’s own brand, pure<br />
white, ultra-soft bathroom tissue.”<br />
Another commentator offered this<br />
instructive advice: “Noah only took<br />
two of everything when he<br />
went on the Ark. Please try<br />
to remember that when<br />
you go shopping.”<br />
This new ‘lifestyle’ has<br />
certainly pitchforked<br />
us into a place where<br />
there is vastly more<br />
time for reflection.<br />
It’s rather ironic that I had<br />
just mastered the use of the calendar app<br />
on my iPhone at the very time when all my<br />
joyfully laid plans for the year ahead<br />
have been cancelled. The electronic<br />
pages are all blank. I’m turning to<br />
books that have lodged comfortably side by<br />
side on my bookshelves for years (no social<br />
distancing for them!). Some either never read<br />
or well worth revisiting. While engaged in the<br />
same activity, my partner in isolation came<br />
upon a book entitled The Story of Sir Walter<br />
Raleigh. Inside it, an inscription indicating that<br />
it had been presented to him on Sports Day<br />
at Shenfield Primary School: first prize in the<br />
wheelbarrow race. “Someone else must have<br />
come first too,” he remarked. I had completely<br />
forgotten that the ‘wheelbarrow’ took the<br />
form of a classmate. I believe my children<br />
are presenting me with a Kindle on my very<br />
special birthday this month to ensure my<br />
stock of literature can never be exhausted.<br />
I can sense how easy it would be to distance<br />
oneself completely and not just physically<br />
from the rest of the world under the current<br />
restrictions. To focus only on our own feelings<br />
of deprivation. I think of my sister returning<br />
recently from her five-month stint working<br />
abroad and how the longed-for rolling<br />
out of the red carpet of welcoming hugs<br />
was out of the question. But I’m bound to<br />
admit that the challenge is far greater for<br />
families starting to restructure their days<br />
around home-learning and probably huge<br />
loss of earnings and the satisfaction of a job<br />
somewhere out there interfacing directly with<br />
colleagues. And nurses and doctors, transport<br />
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workers, those in<br />
government; the list<br />
is endless. As my son remarked (over the<br />
telephone): “I keep thinking we’ll all wake up<br />
and find it was a dream.” I have been thinking<br />
back to an extraordinary book I read and<br />
re-read some years ago, by Bryan Keenan: An<br />
Evil Cradling. It was his account of his time as a<br />
hostage in Beirut with John McCarthy, mostly<br />
in a dark underground room, often manacled<br />
together, daily facing the probability of<br />
execution. No books, no music. No colour. No<br />
sunshine. Both emerging after close on five<br />
years as sane and whole and even<br />
forgiving human beings, with their<br />
sense of humour miraculously<br />
intact. Think on these things when<br />
you feel low and anxious.<br />
I will tell you something: I am going<br />
to do my damnedest to be alive<br />
to write my next diary in two<br />
months’ time.<br />
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Wanstead needs you!<br />
The Wanstead Society is a group of volunteers dedicated to protecting and enhancing one of the most<br />
picturesque parts of London. We champion the conservation of our area’s heritage, and work to promote<br />
Wanstead and neighbouring Snaresbrook wherever possible.<br />
The Wanstead Society is a non-political organisation seeking to help our area by building constructive<br />
working relationships with those in power.<br />
Our main aims are to:<br />
• Work with the Council and planners to protect and enhance the character of Wanstead<br />
Wanstead is a lovely<br />
neighbourhood –<br />
• Encourage, support and promote the viability of the High Street and the<br />
local community<br />
• Take part in the Wanstead Festival and care for the Corner House Garden<br />
• Liaise with and lobby Councillors, GLA Members and MPs<br />
• Support local businesses<br />
but it’s constantly<br />
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Wanstead<br />
Anagram<br />
Puzzle<br />
WHERE IN WANSTEAD?<br />
The village sign<br />
has been<br />
replaced<br />
with the<br />
anagram of<br />
an important<br />
note of<br />
gratitude.<br />
Clue: Don’t be<br />
quiet when<br />
the clock<br />
strikes eight<br />
on Thursday.<br />
Answer on page 48<br />
Mind benders: 1) Upwardly mobile 2) Cut corners 3) Gold rush<br />
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anstead Park Wanstead & Wanstead Park & Wanstead Village Village<br />
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The River Roding has a long history<br />
of flooding causing devastating and<br />
widespread impacts to north-east<br />
London. With the impact of climate change,<br />
flooding is predicted to happen more<br />
frequently unless we act now. This project<br />
will reduce flooding to over 2,000 homes<br />
by 2080 and improve the resilience of<br />
businesses and infrastructure to flooding<br />
incidents in the Woodford and Ilford area.<br />
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we<br />
are continuing to deliver our flood risk<br />
management projects where it is safe for<br />
our teams and delivery partners to do so.<br />
The safety of our staff, partners and the<br />
communities we work in remains a priority for<br />
us. This includes undergoing critical activities<br />
to operate, maintain and develop key flood<br />
assets and respond during flooding events.<br />
In these difficult times, we will ensure that<br />
any work done will be within Public Health<br />
England’s guidelines.<br />
A great way to prepare for flooding is to<br />
create a personal flood plan, allowing you to<br />
have useful information ready to use in an<br />
emergency. This includes taking measures<br />
such as:<br />
• Preparing a bag of essential items to take<br />
with you if you have to leave your home,<br />
including medication, warm and waterproof<br />
clothing, phone chargers and important<br />
documents like passports, insurance<br />
documents and contact numbers. Keep this<br />
in a safe place!<br />
• Creating a checklist of things to do to<br />
protect your family, such as turning off the<br />
electricity and gas to prevent a fire.<br />
• Consider moving sentimental items<br />
upstairs.<br />
• Check your building and contents insurance<br />
policy covers flooding.<br />
• Look at the best way of stopping floodwater<br />
entering your property and how to<br />
use appropriate property protection<br />
products, such as flood barriers or air brick<br />
covers. A directory of these products is<br />
Flood Warning<br />
Codes<br />
Flood Alert<br />
Flood Warning<br />
Severe Flood Warning<br />
available from the National Flood Forum<br />
(bluepages.org.uk).<br />
• Make sure you understand the flood<br />
warning codes.<br />
You could also create a community flood plan<br />
to coordinate responses and to decide what<br />
practical action to take to support each other<br />
before, during and after a flood. Plans like<br />
these are great in helping the community get<br />
back on its feet after a flooding incident.<br />
If your property is at risk, you can sign up to<br />
get free flood warnings by phone, email or<br />
text message. This is beneficial as you will<br />
have time to prepare in case of a flooding<br />
incident and be able to warn your neighbours<br />
to help better protect your local community.<br />
We are always looking for local residents<br />
to be our eyes on the ground, checking<br />
and reporting on river levels and providing<br />
photographic evidence. If you are interested<br />
in getting involved, please get in touch.<br />
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47<br />
Floating<br />
IDEAS<br />
Rising at<br />
Molehill Green<br />
in Essex, the River<br />
Roding passes through<br />
the Wanstead and Woodford<br />
area en route to the Thames,<br />
bringing with it a very real<br />
flood risk to local homes. In<br />
the ninth of a series of articles,<br />
Laura Hepworth from the<br />
Environment Agency reports<br />
on the River Roding Project,<br />
which aims to reduce that risk.<br />
Photo by Geoff Wilkinson<br />
To find out if your property is a flood risk,<br />
visit swvg.co.uk/flood<br />
To register for flood warnings, visit<br />
swvg.co.uk/floodwarn<br />
To check the River Roding webcam, visit<br />
swvg.co.uk/rodingcam<br />
For more information on the River<br />
Roding Project, visit swvg.co/rrp or call<br />
0370 850 6506<br />
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<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
49<br />
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50 Wanstead Village Directory • South Woodford Village Gazette<br />
EMERGENCY LESSON<br />
The emergency action taken to combat coronavirus needs to be<br />
applied to other areas, like climate change and biodiversity destruction,<br />
says Councillor Paul Donovan (Wanstead Village, Labour)<br />
The coronavirus outbreak has turned<br />
life upside down across the world.<br />
It has brought unprecedented<br />
restrictions on normal life, forcing people<br />
to stay at home, distance and isolate.<br />
The present state we find ourselves in also<br />
shows people exactly what an emergency<br />
looks like. The whole workings of society have<br />
been mobilised to counter the threat of the<br />
virus. No business as usual, no waiting till the<br />
money is available to act – actions have been<br />
taken immediately; a matter of life and death.<br />
Many people have said life will never be the<br />
same once the virus has passed. This may be<br />
true; it should be true. There is, of course, the<br />
danger that things will return to business as<br />
usual, with this period being viewed as an<br />
aberration, unlikely to occur again for some<br />
time. It could also mean a doubling up of<br />
destructive processes to make up for the time<br />
lost during the crisis. This would be a very<br />
stupid position to adopt. Lessons need to be<br />
learned; life cannot go on as before.<br />
One of the positive developments coming out<br />
of the measures taken to counter the virus<br />
has been the drop in pollution and emissions<br />
– largely due to much of the environmentally<br />
damaging activity undertaken on a daily<br />
basis having stopped. The suggestion that in<br />
China far more people have not died due to<br />
cuts in pollution caused by the slowdown in<br />
economic activity than have due to the virus is<br />
somewhat revealing.<br />
Fish have returned to the waterways of<br />
Venice for the first time in decades. There<br />
are many other benefits that have come for<br />
the environment because the economic<br />
juggernaut has slowed, allowing the earth<br />
to breathe.<br />
Moving forward to the time after the virus,<br />
the same urgency applied to this emergency<br />
needs transferring to other threats facing<br />
humanity, like climate change, pollution and<br />
biodiversity destruction. The positives for<br />
addressing these issues for having several<br />
months of business not as usual need to be<br />
learned and built upon. The economic model<br />
must change and change quickly to one that<br />
promotes sustainable living and outlaws<br />
environmentally destructive practices.<br />
Government at all levels has seen an<br />
emergency and just what can be done to<br />
address it. Time to transfer the means and<br />
approach to environmental matters, not put<br />
them on the back burner to a day when things<br />
can be afforded.<br />
People will have learned much about<br />
themselves and ways of living over this period.<br />
Things will change, hopefully for the better.<br />
They certainly need to alter for the common<br />
good. If the coronavirus has taught nothing<br />
else, it must be the importance of living in<br />
harmony with nature and coming together to<br />
confront adversity at times of trouble.<br />
For information on Wanstead’s own<br />
environmental charter, visit wnstd.com/ec<br />
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Wanstead Community Hub<br />
FoodBank<br />
A new initiative in Wanstead<br />
Support<br />
is the @TinintheBinNet1<br />
network of foodbank<br />
collection points around the<br />
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town. We are supporting<br />
For a list of addresses,<br />
Redbridge Foodbank in<br />
visit wnstd.com/food<br />
collecting vital supplies<br />
for families in need.<br />
Alternatively you can<br />
Please help by donating<br />
make a cash donation<br />
non-perishable goods<br />
at: wnstd.com/tin<br />
into one of our bins.<br />
Help feed local people in crisis<br />
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<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
53<br />
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54 Wanstead Village Directory • South Woodford Village Gazette<br />
Seeds of Hope<br />
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is good for the environment<br />
and, during these times of isolation, it’s good for the soul as well, says<br />
Jennifer Hawkes of Wanstead Climate Action<br />
Grow Your Own, Dig for Victory! These<br />
ideas have been around for a long<br />
time and have played their part in<br />
our shared history. But, as I’m sitting here<br />
in self-isolation with the sun streaming<br />
through my windows, I’m struck by<br />
how much the idea of sowing seeds and<br />
growing food at home has to offer us at<br />
this point in history when we are facing a<br />
climate crisis, a deluge of plastic waste, a<br />
global pandemic and extreme isolation.<br />
The simple act of sowing seeds and growing<br />
food has its part to play in supporting<br />
individuals, communities and society to grow<br />
hope in the midst of these crises.<br />
As we face growing levels of carbon emissions,<br />
growing your own can reduce the carbon<br />
footprint of your fruit plate to almost zero.<br />
According to Mike Berners-Lee, in his book<br />
How Bad are Bananas, a garden-grown apple<br />
has a carbon footprint of zero, compared<br />
to 10g of greenhouse gasses caused by one<br />
locally grown apple and 150g per apple for<br />
those New Zealand apples sold in our local<br />
supermarkets. British grown strawberries<br />
have less than a tenth of the greenhouse gas<br />
emissions of their imported counterparts, and<br />
garden-grown strawberries again have none.<br />
Even growing a small amount of your own<br />
fruit and veg can reduce your family’s carbon<br />
footprint significantly.<br />
Pre-washed and packaged salad bags are<br />
a convenience food that has taken over<br />
vegetable shelves. Each bag is linked to 3g<br />
of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the<br />
pollution of our soils and oceans. There is<br />
no good way to dispose of plastic bags but<br />
we can use less of them! Growing your own<br />
lettuce leaves, rocket, herbs and salad is an<br />
The Crabtree family are creating<br />
raised vegetable beds in their<br />
garden on Overton Drive<br />
easy first step into the world of growing your<br />
own. And, with each harvest you enjoy, you<br />
reduce your plastic footprint.<br />
Growing fruit and vegetables is also good<br />
for the soul. In this time of isolation, growing<br />
plants provides a routine of tending,<br />
watering, harvesting and preparing. It gives<br />
individuals and families an opportunity to<br />
get outside and enjoy sunshine, exercise<br />
and activity. A glut of produce can be shared<br />
with neighbours and friends. Conversations<br />
can be had at safe distances over allotment<br />
boundaries or garden walls.<br />
If you’re tempted to try growing your own for<br />
the first time, some easy starter vegetables<br />
are salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, courgettes<br />
or runner beans. All of these can be grown in<br />
containers on a sunny balcony or in a cleared<br />
part of a garden.<br />
Give it a go and enjoy the benefits to you, your<br />
family and our larger world.<br />
For advice on how to grow your own fruit<br />
and vegetables, visit wnstd.com/gyo<br />
For more information on Wanstead<br />
Climate Action, visit wnstd.com/wca<br />
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<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
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<strong>May</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
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58 Wanstead Village Directory • South Woodford Village Gazette<br />
Building history<br />
In the first of two articles, Dr Colin Runeckles discusses his findings<br />
following research into a Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council<br />
building survey carried out in 1949<br />
While I was putting together<br />
my January talk on ‘Building<br />
Wanstead’, Sue Page at the<br />
Heritage Centre in Redbridge Central<br />
Library handed me an archive box and<br />
wondered whether I would be interested.<br />
Inside was a survey carried out after WWII<br />
about the condition of every building in the<br />
Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council<br />
area. The area that I have so far input into a<br />
spreadsheet – nearly 5,500 entries – covers<br />
Wanstead and Snaresbrook.<br />
The date of the survey appears to be late 1949.<br />
There are no building dates after 1949, and on<br />
the second from last page, there is a note to<br />
the effect that a Ministry of Labour camp on<br />
Wanstead Flats is “Now redundant at 27.10.49.”<br />
I haven’t managed to ascertain whether<br />
this survey was a local initiative or part of<br />
a national review. Although all buildings<br />
have an original or rebuilding date for those<br />
suffering excessive bomb damage, some<br />
of the older dates are dubious given other<br />
evidence, such as building plans or where<br />
they appear on old maps.<br />
What does it tell us about the damage to<br />
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Local community online<br />
AM PILATES<br />
Online classes for all levels, groups and<br />
private. Including pre- or post-natal exercise.<br />
Visit ampilateslondon.co.uk<br />
BABY SENSORY WANSTEAD<br />
Sensory classes for babies up to 13 months via<br />
Zoom. Including light shows and signing.<br />
Visit babysensory.com/wanstead<br />
BACH TO BABY<br />
Classical concerts for babies, now online.<br />
Visit bachtobaby.com<br />
CRESCENDO MUSIC ACADEMY<br />
Music and dance lessons for children and<br />
adults. Visit variationsdancestudio.co.uk<br />
DSP PERFORMING<br />
Acting, dancing and singing lessons for fiveto<br />
17-year-olds. Visit dsp-performing.org<br />
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Community groups during the<br />
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak<br />
Many local community groups<br />
and businesses are offering<br />
online meetings and activities<br />
during lockdown. A selection are<br />
reproduced here.<br />
GUITAR LESSONS ONLINE<br />
Guitar, bass, ukulele and music theory from<br />
Year 2 to adult. Visit wnstd.com/guitar<br />
JINGLEBOP<br />
Virtual music and movement classes for kids.<br />
Visit jinglebop.class4kids.co.uk<br />
KUMON<br />
Maths and English tuition online.<br />
Visit kumon.co.uk/south-woodford<br />
MONKEY MUSIC<br />
Music classes for children aged three months<br />
to four years. Visit monkeymusic.co.uk<br />
REDBRIDGE CLASSICAL DANCE<br />
Ballet classes online for children of all ages.<br />
Visit rcds-online.com<br />
REDBRIDGE MUSEUM<br />
A virtual tour the museum’s displays every<br />
Saturday at 11am, covering 200,000 years of<br />
Redbridge history. Visit wnstd.com/rmvirtual<br />
TUTOR DOCTOR LEYTON & WANSTEAD<br />
Online and tutoring for all subjects and ages.<br />
Visit tutordoctor.co.uk/leyton-wanstead<br />
WANSTEAD SOCIAL DISTANCE CLUB<br />
Talks and discussions with diverse speakers.<br />
Visit wansteadium.com<br />
WOODFORD GREEN SPEAKERS<br />
Improve your public speaking skills.<br />
Email woodfordgreenspeakers@gmail.com<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com / swvg.co.uk
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Da Silva Pearce School of Performing Art<br />
DSP<br />
PERFORMING<br />
Acting • Dance • Singing<br />
Principal: Michael Da Silva Pearce<br />
Centre Manager: Bianca Durand<br />
Saturday Academy Ages 5 - 17<br />
at Wanstead High School<br />
CLASSES ARE CURRENTLY BEING<br />
TAUGHT VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING.<br />
PLEASE ASK FOR DETAILS<br />
Visit www.dsp-performing.org<br />
for further information and to book a place<br />
E-mail: admin@dsp-performing.org<br />
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Useful numbers<br />
ADVICE & SUPPORT<br />
Samaritans116 123<br />
Citizens Advice Redbridge0300 330 9063<br />
Community Legal Advice0845 345 4 345<br />
National Debtline0808 808 4000<br />
HEALTH<br />
NHS 111111.nhs.uk or 111<br />
Whipps Cross Hospital020 8539 5522<br />
The Holly Private Hospital 020 8936 1199<br />
Spire London East Hospital020 3553 9455<br />
Wanstead Pharmacy020 8989 0597<br />
Wanstead Place Clinic020 8926 1450<br />
Wanstead Village Health Centre 020 8530 2126<br />
The Shrubberies Medical Centre020 8530 4108<br />
Glebelands Practice020 8989 6272<br />
South Woodford Health Centre 020 8491 3333<br />
Elmhurst Practice020 8491 3310<br />
The Broadway Surgery 020 8505 3204<br />
Southdene Surgery020 8530 3731<br />
POLICE & NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH<br />
Emergency 999<br />
Non-emergency101<br />
Crimestoppers0800 555 111<br />
Neighbourhood Watch redbridgenhw.info<br />
Safer Neighbourhoods Teams020 8345 3616<br />
REDBRIDGE COUNCIL<br />
Customer contact centre020 8554 5000<br />
Council Tax enquiries 020 8708 5670<br />
Report anti-social behaviour020 8478 4679<br />
UTILITIES<br />
Electricity (power cut)105<br />
Electricity emergency 0800 40 40 90<br />
Gas emergency0800 111 999<br />
Thames Water (report a leak) 0800 714 614<br />
LOCAL MPs<br />
Leyton and Wanstead<br />
John Cryer MP020 8989 5249<br />
Chingford and Woodford Green<br />
Iain Duncan Smith MP020 7219 3000<br />
Ilford North<br />
Wes Streeting MP020 3475 7901<br />
in the local area<br />
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak<br />
All local councillor surgeries and<br />
police contact points have been<br />
cancelled until further notice.<br />
Councillors and MPs can still be<br />
contacted for any local issues, but<br />
are dealing with increased casework.<br />
LOCAL COUNCILLORS<br />
Wanstead Village ward<br />
Jo Blackman07741 195 791<br />
jo.blackman@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Paul Donovan 07741 197 406<br />
paul.donovan@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Daniel Morgan-Thomas07741 194 993<br />
daniel.morgan-thomas@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Wanstead Park ward<br />
Sheila Bain020 8708 2092<br />
sheila.bain@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Paul Merry020 8708 2014<br />
paul.merry@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Churchfields ward<br />
Stephen Adams 07741 330 461<br />
stephen.adams@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Rosa Gomez07741 194 517<br />
rosa.gomez@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Clark Vasey07741 194 763<br />
clark.vasey@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
South Woodford ward<br />
Beverley Brewer 07741 329 779<br />
beverley.brewer@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Michael Duffell07741 196 006<br />
michael.duffell@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
Suzanne Nolan 020 8708 9609<br />
suzanne.nolan@redbridge.gov.uk<br />
To advertise, call 020 8819 6645 or visit wnstd.com / swvg.co.uk
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– Index of advertisers –<br />
ACTING<br />
DSP Performing 63<br />
AERIALS<br />
Aerials Direct 52<br />
BATHROOMS<br />
Bathworks41<br />
BUILDERS<br />
Darby & Finch Contracts48<br />
Glenward 59<br />
North London Loft Rooms7<br />
Trim Loft Conversions57<br />
CARPENTRY & JOINERY<br />
K&D Joinery19<br />
CARPET FITTER<br />
Geoffrey Gramlick48<br />
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES<br />
Crescendo Music Academy20<br />
DSP Performing 63<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 38<br />
Variations Dance Studio20<br />
CHILDREN’S CLOTHES<br />
Sid & Evie’s 6<br />
CLEANING<br />
Dyson Repair Man12<br />
Super Tidy17<br />
The Oven Wizard10<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
Coronavirus Support 3–4<br />
Tin In A Bin Network 52<br />
Wanstead Society44<br />
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE<br />
Computer Solutions 14, 38 & 62<br />
Problem Computers28<br />
CORONAVIRUS SUPPORT<br />
Community information 3–4<br />
John Cryer MP45<br />
Tin In A Bin Network 52<br />
CURTAINS & BLINDS<br />
Woodthorpe Joinery68<br />
DANCE<br />
DSP Performing 63<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 38<br />
Variations Dance Studio20<br />
DECORATORS<br />
MG Décor 56<br />
DOG TRAINING<br />
Colin’s K9 Training Services 32<br />
DOORS<br />
K&D Joinery19<br />
DRIVING INSTRUCTOR<br />
Woody’s School of Motoring 22<br />
ELDERLY CARE<br />
Homesdale 39<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
SW Radley Electrical Contractors 56<br />
ESTATE AGENTS<br />
Churchill Estates34–35<br />
Martin & Co15<br />
Petty Son & Prestwich33<br />
The Stow Brothers 65<br />
FISHMONGER<br />
Wanstead Fish51<br />
FLOORING<br />
Antique Wooden Floors28<br />
GARAGE SERVICES<br />
Woodbridge Autos29<br />
GARDENS & LANDSCAPING<br />
Gardens Of The Future 23<br />
PS Gardens51<br />
HAIRDRESSERS<br />
Hair 186 6<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
Dyson Repair Man12<br />
E18 Handyman16<br />
HOSPITAL<br />
The Holly Private Hospital 53<br />
KITCHENS<br />
My Dream Kitchen 55<br />
LOFTS<br />
North London Loft Rooms7<br />
Trim Loft Conversions57<br />
MUSIC<br />
Crescendo Music Academy20<br />
OFFICE CLEANING<br />
Super Tidy17<br />
OSTEOPATHS<br />
Wanstead Osteopaths49<br />
OVEN CLEANING<br />
The Oven Wizard10<br />
PERFORMANCE ART<br />
Crescendo Music Academy20<br />
DSP Performing 63<br />
Redbridge Classical Dance 38<br />
Variations Dance Studio20<br />
PEST MANAGEMENT<br />
GJB Pest Management21<br />
PILATES<br />
AM Pilates London 8<br />
POLITICS<br />
John Cryer MP45<br />
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE<br />
E18 Handyman16<br />
PSP HomeCare33<br />
RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS<br />
Liban Tapas2<br />
Robins Pie & Mash 67<br />
SHELTERED HOUSING<br />
Homesdale 39<br />
SHOES<br />
Sid & Evie’s 6<br />
SOLICITORS<br />
Edwards Duthie Shamash 11<br />
Thirsk Winton27<br />
Wiseman Lee LLP61<br />
TAKEAWAY FOOD<br />
Liban Tapas2<br />
Robins Pie & Mash 67<br />
TOYS<br />
Sid & Evie’s 6<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Scott Whitehead Trees44<br />
TUITION<br />
Kumon31<br />
MagiKats18<br />
WASTE DISPOSAL<br />
Arbis 38<br />
WILL WRITER<br />
Moneta Partnership13<br />
WINDOW SHUTTERS<br />
Woodthorpe Joinery68<br />
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