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ContentsFeaturesDiscovering Dickens ................ 12-13A tree is for life .....................................18Santa’s coming to town .................24Good with science .................... 30-31University of later life .......................38Caring for Wanstead ........................48Walking to health ..............................56

Puzzles & CompetitionsMind benders.......................................32Crossword ..............................................40Sudoku .....................................................60Lateral thinking ...................................62

Every MonthLocal news ...........................................6-7Wanstead map ............................ 44-45Community events ................... 64-65Community groups .................. 68-69Useful numbers ..................................69Index of advertisers ..........................70

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Welcome...Many of us will be turning our attention to the skies over Wanstead this month. Some may be on the look out for a certain annual red-suited visitor, but other stargazers will be contemplating the astronomical discoveries which were made by former local resident James Bradley. With observations made right here in Wanstead, in the 18th century, James Bradley was able to prove that the Earth orbits the Sun, something that had previously only been theorised. Dr John Fisher, curator of James Bradley and the Wanstead Astronomers – an exhibition currently on show at The Temple in Wanstead Park – outlines the story of Wanstead’s place in the history of science on pages 30-31.

James Bradley may not quite be a ghost of Christmas past, but Wanstead is certainly being visited by someone with a link to the Christmas spirits this month. Just over a week before the big day, the great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens will be giving a talk at Wanstead Library. Lucinda Dickens Hawksley – a writer herself – will be discussing her new book about the life and times of the world-renowned author and provides an outline of the lesser know aspects of Dickens’ life on pages 12-13 – a must read for anyone planning to indulge in A Christmas Carol this festive season.

Wanstead’s past and present may provide much to be grateful for, but for many of our local shops it is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come that may be the most frightening of all. The threat of closure to independent businesses in high streets across the country is well reported, and Wanstead is no exception, with the likes of Westfield Stratford City enticing people away from local traders. With this in mind, the Wanstead Village Directory, in partnership with Wanstead based marketing company WOW Consulting, has launched the Wanstead Village App, a free smartphone application that brings unique loyalty offers from local businesses direct to your mobile phone (see page 6) – a gift to you that will truly keep on giving.

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.



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This year we are hoping to raise £45k to fund the costs of one of our most experienced nurses for a year.

“Every year it costs £2.6 million to run Haven House Children’s Hospice. 70% of this needs to be raised through voluntary sources. This year Haven House has launched its Light up a Life Campaign to ask people from the local community to give as much as they can to help life limited children and their families.”

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Following the opening of Westfield Stratford City – one of Europe’s largest urban shopping centres – local traders have begun to feel the effects of reduced footfall on the high streets.

In South Woodford, businesses are fighting back with a ‘save our high street’ campaign, which will see many of South Woodford’s shops offer discounts in the run up to Christmas.

In Wanstead, a range of local businesses are looking to secure

the loyalty of local shoppers with the Wanstead Village App, a new smartphone application which

tracks local purchases in order to unlock rewards. The app, which is the brainchild of local marketing expert Jan

Willis, is launched this month in partnership with the Wanstead Village Directory and is free to download.

Supporting local businesses – there’s an app for that

The Wanstead Village Directory, in partership with local marketing company WOW Consulting, has created a brand new smartphone app, bringing you exclusive offers from local shops, restaurants and businesses.

To download the app just visit the new website at wansteadvillageapp.co.uk or scan in the Quick Response code to the left.

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Wanstead Festival 2012Next year’s Wanstead Festival may be timed to coincide with the end of the London 2012 Paralympic Games – which runs from 29 August to 9 September 2012 – in order to mark the end of Redbridge’s Olympic celebrations.

The London Borough of Redbridge has been awarded £50,000 from the Greater London Authority who are leading London’s 2012 ‘Look and Feel’ programme. Some of the money is expected to be spent on Olympic flags, banners and decorations for Wanstead High Street.

Staff and volunteers from Wanstead’s Oxfam Bookshop helped to raise £1,100 for the charity last month, following a quiz night at Leyton Sixth Form College.

It was the first public fundraising event to be organised by the newly formed East London Oxfam Fundraising Group.

Manager of the shop, Jill White, said: “The evening was great fun and we are thrilled that the group’s first event raised so much for Oxfam’s work to overcome poverty and suffering.”

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Have you downloaded the Wanstead Village mobile phone app yet?On your mobile phone you’ll be able to see at a glance all the current local offers. To unlock the offers all you have to do is check-in at the business concerned and scan a special QR (quick response) code into your phone, using the inbuilt QR code reader.

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A permit parking scheme will be introduced in three of Wanstead’s residential roads on an experimental basis for a period of twelve months, following the results of an earlier consultation on the issue which received sufficient public support. Residents

of Spratt Hall Road, Addison Road and Dangan Road will need to purchase parking permits as of February or March next year, when the trial is likely to get underway. A further consultation will take place before then to determine the days and hours when the restrictions will apply.

Safer Neighbourhood Team may be relocated

Detective Chief Superintendent Sue Williams, the Borough Commander of Redbridge, has confirmed that the Wanstead Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) may be relocated if suitable accommodation can be found. “Having met with local councillors

I agreed to look for a base that could house teams from Woodford and Wanstead in the west of the borough,” explained DCS Sue Williams. Many of the borough’s 21 SNTs share a sergeant and it is believed that moving to fewer bases will provide more effective supervision.

The Wanstead Parklands Community Project has been invited to make a bid under the Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Your Heritage’ programme – which offers grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 – following the success of previous lottery-funded work relating to Wanstead Park developments.

The decision follows a positive and constructive meeting with Epping Forest Superintendent Paul Thomson in September. The application is likely to be submitted early next year and will include plans for original research, including community archaeology.

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All over the world, people still read novels by Charles Dickens – school children curse him, university students enthuse

about him and those adults who return to his books, years after having been “put off him” at school, invariably end up loving him.

All my life I’ve been aware of the phenomenon that was – and still remains – Charles Dickens. I grew up with Dickens as part of my name, knowing that he was my great-great-great grandfather. I don’t remember ever being told about him specifically, he was just always there, especially at Christmas. I remember watching A Christmas Carol on television and being taken to see Oliver! at the theatre.

He was born Charles John Huffam Dickens in Southsea, Portsmouth. The name Huffam was after his godfather, Christopher Huffam, who ran a chandlery shop close to Canary Wharf. His parents

were John and Elizabeth Dickens. John worked as a payroll clerk for the Navy – an ironic job for a man who found it impossible to manage his own income. Much of Dickens’ childhood was spent avoiding rent collectors and bailiffs, moving house with regularity every time John Dickens couldn’t afford to pay the rent. Charles was the second of eight children and the oldest boy in the family.

In 1824 John Dickens was arrested for debt and taken to the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark. The rest of the family, except for Charles and his older sister Fanny, also moved into the debtors’ prison.

At the age of 12, Charles moved into a miserable lodging house on his own and worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory on the Strand, which made boot-blacking. He would never forget the misery of this time – but it was also a time that fired his imagination, encouraged him to make the most

Discovering DickensAlmost 200 years after his birth, the name of Charles Dickens remains globally famous – but although most people know about Dickens the novelist, fewer people know about Dickens the campaigning journalist, Dickens the celebrated actor or Dickens the amateur detective. These are all things highlighted in a new book by his great-great-great-granddaughter, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, who will be discussing the life and times of her distant relative at Wanstead Library this month

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of his very acute powers of observation and gave him a unique insight into human behaviour. These months of living in lodgings, walking between his boarding house, his work and to visit his family in prison, formed the basis for his fiction.

After his family were released from prison, Charles went back to school, but when he was 15 his father got into debt again and Charles left school and took the first job he could. He worked as a legal clerk and as a court reporter and began writing short stories and articles, signing up as a reader at the British Library. At this time, however, he was more keen to be an actor than a writer, longing to join a travelling theatrical company. He did secure an audition but had to postpone it due to illness. Soon afterwards, he started to gain recognition as a writer. Charles’ love of the theatre never left him and he acted in amateur and semi-professional productions throughout his life, he also wrote plays and directed productions.

The first work of his fiction ever seen in print was published for free. He submitted it to a magazine, unsolicited, and felt that seeing his name in print was payment enough (his opinion on that matter would soon change!). His first works were published under the pseudonym “Boz” (his youngest brother Augustus’ family nickname). These short stories, or “sketches of daily life”, proved so popular with the readers that he was commissioned to write more works. After Sketches by Boz, he wrote the hugely successful The Pickwick Papers (under his own name). His breakthrough book was Oliver Twist, which had even Queen Victoria talking about him. By the time he finished Nicholas Nickleby he was a household name.

Charles Dickens wrote 15 novels, but he also worked tirelessly as a journalist and magazine editor. He was extremely prolific and, just as the new film Anonymous enquires who really wrote Shakespeare, within a few years of Dickens’ death, newspapers were publishing articles entitled “Who wrote Dickens?” Journalists could not believe one person could have written so much – this was while several of his children were still alive, all of whom could attest to the fact that he genuinely did write all those articles and novels.

In his campaigning journalism, as well as in his novels, Dickens sought to improve the lives of those in poverty, need and ignorance. He despised the rigidity of the class system, the extreme poverty he witnessed around him every day, domestic violence, the favouring of sons over daughters, the deep and damaging stigma attached to illegitimacy, the lack of understanding about

basic sanitary needs (something about which he was passionate) and the paucity of education for impoverished children and adults. He worked with a number of London’s most important educational and social reformers, philanthropists and educators.

Dickens had 10 children with his wife Catherine (née Hogarth). Initially the marriage was happy, but by its end, in 1858, it had become a tragic situation, in which Dickens behaved with emotional cruelty. From contemporary reports, including those of his children, it seems Dickens was undergoing a severe mental breakdown which made him act differently and nastily. It was certainly not his finest hour and although for many years fans of Dickens glossed over it, he is now being judged for it very harshly.

In an embarrassingly clichéd fashion, the author left his wife after over 20 years of marriage because he had begun an affair with an 18 year old actress, Ellen Ternan. Shortly after his marriage breakdown his health began to deteriorate; his children were convinced he was working himself to death. On 9 June 1870 he died of a stroke. He was only 58 years old and had plans to do so much more, including a proposed tour of Australia (where two of his sons were living). He was in the middle of writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood when he died – making it perhaps the greatest mystery story ever written.

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley will be discussing her book Charles Dickens (published by Andre Deutsch, £30) at Wanstead Library on Friday 16 December at 7.15pm (£5). Call 020 8708 7400

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T H E L E B A N E S Enow twilights at the Bungalow Café

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After serving the community for over 50 years the Bungalow Café has just undergone an extensive

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STARTING WITH: Olives

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Fattoush (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mint, onion, radish, summac, toasted Lebanese bread topped with lemon and olive oil dressing)

Hommos (chip pea, lemon and garlic puree dip)

Baba Ghanouj (aubergine, lemon and garlic puree dip)

Tzatziki (yogurt blended with sliced cucumbers and garlic puree)

Tahine (sesame paste dip blended with garlic puree and lemon)

Falafel (chick pea based balls made with onions, parsley and garlic puree)

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FOLLOWED BY: Lounza Haloumi(served on warm pita bread)

Aspid Jesh (chicken liver made with garlic, lemon, special spices and f inished with a brandy f lambé)

ENDING WITH: Maqaneq (home-made charcoal-grilled Lebanese sausages)

Jawaneh (charcoal-grilled chicken wings marinated in a spicy Lebanese sauce)

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refurbishment and has redesigned its kitchen to cater for Lebanese food after the hours of 4pm.

The Bungalow Café49 Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead E11 2RQ






We will be serving Lebanese Meze

STARTING WITH: Olives

Tabbouleh (traditional Lebanese salad made of parsley, tomatoes, onions, bougouri rice, mint, seven spices, lemon and olive oil)

Fattoush (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mint, onion, radish, summac, toasted Lebanese bread topped with lemon and olive oil dressing)

Hommos (chip pea, lemon and garlic puree dip)

Baba Ghanouj (aubergine, lemon and garlic puree dip)

Tzatziki (yogurt blended with sliced cucumbers and garlic puree)

Tahine (sesame paste dip blended with garlic puree and lemon)

Falafel (chick pea based balls made with onions, parsley and garlic puree)


FOLLOWED BY: Lounza Haloumi(served on warm pita bread)

Aspid Jesh (chicken liver made with garlic, lemon, special spices and f inished with a brandy f lambé)

ENDING WITH: Maqaneq (home-made charcoal-grilled Lebanese sausages)

Jawaneh (charcoal-grilled chicken wings marinated in a spicy Lebanese sauce)

Shish Taouk (charcoal-grilled skewers of marinated chicken)

Kafta Meshwi (charcoal-grilled skewers of seasoned beef minced with onion and parsley)

*served with chips

(minimum 2 persons)

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S EVE BOOKINGS BEING TAKEN NOW

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Trees make great gifts for people of all ages, and if planted this time of year they should establish very well. Traditionally,

the best planting time for trees and shrubs is November to March, as this is when the plants are dormant and won’t ‘notice’ that they have been moved.

Planting a tree is a momentous occasion and it will hopefully bring years of pleasure to you, your family and your neighbours – as long as you plant the right type that is. Choosing the right variety is extremely important, so see below for my favourites, which should do well in most gardens:

z Malus ‘Royalty’: deep burgundy leaves, pink spring blossom and red fruits.

z Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’: ornamental silvery leaved weeping ornamental pear.

z Amelanchier arborea ‘Robin Hill’: white blossom, fruits, with great autumn colour.

z Malus trilobata: oak-like leaves, stunning red in autumn.

z Betula utilis ‘Jacquemontii’: a designer favourite, but short lived (50-60 years).

Tree huggers (as they used to be referred to) are thankfully no longer mocked, and the recent eco-movement has educated us to the benefits of planting trees, both for their environmental benefits and also their aesthetic appeal. Research shows that the presence of established trees can actually increase the value of the roads we live on, as well as making us feel generally healthier.

Plant only if the ground is not frozen or waterlogged. Soak the roots in water for 30 minutes while you dig a large square hole twice the width of the pot – no cheating here, as you’ll get caught out in years to come. Fork over the bottom of the planting hole and lower the tree to the bottom. Backfill, adding some bone meal and well rotted compost. Ensure the tree is planted no deeper than it was in its pot, and firm it down. Water, and attach to a wooden stake with a plastic tree tie – easy! So go on, give someone a tree this Christmas and you never know, it could be a present which lasts for generations.

A tree is for life …It’s true, a tree is a gift in more ways than one, but is it for life? Well, if you choose the right variety it could be, and we’re not talking Christmas trees here. Lee Bestall explains

Jobs for December: z Brush off any snow from conifers and structures, such as greenhouses.

z Make sure you feed the birds daily and give them fresh clean water.

z Order seeds and plug plants for next year.

z Tidy out the shed and clean propagation trays and pots.

z Sort through your old stored seeds and review the successes of the year.

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Ros and Joe Toller, both in their early 30s, are running 10km for Children’s Cancer Recovery Project, a programme run by

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The run was Ros’s idea; as a GP she has seen first hand how devastating a cancer diagnosis can be. “I saw the advert for the Santa run in the paper; what a great idea to get in the mood for Christmas and such a worthwhile cause. I was really moved reading all the thankyou messages on the website from the children and families Children’s Cancer Recovery Project supports – they do a great job. I am more than happy to run around in a Santa suit for a few hours if it helps create some happier Christmas memories for children and young people with cancer.”

“The support from Wanstead locals has been amazing,” adds Joe. “We have only lived here for less than a year and the training for the Santa run has been a good way of getting to know the neighbours, who have all been amazingly friendly and supportive to us since we moved here.”

Both Ros and Joe admit that they aren’t fitness enthusiasts, but they created their own training programme for the run and stuck to it. Joe said that he was surprised about how much he now enjoys running. “I wasn’t keen at first – I am no couch potato but getting up early and running in the cold isn’t my thing. I got into it though and I am now hoping to get a fast time for the circuit on the day. A statistic that I read on Cancer Recovery’s website is that many cancers could be avoided by making healthier lifestyle choices. That struck a cord with

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Ros and Jo will be running with Hugs the bear as their mascot. The Children’s Cancer Recovery Project have made Hugs, who features in their logo, into a cuddly toy and will be sending him out in hospital gift bags this Christmas – a Hugs for a hug. They will also be launching the Hugs range of bears online with proceeds from sales supporting the gift bag programme.

Santa’s coming to townWanstead couple Joe and Ros Toller are just two of a cast of thousands of Santas who will be running at the annual DoItforCharity Santa Run in Greenwich Park this month. Claire Trevethan, from the Children’s Cancer Recovery Project, tells their story

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After I married my wife in her home village of Sherborne, in the Windrush Valley in the Cotswolds, I soon learned

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I decided to write a biography of Bradley myself. However, my only acquaintance with the history

of science was as an undergraduate of the Open University, so I wrote to an academic in

Cambridge. I was met with much kindness and support and was helped by some

of the country’s leading historians of science. My years of research at

Cambridge University Library and at the Bodleian Library in Oxford led to working for a master’s degree at Imperial College, followed by a doctorate on the work of Bradley.

After many years of work I realised that the remarkable achievements of Bradley at Greenwich, Oxford and initially at Wanstead had never been fully recognised. He is one of the great unsung heroes of science. In his own lifetime he was recognised as the finest astronomer on Earth. After his death in 1762 the then director of the Paris Observatory asserted

that Bradley’s discoveries of the aberration of light and of the

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discoveries of the 18th century.

Most people walk past the Co-op in Wanstead and barely give it a second glance, yet on that site there once stood a modest house in which a series of observations were made which transformed the worldview of modern science. Dr John Fisher, curator of an astronomy exhibition currently on show at The Temple in Wanstead Park, outlines the work of a local unsung hero of science


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It is easy to understand why Bradley’s achievements have not been widely acknowledged, for his discoveries demand some understanding of astronomical technicalities, but the consequences of his discoveries made in that modest dwelling on the site of the present Co-op were far reaching. The first, the aberration of light, made in 1728, was the first universally accepted observational evidence of the motion of the Earth.

Ask most people with any interest in the subject at all who first proved that the Earth revolved around the Sun and the answers usually swing between Copernicus and Galileo. In truth both men conjectured that the Earth moved, and indeed Galileo was put on trial by the Holy Inquisition for asserting it. By the following century most astronomers believed that the Earth revolved around the Sun but no one was able to prove it. It was Bradley working with his suspended telescope at his aunt’s house in Wanstead who discovered the phenomenon that established once and for all that the Earth did indeed move.

The aberration of light is difficult to explain without using technicalities. Over the years I have used the expedient of an umbrella to show people how aberration works. Imagine rain falling vertically on a windless day. You hold your umbrella directly over your head. However, if you walk you will have to tilt your umbrella forward. The faster you move the greater the tilt. As the Earth moves around the Sun light from the stars is likewise ‘slanted’ just in the same way as rainfall appears to be slanted as you walk into the rain. What Bradley discovered is that every object in the sky is shifted in the direction the Earth moves as it travels around the Sun, every star travelling in an annual ellipse. Stars shift their position by up to 40 seconds of arc a year.

Bradley’s discovery of the nutation of the Earth’s axis was even more remarkable. As the Moon revolves around the Earth the plane of its orbit is tilted 8 degrees from the plane of the Earth’s equator. The Earth is slightly oblate, wider at the equator than across the poles. The Moon tugs at the Earth’s equator causing the Earth to wobble. The technical term to describe this wobble is nutation. It is a tiny movement amounting to less than a second of arc a year. Yet

remarkably, Bradley observed it for twenty years before publishing his discovery paper in 1748. It established the accuracy of Newton’s universal law of gravitation with a degree of precision previously undreamed of.

In his work in Wanstead, Bradley established the truth of the Copernican theory which Galileo had been placed on trial for supporting. He firmly established the truth of Newton’s physics within the limits of what could be observed at that time. Bradley’s lectures on experimental philosophy at Oxford are the finest on Newtonian science during the 18th century. I am presently working on these lectures together with a notebook written by one of his students in 1754. Whilst Bradley worked at Wanstead and taught in Oxford he also reformed and re-equipped the Royal Observatory and made the finest series of observations of the entire century.

The Wanstead Astronomers exhibition is free to attend and runs until 9 January 2012 at The Temple in Wanstead Park from 10am to 3pm on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. For more information, call the Epping Forest Visitor Centre on 020 8508 0028. To find out more about astronomy in general, the North East London Astronomical Society meet at Wanstead House on the third Sunday of every month, call 020 8550 6549 for details.

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U3A. An annual membership fee applies, but this is kept as a low as possible to facilitate membership for retired people.

For the cost of your annual membership you get: access to the local U3A monthly meetings (programme of speakers to be announced); regular newsletters from both the W&W U3A and the National U3A office; as well as access to as many interest groups as you can fit into your time. You can also offer to become a group convener if there is a group you would like to start that is not currently offered. The groups we will be launching with include: boules; bridge; card making; cooking for one; creative writing; enjoying opera; IT for beginners; local walks; Rummikub; scrabble; scrapbooking; singing for fun; and Spanish.

Is there something you could offer or would like to do? Then why not come along to the meeting and find out what the U3A is all about and see how you can participate.

University of Later LifeThere are no age restrictions when it comes to learning, explains Karen Laverock, Chairman of a new local branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A), which launches in the New Year

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From April 2012, the care home will welcome the public into its new activity centre, which will house an internet resource room, library, training room, hair salon and spa, with most services free to use. The centre’s training room will also be used to provide NVQs and diplomas, also open to the general public.

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Most of the care home’s staff – 40 employees – have worked for the family business for years. “Many of our nurses started off as trainees and have since completed their qualifications on-the-job,” she continues. “The home houses the Centre for Health and Social Care Qualifications, a registered City & Guilds centre, as well as having links with the University of Hertfordshire, the University of Buckinghamshire and the Open University, which gives us the opportunity to train our staff formally.”

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Cambridge Nursing Home operates an open-door policy, where visitors are encouraged to come regularly, even if just for five minutes. “Because the majority of our service users are from north and north-east London, most visitors come to the home every day,” says Tayvanie. “By improving the facilities, we hope the home will become even more welcoming, and encourage visitors to do more with the service users.”

While Tayvanie admits that the changes in the care home have been disruptive for staff, service users and visitors, she hopes the positive outcomes and better service will make it worthwhile. “I really want to thank all the staff for all their support. They’re part of the fabric of the home, what makes Cambridge Nursing Home special. We really want to help as many people in the community as possible, whether they’re service users or locals. These are exciting times for Wanstead,” she concludes.

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Cambridge Nursing Home is located at 61 Cambridge Park, Wanstead, E11 2PR. For more information, call 020 8989 1175 or visit www.cnhnursing.co.uk


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Walking to Health walks in Wanstead started just over a year ago, initially due to the members of the Wanstead

Place Surgery Patient Participation Group. It was agreed that I would undertake the two-day training course – which was run by the Redbridge Sport and Physical Activity Team at Fairlop Waters – in order to carry out this activity. The first day covered the organisational side of a health walks, with practical tests, followed by a certificated first aid course on the second day. Recently I have been joined by Sam Wesil, which will enable the walks in Wanstead to develop. We are both volunteers and enjoy walking and seeing others develop.

Our walks are free, with people joining us to improve their health, reduce the risk of various medical conditions, learn about the local area or just to have a chat with fellow walkers. “The walk encourages and gives the incentive for people to walk and socialise” says Connie, a member of the group.

For slower and less-able walkers, including those who use mobility aids, we operate a short walk around the war memorial in Wanstead High Street and then, depending on ability, around Christchurch Green.

For stronger walkers, we often start by walking around Christchurch Green and continue on for up to one hour. Places we have walked to recently include: beyond Eagle Pond; South Woodford; The Temple in Wanstead Park; and Leytonstone. Some people who join us also belong to other groups, such as U3A, Redbridge Ramblers or West Essex Ramblers. This is always useful as we get to know what is happening in other groups in the area.

Walking is actually in my blood as my mum is in charge of the Havering U3A rambling group, my dad participates in Monday morning walks and my mother-in-law attends the U3A walks around London. I am asked every week how the walk went, how many people attended and if specific people came along.

There are many other walking groups providing an assortment of walks within the Redbridge area. Walking to Health itself also offers other walks of various grades at different locations, including walks in Wanstead Park and Fairlop Waters.

I am supported centrally by the Sport and Physical Activity team who are based at Wanstead Leisure Centre. I send in our weekly registers and details of any new walkers. Apart from keeping records up to date, they also develop new walks, train new walk leaders and advise of new initiatives for walking activities in general.

The Walk to Health group meet every Saturday at 10.30am outside Wanstead Place Surgery, 45 Wanstead Place, Wanstead. All walks are free of charge. Participants are asked to arrive earlier for their first walk. Call Vision/Redbridge Council’s Sport and Physical Activity team on 020 8708 0952 for more information on this and other walks in the Redbridge area.

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Wanstead Methodist Church & Wanstead United Reformed

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Christmas ServicesSUNDAY 18 DECEMBER

4.00 p.m. CAROL SERVICE (Joint Service)

SATURDAY 24 DECEMBER4.00pm NATIVITY SERVICE (Methodist)

11.15pm EVENING WORSHIP WITH HOLY COMMUNION (Joint Service)

SUNDAY 25 DECEMBER10.00am FAMILY SERVICE (Joint Service)

Christmas Eve - 24th December 5.00 p.m. Children’s Mass

7.00 p.m. First Mass of Christmas11.30 p.m. Carols

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Christmas Day - 25th December 9.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. Mass

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Christ Church, Wanstead PlaceChristmas Eve 16.30: Crib service with carols 18.00: Family Eucharist with carols 23.30: Midnight Mass with carols

Christmas Day 08.00: Said service at Christ Church

St Mary’s, Overton DriveSunday 18 December 18.30: A service of lessons and carols

Christmas Day 11.00: Family communion with carols

For more information or to find out about baptisms or marriage contact the Revd Liz Horwell on 0203 556 4853 or visit our website: www.parishofwanstead.org

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ViNTagE FaShioN aND broCaNTE Fair

Date: Saturday 3 December Time: 9.30am to 4pm Venue: Christ Church Hall, Wanstead Place Enquiries: www.lovevintage.co.uk

WaNSTEaD high SChool PTa book SalE

New and used books from £1. Bring your own bag. Date: Saturday 3 December Time: 2pm to 4.30pm Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road

WaNSTEaD FarmErS’ markET

In addition to the usual farmers’ market stalls, sustainable transport charity Sustrans will also be offering free bike servicing, electronic bike security tagging and local cycling advice.Date: Sunday 4 December Time: 10am to 3pm Venue: Wanstead High Street Enquiries: www.essexfarmersmarkets.co.uk

WaNSTEaD & WooDForD CENTENary Film Club

A screening of London River (2009). Date: Monday 5 December Time: 12 noon Venue: Odeon Cinema, South Woodford Cost: The cinema’s usual charges will apply Enquiries: [email protected]

ChriSTmaS FloWEr arraNgiNg

A mince pie awaits you at the Leyton and Wanstead Flower Club’s Christmas meeting.Date: Tuesday 6 December Time: 7.30pm Venue: The Quaker Meeting Hall, Bush Road Cost: £4 Enquiries: 020 8524 6526

auThor Talk aT WaNSTEaD library: marTiN bEll

Martin Bell – ‘the man in the white suit’ – will be discussing his new book of poetry.Date: Friday 9 December Time: 7.15pm to 9.15pm Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road Cost: £5 Enquiries: 020 8708 7400

PaST aND PrESENT aNTiquES aND CraFTS Fair

Date: Saturday 10 December Time: 10am to 4pm Venue: Christ Church Hall, Wanstead Place Cost: £1 Enquiries: [email protected]

ChriSTmaS PoETry morNiNg

Date: Saturday 10 December Time: 11am to 1pm Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Overton Drive Enquiries: 020 3556 4853

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A presentation by Sarah Obermuller-Bennett.Date: Saturday 10 December Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green Cost: £3 Enquiries: 020 8989 3693

SouTh WEST ESSEX Choir ChriSTmaS CoNCErT

Including Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols, audience carols and instrumental items. In aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.Date: Saturday 10 December Time: 7pm Venue: Christ Church, Wanstead Place Cost: £10, (under 16s: £3) Enquiries: 01277 219 853


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ThE FloWErS oF ThE WaNSTEaD arEa

A presentation by local naturalists.Date: Monday 12 December Time: 7.30pm Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green Cost: £2.50 (Wren Group members: £1) Enquiries: 0208 989 3243

ToNy STaCE CoNCErT aT WaNSTEaD library

An East London & Essex Organ Society event including free mince pies and teas.Date: Wednesday 14 December Time: 7.50pm to 10.15pm Venue: Wanstead Library Cost: Members: £5, guests: £7, under 16’s: £1 Enquiries: 020 8530 3717

WaNSTEaD SaFEr NEighbourhooD TEam

An outdoor meeting that any member of the public can attend to raise local policing issues.Date: Wednesday 14 December Time: 7.30pm Venue: Redbridge Lane West, Wanstead Enquiries: 020 8721 2796

auThor Talk: luCiNDa DiCkENS haWkSlEy

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley will be discussing her new book on her distant relative, Charles Dickens.Date: Friday 16 December Time: 7.15pm to 9.15pm Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road Cost: £5 Enquiries: 020 8708 7400

a lEiSurEly Walk arouND WaNSTEaD Park

A six mile walk organised by the Redbridge Ramblers. Non-members are welcome to try one or two walks before joining.Date: Saturday 17 December Time: 10.30am Venue: Meet at Leytonstone station (Church Lane) Cost: Free Enquiries: www.redbridgeramblers.org.uk

ThE SParklE Fair: arT, DESigN aND CraFTS

Local children’s book illustrator Jeanette Cole will be signing copies of her book, Hippy the Happy Hippopotamus! Date: Saturday 17 December Time: 11am to 4.30pm Venue: Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road Cost: Free entry Enquiries: 020 8989 9881

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Children aged between five and 14 will present their version of the classic Dickens’ story.Date: Saturday 17 December Time: 11.30am Venue: Wanstead House, 21 The Green Cost: Free Enquiries: 0151 336 4302

FaThEr ChriSTmaS aT ThE TEmPlE, WaNSTEaD Park

Date: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 December Time: 12 noon to 3pm Venue: The Temple, Wanstead Park Cost: £6.50 per child Enquiries: 020 8508 0028

WrEN grouP WaTEr birD CouNT

You don’t have to be an expert in identifying birds to join these walks. Date: Sunday 18 December Time: 10am Venue: Meet at refreshment kiosk, Wanstead Park Cost: Free Enquiries: 020 8539 1560

ChriSTmaS Carol SErViCE aT ST mary’S ChurCh

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ChriSTmaS EVE aT ChriST ChurCh

Crib service at 4.30pm, family Eucharist at 6pm and Midnight Mass from 11.30pm.Date: Saturday 24 December Time: From 4.30pm Venue: Christ Church, Wanstead Place Enquiries: 020 3556 4853

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Call: 0208 530 4648 (Tues – Sun between 10am -5pm)www.aldersbrookriding.co.uk

in Wanstead on Spratt Hall RdOur services include Residential Sales &


Independent estate Our services include Residential Sales &



After serving the community for over 50 years the

LANCASTER’S

HOME & GARDEN


DABORACONWAYSpecialists in sales, lettings & property management

Est. 1991

Wanstead020 8989 1234 South Woodford020 8530 7200

9 High Street, Wanstead E11 2AA121 George Lane, South Woodford E18 1AN

CHANGE IS INEVITABLE

But as we do... you can rest assured

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changes with the times whilst still

retaining traditional values

VENDORS & LANDLORDS

We are still offering NO VAT on

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the fi rst six months commission

on all new letting instructions

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Why not book a private lesson with a professional make-up arti st!

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evenings, or weekends

lessons and holiday activitiesLessons daytime,Lessons daytime,evenings, or weekends evenings, or weekends



Christmas Set MenuTuesday - ThursdayFrom 12pm - 14:30

Two Course Lunch £16.95Three Course Lunch £19.95From 18:00

Two Course Dinner £19.95

Three Course Dinner £24.95Available 1st December


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Christmas Set MenuTuesday - ThursdayFrom 12pm - 14:30

Two Course Lunch £16.95

From 12pm - 14:30Two Course Lunch £16.95

From 12pm - 14:30Three Course Lunch £19.95Two Course Dinner £19.95

Three Course Dinner £24.95



No need to audition or to read musicWe welcome singers of all abilities who would like to sing with others, learn great music and have fun



On Tuesday evenings starting January 10th 2012from 7.45pm to 9.30pm at Wanstead High SchoolRedbridge Lane West, E11 2JZ


No need to audition or to read musicWe welcome singers of all abilities who would like to sing with others, learn great



Tuesday evenings starting January 10th 2012from 7.45pm to 9.30pm at Wanstead High SchoolRedbridge Lane West, E11 2JZ

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MON to SAT: 10am – 6pm & SUN: 11am – 4pm

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mail: [email protected]: 020 7998 4729

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WOODTHORPEJOINERY

your local supplier of beautiful blinds and wooden shutters

Wanstead • London • T: 0203 589 4879 • www.wjoinery.co.ukOpen 8am-8pm, Mon to Fri • 8am-12 noon, Sat

From bay windows to patio doors and conservatories, our woodenshutters and blinds will add style and elegance to your home.

For a free, no obligation quotation, call now on 0203 589 4879 or email [email protected]

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Whilst Christmas is traditionally when we swap gifts, eat too many mince pies and sing carols it is also for many a time when the loss of a loved one is felt the most.

This is why, together with the actor Ray Winstone, a Patron of Haven House, we are asking people to donate to our campaign and thus make a significant difference to the children and families who receive care and support from Haven House.



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This is why, together with the actor Ray Winstone, a Patron of Haven House, we are asking people to donate to our campaign and thus make a significant difference to the children and families who receive care and support from



www.justgiving.com/havenhouseLUALor for a donation form/payment by card

Celebrate Christmas in your traditional local pubThe Nightingale

Good food 7 days a week

Parties catered for

All-day Big Breakfast from 9.30am

4 new limited edition real ales

Quiz night every Tuesday

Traditional Irish music session

every Wednesday

51 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, E11 2EY

Tel: 020 8530 4540

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51 Nightingale Lane, Wanstead, E11 2EY

The Nightingale

Get your baby’s first impressions

forever with hand and footprints.

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Good, messy, family fun!

Make the perfect personalised

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wide range of ceramics from

mugs and plates to baubles

and picture frames.

Keep the kids entertained,

have a bite to eat [including

our homemade cakes!] and

unleash you inner artists.

Evening craft workshops are

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have a bite to eat [including

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Document StorageProtect your assets for your family

For a free consultation at home phone:

020 8491 8396 or email

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1 Chigwell Road • South Woodford • London E18 1LR

Stocks a wide range of products from sand, sheet

materials, plaster, plumbing accessories, painting and

decorating products, tools, ironmongery & much more.

A bespoke joinery service is also available offering made

to measure doors, timber windows and garden gates.


Now iN stock: coal, rock

salt aNd wiNter esseNtials

OPENING HOURS:

Mon to Fri 8aM - 5pM • Sat 10aM - 4pM


020 8530 4453

Stocks a wide range of products from sand, sheet

materials, plaster, plumbing accessories, painting and

decorating products, tools, ironmongery & much more.

A bespoke joinery service is also available offering made

to measure doors, timber windows and garden gates.


Now iN stock: coal, rock

salt aNd wiNter esseNtials

OPENING HOURS:

Mon to Fri 8aM - 5pM • Sat 10aM - 4

Wanstead and Woodford Local GroupAre you concerned about environmental issues? Would you like to make a real difference?Then come along to the next meeting of Wanstead

& Woodford Friends of the Earth. We are a friendly group of local people, actively involved in

campaigning on local and national environmental issues, and we welcome newcomers!Next meeting: Thursday 15th December, 7.30pm

at The Nightingale Pub, Wanstead E11 2EYwww.foe.co.uk/groups/wansteadTel: 07747 014 235THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL

WansteadWanstead Village DirectoryVillage Directory

ADVERTISING IN THEWANSTEAD VILLAGE DIRECTORY WILL GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS LOUD AND CLEAR

Since advertising in this publication we have had a great

response from the customers we want to work with. We will

continue to market our shutters and blinds in the Wanstead

Village Directory”Gareth Browne, Woodthorpe Joinery Ltd


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East London Showroom: North West London Showroom: 708 Lea Bridge Road 5 The Market Place Leyton Falloden Way London Hampstead Garden Suburb E10 6AW NW11 6LB

0800 018 5654 0800 018 5658

www.MyDreamKitchen.co.uk

My Dream KITCHEN

Kitchen Specialist

Looking for your dream kitchen?

Then come to My Dream KITCHEN

In Leyton, East London.

A Kitchen is for life….not just for Christmas!

“EAST Is

BEST”

Photos of real kitchens

“Merry Christmas!

& a Happy

New Year”



arT grouP WaNSTEaD For local professional and amateur artists and craft designers. Promotes local art classes, groups and events, and will organise this year’s Art Trail Wanstead. Membership is free. For details of meetings and fairs upstairs at The George, Wanstead visit www.artgroupwanstead.com

WaNSTEaD TraNSiTioN iNiTiaTiVE A group of people who are passionate about creating a more connected and self-reliant community and who are actively addressing the twin challenges of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Visit www.transitionwanstead.org.uk

aCaCia buSiNESS ForumA local and independent business networking group with evening meetings once a fortnight at The Nightingale, Wanstead. £15 per meeting which includes drinks and food for the evening. No joining fee. Visit www.acaciabusinessforum.co.uk

EPPiNg ForEST ouTDoor grouPSocial group for people who like walking, cycling, camping and other outdoor activities. Evening meetings held every Thursday at ROVSCO Hall in Snaresbrook. Visit www.efog.org.uk

NCT rEDbriDgERun by local parents offering support, information and friendship to new parents and parents-to-be. Call 0844 243 6247

WaNSTEaD WEaThe Workers’ Educational Association is the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult learning. The Wanstead branch run a wide range of courses at Wanstead House. For more information visit www.london.wea.org.uk/wanstead

WaNSTEaD & WooDForD CENTENary Film ClubFormed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the WEA. Meets on the first Monday of each month (except August), 12.30pm at the Odeon Cinema, South Woodford (the cinema’s usual charges apply). Download the programme at www.london.wea.org.uk/wanstead

WaNSTEaD houSEActivities for all ages. Call 020 8989 3693 or visit www.wansteadhouse.co.uk

WaNSTEaD briDgE ClubEvery Thursday, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Wanstead House. New members with a knowledge of Acol are welcome. Call 020 8530 2974

alDErSbrook TENNiS ClubAll year round social tennis sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30pm. New members welcome. Visit www.aldersbrooktennisclub.com

FriDay SoCial ClubEvery Friday, 8pm to 10.30pm at Wanstead House. A varied programme including table games, quizzes, horse racing nights and local theatre trips. New members welcome. Call 020 8500 7507

WaNSTEaD WomEN’S iNSTiTuTETalks and workshops on the third Thursday of every month, 8pm at Christ Church Hall, Wanstead Place. All women over the age of 18 are welcome (fees apply). Visit www.wansteadwi.weebly.com

NorTh EaST loNDoN aSTroNomiCal SoCiETyThird Sunday of every month (except August), 3pm to 6pm at Wanstead House. Regular guest speakers. Call 020 8550 6549

CollEgE amaTEur oPEraTiC SoCiETy (CaoS)Musical society based at Waltham Forest College. Rehearsals take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30pm to 10pm. If you enjoy singing and/or dancing, call 020 8539 9474 or for more information visit www.collegeoperatic.co.uk

WaNSTEaD CENTral boWlS ClubRoll-ups from 2pm daily (April to September) at Wanstead Central Bowls Club, Nutter Lane, Wanstead. Call 020 8989 0136

lEyToN & WaNSTEaD FloWEr ClubMonthly flower arranging demonstrations on the first Tuesday of every month, 7.45pm at Wanstead Quaker Meeting House, Bush Road. Cost: £4. Call 020 8524 6526

WooDForD aND DiSTriCT Floral arraNgEmENT grouPA guest floral demonstrator, raffle and refreshments every third Monday of the month, 7.30pm at Wanstead Library. Cost: £4. Call 020 8530 2427

Community groups


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CouNTiES rESiDENTS’ aSSoCiaTioNThe CRA is a non-party-politcal and non-sectarian organisation, founded in 2006, which represents the interests of the residents of the Counties Estate and neighbouring roads in Wanstead. www.countiesresidentsassociation.org.uk

alDErSbrook VoiCEA tenants’ committee aiming to give the Aldersbrook Estate a voice in the decisions that are made by both Redbridge and Newham council. Visit www.aldersbrookvoice.com

ChaPEl END SaVoy PlayErSOperatic and dramatic group specialising in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan – especially the Savoy Operas. New members welcome (all voices and levels of expertise) – subject to a short audition. Rehearsals are on Tuesdays from 8pm to 10pm at St. John’s Church, Walthamstow. Call Jackie on 0785 2928287 or visit www.cesp.org.uk

WaNSTEaD aND SNarESbrook roTary Club Every Thursday at the County Hotel, Oak Hill, Woodford Green. Ladies and gentlemen are welcome. For meeting times, call 020 8989 2701

WaNSTEaD SoCiETyAn independent, non-political organisation that works to protect and improve the local area. The committee meet the last Wednesday of every month, in Wanstead House from 7.45pm onwards. Visit www.wansteadsociety.org.uk

WaNSTEaD & WooDForD ChESS ClubEvery Tuesday, 7.30pm to 10.30pm at Wanstead House. All standards of players welcomed. Call Philip on 07949 881 881

alDErSbrook FamiliES aSSoCiaTioNA non-political group which arranges events to encourage the social life of the local community in Aldersbrook. Visit www.aldersbrook.info

iNSTiTuTE oF aDVaNCED moToriSTSPolish up your driving skills and help to improve road safety. Call 020 8550 2454

WaNSTEaD hiSToriCal SoCiETyEvery third Thursday of the month from September to May, 8pm at Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead. Cost: £3. Call 07949 026212

Useful NumbersHealtHNHS Direct ��0845 4647Whipps Cross Hospital��020 8539 5522Emergency Dentist ��020 8554 9865Wanstead Pharmacy ��020 8989 0597Wanstead Place Clinic ��020 8926 1450Wanstead Village Dental & Health Centre ��020 8530 2126

utilitiesElectricity - Power Loss ��0800 028 0247Gas - Emergency ��0800 111 999Thames Water ��0845 9200 800

policeWanstead Police Station ��0300 123 1212Wanstead Safer Neighbourhoods Team ��020 8721 2796Snaresbrook Safer Neighbourhoods Team ��020 8721 2561

council & local mpRedbridge Council ��020 8554 5000Leyton and Wanstead Labour Party ��020 8989 5249

leisure & librariesWanstead Leisure Centre ��020 8989 1172Sylvestrian Leisure Centre ��020 8509 6526Schools Plus (Hall Hire) ��07850 048 218Wanstead Library ��020 8708 7400Aldersbrook Library ��020 8496 0006

advice & supportSamaritans ��08457 90 90 90Citizens Advice Bureau ��020 8988 9620Community Legal Advice ��0845 345 4 345Alcoholics Anonymous ��0845 769 7555National Debtline ��0808 808 4000

veterinaryGoddard Veterinary Group ��020 8989 7744RSPCA ��0300 1234 555



aErialSAerials Direct ��50

arChiTECTST-Space ��22-23

arT & FramiNgImages In Frames ��36-37

bEauTyThe Body Clinic �� 5

CarPENTErHinson & Co ��42

ChariTiESBarnardo’s Charity Shop ��45British Heart Foundation ��45Haven House Children’s Hospice�� 4Oxfam Bookshop ��45

ChurChESGrace Church ��52Our Lady of Lourdes ��62The Parish of Wanstead ��62United Reformed Church ��62

ClEaNiNgBenefax ��20Theydon ��60Time For You ��35

CommuNiTy & ClaSSESFriends of the Earth ��28The Wanstead Society ��44Upbeat Choir ��10 Wanstead House ��45

ComPuTEr maiNTENaNCEComputer Solutions ��42Problem Computers ��34Rent-A-Geek��28

CraFT WorkShoPSCreative Biscuit ��20Happy Accident Studios ��40

CyCliNgBike Works ��20Sustrans at the Farmer’s Market �� 8

DaNCERedbridge Classical Dance ��41, 46 & 50

DECoraTorSMG Décor ��16

DENTiSTSmile in London ��21 & 45

DiyJack’s DIY Store ��28

ElECTriCal SErViCESArc Electrical ��63Wanstead Electrical ��54

ENTErTaiNmENTAldersbrook Riding School ��42Creative Biscuit ��20Epping Forest ��25The Nightingale ��52 Upbeat Choir ��10

ESTaTE agENTSChurchill Estates ��17DaBora Conway ��39Martin & Co ��51Petty & Son Prestwich ��29

FiTNESS Love London Fitness ��58Mini-Me Sports ��43Nordic Walking ��57

FloriSTLillies of Wanstead �� 1 & 44

FoSTEriNgRyancare Fostering ��44

FurNiTurEHinson & Co ��42

garagED�C� Dodd & C�E� Autos ��32Stevens Motors ��26 & 44

garDEN SErViCESGrowing Gardens ��58Lancaster’s Home & Garden ��19

haNDymaNHinson & Co ��42

hEaTiNgHeating Plus ��33

JEWEllErSKeating Jewellers ��34 & 44

kiTChENSMy Dream Kitchen ��67

loCkSmiThBarry & Sons �� 4

loFTSTrim Loft Conversions ��47

maSSagEOne Addison �� 9 & 45

muSiC lESSoNSMartin Wheatley ��32

NurSiNg homECambridge Nursing Home ��45 & 49

oSTEoPaThSOne Addison �� 9 & 45Wanstead Osteopaths ��45 & 61

PErFormaNCE arTLIPA 4:19 ��55

PET SErViCESK9 and Felines ��16

PharmaCyWanstead Pharmacy ��44

PlumbiNg SErViCESArc Electrical ��63 Heating Plus ��33Ignite Plumbing & Heating �� 4

PubliC houSEThe Nightingale ��52

rESTauraNTS & CaFéSBelgique �� 2Creative Biscuit ��20Queens British Steak House & Grill ��26Robins Pie & Mash ��44 & 72The Bungalow Café ��14-15 & 44The Green Fish Restaurant ��71 The Nightingale ��52

SChoolS & NurSEriESBraeside School ��53Park School For Girls��60

ShoPPiNgWanstead Village App ��6 & 7

SiNgiNgLIPA 4:19 ��55Upbeat Choir ��10

Solar PV SySTEmSArc Electrical ��63

uPholSTEryFS Design ��59

WaSTE DiSPoSalArbis ��54

WiNDoW ClEaNiNgTheydon ��60

WiNDoW rESToraTioN McCarty & Smith ��11

WiNDoW ShuTTErS Academy Shutters ��46 Woodthorpe Joinery ��27

index of advertisers


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The

Tel: 020 8989 1977www.thegreenwanstead.co.uk 17 Cambridge Park, Wanstead E11 2PU

Opening HOurs:Mon: CLOSED Tue - Thur: Lunch: 12pm to 2.30pm | Dinner: 5.30pm to 10.00pm

Fri & sat: Lunch: 12pm to 2.30pm | Dinner: 5.30pm to 10.30pm sun: 12pm to 9.00pm

seT LuncH 2 Courses £12.50 3 Courses £15.50

sunday rOasT 3 Courses Only £16.50

cHrisTMas seT Menu3 Courses £29.95 - Open 12pm to 3pm Christmas Day

Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pmThursdays 10am - 7pm, Sundays 11 - 4pm

14 HIGH STREET, WANSTEAD TEL: 020 8989 1988Monday to Saturday: 10am - 6pm / Sundays: 10.30am - 4.30pm

Wishing you all a happy & healthy Christmas & a prosperous New Year, from all the Robins family - God bless you all...

9/11 QUADRANT ARCADE, ROMFORD TEL: 01708 752 552

17 CHAPEL ROAD, ILFORD TEL: 020 8514 5336

14 HIGH STREET, WANSTEADTEL: 020 8989 1988

65/67 MARKET SQUARE, BASILDON TEL: 01268 271 713

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