Editors letter
W
elcome to the July and August edition of The Chingford Directory, your local community magazine and business Directory. As some of you know, I work these days at The View, Epping Forest’s new visitor centre. Well, I was working there the other day, dispensing wisdom and lavishing customer care on all and sundry, when a colleague said that she had found my ideal role. “Hmm,” I thought. “An important post that requires my especial flair." “You’ve drifted off again, David” she said. “We wanted someone who’s really… um… portly.” “Thanks,” I said. “Furthermore, they should have a certain - let's say - Tudor whiff. And be very grumpy. You seemed perfect.” For four days, from Tuesday August 20th to Friday 23rd, from 1pm-4pm at Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, the City of London is staging a series of
events entitled ‘1589 and all that’. Tuesday will be 'The Armadas' games, handicrafts and the story of the second Armada. Wednesday focuses on the lost Roanoke colony with hutbuilding and a moustache competition. Thursday is 'The Quick and the Dead', exploring Tudor medicines and mortality. Friday will look at Courtly Entertainments, with music, quilling and hobby horse jousts. Plus, there will be loads of other things going on throughout, like bread kneading, pastels, calligraphy and games. I shall be Henry VIII, who was long gone by 1589. I may, however, shower gifts on my people and make jokes in Latin. I shall be joined by Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, wenches and a right ne’er-do-well in the pillory. Do come along. These events are always fantastic. I’ve got to prepare for my role now, by banqueting to excess. Someone has to do it.
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REVIEWS Film Review
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Book Review
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COMMUNITY Community Events
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Local Useful Numbers
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
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