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Your cultural life in and around Walthamstow No.39 • June 2016

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N UNDERWATER MARATHON IN LOCH NESS” sounds like another high concept art piece in what I happily admit is a pretty arty E List this month. Even the perpetrator Lloyd Scott describes it as the craziest thing he’s ever done, and this from the man who’s cycled 3,000 miles on a penny farthing. See page 36 for more about this month’s Local Hero Lloyd who’s taken fundraising challenges to new heights (Everest!?) as well as depths, and what’s driven him to raise millions of pounds for charity.

This month summer should well and truly arrive and usually around this time we see local creatives out in force for the area’s art trail. The E17 Art Trail’s taking a well earned rest this year. It’s arguably the largest community artist event in the UK, and as such, is an incredible organisational and logistical feat for Laura and the folks at Artillery on increasingly limited funds. I know they won’t be relaxing too much this year with all their other events but we wish them all well in recharging their Art Trail batteries for a return next year.

For those still looking for an art fix this month all is not lost as there will be E17 Open Studios/Exhibitions happening across various weekends. See the listings and also our feature on page 18. Followed in quick succession by the return of the Leytonstone Arts Trail in July, which was fantastic last year, so we ask one of the coordinators for a sneaky preview on page 22.

There are two further art shows in E17 this month, both aimed at raising awareness and cash for the plight of refugees. One, Break for Borders II, involves an exhibition followed by an auction, where you can bid for works by some of our leading artists and raise money for refugee charities. Please see page 17 for details.

In a lighter vein see Kirsty McNeil-O’Connor’s great interview with comedian Susan Murray on page 24, who tells us about another much loved annual institution, her 11 day comedy festival coming in July.

Until next month then…

Paul Lindt, Editor editor@theelist.co.uk

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Ode to vinyl a poem by Roger Huddle Utopia - William Morris Gallery Late Waltham Forest Green Open Homes 2 new exhibitions dedicated to the refugees’ cause E17 Open Studios/ Exhibitions William Morris Gallery Artist in Residence – Rosalind Fowler Leytonstone Art Trail Susan Murray – The Real Red Imp Useful and Beautiful – Forest + Found A sporting chance – Eton Manor AC Vestry House Museum Archives - Big Houses Part II House Doctor – Storage Wilcumstowe Times: An elemental force – Jacob Epstein Tom Gaul’s A Spotter’s Guide to Local Streetlife Local Hero - Lloyd Scott, fundraiser extrodinaire Walthamstow Diary Magpie

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COVER STAR Sandie M Sutton Your work is incredibly colourful and beautiful but conveys a serious message. Tell us about it.

Thank you. My art explores the effects of a throw-away society on the environment - the disposable versus the irreplaceable.

I am particularly concerned with plastic pollution and recreate the natural world using the endless tide of discarded household plastics. The final pieces are a detailed recreation of what’s disappearing from our natural world, using the very materials that encroach upon it every day.

What attracted you initially to working with plastics?

Discarded plastics are so easily available, vary so much in colour, are easy to work with and make my point perfectly.

What is your creative background?

I studied stop-motion animation at the University of Westminster, but became more interested in the creation of the models themselves than in the animation process. This led to my post-graduate studies in sculpture.

Tell us about your studio.

I have a studio in the Barbican Arts Trust premises in Blackhorse Lane. It is both an inspirational space and a multicoloured storeroom packed with boxes full of found plastics. The walls are covered with images and sketches from the natural world. Plus other sculptural work in a variety of other media. I enjoy having other artists around to chat and interact with.

You have always been involved in art education.

I visit schools and local communities to run creative arts activities based around themes related to conservation and recycling.

This year you are part of the Leytonstone Art Trail. What do you love about community projects like this?

Apart from just being great fun, community art projects get people out and about to engage in new and exciting experiences. Everyone can participate in the event and learn to see their neighbourhood in new and different ways.

It also promotes the diversity of local talent by sharing their work with the wider public.

What have you done for the Trail?

I have created a window box full of crazy plastic blooms and Ghost Forest made from reclaimed milk bottles as well as a stall at the art market. The works can be seen from the 2nd –10th July at the Leytonstone library and Malvern Road. I will also have work in the Red Lion Pub and On The Brink Sculpture Trail. (You can read about the Leytonstone Art Trail and the sculpture trail on page 22).

Sandie talked to Paul Lindt

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2-19 June NEW From Earth to Enigma The Stone Space, 6 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Celebrating the earth as a painting material and features paintings of the land as well as abstract works by the artist Karen Picton. Thurs-Fri 2-6pm, Sat 12-5pm, Sun 12-4pm. FREE. stonespace.enquiries@gmail.com www.thestonespace.wordpress.com

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION 4-26 June, Preview 3 June.

Andrea Humphries: Paintings & Collages Walthamstow Village Window Gallery, 47 Orford Road E17 9NJ A show of Humphries’ recent paintings and collages inspired by the ceramic collection at the V&A. Focussing on the tactile, hand-made ceramics often made for domestic use. She likes to find beauty in the ordinary. Also preview evening Friday 3 June, 7-9pm.

Exhibition open daylight hours and lit until midnight. FREE. www.wvwg.co.uk

Until 31 August NEW Robot Rabbit Walthamstow Library, High Street E17 7JN. Also at Higham Hill Library, North Countess Road E17 5HS Hop along to Walthamstow Library for Cottontails’ new art installation ROBOT RABBIT! Free activity sheets and art materials for children. Mon-Fri 9am7pm, Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

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E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION 18 June-17 July Sofia Sullivan & Kate Bentley The Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Sofia and Kate explore colour and form. Using paper, scissors and paint to create images alive with humour and narrative that invite the viewer to journey into their own imagination.

Tues-Sun 10am-5pm. FREE.

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION 2-25 June Oliver Hanney: Time Capsule Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street E17 9AP Photographic works from artist and musician Hanney, a recent graduate of Norwich University of the Arts. Tues-Sat 9am-5.30pm. FREE. 020 8520 0340 www.pictoremgallery.com

Until 11 June Out & About: Illustrations

by Hennie Haworth E17 Art House 54-56 Hoe Street E17 4PG See this month’s cover-star Hennie Haworth’s beautiful and vibrant drawings of Walthamstow and beyond, and pick-up a limited edition print from the show. Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. FREE. 020 8509 8211 www.e17arthouse.com

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Beyond the Studios Exhibition of recent work by the Lloyd Park Studio Artists Preview 2 June 2016 6 - 9 PM E17 OPEN STUDIOS

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Arts & Crafts continued Until 9 July Whitefield Academy Art Exhibition The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Exhibition of art works from pupils at the local Whitefield Academy. TuesThurs 10am-7pm, Fri-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-2pm. FREE. www.themill­coppermill.org Until 1 October Water and Life: The Story of Walthamstow Wetlands Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH In 2017 Walthamstow Reservoirs will reopen as London’s largest wetland nature reserve. Be the first to discover more about the story of Walthamstow Wetlands – past and present – at Vestry House Museum. Weds-Sun 10am-5pm. FREE. 020 8496 4391 vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house Thursdays Craft Workshop for Parents The Paradox Community Centre, 3 Ching Way, Chingford E4 8YD Make friends, and get creative!

All classes are experimental and fun, allowing you to explore your creativity and share your creations and experiences with other parents.

Learn new techniques each week with different materials through painting, recycling, embroidery, decopatch etc.

Kids welcome! 9.30-11.30am. FREE. elizasal83@gmail.com www.chingfordchildrencentre.org

Quizzes & Games Sundays General Knowledge Quiz Night The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Weekly quiz night, general knowledge and specialist rounds including an interval round. Cash Jackpot £50+.

8.30-11pm, £1.50 per person.

Karen at neilsbigquiz@gmail.com Mondays & Thursdays Waltham Forest Bridge Club Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Duplicate Bridge for those looking for a club or a social player wanting to try club bridge? Host available on Mondays. 7.30-10pm. £5, members £4 (annual subscription £10) 07919 401409 cathy.macnaughton@yahoo.co.uk www.bridgewebs.com/walthamforest Mondays Red Lion Quiz Night The Red Lion, 640 High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AA Creative challenges, general knowledge, mystery and bonus rounds. £50 cash prize and super rolling jackpot! 7.30-11.30pm. www.theredlionleytonstone.com Events marked

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Thursdays Neil’s Music Quiz The Flowerpot, 128 Wood Street E17 3HX Hosted by Neil’s Big Quiz this weekly music quiz includes picture and table rounds. How many bonus points will you get for the Connection? Cash jackpot! 9-11pm. £1 per person.

Karen at neilsbigquiz@gmail.com www.flowerpotlivemusic.com Mondays Mirth, Marvel & Maud 186 Hoe Street E17 4QH 123 minute creative challenge, general knowledge quiz with film, mystery and bonus drinks rounds. £50 cash prize! £2 per person, max 6 per team.

7.30pm. twitter @mirthmarvele17 Tuesdays Rowan’s Weekly Quiz The Bell, 617 Forest Road/Chingford Road E17 4NE Hosted by local celebrity Rowan McIntyre, test your brain against the best. Cash jackpot and a rollover, wine to be won as well as a packet of crisps and a Lotto scratch card. 8-10.30pm. £1.50 per person www.belle17.com Tuesdays Quiz On Your Face The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Road E11 4EL Original, fun and quirky quiz with cash jackpot and free round of shots for the best team name. 8-10.30pm. £1 per person www.thenorthcotee11.com Tuesdays Quiz Night The Village Pub, 31 Orford Road E17 9NL Another of Neil’s Big Quiz nights. Can you beat the cards? Will you be lucky 7 or will you be taking home the spoon?

Cash and wine to be won! 8.30-11pm. £1.50 per person www.village-walthamstow.com Wednesdays Leyton Technical Quiz Night 265 High Road, Leyton E10 5QN Weekly general knowledge pub quiz with music and picture rounds. £50 cash 1st prize, bottle of wine for 2nd and other spot prizes. 8-10.30pm. £2. www.leytontechnical.com

Gardening & Environment Mondays Young Person’s Environment & Park Skills Workshops Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP A programme of activities designed for young people aged 18-24 to give them outdoor and environmental experience.

For those with an interest in working in the environment sector. 12-3pm. FREE. Gareth 020 8533 8022 gg-waltham-forest@tcv.org.uk www.tcv.org.uk

DANCE/FITNESS Tues, Weds & Thurs Conservation Volunteers: Biodiversity Action Team Meet at 1a Connaught Close, Leyton, E10 7QS (opposite Lee Valley Riding Centre) Help us manage some of East London’s most vibrant sites for nature conservation.

We have projects running weekly all year so plenty of opportunities to join in, meet people, learn skills and discover hidden places. 9am-5pm. FREE. Tom Nandi 07917 267573 t.nandi@tcv.org.uk Fridays Lloyd Park Green Gym Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Join in, feel good. The Green Gym enables volunteers to get physically active whilst improving the environment and their local community. 11am-2pm.

FREE. Gareth 020 8533 8022 gg-waltham-forest@tcv.org.uk Tuesdays Chingford Green Gym Ridgeway Park, The Ridgeway, Old Church Road, Chingford E4 6XU As Lloyd Park Green Gym but different venue and time. 10am-1pm.

Wednesdays Priory Court Gardening Club Priory Court Community Centre, 11 Priory Court E17 5NB We have a sustainable food growing garden and want to encourage people of all ages to enjoy the benefits of growing their own food. Get involved and join our volunteers! Beginners welcome. 2.30-4.30pm 020 8531 9990 Thursdays Lloyd Park Volunteer Gardening Meet at Forest Road gate, William Morris Garden, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Help keep the William Morris Garden looking lovely with Lloyd Park’s Head Gardener. 10am-1pm 020 8496 3000 or email ellie.mortimer@walthamforest.gov.uk

Family Saturdays NEW Philosophy & Art Harmony Hall, 10 Truro Road E17 7BY We aim to inspire kids with animated discussions on questions that concern your children and all of us with this innovative, interactive session. Open your children’s minds to the wonders of philosophy. Allow them to grapple with the questions philosophers have discussed since the ancient Greeks such as ‘Who are your friends?’ ‘Can computers think?’ 1.30-3.30pm. £12, discount for sibling. fridaplato@gmail.com Search Facebook for Fridaplato

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Saturdays until July 2 Creative Youth Club Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS A weekly drop in session for 10-14 year olds with music, art, filmmaking, games and more. Hang out with friends and make new friends. Refreshments provided. Consent forms must be completed by parent/carer. 11.30am3.30pm. £3 voluntary donation. Young people unable to make a contribution will NOT be turned away.

Chantelle Michaux 07535 326157 info@wfaen.org.uk www.wfaen.org.uk Tuesdays & Thursdays Magic Box: Interactive Storytelling Sessions for 2-ish to 5-year olds Mothers’ Hub, 133 Wood Street E17 3LX What’s inside the Magic Box today?

Join a host of different characters, from Dahlia the Dinosaur to Captain Wonkynose, as they lead you on exciting and interactive storytelling adventures! Coffee and cake included.

10-11am. £5 each or £8 for 2 kids. magicboxe17@gmail.com www.magicboxstories.com Thursdays Tiny Tempo The Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH A fun introduction to musical concepts-using singing, instrument playing, listening and dancing! With guitars, ukuleles, and a lot of energy, fun is had by all. 10-11am. £5 for one child, £8 for two children.

Until Sunday 10 July Tales from the Marsh: Creative Workshops for Girls (7-11 years) & Mothers The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Explore Walthamstow marshes using drama, storytelling, movement and art.

Mix your stories with the memories of local elders. Create and be part of a performance on the marshes on 9th & 10th July. The project is for girls aged 7-11 years (KS2) and women (mothers & carers). Call to book a place, all welcome to try first session. 10.15am12.15pm. 10 weekly workshops for total of £20.

07989 519522 siobhan.oneill.2014@live.rhul.ac.uk www.themill-coppermill.org Saturdays (term time only) Dads R Us Walthamstow West Children’s Centre, 215 Queens Road E17 8PJ Give Mum a break and enjoy quality fun time with your child/ren. Choice of structured and unstructured play, indoors and outdoors, including music, arts and crafts, woodwork and more.

10.30am-12.30pm. £1 per family. No need to book, just drop in. sabine.elkhoury@sybourncc.org 020 8496 2442

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Monday-Friday, except Tuesdays (term-time only) Bongalong for under 5s St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Side Hall, Havant Road E17 3JF Fun, creative music, movement and make believe - a lively mix of singing, dancing, let’s pretend and fab percussion instruments. Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays 10am and 11am sessions plus 1.30pm on Mondays and 11am only on Wednesdays. £5.25 booked termly.

07811 460282 fiona.bongalong@gmail.com www.bongalong.co.uk Tuesdays Bongalong for under 5s Greenleaf Road Baptist Church, 4 Greenleaf Road E17 6QQ As above except different venue. 1.30pm.

Mon, Weds & Thurs Bongalong for under 1s St Gabriel’s Family Centre, Side Hall, Havant Road E17 3JF As above. Mondays 2.30pm, Wednesdays 10am and Thursdays 1.30 and 2.30pm.

5-week class 9 June-14 July (excluding 23 June) Kids’ Art Club The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA 5 weekly sessions of themed creative activity for accompanied children 3 years and up. Can be messy! 3.30-5pm, flexibly tailored for younger ones from 3.30pm, older ones from 4.15pm. £1 per child, per session .

Mo Gallaccio 020 8521 3211 info@themill-coppermill.org www.themill-coppermill.org

Social & Networking Mondays NEW Pop Up Mondays: Hot Desking & Networking The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Would you like some space to work or network? From June The Mill will be open on Mondays for hot desking and networking. Price includes WiFi and tea/coffee. Visit the website for more info and to register. 9.30am-3pm. Prebooked price from £3.50 p/h or drop in/ turn up for £5 p/h.

Natasha Mcfazdean 020 8521 3211 info@themill-coppermill.org www.themill-coppermill.org Mondays Lloyd Park Walk for Women Meet outside the park cafe, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP A free and friendly women-only walk in Lloyd Park. All abilities welcome. Wear sensible clothing and flat shoes. Email or call for more info. 10-10.45am. FREE. ellie.mortimer@walthamforest.gov.uk 020 8496 2822

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LGBT Last Friday of the month Walthamstow Gay Meetup Check meet up site for venue Friendly, convivial evening of like-minded people having a great time around a drink or two with good conversations, fun and lots of laughter. 8-10pm. FREE, membership £5 per year.

Jean-Francois at jf@gpn.one meetup.com/Walthamstow-Gay-Meetup Club Mellow at East London Out Project ELOP Centre, 56-60 Grove Road, E17 9BN Providing various spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* people who want to meet up with others in a friendly, supportive environment Richard 020 8509 3898 info@elop.org www.elop.org Wednesdays Club Mellow: 13-15s Group At ELOP Centre. 4.30-6.30pm. £1.

Wednesdays Club Mellow: 15-18s Group At ELOP Centre. 7-9pm. £1.

2nd & 4th Mondays, 13 & 27 June Club Mellow: 18-25s Group AT ELOP Centre. 7-9.30pm. £2.

Thursdays Club Mellow: LGBT Social Support Group At ELOP Centre. 2.30-4.30pm. £2.

3rd Monday of the month, 20 June Club Mellow: Women’s Group At ELOP Centre. 7-9.30pm. £2.

4th Tuesday of the month, 28 June Club Mellow: LGBT Hate Crime Support Group At ELOP Centre. Opportunity to share your experiences, learn how to report hate crime incidents, learn about the process of investigation, prosecution and your rights, and gain peer support.

5-7pm. FREE. Tuesdays Club Mellow: Asylum Seeker & Refugee Support Group At ELOP Centre. A varied programme of activities and offers opportunities for peer support and self-help. 2.304.30pm. FREE. 3rd Sunday of the month, 19 June Rainbow Family Sundays Meeting at various venues, offering an opportunity for LGBT parents and carers with children of all ages to meet, socialise and build support networks, offering older children the opportunity to meet other LGBT families and develop a positive sense of self and identity. Call or join mailing list for latest venue. Adults £2, children £1.

Shopping 8 June-7 August E17 Designers’ Shop at Vestry House Museum Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH E17 Designers will feature in a concession at the Vestry House Museum, in time for the summer season! Jewellery, prints and accessories by local designer-makers.

Weds-Sun 10am-5pm. contact@e17designers.co.uk www.e17designers.co.uk

Food Markets Thursdays Walthamstow Twilight Market Walthamstow Town Square & Gardens, High Street E17 Walthamstow Twilight Market is back. Stalls offer food, craft beer and cocktails, goods from local traders and live entertainment. 4-10pm.

Saturdays Walthamstow Village Market Community Hub (former Asian Centre) 18A Orford Road E17 9LN A family-friendly fine food market showcasing local produce and hot food traders. Dogs welcome. 10.30am-3pm. www.walthamstowvillagemarket.com

Saturdays OrganicLea Market Stall The Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Organic and local sustainably grown fruit, vegetables, homemade bread, jams and preserves. Healthy Start vouchers can be used. 10am-3pm. www.organiclea.org.uk/we-sell-food/ our-market-stall Saturdays Community Local Produce Market Stall with OrganicLea & Transition Leytonstone St John’s Church, Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG As above. 10am-3pm.

RoseMary 020 8556 3090 www.transitionleytonstone.org.uk Sundays Farmers’ Market Town Square, Walthamstow E17 4HU Stalls offering a changing, seasonal selection of meat, game and poultry, cheese, eggs, fruit, vegetables, cider, baked goods, honey, plants and herbs, seafood, pies, quiches and cakes.

Please note, some stalls may take a week off without notice. 10am-2pm. www.lfm.org.uk/markets/walthamstow

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Sport & Fitness Saturdays Walthamstow Parkrun Peter May Sports Ground, Wadham Road E17 4HR A free, timed weekly 5km run around the park, for your own enjoyment.

Whatever your pace! Register online for your free race time barcode to print before your first race. 9-10.30am.

FREE. Richard Parr 07866 616454 walthamstowoffice@parkrun.com www.parkrun.org.uk/walthamstow

Music & Karaoke Thursdays Live Music at Leyton Technical Leyton Technical 65 High Road, Leyton E10 5QN A genre-hopping live music night with a different band every week. From 9.30pm. FREE. www.leytontechnical.com Mondays until July 4 Waltham Forest Community Choir St Mary’s Church, Church Hill E17 9RJ A friendly choir with a wide-ranging repertoire. No audition required. This term we will be particpating in a performance work at the opening of the new Tate Modern in June. 7.309.30pm. £5 plus termly subscription.

07954 740745 members@singwithus.net www.singwithus.net Tuesdays East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, Leytonstone E11 3DB Weekly modern jazz club featuring the UK’s best jazz musicians in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere with plenty of seating. Check website for latest line-up. The Music Room has its own bar with real ale. First floor venue.

8.30-11pm. £6 on the door only, no membership required. www.eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.co.uk Wednesdays until June 29 Fuse It – Beatbox-Fusion Project The Soul Project, 245 Wood Street, Walthamstow E17 3NT Are you 11-18 years old and enjoy beatboxing, drumming or singing?

We’ve an exciting and free youth music project for you with famous beatboxer Killa Kela. Opportunities to do an Arts Award, and perform at an exciting venue as part of this Youth Music Foundation funded project!

5.15-6.30pm. FREE. Vanessa 07958 523431 info@khyalarts.org.uk www.khyalarts.org.uk

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Thursdays Daytime Choir for Parents & Childminders St Michael & All Angels Church Hall, Northcote Road E17 6PQ A great way to start the day, come and sing with this friendly group, and bring your little ones, we have toys to entertain them! All abilities welcome.

10-11am. £5. east17singers@gmail.com Mondays Sing at the WO The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Join our community choir. Absolutely no auditions, all abilities welcome. Raise your voice and lift your spirits as part of an adult choir where you call the tunes.

Inclusive, informal and fun. 7.30-9pm. £7, £6 in advance and free taster.

Laura 07813 686980 singattheWO@gmail.com Fridays CNN Karaoke The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Old songs, new songs, rock n’ roll and blues songs. Something for everyone.

Join us, take the mic and become the star. 8.30pm-12. FREE. cnnkaraoke@gmail.com Wednesdays Open Mic Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Talent wanted for Luna Lounge’s weekly open mic night. Take the stage or meet new people with the same love for live music, poetry or storytelling.

8-midnight. FREE. Erika 07950 899431 lunalounge@live.co.uk www.lunalounge.info Wednesdays NEW Natural Voices: Mixed Choirs for Men & Women Orford Road Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR and The Northcote Arms Pub, 110 Grove Green Road E11 4EL Taking the stuffiness out of choirs! It’s singing with a twist of fun. Beginners welcome, no auditions and no sightreading. We do glorious covers of pop, soul, rock, jazz and comedy songs.

Choose from Leyton or Walthamstow venues. 7.30-9pm. £8 paid termly or £10 drop-in, free taster.

Lizzy Renihan 07950 204338 naturalvoices@hotmail.co.uk www.naturalvoices.co.uk Thursdays Acoustic Showcase at The Village The Village Pub, 31 Orford Road E17 9NL Talented London-based musicians play acoustic sets of original music and covers in the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Village Pub. Interested in performing? Please email Gabriel. 8-11pm. FREE. gabriel4music@gmail.com www.village-walthamstow.com

DANCE/FITNESS Thursdays NEW Natural Voices: Walthamstow Ladies’s Choir Orford Road (address provided on booking) E17 9NJ As Wednesdays except ladies-only and different venue. 8-9.30pm. £8 paid termly or £10 drop-in, free taster.

Lizzy Renihan 07950 204338 naturalvoices@hotmail.co.uk www.naturalvoices.co.uk Sundays NEW Natural Voices: Youth choirs (Juniors & Seniors) Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR As Wednesdays except for junior and senior children only. 10am-12pm. £5 paid termly or £6 drop-in, free taster.

Lizzy Renihan 07950 204338 naturalvoices@hotmail.co.uk www.naturalvoices.co.uk Sundays Open Mic Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU The Open Mic/jam session formerly known as the Princess Of Wails in Stratford for the last 6 years is now at the Sinbin. 7-11.30pm. FREE. Performers please sign up in advance.

Ed 07533 851205 spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Calendar of events Wednesday 1 Legends of The Laugh Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Great new night of great comedians doing new material and new comedians doing great material.

7-11pm. FREE. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughE11.co.uk Under 5s Nature Explorers: Birds Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP A ramble round Lloyd Park focussing on our monthly topic followed by stories and a healthy snack. Often includes crafts and other activities. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

10am-12.30pm. FREE but donations welcome.

Vicky Peet 07870 678571 v.peet@tcv.org.uk Pixie presents Cabaret with Victoria Sponge The William Morris Bar, 807-811 Forest Rd E17 4JD Live cabaret from drag sensation Victoria Sponge at 9.30pm then DJ on the decks till midnight! 7pm-12am. £5.

Pixie 07415 295176 pixiepresents@yahoo.co.uk

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Thursday 2 Lloyd Park Nature Trail and Pond Dip Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP Follow a trail round the park to discover who lives in the local area. Includes a chance to pond dip and identify your finds. 11am-2pm. FREE but donations welcome.

Vicky Peet 07870 678571 v.peet@tcv.org.uk Wetland Creatures: Animal Sculptures (Family Activity) Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Join artist Michelle Reader to create sculptures of fabulous birds, beasts and insects that might be found in Walthamstow’s Wetlands. 1.30-4pm.

FREE but a donation of £3 per child welcome will assist the museum with its programmes.

020 8496 4391 vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Beyond the Studios: Private View Winns Gallery, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Evening event for this show of recent works by Lloyd Park Studio Artists.

6-9pm. FREE. info@lindagreen.co.uk www.lloydparkstudios.co.uk Waltham Forest Women’s Network AGM Waltham Forest Town Hall, Forest Road E17 4JF We will be presenting our annual report and accounts followed by a panel discussion led by Cllr Saima Mahmud on what the new Mayor of London should be doing for women. All women living and/or working in London Borough of Waltham Forest are welcome A women only event. 6.30-9pm. FREE. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wfwn-agmtickets-25417995910 The Pirates of Penzance The Deaton Theatre, Forest School E17 3PY Chapel End Savoy Players present the spectacular Gilbert & Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance. Great music, classic songs, pirates, police, romance, fun, laughs, high jinks on the high seas, and me, James the Parrot. Doors open 7pm. 7.30-9.30pm. Adults £14 on the door or £8 in adv; children £5 or £4 in adv.

Box Office 020 8527 0215 boxoffice@cesp.org.uk Info 020 8529 3143 www.ticketsource.co.uk/cesp Verbatim Monthly Comedy Club Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG First Thursdays comedy club with well known guest comedians and lots of laughs, guaranteed. 8-11pm. £5. www.lunalounge.info

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Crochet Catch-Up Significant Seams, 131 Wood St E17 3LX Monthly social for local crocheters to natter and problem solve any pattern issues with fellow crocheters!

7-8.30pm. £5 Fran Reeves 020 8521 4244 outreach@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk

Reggae Night with Brian Mackey Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Famous top-ranked singer/songwriter of rock, pop and folk Brian Mackey plus reggae DJs after 9.30pm playing old school reggae, Ska, Trojan and more.

7.30pm-1am. FREE. www.lunalounge.info

Pastamind! Charity Quiz & Italian Food Night Uffizzi Restaurant, 753-755 Lea Bridge Road E17 9DZ In aid of the Samaritans of Waltham Forest this two course Italian meal and quiz is hosted by Rowan, a renowned local quiz master. Plus a cake sale and a raffle with marvellous prizes; all for a good local cause. Please quote “Samaritans menu” when booking by phone or via restaurant website. 7.3010.30pm. £12.

Sue/Pete 020 8509 2259 www.uffizzi.co.uk

Woodford & Warner’s Trinibagoan Pop-Up Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Unit 18 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall St E17 9HQ Home cooked Caribbean deliciousness from Woodford & Warner maestra Sarah. Plenty of veggie options, takeaway also available. No bookings, just pitch up and tuck in! 6.30-10pm.

FREE entry. Dish prices vary. www.mothersruin.net www.woodfordandwarner.com

Red Imp Comedy Club: Bob Mills Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Leyton Orient fan and star of In Bed With Me Dinner and Win Lose or Draw, Bob’s back on the live circuit and is a master of his craft. Dana Alexander and Simon Feilder in support. A not to be missed summer special. 8pm. £10. www.wegottickets.com/event/354179 www.redimpcomedy.com

Friday 3 Kids’ Kitchen Wood Street Scout Hall, 205 Wood Street E17 3NU Fun, safe, hands-on fortnightly cooking sessions for pre-school children with their parents, grandparents and childminders living in the Beans on Balconies streets around Wood St and Shernhall St. Please book to cook delicious food together. 10am-12 noon. FREE. Morag via events@artillery.org.uk www.kidskitchenbeansonbalconies. eventbrite.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Beyond the Studios Winns Gallery, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Show of recent works by Lloyd Park Studio Artists. 12-6pm. FREE. info@lindagreen.co.uk www.lloydparkstudios.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Preview Evening: Andrea Humphries Walthamstow Village Window Gallery, 47 Orford Road E17 9NJ Special opening event with music and a bar for this new show of Humphries’ recent paintings and collages inspired by the ceramic collection at the V&A; including a recreation of her studio.

7-9pm. FREE entry. www.wvwg.co.uk Events marked

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The Pirates of Penzance The Deaton Theatre, Forest School E17 3PY Details as Thurs 2 June Kitchen Sink Drama / Marlon Brando Island / The Motherfuckers / Red Genghis Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Punk, post-punk, indie, alt-rock, noisy stuff with guitars, you know the drill....

8-11.30pm. FREE. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Saturday 4 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Lloyd Park Artists: Open Studios Lloyd Park Artists’ Studios, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Explore the studios and meet artists in their natural habitat. 12-6pm. FREE. www.lloydparkstudios.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Beyond the Studios Winns Gallery, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Details as Fri 3 June. 12-6pm.

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Cake But No Icing The Icing Room, 493 Forest Road E17 5LD A new living room gallery space exhibiting on-going work by practising artists. 12-6pm. FREE. isobel.atacus@gmail.com www.isobelatacus.com The Stones Throw Market St John’s Church Hall, High Road, Leytonstone E11 1HH Makers and retro market including Stork To Swan, Gail’s Windy Day and local award-winning honey. Retro items including furniture, books, glassware and vintage clothes. Plus afternoon tea with homemade cakes. Held outside if sunny. 2-6pm. FREE entry.

Gail & Lucy 07875 334084 stonesthrowmarket@yahoo.co.uk www.stonesthrowmarket.co.uk

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Wanstead Vintage Fashion & Brocante Fair Wanstead United Reformed Church, Nightingale Lane E11 2HD 6th Birthday Anniversary fair with “everything you need for your home and wardrobe.” Two halls full of genuine, affordable vintage. Plus the Great British Tearoom; sit, eat and enjoy “a simply fabulous London vintage fair”. Free parking and just 4 Mins walk Wanstead/Snaresbrook Tube. 11am-5pm. £2.50, £1.50 conc.

Cary 07860 214 009 www.lovevintage.co.uk The Pirates of Penzance The Deaton Theatre, Forest School E17 3PY Details as Thurs 2 plus a matinee.

Doors 2.30pm. 3-5pm June Mini-Festival The Warrant Officer, 318 Higham Hill Road E17 5RG Graham Larkbey & The Escape Committee headline this month with The Outbursts also making a very welcome return. More acts TBC plus the afternoon showcase. Check the website for updates. 3-11.30pm. FREE with a collection. www.the-wo.co.uk The Brewery Sessions: Part One Wild Card Brewery, Unit 7 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street E17 9HQ Eastern Front Soundsystem, Pete Fowler and guest DJs bring balearic, eclectic, house and disco vibes to the brewery..

4pm-midnight. FREE. twitter.com/easternfrontdjs SONIK: A Night of Electronic Sounds Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA This is a night of back to back far-out electronic sounds from seven live acts.

From ambient to house, psychedelic to electro pop, modern classical to modular synthesis. 7.30pm-12am. £5. mahonkieran1@gmail.com www.facebook.com/sonikmusicevents

Sunday 5 BARA Bike Ride Meet outside Carlton House, behind Natwest, Aylmer Road off High Road Leytonstone E11 3AD The rides are on the first Sunday of every month. Meet at 10.30am. FREE. www.e11cycling.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Lloyd Park Artists Open Studios Lloyd Park Artists Studios, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Details as Sat 4 June. 12-6pm.

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Beyond the Studios Winns Gallery, , Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Details as Fri 3 June. 12-6pm.

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Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine at Walthamstow Osteopathy and Natural Health Centre OpeNiNg prOMOtiON April to June 50 minutes treatment for £35 Concession rates apply For more information check us out on www.WuDou.co.uk 07730 286980 Bookings 020 8521 7888 walthamstowosteopaths.co.uk

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Cake But No Icing The Icing Room, 493 Forest Road E17 5LD Details as Sat 4 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Mitre Studios 4 Mitre Avenue (rear of 2 Greenleaf Road) E17 6QG Explore the studios and meet the artists: Martin Adams, Esther Neslen, Della Rees, Alke Schmidt, Kirsten Schmidt. 12-6pm. FREE. Musical Aquarium Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Come and join Jerome and Lindsay who will be diving into the tank, and playing their own eclectic brand of music for your Sunday lunchtime listening. 1.304.30pm. FREE. www.jeromelanderson.com An Afternoon of Music Walthamstow Cricket, Tennis & Squash Club, 48a Greenway Avenue E17 3QN A great afternoon of music with The Green Ray, Malcolm Morley, The Richard Booth Band and Dave McKenzie. 2.30-7.30pm. £5 and a voluntary collection for the bands. sheilagilbert1@virginmedia.com The Brewery Sessions: Part Two Wild Card Brewery, Unit 7 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street E17 9HQ Eastern Front Soundsystem, Pete Fowler and guest DJs Crucial & Fresh play eclectic and balearic sounds. 3-9pm. FREE. twitter.com/easternfrontdjs St Barnabas Sunday Concerts: Girl Power St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Road E17 8JZ Walthamstow opera singer soprano Gillian Keith and guests Rose Stachniewska, Beth Moxon and Claire Harris in a recital of opera favourites, cabaret numbers and sparkling trios. 4-5pm. FREE but donations welcome £5-10 for local charity Educate2Eradicate. gilliankeithsoprano@yahoo.co.uk www.gilliankeithsoprano.com

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Sunday 5 continued The Pirates of Penzance The Deaton Theatre, Forest School E17 3PY Details as Thurs 2 June Benji Kirkpatrick & Janie Mitchell at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA New duo, Benji Kirkpatrick (Faustus, Bellowhead) and Janie Mitchell (Beguildy) perform their own songs on guitars, bouzouki and hammered dulcimer, the pair sing of love, loss and longing. 7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 conc.

07746 612 607 info@walthamstowfolk.co.uk www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk

Monday 6 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Beyond the Studios Winns Gallery, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park E17 5EQ Show of recent works by Lloyd Park Studio Artists. 12-6pm. FREE. info@lindagreen.co.uk www.lloydparkstudios.co.uk Stormy Monday Blues Evening Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA An evening of live blues on the first Monday of the month hosted by the Battered Saucepan Blues Band. 8.4511pm. FREE. Alan Cohen 07762 083384 adcohen50@yahoo.com

Tuesday 7 Baby Broadway Family Concert St Gabriel’s Church Centre, Havant Road E17 3JF If you know your ‘Do-Re-Mi’ from your ‘Chim Chim Cher-ee’ then Baby Broadway is for you! Fun-filled, babyfriendly family concerts featuring West End performers singing well-known songs from the shows. Book online or buy on the door, subject to availability.

11-11.45am. Adults £10, kids FREE. babybroadwayuk@gmail.com www.babybroadway.co.uk Waltham Forest Reiki Project Waltham Forest Community Hub, 18A Orford Road E17 9LN Reiki is a form of healing that works the life force energy that flows through all living things. Come along to this first Tuesday of the month session and see how we can help ‘you’, just drop-in. 7-8.45pm. FREE, but donations appreciated.

Yoko 07903 243296 walthamforestreikiproject@gmail.com

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Acoustic Set from Leah Bryant Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Leah is a singer/songwriter who mixes the traditional sound of the ukulele with acoustic soul and R&B to give her a definite unique edge. 8-9pm. FREE. www.lunalounge.info

Wednesday 8 Outdoors Play, Exploration & Discovery Pimp Hall Nature Reserve, Off Friday Hill E4 Enjoy being in nature with your child and find out about the many benefits of outdoor learning that will help your child develop and thrive throughout life. Please dress appropriately for the weather. 1-3pm. FREE. Olivia 020 8527 3761 olowe@walkthetalkcoaching.co.uk Let’s Talk About Menopause The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA A monthly get-together (well, let’s keep the rhythm!) to share stories, helpful knowledge, healing and dealing strategies and whatever else of use comes up. Bring your experiences of the journey and a half! 6-8pm. FREE, suggested donation £2 for room hire.

Rasheeqa Ahmad 07784 506494 rasheeqa@hedgeherbs.org.uk Dana Immanuel & The Stolen Band / Jo Carley & The Old Dry Skulls What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, Leytonstone E11 3DB Foot-stompin folk blues from the Bayou from the 5-piece all-girl Stolen Band.

Ska blues from Jo Carley. 8.30-11pm.

FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk

Thursday 9 Creative Kids: Opposites William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Play, make and get hands on with Creative Kids, a regular session for children under 5. Explore materials and textures in the William Morris collection and learn about opposites.

10-11.30am; repeated 1-2.30pm.

FREE but booking essential.

020 8496 4390 wmg.bookings@walthamforest.gov.uk www.wmgallery.org.uk WMG Late William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP An evening of lively discussion and performance celebrating Thomas Moore’s Utopia and William Morris’s novel, News From Nowhere. With writers Joe Dunthorne and Luke Turner, and a DJ set from Mark Pilkington. 6.3010.30pm. FREE. 020 8496 4390 wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.wmgallery.org.uk

DANCE/FITNESS In The Stone: Jazz/Funk/Fusion Jam Night Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG We are excited to announce the start of a brand new Jazz/Funk/Fusion Jam night. Bring your horn, sticks, whatever!

8.30pm-midnight. FREE. Erika 07950 899431 lunalounge@live.co.uk www.lunalounge.info

Friday 10 Beans on Balconies: Fortnightly Get Togethers Wood Street Scout Hall, 205 Wood Street E17 3NU A friendly neighbourhood network for Beans on Balconies streets around Wood Street and Shernhall Street.

We meet fortnightly to share tips, ideas, gardening kit, skills, recipes, plan neighbourhood events, enjoy workshops and build friendships. 8am12 noon. FREE. Morag via events@artillery.org.uk facebook.com/groups/beansonbalconies E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Inky Cuttlefish Summer Exhibition Inky Cuttlefish Studios, Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane, E17 6DS Printmaking demonstration and exhibition. Wide variety of prints and paintings including a bargain bin of work for £10 or less. 10am-6pm. FREE. Anna Alcock 07753 686331 art@inkycuttlefish.com www.inkycuttlefish.com Cyclist Tea Waterside, Coppermill Lane E17 7HQ Enjoy a cup of tea, a piece of cake and chat on your way home from work courtesy of Waltham Forest Cycle Campaign. Dr Bike also available.

5-7pm. FREE. Acid Drops & Dr Bird Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Dr Bird are a five-piece combo soulinfused, new wave post punk Britpop band plus Acid drops’ soul, blues and jazz of the 1960s, typified by the Blue Note and Atlantic record labels.

7.30pm-midnight. FREE. www.lunalounge.info Walkway at Sinbin! Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Taking their influences from AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Journey, Led Zeppelin and Van Halen, Walkway have distinctive vocals, jaw dropping solos and solid rhythm section. 8-11.30pm. £10. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Saturday 11 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Forest Painters Ricco’s Coffee Shop, 64 High Street E17 7LD 10am-8pm. FREE.

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E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Inky Cuttlefish Summer Exhibition Inky Cuttlefish Studios, Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane, E17 6DS As Fri 10 except cocktails served today Stow Kids’ Film Lounge: Goosebumps (cert PG) Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS Jack Black stars in this tale of a teenager who teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware. Food and drink available. Doors open 4pm for pre-film activity, film 4.30pm, close 6.30pm. £5.50 child (inc activity), £4 acc adult, £12 child (party package). Book online or on the door if not sold out. www.stowfilmlounge.com Antiq Beats: Mirth Mirth, Marvel and Maud, 186 Hoe St E17 4QH On the 2nd Saturday of the month E17’s Continental Drifts bring you the sounds of antique beats remixed plus a live band and killer DJs. This month Zoophonium play live, DJs Chris Tofu and Auntie Maureen and dance classes with Swing Patrol. 7pm-1am. FREE but small charge for dance lessons.

Chris Tofu 020 8365 9333 chris@continentaldrifts.co.uk www.facebook.com/antiqbeatsmirth Keba / Harrison Foran + Guests Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Trinidad’s Keba blends modern rhythm and blues, funk and soul plus Harrison Foran lives through his folky rock‘n’roll.

7pm-1am. FREE. www.lunalounge.info Stow Film Lounge: Trainwreck (cert 15) Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS Judd Apatow directs and Amy Schumer stars in this comedy about a commitment-phobic career woman who may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. Food and drink menu includes salty/sweet popcorn, organic and veggie hotdogs, ice-cream and pre-booked pizzas. Doors open 7.45pm, film 8.30pm, close 11pm. £8/£6 conc (senior citizens, unwaged, students). Ticket & Pizza from £13.30 (pre-book only). Book online or on the door if not sold out. www.stowfilmlounge.com Sonic Rebellion Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU A collaboration of some of London’s finest and renowned DJs working together to keep the rock and metal scene alive. More classic rock and metal anthems than you can shake an air guitar at! 8pm-12.30am. FREE. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

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Sunday 12 Guided Herbal Marsh Walk meet at The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Join the monthly plant medicine walk on Walthamstow marshes with community herbalist Rasheeqa of Hedge Herbs, recognising and sharing knowledge about seasonal healing herbs. 11.45am-2pm. £7.50, £5 conc.

07784 506494 rasheeqa@hedgeherbs.org.uk www.hedgeherbs.org.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Forest Painters Ricco’s Coffee Shop, 64 High Street E17 7LD Details as Saturday 11 June.

Leyton & Stone Designers Craft Market The Northcote, 110 Grove Green Road E11 4EL A community designer and makers collective providing high quality handmade and unique gifts for all price tags. Stalls include childrenswear, cakes, pastries, jewellery, handbags, pottery, men’s shirts and handmade chocolate. 12-5pm. FREE entry. www.thenorthcotee11.com To book a stall contact via www.leytonandstonedesigners.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Inky Cuttlefish Summer Exhibition Inky Cuttlefish Studios, Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane, E17 6DS As Fri 10 Walthamstow Family Bike Club Meet outside Ancient House, Orford Road/Church Lane junction, Walthamstow E17 A relaxed and sociable ride around open spaces and cafes in and around Waltham Forest. 1-5pm. FREE. 0208 520 0648 paul.gasson@gmail.com Poets Corner Brazil 2016 Street Party Milton Road E17 4SR A street party with music from a live band and DJs. Beer stall, wine bar etc.

Bring your own food. 12-7pm. FREE. 07773 028681 barry.coidan@ntlworld.com www.milimpicsstreetparty.wordpress.com Wetland Creatures: Animal Sculptures Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Details as 2 June Tallis Kimberly at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Tallis Kimberly presents contemporary, literate folk songs with green political edges and a warm, whimsical heart.

7.30-10.30pm. £7, £5 conc from www. wegottickets.com/event/357983 07746 612607 www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk Events marked

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A History Walk Along Francis Road E10 Meet at the corner of Francis Road and Leyton High Road, opposite the sports field, E10 6NW David Boote of Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society explains a bit of the street’s history. All welcome, no charge.

Ends outside the Northcote Arms.

2.30-4.30pm. FREE. david_boote@yahoo.com www.walthamforestwalks.info

Family History Talk Spruce Hill Baptist Church Hall, Brookscroft Road E17 4JP Malcolm Doolin will describe his fascinating research into the lives and deaths in WWI of former schoolboys from Blackhorse Road. Wheelchair accessible. 8-10pm. FREE. Mark Carroll 020 8530 4755 mcarroll@waitrose.com www.wffhs.org.uk

Jazz Fairy Tale: Molly & the Owl Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS A ‘jazz fairy tale’ about a young girl and her strange meeting with a saxophone playing owl. Molly visits an exciting town called Jazzville, but how will she find her way home…? The piece is performed by a live jazz band and aims to introduce the basics of jazz to a young audience in a fun and accessible way. 2-4pm. £8, £5 conc, under 15s FREE. www.wegottickets.com/event/355249 www.e17jazz.com/whatson

Tori Freestone Trio Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS A trio of sax, bass and drums. From moments of intensity and volume to passages of calm, folk-influenced soundscapes, the trio showcases three highly experienced and eclectic musicians at their very best. 8.3010.30pm. £8, £5 conc, u15s FREE. www.e17jazz.com/whatson

History Walk: Mansions, Shopping and Slavery Meet outside Walthamstow Central station (south side near Costa) E17 9QF This walk by Walthamstow Historical Society will look at Hoe Street. Once one of Walthamstow’s prestigious residential areas; several houses built by merchants connected to ‘The Trade’ remain together with Victorian shops and early cinemas. 2-3.30pm.

Repeated Weds 15 June. FREE. 07792 750017 walthamstowwalks@mz48.myzen.co.uk www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.uk Sunday Family Club Learning Lodge, Pimp Hall Nature Reserve.

Kings Road E4 7HR The club will take place on the second and fourth Sunday of every month.

Bring your wellington boots! Activities from Kid’s Kitchen, Walk the Loop and craft activities. Thanks to the Friday Hill Community Association for the support.

2-4pm. FREE. Elizabeth 07809 562341 www.hornbeam.org.uk/events/ learning-lodge

Tuesday 14 Supergreek Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Supergreek are a duo of vocalists with cajon (percussion) and backing tracks who play pop, rock, soul, funk, and jazz.

8-9.50pm. FREE. www.lunalounge.info A Midsummer Night Scream Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Welcome to our nightmare! Here you’ll find the sexiest midsummer monsters.

Can you make it through the night?

8pm-1am. £10. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Wednesday 15 History Walk: Mansions, Shopping and Slavery Meet outside Walthamstow Central station (south side near Costa) E17 9QF Details as Sunday 12.

General Echo The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH A monthly reggae night of dub, dancehall, roots, rockers and other bass vibrations played on two turntables and a space echo. Guest DJ John Eden of Uncarved. 8pm-12. FREE. www.generalechoes.tumblr.com Possessed By Paul James What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Road, Leytonstone E11 3DB One man folk wonder Texan Konrad Wert channels old spirits whether he’s percussively stomping on an old wooden box, sawing a dusty fiddle, picking a banjo, or yelping a song.

8.30-11pm. FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk

Thursday 16 Night with Rob Desroches Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG A musical chameleon, Rob is unquestionably one of the finest and most charming songwriters/pianists.

8-10pm. FREE. www.lunalounge.info Los Otros at the Vic The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Enjoy the mellow sounds of jazz standards or get up and dance to swing and Bossa Nova in the Victoria’s cosy upstairs bar. 9-11.30pm. FREE. www.losotros.co.uk

Friday 17 Kids’ Kitchen Wood Street Scout Hall, 205 Wood Street E17 3NU Details as Friday 3 June

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E17 Baby Social The Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road E17 4RQ Grown up music, grown up chat. A monthly social for Walthamstow parents/carers of babies/toddlers.

2-4pm. £3.

Lisa McDonald 07504 703108 lisamcd34@gmail.com Gingo! Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Unit 18 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street E17 9HQ Original Army’s divine cabaret idiots turn their raucous and obscene gaze upon The Bard. Shakespeare, gin and bingo, a cultural highlight for your calendars. 7-11pm. FREE, just turn up. www.mothersruin.net

Saturday 18 Waltham Forest Green Open Homes Weekend Various venues.

See feature on page 16.

Have a peek at homes that have been refurbished or decorated with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind and are opening their doors for the weekend.

Traditional and modern, beautiful and funky, and all ‘green’. Check the website for more information closer to the time. www.hornbeam.org.uk/greenhomes Bike Tour of Green Open Homes Meet at Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Join Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign’s cycle tour of ‘green’ homes taking part this weekend.

11am-4pm. david@wfcycling.org.uk 07905 445606 Church Lane Market Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HE Open-air market with a wide range of stalls including honey, clothing and accessories, cosmetics and toiletries, jewellery, local history books, art, children’s toys and novelties, and fair trade/eco friendly homewares. 11am4pm. FREE. admin@leytonandstonedesigners.co.uk www.leytonandstonedesigners.co.uk

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Saturday 18 continued Inspiration Sales St Andrew’s Church, Church Road E17 6AR Bric-a-brac and also gardening event.

10am-2pm. FREE. £6 to book a table.

Lois 020 8558 8719 oooldish646@gmail.com Vintage Retro Event Lister Hall, Leytonstone Methodist Church, High Road/Lister Road, Leytonstone E11 3DA For nearly all your cool pre-1980s goods. Fab stalls loaded with clothes, household items, gems, music etc.

Garment repairs done while you wait, face painting, local talented entertainment and homemade eats. 11am-5pm. £1, accompanied children FREE. Pet friendly and wheelchair access on request.

Sandra 07956 221710 sandrahome@ntlworld.com

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Midsummer Late Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Celebrate Midsummer in the lovely Vestry House garden. Unwind with relaxing music and performances

by Forest Poets and enjoy summery cocktails and refreshments. 4.30-9pm. £2, children FREE. 020 8496 4391 vhm.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.walthamforest.gov.uk/vestry-house Electronic 17 present BringBack TheBeat Fundraiser Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Electronic 17 host the second BBTB fundraiser, with house and techno from Kat Richmond, Pej Esotericsoul, Adrian Spurdon, Dom Mandrell and DJ Arie. All proceeds to help fund the BringBackTheBeat area at this year’s Walthamstow Garden Party. £5. www.facebook.com/electronic17

CreativiTEA Hale End Library, Castle Avenue, Highams Park E4 9QD ‘The Poetry of Line’ is the 2nd of twelve monthly visual arts workshops for adults that include time for making, tea and talking as a group to share, reflect and discover. Booking is essential as places are limited. Book via www.wfculture. eventbrite.com. 11am-2pm. FREE.

The Fast Camels / Rauschenberg What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Exservicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Road, Leytonstone E11 3DB The Fast Camels play an explosive blend of 60’s influenced psychedelia, freakbeat and classic power-pop. 8.3011.30pm. FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION E17 Summer Exhibition St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Road E17 8JZ Ten artists exhibit artwork around the theme of refugees. Artists are Danny Coope, Onitha Cooper, Fabien Ho, Farah Ishaq, Paul Lindt, Stuart Moore, Kirsten Schmidt, Emma Scutt, Steven Smith, Julia Spicer. 11am-4pm. FREE. Donations. emma@littleangelsmurals.co.uk

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E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Linda Green, Saskia Huning & Ali Reader Private house, 48a Pembroke Road E17 9PB Three artists are showing at this open house in Walthamstow Village area: Linda Green’s ceramics and paintings; Saskia Huning’s drawings and painting and Ali Reader’s mixed media prints.

No disability access due to stairs. 126pm. FREE. info@lindagreenarts.co.uk www.lindagreenarts.co.uk www.saskiahuning.co.uk Busy Lea Bridge was Once A Lonely Road Unit K, 97 Lea Bridge Road E10 7QL Exhibition and events exploring Lea Bridge in an industrial building due to be demolished. Archive images, performances, new film and photography by Lucy Harrison and John Rogers. 2-8pm. FREE. 07964 878315 www.rendezvousprojects.org.uk/work/ lea-bridge-links Events marked

Waltham Forest Green Open Homes Weekend Various venues Details as Sat 18 E11 Cycling Club: Green Open Homes Ride Meet outside ItDoesTheJob.com, Carlton House, Aylmer Road, Leytonstone E11 3AD Join E11 Cycling Club’s tour of ‘green’ homes taking part this weekend. 10am. dw@itdoesthejob.com

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Busy Lea Bridge was Once A Lonely Road Unit K, 97 Lea Bridge Road E10 7QL Details as Sat 18 Matt Quinn at Walthamstow Folk Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA A fine ambassador of traditional music and a first class melodian player rooted in the English tradition with influences far and wide and a great singer.

7.30pm. Tickets £7, £5 conc from www.wegottickets.com/event/357984 www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk Stoneydown Park Festival Stoneydown Park, Pretoria Avenue E17 6JY Join the Friends of Stoneydown and talented local musicians for a summer celebration in the park. Enjoy food, drink, local beers, craft, family activities, bouncy castle and more! 2-6pm. FREE. www.friendsofstoneydownpark.org.uk

Monday 20 Green Open Homes: Energy Advice Session Hornbeam Cafe, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Pick up energy and money saving tips from HEET. 11am-1.30pm.

Wednesday 22 Much Ado About Nothing Open Air Theatre, Woodbury Road E17 9RZ Shakespeare’s timeless comedy: a tale of love, honour and deceit beneath the hot Sicilian sun performed in our unique Greek amphitheatre.

Bring cushions and come early for pre-performance Sicilian music. Gate opens 6.45pm. 7.30-10.20pm. £9, £7 conc, £3 students.

Helen Greenall 07788-633554 GreekTheatrePlayers@gmail.com www.greektheatreplayers.co.uk

Sustainable Hero Award Forest Recycling Project (behind Hornbeam Café) 2C Bakers Avenue, E17 9AW As part of Green Open Homes weekend Leytonstone-based eco-shop Itdoesthejob.com celebrates all the actions we take in this Borough, both big and small, to save on energy consumption, reduce waste and recycling. 3-4pm. www.itdoesthejob.com

Marty O’Reilly / Andrew Duhon / Thomas & Theresa What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Road, Leytonstone E11 3DB Triple bill of critically acclaimed folk blues from New Orleans, Louisiana. and Santa Cruz. 8.30-11pm. FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk

E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION E17 Summer Exhibition St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Road E17 8JZ Details as Sat 18

Walthamstow Rock’n’Roll Book Club: Stuart Cosgrove in Conversation Waterstones, The Mall Walthamstow, Selborne Walk E17 7JR ‘Young Soul Rebels’ is acclaimed author and broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove’s personal account of Northern Soul. 6-9pm. £3.

Leyton Mid-Summer Festival Leyton Jubilee Park, Seymour Rd/ Marsh Lane, Leyton E10 7BL Celebrate Midsummer Eve with a feast of musical performances, delicious food and drink and a variety of family-friendly activities, arts and entertainment for all ages. NB no parking available. 1-6pm. FREE.

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In The Stone: Jazz/Funk/Fusion Jam Night Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG Details as Thurs 9

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Highams Park Live The County Arms, 420 Hale End Rd, Highams Park E4 9PB Enjoy an acoustic evening of live music, poetry and live literature with an eclectic programme of songwriters, poets and storytellers. Email us if you’d like to perform. 7-11pm. FREE. Nigel Mear 07730 985615 info@highamsparklive.co.uk www.highamsparklive.co.uk Much Ado About Nothing Open Air Theatre, Woodbury Road E17 9RZ Details as Wed 22

Friday 24 Beans on Balconies: Fortnightly Get Togethers Wood Street Scout Hall, 205 Wood Street E17 3NU As Friday 10.

Sham’s Kitchen Mother’s Ruin Gin Palace, Unit 18 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall St E17 9HQ The incomparable Sham’s regular Pakistani street food pop-up at the Palace. Hot, spicy and perfect with an ice cold martini. Takeaway available.

6.30-10pm. FREE entry. Dish prices vary. www.mothersruin.net Much Ado About Nothing Open Air Theatre, Woodbury Road E17 9RZ Details as Wed 22 Dolores Rocket presents You Should Be Dancing! Walthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road E17 4RQ A club night for people who cut their dancing teeth in the 70s and 80s but younger friends welcome. Expect soul, reggae, ska, pop and disco from the era.

There’s bingo too! 8pm-12.30. £5 adv, £7 on the door. www.facebook.com/ groups/564026913756126 Los Chicos / King Salami & The Cumberland Three What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Road, Leytonstone E11 3DB Madrid rockers Los Chicos have a simple recipe; Rock & Roll+Rhythm & Blues+Soul+Pub Rock+Country+beer =PARTY! 8.30-11.30pm. FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk John McClean & The Clan / Famous Ben Holland Band Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG McClean’s magical blend of mighty vocals and solid grooves will raise the hair on the back of your neck! Ben Holland performs his own material and songs from the giant Bob Dylan songbook. 8pm-midnight. FREE. www.lunalounge.info

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Saturday 25 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Upper Walthamstow Venue I 15 Upper Walthamstow Road E17 3QG See behind the scenes of artists Sharon Drew (painting/printmaking); Mark Sowden (photography) and Owen Bullett (sculpture). Free limited-edition colouring-in booklet of drawings plus monoprint prize-draw. Access via narrow uneven side entrance. 12-6pm.

FREE. 07986 772178 www.sharondrew.com info@sharondrew.co.uk E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Upper Walthamstow Venue II 84 Greenway Avenue E17 3QW A show of work by painter Patrick O’Sullivan and sculptor Owen Bullett.

Access via alley between Nos 84 and 86. 12-6pm. FREE. Patrick O’Sullivan paintings2010@hotmail.co.uk www.patrickosullivanart.com East London Makers Market Leyton Town Hall, Ruckholt Road, Leyton E10 5NN A monthly makers’ market: makers, bakers, artists and homewares on offer plus a DJ and bar. Come see what east London has to offer. 12-6pm. £2, under 12s FREE. Nat Di Maggio via E17london@sky.com Twitter @EastLonMakers Family Day: Manga William Morris Gallery, Forest Road E17 4PP Discover the Japanese art of manga comics and graphic novels. Invent and write your own stories, then bring them to life in a manga style comic book.

1-4pm. FREE, drop-in event for families with children of all ages.

020 8496 4390 wmg.enquiries@walthamforest.gov.uk www.wmgallery.org.uk Oh So Funny! Comedy Club with a Special Secret Guest Headliner O’Neills, 762 High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AW Our superb comedy night returns with a secret TV headliner. With appearances on The Royal Variety Show and Mock the Week, he’s also hosted Live at the Apollo. We are overjoyed to have him return. Over 18s only. 8-10.30pm. £7.50 in advance, £12.50 on the door. info@ohsofunny.co.uk www.ohsofunny.co.uk Pixie presents London Pride Party The Victoria, 188 Hoe Street E17 4QH Our pride party with Victoria Sponge who’ll be live on stage at midnight.

Open until 3am! 8pm-3am. Entry FREE before 10pm, £5 after.

Pixie 07415 295176 pixiepresents@yahoo.co.uk

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Much Ado About Nothing Open Air Theatre, Woodbury Road E17 9RZ Details as Wed 22 plus Saturday matinee. Gate opens 2.15pm for 3-5.50pm performance.

Fundraiser for Mind: 808 State DJ Darren Partington + more Mirth, Marvel and Maud, 186 Hoe Street E17 4QH Mirth, Marvel & Maud, Wild Card Brewery, and Byrd Out are thrilled to have pulled together a huge lineup including 808 State DJ Darren Partington, Ragga Twins, Shitmat and rig for a fundraiser for mental health charity Mind. 8pm-1am. FREE but donations encouraged!

Stephen via byrdout@gmail.com www.byrdout.com Monthly Country Night with East Lonesome Drifters Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG The best Honky Tonk country and western night in town every last Saturday of every month. Quality music and a lot of dancing. Are you ready for it? 8pm-1am. FREE. www.lunalounge.info Chicken Shack Rock’n’Roll and Rockabilly Record Hop Sinbin at The Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Join us for a boppin’ an a hoppin’ Record Hop ! Come and join us for some great 50s rock’n’roll and rockabilly tunes. 7.30pm-1am. £10. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Sunday 26 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Upper Walthamstow Venue I 15 Upper Walthamstow Road E17 3QG Details as Sat 25 E17 OPEN STUDIOS/EXHIBITION Venue II 84 Greenway Ave E17 3QW Details as Sat 25 Upper Leytonstone Jumble Trail Leytonstone School, Colworth Road E11 1JD Set up a stall outside your house to sell bric-a-brac, toys, vintage clothes and cakes. Or follow the trail to hunt for hidden treasures. Proceeds from stall registrations go to Leytonstone School music fund. 11am-4pm. FREE but £5 to register a stall. lucy_bull@yahoo.co.uk jumbletrail.com/event/upperleytonstone The E17 Folk Street Party Ye Olde Rose & Crown, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA We’re going to try an experiment to round off our season this year: a street party right outside our home at Ye Olde Rose & Crown! 2-7pm. FREE. www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk

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Sunday 26 continued Auntie Maureen’s Summer Vintage-a-Fair Orford House Social Club, 73 Orford Road E17 9QR E17’s original Vintage-a-Fair offers mid-century furniture, Art Deco antiques, mirrors, vintage clobber, collectibles and jewellery under one roof in the ballroom of Orford House Social Club with afternoon tea, Seaside Sally and music on the wireless. No entry ramp, access has 5 steps. 11am5pm. £2 or £1 with flyer, £1 conc, under 15s FREE. Auntie Maureen 07432 430386 ask@auntiemaureen.info facebook.com/auntiemaureensdiary Lloyd Park Habitat Survey, A Bug Hunt for Adults! Aveling Centre Lloyd Park, Forest Road E17 4PP You’re never too old to bug hunt!

Explore the hidden habitats of Lloyd Park and record your finds. Includes pond dipping. Strictly no children please.

1-3pm. FREE but donations welcome.

Vicky Peet 07870 678571 v.peet@tcv.org.uk Sunday Family Club Learning Lodge, Pimp Hall Nature Reserve.

Kings Road E4 7HR The club will take place on the second and fourth Sunday of every month.

Bring your wellington boots! Activities from Kid’s Kitchen, Walk the Loop and craft activities. Thanks to the Friday Hill Community Association for the support.

2-4pm. FREE. Elizabeth 07809 562341 www.hornbeam.org.uk/events/ learning-lodge Forest Philharmonic plays Strauss Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Forest Road E17 4JD Dvorak’s Noonday Witch and Wind Serenade plus Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (‘A Hero’s Life’) in which Strauss aims to tell the story of his life using snippets of his own music alongside musical depictions of his wife and sniping music critics. 6.308.30pm. Tickets £15/£10 or £12/£8 conc, under-26 and students £3.

Search ‘Forest Philharmonic’ at www. eventbrite.co.uk for tickets www.forestphilharmonic.org.uk

Tuesday 28 Nick Costley-White Group Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS Showcasing the new compositions and arrangements of one of the country’s leading young guitarists.

Drawing inspiration from the jazz traditions of Europe and New York, the new works range from simple songs to detailed harmonic and rhythmic explorations. 8.30-10.30pm. £8, £5 conc, u15s FREE. www.e17jazz.com/whatson

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Infinitease O’Neills, 762 High Road, Leytonstone E11 3AW Infinitease returns in its third fantastic season, once again bringing the UKs best new burlesque performers together in the quest for new stars!

8pm-1am. £10. spoon@soundeventsolutions.co.uk www.ploughe11.co.uk

Wednesday 29 E17 Cook Book Club The Bell, 617 Forest Road/Chingford Road E17 4NE A foodie social evening, everyone brings a dish to share and their cook book inspiration. Theme this month: ‘Caribbean’. All welcome. Please join the Facebook group E17 Cook Book Club for the latest information. 8.3010.30pm. £3. www.walthamstowfoodies.com The Roamin’ Jasmine / Jesse Terry What’s Cookin’, Leytonstone Ex-servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Road, Leytonstone E11 3DB Formed on the streets of New Orleans, The Roamin’ Jasmine bring a fresh sound to traditional jazz with tight 3-part horn harmonies and bluesy vocals. 8.30-11pm. FREE with collection. www.whatscookin.co.uk

Thursday 30 Hornbeam Film Night: Aluna Hornbeam Cafe 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Aluna is a documentary about the Kogi, an isolated Colombian tribe, which was an inspiration for the first Rio Earth Summit. 20 years later the Kogi warn that their message about environmental catastrophe has not been heeded. Doors open 6.30pm, 7pm start. FREE entry & free pizza.

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Tell us about it! www.theelist.co.uk Coming up in July 5-16 July Red Imp Comedy Club: Edinburgh Preview Week Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Acts will include Richard Herring, Arthur Smith, Zoe Lyons, Phil Nichol, Lucy Porter, Simon Munnery, Bridget Christie and Mitch Benn with more TBC. Visit the website for updates or to join the Red Imp mailing list. www.redimpcomedy.com

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8-16 July Fear & Misery of the Third Reich Welsh Church Hall, 881 High Road Leytonstone E11 1HR Also known as The Private Life of the Master Race this is one of Bertolt Brecht’s most famous satires and the first of his openly anti-Nazi works.

Through a tapestry of 24 stories Brecht shows how Nazism occupied all areas of the citizens’ lives, filling them with prejudice, distrust and silence. Not suitable for under-14s. 8-10pm. £8, £5 conc in adv, £9, £6 on the door.

07481 459486 jessicairwin185@gmail.com www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk 2-10 July Leytonstone Arts Trail Various locations www.leytonstoneartstrail.org

Classes/Courses Tuesdays Tai Chi Principles & Mindfulness Training St Stephen’s Church Hall, 1 Copeland Road E17 9DB The mindfulness practice of I Liq Chuan uses Tai Chi and Zen principles and the skill of martial arts to cultivate/ improve physical health, mental well-being, energy(qi) and awareness.

Single person/partner training consists of moving/static-meditation and selfdefence. Suit beginners and advanced, please contact before attending. 7.308.30pm. £8, first class free.

Mark 07824 395 814 m.watan@iliqchuan.com www.iliqchuan.com Wednesdays (except 1 June) Anchor: Mindfulness Training The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane E17 7HA Robert Beard has been training in mindfulness practice for 35 years. He is offering a drop-in session, a lead practice called ‘bringing the senses home’. Open to all with no previous experience required. 2-3pm. FREE but suggested donation £5 welcome. mail@bobs.me.uk Mondays (for 6 weeks) Swedish: Intermediate Class Hornbeam Cafe 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Learn Swedish with a native swede; talk about the Swedish culture and learn a Swedish song. 8.30-9.30pm. £10 per lesson, paid termly.

07958 471083 chris@e17swedish.com www.e17swedish.com Wednesdays (for 6 weeks) Swedish: Beginners Class Details as above except 7.30-8.30pm.

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Arts & Crafts Mondays Life Drawing in Leytonstone The Sinbin at the Plough & Harrow, 419 High Road, Leytonstone E11 4JU Unconventional class, drawing the nude male and female figure from life. Socialise, drop-in anytime, art materials are provided. Easy access for wheelchair users and facilities. 7.309.30pm. £6. www.ploughE11.co.uk Alternate Sundays, 5 & 19 June Life Drawing Classes Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Classes are taught by Jonathan Ellis, an experienced, enthusiastic and encouraging teacher. Booking essential. 3-5pm. jonathan.ellis@mac.com or text 07980 713819 Wednesdays Mending Club Significant Seams, 131 Wood St E17 3LX Need help with mending your socks, a seam or hem that’s come undone or a pair of jeans that need shortening?

Fancy some company while you stitch or just fancy an excuse to socialise?

Drop-ins welcome. 1-3pm. £3 suggested donation outreach@significantseams.org.uk www.significantseams.org.uk Thursdays Neighbourly Stitch & Knit Significant Seams (as above) A befriending group like a book club, for people who make, want to make, or want to learn to make in the most informal of environments. Partner organisations refer people struggling with anxiety or depression and survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence but people’s backgrounds and personal challenges are their own business, for sharing only if they choose. Drop-ins welcome. 1-3pm. £3 suggested donation.

Family Sundays Kathak Kids: A Modern Approach to Classical Indian Dance for All Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road E17 9NH Magical class combining storytelling with classical Indian dance movement, combining structure and fun. Traditional ankle bells enhance rhythmic play and expressiveness. 4-7 year olds 10-10.40 and 8-11 year olds 10.50-11.30am. £8, or £9.50 one-off session.

Vanessa 07958 523431 info@khyalarts.org.uk www.khyalarts.org.uk

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Wednesdays Baby Signing Classes with TinyTalk The Salvation Army, 434 Forest Road/Ruby Road E17 4PY Learn to use sign language with your baby before they can talk and have fun whilst doing it! Classes at 1pm and 2.15pm, please get in touch to book a space. £7.

Rose Virden 07770 531075 rosev@tinytalk.co.uk www.tinytalk.co.uk/rosev/index.php

Music & Singing Mon & Sat (term-time only) On-going Ukulele Classes for Adults Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Fancy learning a new instrument?

Try the ukulele at these on-going classes with an experienced professional musician in a fun and relaxed environment. Instruments not provided. Mondays: Improvers/ Intermediates 8.30-9.30pm; Saturdays: Improvers/Intermediates 11am-12pm; Intermediates/ Advanced 12-1pm and Early Stages 1-2pm. £10.

Dick Smith 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk Mon & Weds (term-time only) On-going 5-String Banjo Classes for Adults Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Fancy learning a new instrument?

Professional musician, Dick Smith, teaches five-string banjo classes in three finger bluegrass style picking.

Start from scratch or develop your banjo skills in a relaxed and fun environment. Instruments not provided. Mondays: Absolute beginners 6.30-7.30pm, Improving Beginners 7.30-8.30pm; Wednesdays: Intermediates/Advanced 6.307.30pm and Intermediates 7.308.30pm. £12.

Dick Smith 07745 052525 info.banjosmith@gmail.com www.banjosmith.co.uk Saturdays E17 Adult Guitar Club Hornbeam Cafe 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH This is a class for all levels of experience, and we play a variety of styles of music.

It is a friendly environment and we work on improving technique as we go along but the emphasis is on making music.

12-12.40pm. £10 drop in or £53 per half term. chris@e17guitar.com 07958 471083 www.e17guitar.com Thursdays Singing Group for Teenagers Hornbeam Centre 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH Classes for 11-18 year olds taught by Anya. Just drop-in and bring any song you want to sing. 4.30-6.30pm.

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Tuesdays & Thursdays until July 21 Strung Out Violin Group for Adults Studio Office, Quaker Meeting House, 1a Jewel Road E17 4QU Classes with a professional musician whose work spans the West End to Womad. All styles of music encouraged; for all levels. Fun is the key ingredient! 6.30-9pm. £12, early bird rate £11.

Alison Jones 020 7018 2927 strungout@shapeshifter-productions.com www.shapeshifter-productions.com

Mobile Personal Training and Nutrition Coaching in Walthamstow Sustainable Weight Loss Coaching • Pre and Post Natal Training • Kettlebell and Functional Training • Movement and Posture Specialist

Thursdays NEW Women’s Singing Group Hornbeam Centre 458 Hoe Street E17 9AH All classes are drop-in, all levels welcome, no auditions! Come and feel nourished by the collective sound of singing voices. 7.30-9pm.

Fitness, Dance & Yoga Wednesdays Quirky Circuits Wadham Lodge Sports Ground, Kitchener Road E17 4JP A fun circuit class with a different theme each week. Great for building strength and stamina, toning and weight loss. Test your limits whatever your ability. 7.30-8.30pm. £7.

Liz Denton 07836 393200 info@lizdenton-fitness.co.uk www.lizdenton-fitness.co.uk

Sam is a level 4 Personal Trainer, Precision Nutrition Coach and Crossfit Level 1 Coach who specialises in weight loss and functional training

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Wednesdays NEW 50+ Tai Chi Waltham Forest Resource Hub (North), 58 Hall Lane, Chingford E4 8EU A relaxed class aimed at the over-50s.

Beginners and improvers welcome.

6-7.15pm. £5.

Emma Tozer 020 8558 5512 e.tozer@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk www.ageukwalthamforest.org.uk Weds until 29 June NEW Tai Chi and Qi Gong The Welcome Centre, St Mary’s Church, 8 Church End E17 9RJ Beginners classes, suitable for all, in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Courses start throughout the year, check website for other start dates.

7-8.45pm. £9.

Emiel 07909 856490 emiel@meiquan.co.uk www.taichinews.com Thursdays NEW Post Natal Yoga & Baby Yoga Quaker Meeting House Wanstead, Bush Road E11 3AU A great, fun, happy class for both you and your baby to enjoy. The first half focusing on yoga for new mums and then the babies get involved. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one.

For babies from 6 weeks-12 months.

10.45am-12pm. £10 drop-in, £8 block booked.

07956 807675 helen.georghiou@mac.com www.helenyoga.co.uk

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Thursdays Salsa Class: Beginners Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA Our fun and friendly salsa classes will give you the confidence to step onto the dance floor. Get fit, have fun, make new friends and develop a new passion. Exciting and unique class, in the Red Room! 8-9.30pm. £5/£2.50 under 25s.

Saturdays until July 2 Kids’ Street Dance Course Gnome House, 7 Blackhorse Lane E17 6DS A series of fun weekly street dance workshops for kids aged 4 -14. 4-7 year olds 9.30am-10.30am; 10-14 year olds 10.30-11.30am. £6.66, £60 per term or £50 conc Chantelle Michaux 07535 326157 info@wfaen.org.uk www.wfaen.org.uk

Mondays E11 Yoga Harrow Green Library Building, Access via 8 Cathall Road E11 4LF Every level, age and body welcome.

Make space for yourself and start the week by practicing yoga to move, strengthen and nourish your body, mind and soul. 9.30-10.30am. £5.

Jessica Green 07904 517465 contact@jessicagreen.net www.jessicagreen.net

Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fridays Women-only Boot Camp Forest YMCA, 642 Forest Road E17 3EF Each class consists of either resistance training, boxing or high intensity training. Contact Jackie to book your free session. 6.30-7.15am. FREE. Jackie Grant 0771 7330993 vibe.wellnesshealth@gmail.com

Tuesdays 50+ Yoga Waltham Forest Resource Hub (North), 58 Hall Lane, Chingford E4 8EU A relaxed class aimed at the over 50s.

Beginners welcome. 6-7pm. £5.

Emma Tozer 020 8558 5512 e.tozer@ageukwalthamforest.org.uk www.ageukwalthamforest.org.uk

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Ode to vinyl

by Roger Huddle In danger but not lost albums survive labelled in boxes in corners at charity shops junk stalls and craft fairs; in constant flow from home to home they become the debris of melancholy restored into a dance of light, a momentary guide to the split ends of a life: inside our memory cupboard a constant search for the tune that got away that escaped before children laid siege, from a single existence to a time traveller; an emotive twelve-inch plastic orchestration of breath.

A collection of all the wonders of voice sound rhythm and melody harsh urban percussion of disquiet from Santiago to Wigan from New Orleans to Prague an elixir at the end of the day, the stuttering progress of relationships and love, symphonies and sonatas across oceans carrying sorrow and joy from blues to concertos: a window on a universe, flung open as the stylus hovers then descends onto twelve-inch disc of a human heartbeat.

Expressions of desire, waking dreams shifting familiar horizons discovered in basement shelters, store racks browsing islands filed under easy listening, purchased from the prophet collector, acquiring the package, a bag that is unique, clutched close across city of imagined beginnings on bus tube and train, the urge to begin withheld in silence until removed from its sleeve, round shiny new twelve-inch vinyl rotated at 33rpm and music fills the room.

Roger Huddle says “I write, I walk, I listen, I enjoy Walthamstow and being a grandad”. He is a committed socialist, fan of William Morris and a member of Forest Poets.

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One night in Utopia William Morris’s utopian romance News from Nowhere is the inspiration for the William Morris Gallery’s next Late event with Vine Collective on Thursday 9 June.

The event explores Utopias and Dystopias with writers, artists and DJ’s.

UTOPIA is the result of a partnership and year-long co-curated programme of events between the William Morris Gallery and Vine Collective which explores special and permanent exhibitions. The partnership has co-produced events since October 2015 picking up the chalice from the previous much loved residents Forest Poets.

The ongoing partnership of Vine Collective with the William Morris Gallery has successfully brought a diverse collection of names to the Late’s, such as artist and writer Bill Drummond, poet and playwright Luke Wright, Faber’s Will Burns and Martha Sprackland, writers David Southwell, social activist and composer Eugene Skeef, illustrator and DJ Pete Fowler, conceptual film maker Shelly Love, and E17’s finest Gods Own Junkyard all contributing to the mix. The line-ups are played out in the relaxed late night adult atmosphere of the gallery, and act as a kind of stimulus response to the galleries collections - playing around with the themes and asking for unique interpretations by the invited artists.

UTOPIA is part of the year-long 2016 festival marking the 500th anniversary of Thomas Moore’s Utopia – and features another vibrant and eclectic line up of makers, writers, and music. The evening will explore how artists, writers and musicians have imagined new ways of living and how Utopias are created and often disintegrated.

Expect thought provoking readings from Luke Turner, writer and editor of music and

arts online magazine “The Quietus”. Luke is currently writing a book on explorations and unexpected discoveries in Epping Forest, and has a current weekly column reflecting this with website “Caught By The River”, which houses a panoply of writings around water, nature and place. Here Luke explores “the unusual goings on and people’s history of Epping Forest” and false Utopias. Luke has specially written a piece for the gallery on his discoveries in the forest and its relation to Morris.

Joe Dunthorne Faber Poet and writer of Submarine, (made into an award winning film by Richard Ayoade) explores themes of Utopia and Dystopia with readings from his book “Wild Abandon” set in a commune in rural Wales. Joe has explored these themes previously in talks with writer Iain Sinclair and will venture into these waters again at the UTOPIA event.

East London based artists Henningham Family Press and artist Eddie Farrell create Gainful Unemployment, a Morris-inspired improvised art composition, and Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press chooses music to reflect the theme with his DJ set including music from Amon Duul who were founded after meeting at a commune, and Crass who resided at an open “Dial House” an anarchist-pacifist open house and creative community in Essex.

In the last residency at the gallery with Vine Collective in August, we see Eastern Front DJs who have a popular residency at

The Chequers, team up with poet, writer and raconteur Salena Godden to respond to the ceramicist Clare Twomey’s special exhibition, which will transform the gallery into a live studio where participants from the general public will work alongside master painters over 67 days.

The Late’s celebrate the life and legacy of William Morris. The events also hope to create networks between the artists who might previously have never worked with each other and who may well do again.

We hope you can join us!

Kirsteen McNish

Utopia Full details of the line-up www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/ events-calendar/wmg-late-utopia and on Twitter at @wmgallery Photos left to right: (1) Luke Turner (2) Henningham Family, photo © thatthingyoupluck.com. (3) Joe Dunthorne, photo ©Angus Muir

Kirsteen is an arts consultant and events producer for Vine Collective & Third Nature www.thirdnature.co.uk @vine_collective

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‘Green’ homes give a warm welcome Inspiration is the name of the game in this year’s Waltham Forest Green Open Homes. Visit homes that have been refurbed with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind and are opening their doors for the weekend of 18 & 19 June.

Keeping warm, keeping bills down and reducing energy use are priorities for pretty much everyone – and this year around 10 homes are opening their doors over the weekend of 18-19 June for Waltham Forest Green Open homes so you can quiz the householders on what they did and how they did it.

Green Open Homes is a national initiative, created to share knowledge and give people the opportunity to see for themselves how to make changes that will make their home more comfortable, cheaper to heat and will mean communities can reduce their household carbon footprints. There’s a range of things to see – including low and high-tech insulation, solar panels, upcycled furniture, a home made solar shower, rainwater harvesting for toilets and a washing machine, organic gardens and even a composting loo.

This is the third year we’ve run Waltham Forest Green Open homes, which is coordinated by the Hornbeam Café near Bakers Arms (which apart from being a wonderful cosy café with amazing food, also coordinates various environmental and community projects around the borough). Pop in to the café any time in June to see photos of some of the Green Open Homes over previous years as well as pictures of the beautiful Pimp Hall Nature Reserve in Chingford that the Hornbeam also manages and which will be holding various nature-loving events throughout the summer.

This year’s Green Open Homes range from traditional Victorian terraces borough-wide to a new small social housing estate, Headway Gardens in Chapel End, that was part-built by their owners. Apart from sharing their inspiring story, there will also be a few future selfbuilders on hand to chat about how they’re hoping to do the same in the near future.

Recycling and upcycling is a new element in this year’s Green Open Homes. Renter Jale Charlie Avril will be showing how upcycling became not just the way of furnishing her rented accommodation on a strict budget, but is now her new business – Betty’s Buttons – upcycling lampshades and re-upholstering old furniture. You can find two more ecofurniture businesses Shed Homewares17 and ThinkFound at Forest 16 To advertise your business contact ads@theelist.co.uk

Sue and Michael’s kitchen cupboard made from reclaimed floor boards

Recycling Project (FRP) behind the Hornbeam on Saturday 18 June (as well as Tues-Sat year-round). Reclaimed scaffolding planks are also available from FRP at £2 per metre – great for allotments, raised beds and planters at home.

Managing and refurbing your house with energy efficiency in mind is the main thing people can learn about though and a range of budgets and techniques have been used by various houses. Energy Advice pop-up sessions will also be held throughout the borough (see below). To see a full-range of insulation options, plus a whole host of other eco-initiatives, visit Carlton House in Leytonstone – an incredible Georgian mansion off Leytonstone High Street, that will showcase everything you need to know in a one-hour tour on Saturday.

See www.hornbeam.org.uk/greenhomes for locations and opening times plus details of bike tours on Saturday from Walthamstow and Sunday from Leytonstone. Follow us on social media for preweekend tasters.

Energy Advice sessions will be run before and after Green Open Homes by Local energy advice charity HEET. • Pop-Up Energy Cafe in The Mall, Walthamstow near Costa Coffee.

Free cake and useful chat. 14-16 June, 10am-4pm.

• Hot Tips for Warm Homes session at Friday Hill. Expert session on warm homes at 6.30pm Friday Hill, The Chingdale Centre, 19 Chingdale Road E4 6HZ www.fridayhilltmo.org.uk/ Thurs 16 June, 4-8pm.

• Sustainable Hero Award. Leytonstone-based eco-shop Itdoesthejob.com is celebrating all the actions we take in this borough, both big and small to save on energy consumption, reduce waste and recycling. Forest Recycling Project, 2C Bakers Avenue, E17 9AW (behind Hornbeam Café). Sun 19 June, 3pm.

• Energy Advice session at the Hornbeam Café as part of its Community Monday. Mon 20 June, 11-1.30pm.

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E17 artists unite to help the refugees’ cause There’s a double act of art events aiming to raise awareness and fundraise for refugee crisis charities this month. Participating artist Farah Ishaq speaks to curators Lorraine Huddle and Emma Scutt about what their exhibitions will offer.

Making art in response to the political times we live in is a trend that transcends time, and 2016 is no exception. With the terrifying and hard to watch news of a million people having to leave their homes in war hit countries like Syria and Afghanistan, travelling huge distances to find refuge. Especially hard is seeing often unaccompanied children, who have lost their families.

With this crisis at the front of their minds, Lorraine Huddle and Esther Neslen who are locally active in Stand Up to Racism (SUtR) are putting on the second annual Breaking Borders exhibition and auction to raise money at the Rose & Crown. The previous Breaking Borders auction raised an outstanding £3000 in Manor Park and it is anticipated to do even better here - with proceeds being split between charities: the Refugee Community Kitchen and Care4Calais.

Lorraine Huddle, says: “There are some astounding artists in Waltham Forest, so people will have an amazing range of work to bid for, by established and emerging artists. While quite a few artists will be addressing the theme of borders and refugees, there will be quite a mix of work.”

If you fancy getting your hands on a piece, bids will be accepted until auction day 5 June online via the electronic catalogue or in person at the live auction. Rather wonderfully Barry Bliss, independent film maker will be our auctioneer, so we can be sure of a lively afternoon of bidding.

Also taking place is the E17 Summer Exhibition, at St Barnabas church for a two day event from 18 June. Artist Emma Scutt and Canon Steven Saxby have put their heads together to put on a multi-artist, multi-discipline show around the theme of ‘Refugee.’

Emma’s reasoning follows a similar path: “Like most people I’ve been watching and reading the horrific stories of the plight of these people, making the unbearable decision to leave their homes behind to take the dangerous and often deadly journey across the sea to anticipated safety. We’re hoping this exhibition will help to raise awareness, as well as help in a practical way by raising funds for a refugee charity, the Walthamstow Migrants’ Action Group.”

Ten established local artists will be taking part including Emma herself: Danny Coope, Onitha Cooper, Fabien Ho, Stuart Moore, Kirsten Schmidt, Julia Spicer, Paul Lindt (grandson of a former UN High Commissioner for Refugees) and yours truly.

The variety of mediums on offer include paintings, illustration, ceramics, photography, and sculpture. With an amazingly packed art diary in E17 this month, these two exhibitions are essential viewing.

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Breaking Borders 2 Saturday 28 May – Sunday 5 June Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA The auction takes place on the final Sunday from 2-6pm. The catalogue can be viewed and bids made here: www.breakingborders2.wordpress.com E17 Summer Exhibition Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 June St Barnabas Church, St Barnabas Road E17 8JZ Opens with a preview party with music and drinks on Friday 17 June from 7pm. Hibo Wadere will be telling stories about her journey as a refuge on the Sunday at 1pm.

Contact emma@littleangelsmurals. co.uk for further details.

Images – Previous page, left to right: (1) Hope by Onitha Cooper† (2) Inside by John Sexton* This page, clockwise from top left: (3) Refugee girl by Emma Scutt† (4) Cross to bear by Farah Ishaq† (5) Lost At Sea by Marcia Teusink* (6) Paris by Jan Ayton* (7) Epistle I by Danny Coope† * Breaking Borders 2

† E17 Summer Exhibition

Art Stow Local artists are opening their studio doors this month, giving us all the chance to meet them, see exhibitions of new work and maybe even glimpse private sketchbooks.

Artist Farah Ishaq talks to some of the art show organisers about E17 Open Studios/Exhibitions.

Intaglio Print by Shabeela Talib. Shabeela is part of the NCFE L2 Certificate in Art & Design show at the Winns Gallery 11-17 June.

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So many of the area’s artists studios and gallery spaces are throwing open their doors to welcome the public, that the four weekends of June are hereby officially dedicated to ART. The month long art show kicks off with the Lloyd Park Studios artists: Pen Dalton, Jonathan O’Dea, Linda Green, Raewyn Harrison, Lorraine Huddle and Susan Royle, all exhibiting at the Winns Gallery in Lloyd Park, over the weekend of June 3-5. Other studios in the same vicinity such as Mitre Studios, Paekakariki

Press, Isobel Atacus and Rezia Wahid will also open on the same weekend.

A week later from June 10-12, printmaker Anna Alcock hosts the Inky Cuttlefish Summer Exhibition at her studios in Gnome House. Featuring a mix of etchings, screenprints, linocuts and lithographs from artists including Helen Moulinos, Rebecca Coleman, Michael Stanger, Charlotte Gerrard, and Kirsten Schmidt.

As studio owner Anna says: “Open Studios are an opportunity to see behind the scenes of artists’ studios

and view work in progress as well as finished pieces.

Many artists and visitors have expressed disappointment that the E17 Art Trail is not happening this year, especially at a time when so many new people have moved into the area. By opening our studios the intention is to keep up interest and momentum the Art Trail has created.”

Weekend three, 18-19 June involves the E17 Summer Exhibition at St Barnabas Church, curated by local artist Emma Scutt (see article on page 17) and a rare opening of Walden Studios, at the St

James’ end of town, curated by paper maker Helen Porter inside the amazing stillworking letterpress workshop.

Studios at two locations in adjoining streets in Upper Walthamstow open up for the final weekend, 25-26 June.

Organised by established participating artist Sharon Drew, whose own abstract paintings and prints will be on show, these open studios include diverse artists Mark Sowden, Owen Bullett and Patrick O’Sullivan who will show works varying from paintings to photographs and sculptures.

As if all of that is not enough, Pictorem Gallery and the Hornbeam Centre will both have month-long exhibitions.

So despite the immensely successful E17 Art Trail event taking a breather this year these individual events will be just enough to keep us going until next year’s flagship festival.

Please see the listings titled E17 Open Studios/ Exhibitions on pages 2-11 for more details.

All of the open studios/ exhibitions will have preview evenings and/or live demonstrations/talks/ cocktails + works for sale at a variety of prices.

Images below: Clockwise from top left: (1) Lilies, oil sketch by Alke Schmidt, showing at Mitre Studios 5 June. (2) Maunsell Fort by Raewyn Harrison showing at the Lloyd Park Studios 5 & 6 June. (3) Pillar by Patrick O’Sullivan & (4) Garden Drawing by Sharon Drew both showing at Upper Walthamstow Studios 25-26 June.

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Dreaming of Modern Utopias Rosalind Fowler, filmmaker, artist, anthropologist and gardener has just completed NowhereSomewhere – a film / installation resulting from her recent artist residency at the William Morris gallery. She tells Liza Fletcher about her work, based on Morris’s concept of a modern utopia, quietly existing in a corner of our borough.

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. William Morris “Walthamstow is a pioneer in garden projects”. So says Rosalind Fowler. Fresh from her tenure as the Artist in Residence at the William Morris Gallery, the artist filmmaker talks through her site specific, food growing, alternative-community research that formed the foundations for the project.

past and future. Rosalind views “film as activism” and the results of her plant and video experiments will be featured in an installation of moving image, shot partly on 16mm and a primitive handheld digital camera, which captured her working on the land alongside other ardent growers.

The residency was based in a handbuilt yurt, complete with wood burning stove, at the centre of the Organiclea site, (a workers’ cooperative, growing food on the edge of the Lea Valley).

Rosalind constructed the pop-up dark room/plant laboratory. This space, complete with blackout curtains handsewn by Significant Seams, was a place to reflect on utopian societies, both real and imagined.

Rosalind is passionate about the alchemy between the land and the earth, people and plants. “As an anthropologist I am also interested in representation of different cultures on film and the traces that we leave on the environment, both real and imagined, by delving into the subconscious.” The artist’s project focuses on “imaginary future Londons” and the dream of the gardener planning a possible future through the realisation of the planting. For Rosalind, film is where life and art overlap and this ambitious project did raise the eyebrows of the judging panel when pitched at interview stage.

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“Be brave!” This advice to artists who apply for the residency this year, “… and take risks” she insists. The main challenge for Rosalind was to create meaningful work in such a short space of time (the residency lasted from October 2015 – February 2016). But the success of her application was based on her clear concept and feeling for the subject in hand. The most valuable lesson from her work in Walthamstow was the management of working within a community “Be focused and clear on the links to the legacy of Morris and the detail of proposed work”, she adds.

The residency has led to other opportunities and been a springboard for contacts. Rosalind will be installed in a yurt on ‘The Island’ during the Walthamstow Garden Party on 18th/19th July. Her exhibition will be held at the William Morris Gallery from 9th October 2016 for one month. Rosalind will also have work featured in the Beyond Barbican community outreach event in October 2016.

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Fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship’s sake that ye do them. William Morris

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Leytonstone Arts Trail Originally started by Anna Spain in 2008 the Leytonstone Arts Trail marks its 8th year this July with an exciting array of new shows, some familiar faces and a sculpture park in the woods.

Here Paul Lindt talks to coordinator Eleanor Bedlow.

Hi Eleanor, would you like to introduce yourself?

I am an artist based in Leytonstone and have worked on the Arts Trail organising team for quite a few years. I usually work on designing the guide and other publicity material but this is the first year I have taken on the role of coordinator. The Arts Trail attracts a new combination of coordinators and organisers each year.

How did you get involved?

I was invited to come along to a meeting after taking part as an artist in the second year. I took on the design of the guide in 2010.

I ended up learning a lot of new skills through working on the trail including graphic design and web design.

Any major changes since those early years?

Each year is always unique. Themes seem to organically develop depending on who is involved with the organising group, the fresh ideas that are thrown in early on and also how local businesses and organisations change and work with us year on year. This is felt through small changes like new enthusiastic cafes keen to get involved which inject new energy into the trail or the closing of Woolworths which presented a brief but amazing space to exhibit in. The Stone Space which was born out of The Arts Trail was also a significant development. I was involved in the first year to get it off the ground and it is still going with a dedicated team of volunteers.

What sort of people get involved?

Anyone really. From people who haven’t exhibited before, who need advice on how to get started to professional artists who have exhibited extensively before. We also encourage schools and community groups to take part. The Arts Trail is a brilliant way of dipping your toe in the water of exhibiting and getting involved in local art groups and events.

Each year we have discovered amazing artists who have been creating work behind closed doors in the area for years.

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What have you got lined up this year?

We have an extensive programme of events this year which deserved a double page spread in our printed guide. We have several live painting events including Martine Charalambou’s collaboration with the Northcote’s Drag out the Weekend event. You can watch her paint portraits of drag queens live during the trail. Artists Carne Griffiths will be painting a room on Mornington Road with ink, tea and alcohol with visitors encouraged to bring plants and interesting objects to influence the outcome. We have guided walks taking place throughout the trail with a range of themes including A little history with our art by David Boote (Leyton & Leytonstone Historical Society) and a sound walk exploring the sounds of Wanstead Flats. This year we also asked local residents to donate their front gardens to artists for exhibits and projects. Look out for the orange dots on the map to find these locations. For the first time this year each exhibition will have a unique ink stamp many of which will have been designed by the artists themselves. You can get your guide stamped at each exhibition you visit. There will be prizes for the most enthusiastic stamp collectors.

Any highlights?

The Waltham Forest Arts Club are back at St John the Baptist Church with their eclectic mix of artworks on the theme of Seeing is Believing.

In the churchyard there will be be three collaborative projects to take part in including Art Grows on Trees organised by Julie Caves.

Local artists will be hanging art in the trees for visitors to pick for free.

Buxton School always put on a good show by talented young artists which is worth a visit.

Tell us about the On the Brink Sculpture Park.

The garden at the Quaker meeting house provides an ideal setting for outdoor works. Local sculptors Brett Banks, Sira Cornejo sz Ibarra

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by Martine Charalambou.

(2) House of Plyconic by Helen Waites (3) Violet in a Dress by Jeff Moore (4) Pods

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and Mary Knight are curating the exhibition in the woods. On the Brink will showcase far-ranging versions of life on the edges through different forms, materials and ideas. “Hunt the leaf, seek all-seeing eyes, the historical treatment of witches and the plight of refugees plus ecological conundrums will all feature, just for starters. Then there’s life in the office and so much more”, says Mary Knight. Brett will also be running two-day stone carving workshops over the two weekends of the trail.

The Trail is a great way to explore the area and an excuse to visit lots of great venues, pubs and cafés.

Deli/Café More Italy are a new venue that got snapped up as an exhibition space by painter Pierina Militello on the day they opened to the public. Francis Road is now a street to explore art over the Trail. Venues include Yardarm, exhibiting Sally Taylor’s highly skilled portraits; Marmelo, exhibiting Tamara Dubnyckyj’s intriguing drawings and paintings in her exhibition Glare and Glow and The Garden Room will be exhibiting Veronica Lindsay-Addy postcard sized portraits which she describes as glimpsed in passing or plucked from daydreams.

The artists at Norlington Road Studios will be opening their doors again to the public. It’s a unique chance to see where artists work and see the new works being produced by artists on our door-step.

Not least Creative Block will be exhibiting at Fill the Gap just outside Leytonstone Station. They are a group who meet weekly to share ideas and collaborate on projects together.

Are there any new studios, collectives to look out for?

Artists are having to find new ways of working because of the lack of affordable, suitable studio spaces in the area. This year we have more artists exhibiting in houses which could be a reflection of this trend. Look out for Claire Brett who will be exhibiting her mixed

media paintings in her shed, Devyani Parmar’s project, Buy My Work (she is selling her work in order to be able to create new work) which can be visited by appointment and at 38 Stanmore Road three artists will be exhibiting works as a collective in the living room of a terrace house.

What do you think the Arts Trail gives the community?

It’s is a great way for artists and the community to forge relationships with local businesses. A lot of businesses are happy for exhibitions to stay up well past the trail. The trail also gets the local community around to new venues discovering new artists and local businesses they wouldn’t have otherwise been to. Overall I think it gets more people talking with each other, creating opportunities and experiences.

Personally what do you love about it?

I love that anyone can get involved. There is something for everyone. I also enjoy the collaborative nature of the trail and seeing it develop and grow every year.

What are the Trail dates and where can people find the latest listings of the exhibitions?

The Leytonstone Arts Trail kicks off on the evening of Friday 1 July with The Big Artists Trail Crawl from 6.30pm meeting outside The Stone Space. The main trail dates are Saturday 2 - Sunday 10 July. Guides can be downloaded from our website and collected from The Stone Space, Leytonstone Library and other participating venues.

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The Real Red Imp She may be a founder member of the ‘Fuckwit Club’ - but Walthamstow resident, Susan Murray is hard working and very funny, and it helps that Stanley Baxter is part of her DNA. Words Kirsty McNeil-O’Connor

Susan is now preparing for the Edinburgh preview shows at Ye Olde Rose & Crown, this July. “The comics love the Rose & Crown because it’s really old school there were some great gigs in the 1990’s 24

including one at the Kings Head in Crouch End when the demographic was artists, teachers and social workers but now it’s stockbrokers and bankers. Walthamstow now has that old demographic and comedians come off stage having had an amazing time and ask to come back and do a longer set.”

Red Imp has hosted Tim Vine, Barry Cryer, Mark Thomas, Jeremy Hardy, Arthur Smith, Micky Flanagan, Richard Herring, Bridget Christie, Stewart Lee and Alan Carr to name just a few. “They love it here. Viv and Bun (the pub’s owners) Jo, Andy and Arron make it such a great place to be. I refer to Viv and Bun as my London mum and dad I’m always forgetting my bank card, leaving

it behind the bar - where it’s probably safer to be honest and they have a spare set of keys for my house kept safe for me in case I lock myself out. Again” This is where the idea for the Fuckwit Club comes in. “We list the stupid things we’ve done each week - everyone loves to tell how much they’ve screwed up and hearing this makes us all feel better about ourselves. I’ve created a Facebook group and I’m hoping to turn it into a book even the tankard I had made, to be drunk out of by the fuckwit of the week, was badly engraved - they put everything in the wrong place, as if we’d planned it we didn’t. So now Timpsons need to start their own Fuckwit Club”.

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Comedian Susan Murray has been bringing world class comedy to Walthamstow for 5 years; initially with Guffaw Comedy Club, which she ran with a friend then “We had some disagreements on how it should be run and I was doing most of the work so I decided to go it alone, and started Red Imp - putting Omid Djalili’s sell-out show on in January 2014”. Red Imp was Susan’s nickname when she was young. ‘Harpie the Red Imp’ and her old school friend designed the logo for the club.

A tough profession, and still very male dominated, it’s hard to believe that anyone would choose ‘standup comedian’ as a career. “When my parents got married, because they couldn’t afford a party, they went to see Stanley Baxter instead - it sort of feels like being a comedian was meant to be.” She grew up in Willenhall, a small town in the Black Country famous for Yale and Chubb locks. “I love it because someone broke into the lock museum and stole all the giant display locks,” she laughs. “I was always listening to Billy Connolly albums and watching Dave Allen and I think I skirted around comedy for years, I did a media degree because I couldn’t get into drama school and then was in a band, most comics are failed musicians you know.” She says. “It was a creative outlet at the time, I certainly never thought I could make a living out of it.”

The life-changer was a stand-up comedy course she attended at Jackson’s Lane – she’d been working as a camera assistant on the satirical comedy show Spitting Image followed by a stint on Crapston Villas where the writer and director told her about it. She did the course and soon realised that she had some talent. “I was the only one who, by the second week, had written 5 minutes of material.” That was 20 years ago, her first ever stand-up gig was the course showcase. Now, two decades later she is an accomplished comic and promoter with TV writing credits and acting experience.

When we met, Susan was having a ‘day off’ which involved our interview, collecting and displaying posters for her July preview shows and volunteering for the mayoral election campaign, and she was limping badly.

After ripping tendons from spraining her ankle a dozen times she needed a full ankle reconstruction. “I’m really unfit now because I can’t run on the marshes like I love to, I’m walking like an old lady who’s touching cloth.”

“In a weird way it did me a massive favour (the crutches and limp) because you have to address it when you walk on stage - I had to open with new material, normally you put new material in the middle of a set, so that people don’t notice if it’s shit - I wrote about 20 jokes about it and then it made my set really refreshed, so it’s been a bit of an epiphany.” She involves her audiences in her routines a lot. “I’ve been asking the audience for their crutch experiences and one young bloke said that when he was 13 he was on crutches for a year - he said his dad had run him over! So I thought; Wow, how untidy was your bedroom?” She is naturally funny, chats with ease and as you would expect, sees the humour in most things.

Susan champions lesser known acts and female comedians who sadly still get lower expectations from audiences. “If possible I put a profile act on with one lesser known and even out the male-female ratio too. But I’ve made a rod for my own back by booking such high profile acts so, when I book someone like Roger Monkhouse for example, he is amazing and

been around for 30 years, just not famous, so less people come along but love it when they do. They should trust my booking policy, I know the circuit like the back of my hand and always book quality acts. It’ll end up like America if we’re not careful. Most full time comics there have to do day jobs. The explosion of stand up on TV is killing the live circuit. If live gigs go, where will they hone their craft? It’s one of the reasons I reward the loyal customers with first dibs on Stewart Lee tickets, if they come to other shows, they get rewarded.”

Susan herself is not going to Edinburgh. “I’ll be quaffing Prosecco on holiday!” she says, which probably means she’ll be climbing a mountain on one leg and writing a couple of shows on the way up.

July Line up 5 July Arthur Smith / Jo Jo Smith 6 July Mark Thomas - Work in Progress (not an Edinburgh preview) 7 July Lucy Porter / Phil Nichol 8 July Bridget Christie / (other act TBC) 9 July Simon Munnery / Beth Black 11 July Mitch Benn / Sean Meo 12 July Marcel Lucont / Alexis Dubus 13 July Richard Herring - The Best of 14 July Sarah Kendall 15 July Zoe Lyons / Cary Marx 16 July Stephen Amos / Addy Bhorg

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Useful and Beautiful William Morris would approve of Forest + Found’s ethos of using natural materials, to create stunning heirloom items. Karen Dunn caught up with the creative pair in their garden studio to find out more…

William Morris’ famous quote, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful” sums up the hand crafted wooden items and naturally dyed, handstitched quilts created by craft and design duo Forest + Found.

Abigail Booth and Max Bainbridge, who met while studying Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, embody the current trend for slow craft. Taking traditional techniques to create crafts with a modern, contemporary feel.

The couple make everything in the studio nestled in their Walthamstow back garden, which was built by the couple using abandoned pieces of wood and a good bit of skip-diving. Kevin McCloud would definitely approve!

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Why did you decide to build your studio in your back garden?

Max: Graduating into a recession in 2013 meant there weren’t many opportunities.

We both wanted to carry on making so decided to take the plunge and go it alone.

Abigail: Max had a shed in the back garden so we decide to extend it. There was so much development happening in the area that there were tons of materials up for grabs. We got glass and even French doors out of a skip. It was a lot of hard work – like when we were trying to felt the roof during storm Abigail - but it was worth it.

How did you build the business from there?

M: We started by renovating Ercol furniture and selling it on eBay. With the money we made we bought a wood lathe for me to work on. I bought Abigail a book on patchworking and Forest + Found was born.

A: I’d never worked with fabric before, but I loved it straight away, especially creating dyes from plants that we now grow on our own allotment. We use quite unorthodox methods because we haven’t been trained, but it gives us the naivety to play with it and combine things in a way a traditional woodworker wouldn’t dream of.

Where do you sell your items?

M: After six months in the studio learning, we began by selling at markets and working out which fairs were right for us.

A: We decided to work with a few select online stockists who really understood what we were doing.

We also sell direct from our own website and take on commissions. We recently had a pop up at the William Morris Gallery, which was amazing.

M: We hosted workshops too, which was both rewarding and slightly terrifying, and plan on doing more of those.

What have been the high points for Forest + Found so far?

M: Building the studio has to be one of the most satisfying things that we’ve done.

A: Being featured by Vogue was amazing too. As a maker you always have doubts so to get recognition like that spurs you on.

What have you got coming up?

M: We’re about to be at New Designers in Islington, which is exciting. We’ll also be taking part in Clerkenwell Design Week and Art In Action as well as hopefully doing some more work with the William Morris Gallery.

I’ve also got a book coming out in October called The Urban Woodsman and Abigail is going to be doing one on natural dyeing

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next year. I’m a bit worried hers will be better than mine though!

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How do you find working together as a couple?

A: We may do two different practices but we spur off each other during the design stage.

We love what we do so much, even if we have a day off we get itchy feet.

M: It sounds like a cliché, but it really is a way of life for us. She is mean to me though. She makes me do admin when I want to make!

What inspires you in Walthamstow?

M: I’ve lived here all my life and the market has always been a big source of inspiration from buying materials to people watching.

A: I love the fact that Epping Forest is on our doorstep. It’s a perfect collision of materials and ideas.

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A sporting chance Up the Manor!’ has been a rallying cry across the playing fields and parks of east London for nearly a century.

Its philanthropic founders included war hero Arthur Villiers whose first memory of the club was ‘a much harassed caretaker combing from his whiskers the mud his charges has been pelting him with.’ He also noted his wayward boys delight in dropping bags of flour on the heads of unsuspecting visitors and blowing down the gas pipes so the building was periodically plunged into darkness.

The club proved popular with activities including athletics, boxing, cricket, football and swimming as well as weekend camping and educational trips staying in the stately grounds of fellow philanthropists like Sir Edward Cadogan.

Non-sporting types could choose the less physical pursuits of chess, amateur dramatics and the debating society.

The hub of this activity would later become The Wilderness, a huge area of reclaimed wasteland in Leyton which now forms part of the new Olympic Park.

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The Wilderness comprised more than 30 acres of painstakingly levelled playing fields bounded by the railway, the River Lea and Hackney Marshes. It included cricket, football and rugby pitches, tennis courts, a bowling green, swimming pool, canteen, clubhouse and changing rooms.

Pride of place went to the running track which was used in the 1948 Olympic Games at Wembley. The track, which was taken up after the games and re-laid here in east London, echoed to the footfall of some of the greatest Olympians including the ‘Flying Housewife’ Fanny Blankers-Koen who won four gold medals. Manor boy Les Golding also had the honour of carrying the Olympic torch as part of the relay of athletes who traditionally carry the flame to its new home.

Gargano remembered telling his trainer that he needed to strengthen his arms so was sent to the tree filled garden at the back of the clubhouse. “I used to chop down these trees and ruined their garden at the back,” he recalled.

The football and cricket teams weren’t bad either. A young coach called Alf Ramsey showed the players a thing or two in their meteoric rise through the amateur leagues, while England Cricket captain Derek Jardine helped out in the nets. The boys also proved as able in water as on land and the aptly named Eton Otters became one of the country’s best swimming clubs with members toughening themselves up in the bracing waters of the River Lea.

The Wilderness went on to host the first floodlit athletics meetings in the country drawing large crowds to its evening meetings.

The club’s reputation was such that several world champions dropped in to share their skills including chess master Jose Capablanca who played 20 simultaneous games with club members and table tennis wizard Richard Bergmann.

A number of champions rose from the club’s fiercely competitive ranks including European Welterweight Boxing Champion Nicky Gargano and Olympic gold medallist Harry Mullin.

The boys were strongly encouraged to manage their own affairs. They sat on the club’s numerous sporting committees, set up a savings bank and produced a monthly magazine called Chinwag. The do-it-yourself

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Eton Manor AC opened its doors above a coal shop in 1908 offering deprived youngsters an escape from the grinding poverty of their everyday lives through sports and recreation.

Pride of place went to the running track which was used in the 1948 Olympic Games at Wembley… which was taken up after the games was re-laid here in east London…

attitude extended to the club having its own trained first-aiders on hand during events and drama and music groups that regularly put on shows for the local community.

Leonard Robinson whose ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat and ‘Shorty’ Wilson who was lost along with all hands on deck off the African coast.

The camaraderie and community spirit instilled in the boys was reflected in the number who served during both world wars as far afield as Africa and the Far East.

Many took strength from their time at the club saying memories of those care free days on the wide sun-basked expanse of the Wilderness helped them through the bad times.

Those who did return would remain honorary members for the rest of their lives highlighting an unusual membership rule which stated that you could only join the club between the ages of 14 and16 years and couldn’t rejoin if you left. Abide by those rules and you were a manor boy for life.

Latest copies of the Chinwag were regularly posted abroad along with food parcels and local history archives still have poignant reminders of letters sent home to friends and loved ones that mention the club.

Manorite Peter Wilson is quoted as saying: “Eton Manor boys who were captured as prisoners of war often said that in the back of their mind they thought of the club and that the Wilderness sustained them because they knew they had something to come back to.”

Sadly, some of the boys would never return.

More than fifty lost their lives during the Second World War including Arthur ‘Rat’ Williams at the D-Day landings in Normandy,

The original club, which prided itself on ‘sportsmanship and gentlemanly behaviour on and off the field of play’, finally closed its doors in 1967. The clubhouse and Wilderness were eventually lost to encroaching development marking the demise of the capital’s largest boys club.

One of the most poignant memories of the club is a faded inscription that reads: ‘Here at the Eton Manor Club in Hackney Wick those whose names are recorded below spent many happy hours. They would ask no better memorial than that these fields should give to future generations the health, happiness and comradeship that they themselves enjoyed. Here too will live the Manor spirit which members carried with them all over the world.”

Today, the club’s remaining legacy in the area is Eton Manor Athletics Club whose distinctive blue and white hooped running vests are a familiar sight around the marshes where they train several times a week.

The ‘manor’ prides itself on welcoming athletes of all standards and regularly runs supervised beginners classes as well as catering for faster runners wanting to compete in races.

Eton Manor AC offer three training sessions a week from The Cottage, Marsh Lane, Leyton starting at 7.30pm on Tues and Thurs and 10.15am on Sundays. A track session is held at 7.30pm every Monday at Forest Pool and Track, Chingford Road, E17 5AA If you’d like to run just turn up or go to www.eton-manor.com for details.

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Photos left to right: (1) Eton Manor from the air 1957.

(2) Eton Manor Old Boys’ Football Club 1911-12.

(3) Captain Gerald Wellesley, one of the club’s founding members. (4) ‘Manorites’ return home after a race on Hackney Marshes. (5) Up the manor: runner Steve Adams.

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Clay Hill House, Clay Street now Forest Road, Walthamstow, undated c. 1865. Built c. 1710, demolished 1887. Site of the modern flats between Hurst and Falmer Roads.

The Uplands, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow 1890s. Built 1836-38. Demolished 1954.

Large houses on Marsh Street, now High Street Walthamstow 1860.

House at 198-200 High Street, Walthamstow close to where the Mall is now. It was demolished to make way for the Carlton Cinema which opened in 1913, which in turn was demolished in 1986.

The Big Houses Part 2 These photos are from the collection of Vestry House Museum. Browse more photographs from the Museum’s archive and order prints online: http://boroughphotos.org/walthamforest.

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Photos Š Vestry House Museum, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Rear view of The Limes, Shernhall Street, Walthamstow.

Demolished 1937.

Barclays House, also known as Knotts Green House, an 18th century mansion on Matlock Road, Leyton. c.1932. It was the home of the banker Robert Barclay.

In 1900 is was renamed as Livingstone College, having been bought by a college named after the famous medical missionary originally based in Bow. It was a college for missionaries in elementary medicine, surgery and hygiene. It was converted in August 1915 into a hospital for 51 wounded and sick servicemen before reverting to its original role in 1918. In 1946 the college moved to Reigate in Surrey. The building was demolished in 1961, and two years later a 17 storey ower block called Livingstone College Towers was built. This in turn was demolished in 1995, and it is now the site of Greg Close.

Castle House, Upper Walthamstow originally built in 1800. In 1879 it was destroyed by fire, but later rebuilt and renamed as The Woodlands by the new owner, a leading figure in Barnardo’s. After his death in 1929 the house was demolished..

Berthons an 18th century house, Whipps Cross, Walthamstow. In 1899 it was used as a Jewish hospital.

Demolished.

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Marsh Street was the original name of Walthamstow High Street where a number of large manor houses were used as weekend or summer retreats. Samuel Pepys’ bosses had houses here, and after visiting one of them Pepys described how they had drunk wine from a local vineyard and “the whole company said they never drank better foreign wine [than this one] in their lives”.

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Are your pots and pans jammed into cupboards where you can’t get at them? Are your book shelves groaning and overloaded? Here are a couple of tips on how to make use of overlooked areas of your home for ingenious storage.

If you have space above your doors and windows, install shelves. This can work especially well in the hallway. Arts and Crafts style houses often feature this type of shelf. Wrought iron or wooden bracket supports add a little architectural detail. This type of shelf can hold a surprising number of books. Books in conventional shelving can create rather a mass, so spreading the load lengthways can be very attractive, especially if interspersed with pictures and loved objets d’art.

If you have the height in the kitchen, the hanging pan rack is very useful. A ladder is another way of storing pans etc. It’s slim and tall, can be placed in a narrow space , and go all the way to the ceiling. The telescopic type can be adjusted to the height of the room. The type with oval rungs works best to hold the necessary S hooks. Secure the ladder on brackets so it’s away from the wall. This creates lots of adaptable space for pots, pans, aprons, etc. It’s also a great way of storing the ladder, which you may only need to use occasionally.

Invent a wall mounted pan rack by reusing large chrome oven shelves (Some IKEA shelving comes in this form). Attach them to the wall vertically with Munsen fittings. These fittings not only secure the shelf, but also project the shelf away from the wall leaving room to attach the S hooks. The Munsen is easily available from most hardware shops and comes in chrome and a brass finish.

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Architectural historian, Karen Averby uncovers curiosities and stories from Walthamstow’s rich and varied past

AN elemental force

Photos: Epstein and Peggy © Getty Images, Autumn Landscape © Walsall New Art Gallery

Epping Forest has been home to several literary and artistic folk down the centuries, including Elizabethan poets George Gascoigne and Thomas Lodge, authors Mary Wollstonecraft and Lady Mary Wroth and actor and playwright Ken Campbell who lived adjacent to the forest.

Such was his love for the forest that Campbell had his funeral there, a woodland burial at Epping Forest Burial Park.

Three such works were the Strand Nudes (190708, destroyed 1937), his memorial for Oscar Wilde (1912) featuring a rather debauched-looking angel, and Coventry Cathedral’s St Michael’s Victory over the Devil (1958).

His personal life was no less controversial. He had a string of mistresses, many St Michael’s Victory over the Devil, of them models, and when Coventry Cathedral in 1906 Epstein married Controversial painter and Margaret Gilmour Dunlop, sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein was another lover these continued. Margaret was tolerant, and dweller of the forest, and rented several allowing his models and mistresses to live properties at Baldwin’s Hill, Loughton with them at their Hyde Park home, even between 1922 and 1950. Although born raising Epstein’s first child, Peggy Jean, the in 1880 in New York to Polish-Jewish daughter of one of Epstein’s former lovers. refugees, he became a British Citizen in However, Margaret’s tolerance dissipated 1911 and produced his main body of work with Epstein’s relationship with his model in England. Initially a painter, he developed and mistress Kathleen Garman, one of as a sculptor and studied in Paris for two London’s Café Royal artistic set, and in years before establishing a London studio 1923 Margaret shot her in the shoulder. at Camden Town in 1905.

To prevent scandal Kathleen did not press charges, and she and Epstein continued Epstein became a leading monumental their affair and had three children together portrait sculptor of the twentieth century, between 1924 and 1929. concentrating upon religious and allegorical stone figures and bronzes. He When Margaret died in 1947 from a brain produced many public works which were haemorrhage following a fall, Kathleen and often controversial and challenged taboos.

Epstein were free to marry, and they wed in June 1955. Personal tragedy dogged them, however; their son Theo had died the House Histories previous year, and their daughter Esther Have you ever wondered who committed suicide nine months later. used to live in your house, or Epstein himself died in 1959, after just four how it has changed over time? years of marriage.

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Epstein’s impressive artistic legacy includes works produced when at his Epping Forest home. In 1933 he had ‘a frenetic summer of painting’ during which time he produced almost a hundred watercolours of Epping Forest which were exhibited in the same year. Many of these and subsequent paintings are now housed within the Garman Ryan Collection at Walsall’s New

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Epstein and his daughter, Peggy Jean, Epping Forest 1930.

Autumn Landscape, Epping Forest 1933.

Art Gallery, and others are at The Tate, London. Epstein also produced several renowned sculptures at Baldwin’s Hill, including Rima (1923-25) the W.H. Hudson Memorial in Hyde Park and Genesis (1929-30) at Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, both of which explored his belief in nature’s elemental force. www.archangelheritage.co.uk

A SPOTTER’s Guide to LOCAL streetLIFE for Waltham Forest’s people watchers.

9 of 12 seasonal recipes

PAD THAI & PAD THAI JAY SERVES 2 traditional Thai fried noodles

A great dish for the summer. Its simple, light and very quick to cook.

Pad Thai is what might be called Thailand’s national noodle dish and features crispy beansprouts, spring onions, palm sugar and roasted peanuts. You can make the traditional Pad Thai with cooked prawns, shrimp or chicken; or the vegetarian version, Pad Thai Jay, by adding slices of tofu or extra vegetables.

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6 tablespoons corn or vegetable oil 2 tablespoons red onion or shallot, chopped 2 tablespoons dried radish 1 medium carrot, peeled and julienned 125g medium rice noodles 2 tablespoons fish sauce (for Pad Thai) or light soy sauce (for Pad Thai Jay) 4 teaspoons palm sugar

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2 tablespoons crushed roasted peanuts 4 heaped tablespoons beansprouts 2-4 tofu slices, or a handful of cooked prawns, shrimp or chicken, finely diced or shredded.

1 teaspoon crushed dried red chilli 2 spring onions, halved, then julienned 2 medium eggs, brought to room temperature and beaten

1. Begin by preparing the noodles. Soak these in warm water for 5 minutes, then drain.

2 Heat the wok, add the oil, and when it begins to smoke put in the ingredients in the following order for the length of time given. Use a slotted spoon and keep the ingredients moving round the wok at a rapid pace.

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1. Red onion or shallot, dried radish and carrot – 10 seconds 2. Noodles – 10 seconds 3. Fish or soy sauce and tamarind paste – 10 seconds 4. 1 teaspoon palm sugar – 10 seconds 5. Crushed peanuts – 10 seconds 6. To-fu slices if using, plus remainder of vegetables, chilli, 3 teaspoons palm sugar – 20 seconds.

3. Pour the beaten egg over the noodles and vegetables and leave the mixture to cook on its own for 10 seconds, so that it takes on the shape and appearance of an omelette.

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6. Serve very hot, topped with extra crushed roasted peanuts if you wish.

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LOCAL HERO

Lloyd Scott

Are you local? I was born in Stepney, where I lived until I was about 4 and then moved out to Rainham, Essex - which seemed a long way away at the time!

What sort of kid were you? I think it could be said that sport dominated my life - football and cricket my two passions.

I captained the District football team and played cricket for Essex schoolboys. My school reports were always saying that I ‘could do better’ if he didn’t concentrate so much of his time on sport. Ironically there is now an option to take PE as a subject, which wasn’t available when I was at school!

Tell us about your footballing career. I spent 5 years as a professional footballer, playing for Leyton Orient, Watford and Blackpool. I’m glad I played at some different clubs, as it gave a perspective as to how each of them were run. Highlights were training with the England goalkeeper Peter Shilton and meeting Brian Clough and being at Watford when players like John Barnes and Gerry Armstrong were playing. Graham Taylor was the manager and Elton John the chairman, whom I met; it was a great time to be at the Club.

What happened in the end? After being released by Blackpool I decided I wanted a vocation that was a little more secure and so I joined the London Fire Brigade.

Then you were diagnosed with leukaemia. I was involved in an incident where I rescued two small boys from a house-fire in Dagenham. As a result I was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Routine tests, one of which was a blood test revealed that something wasn’t quite right. Further tests revealed I was suffering from chronic myeloid 36

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Visit Leytonstone Community Sports Centre and you may easily encounter Lloyd, the manager. He may seem normal, but his story certainly is not. He has endured challenges in his quest to raise money for medical and children’s charities which should put him up there alongside Marvel’s greatest. Paul Lindt hears tales of marathons on Everest and in the Sahara and that’s just the start.

leukaemia - my only chance of long term survival lay with me having a bone marrow transplant. With no matching donor within my family, chances of my survival lay at less than 10%. Incredibly I managed to find an unrelated donor and was extremely fortunate to come through my transplant.

How much did this affect your attitude to life afterwards? I now try and suck every last drop out of every day.

You’ve performed in some mind blowing challenges since then. Any particular favourites? I had undertaken expeditions to the North and South Poles, completed the Everest Marathon and run ultramarathons across the Sahara and through Death Valley. The irony was not lost on me that the one event that attracted the most attention and raised the most money at that stage started just 12 miles from my front door! I completed the London Marathon in a deep-sea diving suit, The best thing about it was the fact that my family and friends were able to accompany me and share in the whole experience. The New York Marathon later that year, again in the diving suit produced more laughs than any other event. From an actual physical challenge point of view, I am most proud of cycling nearly

3,000 miles across Australia on a Penny Farthing - as I really doubted I would be able to do that. In terms of turning a crazy idea into reality, that has to be the world’s first underwater marathon in Loch Ness. I look back at that event now and think to myself, ‘just what was I doing?’

Sometimes it must have been hell?

How do you occupy your mind while during these challenges? I learned pretty early on, not to waste any negative energy in complaining aboutwhat I am doing. I mean, don’t choose to go to the Himalayas and moan about it being hilly.

Likewise, don’t expect to go the the Arctic and the Antarctic and not expect it to be freezing cold or the Sahara or Death Valley

and whinge that it is as hot as an oven.

I didn’t once complain the diving suit was heavy, after all it was my choice of costume and it was meant to be weighty!

When I really struggle I think of the particular charity for whom I am raising funds and how it will benefit others; that always spurs me on, as I was very much in a situation such as that myself.

This all sounds seriously dangerous. How to choose what to do? All of my challenges have to meet a criteria, which is: it has to be a real challenge, that it will put a smile on people’s faces, it must have the potential to raise money and everybody involved (but not necessarily me) has to have fun whilst supporting the event.

How do you prepare yourself? I try to vary the events I undertake so other than a basic level of fitness I may have to qualify as a diver, ride a Penny Farthing or learn to run on bouncy stilts as I did for the Great North Run when I completed the course as an astronaut - doing my very own version of the moonwalk!

Why do you do it? There have been a number of different incentives for me to undertake challenges, but other than raising money for good causes - to date I’ve raised over £5 million, is to try and inspire and encourage other people to overcome their own personal battles against illness, as that is what I desperately needed when my future looked bleak.

Have you ever thought you’d taken on a challenge too far? I had real problems trekking to the South Pole - all my sweat just froze to me and I had huge icicles forming on my chin. I ended up collapsing and was christened Scott of the Arse-antic!

Tell us about some of the causes you raise for money for. The charities for which I have raised money have

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predominately been medical or children’s charities, as they are close to my heart.

As an animal lover I do support a number of wildlife charities and pet charities on a personal basis.

I know you are Sports Centre Manager of the Leytonstone Community Sports Centre. I bet that has some challenges but it must be refreshingly ordinary as well. I love the Sports Centre, which is part of Leytonstone School. It does present its own challenges, one ofwhich is currently making people aware just where we are and what facilities we have. It also brings out the organisational side of me and I am fortunate that I head such an enthusiastic and committed team.

Many customers have commented on the pleasant atmosphere and welcome they receive when they visit the Centre.

That makes me very proud, as it is a compliment and a reputation that has to be earned.

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You’ve received a MBE for your charity work. Receiving my MBE (which in my case should stand for Mad, Bonkers and Eccentric!) from Prince Charles was a very proud and special moment. This was because I really didn’t expect it and the whole experience was like nothing I had encountered previously. It is incredible how the Royals are briefed so you can have your own personal 30 second conversation about what one has achieved.

Finally what do you like about the area and what would you like to see for the future? We have groups from a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds and communities, all training and playing together and it is wonderful to see all of this happening at the Centre. Although this is something that is apparent for those that use our facilities, it would be good to see this goodwill and harmony expand across the borough and indeed the country. www.leytonstonesportscentre.org

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Walthamstow Diary Between forest and marsh lies the glorious Stow.

These are the tales and meanderings of a proud resident of E17 You could argue it doesn’t matter that it has gone. You could argue that what has been lost was, in the grand scheme of things, insignificant.

Lots of people probably didn’t even know about it, so it can’t have been that important. Like many others though, I really miss it, I feel its absence. When I tell you what I’m referring to you’ll think I’m a little bonkers, don’t worry, I think I agree with you. The thing I miss isn’t a person, paved over green space or rare species that has vanished from Walthamstow. The thing I miss is the midday howl, a mechanical cry, a mighty siren that felt like an old friend.

The siren call was a constant feature of the Walthamstow soundscape for forty years. It was part of the warning system at the Coppermill Treatment works on the edge of the marsh.

Its purpose was to warn those living nearby of chemical leaks, but it became something else. The siren was tested every Saturday at 12 noon. It would sound on the dot, never early, never late, filling the sky with its air raid siren-like wail. It became a reminder that morning had perished and afternoon was here.

You’re late, it said, get out, get up, get on.

Changes in chemical use at the treatment plant mean the siren is no longer needed, it has been retired. It sounded for the last time in early May. I was in St James Park when it sang its last, and I was astonished to find myself feeling a little teary.

As the familiar howl filled the air, people in the park stood to listen to it, as for us, we stopped walking and fell silent. We all just stood there, quietly, and listened as the final siren rang out.

Yes, I know, I’m being silly. It was only a siren, compressed air pushed through tubes and metal, but Saturdays aren’t the same without it. Goodbye old friend, thanks for keeping me on time. The age of the midday siren is over. Silence has fallen. www.walthamstowdiary.com

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The Magpie’s beady eyes are back on the look-out for the shiniest, funniest remarks, witty retorts and bizarre sightings to steal from the borough’s social media channels.

MT: Shame it’s pink JD: Is this a paddle for a very small boat?

PG: Of course, what else would it be for?

LM: You have to tell us the story here.

PG: Husband maintains I bought it for our “leather” anniversary; I disagree (my present to him was much more prosaic; I meant to get his leather Ferragamo shoes repaired). He insists he didn’t buy it. So this has been sitting mysteriously in my wardrobe for years.

JC: I think as Leather is the third wedding anniversary (pre-children??), it’s highly likely that this was a gift. Getting shoes repaired is more like a 30 years wedding anniversary present!!!

PA: Perhaps it’s a very ornate bookmark?

KL: You could definitely make a man cry with it.

FQ: Does it come with instructions?

NH: If you need to ask then this isn’t the right paddle for you!

AS: It’s a step up from the Woman’s Weekly!

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Spotted in Walthamstow! A road that’s not dead end, one way or no entry. Can we get it bricked up ASAP before someone uses it to drive home! @Chipswithdipsuk

3p: Vintage plastic bag, 2014 perhaps?

Classic design in Sainsbury’s orange (two handles). Many uses. Small hole to base, hence reduced price. Village collection.

SK: Sorry too expensive for me JW: Hmm, I could let it go for 2p if collected tonight, but otherwise I think 3 p is more than reasonable given the nice patina.

KP: Is the handle broken? I can’t quite make it out from the picture. Could I try it on please?

SK: I don’t think it will be big enough for all the stuff I buy off here so I will pass ML: Can you deliver it, I live in Clapham?.

HT: Something has to be more than 10 years old to be called vintage. Deliberate mis-selling.

JW: I could deliver, but wouldn’t be able to carry it, as it’s my last bag!

HT: I’ve been looking for a mid-century one for ages. But this is just a tacky reproduction.

SA: Hipsters in the Village may go for this.

Walk past the numerous cheese shops and conspicuously wave it about. When someone buys something nip in with your “upcycled classique conveying sac”.

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Carol Ann Duffy watches over #Walthamstow folk making their way to work @PoetrySociety Carol Ann Duffy’s the reason I will not be @ffsbethan getting into Uni Time categorically does not stand still in #Walthamstow. It’s just some things are @StowFilmLounge beyond E17’s control Police helicopter over Walthamstow apparently looking for someone who’s run away over the top of the clouds @CuriosE17

Walthamstow pun of the week.

KM: (I don’t get it) DZ: I think it needs to decide if it is a Café or Restaurant JS: Some magnificent steeds tied up out front!

YF: Are Goldie Lookin Chain hanging out in there?

Walthamstow (unofficial) Tourist Board I was so excited about buying a new home today. I got a semi. @StowParty

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Ahem. Old (but unused, she hastens to add) Agent Provocateur leather paddle in original box. Slight mark on the top from storage. £40 please. Stop sniggering.

#minigymkhana Time for dedicated horse lanes in #e17 Please encourage people to travel by horse in #e17 #minigymkhana Don’t know where to stable a horse? Should be loads of room in the 27 storey tower planned for the Town Square Hi @E17miniholland - would you support #minigymkhana and lanes for horses?

There are no horse lanes AT ALL on Forest Rd! Rumours that Shergar hacked my account are untrue! Counting on your support to lobby for horse lanes in E17 Come on @wfcouncil! Get behind #minigymkhana, make sure ALL road users are safe!!

Cafes of E17, please let us know if you are horse friendly?

Everyone can ride a horse. Even babies and the elderly #roadsafetyforall #commonsense Reduce pollution! Build horse paths on Orford Road! Buy a horse today!

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That awkward moment when you have to explain to an old neighbour “they’re not @Natdimaggio homeless they’re hipsters”

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Thanks this month to Twitter, Walthamstow Sell or Swap, Walthamstow (unofficial tourist board)

Badlis Road E17 Offers in excess of ÂŁ800,000

An Impressive & Rare Warner House Close To Lloyd Park.

This large and beautifully refurbished property is in a sought after location on a quiet residential tree lined street next to Lloyd Park. The amenities of Walthamstow Village and the Scene development are a short walk away as is Walthamstow Underground Station.

On the ground floor there is a large through lounge with original wooden floorboards, original sash windows and a beautiful fireplace. The family sized kitchen is of a high standard and opens out onto a lovely sunny, well kept garden.

On the first floor there are three double bedrooms all with original sash windows and a modern bathroom. The loft has been converted into a magnificent master bedroom with a large designer skylight and plenty of storage.

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5. Markmanor Avenue E17 3 bed terraced house for sale Guide price £525,000

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6. Salop Road E17 4 bed terraced house for sale sstc £725,000 7. Ritchings Avenue E17 2 bed terraced house for sale Guide price £515,000 8. Fleeming Road E17 3 bed flat for sale sstc £500,000

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3. Pembroke Road E17 4 bed terraced house for sale Offers in excess of £850,000 4. Marten Road E17 5 bed terraced house for sale Offers in excess of £630,000

1 4 1. Canning Road E17 2 bed terraced house for sale Offers in excess of £525,000 2. Clarendon Road E17 3 bed detached house for sale Offers in excess of £850,000

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