Posted by: flashsays on: 2011-12-30
Written for Waltham Forest Guardian where I am a blogger. 2011 has been a tough year for many people as the recession bit, but in Leytonstone there were some signs of hope and a couple of fantastic additions to the area. First came the reopening of the Red Lion, as a community local which attracted [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2011-04-18
My part of Leytonstone has been subject to power cuts recently. The first happened at dusk, as people were drawing curtains and putting on room lights. Suddenly, we were opening the curtains again. People go out into the street to see if any other houses are affected. There I saw neighbours wandering around, and others [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2011-01-06
The police woke me in the small hours of the morning – not at my door, but in my street, around my car, and having closed off the road. It made me wonder how well I truly know my neighbours… Dozing while my husband slept beside me, I heard the sound of a car alarm [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-07-30
I live near to the edge of Epping Forest. During the hot weather fires have been appearing on the Flats – and the Fire Brigade say it’s down to kids. What can we do, and what damage is being caused? Wanstead Flats is an area on the edge of Epping Forest, at the end of [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-07-23
Watching Tessa Sanderson on Masterchef this week brought back for me a memory of the 1984 Olympics, when I was seven years old. She and Fatima Whitbread were feted as great athletes, but I was confused. Why was the British flag flying, when they were obviously African? It’s easy to be mistaken when you are [...]
Posted by: flashsays on: 2010-05-08
This is not the article I intended to write. I had planned to analyse how well each of my local parliamentary candidates responded to a question I sent them – but that hardly matters now. A fortnight before last week’s general election I emailed each of the candidates to ask for their policies on health, [...]
