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: 2010-07-09
There is a saying that the best gifts you can give to your child are roots, and wings. I suppose I am rooted in Somerset, as that’s where I grew up, but I accepted the wings and left for London as soon as I was old enough. I went to university here and haven’t stayed [...]
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, [...]
