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Liaquat Ali: E17’s leading satirist

July 3rd, 2009 at 03:07 am
COMICAL ALI Swift, Hicks, Hislop… all notable satirists but did any of them ever pen anything as comical as the letter Liaquat Ali posted through residents letterboxes...

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Council meet on Willowfield School & EMD Cinema

May 26th, 2009 at 11:05 am
On the 20th of May the council approved the Willowfield School proposals, as well as reporting back on their progress in pushing through proposals to convert the EMD Cinema...

Recent Articles

  • Liaquat Ali: E17’s leading satirist
    COMICAL ALI Swift, Hicks, Hislop… all notable satirists but did any of them ever pen anything as comical as the letter Liaquat Ali posted through residents letterboxes today. A little background adds to the humour. Plans to turn St James Street Library into a drug...
    by blackhorseroad at July 3rd, 2009 at 03:07 am
  • Crimewatch appeal for Walthamstow “Calendar rapist”
    BBC Crimewatch has screened an appeal for information relating to the murder of Michele Samaraweera in Walthamstow on 30 May, she had been raped and strangled. The appeal was screened on the 29 June edition of the show. Police are hunting a man who is aged between 30-50...
    by blackhorseroad at July 2nd, 2009 at 06:07 am
  • Drug Centre scrapped? Library to be Sold
    The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that the drug centre described by Council Leader Chris Robbins as a “wonderful addition” to the local community has been scrapped. Faced with continued protests from ungrateful locals who perversely thought having a library was wonderful,...
    by blackhorseroad at July 2nd, 2009 at 06:07 am
  • “Gimme Cinema” say Jagger & local kids
    We are very late in reporting this but Mick Jagger has given his support to the campaign by Walthamstow residents to save the Granada/EMD Cinema in Hoe Street. Jagger said: “Cinemas and live venues like The Granada in Walthamstow where the Stones played in the early days,...
    by blackhorseroad at June 30th, 2009 at 06:06 am
  • Celebrating the Centenary of Flight
    Celebrating the Centenary of Flight Sunday 12 July 2009 13.00 - 16.00 Walthamstow Marshes For more information visit the Lee Valley Park website On Sunday 12 July history will repeat itself on Walthamstow Marshes as Eric Verdon- Roe, Grandson of flight pioneer Sir Alliott...
    by blackhorseroad at June 30th, 2009 at 05:06 am
  • WWCC hits Twitter
    There’s a sort of stream of consciousness account of tonight’s Walthamstow West Community Council meeting on Twitter. Check out http://twitter.com/BlackhorseAG. Hopefully there’ll be a fuller write-up soon…
    by blackhorseroad at June 15th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
  • Residents get planting at BAG Workshop
    Our FREE gardening workshop was a great success with residents happily planting out their veg and flowers to take away. BAG applied for a grant to encourage residents to get out and garden, and this was the first event we’ve put on with the money we received. For...
    by Food Gardening and Environment at June 14th, 2009 at 05:06 pm
  • Family ask for help finding E17 serial rapist
    The family of Michelle Samaraweera who was murdered by a suspected serial rapist have appealed to the public to help find the killer before he attacks again. The body of 35 year old Michelle was discovered in the small park and play area in Queens Road at 5AM on May 30th. ...
    by blackhorseroad at June 14th, 2009 at 02:06 pm
  • St James Street Drug Centre plan to go ahead?
    On the 2nd of March Coppermill School played host to the first ever Community Council with a queue to get in! An eagle eyed regular had spotted the council trying to sneak though the conversion of the Library building into a drug centre, hidden away at the end of an economic...
    by blackhorseroad at June 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
  • BAG Gardening Workshop - Free Veg & Flowers
    Want to grow some food and flowers? Come to BAG’s first FREE beginners gardening workshop on Sunday the 7th of June. There will be containers for everyone to plant out with organic vegetables and flowers. Once you’ve finished, take them away and enjoy. THE WORKSHOP...
    by blackhorseroad at June 2nd, 2009 at 09:06 am