Articles By: blackhorseroad
New Willowfield school scrapped
Two months after pupils exhibited their ideas for the new build PFI Willowfield school, the scheme has today (July 5th) been scrapped by Education secretary Michael Gove. All other BSF projects in Walthamstow were also halted. FULL LIST OF BSF PROJECTS SCRAPPED (PDF) While residents were concerned at possible plans for housing above the school [...]
Community Council Tuesday 15th June
The next Walthamstow West Community Council takes place next week (Tues 15th) at the Walthamstow Academy. Its not exactly the closest of venues but head along to raise any issues or concerns with local councillors and council officers. Whats happening with St James Street Library, the half finished Coppermill Park, the latest on Willowfield School… [...]
BAG Gardening event – May 15th
Following on from last months BAG gardening event, learn about the next stages, potting on, and planting out. We hope to have some raised beds ready so that some of the seedlings can be planted out in the community garden. Saturday 15th May from 11am til 1pm at the Douglas Eyre community garden, next to [...]
Walthamstow Central public exhibition of plans
Plans for the redevelopment of Walthamstow Station were unveiled to the public at the weekend (14th/15th May). Considering the scale of the development, there appears to have been barely any publicity for the event held in Walthamstow Library. Its part of a 500 million pound deal for Solum Regeneration (a partnership between Kier & Network [...]
Walthamstow Wide Web #1
In this – the first of an irregular feature highlighting Walthamstow on the World Wide Web – we look at some of the videos uploaded in the last month or so. First up a lovely music video by the much hyped band Temper Trap, filmed on Walthamstow Marshes during the recent cold spell. Its odd [...]
James O’Rourke statement on Lib Dem infighting
James O’Rourke, Lib Dem Councillor for the High Street Ward has issued a statement on what he calls the “highly questionable practices” of the local parties executive. The Waltham Forest Guardian reports that “Johar Khan… played a major role in the power struggle” that led to John Macklin (Deputy Leader of the Council), Bob Belam, [...]
V2 bomb sites in Walthamstow
View V2 sites in Walthamstow in a larger map A quick post to highlight this fascinating google map of V2 bomb attacks on Walthamstow in the final years of the 2nd World War. The maps creator, TimStroud got the information from “The Story of Civil Defense, by Ross Wyld. & The War over Walthamstow. Issued [...]
Seed spectacular!
Blackhorse Road area residents gathered together on Saturday (April 10th) to learn how to grow vegetables from seeds, at BAG’s new community garden site off Coppermill Lane. Thirty participants of all ages, from toddlers to pensioners, sowed pumpkins, tomatoes, beans, lettuces, herbs, and also ‘companion’ flowers like sunflowers and nasturtiums. They then had the chance [...]
Walthamstow Election 2010
Local & National elections take place on the 6th of May. WALTHAMSTOW MP CANDIDATES Farid Ahmed – Liberal Democrat (Website/Facebook) Daniel Perrett – Green (Website/Twitter/Facebook) Stella Creasy – Labour (Website/Twitter/Facebook) – Youtube Film / Stella on Brown Andy Hemsted – Conservative (Facebook) Nancy Taaffe – Trade Unionist and Socialist (Website/Facebook/Twitter) – Youtube video Judith Chisholm-Benli [...]
Seed Sowing and Swapping: Sat 10th April
Dear local gardeners, Please come to BAG’s next gardening event – a seed sowing and swapping event. Saturday 10th April from 2.30-4.30, next to the Douglas Eyre Sports Pavilion, Coppermill Lane, E17. (Go along the side of the Pavilion and the community garden is to the right of the football pitches) Come along and: Find [...]
Forest Garden planting day
The event took place on Saturday the 5th of Dec 2009 but we had so much to plant that we had to leave the bushes and canes healing on the ground and carried out the planting the following Saturday. We got a nice selection of apple, pear and plum trees and also a variety of soft fruit bushes [...]
Community Council Monday March 1st
The Walthamstow West Community Council comes to Edward Road on Monday the 1st March. Anyone travelling by car should be warned that Edward Road currently has a resident vandal who has been slashing dozens tyres a month for the last year or two. The meeting at Coppermill Primary School at the Coppermill Road end of [...]
Tesco Essex Arms development approved
After twice rejecting Tesco’s plans for the former Essex Arms site on Forest Road, Waltham Forest council approved the Express store and 17 flats at a meeting on Tuesday night (2nd Feb). The Waltham Forest Guardian was at the meeting and reports that the only planning committee members to vote against the development were Ed [...]
Stop the Essex Wharf tower blocks
Join local residents at Hackney Town Hall from 6pm on Wednesday 3rd Feb to demonstrate opposition to plans for 10 storey flats on the site! This Planning Application proposes four 7-10 storey high-rise high density residential tower blocks on the River Lee Navigation opposite North Millfields, in the Borough of Waltham Forest. It will loom [...]
L&Q ignore residents, councillors and bidders for Walthamstow Dogs
On Saturday (16th Jan) in a tiny backroom at The Holiday Inn, London & Quadrant unveiled their plans to turn Walthamstow’s iconic stadium into high density housing. Touted as an opportunity to listen to local views and adapt the plans accordingly, the “consultation” was only open for 2 brief 4 hour slots. Despite miserable weather [...]
Police launch local community messaging service
Neighbourhood Link is a community messaging service from the Metropolitan Police Service that provides news and information about policing activity or initiatives, crime prevention advice as well as major incidents affecting your area. Through this service you can receive messages from your local Safer Neighbourhood Team, borough police or, in the event of a major [...]
Walking in a Winter Walthamstow
As Snow falls in E17, Flickr users are out and about taking some wonderful photos. Watch a slideshow below.
Community Council Monday Jan 11th
View Larger Map The latest Walthamstow West Community Council meeting take’s place on Monday the 11th of January at Chapel End Junior School. Refreshments are available from 7.15, and the meeting itself begins at 7.30pm. Chapel End Junior School Roberts Road, London, E17 4LS Head along to put your questions to councillors on the local [...]
Maintaining our trees
Local residents rightly value the trees that line our streets, and many have expressed concern to BAG at the quality of the councils maintenance of our trees. BAG have previously contacted the council regarding the erratic pollarding of trees, bracket fungus, and the failure to replace felled trees. Below are the latest two emails from [...]
Tesco submit 3rd planning application
There’s an inevitability about the third application submitted by Tesco for the conversion of the former Essex Arms pub site into a four storey Express store/residential flats. View all three applications so far Latest (18/11/09) planning application Last month BAG spoke to the council planning officer who refused Tesco’s second application. He expressed frustration at [...]
Come to the AGM Tuesday Dec 1st 7.30pm
What’s going on in the Blackhorse Road area? The Blackhorse Action Group’s AGM is the place to get things aired and have your say. What do you want action on? Litter? Car tyre slashing in Edward Rd? The library? All these questions and more will be addressed at the Blackhorse Action Group (BAG) Residents Association [...]
The Walthamstow Tapestry
Artsnewspaper.tv interviewed the E17 based Turner prize winning artist Grayson Perry about the inspirations behind his latest work The Walthamstow Tapestry. Decked out in his trademark frock Perry is in fine form. I particularly like his comment about working in Walthamstow, “I like walking out of my studio in Walthamstow and just seeing the piles [...]
Willowfield School to be Performing Arts & Film Centre?
Willowfield School have applied for £182,000 LAA funding “to create a hub within the school to develop a dual use performing arts and film centre for use by the school and wider community“. Details on the Performing Arts & Film Centre proposals (PDF) The school plans to open in September 2011 on the old goods [...]
Essex Arms Tesco Express plans refused
View Larger Map Waltham Forest Council have surprisingly refused the latest plans for a Tesco Express and flats on the Forest Road former Essex Arms site. On Thursday (8th Oct) they published 14 detailed reasons for turning down the application. Speaking to BAG the planning office expressed frustration that agents and architects for Tesco did [...]
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
RT @TheMillE17: Mill Spring Newsletter: volunteers, rooms to rent, whats on, new art & plea to help deliver leaflets http://t.co/a3xKyTUT1 month ago
A People's History of the EMD / Granada Cinema - Follow @saveourcinema for the latest: http://t.co/ZiFoqq8P #e171 month ago
RT @LondonFire: The big fire we're currently fighting in Highams Park, Chingford is in a disused DIY centre. More here: http://t.co/gxf8FmVm1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @musiclikedirt In Walthamstow the police have invisible CCTV! #e17 http://t.co/U2RVbSDO Coppermill opposite @TheMillE17 - @Warpdog1 month ago
RT @BlackhorseAG: RT @musiclikedirt In Walthamstow the police have invisible CCTV! #e17 http://t.co/U2RVbSDO Coppermill opposite @TheMillE17 - @Warpdog1 month ago
