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Food Glorious Food (and some booze, medicines and plants)

The Hornbeam Centre’s putting on a feast of lessons, workshops and fun activities (some for kids, others for adults or the family)
Jam making, baking, wine, homebrew, herbs, pickles, apples, cakes, seeds, and more, all culminating in a great food swap.

Check out all the days and details below. For more visit their swish looking new website.

All workshops are at the Hornbeam Centre, 458 Hoe Street, Walthamstow unless otherwise specified. Prices indicated are for waged first then low income and unwaged.
Registration is appreciated and for sessions marked with * numbers are limited so please let us know if you are coming: email us or call 020 8558 6880.

Wednesday 20th August (3-4.30pm)*
Baking for kids (age 4-10) £1.50/£1
Come and have a go: mix, chop, stir and bake simple biscuits, cakes or smoothies, then enjoy the results!

Saturday 23rd August (4-5.30pm)*
Jam making £3/£2
Home-made tastes better… Discover the basic methods of this long-established way of capturing fruity goodness in a jar.

Wednesday 27th August (7-9pm)
Wine from the hedgerows: introduction to homebrew £3/£2
Brewing your own is cheaper and more satisfying. Find out how to make a fine wine from fruit you can find in the hedges, and get your cider started in time for the swap. Or just sample some we made earlier!

Sunday 14th September (11am-1pm)
Introduction to food growing £3/£2
Start early for next year’s swap – find out the basic principles of organic growing and pick up some simple tips to get you started growing your own. At Organiclea’s growing site, Drysdale Avenue, E4
There’s more, click here to read more…

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July 9, 2008 @ 11:25 am

Open Air Cinema Saturday 12th July

“New York, New York, It’s a wonderful town” (youtube clip)

Walthamstow Town Centre’s the place to be on Saturday the 12th July for a free open air big screen showing of the classic Hollywood musical “On The Town“.

Starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett and the music of Leonard Bernstein, it features some of Hollywood’s most celebrated dance sequences and routines. The film follows the exploits of three young sailors looking for love on an eventful day’s shore leave in New York.

The event will commence with a live appearance by the John Garfield Swing Band performing classic songs of the period including their own tribute to Frank Sinatra.
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May 20, 2008 @ 7:56 am

BAG Fun Day

The Blackhorse Action Group Fun Day was a huge hit last Saturday (17th May). Children of all ages enjoyed learning juggling skills, painting flowerpots, making badges and origami, having a go on the ‘energy bike’, and having their face painted by Big Brother’s Carol Vincent.

Meanwhile their parents had the chance to find out what else they could get involved with in in the local area, from community gardening and ‘time banking’ (a kind of skill swap) to saving energy at home and campaigning against unsuitable tower block proposals. They could also watch a film about Walthamstow market, try their hand in the raffle or quiz (prizes donated by local businesses), or just sit back, relax, and chat to their neighbours over a cup of tea and a cake or some delicious home-cooked Indian food.

Here’s a short version of the Walthamstow Market film:

Finally many went home from the event, which was held in the Douglas Eyre Sports Pavilion, proudly clutching books and toys from the ‘give and take’ and St James Library Campaign stalls, or even free paint or free kid’s bicycles, kindly supplied by the Forest Recycling Project.

Irina Hoss, of BAG’s Entertainment Working Group, said “We are delighted with how well the day went - I overheard quite a few kids saying stubbornly ‘I don’t want to go home!’. The point of our residents association is to work together to improve the quality of life in our area, and events like this are so important - we hope to have a street party in September to build on our success, as well as a range of other events.”
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March 9, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

Get involved in the Entertainment Working Group!

The entertainment working group organises parties and other social events.

For more information email: entertainment@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk

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March 6, 2008 @ 11:57 am

Snap happy

A slight break from posts about the council tarmacking over our green field sites for some pretty pictures.

This area has more than its fair share of budding David Baileys, as anyone visiting the photo sharing site Flickr will be aware. The Walthamstow group has over a 1,000 pictures to browse through, or alternatively you can search the whole site, for example find the “most interesting walthamstow pics“.

Some even add GPS information on where the photo was taken, allowing computer boffins to come up with ingenious sites like this one which displays a satellite image of the area with little thumbnails of all the photos taken.

Visit here for the Blackhorse Road satellite image.

You can zoom in to see more pictures, order it by newest taken, most popular or just check out whether anyone has randomly taken a picture of you putting the bins out in your nightie.

It also offers a large satellite view of the lovely green space where the council plan to put a large school so by all means send the developers some feedback on this and the housing development via their online questionnaire.

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February 24, 2008 @ 1:05 pm

Residents Social Evening

BAG invites you to a residents get together on Sat 17 May at the Sports Pavilion of Douglas Eyre Playing Fields. Come along one and all, kids too. Colin, our favourite groundsman at the pavilion, has agreed to open the bar.

If you are interested in getting involved with organising this evening then email Irina Hoss.

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Walthamstow Guardian news feed

WALTHAM FOREST: Murdered teen's family united in grief August 28, 2008
A GRIEVING mum and dad have spoken of their heartache following the murder of their 18-year-old son, and insisted it was not a “black on black” gang killing.
WALTHAM FOREST: Warning about counterfeit vodka August 28, 2008
CONSUMERS are being warned about buying potentially harmful vodka after the council seized 30 bottles from three traders.
CHINGFORD: Guns used to kill rapper were converted at factory August 28, 2008
GUNS used to kill Richard Holmes in Chingford were converted into live weapons at a Berkshire factory.
WALTHAMSTOW: Youths arrested at murder scene August 27, 2008
A DISTURBANCE near the site where tributes to murdered teenager Charles Junior 'CJ' Hendricks have been laid has led to arrests.
WALTHAMSTOW: Cyclist receives head injury in crash August 27, 2008
A CYCLIST sustained head injuries after coliding with a car in a rush-hour crash.

Government planning news

News from Fight The Height

Fancy becoming a planning geek?! August 27, 2008
Over years of campaigning, we've discovered that not only is it too late to fight developments when the bulldozers arrive, it's also sometimes too late when they apply for planning permission. Why? Because months, often years, earlier the council has agreed a planning policy which sets in stone what will happen. For example, a policy might mark out a particular area for development, dictate what
Comment on the Giant Telly August 21, 2008
Democracy seemed absent in the decision to erect a giant telly in Walthamstow Town Square. But at least the BBC website is giving the public the chance to comment on the screen. It'll be interesting to see whether your opinions are published...! Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/bigscreens/get_involved.shtml to tell them what you think of it.
March to Save Our Stow August 15, 2008
Join the march on Saturday 16th August to try and save Walthamstow's world-famous dog track from housing developers. Meet outside the track at 12 noon for a march to Walthamstow town square. For more on the campaign visit https://saveourstow.wordpress.com/ To sign the petition visit http://www.petitiononline.com/savestow/

Latest news from the library campaign

consultation - get it back quick! July 10, 2008
well after months of excuses, broken promises and chasing (the latest excuse was heavy rain!) the consultations have finally been delivered to houses in the st james st area. The council refuses to ask the right questions and they refuse to extend the deadline past 18th July despite the fact most people only received [...]
the mystery of the disappearing consultation! June 30, 2008
Those funny folk at the council are supposedly undertaking a consultation into the future of library provision in the st james st area. Mysteriously, though, none of the campaigners or people we’ve asked so far, have received a consultation, even though Lorna Lee (head of Library Service) told us she sent them out to every [...]
Thanks! June 7, 2008
To everyone who came today - great turnout, bout a 100 i reckon, great to see residents and the library workers standing side by side and standing up for libraries, including those who came in to talk to central library users (who were very supportive). The only really strange comment was from the library manager [...]

Latest news from the campaign to save the William Morris Gallery

Dog Track: March to the Town Hall August 4, 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE TO TIMES There’s a march organised from Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium, Chingford Road, to the Town Square at the top of the market on 16 August 2008 at 12pm. Please meet at the dog track before 12pm and please spread the word. All friends and family welcome.
Another local landmark under threat August 2, 2008
In May 2008 news broke that Walthamstow’s iconic greyhound stadium had been sold to property developers and is closing on August 16 2008. The stadium opened in 1933 and is one of the best loved greyhound tracks in Europe. It’s also a local landmark which puts Walthamstow and Waltham Forest on the map. For years [...]
2008 William Morris Events in the United Kingdom July 16, 2008
Please see http://www.morrissociety.org/2008uk.html for a full list of Morris related events. Unless otherwise stated, ll lectures are at Kelmscott House and tickets for these cost £4 for WMS members and £5 for non-members. Write for tickets to Ticket Applications, The William Morris Society, Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9TA, enclosing payment (cheques payable [...]