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Walking in a Winter Walthamstow
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Walking in a Winter Walthamstow

As Snow falls in E17, Flickr users are out and about taking some wonderful photos. Watch a slideshow below.

Published by on January 6, 2010 12:48 pm
The Walthamstow Tapestry
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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 [...]

Published by on November 18, 2009 12:13 pm
BAG Harvest event
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BAG Harvest event

Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was [...]

Published by on September 29, 2009 5:35 pm
BAG Gardening Workshop – Free Veg & Flowers
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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 WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 
DOUGLAS EYRE PLAYING FIELDS, 
2.30-4.30pm. [...]

Published by on June 2, 2009 9:22 am
BAG’ers plant a 1000 Dafs
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BAG’ers plant a 1000 Dafs

Thanks to all those who brought along a trowel or two and helped make BAG’s bulb planting such a success. A thousand bulbs should hopefully brighten the area come spring, and there was still time to recover from all the excertion at the Coppermill. (above) A few intrepid planters

Published by on November 12, 2008 11:57 pm
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Lammas Walk (19th October)

The New Lammas Lands Defence Committee will hold their annual Autumn Walk on Sunday 19th October, visiting a little-known part of Walthamstow Marshes – the northern Reservoirs. Historical note! When the first reservoirs were built during the 19th century, negotiations with the East London Waterworks Company to achieve compensation for parishioners who had Lammas Grazing [...]

Published by on October 14, 2008 8:53 pm
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Apple Day 11 October

Quoting from Stella Creasy’s newsletter, we thought it would be nice to flag up Apple Day at the Vestry House Museum. Looks like fun! Next Saturday 11 October sees the return of Apple day at the Vestry House Museum. The event will run from 11am until 4pm and is organised by ELOG (East London Organic [...]

Published by on October 5, 2008 7:40 pm
BAG September Newsletter
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BAG September Newsletter

Firstly apologies for originally posting the wrong date on the website but the bat walk was a great success. The evening was dry after a sunny day and 18 people turned up at the Coppermill Pub. We learned various details about bats and heard their noises on a “Bat detector” which was tuned into the appropriate [...]

Published by on September 26, 2008 4:27 pm
Bat Walk (Sat 20th Sept)
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Bat Walk (Sat 20th Sept)

There’s a guided bat walk on Saturday 20th September (Not Sunday as we originally stated). Meet outside the Coppermill Pub on Coppermill Lane at 8pm.

Published by on September 18, 2008 7:50 am
Food Glorious Food (and some booze, medicines and plants)
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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 [...]

Published by on August 18, 2008 11:29 pm
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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 [...]

Published by on May 20, 2008 7:56 am
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Fun Day – watch this space for a full report!

Thank you to the many, many families who came along on Saturday to support the BAG Family Fun Day. There was so much going on, it was amazing. We had jugglers, a Kids’ corner knee deep in paints, paper and scissors, stalls giving away goodies -even bikes!- right left and centre, face painting (THANKS Carol!) [...]

Published by on May 18, 2008 10:31 pm
Bats, raffles and song!
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Bats, raffles and song!

Don’t forget that BAG is having a right old shindig on 17 May at the Douglas Eyre Playing Fields pavilion. Doors open at 3pm, and there’s so much to do: Fun activities for kids Give and Take: bring clothes and books to swap Film: The Power of Community Discover what’s happening in your area! Guided [...]

Published by on May 6, 2008 2:44 pm
Snap happy
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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 [...]

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Published by on March 6, 2008 11:57 am