by Joanna | May 24, 2013 | Appetite Festival, Guided walks, pubs, Walthamstow
Researching for my Walthamstow walk for the local Appetite Festival I came across a poem written about the evils of drinking alcohol. It was recited at a temperance meeting in a chapel in Wood Street, Walthamstow in 1884. Ironically it’s a good list of all the... by Joanna | Apr 18, 2013 | Appetite Festival, Vikings, Walthamstow
Traipsing the streets of E17 yesterday in preparation for my Walthamstow walk for the Appetite Festival on 1st June I stumbled across an amazing piece of street art. The title is Wood Street Tall Tales and is by Vic Lee. A picture of the whole art work can be found... by Joanna | Mar 12, 2013 | Chingford, Epping Forest, markets, Walthamstow
Although I love living where I do and wrote a blog post a while ago saying it was the best place to live in London – mainly because of the nearness of the Forest and good transport links into town – I sometimes feel the high street is a bit of a... by Joanna | Dec 26, 2011 | Chingford, Christmas, Highams Park, Hunstanton, Leytonstone, Moncrieffs, South Woodford, Walthamstow
Last year my family started a new tradition – for each of us to contribute a home-made present to the rest of the family. Last year we made and received home-made soaps, scarves and raspberry gin. My brother, Angus composed and sang a song entitled the... by Joanna | May 23, 2011 | Antony Clayton, London Ambassadors, London Sideways, London Trails, Mayfair, Red Lion, Somerset House, Spice, St Giles, Walthamstow
It’s always the same – no events for ages and then everything at once. I am always pretty busy but last week was exceptionally so having attended 3 walks and led one myself in less than a week not to mention going to a talk by Monica Ali at the Royal...
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