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The Chingford Directory

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Contents

David Young

W elcome to the July/August edition of The

Chingford Directory, your local community magazine and business Directory. I was thinking, just the other day. (Luckily, this didn't last too long.) But I

thought that it's a strange thing about my gen-eration - we sit somehow on the cusp of in-vention. It's happening all around us, like snow, and occasionally a flake of the stuff sticks to us.

I sit surrounded by shiny new gadgets, and, as my mental powers grow dimmer, so the gadgets seem to get smarter and smarter each day, as though they drain me of my intellectual powers to feed their shiny chrome, a sort of Dorian Grey in reverse if you will.

My days of imparting nuggets of wisdom

through these letters seem - oh bother - what was I about to say...?

I've clean forgotten what I was on about. But, on the plus side, my new fridge has prom-ised to write the next column. Anyway, it's so much cooler than me.

PUZZLES

Sudoku 12

Fun Quiz 18

Crossword 24

HOME & GARDEN

Beauty Feature: Perfect Nails 16

GENERAL

The real life of Pi 8

COMMUNITY

Community Events 32

Local Useful Numbers 48

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 50

The Chingford Directory Tel: 0845 519 4682

e: [email protected] w: www.thechingforddirectory.co.uk E4 Publishing, PO Box 6450, Chingford, London, E4 0BG

E4 Publishing cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies,

products or services that appear in this magazine.

Printed on FSC accredited paper. For every tree felled significantly more are planted.

Vegetable based inks are used throughout, which are far more environmentally friendly than oil based inks. Waste paper from the printing and

binding process is recycled and goes back into providing pulp for recycled paper products.

Please recycle when you’ve

finished with it.

Editors letter

Copyright © 2014 E4 PUBLISHING All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the

prior written consent of the publisher.

Proprietor & Publisher: Peter Atkinson, E4 Publishing

Editor David Young

Features Editor Pauline Whitbread

Sales Manager Lionel Feldman

The Chingford Directory is published bi-monthly by E4 Publishing. Our distribution covers most of Chingford and Highams Park. We deliver to half of each area one month, and the other half of each area the follow-ing month (approximately 10,000 households per month, or around 20,000 households in a two month distribution). Copies are also avail-able in the libraries in Station Road and in Highams Park.

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W hen I was younger, and my younger brother younger still, we made a startling observation. There was a

stream that we crossed on our way to school. And there was a very similar stream near where Dad worked. It didn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that the two must be linked.

So, one summer holiday in 1964, we set out together with nothing to help us on our way but a tube of Opal Fruits.

Sure enough, the streams were one and the same. We traced it from the bridge near school to the factory where Dad worked.

That evening, we told him of our discovery and wondered whether he might see fit to tell the whole world.

“You have done well, my sons,” he said. “But the truth is that mankind has long known of this stretch of water insofar as there is a road beside it. However,” and he turned to my brother, “I have great hopes that you will someday be a great explorer, possibly in the field of mathematics. And as for you, David… well… if you get lucky, and if they drop their standards a lot, you may get a year or two in a post in a library.”

The long summer passed slowly by in games of cricket and paddling pools. My young brother, who was 6, was just mastering logarithms. I was

more concerned with building a castle of mud in our garden as a possible defence against invading Apaches.

Looking back now, the murky mists of memory may muddle the recollection. In fact, I believe that we took Fruittellas with us that day and not Opal Fruits at all. Nevertheless, I clearly see my brother coming to Dad and saying “Father, I think that the total length of the river divided by its distance as the crow flies is about 3.14.”

“Young younger,” he said, “It is an amazing fact that all rivers obey this rule. And the ratio to which you refer is known by the Greek letter pi. And by the way, David, you seem to have spat-tered mud over your baby sister again.”

I pretended to get on with the castle, but eavesdropped as Dad explained to my brother.

Defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, pi crops up in the strangest ways in the natural world. Rivers have a property called the ‘meandering ratio’ – that is, the ratio of its actual length to its distance as the crow flies. This amazed Einstein, who explained, by using fluid dynamics, that rivers have a tendency to bend. But then a curve causes the outside of the curve to run faster and cause erosion, thereby forming a sharper bend. This makes the river loop back in the opposite direction. Because the shapes of loops are defined by pi, the meandering ratio of all rivers averages out at pi.

Pi, or π, is an irrational number. That is to say, it is a seemingly random series of numbers going

Measuring pi

The real life of Pi or fathers, factories and fruittellas

Pi


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on forever. It has been calculated to over a trillion decimal places. You can listen to it being read out, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

Humans have always been intrigued by the maths of circles. A tablet from Baby-lon in about 1800B.C. shows an early attempt at the calculation of pi. In 250B.C. the Greek mathe-matician Archimedes used hexagons inside circles in a more scientific approach. In 1424, the Persian astrono-mer Jamshid al-Kashi used a more complex shape and calculated pi to 16 places, a standard that was used for the next 2 centuries. The Greek letter π was first used in 1706. But the advent of the computer has lead to closer and closer calculations of its exact value. Why do we need to do this? Well, between you and me, and please don’t tell my brother this, we kinda don’t. But knowing the rough value of pi is

vital in all sorts of fields, from thermodynamics to aviation. But a trillion digits? Really?

Well, the factory has closed down and the river become quite dry, but pi hasn’t changed. And as to the rest of the story – my brother went on to fulfil his goal as a mathematician, but I never com-pleted that castle of mud.

David Young

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South Chingford Community Library (SCCL) 265 Chingford Mount Rd, Chingford, E4 8LP How to stay in touch and keep up to date. Please visit the library at any time. Volunteers will be very pleased to tell you what is happening.

Tel: 020 8529 3035 (answerphone when library is not open) email: [email protected] web: southchingfordlibrary.org.uk twitter: @E4Library facebook: www.facebook.com/E4CommunityLibrary South Chingford Community Library is a registered charity, number 1153772

South Chingford Community Library

THE LIBRARY NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

I n order to sustain the library and its range of services offered beyond 2014, they need to seek a substantial increase in funding.

They have over 700 members and around 60 active volunteers who give their services for free. The expansion of opening hours, and in-crease in community activities demands new sources for support. They are therefore seeking local sponsors or businesses who can either assist them financially or help with advice on seeking funding. If you can assist, or have suggestions, then please leave your contact details at reception, or email: [email protected] Profile of an SCCL volunteer “a passion for knitting” I want to tell you about the knitting groups I have set up, and the money that we have raised.

When I walked into South Chingford Commu-nity Library that September day in 2012, to ask them if the were interested in hosting a knitting group, little did I know it would be so successful. Publicity and word of mouth brought 15 ladies to the group for our inaugural meeting. The group started in November with the name “Knit And Natter” (and we do!!).

As many as 100 knitters have passed through the group and we currently have a regular atten-dance of about 25. There is a wide age range with quite a few different nationalities and knit-ting abilities. Although it was never intended to be a teaching group, many have learnt to knit and crochet with us. We have sold items at one craft fair (making £95) and each Thursday and Saturday I put a table of hand-made items in the Library window, for sale. Since I started taking note of the money, we have raised over £1,000 towards Library funds (also buying two trolleys for storage), which is quite good since it is free to join and attend the group.

We have a good selection of patterns, needles and yarn, all donated. All members are eager to lend/copy patterns and help each other out with any problems (some not about knitting!).

As members left, due to getting work or look-ing after grandchildren, they said how much they missed the group- so we now have a spin-off group running on a Saturday afternoon called “Sit And Knit”.

South Chingford Community Library (SCCL) in Chingford Mount Road

REVIEW YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKS FOR SCCL The library will pro-duce a display of books reviewed by members of the li-brary, so that others may borrow them and share the enjoyment.

Here is how to begin Write a review of your book (maximum 2 sides of A4 – MS WORD or txt format) and email it to [email protected] (alternatively, submit your review on paper to reception). They will then gather the reviews together in a folder to accompany the display, and also post them on the website. Then, please donate a copy of the book to add to the display. They will insert an acknowledgment sticker in the front and place the book in a bookcase in a prominent position in the library.

Jean Cobb


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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through , with no repetition!

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Solution on page 30

Puzzles

Sudoku

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T he academy is on the look out for Waltham Forest’s next David Beckham. It will be run by Angelo Christou 27, who is the founder of

Chingford Football School which was founded on April 26 this year. The academy will have 2 venues which are Blades Playing Fields, located at Walthamstow Avenue and also at Chingford Foundation School, Nevin Drive, David Beckham’s old school.

Angelo is a former pupil at Chingford School and the ex Chingfordian has lived here all his life, wants to give something back to the community and with Angelo and his coaches, he wants to train the chil-dren up and develop them and have scouts from various clubs come in and view them and see if they can get into their youth team.

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Sue Lavery

HAVE FUN LEARNING TO PLAY BRIDGE Ray Green invites you to join the East London Bridge Club. I decided to join one of Ray’s bridge courses to try it for myself. I know a few people who play bridge and find it a stimulating and sociable game. I had also interviewed Ray for the articles in The Chingford Directory for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The article also appeared in The West Essex Directory in 2012 and 2013.

There were about 12 new players when I joined and Ray started us off with games of mini bridge progressing to bridge. I found the lessons were well planned and challenging and Ray gave us lots of mate-rial to follow up each lesson. It was fun learning with others and there was always plenty of support and encouragement from Ray and the other players. This is what Ray said,

“Bridge is a trick taking game of skill and chance played by four players who form two partnerships; the partners sit opposite each other at the table.

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I am offering a 32-lesson course that will cover all aspects of this interesting game and help you to be ready to play in one of the many local bridge clubs.

Each 2-hour lesson including a tea/coffee and bis-cuit break is £10 per person. You only pay for the lessons you attend and will be given the opportunity to cover missed lessons on a later course. On these lessons you will be partnered with another member of the class. You are of course welcome to join with one or more friends and learn in a relaxing, comfort-able home environment.

Later in this course I also offer supervised bridge play. There is a 2 hour supervised play session on Thursday evenings 7.30-9.30pm for £5 per person.

For those who wish to improve their bridge play I organise intermediate evening lessons on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month from 7.30 – 9.30pm.”

If you are thinking of joining Ray’s course and would like to take advantage of the special beginner’s offer send your cheque for £50 with your name, address, home and mobile phone numbers to Ray at the address below. For more details contact Ray on 020 8281 8376 or go to www.eastlondonbridge.co.uk.

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Ray Green


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(Solution on page 38)

Across 8. Group of words Sherpa

articulated (6)

9. Last lion to become another animal (8)

10. Nautical speed unit to tangle (4)

11. Things mites get upset about (5)

12. Care about the brain (4)

13. To overcharge for sheep's wool (6)

15. Mauls tie badly to feign (8)

17. Tame recipe for flesh (4)

18. Give instruction to a twisted cheat (5)

20. Short note seen in home movie (4)

22. Two donkeys at home for a killer (8)

25. Impassive lots back with little identification (6)

26. Insect seen in sign at last (4)

28. Snow leopard's weight? (5)

30. City in which to wash? (4)

31. Smartest place to sleep (8)

32. Region development to disregard (6)

Down 1. Hellenic type of yarn (8)

2. Set about a compass point (4)

3. Dregs formed when time ends badly (8)

4. Lies about a little piece of land (4)

5. Horse-drawn carriage that sounds good-looking (6)

6. Fruit grown out of a lump (4)

7. Poem sent on differently (6)

14. Additional film performer (5)

15. Country to take pains over (5)

16. Arm with nothing for a West Indian dance (5)

19. Uncontrollable emotion is hearty in a way (8)

21. Wetness produced from Euro mist (8)

23. Ice-cream dish to eat at the weekend? (6)

24. Point to crude dwelling for a digger (6)

27. Thank you, thank you and goodbye (2-2)

29. Bird's home sent the wrong way (4)

30. Book initially beside a single rib, for example (4)

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Solution to page 12 Sudoku

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FREE COACHING WITH SILVERTHORN BOWLING CLUB SATURDAY MORNINGS Ropers Avenue Ground, Chingford, E4 9EJ. The Club offers Free Coaching at their Saturday Morning Club, com-mencing Saturday 26th April through to August. Young People's Groups ages 11-16years. Also free coaching for Parents/Adult Groups. (no upper age limit) Sessions are 10.30am to 12.30pm(so please arrive at 10.15am sharp) Don't be afraid to come alone. You can be sure of a warm wel-come, and meet new friends. Our friendly Club House has a kitchen/bar and outside patio. Our aim is to bring the Sport of Bowling into the Local Com-munity. We anticipate building a Junior Team, that can match other Bowling Clubs with a youth element. The bowling can be as leisurely as you wish, or you could move into competition if inspired to do so after Coaching. You can be assured of the support of our Coaches, who are all qualified with CRB checks. There is no obligation, and free refresh-ments are available. Come along, join in the fun, meet new people and learn the Sport of Bowling. Telephone to confirm that each of the Saturday Sessions are taking place, as there is a busy pro-gramme for the Summer. To be sure of your place, please telephone and book 020 5316619 Alternatively just turn up on the day and enjoy. FLAT SHOES MUST BE WORN. Silverthorn holds Clubmark certification, awarded by Sport England in 2013 LINK4GROWTH CHINGFORD There's no other group like us in the borough for community

and business networking! We bring a cross-section of people together from the local area and help each other. We nom-ally meet on the first Thursday of every month 9.30-11.30am at Goals Chingford, Morrison Avenue E4 8SN. Parking is free and buses from Chingford and Walthamstow stop nearby. The dates of our meetings for 2014 are below. Please note as it's the summer were doing something different in August. We're still meeting on Thurs-day 7th August but from from 2-4pm and at Christ The King Church Hall, 455 Chingford Road E4. Come and join us for tea and cake! We welcome people from the local area including residents, community groups, charities and businesses. As we're not for profit it's only £3 to join in and this includes refresh-ments. All we ask is that you register first. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/L4G.Chingford or email [email protected] or phone Debra on 07906 007613. Dates of forthcoming meet-ings are: 3rd July, 7th Au-gust, 4th September, 2nd October, 6th November & 4th December. FLOWER FESTIVAL Saturday 5 July, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St Edmund's Parish Church, Larkswood Road, South Chingford, London E4 9DS (south of Chingford Mount crossroads). Extravaganza of flowers in church - opportunity for people to sponsor displays; followed by Cocktail reception and concert. Also, open Sun-day 6 July, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact Pauline on (020) 8524 4386 or email [email protected].

SWEC’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT South West Essex Choir will be celebrating 50 successful years with a special anniver-sary concert at Walthamstow Assembly Hall on Saturday July 5 at 7.30pm. The guest of honour will be the world-famous pianist John Lill, who is SWEC’s president. He has been giving a series of con-certs to celebrate his 70th birthday this year and will be returning to his home area to play Beethoven’s Piano Con-certo No 5 (The Emperor). The choir will sing Mozart’s Req-uiem accompanied by Forest Philharmonic Orchestra. The conductor will be SWEC’s musical director James Sher-lock and there will be profes-sional soloists. Tickets are: balcony £18 (£20 on the day), stalls £15 (£17 on the day) and under 18s £5. They are avail-able from www.southwestessexchoir.org.uk or 020 8554 2830 (on the day only telephone 07895 090706). SWEC, which meets on Tues-day evenings from 7.45pm-10pm at Loughton Methodist Church, welcomes new mem-bers. No audition is necessary, but you must be able to sing and an ability to read music would be an advantage. Please contact the member-ship secretary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606 or [email protected] SWEC’s 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON will culminate with a grand Jubilee concert at Walthams-tow Assembly Hall on July 5, when the world-famous pianist John Lill will be playing Bee-thoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 (The Emperor) and the choir will sing Mozart’s Requiem. SWEC, which meets on Tues-day evenings from 7.45pm-

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10pm at Loughton Methodist Church, would welcome new members to sing in the July concert. No audition is neces-sary, but you must be able to sing and an ability to read music would be an advantage. Rehearsals start on April 29. For more information about singing with SWEC please contact the membership secre-tary Mary McElarney on 01992 812606 or [email protected] WEST ESSEX RAMBLERS This friendly rambling group has 4 walks every week, Wed., Thurs., Sat. and Sun. We have walks of varying lengths, both in the countryside and in London. For a sample pro-gramme telephone 020 8502 1628, www.westessexramblers.org.uk. 5 July, Sat., 10.30 For this circular 7 m. walk meet the group outside Mile End under-ground station. The walks takes you along various water-ways and includes parts of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. There will be a cafe stop. 30th July, 10.30 Meet in car park opposite Miller & Carter pub, Lambourne End for this 5.5 m. circular walk via Haver-ing-atte-Bower. LEA VALLEY FRIENDS WALK-ING GROUP Sunday 6th July Meet 10am (note earlier time to get back for Wimbledon tennis finals!) Stratford Station (top of the escalator) where we will get the DLR to Greenwich and later see, arguably the best view of London not from a structure (very intriguing!) Coffee & toilet stop. Saturday 9th August Meet 10.30 am and park in the car park of the Bricklayers Arms, Stondon Massey. Take A128

through Chipping Ongar. Turn right at roundabout onto A414. Take 3rd turning on right to-wards Nine Ashes and Ston-don Massey, Take first right and Bricklayers Arms is on the corner of the third turning on the right, with pond and green opposite. Leader has permis-sion to park in the pub car park, toilets available before walk and we will pre-order our lunches before the walk. (You may also turn right from A128 for Fox’s Hatch and follow Blackmore Road, turning left for Stondon Massey). This is a charming country walk, which passes a whipping post (Dave’s) and the former resi-dence of a famous 16th Cen-tury musician and a former World Snooker champion. Grid Ref. TL 586 004 Landranger 167 Postcode CM15 0EQ Saturday 16th August Meet at 10.30 am in Hadleigh Coun-try Park car park, Chapel Lane, Hadleigh (charge £2.30 & there are toilets) for 4½ mile walk with spectacular views over Thames Estuary, taking in the ruins of Hadleigh Castle, and skirting the Olympic BMX track. Good coffee shop, and lunch at nearby Harvester. I would happily give up to 3 people a lift from Newbury Park tube station (meet 9.15 am: mobile 07855 199275) and would suggest car shar-ing. (Please phone me on my mobile on the day if you are running late etc) Grid ref: TQ 801 869 Postcode SS7 2PP Saturday, 23rd August 10.30 am Meet Gospel Oak Station for a walk around Hampstead Heath visiting the recently reopened Kenwood House after its massive restoration. Regular trains on the North London line from Barking and Stratford. Coffee stop and toilets

Saturday 30th August Meet 10 am (note earlier time) in Ongar Long Stay car park opposite Budworth Hall, On-gar, which is beside the Li-brary. (free at weekends). Toilets in car park opposite. We will visit Greensted Church – 11th Century log church - and also pass the cottage where two of the Tolpuddle Martyrs lived on their return home from Australia. Grid TL 552 032 Map 167 QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 12 July at 7.30 p.m. at St Edmund's Halls, 216 Chingford Mount Road, South Chingford, London E4 8JL (south of Chingford Mount crossroads). Test your general knowledge - amaze others with your intelligence or learn new things you never knew. Fun evening for all the family; bring your own drinks and nibbles. Quizmaster is Michael Kendall-Torry. £5 per person; contact Andrew or Christine on (020) 8524 8729 or email [email protected]. SUMMER FLOWER SHOW Buckhurst Hill Horticultural Society. Saturday 12th July 2pm – 5pm. The Centenary Hall, St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RX. Includes floral art, photography, cookery and junior entries. Plus there will be sale of plants, garden sun-dries, teas and delicious homemade cakes. Entry: Non members £1, children free (Tel: 020 8257 8996) or e-mail:[email protected] EXHIBITION AT THE VIEW Saturday 12 July to Sunday 28 September - Summer art show 2014. A collection of artwork submitted by local artists who have been inspired by Epping Forest. The View is


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situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4. City of London Corporation WORKSHOP Saturday 19 July 10am–12pm. Workshop: Macro pho-tography on a budget. The View. A workshop for those with SLR camera with lenses having 52, 55 and 58mm filter threads. Free/booking re-quired. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Ching-ford E4. City of London Corporation VOLUNTEER TASK Saturday 19 July 10am–2pm. Volunteer task: Goldings Hill Pond. Goldings Hill Pond car park. Help clear the scrub, trees and overhanging branches from around the pond. Free/no booking re-quired. City of London Corporation BIKE RIDE Sunday 20 July 10.45am–4pm. Bike ride: Discovering Epping Forest by bike. Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge. All participants must wear a hel-met and have a competent level of cycling. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation WALTHAMSTOW FLORAL ART SOCIETY These are all Floral Art Dem-onstrations 24th July - Karen Davies-James - Fleur Amour 28th August - Susan Tausig - Cooking up a Storm 25th September - Janice Swan - Designs for all Occa-sions 23rd October - Jan Law - Cabaret

We are a very Friendly Club who welcome Visitors, for any information please contact myself Ann Young 020 8531 8178 or our Floral Art Secre-tary - Chris Saunders 020 8531 6784. The Meetings take place at Greenleaf Baptist Church, Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, E17 6QQ at 7.30pm. WALK Friday 25 July 2pm-4pm. Walk: Iron Age family walk & talk. Jack’s Hill car park, Cop-pice Row. Cost: £10.00 per family group (up to four peo-ple). Booking required. City of London Corporation CADOS presents The Local War, a cabaret style show specially written to com-memorate the centenary of WW1 from 31st July to Au-gust 2nd including Saturday matinee. With a live band and featuring songs from the era the script weaves monologues and sketches with verbatim letters from the past to create a show with comedy as well as a serious side. A cold buffet will be served at your table in the interval. At Mornington Hall, The Green Walk, N Chingford, E4 7EN. Licensed bar each evening. Tickets £9.50. Seniors £8 on Thursday and at the matinee when con-cessions for under 16s are also available. Box office 02085244380 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/cadoschingford WALK Friday 1 August 6.30pm–9pm. Walk: Forest at dusk. Lodge Road car park. A dusk walk through the Forest and Buffer Lands. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY Saturday 2 August 10am–2pm. Children’s activity: Junior angling day, Theydon Bois Pond. A fun introduction to angling. Children must be accompanied by an adult. £5 per child/booking required. City of London Corporation OPEN AIR THEATRE Sunday 3 August Gates open at 2pm Performance at 3pm. Open air theatre: Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Pen-zance. The Temple Enclosure, Wanstead Park. Cost: Adults £14.95, under 16’s £8.95 and under 3’s £3.95. Booking re-quired. Booking web address: www.illyria.uk/com City of London Corporation OPEN GARDEN CHARITY EVENT Cottage style garden open at 5 Brodie Road, North Chingford under National Gardens Scheme supporting various Cancer charities on Sundays 10th and 24th August 2-5pm. Entry £2-50. Children free. Refreshments. OPEN AIR THEATRE Wednesday 13 August (gates open at 2pm, perform-ance 3pm). Open air theatre: Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Mar-vellous Medicine’. The Temple, Wanstead Park. Cost adults £14.95, under 16’s £8.95 and under 3’s £3.95/booking re-quired. Booking web address: www.illyria.uk/com City of London Corporation EVENT: WINE TASTING Friday 15 August 7pm–10pm. The View. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4. Sample some of Europe’s finest wines supplied by Woodford Wine

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Room. Friendly, fun and infor-mative session, suited for both novices and fully fledged wine connoisseurs. Cost £10 per person includes glass of Prosecco/booking required. Over 18’s only. City of London Corporation WORKSHOP Saturday 16 August 10am–12pm. Macro photography on a budget. The View. The View is situated between the Royal Forest pub and Queen Eliza-beth’s Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford E4. A work-shop for those with SLR cam-era with lenses having 52, 55 and 58mm filter threads. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation WALK: FOREST AT DUSK Friday 22 August 6.30pm–9pm. Lodge Road car park. A guided walk through the Forest and Buffer Lands at dusk. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY: PLAY IN THE FOREST Friday 29 August 10am–12pm. Epping Forest Visitor Centre, High Beach. Discover, explore and enjoy the Forest through wild play, arts and crafts activities. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost £2 per child/no booking required. Joint City of London/Epping Forest District Council BIKE RIDE Sunday 31 August 10.45am–4pm, Discovering Epping For-est by bike, Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge. All participants must wear a helmet and have a competent level of cycling. Free/booking required. City of London Corporation

RICHMOND HOUSE SCHOOL REUNION Former pupils of Chingford's Richmond House School are preparing for a Reunion Lunch on Friday, September 5. If you attended the school, please contact Edna Hobbs (nee Redcliffe) 020 8508 6217 or Rosemary Smith (nee Lethbridge) [email protected] for further details. AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Saturday 13th September, 2pm – 5pm. The Centenary Hall, St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5RX, includes: Cut flow-ers, Fruit & Vegetables, floral art, cookery and junior entries. Plus there will be sale of plants, garden sundries, teas and delicious homemade cakes. Entry: Non members £1, children free (Tel: 020 8257 8996) or e-mail:[email protected] LONDON and OVERSEAS AREA of NAFAS PRESENT Area Show “Far Pavilion’s” - Amazing Floral Artistry. Sep-tember 24th – September 25th, Chigwell Hall, High Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6BD. Admission to show £7.00 Wednesday 24th September 11.30am – 5.00pm. Demon-stration by Michael Bowyer at 1.30pm £8.50. Gala Reception 6pm – 9pm to include wine, canapés and “A Floral Experi-ence” with Charles Barnard, Graham Harper and Kathy Stangaard £15 Combined ticket for entry to the show and Gala Reception £20 Thursday 25th September 10.00am – 5.00pm. Demon-stration by Michael Bowyer at 11.30am £8.50. Trading, mini

demonstrations, workshops. For tickets contact Joyce Jones: 020 8657 7632. email: [email protected] BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Monday – 6th October talk by Mr. Russell T. Bowes. Sub-ject: Say It with Poison, at St. James’ United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Ad-mission £1 . Time: 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. For more informa-tion please contact the Chair-man: Maureen Briggs – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8364. All welcome. BUCKHURST HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Monday – 3rd November, talk by Mr. Richard Gant. Subject: Plant Heritage and its National Plant Collections, at St. James’ United Reformed Church, Palmerston Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NG. Admission £1 . Time: 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. For more information please con-tact the Chairman: Maureen Briggs – email: [email protected] or ring 0208 504 8364. All welcome.

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Accountants A Counting House LTD 21 ASC Accountants 6

Aerial & Satellite Installations Mediacoms 47

Architect Nic Antony Architects Ltd 7

Blinds Blind Gallery 11

Building Services aws builders 2 CP Building Contractors 49 Dendale Construction Ltd 51 ML General Builders 39 R Creed & Son 49

Care Home Woodland Grove 5

Carpenter Bill Crichton 30 Chingford Carpentry 30 Mick Parini 39 SK Carpentry 38

Carpet, Curtain & Upholstery Cleaning Acorn Carpet Care 29 Advanced Clean 46 M&K Cleaning Services 43 Supreme Carpet Cleaning 20

Catering Service Ridgeway Catering 41

Chiropodists D Dawe 18 Dean Shulton 9 M Freedman 25

Cleaning Services Angels 20 Regal Cleaning Services 44

Colonic Hydrotherapy Claire Smith 38

Community Event City of London Corporation 31

Community Facilities for Hire Caterham High School 36

Complementary Centre Willows 17

Computer Services Problem Computers 36 Simlatech 38

Conference Centre The Scout Association 14

Decorating Services Sullivan and Co 49

Dental Practice Chingford Mount Dental Practice 19

Domestic Appliance Repairs Standard Appliances 46

Driving School 1-2-1 Driving Tuition 6

Electrical Services DMB Electric 49 GB Electrical Contractors 23 Ultra Electrics 51

Fencing JMG Property Services 24

Flooring Services Acorn Carpets 27 T&C Floorcoverings 2

Function Hall LBWF - Chingford Assembly Hall 14 The Woodford Wells Club 43

Garage Conversions West Essex Garage Conversions 23

Gardening Services MG Landscapes 37 MGM Gardening 41 The Flower Pot Man 12

Glass & Glazing Eco 45 Glazing Maintenance Services 48

Graphic Design Service Moo-Creative 40

Hair Salon Paula Hair Designs 17

Handyman Mr Fix It 39

Home and Garden Centre Lancasters 25

Home Care Bluebird Care (Waltham Forest) 3

Home Furnishings Crescent Carpets 7, 21

Locksmith Unique Services 12

Mobility Services Chingford Mobility 39

Motor Car Services D. Ranger Motors 37 Paint Technik 46

Oven Cleaning Services Oven Wizards Franchising Ltd 36

Pawnbrokers & Jewellers Gold ‘N’ Image 3

Pest Control AR Cook Pest Control 46

Pet Services Funky Dogs 30 Go Doggies 9 Hugs and Tails 41 Wags 48

Plasterering Services SAF Plastering 39

Plumbing/Heating Services Heatwiz Plumbing & Heating 11 Ken 44 Roberts Quality Plumbing 44

Pre-School CMBC Pre-School 15

Reflexology Lilian 38

Removal Services J&M Shipping 24

Replacement Windows & Doors Eco Trade 13 T & L Windows & Doors 12

Roofing Services Cook & Son back cover Graham Willsdon 48 J & R Roofing 44

Security Mediacoms 47

Slimming Services Slimming World 17

Therapeutic Massage Serenite 9

Upholsterery Collards Upholstery Limited 37 Leadale Upholstery 30

Waste Disposal Arbis 6

Yoga Classes Ian Burgess 17

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Plumbing & Heating

Electrical test, repairs & rewire

Roofing - flat & pitched

Windows & doors

Decorating - in & out

Plastering & damp

Glazing & board up

Full refurbishment

Dendale Construction Ltd Specialist refurbishment

contractors to period & listed buildings

Phone: 020 8527 5777 Fax: 020 8926 4621 E-mail: [email protected]

418 Hale End Road, London, E4 9PB.

All building & property

maintenance & repairs

Serving homes, businesses, schools,

churches, local authorities,

architects & leaseholder management.

Fully insured. Insurance & grant work undertaken.

Established over 20 years

Full project management

Free survey & estimates


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A GENUINE FAMILY BUSINESS

NVQ Qualified

ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED RELIABLE & PERSONAL SERVICE

26 Heathfield Chingford E4 6SE

Est. 1967

For a free estimate with no obligation call Mr Cook on

● GUTTERING ● GRANT WORK ● TILING & SLATING ● ZINC & LEADWORK ● VALLEY GUTTERS & BAYS ● CHIMNEY STACKS

MEMBER

● UPVC FASCIAS & SOFFITS ● VELUX WINDOWS FITTED

● REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE ● HIGH PERFORMANCE FELT ROOFING


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Documents

The Chingford Directory - July/August 2014