Wanstead Daily Photo is joining with Geoff Wilkinson Photography for a while, just click on the link to go straight through..just click here
Monday, 19 September 2016
Monday, 12 September 2016
OPENING NIGHT AT 84....
Many thanks to Chris D' Souza for the smashing pictures of the evening...
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| The winner Colin Murphy with the Mayor |
Sunday, 4 September 2016
WALL SPACE..
..as you can see from the picture above the long awaited photography exhibition in now on the Gallery wall and open for everyone to see. The photographs we are exhibiting are by 13 local photographers and as I said the other day there are some smashing pictures to be seen. Each photographer is exhibiting three pictures one of which is of Wanstead, I am delighted to say we have thirteen completely different views of Wanstead. One of the things I love about photography is the way we all see things differently...
Although the exhibition is now open Wednesday to Saturday 10.30 till 5pm and Sunday 10.30 till 4pm the opening night is next Saturday.
If you live in Wanstead or just passing through stop for a few minutes and have a look as these lovely pictures...
We are also raising money for out local childrens hospice Haven House who do fantastic work. If you'd like to help with an online donation click here and go through to the donations page.
You can find the exhibition here:
Geoff Wilkinson Photography
Gallery eightyfour,
84 Nightingale Lane,
Wanstead,
London E11 2EZ
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
JUDGEMENT DAY...
....not in that sense of course...What you see in the above picture are some of the photographs that we are putting on display starting September 3rd at the Gallery. They are all by local photographers, I can tell you there are some lovely pictures that will be going on the wall. The reason they are spread out over the floor? Well to add a little spice to the exhibition there is also a competition, I wasn't the judge I hasten to add, the winner, you'll have to wait until the opening evening 6pm till 9pm on September 10th to find out that.
We are also raising money for Haven House a local
children's hospice who do fantastic work. If you'd like to make an online donation to this very worthy cause you can just click here to go through to the Haven House donations page.
Sunday, 28 August 2016
EVENING TIME...
I had a stroll the other evening, nowhere in particular. I did however end up wandering past a floodlit Christ Church. The spire looked beautiful framed by the trees on Christchurch Green....
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
BUTCHERS...
...unless you are a Wanstead resident you probably won't be too excited by the arrival of The Ginger Pig on our High Street. Wanstead folk are however especially as we have lost our old butcher. It's a great shop with a wonderful display and selection of meats, I can personally vouch for the sirloin steak, delicious. Being one of the world's leading experts on sausage roll eating I can say they too are just wonderful...
...anyway before I get too carried away raving about food I was also struck by this lovely brass name and pig motif set in tiles at the entrance. As I'm always telling anyone who will listen you must look up and look down not just straight ahead otherwise you might miss something... a very stylish entrance..
Sunday, 14 August 2016
A LITTLE...
....obessed when it comes to bridges. You may have seen this bridge before, its quite near my home. Some days the sun goes down and you get a magical sky behind it, then it's transformed for a short period from a bridge to a sculptural form...
.....and you should see the bridge I have just found, a picture later this week hopefully...
Friday, 12 August 2016
PEEKING....
A lovely surprise earlier today... I came across this solitary sunflower peeking out from behind a tree in Wanstead High street. There by accident or design I don't know but it's certainly very welcome...
Thursday, 11 August 2016
A FLEETING MOMENT...
I popped out for a stroll a little earlier, a wonderful evening, warm but not too much so. The half moon had a haze around it and just for a few moments there was a remarkable sky....
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
HEEEEEEERES JOHNNY....
....if you are off a certain age you may well recognise the phrase in the title, it comes from the Johnny Carson show in America.
This is of course a completely different Johnny in the picture. I found him strutting his stuff and saying hello to anyone passing in Woodford Bridge yesterday. He lives I believe in Hairy Hounds the very handy pet and garden supplies shop. We had a little chat but obviously it was a bit one sided although he did say 'hello' a lot...
Sunday, 10 July 2016
LOOKING EAST....
Typically we all look to the West when watching the sun set, I think this applies all over the world. The other day I looked in the opposite direction towards the East and found this amazing cloud formation. I love the way the colour changes dramatically the closer you get to the horizon...
Friday, 8 July 2016
V SHAPED...
There have been some fabulous skies over Wanstead lately especially at sunset. This evening was no exception, I really like the 'V' shape created by the trees with the colour behind and the clouds above....
Friday, 17 June 2016
WHAT....WATER TANKS !!!!
What do you do with old, unwanted water tanks that you have salvaged from skips? Wanstead guerrilla gardner Marion Temple had a fabulous idea, you fill them with plants, paint them up and hey presto it's going to be another wonderful displays of lovely flowers next year. You can see them at the junction of Harrier Avenue and Mansfield Road just by Wanstead Station.....
Sunday, 12 June 2016
CELEBRATION...THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY..
I came across this wonderful couple as I left the Gallery late this afternoon, I just had to stop and ask if I could take their picture. As you may know there had been a 'Patrons picnic lunch earlier in the day in The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace with 10,000 people attending. This couple were just returning when I spotted them, they are Dennis and Edna Stinchcombe, both MBE's by the way, from Bristol but enjoying the delights of Wanstead for a few days. They are members of The Royal Society of St George, the Patron being Her Majesty the Queen as you can see by the flags and hampers they had a wonderful time despite the rain...
Sunday, 22 May 2016
SPOTTY..
...it's very hard to resist photographing a car bonnet after a shower of rain..
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
LOVELY...
...walking along Stanstead Road the other day I came across this beautiful Wisteria, with a little blue sky behind it seemed perfect...
Saturday, 14 May 2016
COLOURS...
You may have seen the picture of the lights in the tunnel running under the Central Line tube I posted a few days ago, you can check it out here. Anyway the completely opposite of the dark and gloom of that picture is this lovely metal sign at the mouth of the tunnel. I have no idea what it means but I expect it's something to do with the tube line, I was really drawn to the colours and the rust...very vintage I thought..
Friday, 13 May 2016
GUESS WHAT...
I grabbed this picture a couple of weeks ago in our Gallery, any thoughts about what they might be? Bear in mind we also have a craft shop in the Gallery.....
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
KINDNESS...
...it's often a rare comodity with not enough of it in the world these days. One exception are the owners of one of our local restaurants here in Wanstead. As you can see by the notice on the front reading 'free food for homeless people' the patron of Turkish restaurant Gezi Park in the High Street really is one of the good guys...
Monday, 9 May 2016
HAPPY MONDAY...
.....'happy monday' is that another song title? As a lot of people don't really look forward to returning to work after the weekend I though this picture might cheer them up. We have a beautiful cherry tree in our front garden, every year it produces wonderful blossom, as you can see there is also a nice bush next to it. The point is they never bloom at the same time.....except for this year, happy Monday....
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