HOPEFULLY...

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I like many others was sad when the decision was made to close Wanstead Police Station. I passed  the other day to see if anything was happening on the site, as you can see there was plenty of building work going on. I was however delighted to see that the structure of the old police building was still standing, I really hope it stays and is incorporated into the new building scheme. After all it is a Wanstead landmark...

AFTER DARK 1

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Apologies for the break in publishing for the last few days, we have been catching up with a few things and planning a few new things! Anyway normal service is resumed. 

I was out the other evening and was really drawn by the effect of the street lights and the illumination spilling out of buildings. So in the next few days I'm going to post some pictures of Wanstead after dark. I spotted the light glowing from these three windows, unusual because the building is the old Police station now closed and empty. So what were the lights all about ? The spirit of former policemen and villains ? Who knows but I'm sure I heard the clinking of cell keys....

SAD AND FORLORN.

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After I photographed the trees yesterday, I just had to take a final picture of the once Wanstead Police Station.  The decision to close it was on and off for such a long time, one did wonder whether it would truly come about.  Seeing it yesterday with all the windows boarded the iconic Blue Lamp gone it is obviously finally over.  The last emotion felt was that I have captured it in all forms for future historical interest.  The pictures are all safely in my archive.

'ALLO,'ALLO,'ALLO...

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'Allo, 'Allo, 'Allo those wonderful words from those old black and white movies sadly not to be heard from Wanstead Police Station for much longer. We are to lose it, after a long battle, it is to close, a sad loss. What will happen to the building ? On a more cheerful note I wanted to do another photograph of it and something a bit different. I have always liked the blue lamp so I thought I would give it pride of place in the foreground of the picture. 
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