A celebration of the life of Raymond Swingler, President, Walthamstow Village Residents’ Association To hear the peal of the St Mary’s church bells in the Village on any Wednesday evening is a joy and pleasure we should never take for … Continue reading →The post And The Bells Rang Out For Ray appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

The council have circulated a plan for the improvements to be made to the East Avenue to Eden Road section of Orford Road. Click here to view it. The paving between the bakers and the newsagents has been completed ahead … Continue reading →The post Mini Holland: Orford Road update appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

Orford Road’s new shop and café What do you get when you take three Walthamstow men, mix in a love of cheese and ale, and add a former hairdresser’s in Orford Road? Either a joke without a punchline or a … Continue reading →The post Grand Fromage appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

With her stroke of red lipstick and sharp tailoring, Maureen Schipper (47) is the Village’s favourite Auntie. Born and bred in the Netherlands, she arrived in London in 1990 and spent several years mixing single parenthood with DJing and studying. … Continue reading →The post Village People: Maureen Schipper alias Auntie Maureen appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

Local charity looking for new members A small Village based charity that has raised tens of thousands of pounds to help disadvantaged South African children attend school is looking for new members. Waltham Forest Thuso in South Africa (thuso means … Continue reading →The post A Helping Hand in South Africa appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

It’s the start of a new gardening season and we have again entered the London in Bloom competition in the London Village category. In 2014, for the third year, we achieved a Gold award and London’s Best Village and with … Continue reading →The post Gardening News & Launch of Walthamstow Village in Bloom 2015 appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

Over the next couple of days the latest issue of the Walthamstow Village Residents’ Association magazine will be posted through the letterboxes of houses in the heart of Walthamstow Village. We have a print run of 2,000, so there are … Continue reading →The post “The Village” magazine Spring issue appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.

Walthamstow Village in Bloom 2015 launches with the Spring Clean run in conjunction with Waltham Forest’s borough-wide clean-up campaign. The Bloom team does a recce to identify areas that need a clean-up and we already have a lovely, LONG list … Continue reading →The post 13th Annual Village Spring Clean: 10.30am Saturday 28th March appeared first on Walthamstow Village Residents' Association.