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Looking back at the past, an occasional series. Part two: ‘Our Olympics – “Chariots of Ire”‘

July 29, 2022 2012 Olympics in Waltham Forest, 2012 Olympics in Waltham Forest: Leyton Market, 2012 Olympics in Waltham Forest: the Dispersal Order, National Construction College Cathall Rd.

Purely for amusement, and to compliment all the remeniscing prompted by the 2012 anniversary, here’s a post that first appeared on this blog in 2015, one of a series on ‘Our Olympics’ (see links for the others). Who can forget the sight of no less a figure than LBWF CEO Martin Esom scurrying round the borough’s public libraries to collect in as many copies of the council’s Olympic guide to Leyton as he could, lest he and his chums be blamed for the evolving fiasco that was the Leyton Market? A ‘Gold medal for ineptitude’, indeed. ‘Our Olympics’: (1) LBWF and Leyton Market – the Council wins a ‘gold medal for ineptitude’ In the immediate run-up to the... »

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Mark Baynes RIP

July 29, 2022 Uncategorized

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Leytonstone cartoonist Woox on LBWF’s housing policies

July 28, 2022 Housing, Redevelopment, Woox

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LBWF’s flagship Blackhorse Yard ‘affordable’ housing scheme teeters, as developer Swan Housing steps away

July 19, 2022 Cllr. Clare Coghill, Housing, Redevelopment

The future of LBWF’s flagship ‘affordable’ housing scheme at Blackhorse Yard has been thrown into disarray, following the withdrawal of one of its two developers, Swan Housing. Swan Housing and its partner, Catalyst Homes, originally had gained planning permission for Blackhorse Yard in February 2019, and intended to deliver ‘359 affordable homes for shared ownership’, together with ‘a creative hub for artisans, artists’ studios, new retail space and an exciting and vibrant public realm’, using a site that had been purchased expressly for their purpose by the Mayor of London. LBWF’s then Leader, Cllr. Clare Coghill, was jubilant, claiming, ‘“We are really pleased that the firs... »

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Asbestos in Waltham Forest Town Hall: LBWF CEO Martin Esom answers the criticisms…sort of

July 8, 2022 Asbestos at St. Mary's School, Town Hall asbestos

On 1 July just passed, LBWF CEO Martin Esom e-mailed his response to the various points that I recently raised with him about asbestos in the Town Hall and the Assembly Hall (see his e-mail pasted below, and links to my correspondence at the bottom of the page). Mr. Esom is extravagantly paid and also on the government’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Board, and so it is a reasonable expectation that he will answer residents’ inquiries about asbestos in full and definitively. However, here, he disappoints, favouring bland generalisations while disregarding specific issues. LBWF has been following ‘a management plan for asbestos’, he advises. And when removal of asbestos has occurred, it’s... »

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