Walthamstow

Urgent: Home needed for husky-cross dog.

This is Alba. She belongs to my daughter Kathy, but unfortunately Kathy cannot keep her – and sadly, though we’ve been fostering Alba, nor can we as my partner David is sadly allergic to dogs so we desperately urgently need to find a new home for her ASAP. None of the husky rescues can help … Continue reading →

Radiant Light

St Mary’s in the Autumn Mist

St Mary’s as seen from Vinegar Alley shortly after 3pm today as the evening mist began to descend.

Understanding vs conversion

St Mary’s in Walthamstow are going to be hosting an MBU on Sunday 19th September; that’s a Meeting for Better Understanding between Christians and Muslims. It will involve two speakers, one Muslim and one Christian, each speaking on the subject of Jesus in the Quran and Jesus in the Bible respectively. It will be followed … Continue reading →

Hope Not Hate

A party political broadcast on behalf of not-the-BNP … “In the upcoming elections in the UK, the far-right party the BNP are pushing for an unprecedented number of seats, and are possibly going to win some of them. They need 8% of the vote. This means that the more people that vote in the elections, … Continue reading →

Hatemongerers in the neighbourhood? No thanks!

Oh, looky-looky; hatemongerers Westboro Baptist Church have decided to target one of our local neighbourhoods! A primary school, to be precise – despite Fred Phelps and his odious offspring being denied entrance to the UK to protest a staging of “The Laramie Project” in Basingstoke, they seem to be undeterred and have now targeted George … Continue reading →

St.Mary’s by Night

Larger versions are available on my Flickr account; original full-resolution (2592 x 1944) images are available upon request.

St.Mary’s in the Snow

The Ancient House Looking up Church Lane, E17, with the churchyard railings to the right. St.Mary’s Church belltower in the snow. Snow-covered tomb. The Ancient House, looking up towards the Village. The belltower at St.Mary’s in the snow. View of St.Mary’s Church, Walthamstow, taken from Vinegar Alley. The old graveyard behind St.Mary’s in Walthamstow. The … Continue reading →

Further news

Police arrested a 30-year-old man on Saturday in Chingford. Jonathon Linzell, 30, of no fixed address, is accused of killing Melita Jo last week.He is due to appear at Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court tomorrow morning. Another man who arrested on Sunday in Walthamstow is still being held by police. Four other men, who were arrested … Continue reading →

This morning’s service in church was all about Melita. It could hardly be about anything or anyone else, really; the church was packed out – even moreso than at the previous week’s Harvest service – with so many trying to come to grips with the senseless, brutal tragedy in our midst. The local police community … Continue reading →