The Stratford Grapevine Issue-1
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ART ON THE July 2008 UNDERGROUND THE STRATFORD GRAPEVINE READERS AND SPECTATORS: BECOME COLLABORATORS! Midfield FC Ted EAST MARSH FOOTBALL Pat OLYMPIC PARK MIKE - ASH - CONSTRUCTION SITE Group Station was on Manager Customer rs s u w it o e Services + t a ’ s k r o Origami a n P s Formans Angel i c t i e p m Smoked Cottage y Frog Morris l Salmon c (demolished) O Clays ar e t oo TRATFORD r h ns S Lady Lucy t o Lane o k l STATION d a po t rtraits x e W ‘ n RAILWAY ide R meetings outs MT / ASLEF TAVERN - stall NEWHAM er JAN low STRATFORD STRIDERS SALVATORE’S f Theatre k l CENTRE a Royal John w EAN Bob on D out Stratford TOWN pointed Market Stan CHRIS k Circus CENTRE al Traders w FORUM g n o o e o St Johns - s nt TOM o i n Katy + Church Jim - w ed a p l m Barry Carol k u playwright s suggested b b a Yogesh - GORDON PUB QUIZ p NEWHAM t i GORDON’S s ING DDIE S e Thoughts + LOUISE K E ’ d COUNCIL WALKS m for Stratford s e ta t rt a Stratford t a c Abbey t Radio Russ o Gerard Library mmu Joel p outside Gardens, HREE laque T art Manley e n icle on id i Andreas, s ty h MILLS WEST HAM Hopkins in ch Nina n o ALLOTMENT bra u Cafe r SOCIETY Mondo NUSOUND 92FM Community Links - Ravinder Sujata Nimi Tari MAYOR OF LONDON Transport for London elcome to the first issue of The Stratford Grapevine, a free THE NEWHAM STRIDERS ISSUE W newspaper by and about the people of Stratford, East London, which is distributed Two walking routes to help you explore Stratford and visit the locations from Stratford station. featured in this issue. The red route is a walk by Newham Strider Chris Crook (see pages 5–6). The blue route is a walk called Three Mills Loop The Stratford Grapevine is the creation of artist Lucy Harrison, by Gordon Joly from West Ham Allotments (page 7). Gordon leads the who has worked with communities and individuals to catch the walk on the first Sunday of the month, starting at 1pm from House Mill, essence of this fast-changing part of the capital. Commissioned by Three Mill Lane. It is free of charge and all welcome. For information visit Art on the Underground, Lucy’s project has seen her walking and www.networking-club.org.uk/index.php/Three_Mills_Loop talking with local traders and shoppers as well as sports teams, schoolchildren and station staff. She also spent time with the walking group Newham Striders, who have suggested the features for this edition of the newspaper. There will be three issues of The Stratford Grapevine in total, with the second issue including stories and articles by the Discover Children’s © TfL 8 Forum. This will be distributed on Thursday 18 September and followed on Thursday 6 November by the final edition, which will feature the Extract from Johnny Song, by Jim Kenworth Architecture Crew, a group of young people who meet regularly to develop projects that consider local regeneration. O, City of London, mad, up for it, City of London; We hope that you enjoy this and future issues of The Stratford Grapevine. Guide me through your twisting alleyways, If you have something that you would like to contribute, whether it Winding streets, roaring traffic and is a photograph, recipe or piece of writing about your life in Stratford, Mighty, pumping Clubs, Pubs and Bars. Grange Manor then we would love to hear from you. Please email contributions When I am lost, falling down, and starless to [email protected]fl.gov.uk, call 020 7027 8694, or leave a comment In the dark, let me hear a beat calling me; on the website www.tfl.gov.uk/art A N E LAN G L 5 MIL Let me hear a solid beat like the cavalry, E WIND L L A 4 And, yeah, like the movies, let ’em arrive N E 2FM In the nick of time. AD d 9 3 O oun STRATFORD D R s 6 OR Nu Olympic Park MF V RO I STATION C A Jim Kenworth is an Events Directory Officer AY R construction site A 2 1 DW G A E at Newham Council. 7 16 L RO A B N W E EAS E 14 S 9 T T H A M L C 15 A N R E OS S 19 GR 10 PA EENW AY WHERE ARE YOU GOING? R N T E E R R E IC L O R K L T U R T S O E H B Enfield R E G R O I T S A H WAY 18 Winchmore Hill D 11 Woodford Brentwood 20 Hampstead Heath 13 Kilburn Gospel Oak Seven Sisters Romford Finsbury Park STRATFORD WEST HAM ST. R IGH Kensal Rise Gants Hill A H STATION IN LEY Camden Road H OM I R L B L 12 Swiss Cottage Caledonian Road W A Highbury & IslingtonHackney Wick Leyton Y D. E R Dagenham UC Forest Gate BR DalstonHackney Central Homerton Kingsland Mile End West Ham Bethnal Green BROMLEY-BY BOW STATION Bond Street Liverpool Street Tottenham Court Road All Saints Canning Town Poplar East India West Silvertown Cyprus 17 North Greenwich London Bridge KEY TO POINTS OF INTEREST Chris’s walk starts from Gordon’s walk starts from House Mill, 1. Stratford Centre & Market Stratford Station 2. Stratford Station & Dean’s flower stall Three Mills Island 9. Railway bridge 3. Former location of ‘Robert’ 17. Bow Locks 10. Blocked pathway 4. The Railway Tavern 18. Abbey Gardens 11. Gasworks 5. Angel Cottage (demolished) 19. View of Olympic Park construction site 12. House Mill, Three Mills Island 6. Stratford Library 20. Tom Thumb’s Arch 13 West Ham Allotments Kingston 7. King Eddie’s pub 14. Samuel Gurney monument 8. East Marsh football ground Survey at Stratford Station conducted on 28 April, 12–2.55pm with 30 people 15. Emmanuel’s shoe shop 16. Salvatore’s tailors 2 3 Chris Crook, Olympic Park construction site, November 2007 THENEWHAMSTRIDERS Bob Bicheno Newham Striders is a Newham-wide programme developing walking as exercise. It is based around giving accredited training to walk leaders and recruiting individuals for tested, supervised walks in the Borough. Newham Striders was originally funded by the Health Action Zone Cardiovascular Health Programme. Since April 2003, it has been funded by Newham Primary Care Trust and is part of the borough-wide strategy to reduce cardiovascular ill health through increased access to information, advice, diet and exercise. I am the part-time walks co-ordinator for There are two levels of recruitment to Newham Striders. I had worked in an office Newham Striders. We want to interest for 37 years before being made redundant in people in walking as exercise and to join a 1997. Since health and fitness was a hobby of group. In addition, we wish to recruit new walk mine, I decided to study for a Sports Science leaders. Two of the walk leaders who trained degree in this field at the University of East as volunteers found that this experience helped London. Little did I know that it would lead to them to find full-time employment. Our oldest the offer of a job in which I would meet so many member currently walking twice per week is people of different nationalities, religions and 87 years old and the oldest walk leader is 85. interests. The walks offer the chance to explore As far as we know, this gentleman is the oldest the area. Stratford has some fascinating sites of Walking the way to Health walk leader in interest and river-path walks that many residents England. If you would like to walk with do not know exist. I feel privileged to have been a group of friendly and social people from given the opportunity to have made so many a range of backgrounds, then Newham The people with the most direct experience of to know Chris better, he offered to take me on new friends since starting my job. Striders is the group for you. A Stratford walk these topographical changes are those who walk a walk through Stratford, showing me places around Stratford on a daily basis. Members that particularly interest him. These are mostly The core message of Newham Striders is Newham Striders is an accredited member with Chris Crook of the local walking club Newham Striders historical buildings, especially those related to to let people know the benefits of walking as of Walking the way to Health, visit are among the first to notice the changes to the important local figures like the philanthropist exercise and how they can become involved. www.whi.org.uk of Newham landscape. The Striders meet every day of the Samuel Gurney, whose former estate is now The target audience is adults (over 16) who want week at various locations around Newham, West Ham Park. to improve their general fitness levels, as well For information on how to become a Striders offering nine walks that are open to all, as well as mental and social well-being. It is a whole- Newham Strider and details of walks, as four walks for adults with learning disabilities. population approach, promoting the benefits please call 07950 186 137. Lucy Harrison of walking as exercise. It is not just focused on Walking clubs are a great way of getting to high-risk groups such as older men, people with Bob Bicheno is Newham Striders know an area better, providing links with people high blood pressure or obesity, although they Coordinator Stratford is changing.