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Dear Agu
Thank you for visiting your site and your enquiry.
Christian and Lucy are joining our church for one year and have been introduced to us by Careforce. This is an organisation which places young people from Britain and overseas in churches across Great Britain, where they serve in the church and local community to gain life and work experience. You can find out more about Careforce by clicking on the green link in the post or visiting http://www.careforce.co.uk/
We have enjoyed having young people with us through Careforce in the past and are looking forward to meeting Christian and Lucy this year.
I hope this helps answer your question.
Best wishes
Shirley Anstey
Editorial Team

Walthamstow & District Photographic Society have a busy September starting with an exhibition of photographs at the Central Library, High Street, Walthamstow from the 8th to 14th September, to coincide with E17 Arts Trail week.

This will be followed by the society’s involvement with St Mary’s at 900 celebrations taking place from 13th. to 24th. September, at St.Mary’s Church, Walthamstow.
As part of the 900-year anniversary celebrations and Open House London, students from this year’s Summer School in Basic Photography will be exhibiting photographs at the church. There will be an opportunity for visitors to St.Mary’s to vote for their favourite photo, the Bishop of Barking will present prizes for the best photo on Sunday 28th September

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Further information from
http://www.wdps.org/
http://parishofwalthamstow.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/st-marys-900th-anniversary-celebrations/

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Editorial Comment:

This information has been posted at http://parishofwalthamstow.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/900stmarys-photographic-exhibition-competition/

Find out more about 900@stmary’s events: http://parishofwalthamstow.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/900stmarys-brochure-schedule-of-events/

Very impressive that this blog is syndicated through Google and is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?

Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..

Soccer / Football greats you should write about next!
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Thanks for your encouraging comments. I’m afraid I cannot advise about Google syndication. We have done nothing to get it as far as I am aware - I think it just gets picked up by the search engines. It may be connected with WordPress who host this blog and who do a great job.
Shirley
Editorial Team

I am researching the surname Usher, Ernest James, born at 131 Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow in 1904.
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Dear Jackie
Thank you for your enquiry left on the Parish of Walthamstow magazine site. Information about births, marriages and deaths for the four churches in our parish can be supplied on application to the Parish Office and information in registers earlier than those currently in use is held by Vestry House Museum, Vestry Rd, E17. I am afraid that we cannot supply genealogical research information for the wider Walthamstow area. Fulbourne Rd is in the Parish of St John, Chingford Rd, Walthamstow and you need to contact them in the first instance for the information you seek.
Best wishes for your research
Shirley
on behalf of the Editorial Team

As I understand it the school was unaware that all the trees were to be removed - and the staff and children are extremely upset.

I am staggered by the apparent thoughtlessness of the Council (some might say insensitivity and high handedness), but unfortunately this appears to be one of many such instances.

If you intend to stir up local support to shame the Council into putting right this or are organising a petition please let me know. I and others would be more than willing to offer our support.

Yours

Barry Coidan
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Dear Barry
Thank you for visiting the Parish of Walthamstow magazine online and for your comment. The school governors have asked me to send you the following reply.
Best wishes
Shirley
on behalf of the Editorial team

We’re always glad when people engage in local issues. We are not intending to ’stir up local support to shame the council’ on this matter. It is always a shame when trees in our local area are cut down and it is rarely done lightly. In this case the council are faced with 2 separate issues: (1) The trees in question were inspected by experts who verified that 4 out of the 5 were dangerous and had to come down (the reasons included disease and insufficient root strength to sustain the upper tree - with serious risks of falling onto the road or children at school). Public safety is a legal obligation, so the council had to act. (2) There are rising numbers of children in Waltham Forest and insufficient school places for them. The council has a legal obligation to provide places and so, in common with other schools in the borough, St Mary’s will be receiving an extra class of children (30) this year. With very limited options on a cramped school site the space next to The Drive was judged, probably rightly, as the only suitable option for a range of complex reasons. In this case that has entailed the cutting down of one of the trees to make space (the other 4 being affected by (1) above. This answer is simply to put the already known facts into this conversation. None of the above was done lightly, and the actions were the outcome of correctly following legal obligations (safety and education). They were initiated and carried out by the council, not the school or church directly. We suggest that if you need further clarification as to the reasoning behind this move then the appropriate people to tackle would be the council’s education department in the first instance. They can be found here: http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/education.htm or contacted on 020 8496 3000.
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Dear Shirley, thanks for your (the school governors’) reply. I do hope that since four out the five were cut down because of disease the Council will replace them at or near the original site.
Barry

I’M A PARENT WHO NEED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESCHOOL ENTRY. MY CHILD ‘S 2 YEARS AND NEED TO GO TO THE NURSEY PLEASE HELP ME TO GET HIM A SCHOOL.
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Thank you for your enquiry via the Parish of Walthamstow magazine. I am afraid we are not involved in getting nursery or school places for individual children. You should contact the school or nursery of your choice and/or the Local Education Authority where you are resident for advice and information.
I hope this helps.
POW magazine admin.

Hilda
Congratulations on being the first member of our parish to post a comment!

Hi Jennifer

If you click the link at the top of the Vocations Day page for Chelmsford Diocese and you can make your enquiry there.
http://parishofwalthamstow.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/chelmsford-diocese-barking-area-vocations-day-2008/

I have contacted a friend who has just finished The Street Pastor’s course. It has just restarted (first week was last Saturday, 9 March) and takes place at St Matthew’s Church, Brixton. It is run by The Ascension Trust, telephone 020 7771 9770 for information. The cost is around £300.
(See http://parishofwalthamstow.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/waltham-forest-youth-for-christ-newsletter-0108/ for original information.)

Best wishes
Shirley

Can you please forward to me any e mail addresses or postal addresses that could help me in the pursuit of my family history research.

I am researching the surname Usher, Ernest James, born at 131 Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow in 1904.
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Dear Jackie
Thank you for your enquiry left on the Parish of Walthamstow magazine site. Information about births, marriages and deaths for the four churches in our parish can be supplied on application to the Parish Office and information in registers earlier than those currently in use is held by Vestry House Museum, Vestry Rd, E17. I am afraid that we cannot supply genealogical research information for the wider Walthamstow area. Fulbourne Rd is in the Parish of St John, Chingford Rd, Walthamstow and you need to contact them in the first instance for the information you seek.
Best wishes for your research
Shirley
on behalf of the Editorial Team