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Wanstead Park's forgotten grotto

10:50am Tuesday 9th March 2010

WANSTEAD Park was once home to an impressive landscape garden at the height of the style's popularity in the mid-18th century.

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HISTORY: "Forgotten" socialist hero commemorated

3:31pm Thursday 4th March 2010

PETE Curran was one of the first ever Labour MPs and a “forgotten” socialist leader, CARL BROWN found out more on the 100th anniversary of his death.

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SPOTLIGHT ON WALTHAMSTOW: Call for council to help traders

6:01pm Thursday 25th February 2010

TRADERS have called on the council to do more to help them attract business.

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Spotlight on Walthamstow Market

5:56pm Thursday 25th February 2010

AT NEARLY a mile long and with nearly 400 stalls, Walthamstow market remains the heartbeat of the borough.

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SPOTLIGHT ON WALTHAMSTOW: What do you think of the market?

6:11pm Thursday 25th February 2010

AS part of the Guardian's Spotlight on Walthamstow series of features, CARL BROWN asks traders what they think of the current state of the High Street market.

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SPOTLIGHT ON WALTHAMSTOW: What do you like about E17?

1:27pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010

AS part of the Guardian's Spotlight On Walthamstow series of features, CARL BROWN asks shoppers what they like about Walthamstow.

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SPOTLIGHT ON WALTHAMSTOW: Window cleaner and passionate politician

12:07pm Monday 22nd February 2010

BOB Wheatley has been cleaning windows in his beloved Waltham Forest for nearly 50 years. CARL BROWN spoke to the former Mayor about how the area has changed and why he still loves doing his window cleaning round.

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HISTORY: Tracing the history of Walthamstow Windmill

4:55pm Friday 19th February 2010

AS the borough's latest heritage plaque is put up to mark the former site of the Walthamstow Windmill in Oak Hill Gardens, SIAN HARRISON looks at the mill's history and finds out why windmills were once so important in the area.

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SPOTLIGHT ON CHINGFORD: Police making communities safer and stronger

12:27pm Friday 12th February 2010

WHEN police Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) were first introduced in 2004, the idea was to create a visible police presence in every community in London.

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