Major News The good and the bad

Here is a selection of Ilford news. Any major stories, national news concerning Ilford or anything that particularly catches the eye you can count on us to tell you! This is not meant to be comprehensive weekly news, for that see Wanstead and Woodford Guardian or similar. Feel free to comment on each story by clicking the link below it! Interpretation and summary by the author of this site.

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• Gants Hill Odeon to close.
  The Gants Hill Odeon, perhaps the only constant at Gants Hill Roundabout, is to close. It will be shut after Easter 2002.
  
  It could be turned into a church for the Seventh Day Adventists. Mike Gapes applied to have the building listed last year, but was turned down as there were too many internal alterations. The building first opened as The Savoy on 1934.
  
  By the time it closes, the new Ilford Cinema complex will be open.
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• Tony Robinson visited Ilford!
  Tony Robinson, presenter of Time Team and the actor who plays Baldrick in Blackadder and the Sherriff of Nottingham in Maid Marian and his Merry Men, visited Ilford in Monday 28 Jan 2002.
  He gave an enchanting talk at Ilford Central Library. He grew up in South Woodford but now lives in Bristol. He told stories about his education at Woodford Green Prep School and Wanstead County High as well as about his acting career.
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• 30 trees planted by schoolchildren vandalised
  100 trees were planted at Uphall Recreation Ground two weeks ago. They were planted there to eventually block noise from the A406. Vandals have demolished 30 trees. The trees were planted by children from Cleveland School. Each child wrote their name on the tree support of the tree they planted so they can identify which tree they planted in the future.
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• Proposed Fairlop Racecourse development remains in doubt!
  The Wiggins group are awaiting a decision on whether this is to go ahead or not. One reason for it to go ahead used by the company is that there are no other similar sites in East London. however, on Monday Chelmsford Council approved the building of a 5,000 seater racecourse at Essex County Show ground at Great Leighs squashing that argument.
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• 2000 coffins to be moved into the area
  2000 coffins from a crypt in Holborn are to be moved to the City of London Cemetery in Wanstead. Those people are thought to include Sir Edward Coke, Attorney General to Elizabeth 1st, organist Daniel Purcell and poet Henry Neale. The crypt is filled with rubble and soil, causing a damp problem so the contents need to be moved.
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