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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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- Ilford Christmas Lights switch on
They're on again for another new year.
You can view pictures of the event here
There will also be analysis of Ilford Town Centre manager's quote 'We have bought new lights this year'. We will demonstrate using photographic evidence from when records began (2002) to the present.
The event was dramatically scaled back this year. No sign this year of the celeb, the awesome fake snow machine, the free wine, the live bands or street entertainers, but this year we get a distinctly dodgy PA ('Christmas...is her first name Mary') the 1970's Butlins reject to provide entertainment through his karaoke and handovers/praise of the Ilford Town Centre financial backers including...Chris from the local paper... After Chris delivered his string of panto chichés the PA had to acknowledge that he didn't get much of a round of applause when he was brought on stage, and had to encourage the audience to give him a better sendoff.
Other speakers included the Mayor of Redbridge, Reg 'are you having a good time....hmmmmmmyeah' Woda and the poor lady from the KMT who was rather cruelly put on the spot while the PA fetched the next Christmas cracker joke out of his head and asked her to name the rest of the cast she will be alongside in Snow White.
We sure know how to host a party here in Ilford.
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- Ilford Imaging to be put into administration
Ilford Imaging, the company names after the town it was started in, has been put into administration. The company was started in 1879, when a Mr Alfred Hugh Harman set up a business in the basement of his house on the corner of Cranbrook Road and Park Avenue (where the Cranbrook pub is now). There could be 700 jobs cut in their factory in Cheshire if a buyer cannot be found. They blame a downturn in the demand in black and white photography.
For more information see here
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- Eastenders star Ronny Ferreira attacked in Ilford
Eastenders star Ray Panthaki who plays the DJ Ronny Ferreira was attacked with a glass bottle at Faces nightclub in Gants Hill. It is thought the attack happened in the VIP lounge at the club.
National news, see here.
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- Bank robber returns cash!
On Friday May 21, Barclays Bank in Barkingside found its cash machine emptied of £115,000. Looks like the robber had a guilty concience as £104,000 of it was returned by him placing a black bin liner full of the £10 and £20 notes placed near the front door.
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- Trevor Brooking and headteacher are knighted
Trevor Brooking, BBC sports commentator who attended Ilford County High School and also Alan Steer, headmaster of Seven Kings High School have been knighted by the Queen.
For more information, see below:
Alan Steer
Trevor Brooking
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