Today I spent over an hour in the good old fashioned orderly queue along two blocks of Oliver Road, Leyton to collect my 6 free tickets from Leyton Orient Football Ground ticket booths. These are the tickets we bid for on the Waltham Forest website so that we residents could be part of the joy that is the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012. Waltham Forest must be on tenter hooks as Alexandra Burke is the headline act for “Party on the Pitch”and as Wycliffe says “Anything can happen”. It will be a good warm noisy evening in mid-May.
Today the wind was up and what a stench as we queued. There’s a rubbish -dump behind The Score in Oliver Road. That’s the landing pad for the sea-gulls who swoop and yell up Lea Bridge Road like they’re looking for the Lea. Nah. I could even smell their droppings.
The traffic was abysmal as ever across Bakers’ Arms and the Olympics haven’t yet started.
It’s time to collect your 5 free tickets to celebrate Vaisakhi in Walthamstow Assembly Hall on April 27th. The tickets are held in libraries but you have to show a council tax bill or similar to claim your invitations. Well worth it for a fabulous evening: Dancing, singing, picnic, raffles, a nice family event. Everyone welcome of course. Dress to party!
Newham is giving away, through ballot, free tickets for their residents to enjoy one of two events on May 5th at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Park. You need to apply via email.
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