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Community takes flight

Wanstead Theatre Co will mark the VE Day anniversary with an adaptation of a moving wartime play, and in a truly special moment, the playwright is flying in from New York to see it. Fiona Gordon reports

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Wanstead’s War

As part of VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations, local historian Davis Watson will give a talk about the impact World War Two had on Wanstead

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Reverend Reflections

In the 12th of a series of articles, Revd James Gilder of Wanstead Parish reflects on the unexpected connection he found between last month’s Easter celebrations and this month’s VE Day anniversary gatherings