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06/01/2026

Yes it'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen....

05/26/2026

Little Free Libraries are dotted around So-Chi like nobodies business. They are great.

This particular one is awesome - anyone care to guess the location?

Something else that's awesome? Fine, I'll tell you.

It's local hero and her book, Am I Normal?

Available from everywhere that sells books, and also this particular Little Free Library if you get there quick enough.

The book is a great read, exploring the history of what it means (and doesn't mean) to be 'normal'. Swipe right for a particular passage that we found really resonated and makes for a handy rule of life.

One thing that isn't awesome, however. It's this bloody heat.

05/21/2026

OK, let's talk South Chingford Community Library, or SCCL as the under-40s are calling it.

Since opening in 2012, has grown into a much-loved community hub, right in the centre of Chingford Mount high street. It's run by volunteers, led by local hero and Chair of Trustees Richard Ashen, and relies on grant funding and individual donors to cover its running costs.

For the space it occupies, it punches above. It's an essential space for so many. Though if I may, I'll slide it over to your (and everyone else's) 'must pop in more often' column? Mine too, don't get me wrong.

And now, the library is beginning a new chapter (oh a book reference, nice).

Later this year, due to bloody rent increases and redevelopment at the current site, the library will be moving to a new location at 88 Old Church Road (mural; laundrette. Got it.)

It's a fresh space to continue serving the community. A chance to design a public space from the ground up. And that's exciting.

We hope it will continue to be a truly special, local institution with a new lease of life — until then, why not pop in sometime to wish Richard and the team well!

05/13/2026

Let's quickly talk about Memorial Park.

It was late Summer. 2024. Grand plans were revealed for a new Pavilion and playground renovations in Memorial Park. A cafe. Toilets! Everything we could have wanted. Everything, frankly, this lovely park deserves.

Work started in earnest in 2025... completion scheduled for early 2026. Fair.

So why are we still waiting? It seems like we've been waiting forever.

Well, there's a bit of light at the end of the tunnel...

Here are your updates:

- the Pavilion (this is, the cafe and toilets and outdoor seating area) should be open by the end of May

- the tennis courts unfortunately will take a little bit longer. We're following up what that means exactly

- the fencing around the playground will be removed following a full safety check. Again, a bit vague, sorry. We're following up to get more details. We'll add as a story when details emerge.

That's it for now.

One thing is for sure... once all work is complete it WILL be great. A proper destination park.

Finally.

05/09/2026

To the thousands of you (still can't believe that figure) who voted for your independent candidates in South Chingford on Thursday...

You're the best.

To the candidates who stood, and showed us doing things differently is possible.

You're heroes.

As a community, in Larkswood, we thoroughly trounced the Labour Party.

In Valley, you showed us there is a growing movement of multiple hundreds of local people who want to do politics differently.

And that will happen.

If yesterday was a temperature check, it clearly showed the flame lit by in 2024 is still burning bright in Chingford & Woodford Green.

Thank you to all the local orgs, businesses, shops up and down the high street, local people from all ages and backgrounds and faiths... you lent them your voice, your shop windows and social shares.

The future is bright for our community. And we'll shape it together.

05/07/2026

Hello. Stop scrolling.
Don't adjust your TV sets.
This is a gentle reminder to anyone who still hasn't voted today - there's still time. Polls close at 10pm.

And if you've voted, well done.

And if you're a candidate... you're not going to see this until... well, probably past your usual bedtime let's be honest. But well done. Great effort.

This is democracy.

Vote Independent in South Chingford. Swipe right to hear why.

05/03/2026

Very few people know this, but this unassuming little patch of grass at the eastern corner of Ainslie Wood Road is the geographic centre, the 0.0km of Southern Chingford - the region affectionately known as So-Chi by, at the very least, this Instagram page.

So-Chi sprawls as much to the north and west, as it does to the south and east of this little curbside appendage.

It's the Charing Cross of So-Chi if you like.

The history of this patch of land is firmly the reserve of local experts of which we are not. In modern times, this now mini garden has been developed and maintained beautifully by as a splendid pollinator patch for local wildlife.

We love it.

If you have a special corner of the neighbourhood you'd love to shout about, let us know, and we'll feature it as part of our future Little Corner series.

05/02/2026

you legends.

We're so glad we finally got round to trying your food last night.

Alongside Brown Eagle, the Jerk Spice on the Mount and Survivor in HP, we can now declare So-Chi official Spoilt For Choice status for Caribbean delights.

Grace Pot, your Oxtail was melt in the mouth, your boneless thighs bountiful and delicious. Portion sizes superb - £40 for essentially dinner and the next day.

People, we need to support local endeavour and enterprise as much as possible- especially on the Mount where years of council neglect has meant regeneration and small business support is needed more than ever.

Unfortunately, we've seen too many places open and then close over the last decade on Chingford Mount - for various reasons. So right now, let's embrace what we have.

Please keep eating and buying from the high street.

04/21/2026

Something special is happening in South Chingford.

04/21/2026

Vote for your local independent candidates in South Chingford on 7 May. It's time for a new kind of politics.

Chingford and Woodford Green Community Independents

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Ainslie Wood, ON

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