St James’ church in Lower Clapton Road celebrated Palm Sunday last weekend with palm crosses and a procession in church. They will be going on to mark Holy Week with a series of services, including a Walk of Witness carrying a large wooden cross through the streets on Good Friday, and an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday!
A short video, shared on Instagram by Bowl of Chalk – Johnnie Fielding, @bowlofchalk, regarding the refurbished historic waiting room at Clapton Station, on the Weaver Line, a few hundred yards from the Pond. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUMVGqDLZu/?igsh=MWYxNTMzMzRpeGZxMA==
To everyone in our community who are celebrating today, Eid Mubarak!
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all those in our community from Ireland or connected to Ireland! Also, Happy St Patrick’s day to everyone else, wherever you are from!!! Thanks for being part of this community.
Wishing all mothers in our community a very Happy Mothers Day. Thanking you for everything you provide, for your families and beyond, every day of the year!! Also, wishing all non-mothers in our community a very Happy Mothers Day.
This last Saturday, there was an event, preceded by a bus announcement that’s about 100 years old (and late as usual, on here!!!). The event was a Route 38 heritage day, and No 38 heritage buses, from the 1930s, were being run on the usual 38 route (as well the usual modern buses), terminating as usual, at Clapton Pond. Photographs...
Another date for your diaries – just this weekend. Another of our partner organisations in the community, St James’ Church, has this free workshop happening this weekend. Use the QR code or website to sign up – for 8 years old and upwards, just bring a packed lunch!!!
Still chilly and damp…. keeping those beaks warm, waiting for Spring!!
Mark the dates in your diaries now, then head to the website to see what is happening, how to suggest what you’d like to see and even to get involved!!!
There is a tree by the Pond which we understand was planted in memory of someone. This gets decorated at Christmas, as far as we know, by one of the relatives. These decorations frame our picture of the Pond and the bridge perfectly!!! Not everyone celebrates Christmas and not everyone, understandably, wants to celebrate it,. As we said, “In these...