‘If they was to just crack a few ‘eads, that’d be the end of it.’ This comment was made by an elderly man to his wife as they passed me in the streets leading off Walthamstow High Street last week, while I was walking home with my 17 month old daughter. It is one of …
A couple of shots of large posters in Walthamstow calling for more police officers in the London Borough of Waltham Forest (of which, of course, Walthamstow is part), the first taken earlier this year, the second in late 2009. The full wording on the poster reads: ‘Waltham Forest is calling for back-up. The evidence is …
Two shots of Walthamstow High Street earlier this morning, following overnight looting which spread through parts of northeast London including Walthamstow and Enfield, some 24 hours after riots in nearby Tottenham. Strangely quiet after the endless sirens last night, and most residents who are out and about seem genuinely shocked, describing the people who did …