The Bee's Knees

We recently noticed a swarm of honey bee's arriving to one of the trees in Wesley Road. One of our neighbours rang a local bee keeping association and they sent several bee keepers down to lure the swarm into their box and to take them off to more suitable location where they can settle down and make honey to their hearts content. They estimated that the swarm consisted of nearly 20,000 bees.

The luring of the bees consisted of a large cardboard box (with secret nectar stash), ladders, protective suits, smoke, and lots of patience. The whole operation took just over an hour. Click on the post headline to find out more about Epping Forest Beekeepers.

Bogus callers

Please be aware that on Friday 25th January, two or possibly three bogus callers were knocking on doors in Wesley Road at approximately 10:00am. They eventually left our road but not before causing criminal damage to at least one property.

The callers were two white men aged approx. mid twenties with an accent that may have been Irish. They were asking questions such as “Is your name Matthew?” “Does Mr Matthews live here?” and “Do you need any flooring doing?”

If you have any information about these callers, descriptions, small things that may have seemed insignificant at the time but might help identify them or if they left any contact details please call the police investigation team on 020 8721 5045 and quote crime reference number 4901900/08.

We advise that you should always put a safety chain on your front door before answering your door to strangers.

Post Office closures - on our doorstep

Residents of Wesley Road should be aware that our local post office at 674 High Road is under threat of closure. The post office propose that we should use either James Lane or Lea Bridge road as an alternative.

If you wish to protest about this proposed action you can do one of the following;

A) Go to the post office ASAP and sign the petition at the counter

B) Write to Anita Turner, Network Development Manager, Post Office Limited, C/O National Consultation Team, FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM.

C) Email them consultation@postoffice.co.uk

See a news report from the local news website by clicking the title heading above.

More graffiti from the vandal "Patchy"

Following on from the previous post about damage to private property the graffiti vandal "Patchy" has now turned his/her attention to public property as well. The pictures below were taken during the last week of July one or two days after the graffiti appeared. If you have been a victim of this vandal please get in touch especially if you have photographic evidence. If you know the identity of "Patchy" please forward an email in confidence to administrator of this blog.

Do you know graffiti vandals Patchy and Twixey ?

A friend of Wesley Road neighbourhood watch scheme recently suffered graffiti vandalism on their vehicle (see pics below) The vehicle was kept near Vicarage Road, Leyton. Do you know the culprits who use the nicknames "Patchy" and "Twixey"? Send us an email in confidence and we will pass the suspects names to the police for investigation - click here.