Editing Walthamstow (section)

==Modern culture==
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*Walthamstow was home to the popular 1990s boy band [[East 17]], who named themselves after the area's postal code E17, and titled their debut album ''[[Walthamstow (album)|Walthamstow]]''.
*The artwork for [[Blur (band)|Blur's]] ''[[Parklife]]'' album featured photos of the band at [[Walthamstow Stadium]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blur-319-1323933|title=Dog track that inspired Blur's 'Parklife' album art to close|website=[[NME]]|date=20 May 2008}}</ref>
*Singer [[Jimmy Ray]] grew up in the Lloyd Park area and attended Winns primary, and Sidney Chaplin and McEntee secondary schools. In the early 1990s he performed at various E17 venues, including the Royal Standard, as part of local pop group 'The Cutting Room'. Ray later had solo hits in the UK and US. 
*Major centre in London's [[Grime (music)|grime music]] scene, with many bedroom studios and underground music enterprises. Artists include [[Lethal Bizzle]] and his band Fire Camp.
*The [[Bromheads Jacket]] song "Poppy Bird" references Walthamstow in the chorus.
*Small Wonder Records was located on Hoe Street in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It produced the first records by The Cure, Crass, Cockney Rejects, The Cravats and Bauhaus. The proprietor Pete Stenett closed the shop and label in 1982, but it was 'rebuilt' further down Hoe Street for the 40th anniversary of E17 punk in 2016.
*Mentioned in the [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney and Wings]] song "[[Old Siam, Sir]]" from the 1979 album ''[[Back to the Egg]]''.
*"Long ago, outside a chip shop in Walthamstow" is the first line of a song named "Ann and Joe", recorded by [[The Barron Knights]] in the late 1970s. This was a spoof of "Long ago, high on a mountain in Mexico", the opening words of [[Angelo (Brotherhood of Man song)|Angelo]], which was a [[United Kingdom|UK]] number one hit in 1977 for [[Brotherhood of Man]].
*"Waiting in Walthamstow" is a song by [[The Cranberries]] from the album ''[[Roses (The Cranberries album)|Roses]]''.
*The track the "Battle of Epping Forest" by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] on the album ''[[Selling England by the Pound]]'' has lyrics based in the area such as "Along the Forest Road, there's hundreds of cars – luxury cars."
*The indie rock band [[The Rifles (band)|The Rifles]] and the rock band [[The Bevis Frond]].
*[[Educating the East End]] was filmed at [[Frederick Bremer School]] as its third series of the Educating TV show; its series was filmed in the 2013-2014 academic year, with its series broadcasting in late 2014. 
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===Street art===
Walthamstow's links with William Morris and art have led to an increasing number of [[street art]] and murals painted on public buildings. Some examples of street art in Walthamstow are shown below:
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View of "Back the Bid" street art in Hawthorne Road (geograph.org.uk 5856771).jpg|Hawthorne Road
View of street art above the Locus of Walthamstow from Chingford Road.jpg|Chingford Road
View of street art on the railway bridge on West Avenue.jpg|West Avenue
View of street art on the side of The Victoria pub on Hoe Street 2.jpg|Hoe Street
View of street art on the side of The Flower Pot pub from Wood Street 2.jpg|Wood Street
View of street art on the side of Nicholas, Razek and Mallary Chartered Accountants on Wood Street 2.jpg|Wood Street
View of plumbing-themed street art on the side of Bathroom Gallery on Wood Street 2.jpg|Wood Street
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[[File:Thae Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum Building.jpg|thumb|The [[Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum]], a Grade II listed building]]
[[File:2016 Walthamstow Stadium from Walthamstow Ave London England.jpg|thumb|The newly restored historic neon sign of the [[Walthamstow Stadium]] in 2016]]

===Cinema===
An early British film studio the [[Walthamstow Studios]] operated in the area between 1914 and 1930.

The [[EMD (Granada) Walthamstow]] (formerly the Granada) is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] cinema building<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1031486|title=Granada Cinema, Walthamstow, in 1989|access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref> in [[Hoe Street (ward)|Hoe Street]]. The cinema also operated as a live music venue, with concerts by [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[John Coltrane]], [[Little Richard]], [[Gene Vincent]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Alex Paterson]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[James Brown]], [[The Who]], [[Roy Orbison]] and [[Buddy Holly]].<ref name="wfculture19">{{cite web |title=Restoration begins at EMD/Granada Cinema |url=https://wfculture19.co.uk/blog/EMD-Granada-refurbishment |website=wfculture19.co.uk |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=20 Oct 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020194502/https://wfculture19.co.uk/blog/EMD-Granada-refurbishment |url-status=dead }}</ref> It closed in 2003 when it was sold to the [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]] (UCKG), which sought permission for a change of use to a place of worship.

Many members of the local community opposed and successfully campaigned against the UCKG plans. Comedian and presenter [[Griff Rhys Jones]], actor [[Paul McGann]] and writer [[Alain de Botton]] were among the famous names who backed local residents in asking the local authority to stop plans to convert the building into a church.

The Waltham Forest Film Society and Campaign to Save Our Cinema <ref name="Internet Archive">{{cite web |title=Waltham Forest Film Society and Campaign to Save Our Cinema |url=http://www.mcguffin.org.uk/ |date=2 Oct 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002115452/http://www.mcguffin.org.uk/ |archive-date=2 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was the focal point for local campaigners.

UCKG failed to gain [[planning permission]] to convert the building from [[Waltham Forest Council]] and later from the then [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]], [[Eric Pickles]]. In 2014 the building was sold to a pub company<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://londonist.com/2015/12/hitchcock-s-cinema-comes-back-from-the-dead|title=Hitchcock's Cinema Is Back From The Dead As A Pub|date=2015-12-14|work=Londonist|access-date=2017-10-10|language=en-GB}}</ref> who set up a bar in the grand foyer and began bringing it back into use as a [[Venues of the 2002 Winter Olympics|venue]]. In 2019 Waltham Forest Council purchased the former auditorium with the intention of opening it as an entertainment venue in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/news/this-abandoned-walthamstow-cinema-is-being-brought-back-to-spectacular-life-052119|title=This abandoned Walthamstow cinema is being brought back to spectacular life|first=Greg|last=Cochrane|website=Time Out London|date=21 May 2019 }}</ref>

The Empire cinema,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/nowshowing/empire_walthamstow/t42 |title=EMPIRE CINEMAS Listings for Walthamstow |publisher=Empirecinemas.co.uk |access-date=2015-08-01}}</ref> a separate new multiplex, opened in December 2014 on [[Walthamstow Market|Walthamstow market]]. It closed on 7 July 2023 when the chain went into administration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=East London cinema closes after chain struggles with low footfall |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/23644892.empire-cinema-walthamstow-closes-due-low-footfall/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series |language=en}}</ref> The cinema was subsequently badly damaged, and all the screens ripped, during an illegal rave in September 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marcelline |first1=Marco |title=Walthamstow Empire squatters 'intend to stay' in trashed new home |url=https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2023/09/11/walthamstow-empire-squatters-intend-to-stay-in-trashed-new-home/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |work=Waltham Forest Echo |date=11 September 2023}}</ref>

===Sports clubs===
* [[Walthamstow F.C.]]
* [[Walthamstow Avenue F.C.]] (defunct club located at [[Green Pond Road Stadium]])
* [[Walthamstow Avenue & Pennant]]
* Waltham Forest Hockey Club<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walthamforesthc.co.uk/|title=Waltham Forest Hockey Club |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/waltham-forest-hc|title=England Hockey - Waltham Forest Hockey Club |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Haringey & Waltham Development F.C.]]
* Walthamstow Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://walthamstowcc.hitscricket.com/default.aspx |title=Walthamstow Cricket Club : home |publisher=Walthamstowcc.hitscricket.com |date=2015-06-03 |access-date=2015-08-01 |archive-date=7 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507150335/http://walthamstowcc.hitscricket.com/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>