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Footballer Teddy Sheringham to lead demo to save Walthamstow Stadium in Chingford

11:13am Friday 15th January 2010


A FOOTBALL star will be leading a demo tomorrow to return greyhound racing to Walthamstow Stadium, it has been announced.

Former England, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur striker Teddy Sheringham will be supporting the Save Our Stow rally tomorrow in Chingford, as the plans for the redevelopment of the Stow go on display for the first time.

Save Our Stow spokesman Ricky Holloway is urging residents to help make it the biggest SOS demo yet, and to reject plans by housing association London & Quadrant (L&Q) to turn the Stow into a housing development .

Mr Holloway said: “Teddy Sheringham has always supported the Stow. He's a local lad and realises how vital it is for racing and local sports. He is also canvassing support to bring back local jobs.”

The demo starts at 11am outside the Holiday Inn hotel in Walthamstow Avenue, Chingford, opposite the Stow, and Neil Gerrard MP and deputy leader John Macklin will also be showing their support to SOS's campaign.

Those attending will be invited to view L&Q's plans on display in the Holiday Inn and to submit an objection ahead of the planning application being submitted to the council by L&Q at the end of the month.

Mr Holloway said: “Please come and support us. MPs and councillors don't want it and nor do residents, so lets unite and bring back the Stow to its former glory.

“This is a crucial time in our campaign. We will continue to object all the way, but this is the residents' chance to voice their opinions. If they don't, they will have high-density housing on their doorstep.”

SOS campaigners say that the high-density development will become “a slum” and will generate a huge increase in the volume of traffic and parking problems for the area.

Saturday's consultation is from 10am to 2pm. The second consultation is on Tuesday, also at the Holiday Inn, from 4pm to 8pm.

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newyear, says...
1:00pm Fri 15 Jan 10

I'm sure David Beckham could have bought the Stow for the price of a new tattoo!

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RichieA70, Walthamstow says...
2:01pm Fri 15 Jan 10

newyear wrote:
I'm sure David Beckham could have bought the Stow for the price of a new tattoo!
True, but money is not the issue - it's L & Q's unwillingness to sell it. Similar to the UCKG church's refusal to sell the EMD cinema, but both situations can be resolved by the council refusing planning permission.

Come on Waltham Forest council - YOU have the power to save our stow and our cinema.

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Janet1, Walthamstow says...
3:55pm Fri 15 Jan 10

I hope this gets plenty of support. The developers are ignoring local needs for jobs, leisure and infrastructure.

The dog track was a big local employer as well as Walthamstow's most famous attraction. The Save Our Stow campaign has found backers who would reopen it, to meet local needs and pull in tourist money too.

The council could save our Stow by refusing permission for change of use. So please lobby your councillors too. Find them here:
http://www1.walthamf
orest.gov.uk/moderng
ov/mgMemberIndex.asp
?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&J=
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Trudyb, Middlesbrough says...
4:40pm Fri 15 Jan 10

The dog track was a circus of horrors!

Thousands of greyhounds will have lost their lives through injury at the track and thousands more will have been destroyed through over breeding simply to supply a gambling medium for the bookmakers.

High standards of welfare?
These dogs were forced to perform with open sores after being 'economically' transported in cages breaching EU transport legislation.
http://www.greytexpl
oitations.com/resour
ces-and-reports/walt
hamstow-greyhounds


Call this a sport or entertainment?
http://www.youtube.c
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ations#p/a/u/0/nZjzY
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Thank goodeness the so called 'sport' is dying because the public's awareness has been raised on this exploitative gambling industry.

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newyear, says...
5:01pm Fri 15 Jan 10

This is the council that can't even refuse permission to a chicken shop for a late licence so what hope is there of their refusing permission for this scheme? Zilch I suggest.

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Janet1, Walthamstow says...
5:13pm Fri 15 Jan 10

TrudyB, anyone ill-treating an animal should be prosecuted. But if you banned greyhound racing because of cruelty by a few owners, you'd have to ban people from owning pets, on the same grounds.

We need better enforcement of existing animal-protection laws.

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JackSpur, South Woodford says...
6:24pm Fri 15 Jan 10

I support this group. Greyhound racing can't be allowed to be kiiled off.

You can go out for an evening and spend about £20 the for the whole night at the dogs. These places also brings the community together more often and in a friendly atmosphere. If you put a housing estate there imagine what it would to the local area.

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Walthamster, Walthamstow says...
6:57pm Fri 15 Jan 10

We have to get the Stow back. I hate to see Walthamstow's life and heritage being sold off.

Waltham Forest council accepted an insultingly small amount of money to house an extra 20,000 people. And how much of that money will even be spent on infrastructure, judging from the millions that recent investigations show have vanished from Waltham Forest without trace?

It's not just the dog track, which was a great evening out for the whole family at very little cost. In just the last three years the council has closed our only theatre; broken a promise to get our only cinema reopened; savagely cut our libraries, galleries and museums; sold off or given away a string of public buildings and land. And so much more.

Long after today's councillors and officers have retired to towns they haven't trashed, we'll still be living with the mess they created.

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Hugh Jed, Woodford Green says...
7:40pm Fri 15 Jan 10

C'mon Waltham Forest council, you could even have a gay night once a week. Think of the PC publicity.

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Trudyb, Middlesbrough says...
10:01pm Fri 15 Jan 10

Janet1 wrote:
TrudyB, anyone ill-treating an animal should be prosecuted. But if you banned greyhound racing because of cruelty by a few owners, you'd have to ban people from owning pets, on the same grounds. We need better enforcement of existing animal-protection laws.
Racing greyhounds receive no protection under the Animal welfare Act - in a court of law.

The self regulated industry deals with abusive trainers and owners through internal disciplinary hearings - awarding small fines and lenient penalties which bear no comparison to those awarded in the criminal courts for similar offences.

In the last two years 14 trainers/kennelhands or owners have been in breach of the one and only 'welfare' related Racing Rule and caused unnecessary suffering and cruelty to greyhounds. Only one owner has been banned by the industry - the rest continue to 'care' and train greyhounds. :(

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Trudyb, Middlesbrough says...
10:14pm Fri 15 Jan 10

JackSpur wrote:
I support this group. Greyhound racing can't be allowed to be kiiled off. You can go out for an evening and spend about £20 the for the whole night at the dogs. These places also brings the community together more often and in a friendly atmosphere. If you put a housing estate there imagine what it would to the local area.
Why is it so cheap?

Think about it?

Its purely and simply a gambling environment. Where the 'stars of the show' are disposed of as quickly as your betting slip - if it is of no economic value.

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JackSpur, South Woodford says...
12:48am Sat 16 Jan 10

Trudyb wrote:
JackSpur wrote: I support this group. Greyhound racing can't be allowed to be kiiled off. You can go out for an evening and spend about £20 the for the whole night at the dogs. These places also brings the community together more often and in a friendly atmosphere. If you put a housing estate there imagine what it would to the local area.
Why is it so cheap? Think about it? Its purely and simply a gambling environment. Where the 'stars of the show' are disposed of as quickly as your betting slip - if it is of no economic value.
For £20 i used to get admission a meal, a pint or two and a few £1 bets. Used to go once in a while to meet up with a few friends. Fantastic value and would enjoy a great evening.

Trudy, do you have a gambling problem?

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Trudyb, Middlesbrough says...
1:04pm Sat 16 Jan 10

Jackspur
No I don't have a gambling problem. I merely have a problem with thousands of healthy sentient creatures - greyhounds - needlessly abused and destroyed simply to supply a gambling 'unit' for the bookmakers, the profits from which subsidise your cheap night out.

Greyhound racing can be summed up in four simple words
YOU BET - THEY DIE

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newyear, says...
2:14pm Sat 16 Jan 10

Hugh Jed wrote:
C'mon Waltham Forest council, you could even have a gay night once a week. Think of the PC publicity.
I suppose there must be some gay greyhounds!

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old racer, London says...
4:23pm Sat 16 Jan 10

We can't treat dogs as disposable business tools--which is what happens, even at tracks with well-meaning people but where by economic necessity dogs are kept in constant confinement, are regularly injured, and are killed off when no longer profitable. If people want a cheap night of racing, let's have people races! I'm serious about this. We can hire people to run at the track. When it's race time, they can put on numbered jackets and run around the track with the announcer calling the race and the whole thing! The local boys can have a night at the track, and bet, and have a pint and it will be just the same. If people are bored and need entertainment, let them solve their own problems. Leave the dogs out of it.

If you think it's ridiculous to watch people running and root for one or the other to win--then you're crazy, 'cause that's what the Summer Olympics is all about. Think about it...

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