The Leytonstone Festival is rapidly approaching once again. This year the fun and games will run from Saturday 5th July 2008 to Sunday 13th July 2008. Once the schedule is firmed up, we’ll add it to the london-e11 calendar. For more information and the very latest news, you might want to pay a vist to the festival website (www.leytonstonefestival.org.uk).

As part of this years festival, the Ferndale Area Residents Association (FARA) are organising a photo competition. The theme is “My Leytonstone – things I like/dislike”. The competition is open to any Leytonstone resident, adults and juniors (age 12 and under).

Entries will be on public display at Davies Lane School on Saturday 12 July from 11am-5pm. Prize-winners will receive a certificate and a large framed print of their winning photo.

How to Enter:

• Entries should be received between 1st and 30th June 2008. (Entries that arrive after 30th June won’t be considered.)
• Send a maximum of 2 photos to: FARA Photo Competition, c/o 12 Davies Lane, London E11.
• Prints should be no larger than A5. They can be either colour or black/white.
• Enclose the following information with your photos (please write clearly in block capitals):
  1. A caption of 20 words maximum for each photo. Use the caption to explain where the photo was taken and/or why you chose the subject matter.
  2. Your name and full address, plus telephone/email (so FARA can let you know if you’ve won). Also include your age if entering the junior category (age 12 and under).

If you wish to submit digital photos by email, please send them to: photocomp@gorge.org – photos should be a maximum of 1500 pixels on the longest side (smaller is OK). Please send captions and other details as shown above.

Finally, a general reminder that if you have any photos of the E11 area that you’d like to share with the rest of the local community, you can send them to gallery@london-e11.co.uk and we’ll upload them to our gallery.