Welcome to my blog
Hello, welcome to Going to the dogs. This is my blog about gardening and a depository for curious lists, random musings, trivia, anecdotes, whimsy and just about anything else that takes my fancy. However, it has absolutely nothing to do with greyhound racing – it is named in honour of a local landmark and once fine stadium, which is now sadly closed.
Built in 1933, the stadium closed its doors to racegoers in 2008. Apart from attracting those wanting a flutter on the dogs, the stadium has appeared in countless TV shows and in many films, including Guy Ritchie’s Snatch. In 1945 Winston Churchill delivered his final election speech to a packed house, while Blur shot the cover for Parklife at the stadium. It is even part of the local Beckham Trail – Golden Balls used to earn £10 a night collecting empty glasses at the stadium bar as a teenager.
Walthamstow Stadium
here at Baklava Towers we are pretty excited about this addition to the blog firmament; our technicians are working flat out round the clock to include you in our favourite blog list, because basically we have high expectations of this blog being hilariously funny pretty much every day, feel under pressure yet?
No really, Very glad to see you here and can’t wait to hear anything you have to say especially if it concerns David ‘handsome’ Beckham
Hi
I have no idea what’s going on I’m just following Emma around.
Welcome anyway! David Beckham – pffft!