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E17 was a very large area to cover, its terrain vast and varied.
The eight members of our group divided into four groups of two.
We split the postcode into four quarters and rather than choose a specific resource, we researched our area and endeavoured to discover resources accidentally. Timothy and I were allocated the southwest quadrant of E17 to discover and explore. This area included the High Street, the world famous Walthamstow market, Suburban terraced streets, a marina, a canal and marshes.
The first thing we did when we arrived was to look at books in the library.
The Walthamstow section was very small, maybe four books and two of those from 1929, we couldn’t find much relevant to 2007 or many ideas for the game so we set off to see what we could find. In hindsight we should have planned more before we ventured out because the area was huge. We were looking for strange, original and quirky features to set as photo tasks whilst making sure that the group who will play our game will explore the whole area.
This, we felt afterwards, was a little unfair because of the size of the area and because the district is a little dangerous.
Meeting locals and discussing the areas history and culture was a great help to us. A friendly and reminiscing librarian was eager to help us discover the historical facts of E17 and an even friendlier cyclist took us to his home to debate the boundaries of the postcode and send us out into the direction of Walthamstow’s rural treasures. We focused on the nature and the architecture within our area, there was much more nature than there were buildings so this was reflected in our contribution.
We captured images we thought interesting, a solar powered barge, a huge rotten tree stump with a perfect space to pop your head into, massive street lighting that resembled disposable razors and multi-coloured, fluorescent houses made it onto our memory.
Back at school we had a few problems working as a team. We had no clear, underlining concept for the structure of the game and rushed at the end. Fortunately it all came together at the last minute and we tried to make it as coherent as possible.
This project was difficult to manage whilst simultaneously concentrating on an essay and five other projects, but ultimately, we had fun, discovered two new areas of London, their resources, and were introduced to the online world of Flickr and Blogger.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOSWORTH, GEORGE. F, SOME CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF WALTHAMSTOW, 1929, ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION, UK
LAWSON, ANDREW, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF LONDON: DISCOVER BRITAIN’S CAPITAL CITY, 1992, AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, UK
ROMIG, KEITH. LAWRENCE, PETER, WALTHAMSTOW, 1996, CHALFORD, UK
WYLD, ROSS, WHAT HAPPENED IN WALTHAMSTOW, WALTHAMSTOW PRESS, UK
WWW.LONDONTOWN.COM/LONDONPC
WWW.THEGREATSCAVENGERHUNT.COM
WWW.TIMEOUT.COM
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