Let’s move to Leytonstone: the Olympics still niggles, but it’s on good form

It’s quite humdrum, but mostly in a nice wayWhat’s going for it? The new Walthamstow. Or that might be Leyton, I forget. Or Maryland. Or Forest Gate. There are so many contenders for Outer East End Hotspot these days I can’t keep up. Blame 2012. The Olympics splattered money round these parts, in the form of newly minted bollards and cheery paint schemes. It also divided opinion. Strike up a conversation about “it” in the queue at Percy Ingle on the High Road and si