Walthamstow Stadium: Going to the Dogs

The exhibition aims to reflect the lives of the people connected with the stadium

By Claire Timms
BBC London

A photographic exhibition charting the last three months of Walthamstow Stadium is to go on show in the town amidst hopes it could re-open.

Walthamstow Stadium was one of the UK's best known and loved greyhound tracks until its controversial closure in 2008.

The stadium was such an iconic local and national landmark that it's important to celebrate it with an exhibition.. Photographer Katherine Green In Pictures: Going to the Dogs

Since its opening in 1933, greyhound racing fans and tourists alike would flock to the east London stadium to enjoy this enduring British tradition.

It was shut down and the site bought by housing trust L&Q but according to its local paper, the Waltham Forest News, hopes are high that a concerted campaign by locals to get it re-opened is paying off.

The paper claims 'behind the scenes' talks are progressing between the owners and potential buyers.

Social documentary photographer Katherine Green, from Walthamstow, got funding to create the exhibition - Going to the Dogs - and her work is now to go on show at the local Vestry House Museum starting on the 26 September until 27 November 2009.

She said: "The stadium was such an iconic local and national landmark that it's important to celebrate it with an exhibition and in the process, make a lasting record for generations to come which will reside at the museum."

The Vestry House Museum houses all the borough's archives and is an important centre for the study and research of local history.

• The Big Screen in Walthamstow town square will be screening a documentary about the track, once a week to coincide with the exhibition. 'Just Another Day', filmed in 1986, will be shown every Friday from 12.30pm to 1pm, from this Friday (25 September) until October 2.