#OnThisDay in London radical herstory, 2008: International Womens Day gathering at Hackney Social Centre squat, Clapton.
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#hackney #history #walk #london
2 weeks to go until Belter for the Shelter! Join an evening of laughter on Thur 19 March at the Hackney Empire in aid of Hackney Night Shelter, hosted by the hilarious Laura Smyth 🎤 All funds raised will go towards keeping the shelter open every night of the year.
Today marks the birthday of three-time Bond director Lewis Gilbert, who was born in the London borough of Hackney. He was reportedly reluctant to direct You Only Live Twice when first approached but returned to the 007 series with The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. #JamesBond #dates #OTD
Today marks the birthday of three-time Bond director Lewis Gilbert, who was born in the London borough of Hackney. He was reportedly reluctant to direct You Only Live Twice when first approached but returned to the 007 series with The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
#JamesBond #dates #OTD
Organic seeds. Swap
🌱 Organic Seed Swap 🌱
Join us at the Mobile Garden at the bottom of Hackney Bridge this Sunday 15th March, 11–1pm!
Bring seeds, swap seeds, meet fellow growers 🌻
Find us on What3Words: claim.spark.spits
Coming from Hackney Bridge? Follow the orange carrots 🥕
Re renters' rights being in the news on all things housing issues, the internet archive has a number of digitised Zines from the 20th Century. Here's one from Hackney over half a century ago. Radical Community Health. Note the controversy on comprehensive redevelopment schemes.
Photograph of the exterior of the Maria Edgeworth Centre in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, Ireland
Portrait of Maria Edgeworth, thought to have been based upon a pastel by the Irish artist Adam Buck (1759-1833)
Drawing of Frances Beaufort (1769-1865), fourth wife of Richard Edgeworth and stepmother to the adult Maria Edgeworth
Photo of an interior wall.of the Maria Edgeworth Centre showing a collection of pictures of people associated with the Edgeworth family. A red arrow annotation points to the picture of Rear Admiral Dir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857)
An unexpected Hackney connection found on a recent visit to the wonderful Maria Edgeworth Centre in Co. Longford, Ireland.
Maria Edgeworth (1768-1848) - "the Irish Jane Austen" - was connected via her father’s 4th marriage to the Beaufort family & the inventor of the Beaufort Wind Scale /1
Screenshot of a paragraph from "Gale force 10 : the life and legacy of Admiral Beaufort" by Nicholas Courtney, describing the 1834 burial of Alicia Beaufort nee Wilson in St John-at-Hackney. Source: Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/galeforce10lifel0000cour_n1e8/page/289/mode/1up?q=hackney
According to biographer Nicholas Courtenay, the Beaufort-Edgeworth connection with St John-at-Hackney began with the burial there of Sir Francis Beaufort's first wife Alicia Magdalena Wilson (1782-1834), daughter of Dublin-born Captain Lestock Wilson of the East India Co & Bonne (Boileau) Wilson /4
River Lea Navigation Hackney Cut 1965. View looking north from Hackney Marsh showing the Hackney Borough Council local transfer station yard in Lee Conservancy road Homerton loading dust into barges for disposal and coal drop also Lesney Matchbox Toys factory, Marsh Bridge and Kingsmead Estate.
RIVER LEA. Lea Dock UPPER CLAPTON HACKNEY in 1905 View east along the dock from Leaside road
Support Right to Grow Motion Debate at Hackney Town Hall Wed 4 March 6-7pm
The Council will be debating and passing the Right to Grow motion which has the Labour Party Support. Come and support 6-7pm outside Hackney Town Hall. hackneyrighttogrow.uk
Beautiful photos. Hope you enjoy the visit!
Wonderful event!
Great! You're very welcome to come to our monthly Wikipedia sessions at Hackney Archives!
Hackney History Festival Day Pass tickets are now on sale!
Tag your history-loving friends and make a day of it.
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#OtD 26 Feb 1990 an evening picket of striking textile workers in Hackney, East London, was attacked by police. A fierce fight followed, during which police were initially chased away, before re-grouping and attacking the pickets, arresting four stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9819...
Fantastic event, and wonderful to see all the Loddiges inspired art work!
This weekend I’ll be at the Black Marketplace Popup in Stoke Newington #Hackney #London #UK
Black-owned brands 🌟
📅 28th Feb & 1st Mar | from 11am
🎟️ Get your FREE ticket from @blackmarketplaceuk #blackartist #artist #creatorsofblacksky #blackskycreativesinc
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#OnThisDay in London policing history, 1990: cops attack striking Bacton Fashions workers, Hackney.
Local police, secret police & immigration services join to support bastard bosses against migrant workers fighting to improve pay & conditions
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Extra charity places have just opened for Manchester Marathon and Hackney Half! 🎉
This is "Marian Square, Hackney" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. #AlbertTurpin #EastLondonGroup
A colour photograph of the brutalist Shoreditch Fire station on Old Street
Shoreditch Fire Station, Hackney
1965
London County Council Architect’s Department
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🚨 136 new council homes coming to Hackney.
The new homes will be built in Hoxton and Haggerston on land currently being used by garages, storage units and bin cupboards.
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Yes it has! You should check out the waiting room!
At the outbreak of WW1, Anna Airy became a war artist. Her paintings include recording scenes of heavy engineering and armourment production. This work depicts a Shell Forge at the National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes London in 1918.
MARE STREET Central Hackney, c1873. Eighteenth-century house, at the corner of Mare Street/London Lane as the shop premises of Mrs E Wingrove, ironmonger. Mrs Wingrove's ironmongers shop, 229 Mare Street, stood just to the south of London Lane.This George James photograph of around 1872 includes the entrance to the south of the courtyard of the Nag's Head Public House. The house has been re-fronted in the 19th century but could well have dated from the late 17th century
MARE STREET Central Hackney, c1873. Eighteenth-century house, at the corner of Mare Street/London Lane as the shop premises of Mrs E Wingrove, ironmonger. Mrs Wingrove's ironmongers shop, 229 Mare Street,
Small site housing development
Small Site of the Day
Vex by Chance da Silva, London Borough of Hackney.
Accommodation: 1 homes.
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Ridley Arms, 17 Ridley Road , Dalston, Hackney E8 At Graham Terrace in 1861 census, at 1 Ridley Road in 1871 census. At 6 Ridley Road by 1896. This pub closed in around 2000 and is now used as a butchers shop.
Interesting.. Certainly some amazing youth clubs such as @leaside.bsky.social in Hackney.. And a talk about this at @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social
