Hackney History Festival

Some great stuff at the V&A’s new cabinet of curiosities based in Hackney.

Looking forward to the film screening on Nov 10th!

Wonderful day in London at the V&A East Storehouse Hackney Wick for the David Bowie Centre. It's so worth while going to see some unbelievable and unique personal items from the man's life. 2nd ticket allocation released tomorrow it's free (you can donate) and brilliant ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

How did Dalston shape UK music? Four Aces took Black music from ska/rocksteady to dub, lovers rock, dancehall & early jungle. New panel + memory garden honour Sir Collins. Read & share memories: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/tv-actr...
#Hackney #Dalston #FourAces #SirCollins #UKMusicHistory

‪115 inspiring stories of women who helped shape Hackney.
From suffragettes Alice Paul and Olive Beamish to creatives and community leaders, this new release celebrates their lasting impact.
👉 Order your copy: www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#Hackneysociety

NEW for 2026: Hackney Tour Guiding Course.
Build the research + presentation skills to deliver professional walking tours — while exploring Hackney’s history from medieval roots to modern creative districts.
Limited bursaries • Apply by 31
Application:
www.hackneysociety.org/guiding-cour...

Hackney: Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored.
A landmark book marking 40 years of The Hackney Society, showcasing 40 extraordinary buildings — from the modern to the forgotten.
👉 Get your copy:
www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneySociety #HackneyHeritage #HackneyHistory

Brand New from Past Tense:
“Green Beneath the Skies”

How Rioting Saved Hackney Downs

In 1875, common land at Hackney Downs, East London was fenced off for development.

Rioting, sabotage & campaigning saved the open space

Buy online here:
pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/gree...

Dorothy Levitt

Verena Holmes

The Hackney Society logo

Women from Hackney #Wikithon.
Join @hackney-society.bsky.social for a free Wikipedia editing workshop this Sat 6 Sep 2025 1:15 - 4:15 PM #Hackney #Archives, E8 3BQ. All levels of experience welcome, introduction & training provided. Book your place here www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

Ever wanted to help shape Wikipedia?
Join our Wikipedia Editing Workshop at Hackney Archives — Sunday 3rd August, 1:15–4:15 pm.
With friendly trainers from Wikimedia UK.
Hackney Archives, E8 3BQ.
Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...
#Wikipedia #HackneyHistory #HackneySociety

Blusky

The Buildings at Risk Group from The Hackney Society is working hard to identify, protect, and campaign for the historic buildings that shape our borough’s unique character.
These places matter.
www.hackneysociety.org/campaigns/bu...
#Heritage #BuildingsAtRisk #Hackneysociety

Kingsland Shopping Centre is getting a fresh new logo. We're looking for designs that celebrate everything we love about Dalston. £2K for the winner | Deadline: Fri 5 September 2025
Entry form: www.kingslandshopping.com/competition/...
#HackneyCreatives #DalstonDesign #Hackneysociety

Podcast celebrates Hackney and Newham’s Modern History The second series of The Hackney and Newham History Social Podcast has now launched.

The second series of The Hackney and Newham History Social Podcast has now launched.


Produced by Immediate Theatre, the docuseries is hosted by actor and broadcaster Sue Elliott-Nicholls.
podcastingtoday.co.uk/podcast-cele...

Hello East London. The Hackney and Newham History and Social Club have more eps of their podcast up. If you wanna hear first hand stories about the boroughs from the folks that shaped it head over to - immediate-theatre.com/work/heritag...

Since films first flickered on London screens in 1896 Hackney has been home to more than 60 cinemas ranging from grand architectural marvels to neighbourhood... Tales from Hackney's Memory Palaces | NIGEL SMITH

Tales from Hackney's Memory Palaces video is now live on our YouTube channel!

#hackneyhistoryfestival #hackney #hackneysociety #hackneywick

youtu.be/bD9DzYt4pgI?...

YouTube video by Hackney History Festival 1851 Census: Who were the Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington?

The census that year also recorded a jump in London’s Irish-born population - watch Breda's discussion here youtu.be/B0FyFWl-i3A #hackney #irish #history

Neil Martinson shares unseen photos from his unique archive, contrasting images taken fifty years ago with recent ones. Watch now on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7eA...
#HackneyHistoryFestival #HackneyPhotography #visualhistory

Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones explores Hackney’s links to the East India Company, founded in 1600. Watch now on YouTube!
#HackneyHistory #EastIndiaCompany #hackneyhistoryfestival

‘Art for the people’: How Dalston’s enduring peace mural captured a community Hackney History Festival revisits radical, melancholy chronicle of iconic artwork never seen by its author

‘Art for the people’: How Dalston’s enduring peace mural captured a community

#Hackney #history #art @js-ldrs.bsky.social @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/05/30/a...

Thank you to all the amazing trainers from @wikimediauk.bsky.social for their insights at our training session yesterday. We started adding more details of the fascinating women featured in www.hackneysociety.org/publications... join us!
#hackney #history #women #wikipedia

Thank you to the amazing @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social for her brilliant History Cycle Ride yesterday, ably helped by colleagues from Hackney Cycling Campaign - we learnt so much!

#hackney #cycling #london #history
@hackneylcc.bsky.social

This Saturday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival ! Get your tickets via the link in bio.

#Hackney

'Under the Cranes' - Q&A with filmmaker Emma-Louise Williams and poet Michael Rosen. Make sure to watch now on YouTube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZP...
#HackneyHistoryFestival

A big thank you to Hackney History Fest for a great tour of the renovated St John, Hackney. It was incredible to go up the bell tower after years of absence.

Ken Worpole talking about his essay on John Berger from his latest book Brightening from the East.

With the brilliant Gareth Evans at a packed @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social

YouTube video by Hackney History Festival From Hackney With Love: Regeneration, Gentrification and Belonging | RICHARD YEBOAH

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JBU...

OK now with working link… Lovers of #Hackney history, weird politics and the dark side of the 70s, I’m doing a talk on homegrown UK terror group the Angry Brigade at Hackney History Fest next Sunday.
NB Features NO endorsement of radical chic dickheads…
Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...?

Day 2 of @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social was in Sutton House.
So many fascinating talks this weekend!

A great day spent @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social listening to a diverse range of excellent presentations from the likes of Breda Corish, Nigel Smith and Andrew Whitehead at the stunning Round Chapel (1871) saved from dereliction & reopened in 2018.

Hackney History Festival banner on the railings outside the Round Chapel on Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0LY

Title slide for Breda Corish talk "1851 Census: Who were the Irish in Hackney and Stoke Newington?"

A big thank you to everyone who came yesterday to my talk for @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social on the Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington in 1851 💚
Recording will be made available on the #HackneyHistoryFestival YouTube channel
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️