Hackney History Festival

Hackney Brutalist icon - Join @HackneySociety for a guided visit to Haggerston School (Ernö Goldfinger, 1964–67), Grade II listed & refurbed 2012 (Avanti). Sat 28 Feb 2026, 10:30–12:30 (arr 10:15), E2 8LS. £5/£10. Book via Eventbrite—Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/visit-hagg...

Her story is one of eleven being told in our upcoming film, Women From Hackney's History, premiering at the @riocinema.bsky.social on #InternationalWomensDay!

The Hackney Pavilion closed in 1972, its last film was Carry on at your Convenience.

It was opposite the Hackney Empire and was finally demolished in 1972 and replaced by a soulless branch of Barclays Bank.
#History #HistoryMatters #London

WHITE HOUSE Inn Hackney Marsh (on Essex Side), 1910 Showing footbridge over river Lea in distance Steam Locomotive Repair shed now New Spitalfields Fruit & Vegetable & Flowers Wholesale market

👋HELLO Hackney and welcome to the UK's largest children's literature festival! We're providing 2,000 new places FREE for primary schools in Hackney for the first time on Thursday 4 June thanks to our friends @hackneyempire.bsky.social Check out our full programme here www.londonschoolslitfest.org

Look forward to hearing more..

How to Survive in Tudor England, Guest Post by @tonihistorian: While Cromwell was rebuilding the King’s Place, his one-time secretary, Ralph Sadleir, was busy constructing a grand three-story brick house in Hackney, on Homerton Street. historicalfictionblog.com/how-to-survi...

Interesting! We've a talk about this in May..

Amazing idea.. Were they supportive?

Let’s get even more London kids enjoying travelling by bike - pedalling not polluting- The next free Kidical Mass bike ride is on March 15th - Granary Square to Hackney! 🚲 🌼 🚲 🌼 🚲 🌼 🚲 🌼 🔈 🔊 🎵 📣 Join us 🚲

#StreetsForKids #KidicalMass #KidicalMassLond

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A clipping from The Morning Post, 31 January 1912: HACKNEY MARSHES. — Good ice to the extent of several acres is to be found near the ground of the Clapton Orient Football Club. This may be reached by taking train from Liverpool-street to Clapton or Broad-street to Homerton.

Important environmental news from Millfields Road, reported in the Morning Post on 31 January 1912: “Good ice to the extent of several acres is to be found near the ground of the Clapton Orient Football Club”. #lofcpress

On London Extra: Chinese connections Past, present and future. Plus elections intelligence, housing supply news and more

Latest edition of On London Extra considers the capital's connections with China, past, present and future. Plus borough elections intel from Redbridge and Hackney, underwhelming news about housing supply and more: davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/on-london-.... #london #china

The Clapton tollgate, located on Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, was a 18th-century turnpike checkpoint on the Clapton side of the River Lea. Established to manage traffic crossing Leyton marshes, this, along with the adjacent toll house and timber bridge built around 1757, operated until 1872. The site is near the modern-day Lea Bridge roundabout.

The Clapton tollgate, located on Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, was a 18th-century turnpike checkpoint on the Clapton side of the River Lea. Established to manage traffic crossing Leyton marshes,

1 - 5 Westgate Street Hackney 1890. Showing Willmots Decorator and Contractors and on the left, the rear of a fire brigade (or Society for the preservation of life from fire) escape ladder.

1 - 5 Westgate Street Hackney 1890. Showing Willmots Decorator and Contractors and on the left, the rear of a fire brigade (or Society for the preservation of life from fire) escape ladder.

Introduction to ride leader and ride leader and ride marshal/assistant: Hackney and Women's Network - London Cycling Campaign This course is an introduction to the role of Ride Marshal, sometimes also known as Ride Assistant, and Ride Leader with London Cycling Campaign. This session is specifically to prepare […]

Want to help marshal or lead a feeder ride to the start of the next London Kidical Mass ride?

Join this free training on Sunday 15th February at 2pm from Hackney Town Hall organised by @londoncycling.bsky.social and @hackneylcc.bsky.social lcc.org.uk/events/intro...

A peek upstairs at Kings Hall (Hackney Baths) with local historian and guide, Sue Doe (Hackney Society Tour Guiding Course): Victorian stair tiles, iron balustrades, stained glass and cast-iron fireplaces. Read our newsletter Spaces for more details: hackneysociety.org #HackneyBaths #KingsHall

Explore the architecture that defined modern Hackney.
Twentieth-Century Buildings in Hackney highlights key civic, housing & community buildings that shaped the borough through the 1900s.
Get your copy & support local heritage:
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#Hackney #Architecture #Heritage

Hackney once shaped global botany.
A Mare Street nursery influenced kew gardens, St Petersburg & Australia, and helped create Europe’s largest arboretum at Abney Park.
Discover the story: www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneyHistory #Books

Looking forward to the talk about this at May's @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social !

Chowdhury Walk housing in Hackney was awarded a RIBA London Award 2024. Designed by Al-Jawad Pike - recognised for its contextual design, and high-quality housing.
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#RIBAAwards2024 #Hackneysociety #ChowdhuryWalk #Architecture

We're back in May! What would you like to see? #hackney #history #heritage #festival @hackney-society.bsky.social

Proposal in Dalston: reopen Colvestone Primary School as a community education & culture hub, with space for Pollock’s Toy Museum. Read the story & add your support: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/hackney... #Hackneysociety #Dalston #Heritage

We're back in May! What would you like to see? #hackney #history #heritage #festival @hackney-society.bsky.social

Architect Benedict O’Looney explores the design and legacy of Old London Bridge — from its Beaux Arts beauty to its lasting influence on London’s architecture.
Nov 13 | 7:15–9pm GMT
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#Heritage #Architecture #London

CAT & MUTTON pub London Fields 1841 76 Broadway market Hackney aka Cat & Shoulder of Mutton 1 Duncan Place LondonFields 1881 Pub been present since 1745 & since that time been variously called Leg of Mutton & Cat, Cat & Shoulder of Mutton West St

An advertisement for a furniture company features drawings of their store and a branch. Text promotes no deposit, free packing, insurance, and delivery for those looking to furnish their homes, particularly those recently married. Items such as pianos, sideboards, and dining suites are featured. Suggestions to those about to marry and hints on Xmas & New year's Gifts WEST END BRANCH: Originators of the Deferred Payinent System A. M. STEWART, Managing Director. 95, 95, 97, and 99. OXFORD STREET, W. 92, 93, 94, NEWMAN STREET, W. No Interest Charged. No Deposit Required. 1, 2, 5 & 4. TOWN HALL BUILDINGS, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22, THE GROVE (adjoining) MARE STREET, HACKNEY, LONDON, NO SECURITY. FREE PACKING. NO DEPOSIT. FREE INSURANCE. NO INTEREST. FREE DELIVERY. The Hackney Furnishing Co.'s System is to simply let you choose what you wish, and as much as your needs may demand, and let you pay a fixed sum, say, for £100, merely 45s. per month, No deposit, no security; the whole system strictly confidential, based on the tested knowledge that in the main we deal with honest people, and the policy must be right, or how is it that we have been so successful as to be the most imitated firm in this country? The System of Deferred Payments originated by us is so broad and so liberal that it even includes free Life and Fire Insurance. Thousands upon thousands find a difficulty in completely furnishing a home for cash-we give them a helping hand. The first year or so in furnishing a home is ever the most difficult period. It is a strain on even a good salary. Death may strike the breadwinner off the pay-roll-that means much to the widow and young ones. We give free Life Insurance. Fire may come and wipe out the home: we give free Fire Insurance. No need for you to be puzzled, perplexed, or hesitating. Free Packing and Carriage! Get the New Fully Illustrated Catalogue. The "Alexandra" Model. SELECTED AND BEST SEASONED TIMBER THROUGHOUT. DIMENSIONS.-Height, 4ft. 24 in.; Width,...

Nov 1907: The Bedford Dining Room Suite ad from Hackney Furnishing Co Ltd

(+Alexandra Model Piano and 5ft Barrel Front Sideboard)

«Suggestions to those about to marry and hints on Xmas & New year's Gifts»

I’ve posted this site, Hackney Henge, before for #StandingStoneSunday but I passed it again on a walk this week and I thought it worth another picture. Properly known as Nature’s Throne, it’s made from bits of old pumping station

#OtD 9 Nov 1845 Gertrud Guillaume-Schack, a countess who became a revolutionary socialist, feminist and anarchist, was born in Uschütz in what is now Poland. She was active in Germany and Hackney, East London stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1093...

OK, anyone else ancient enough to understand this Hackney graffiti?

#BOTD 1904
Winifred Shotter in Hackney, London. Actress, known for Rookery Nook (1930), Sorrell and Son (1933) and Plunder (1930). Best known for her appearances in the Aldwych farces of the 1920s and early '30s.