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Born Homerton Hackney London local history mainly Hackney history - has es ven yox rufn eyds antisemetik

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Petition: Support newly qualified nurses: Review barriers to NHS jobs Newly qualified nurses report struggling to get NHS jobs due to internal-only adverts and experience requirements. The NHS is short-staffed, but we feel new nurses are blocked from helping. We want a ...

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04.08.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Petition: Support newly qualified nurses: Review barriers to NHS jobs Newly qualified nurses report struggling to get NHS jobs due to internal-only adverts and experience requirements. The NHS is short-staffed, but we feel new nurses are blocked from helping. We want a ...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

29.07.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Dad is very fond of telling us he saw the Beatles in Leyton Baths in 1963

26.12.2024 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Today in 1963 The Beatles perform at the Swimming Baths in Leyton, London.

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W.HUTCHINSON.c1895.Fishmongers STOKE NEWINGTON.35,Allen Road.

22.07.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tescos site Bakers Arms

22.07.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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6 minutes ago โ€” Ali Nasser, 43, Kenan Aydogdu, 45, and Mustafa Kiziltam, 38 - who are linked to the Hackney Turks - were sat outside the

22.07.2025 11:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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STAMFORD HILL YMCA BUILDING. 1909 Upper Clapton Hackney

21.07.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, 1898. east side, showing St. John's Rectory [ in use as Y.M.C.A. building] and to entrance to churchyard, north of Tower. Postcard rebuilt as Hackney Police Station now in use as a Free school?

21.07.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ST. MATTHIAS CHURCH, Vicarage. Wordsworth Road. 1865 St. Matthias Parsonage House, Wordsworth Road, Stoke Newington. South elevation from garden, looking north.Photograph, 1865.

21.07.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ST.JOHN AT HACKNEY Old Church 1750 St John's Church east end looking west, from the Church Field. Shows vicarage. Engraving pub S.Woodborn 1807, but view is mid 18thc.Date c.1750. looking from where McDonalds is now

21.07.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks. I found a lot of back-street Gospel Halls when I did my 'knowledge of London' on a 90cc moped.

21.07.2025 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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236 single decker bus from Leyton via Hackney Wick in Dalston Lane in the 1950's St Bartholomews church demolished now housing & retail.

20.07.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Haggerston Pool Whiston Road Hackney boiler room coal store 1986

20.07.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chain fed anthracite Steam Boilers from Steamship still in basement of #Haggerston swimming pool Whiston rd Hackney

20.07.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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steam boilers from steam ship in basement of haggerston pool

20.07.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Haggerston Swimming Pool, also known as Haggerston Baths, has been closed since 2000. It was initially closed for emergency repairs (at same time as a Clissold pool mega overspend)but has remained shut ever since. The Grade II-listed building has faced challenges in securing funding for its restoration and reopening as a swimming pool. While there were initial plans to restore the pool with community facilities and a GP surgery, these were ultimately scrapped due to funding issues

Haggerston Swimming Pool, also known as Haggerston Baths, has been closed since 2000. It was initially closed for emergency repairs (at same time as a Clissold pool mega overspend)but has remained shut ever since. The Grade II-listed building has faced challenges in securing funding for its restoration and reopening as a swimming pool. While there were initial plans to restore the pool with community facilities and a GP surgery, these were ultimately scrapped due to funding issues

Haggerston Swimming Pool, also known as Haggerston Baths, has been closed since 2000. It was initially closed for emergency repairs (at same time as a Clissold pool mega overspend)but has remained shut ever since.

20.07.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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112-116 Well Street, Hackney. Shop fronts being boarded over . Buildings labelled as "Lot 1". Preparation for demolition. And 114-118 Well Street, Hackney. Shop fronts boarded over.

20.07.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
1921 former workhouse on Well Street, Hackney. Between 1891 and 1900, Bethnal Green operated a second workhouse on Well Street in Hackney. It was used to accommodate the "aged respectable poor" โ€” those who had demonstrated good behaviour at the Waterloo Road workhouse.The Well Street workhouse briefly hit the headlines in September 1897 when it was claimed that an elderly inmate had died of overeating. Workhouse officials were quick to rebut the story, even though overeating had been given as the cause of death by the doctor in attendance. The dead man had a weak heart and could have died at any time from the least exertion. The extra food he had eaten had probably been given to him by a fellow inmate who was unable to finish his own prescribed portion. It was however revealed that the Guardians had been experimenting with the dietaries, in order to reduce waste, by serving each inmate with half their bread allowance at the start of each meal, with the second half being provided on request

1921 former workhouse on Well Street, Hackney. Between 1891 and 1900, Bethnal Green operated a second workhouse on Well Street in Hackney. It was used to accommodate the "aged respectable poor" โ€” those who had demonstrated good behaviour at the Waterloo Road workhouse.The Well Street workhouse briefly hit the headlines in September 1897 when it was claimed that an elderly inmate had died of overeating. Workhouse officials were quick to rebut the story, even though overeating had been given as the cause of death by the doctor in attendance. The dead man had a weak heart and could have died at any time from the least exertion. The extra food he had eaten had probably been given to him by a fellow inmate who was unable to finish his own prescribed portion. It was however revealed that the Guardians had been experimenting with the dietaries, in order to reduce waste, by serving each inmate with half their bread allowance at the start of each meal, with the second half being provided on request

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1921 former workhouse on Well Street, Hackney. Between 1891 and 1900, Bethnal Green operated a second workhouse on Well Street in Hackney. It was used to accommodate the "aged respectable poor" โ€” those who had demonstrated good behaviour at the Waterloo Road workhouse.

20.07.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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29-41 Glaskin Road, Hackney. Front elevation of a row of two-storey houses. Glaskin Road does not exist any more; it used to run north out of Well Street, to the west of and parallel to Frampton Park Road.1950

20.07.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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112-116 Well Street, Hackney. Shop fronts being boarded over by a group of workers. Buildings labelled as "Lot 1". Preparation for demolition or renovation . And 114-118 Well Street, Hackney. Shop fronts boarded over, . Group of workers appear to be applying window shutters.

20.07.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

a row of Slum housing where Stonebridge Gardens is now

20.07.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Well Street, Homerton Hackney The house reputedly belonged to the priors of the Knights Hospitallers and the Knights of St John.1820 The London Archives

Well Street, Homerton Hackney The house reputedly belonged to the priors of the Knights Hospitallers and the Knights of St John.1820 The London Archives

Well Street, Homerton Hackney The house reputedly belonged to the priors of the Knights Hospitallers and the Knights of St John.1820 The London Archives

20.07.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think it was at Orchard cottages

20.07.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes when it was houses

19.07.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Temperance Movement in Hackney - Hackney Museum Supporters of the temperance Movement aimed to limit the drinking of alcohol amongst the working classes of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington.

Found this info hackney-museum.hackney.gov.uk/2025/01/02/t...

18.07.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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STONEBRIDGE COMMON GOSPEL MISSION, KINGSLAND

18.07.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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