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...

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

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...

Tales from Hackney's Memory Palaces video is now live on our YouTube channel! #hackneyhistoryfestival #hackney #hackneysociety #hackneywick youtu.be/bD9DzYt4pgI?...

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 #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

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.

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 ☘️

After WWII, Jewish ex-servicemen formed the 43 Group to fight fascists returning to UK streets. From 1946–50, they battled Mosley’s followers—Ridley Road, Dalston was ground zero. Hear their story with author Daniel Sonabend at #HackneyHistoryFestival.

Whoop! If #IrishLondonHistory ☘️ is your thing, you'll want to be at the Round Chapel in Clapton E5 0LY at 10 am this Sat, 10 May 😃 I'll be using 1851 census data to track down the Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington 🇮🇪 + loads of other great talks too at the #HackneyHistoryFestival!

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

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

This Saturday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival ! Get your tickets via the link in bio. #Hackney @lucyfulford.bsky.social @n16breda.bsky.social @amirdotan.bsky.social

#HackneyHistoryFestival activities are in full swing! With many events still coming up, make sure to check out this event as two Hackney based directors discuss their films depicting Hackney life over time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oApS... #hackney #hackneysociety #Historyofhackney

#HackneyHistoryFestival activities are in full swing! With many events still coming up, make sure to check out this event as we learn how Here East played a pivotal role in shaping the legacy of the Olympic Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bDG... #hackney #hackneysociety #Historyofhackney

It's Hackney History Festival this Saturday, and Sheela Banerjee and I would love to see you there! We'll be sharing personal stories of migration and histories of empire and race. Our talk is just £3! Sat 10, 3pm, Round Chapel. @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

Learn about the architecture and design of the municipal building that opened in 1866 and get to see your favourite film and TV locations in person! #HackneyHistoryFestival

Join us at #HackneyHistoryFestival to explore the rich history and the transformation of Here East and the journey of the Olympic Park.

Local historian Laurie Elks chairs a panel discussion with Rolan Walker and Alan May. Don't miss it! #hackneyhistoryfestival

Grab the chance to go inside Hackney's oldest building at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Join this event with a focus on poetry about Hackney Marshes, Hoxton, the Olympic park site in Newham and other local edgelands/sites of transformation. #HackneyHistoryFestival

Join the guided tour of the beautiful Town Hall and learn about the building's heritage at #HackneyHistoryFestival!

Join Laburnum Boat Club for a trip to learn the intriguing story of the Regent's Canal in Hackney. Get tickets via bio! #HackneyHistoryFestival

Visit 195 Mare Street, one of Hackney's oldest buildings, built in 1697, at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Grab the chance to go inside Hackney's oldest building at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Join Tamara Micner for a workshop discussing a much forgotten chapter of London's East End at #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Find out about the restoration of St John's on May 15th at #HackneyHistoryFestival ! @hackney-society.bsky.social

Join the guided tour of the beautiful Town Hall and learn about the building's heritage at #HackneyHistoryFestival!

Hear how the Hackney Empire went from a music hall to a TV studio to a Bingo Hall to the theatre they are today! Friday May 9 at #HackneyHistoryFestival!

The Mildmay Club has overlooked Newington Green for 125 years ago. At this event there will be two talks – Pete Brown, author of 'Clubland: How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain' and a talk from the club's archive group. Info: hackneyhistoryfestival.org/satellite-ev... #hackneyhistoryfestival

Author Daniel Sonabend will tell the story of the 43 Group and their fight against fascism, with particular focus on the central importance of Hackney within the conflict. More info: hackneyhistoryfestival.org/satellite-ev... #HackneyHistoryFestival

Come along on Thursday May 8 at 5pm to hear from Taylan Sahbaz from Day-Mer! More info: hackneyhistoryfestival.org #Hackney #HackneyHistoryFestival @hackney-society.bsky.social

Prep'g my 10 May talk for @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social & doing a final trawl of the 1851 census for Irish people living in Hackney & Stoke Newington. First time I've ever seen "Ireland a Protestant" in the "Where Born" column. Anyone seen similar before? www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...?