Women from Hackney’s History tells the stories of 113 extraordinary women who defined Hackney’s past and inspired its present. 👉 Copies available now: www.hackneysociety.org/publications... #HackneySociety #HeritageMatters

Went to St Barnabas Church off Shacklewell lane in Hackney yesterday as part of Open House London festival. A stunning masterpiece built in the 1910s that I had no idea existed.

To mark our 40th birthday, we’re shining a light on 40 influential educators. Read the full list here 👉 https://bit.ly/45EhJ6V Dame Jocelyn Barrow is a trailblazer in multicultural education, teacher training & tackling inequality in Hackney schools. #education #educationresources #edusky

#GreenSpace #London #petition It's a sunny Sunday, so let's have one last push to save this precious #Hackney site from development by @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social. With £10bn in funds (www.savetheparish.com/church-of-en...) #CoE not short of money. www.change.org/p/save-st-pa...

Join us at the launch of TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC BOOK next Saturday 27th September 2-5pm in the pavilion on Hackney Downs, E5. Please register to attend by emailing [email protected] as numbers are limited.

Join us at our Textiles Repair Café! These family-friendly workshops are a fun and inclusive opportunity to repair, mend and upcycle your old clothes and fabrics. www.hackneygazette.co.uk/local-events... #Hackney #TextileRepay #Upcycling #Repair #Sustainability

‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure #Hackney #Dalston #art www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/09/19/d...

Anybody know what the music depicted above the Hackney Empire stage is supposed to be ? 🧐

Completely unaffordable 'development' mooted for this necessary and tranquil place. #StokeNewington #Hackney Please sign and give what you can. www.change.org/p/save-st-pa...

Since 1967, The Hackney Society has been working to protect the borough’s heritage. You can help us preserve Hackney’s unique identity and ensure those stories inspire the future. 👉 www.hackneysociety.org/membership/ #HackneySociety #HeritageMatter

“More scuffles followed all over the road." (Hackney Gazette, 18/9/62) More on fighting the fascists in Hackney in 1962 in this great post: hackneyhistory.wordpress.com/2020/09/27/t...

🗞️ London based? If so, the Hackney Citizen needs a chief reporter/assistant editor to gather the most important stories in Hackney and east London for their community readership. It’s remote and pays £28-34,000pa – deadline October 10

Catch The Drifters live in Hackney this Saturday and get ready to dance to timeless classics like Saturday Night At The Movies, Under the Boardwalk, and more, performed by the greatest legends in music history! youtu.be/XhptlRSFhQk Book your tickets now, www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/the-drifters

In the 60s an elevated motorway tore up West London and the notorious Westway became the stuff of legend. Planners wanted to do the same in the east - would the Eastern Avenue Extension have been just as bad or did they have something else in mind? #hackney www.roads.org.uk/ringways/sec...

And with Vicky Spratt and Jessica Field at Pages of Hackney on October 25 pagesofhackney.co.uk/events-calen...

Hackney’s heritage is at risk. 31 nationally listed buildings are on the 2024 Heritage at Risk Register. Join us to protect Hackney’s story. www.hackneysociety.org/campaigns/bu... #HackneySociety #SaveHackneyHistory

Free Wikipedia Editing Workshop open to all. #BlackHistoryMonth free editing. Sunday 26 Oct | 1:15–4 PM Hackney Archives, E8 3BQ Learn how to edit, write, and share knowledge. Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn... #Hackneysociety

#BOTD 1894 Edith Mary Sharpe: British actress born in Hackney. She appeared in TV series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars, Emergency Ward 10, and Probation Officer. Known for Cash on Demand (1961) which is highly recommended, The Guinea Pig (1948) and No Place for Jennifer (1950).

St Augustine’s Tower for Open House weekend. Hackney’s oldest building dating from at least 1275, the tower remained after the church was demolished in 1798. 132 steps to panoramic views at the top. The original graveyard was later made into a park. #OpenHouseWeekend #Hackney #London

Sergison Bates submits plans for 90 affordable homes in Hoxton https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/133809/ The scheme for Hackney Council comprises two six-storey residential buildings at Buckland Court and Cropley Court, two housing…

Dalston Square revamped with new play and seating spaces https://www.europesays.com/uk/420306/ Created in 2009, it has been revamped to make it more “sociable, accessible, and comfortable”. Hackney Council, alongside…#uk #news #uknews

Change is constant — but heritage matters. Since 2010, the Hackney Society Planning Group has been working to protect the borough’s historic character while supporting sensitive, positive regeneration efforts in Hackney. 👉 hackneysociety.org #HackneySociety #HeritageMatters

Gorgeous morning down on the River Lea at Hackney Marshes and this female kingfisher was showing really well. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #hackney #hackneymarshes #birdphotography #ukbirds #birds

William Lyttle, better known as the “Mole Man of Hackney,” spent decades creating an extraordinary labyrinth of tunnels beneath his home, transforming his quiet neighbourhood into the setting for one of London’s most bizarre urban legends.

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...

Low Traffic Hackney supports measures to reduce the dominance of cars and redesign Hackney’s Streets for people. Please leave your details here to keep updated www.lowtraffichackney.org/get-involved...

The Dennis Morris exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery is terrific. Some of the best pictures you’ll see of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols in particular, and incredible series from 1970s Hackney and Southall. Free on Friday eves thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/den...

By the way the Art Deco Hackney Town hall where FixFest 2025 is being held is stunning and very beautiful.

There is one more week to comment on the planned Hoxton East ‘LTN’. We’ve put some info here on its benefits & deficiencies with a link to the consultation page. If you live near or ever visit this area please register support and ask for improvements. www.lowtraffichackney.org/hoxton-east-...

Downs Hotel from Queensdown Road. Hackney Downs Clapton Hackney 1890

My former colleagues at TfL have replicated a once familiar feature on British Railways stations with their work on the Overground station at Clapton - replica fluorescent platform lanterns. #railways #heritage @doublearrow64.bsky.social (Pic: TfL)

www.homerton.nhs.uk/current-vaca... We are expanding! If you know any geriatricians do point them in the way of this. We are taking the next step in our acute frailty journey opening a frailty SDEC Unit for the people of Hackney and we need you! We are quite funny and have excellent coffee

Hackney’s plaques bring our history to life. We’re now campaigning for a plaque for Edith Watson, whose remarkable story deserves recognition. Support the campaign 👉 www.hackneysociety.org/planning/pla... #HackneySociety #HackneyHistory #PlaquesScheme

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

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...

I've been a little slack on Bluesky recently.. Here's a video from a while ago when @renatureldn.bsky.social stepped up the impact we were having on Hackney Marshes.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktJ... #planttrees

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...

Another chance to join @johnnyflynnmusic.bsky.social as he sings his way across the Hackney Marshes in East London in this classic post-lockdown episode from 2020. 🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/3038c3

London: Day 3. Spent the day in Hackney, discovered the iconic BBE Store, unearthed vinyl treasures & met truly inspiring individuals, savored delectable treats at Bread & Truffle and captured visuals on the Uber ride to & from. #erinblackirish #london #bbestore #hackney #bbemusic #breadandtruffle

We have a beautiful collection celebrating the Blue House, an iconic postmodern project in Hackney, East London by the brilliant FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) from 2004 architectural-icons.com/collections/...

Nice one! I was an early adopter. 1993, Hackney to the city.

East London rapper, producer and poet John Glacier speaks to Claire Biddles about childhood poems about the failure of humanity, the enduring influence of her native Hackney, disability, self-advocacy, grime and more The Model is You: An Interview with John Glacier buff.ly/LRsdp51

Outsider Bodies: Experience Berlin’s DIY scene in your neighbour’s living room #Hackney #art #performance #exhibitions www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/08/21/o...

Happy Birthday to singer-songwriter Linda Thompson, born August 23, 1947, in Hackney, London. She's best known for her work with her former husband Richard Thompson, and for her sporadic but critically-acclaimed solo career, releasing her solo debut album 'One Clear Moment' in 1985. More: alt text

Pas de Chats? How Hackney’s unsung Arkestra inspired a mural for the ages #Hackney #Dalston #art #music #mural www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/08/22/h...

Last year I identified a third circa 1650-75 embroidered cabinet made at the Perwich school, one of 17th-century Hackney's major girls' schools. This example is owned by Doncaster Heritage and the others are in LACMA & the Fitzwilliam. My article about the find is in this issue of Hackney History!

One of the two domed stone alcoves from Old London Bridge in Victoria Park, Hackney. The bridge was demolished in 1831; the alcoves ended up in the park in 1860, roughly a century after the old bridge had been remodelled and 14 of the alcoves installed…

Films for Action: The Line We Crossed. From the frontlines of climate resistance it traces the quiet unravelling of our protest rights. At St Paul's Church West Hackney 182 Stoke Newington Road, Fri, 19 Sep 2025, Doors open 6:30, Film show and discussion 7 - 9.30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/films-for-...

Hackneys lost pubs Lord Cecil pub 42 Lower Clapton Road Clapton Hackney Median road and At Urswick Road in 1882 This pub opened in 1872 and closed in 2006 ukpubhistory