Re renters' rights being in the news on all things housing issues, the internet archive has a number of digitised Zines from the 20th Century. Here's one from Hackney over half a century ago. Radical Community Health. Note the controversy on comprehensive redevelopment schemes.

An unexpected Hackney connection found on a recent visit to the wonderful Maria Edgeworth Centre in Co. Longford, Ireland. Maria Edgeworth (1768-1848) - "the Irish Jane Austen" - was connected via her father’s 4th marriage to the Beaufort family & the inventor of the Beaufort Wind Scale /1

According to biographer Nicholas Courtenay, the Beaufort-Edgeworth connection with St John-at-Hackney began with the burial there of Sir Francis Beaufort's first wife Alicia Magdalena Wilson (1782-1834), daughter of Dublin-born Captain Lestock Wilson of the East India Co & Bonne (Boileau) Wilson /4

River Lea Navigation Hackney Cut 1965. View looking north from Hackney Marsh showing the Hackney Borough Council local transfer station yard in Lee Conservancy road Homerton loading dust into barges for disposal and coal drop also Lesney Matchbox Toys factory, Marsh Bridge and Kingsmead Estate.

RIVER LEA. Lea Dock UPPER CLAPTON HACKNEY in 1905 View east along the dock from Leaside road

Support Right to Grow Motion Debate at Hackney Town Hall Wed 4 March 6-7pm The Council will be debating and passing the Right to Grow motion which has the Labour Party Support. Come and support 6-7pm outside Hackney Town Hall. hackneyrighttogrow.uk

Wonderful event!

Hackney History Festival Day Pass tickets are now on sale! Tag your history-loving friends and make a day of it. www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn... #hackney #history #festival #london

#OtD 26 Feb 1990 an evening picket of striking textile workers in Hackney, East London, was attacked by police. A fierce fight followed, during which police were initially chased away, before re-grouping and attacking the pickets, arresting four stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9819...

Fantastic event, and wonderful to see all the Loddiges inspired art work!

This weekend I’ll be at the Black Marketplace Popup in Stoke Newington #Hackney #London #UK Black-owned brands 🌟 📅 28th Feb & 1st Mar | from 11am 🎟️ Get your FREE ticket from @blackmarketplaceuk #blackartist #artist #creatorsofblacksky #blackskycreativesinc www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/local-blac...

#OnThisDay in London policing history, 1990: cops attack striking Bacton Fashions workers, Hackney. Local police, secret police & immigration services join to support bastard bosses against migrant workers fighting to improve pay & conditions wp.me/p74yfw-1NN

Extra charity places have just opened for Manchester Marathon and Hackney Half! 🎉

This is "Marian Square, Hackney" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. #AlbertTurpin #EastLondonGroup

Shoreditch Fire Station, Hackney 1965 London County Council Architect’s Department www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/lcc-glc-mini...

🚨 136 new council homes coming to Hackney. The new homes will be built in Hoxton and Haggerston on land currently being used by garages, storage units and bin cupboards. Source: www.london-now.co.uk... Join our newsletter: yimbyalliance.org/ge...

At the outbreak of WW1, Anna Airy became a war artist. Her paintings include recording scenes of heavy engineering and armourment production. This work depicts a Shell Forge at the National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes London in 1918.

MARE STREET Central Hackney, c1873. Eighteenth-century house, at the corner of Mare Street/London Lane as the shop premises of Mrs E Wingrove, ironmonger. Mrs Wingrove's ironmongers shop, 229 Mare Street,

Small Site of the Day Vex by Chance da Silva, London Borough of Hackney. Accommodation: 1 homes. https://smallsites.london/?site=36

For the latest on Hackney’s LTNs, and what more we need to do to reduce traffic, check out our website and sign up to support Low Traffic Hackney! www.lowtraffichackney.org

Ridley Arms, 17 Ridley Road , Dalston, Hackney E8 At Graham Terrace in 1861 census, at 1 Ridley Road in 1871 census. At 6 Ridley Road by 1896. This pub closed in around 2000 and is now used as a butchers shop.

#TrainStationSteps #Hackney #Photography

CADOGAN TERRACE, HACKNEY, c1914.East side.No.56.Premises of A.H.Sexton, tobacconist Birth of NHS is the news

#OnThisDay in London's radical history, Dalston Theatre squatted against gentrifixatin of area, 2006 More on Hackney squat centres at this time: network23.org/hackneyanarc...

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...

1963 Victory Cafe, Hackney Rd, Haggerston Shoreditch photo @thegentleauthor spitalfieldslife

Cons cafe Shrubland Road, north side. Nos. 75-97. Front elevation looking west.1972 Dalston Hackney - demolished.jpg

Off to see Spiritualized at Earth in Hackney. A new venue for me but I'm sure I will recognize it from the Google Street view image.

BOSTON STREET. SHOREDITCH, 1955 off Hackney Road. Corner with Holms Street looking south.all demolished now Haggerston Park

ORGAN: Five Recommended Art Shows – Cat Phillipps and Fran Copeman at the Space Pop Up in Hackney, #KevinKane Uncultivated Gods at Hoxton Arch, #JoyceEdwards and A Story of #Squatters at Four Corners Gallery, #SeanScully at Lisson#Gallery, #BenJamie at #JamesFreemanGallery and... wp.me/p2ScbB-xi6

Feeder rides from Hackney and Camden are now listed in the Ticketsource info below, please share with schools, nurseries, friends and families, thank you! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...

In the late 1800s, Minnie Green arrived in Britain from India as an ayah or nanny. Like many, she was left stranded far from home. Her story was partly lived at Hackney’s Ayahs Home, later honoured with an @englishheritage.bsky.social plaque...

| The Radical History of Hackney WordPress.com hackneyhistory.wordpress.com › category › lond... This life-affirming short film on Ron Hitchins, who combined selling shirts to Hackney's original mods with becoming a stratospherically expert Flamenco dancer. Article on Astrid Pro

1932 at 148 to 150 Mare st #Hackney Polikoff's clothing manufacturer on fire large crowd on Mare st watches - Its the Iceland store near Well st now Polikoffs made mainly military uniforms and Polikoff's, Clothing Factory Mare Street Hackney damage caused by fire 1932

Don’t miss Abney Park in Hackney, London. It offers remarkable graves and monuments. Like the the Lion monument to animal-trainer Frank Bostock (1866-1912). #London #winter #hidden #highlight #cemetery #park #heritage

Clarnico sweets factory staff in Hackney Wick (early 20th century) was considered a progressive employer. Staff benefits included profit-sharing for long-serving employees, a wedding dowry, and £5 towards funeral expenses,

CHURCHWELL PATH. Hackney. c1830 View looking north from rear crossing with Hackney Brook, showing the rear of the houses on the corner of Sutton Place. Photograph of wash drawing by George Hawkins c 1830.

Bombsite at the corner of Haggerston Road and Lee Street A view looking north-east from the top of Acton House in Lee Street, Haggerston, with Haggerston Road running from left to right.

In 2005 a Museum of London community archaeology project excavated a WW2 bombsite beneath Shoreditch Park in Hackney. I volunteered on the dig and recorded interviews with local residents about their memories of the area in wartime.

support Hackney Night Shelter and have a laugh www.hackneyempire.co.uk/events/belte...

We love #plantingtrees and we love looking after our trees. On Sunday 22nd Feb we'll be in Millfields park mulching away to ensure our trees prosper. Come join us and spend a couple of hours in the fresh air with good company bit.ly/treemusketeersevents @loveourpark.bsky.social #mulch #treecare

IPSWICH ROAD. DALSTON, 1957. Ipswich Road , Pownall Road. Photograph

Lea Bridge Road Clapton approach.The Jolly Anglers pub in 1897 Jolly Angler, Lea Bridge, Lower Clapton, Hackney This is the Ferry House, Lea Bridge according to the 1878 license transfer. In 1891 & 1896 at Middlesex Wharf, Upper Clapton. Formerly the Anglers Tavern.

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1996: The Autonomous Refugee Centre Hackney squat - opened, in former courthouse, to house refugees, on the day benefits were removed from asylum seekers) t.co/prcIgRpcwG

Hackney helped 3826 refugees fleeing from Franco & the Spanish Civil War The refugees who arrived at Salvation Army Citadel Congress Hall Linscott Rd Clapton from Southhampton docks July 1936 Were met by a crowd of two thousand Hackney residents waiting to welcome them with gifts

And we're delighted he's speaking at our @hackney-hist-fest.bsky.social in May!

Roe triplane at Walthamstow Marshes by the river Lea, May 1909.Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe (1877-1958), seen here at the controls, was the first Briton to fly an all-British aeroplane, the Roe I, on 13 July 1909 at Walthamstow Marshes, London.

Albion Hotel/Tavern, 2 Clissold road, Stoke Newington Often listed as being in Albion Road, but in fact Clisssold Road crosses at 137 Albion Road. This is at Park Road in 1866. Trading by at least the late-1990s, and since converted to residential use

London isn’t just Big Ben. East London is packed with murals, indie bars, weird museums & unforgettable food. Here’s where to go next time you’re in town: frayedpassport.com/a-quick-guid... #londontravel

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