Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[klang]

no the railway's gone a while back

sourdough pizza joint for a while

 

[Pickman's model]

sourdough pizza joint for a while

yeh think that's gone now too

 

[klang]

for

yeh think that's gone now too

 

[Sue]

Trying to work out what pub it is , looks like an old Irish pub, an "old man's pub" , not may of them left , thinking the Railway? By Dalston Station, was that still operating?

Looks like the Kingsland. The Railway closed some years ago.

 

[Sue]

not the kingsland... dk which pub it is and handicapped by not going on the piss like i used to

I think it is -- it's got the bar on that side and the toilets up the back.

 

[Sue]

sourdough pizza joint for a while

The Fed by Water vegan Italian place was in there for a bit (moved across the road from the unit next to the shopping centre) then it became the pizza place which was open for literally a couple of months maximum. It's been empty for ages. (Can you tell I walk past it every day...?

 

[Sue]

I think it is -- it's got the bar on that side and the toilets up the back.

ETA Or could be Molly Blooms just south of Dalston Junction. I've never been in but think it's maybe green inside?

 

[Pickman's model]

ETA Or could be Molly Blooms just south of Dalston Junction. I've never been in but think it's maybe green inside?

Molly bloom from Ulysses I think which would go with picture of Joyce

 

[Pickman's model]

ETA Or could be Molly Blooms just south of Dalston Junction. I've never been in but think it's maybe green inside?

And the bogs in there are up the back

 

[blossie33]

Covid: Hackney railway arch rave attended by '300 people'

Police say organisers padlocked the door from the inside to stop officers getting in.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sue]

Covid: Hackney railway arch rave attended by '300 people'

Police say organisers padlocked the door from the inside to stop officers getting in.

www.bbc.co.uk

FFS, some people really need to get a grip.

 

[marty21]

Not quite in Hackney , just over the border in Waltham Forest .

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Covid: Hackney railway arch rave attended by '300 people'

Police say organisers padlocked the door from the inside to stop officers getting in.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wins the award for the “Rave most likely to be shutdown.” Was a stones throw from central Hackney, muppets in all ways.

 

[blossie33]

Wins the award for the “Rave most likely to be shutdown.” Was a stones through from central Hackney, muppets in all ways.

Yes indeed!

 

[blossie33]

1893 - courtesy of the History of Stoke Newington FB page

 

[marty21]

1893 - courtesy of the History of Stoke Newington FB page

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Jim was no brute

 

[blossie33]

Jim was no brute

Absolutely!
Poor guy, I bet he enjoyed his amble around

 

[Sue]

Jim was no brute

He was of colossal proportions!

Thanks for sharing, blossie33. Love random stuff like that.

 

[marty21]

He was of colossal proportions!

Thanks for sharing, blossie33. Love random stuff like that.

I can imagine a Victorian street drinker sitting there , innocently taking a sip , seeing a massive elephant rampaging through gardens , looking at his bottle with a confused face ,looking at Jim, then shrugging and having another sip.

 

[blossie33]

Just checked out George Sanger

Lord George Sanger - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I got a bit upset by Jim’s story this morning because I figured he was looking for his elephant friends.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

The Sanger story is wild though!

 

[andysays]

Just checked out George Sanger

Lord George Sanger - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I think I may have posted about Jim the elephant's adventures here before.

First heard the story last year at an exhibition to mark the 150th (I think) anniversary of Finsbury Park.

The depot where he escaped from was apparently quite near where I now live, but I haven't managed to locate it exactly. Was hoping to recreate the complete route, though info is a little vague.

I note from your link that

In 1871, the Sanger brothers bought Astley's Amphitheatre for £11,000 and George Sanger ran it for 28 years until the LCC ordered it to be closed in 1893

ie the year that Jim went on his rampage

 

[blossie33]

Poor Jim, I wonder what happened to him
Yes, it would be interesting to know whereabouts in Tottenham the animals were based.
Sorry - I didn't remember you'd mentioned it before!

 

[marty21]

Chatsworth Road Sunday Market is back in a very small way , the last couple of Sundays. About 5 stalls .

 

[andysays]

Poor Jim, I wonder what happened to him
Yes, it would be interesting to know whereabouts in Tottenham the animals were based.
Sorry - I didn't remember you'd mentioned it before!

My recollection is that it was on or near Woodlands Park Road, which runs between St Anns Road and West Green Road.

 

[klang]

My recollection is that it was on or near Woodlands Park Road, which runs between St Anns Road and West Green Road.

there is certainly an ice cream van graveyard.

 

[blossie33]

My recollection is that it was on or near Woodlands Park Road, which runs between St Anns Road and West Green Road.

That's interesting, not too far from me in Stamford Hill then. I sort of imagined it would be further up in the Tottenham area.

 

[andysays]

That's interesting, not too far from me in Stamford Hill then. I sort of imagined it would be further up in the Tottenham area.

Jim the elephant certainly seems to have taken a round about route to get from there to Bruce Grove

 

[marty21]

Man arrested after more than 30 gather for boat party in Hackney

A man has been arrested after more than 30 people gathered for a party on a canal boat in east London in breach of coronavirus lockdown regulations.

www.standard.co.uk

Party on a boat!