Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[klang]

I noticed yesterday that the Tollgate pub on the corner of Stamford Hill and Ravensdale Road has all the windows boarded up - a neighbour had told me last week that she had heard the brewery have sold it to the Jewish community and that they were also after the Methodist church next to the side of the pub sad really as it was a proper good old fashioned Victorian pub, I've never been inside but it looked a fairly busy place, sorry for the staff too.

The neighbour also told me the Jewish community are after the Bird Cage pub further down the hill too - don't know if there's any truth in that, just what she was told.

the Wheatsheaf is the one if you like a proper boozer

 

[Sue]

The Birdcage never really recovered from that refit. The new owners originally wanted it to be a Turkish restaurant but that was not to be for whatever reason. They didn't really know what they were doing initially - far too many staff, not enough variety of beers, but it has got better. It's never full though.

I'd be sad to see it go, but I mainly don't drink there these days myself, despite it being quite close - was in the Brownswood last night which is about the same distance in the other direction from me.

20 years ago the Birdcage was full of genuinely eccentric Hackney oddballs and was a bit of a handful.

There's also The Wheatsheaf(?) across that wee road from The Birdcage (where I ended up the one time I was in The Birdcage). Nothing special and a bit spit and sawdust but got talking to a couple of their regulars at the bar and they were quite friendly. (It's also next to a random Kosher pizza place which was packed with Jewish families.)

 

[Sue]

the Wheatsheaf is the one if you like a proper boozer

hah!

 

[klang]

tbh I don't mind the Mascara too much, unless it has a noisy club night on.
must say though, SH is not the first area that comes to mind when I fancy a pub crawl.

 

[BillRiver]

I'm not well enough right now but I would one day love to meet some of you Hackney Urbanites.

So many of my friends and family have left Hackney in the last decade. I'd like to have more local friends.

 

[BillRiver]

My local is the Anchor and Hope.

The Billet and the Sov are both in walking distance though. And Biddle Bros. I've only been there once, with friends from out of town, but it was a top night.

 

[klang]

 

[Sue]

tbh I don't mind the Mascara too much, unless it has a noisy club night on.
must say though, SH is not the first area that comes to mind when I fancy a pub crawl.

I've never been in the Mascara Bar.

And yeah, it's a little bit of a walk for me and uphill and Dalston/SN are closer so...

 

[klang]

I've never been in the Mascara Bar.

it has a certain truck stop thing about it.

 

[marty21]

BillRiver Whenever you're ready , I'm sure we could gather up some Hackney folk for a meet.

 

[klang]

Hackney folk

and beyond

 

[marty21]

tbh I don't mind the Mascara too much, unless it has a noisy club night on.
must say though, SH is not the first area that comes to mind when I fancy a pub crawl.

Never been in to that one . Did try out a new (to me) Hackney pub last week , The Gun on Well St . It's hipster central , but it looks like they kept the old pub furniture , I'm guessing it was a classic "old man's pub' before they took over. I'd go again tbf .

 

[klang]

Never been in to that one . Did try out a new (to me) Hackney pub last week , The Gun on Well St . It's hipster central , but it looks like they kept the old pub furniture , I'm guessing it was a classic "old man's pub' before they took over. I'd go again tbf .

been hipsterised for a few years. It's cozy.

Mate of mine used to do a film night upstairs, pre-covid. I guess he'll start up again as and when. Worth keeping an eye out for. (Mainly rare 6ts movies and docs)

 

[blossie33]

the Wheatsheaf is the one if you like a proper boozer

I don't actually drink now but thanks
The last pub I went into was the Boogaloo on Archway Road just by the Parkland Walk but that was only to get a takeaway coffee!

 

[marty21]

After yesterday's petrol madness (my 4 closest petrol stations ran out !) Today is the Hackney Half Marathon, so even if some of them got re-supplied, there are loads of roads closed just walked down an empty Lower Clapton Rd

 

[blossie33]

There were long lines of queuing vehicles in both directions for the petrol station on Stamford Hill, just where it meets the Haringey border yesterday morning

 

[klang]

There were long lines of queuing vehicles in both directions for the petrol station on Stamford Hill, just where it meets the Haringey border yesterday morning

was total madness.

 

[GarveyLives]

‘Wah dis?’: Caribbean Twitter users outraged, confused by Hackney Council’s ‘tribute’ to the Windrush Generation

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Dunno if there has also been outrage on twitter about the launch yesterday of the new BRAFA square by Britannia Leisure Centre:

‘Hackney’s answer to Live Aid’: Naming of new square in Hoxton reveals little known story of local famine appeal

Entrance to Britannia Leisure Centre to be named BRAFA after a forgotten piece of history created by local reggae artists in 1985

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk

Presumably there has been, because that is the nature of twitter.

 

[Sue]

‘Wah dis?’: Caribbean Twitter users outraged, confused by Hackney Council’s ‘tribute’ to the Windrush Generation

I literally walked right past that earlier and didn't notice it. (I even knew it was there as a friend sent me a message about it the other day.)

 

[andysays]

I literally walked right past that earlier and didn't notice it. (I even knew it was there as a friend sent me a message about it the other day.)

Also mentioned on the bandwidth thread on Tuesday

Just London doing London things.

Certainly seems to have drawn a mixed reaction...

 

[Sue]

Also mentioned on the bandwidth thread on Tuesday



Certainly seems to have drawn a mixed reaction...

(I literally walked from Hackney Central through the cemetery to the Homerton. How could I have missed it?!)

 

[andysays]

(I literally walked from Hackney Central through the cemetery to the Homerton. How could I have missed it?!)

I've not seen it in person, but it does look pretty noticeable in photos.

It's in the Narrow Way, apparently.

 

[Pickman's model]

(I literally walked from Hackney Central through the cemetery to the Homerton. How could I have missed it?!)

You weren't looking?

 

[marty21]

I've not seen it in person, but it does look pretty noticeable in photos.

It's in the Narrow Way, apparently.

Saw them the other day , yep, narrow way , next to the Hackney Tap.

 

[klang]

(I literally walked from Hackney Central through the cemetery to the Homerton. How could I have missed it?!)

you weren't hungry?

 

[klang]

i will actively seek them out tomorrow and report back.
(i do like them btw)

 

[blossie33]

I saw something about them on the internet, haven't been through Hackney central for a week or so.
As an art work I like them - I don't know how they would be viewed by the West Indian community though.

 

[marty21]

I've seen them 3 times now , bit underwhelmed tbf

 

[Pickman's model]

I've seen them 3 times now , bit underwhelmed tbf

maybe if they mixed the wollstonecraft statue in somehow?