Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[andysays]

OK, who had this on their 2022 Hackney bingo card?

Lentil-toting activists claim to be deflating SUV tyres in Hackney

An activist group has proclaimed that its members are deflating the tyres of SUVs, using lentils, in Hackney and further afield.

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

I've heard about sticking a potato up a car exhaust to blow the gasket*, but this seems like a new vegetable-based bit of vehicle sabotage.

*not claiming to have tried it, nor am I sure if it would work, and I'm certainly not advocating such criminal behaviour, in case anyone from Stoke Newington nick is reading...

 

[Pickman's model]

I've heard about sticking a potato up a car exhaust to blow the gasket*, but this seems like a new vegetable-based bit of vehicle sabotage.

*not claiming to have tried it, nor am I sure if it would work, and I'm certainly not advocating such criminal behaviour, in case anyone from Stoke Newington nick is reading...

Informed sources tell me it does work.

 

[andysays]

Informed sources tell me it does work.

"informed sources"...

...taps nose

 

[GarveyLives]

Black schoolgirl, 15, from Hackney 'traumatised' after strip search by police while on her period

(Source: as stated in image)
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"The girl's intimate body parts were exposed during the incident and the search took place without an Appropriate Adult present and without notifying the girl's parent."

"Nearly 90 Met Police officers and staff members have been accused of drug offences over the past five years - and nearly all of them have so far kept their jobs, MyLondon can reveal ..."

Dozens of Met Police officers accused of drug offences in 5 years - but most keep their jobs

(Source: as stated in image)

How many of her own officers did she have stripped searched in the same way as Child Q?​

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Aciiiiiiieeeeed!

Hackney’s acid house party hysteria (1988)

As moral panics go, Acid House was pretty enjoyable all round. On one side, the press, politicians and police were able to whip themselves up into a frenzy about thousands of young people taking dr…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Mid 20th Century radicalism with a detour into 1980s squatting:

E. Michaels – a Jewish Anarchist in Stoke Newington

The obituary above appeared in Direct Action vol 7 #3, in March 1966. Direct Action was the newspaper of the Syndicalist Workers Federation, an anarcho-syndicalist organisation which operated from …

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

 

[blossie33]

Cranwich Road is quite near to where I live, the house is still there...

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Yup, it’s near me too, so we must be neighbours.

 

[Sue]

Hmm....

Windrush Generation public artworks shortlisted for Turner Prize

Artist Veronica Ryan’s sculptures were inspired by her childhood trips to Ridley Road Market

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Hmmm...

Gladstone Park will NOT be renamed after Diane Abbott

Reports that a North West London park will be renamed after Hackney MP Diane Abbott are false, the local council has confirmed.

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Anti- Apartheid and porn “redecorations” in 1980s Hackney

“Daughters of Amazon” attack Hackney porn shop (1983): From the anarchist newspaper Black Flag 17th June 1983 Anti-Apartheid activists attack Barclays Bank on Green Lanes (1986). From B…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

The fun to be had before CCTV.

Hackney’s racist police in the 1940s

Sid Easton Sid Easton (1911-1991) was a Jewish cabbie, communist and trade unionist. The following is taken from his autobiographical tribute “The Life and Times of Sid Easton” edited b…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

Hackney cops were wildly anti-semitic during world war 2 shock horror.

 

[Pickman's model]

Anti- Apartheid and porn “redecorations” in 1980s Hackney

“Daughters of Amazon” attack Hackney porn shop (1983): From the anarchist newspaper Black Flag 17th June 1983 Anti-Apartheid activists attack Barclays Bank on Green Lanes (1986). From B…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

The fun to be had before CCTV.

Hackney’s racist police in the 1940s

Sid Easton Sid Easton (1911-1991) was a Jewish cabbie, communist and trade unionist. The following is taken from his autobiographical tribute “The Life and Times of Sid Easton” edited b…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

Hackney cops were wildly anti-semitic during world war 2 shock horror.

that's a fucking excellent website

 

[Sue]

Have you lot got your £150 from the council? Got a letter about it this morning but haven't checked my bank account yet.

 

[blossie33]

Have you lot got your £150 from the council? Got a letter about it this morning but haven't checked my bank account yet.

I very much doubt I've got mine yet, I still pay by cheque in the post and the letter from the Council said it will take longer than those who pay by direct debit

 

[marty21]

Have you lot got your £150 from the council? Got a letter about it this morning but haven't checked my bank account yet.

Don't think so , got a letter telling us not to pay until they sort the bills out.

 

[marty21]

I noticed a lot of Bailiff letters on the Mermaid pub yesterday , another pub out of business.

 

[Pickman's model]

I noticed a lot of Bailiff letters on the Mermaid pub yesterday , another pub out of business.

and the kingsland's gone, to be replaced by 'burke's warehouse', some sort of faux irish pub from the looks of things

 

[spitfire]

I went onto the Lord Horatio for a pint yesterday, was decent. Fair bit of choice for beers, Thai menu (didn't eat).

We left after 1 though as the next table along had some cokey tracksuit laaaaads who were starting to get annoying. Good crowd other than that so won't judge the pub harshly for it. Turns out my mate Rob is one of the managers, which is nice.

 

[marty21]

Saw a post on Instagram about The Coach & Horses in Stoke Newington , it is reopening on May 19th I was an occasional drinker there before , always feel more drawn towards the Butchers.

 

[Sue]

Saw a post on Instagram about The Coach & Horses in Stoke Newington , it is reopening on May 19th I was an occasional drinker there before , always feel more drawn towards the Butchers.

Used to quite like it in there. Nice and dark.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

BBC Radio 1 - 1Xtra, Welcome to Hackney with Ivorian Doll

Rising UK rapper Ivorian Doll introduces us to Hackney, the place that made her.

www.bbc.co.uk

15 minute documentary about female MC Ivorian Doll and her Hackney roots. Made me feel very old and white.

Fun tho.

 

[andysays]

I see the Green party managed to get two councillors elected in Hackney, one in Dalston and one in Hackney Downs.

Does anyone here live in either of those wards? Was that expected, or does it come as a surprise?

(They came fairly close in my ward in Haringey as well)

 

[marty21]

I see the Green party managed to get two councillors elected in Hackney, one in Dalston and one in Hackney Downs.

Does anyone here live in either of those wards? Was that expected, or does it come as a surprise?

(They came fairly close in my ward in Haringey as well)

No , I'm in Lea Bridge , which has been solidly Labour for decades . Greens have won council seats before in Hackney , probably in one or both of those wards.

 

[marty21]

BBC Radio 1 - 1Xtra, Welcome to Hackney with Ivorian Doll

Rising UK rapper Ivorian Doll introduces us to Hackney, the place that made her.

www.bbc.co.uk

15 minute documentary about female MC Ivorian Doll and her Hackney roots. Made me feel very old and white.

Fun tho.

Yep, pretty much the same

 

[Pickman's model]

I see the Green party managed to get two councillors elected in Hackney, one in Dalston and one in Hackney Downs.

Does anyone here live in either of those wards? Was that expected, or does it come as a surprise?

(They came fairly close in my ward in Haringey as well)

I thought it was on the cards.

 

[andysays]

...Greens have won council seats before in Hackney , probably in one or both of those wards.

OK, didn't know that

 

[blossie33]

I'm in Springfield Ward - no change there, Conservative with three Orthodox Jewish Councillors
Well, they do represent a large proportion of the residents to be fair.

 

[Sue]

I see the Green party managed to get two councillors elected in Hackney, one in Dalston and one in Hackney Downs.

Does anyone here live in either of those wards? Was that expected, or does it come as a surprise?

(They came fairly close in my ward in Haringey as well)

I live in between the two (Shacklewell). They came close in Dalston last time and I did see them out leafletting a few times.

Think HD was maybe more of a surprise though I've heard the name of the guy who won (did he stand for them in the GE or something?) My friends in HD always vote Green though more as an anti-Labour thing.

 

[andysays]

I live in between the two (Shacklewell). They came close in Dalston last time and I did see them out leafletting a few times.

Think HD was maybe more of a surprise though I've heard the name of the guy who won (did he stand for them in the GE or something?) My friends in HD always vote Green though more as an anti-Labour thing.

It looks like both wards now have one Green and one Labour.

Greens have been very active in my ward in Haringey, whereas Labour simply put out one last minute flyer which appears to be created by the constituency party, rather than ward specific, with the candidates' names and photos C&Ped in.

I also voted Green as an anti-Labour thing, but it wasn't quite enough to cause an upset.

 

[Sue]

It looks like both wards now have one Green and one Labour.

Greens have been very active in my ward in Haringey, whereas Labour simply put out one flyer which appears to be created by the constituency party, rather than ward specific, with the candidates' names and photos C&Ped in.

Only people I got anything from were Labour (which was surprising as they don't usually bother). I have had Green stuff in the past but guess they were focusing their efforts on the neighbouring, more winnable wards.

I also voted Green as an anti-Labour thing, but it wasn't quite enough to cause an upset.

Need to vote more early and more often next time or something .