Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[blossie33]

Not chit chat but a nice old photograph of Hackney Central around 1910

 

[marty21]

Biblical rain ! Anyone been up on Stokie Island?

 

[Sue]

Biblical rain ! Anyone been up on Stokie Island?

No...? The Island island or somewhere else..?

 

[Pickman's model]

Not chit chat but a nice old photograph of Hackney Central around 1910

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There's a great picture at Hackney archives showing floods in the 1960s with people pushing a car through the water. Hackney Brook is only sleeping

 

[blossie33]

Biblical rain ! Anyone been up on Stokie Island?

I was out in that rain - not Hackney though, just over the border in Islington borough - I got soaked to the skin

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I’m off out after me tea

 

[Fozzie Bear]

 

[blossie33]

Wow I'm glad I live at the top of Stamford Hill!

 

[blossie33]

Pic here from the BBC website - just round into Northwold Road, by Stokey Common..

 

[Sue]

Thats not Skirts Galore, is it..?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Thats not Skirts Galore, is it..?

Not sure - I assumed Accessory World on the corner…?

 

[blossie33]

Thats not Skirts Galore, is it..?

Yes, it would be - the Jewish girls clothes place anyway, not sure what it's called.

 

[Sue]

Not sure - I assumed Accessory World on the corner…?

Think it's Accessory World but it says Skirts Galore on the front which is (let's face it) a way better name.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Ah! Just going past now and it seems to be called both things!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Snap. Also the water seems to have cleared off the road.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

That is WAY less exciting than I expected but at least I won’t be late now.

 

[Sue]

That is WAY less exciting than I expected but at least I won’t be late now.

Are you off VIPing it up at The Birdcage..?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Are you off VIPing it up at The Birdcage..?

Alas not, more weirdy beardy Cafe OTO music as standard.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

The nice people at OTO always make me feel like a VIP though.

 

[Pickman's model]

The nice people at OTO always make me feel like a VIP though.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

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Not seen that mob for a while...

 

[Sue]

Christ on a bike. Sitting on a 38. It's taken 35 minutes to get from Southgate Rd to Canonbury -- Essex Rd is closed for some reason. Traffic isn't moving.

This can't be a tube/train strike thing surely? Do know I'm not going to be in Soho at 630 as planned.

 

[Sue]

Christ on a bike. Sitting on a 38. It's taken 35 minutes to get from Southgate Rd to Canonbury -- Essex Rd is closed for some reason. Traffic isn't moving.

This can't be a tube/train strike thing surely? Do know I'm not going to be in Soho at 630 as planned.

At Highbury Corner. Ffs.

 

[marty21]

Christ on a bike. Sitting on a 38. It's taken 35 minutes to get from Southgate Rd to Canonbury -- Essex Rd is closed for some reason. Traffic isn't moving.

This can't be a tube/train strike thing surely? Do know I'm not going to be in Soho at 630 as planned.

I got a 253 to work & back yesterday and traffic was fairly light mainly , did you get to Soho ?

 

[marty21]

Oh , I nearly went to the Birdcage, got off the bus at Stamford Hill Station & walked to Stoke Newington . I was going to pop into the cage but it looked very busy at 4.30ish ! In contrast , the Butchers was very quiet , so I popped in there.

 

[Sue]

I got a 253 to work & back yesterday and traffic was fairly light mainly , did you get to Soho ?

Eventually. Took nearly two hours . Would've literally been quicker walking. Essex Rd was closed because of an accident so think that was the cause of a lot of it.

Was still closed at midnight when I was on my way home.

 

[marty21]

In other news , the Butchers has mead on tap , I didn't try it last night but I am a fan of mead so will have a glass in the future. I've never seen mead on tap in a pub before.

 

[klang]

I got a 253 to work & back yesterday and traffic was fairly light mainly , did you get to Soho ?

253 took over an hour from s hill to hackney central yesterday 3pmish. never again.

 

[marty21]

253 took over an hour from s hill to hackney central yesterday 3pmish. never again.

My decision to get off at Stamford Hill & walk is now fully vindicated .

 

[klang]

My decision to get off at Stamford Hill & walk is now fully vindicated .

about once a year I don't have my bike and always regret it.