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I'll be getting that! pre-dates my arrival in Hackney by a few years - but Mrs21 was already living in Hackney by the early 80s so it will be very familiar to her .New novel about late 1970s / early 1980s Hackney. A great read
White Riot by Joe Thomas – a radical Hackney novel
The Radical History of Hackney site sprung out of some conversations with some younger friends of mine. I was trying to explain some of the events of the 1970s and 1980s I’d heard about. They…
I hope you and Mrs21 like it - I'd be interested to know what you think about it...
Will report back - pre-ordered it from Pages - also added a tenner so someone else can get a book - it's a nice thing to do.
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Iain Sinclair: I was told in 2011 when the new CLR James library opened that he was barred from speaking in Hackney libraries. Maybe he still is, I wouldn't be surprisedThe library staff on are on strike this week, so here is a post supporting them and a look at previous protests, occupations and radical meetings at Hackney Libraries:
Struggles to save Hackney Libraries
“Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague.” Eleanor Crumblehulme (Library Assistant, University of British Columbia, Canada) Hackney Library …
Amazing. Surely something to be proud of!
As far as I know I'm still barred from Haringey's finance offices on wood green's Station Road, on penalty of arrest, after a demo there in support of a man jailed for non-payment of poll tax back in 91.
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I sometimes walk down his street , if I walk from Dalston station home (which I do fairly regularly as I do love a walk)George Lamb on his authentic, seagull-filled east London patch
Presenter and founder of Wildfarmed and Grow, George Lamb was once a west London boy. He tells Emma Magnus why Dalston changed his allegiance
I've a friend who lives there (who has no doubt never heard of George Lamb). Can't say I've ever noticed the seagulls.I sometimes walk down his street , if I walk from Dalston station home (which I do fairly regularly as I do love a walk)
Tbf I don't mention Clapton much either....I note that this Lamb character doesn't mention Clapton at allhe's going on a list.
And the lido's heated and the bagel place/Shacklewell Lane isn't at the end of his road and and gentrification's already happened etc.“Authentic”.
If I had a pound for every attic-based book launch and art preview I've been invited to....
New novel about late 1970s / early 1980s Hackney. A great read
White Riot by Joe Thomas – a radical Hackney novel
The Radical History of Hackney site sprung out of some conversations with some younger friends of mine. I was trying to explain some of the events of the 1970s and 1980s I’d heard about. They…
Picked up my copy just now from Pages.White Riot by Joe Thomas review – racial tensions in Thatcher’s Britain
Drawing on archive material, this propulsive crime novel explores police violence and unsolved killings in a fracturing nationwww.theguardian.com
be very grateful if i could borrow it when you've read it
Sure !
I haven't been to their venue (unless they also own The Tram Shed? ) But I'm guessing this will become a similar venue , Gym/Weddings/Sunday Roasts.
It's sad that it was closed but at least it will make use of an interesting building.Just saw a post about the Sorting Office on Brook Road , it has been sold & the new owners are Clapton Country Club
