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andysays said:
Presumably the road will still be closed on Monday, and I'm guessing loads of buses will be diverted too, which will be chaos for commuters.
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I've just seen a northbound 149 going up Crossway. Assume it'll be going via Shacklewell Lane/Rectory Rd/Brooke Rd(?) but who knows.

My friend's staying with other friends just now. She was evacuated with only the clothes she had on so is currently wearing random borrowed stuff. (And hoping she'll at least be able to get in to retrieve some stuff on Monday but who knows. :()
 
Sue said:
I've just seen a northbound 149 going up Crossway. Assume it'll be going via Shacklewell Lane/Rectory Rd/Brooke Rd(?) but who knows.

My friend's staying with other friends just now. She was evacuated with only the clothes she had on so is currently wearing random borrowed stuff. (And hoping she'll at least be able to get in to retrieve some stuff on Monday but who knows. :()
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I wondered about the bus routes coming up from Dalston, wondered if they would be turning at the Crossway then going up towards Newington Green, down Albion Road to Stokey High Street and then left towards Stamford Hill?
It shouldn't affect the buses going the other way as they turn down Northwold Road and bypass High Street.

So sorry about your friend :( has she any idea about what happened?

I feel sorry for the shops that have had to close too, whether they will get any sort of compensation for loss of income?
If they do it's likely to be a very long process.
 
blossie33 said:
I wondered about the bus routes coming up from Dalston, wondered if they would be turning at the Crossway then going up towards Newington Green, down Albion Road to Stokey High Street and then left towards Stamford Hill?
It shouldn't affect the buses going the other way as they turn down Northwold Road and bypass High Street.
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I got a 149 home last night. Just before Dalston Junction, the driver announced the bus was going on diversion and wouldn't be stopping again until it approached Church St. Don't think any of the kids on their way out were listening as I was the only one who got off...
blossie33 said:
So sorry about your friend :( has she any idea about what happened?
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There was scaffolding up that had been their for absolutely ages (some nonsense with the management company/freeholder :rolleyes:) but there were actually workmen there that day. Unclear whether they did something or whether it was due to the work that needed done not having been for ages.

blossie33 said:
I feel sorry for the shops that have had to close too, whether they will get any sort of compensation for loss of income?
If they do it's likely to be a very long process.
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Yeah, I suspect that there's going to be loads of arguing between different insurance companies etc, depending on what they discover caused it. :(
 
blossie33 said:
More road closure problems on the A10 :(
As well as the section in Stokey, a section of the road in Dalston is completely closed by the Police - not sure what's happened...

www.mylondon.news

Live updates as police incident shuts major Hackney road in both directions

Police are at the scene and the road has been closed for over four hours
www.mylondon.news www.mylondon.news
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That article says that bus routes 76, 149, 242 and 243 have been diverted.

It doesn't mention route 67, which seemed not to be running when I was waiting for one northbound from Stamford Hill a little while ago :(
 
andysays said:
That article says that bus routes 76, 149, 242 and 243 have been diverted.

It doesn't mention route 67, which seemed not to be running when I was waiting for one northbound from Stamford Hill a little while ago :(
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Yes, it's weird that - I'd walked up from Dalston to get a bus at the bottom of Stamford Hill. There were two 67 buses by the stop near Abney Park which had terminated there :hmm:
There were also a couple of out of service buses standing there but I heard a driver say to someone that he was waiting for a replacement driver, I don't know what route they were going to be.
Must be a nightmare for them today with diversions both ways from Northwold Road to Haggerston.
 
blossie33 said:
Yes, it's weird that - I'd walked up from Dalston to get a bus at the bottom of Stamford Hill. There were two 67 buses by the stop near Abney Park which had terminated there :hmm:
There were also a couple of out of service buses standing there but I heard a driver say to someone that he was waiting for a replacement driver, I don't know what route they were going to be.
Must be a nightmare for them today with diversions both ways from Northwold Road to Haggerston.
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And a train strike on too.
 
blossie33 said:
In case anyone is interested in acquiring any free maps, a map printer in one of the Hackney Downs studios is having a clear out on Monday afternoon prior to a move.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

There’s a free maps giveaway on Monday

If you like maps, and like free maps even more, then Monday is the day to be in Hackney Downs, as a map printer is having a clearout and giving away a lot of stock.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
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Ooh. I’m WFH on Monday. May pop over for a look. Thanks blossie. :)
 
A post on a secret police report on the Council's police accountability committee in the early 1980s which included "a self declared lesbian" shock horror!
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Watching us watching them: Spycop thoughts on police accountability in 1980s Hackney

The Undercover Policing Inquiry continues provide useful insights into the culture of policing of 20th century radical movements. The inquiry’s website includes a bunch of previously confiden…
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It includes a comment by Brynley Heaven who was on the committee (and who would later become the scourge of the squatters).
 
www.windowwanderland.com

Window Wanderland: Homerton & Clapton, London 2023

25‑28 Feb 2023: STOP PRESS .... !!3 WEEKS TO GO!!.... Welcome to the 2023 Homerton & Clapton Window Wanderland!🔅🔅And the theme, as voted for by you, is JOY! 🔅🔅It's not too late to sign up - get your window on the map, and start getting creative! The theme is JOY and anything goes - from simple...
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The wonderland is back , 25-28th , looking forward to wandering the streets 😀
 
The disgrace of how Hackney Labour wasted the riot fund money on that golden turd down Morning Lane continues:

www.bbc.co.uk

Hackney: Luxury shopping outlet sees all but one store shut

The £100m Hackney Walk must be brought back into use for the local community, the council says.
www.bbc.co.uk

And is throwing good money after bad at these (privatised) outlets...
Hackney Council will use some of the £19m from the government's levelling-up fund for Hackney Central "to help bring empty spaces back into use", the spokesperson added.
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Rob Ray said:
The disgrace of how Hackney Labour wasted the riot fund money on that golden turd down Morning Lane continues:

www.bbc.co.uk

Hackney: Luxury shopping outlet sees all but one store shut

The £100m Hackney Walk must be brought back into use for the local community, the council says.
www.bbc.co.uk

And is throwing good money after bad at these (privatised) outlets...
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I walk down there occasionally - never saw many people in the shops, tbf, it was a surprise when I first saw those 'high end' shops there :D it isn't exactly a man drag.
 
marty21 said:
I walk down there occasionally - never saw many people in the shops, tbf, it was a surprise when I first saw those 'high end' shops there :D it isn't exactly a man drag.
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Always wondered what that was all about. What a waste of money. Wouldn’t mind if it had been some property investors wasting their cash but that’s essentially public money and no one stood up to say it was a stupid idea? Bonkers.
 
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The "strategy" was to have people come out of the station, walk down the length of the trendy hipster arches, out the other end and into a set of luxury outlets enclave keystoned by Burberry. Which anyone with half a brain could tell wasn't going to work because a good chunk of that walk is down a windy road round the back of the big Tescos with lots of traffic and not a huge amount of room for well to do pedestrians. Probably looked great on a map though. There were a few years of having to point confused looking tourists in fashionable duds in the right direction but that's long since stopped.
 
spitfire said:
Always wondered what that was all about. What a waste of money. Wouldn’t mind if it had been some property investors wasting their cash but that’s essentially public money and no one stood up to say it was a stupid idea? Bonkers.
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It's where that Burberry outlet used to be isn't it - I never went there but I believe it was popular - I'm guessing they thought people would still go there.
 
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