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I feel like mentioning that I went to a party in a small pub in Hackney last night - and Rihanna breezed in. Florence person was also there, and Azelia Banks did a P.A., and fun was had. :cool: </ namedrop blah>
 
heard that the Lea will be closed to foot traffic for the whole of the Olympic period - from July 7th I think - from Lea Bridge Road to past the stadium:mad: presumably it is a security thing
 
I thought that it was going to be getting shut from Homerton to Bow for a ridiculous 4/5 months, don't often get down that way though so may have changed.
 
5t3IIa said:
Does that mean the canal path? Where that Palm Tree pub is? :(

My ONLY Olympics plan was to picnic in the long grass by the Regent and people watch :facepalm:
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yes, the canal path - from Lea Bridge Road to past the Olympic Stadium - not sure but I think the Palm tree is out of that exclusion zone - I like the Palm tree - we should have pints there:cool:
 
alsoknownas said:
Hmmm... big section of greenway too. But not quite so bad as I feared from Lea Bridge road to the marshes.
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we walked down there today - they don't seem to be blocking it from the Lea Bridge Road, there were signs further down the canal - so you will be able to walk past the Filter Beds and further along.
 
Fozzie Bear said:
been meaning to get it for a while, and it may come my way as a belated birthday present. If I get it I'll let you know what it's like...

I suspect it will be great and cringeworthy in equal measure.
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I suspect that too - mrs21 was listening the show on reasonance - her comment - Who are these idiots? :D
 
marty21 said:
http://influxpress.com/acquired-for-development-by/

Anyone read this? Acquired for Development? a book about Hackney - been listening about it on Resonance FM this afternoon - looks interesting.
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Yes, I bought it a few weeks ago, haven't finished it yet, have been dipping into it as I've been reading other stuff in between.
It's very interesting, different short stories/articles by different authors with quite different styles.
 
I am working in Hackney again today. I walked from haggerston station through albion (?) square, its nice round there
 
Any good boozers around? Ain't been back home for a while.
I used to drink in the Pub On The Park, The Dove, The Ship
in Mare Street,which i believe is some kind of posh hotel now?
Is the Marie Lloyd still functioning? the former Samuel Pepys?
what a great boozer the old Pepys was!
 
albionism said:
Any good boozers around? Ain't been back home for a while.
I used to drink in the Pub On The Park, The Dove, The Ship
in Mare Street,which i believe is some kind of posh hotel now?
Is the Marie Lloyd still functioning? the former Samuel Pepys?
what a great boozer the old Pepys was!
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The Ship is a gastro pub now - you can drink in there as well, Pub on the Park and The Dove haven't changed really - we could go to the Jolly Butchers in Stoke Newington - Ale and Cider galore, or the Clapton Hart near the Lea Bridge Roundabout - it is where Chimes used to be - now selling lots of real ale and cider :cool:
 
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