Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[Sue]

strange but true

It's certainly very strange, I'll give you that.

 

[Sue]

by no means the only suspicious fire, where ability plaza is now there was a strange fire usefully clearing the site

Very handy indeed.

 

[boohoo]

As it says in the article, the guy who's been involved in the campaign from the start -- and who's interviewed by IS in his book -- is talking at the Rio on Saturday. May go along if I'm free as sounds interesting.

I got an email from Open Dalston about this but can't go Here's some nice pics of old Dalston:

 

[scalyboy]

I got an email from Open Dalston about this but can't go Here's some nice pics of old Dalston:

Nice Tapper Zukie soundtrack too!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Slightly baffling meeting against the BNP and EDL in increasingly gentrified Clapton.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Also there is a documentary film about Stoke Newington Irish Womens Centre showing at The Rio on Sunday 23rd Feb

http://hackneyhistory.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/breaking-ground-showing-at-the-rio-23rd-feb/

http://hackneyhistory.wordpress.com...-the-story-of-the-london-irish-womens-centre/

 

[Pickman's model]

so the council's shut down the kitchen at the wetherspoons opposite the town hall after finding cockroaches there http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/new..._closed_after_cockroach_infestation_1_3322189

 

[marty21]

so the council's shut down the kitchen at the wetherspoons opposite the town hall after finding cockroaches there http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/new..._closed_after_cockroach_infestation_1_3322189

Rude of the council to call the regulars that

 

[Pickman's model]

Rude of the council to call the regulars that

but it's not like the council staff who frequent the establishment have meals in anything other than glasses.

 

[marty21]

heard that planning permission has gone in for a connecting passenger bridge between Hackney Central and Hackney Downs stations - makes sense really, they are practically next door to eachother and it is a bit of a faff if you do want to change lines

 

[Pickman's model]

there's a curious 'pre-application meeting' of the planning committee at stoke newington town hall on 25/2 to hear about the plans for kingsland shopping centre, although according to the papers for the meeting no decision will be taken at it.

http://mginternet.hackney.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=125&MId=2753

 

[Pickman's model]

incidentally, while on the subject of the shopping centre, it was built by the co-operative retail lot and british rail, but at some point criterion became the owners. does anyone happen to know when that was?

 

[scalyboy]

Anyone see the SubStandard's Homes and Properties section last night? "De Beauvoir Town impressed the New York Times as a boho-chic, buzzing Hackney village..." Vomit, vomit...

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[Fozzie Bear]

That is brilliant. Thanks!

 

[Treacle Toes]

That is brilliant. Thanks!

My old estate.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

My old estate.

The famous "Hagglestone Estate in Hackney", according to the narrator?

 

[Treacle Toes]

The famous "Hagglestone Estate in Hackney", according to the narrator?

Yeah, made me chuckle when I heard that!

 

[blossie33]

The famous "Hagglestone Estate in Hackney", according to the narrator?

I thought I'd misheard that
Very interesting clip of film.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Wow, there's a bunch of good stuff on that channel:

 

[Treacle Toes]

Yeah am gonna work my way through them this evening!

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[boohoo]

Wow, there's a bunch of good stuff on that channel:

That's fascinating. My partner grew up in Hackney.

 

[marty21]

Yeah am gonna work my way through them this evening!

I might work my way through them later, work getting in the way atm

 

[boohoo]

The wonderful Eastern Curve Garden in Dalston is under threat.

http://opendalston.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/eastern-curve-community-garden-under.html

 

[blossie33]

Yes, I heard that. It's a real shame, the garden is lovely now and it's a nice place to go and sit for an hour or so in the summer.
Unfortunately, I understand that the ground was only given to them on a temporary basis so I don't think they've any legal rights. It would be great if something could be done so it could stay but I can't see that happening (hope I am wrong!)

 

[Pickman's model]

The wonderful Eastern Curve Garden in Dalston is under threat.

http://opendalston.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/eastern-curve-community-garden-under.html

yes i mentioned this meeting in my post 1541

 

[boohoo]

yes i mentioned this meeting in my post 1541

I saw that but you didn't mention that it is also about the fate of the curve garden which is one of my favourite new things in Dalston - plus the people who run it are lovely.

 

[Pickman's model]

I saw that but you didn't mention that it is also about the fate of the curve garden which is one of my favourite new things in Dalston - plus the people who run it are lovely.

the issue here is partly the curve garden but tbh more importantly the future of dalston as the sudden influx of an additional 1,000 or more people there plus the houses to be built by the kingsland and on kingsland high street would significantly increase the population density. not only that but the impact on ridley road market would be, to say the least, significant. the problems caused by the construction would also impact severely on the area for several years and so, i regret, the fate of the eastern curve garden assumes for me a relatively low importance compared to the other effects of the proposed project.

 

[boohoo]

@my interests are a bit more personal - re:Eastern Curve garden. Your explanation above is useful as it elaborates about what is at stake here which is the element that I am not so aware of.