Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[Pickman's model]

@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.

what it all goes back to is the auld coal yard and goods depot formerly on the site which was open till 1972. in 1985 british rail and the co-op developed the site which at some point passed to criterion. the council helped the process along with a compulsory purchase order, so given their previous history of aiding such development i fear the days of the eastern curve as well as the shopping centre as is are numbered. i'm told the pak's site with the gym above it changed hands a year or two back for some vast sum of money - in the tens of millions apparently. i fear the project's a done deal and they're only going through the motions.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Storm Weathers
Hi All

A friend has sent me information about this free vintage giveaway tomorrow
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http://www.beyondretro.com/en/blog/2014/02/24/our-boss-is-away-so-we-are-giving-stuff-away/

 

[blossie33]

Thanks for that - I thought that was going to be the Stokey shop til I opened the whole piece.

Might go and have a look if I'm in the area tomorrow though it wouldn't be early so I don't suppose there'll be much left.

 

[blossie33]

Thanks again for the tip off for Beyond Retro, went after noon, they still had some stuff there, you were given 5 minutes for a look, there wasn't any clothes I wanted but I got a great duffel bag made of recycled fabric and leather

 

[Treacle Toes]

Plans in place to protect iconic Peace Mural

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Hackney Council has announced plans to preserve and restore the Dalston Peace Carnival Mural following damage caused by vandalism and exposure to the elements.

The mural, which has become a local landmark and featured on the cover of Rudimental's number one album 'Home', is painted on render at the side of a building on Dalston Lane and is in danger of coming away from the brickwork unless preservation works are carried out.

Artist, Ray Walker, was commissioned by the GLC in 1983 to design a mural to celebrate 'Peace Year', it shows the Hackney Peace Carnival which took place in the same year and depicts both the celebration of peace and many threats to peace at that time. Walker also worked on the 'Battle of Cable Street' mural in Tower Hamlets.

Ray Walker sadly died shortly after designing the Dalston Peace Carnival Mural, which was eventually painted by fellow artist and friend Mick Jones and Ray's widow Anna.

Independent experts Hirst Conservation have produced a report on how to restore the mural and reattach the render to 15 Dalston Lane and have appointed painter Paul Butler who worked with Ray Walker on the original Battle of Cable Street mural and was recently involved in its restoration.

http://news.hackney.gov.uk/plans-in-place-to-protect-iconic-peace-mural/

 

[boohoo]

http://news.hackney.gov.uk/plans-in-place-to-protect-iconic-peace-mural/

Hackney ignores community involvement to get the job done by the new leaseholders of the building. The increase in damage to the mural over the last few years suggests that connecting with the community might not be a bad way to stop further damage after the mural is restored.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hackney ignores community involvement to get the job done by the new leaseholders of the building. The increase in damage to the mural over the last few years suggests that connecting with the community might not be a bad way to stop further damage after the mural is restored.

the council only pays lip service to the notion of community

 

[boohoo]

the council only pays lip service to the notion of community

True.

Now I wonder if someone will let me up the scaffold when they start repairing it.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Old but interesting:

Hackney’s Anarchic Nineties
Text accompaning the Timeline in the Hackney Anarchy Week Programme.

Rough and Ready

The last ten years and beyond

http://hackneyhistory.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/hackneys-anarchic-nineties/

 

[RedDragon]

wtf, Hackney Council is at SXSW with its Hackney House..

 

[boohoo]

http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2014/03/19/dalston-terrace-demolition-april/

More news about the Dalston Terrace. They really have re-landscaped Dalston, selling off large chunks of it's historical buildings to the highest bidder.

 

[blossie33]

Yes, it's a shame about the terrace but it's been neglected for so long now it's probably past saving.
I did sign the petition but it was a bit of a loser from the start.

 

[marty21]

http://www.elleuk.com/travel/holiday-inspiration/what-s-my-weekend-victoria-bell-aka-plum

unintentionally hilarious article about living in Hackney - the writer is a fashionista - and does so much in Hackney at the weekends -

I live, shop and work from home in East London and as my weeks are usually a foot-to-the-floor whirlwind of juggling multiple projects, attending events and going to meetings all over town, my weekends are my down time (and my playtime!) so I try to avoid venturing too far from home. Luckily enough I have some fantastic places right on my doorstep to keep it local.

I’ll then wander over to Ridley Road Market (Ridley Rd, London E8 2LH, ridleyroad.co.uk ) to buy my fresh fruit and veg for the week, which I love for it’s vibrancy, ethnicity and total assault on the senses;

I don't know how she fits it all in - one weekend, all those places. I think it would take me about a year to go to all these places - because quite frankly sometimes i just can't be arsed

 

[Miss-Shelf]

http://www.elleuk.com/travel/holiday-inspiration/what-s-my-weekend-victoria-bell-aka-plum

unintentionally hilarious article about living in Hackney - the writer is a fashionista - and does so much in Hackney at the weekends -







I don't know how she fits it all in - one weekend, all those places. I think it would take me about a year to go to all these places - because quite frankly sometimes i just can't be arsed

although she's right about

Dalston Mill Fabrics (69-73 Ridley Rd, London 
E8 3NP, 0207 2494129 dalstonmillfabrics.co.uk)

its is a splendid place to get fabric from and it's cheap
It's worth a journey over the river for me

 

[marty21]

although she's right about

its is a splendid place to get fabric from and it's cheap
It's worth a journey over the river for me

mrs21 agrees with you on that

 

[Pickman's model]

http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2014/03/19/dalston-terrace-demolition-april/

More news about the Dalston Terrace. They really have re-landscaped Dalston, selling off large chunks of it's historical buildings to the highest bidder.

the ones that haven't mysteriously burned down

 

[Pickman's model]

speaking of things that have mysteriously burned down, how long can it be before the land between birkbeck road and birkbeck mews in dalston gets developed? longstanding hackney residents will doubtless recall the fire of 1980 just north of the road linking birkbeck mews and road, clearing the property currently used by ridley road market traders as storage.

 

[marty21]

I am tempted to try some of the places mentioned by the hackney fashionista , I doubt I'd get as excited about them though

 

[Pickman's model]

I am tempted to try some of the places mentioned by the hackney fashionista , I doubt I'd get as excited about them though

i preferred the new fashion hub when the pringles shop was the auld duke of wellington with its regular lock-ins.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Tour De France comes to (a bit of) Hackney: Monday 7th July
http://news.hackney.gov.uk/tour-de-france-comes-to-hackney/

(warning - this link includes a photo of Jules Pipe).

 

[Pickman's model]

Tour De France comes to (a bit of) Hackney: Monday 7th July
http://news.hackney.gov.uk/tour-de-france-comes-to-hackney/

(warning - this link includes a photo of Jules Pipe).

have you ever noticed how jules pipe has the most forgettable face of anyone? you could meet him and a few minutes later his face would be but a blur in your memory.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

have you ever noticed how jules pipe has the most forgettable face of anyone? you could meet him and a few minutes later his face would be but a blur in your memory.

I hadn't noticed until now, but agree. Perhaps this is because some dark paranormal powers are at work?

 

[Pickman's model]

I hadn't noticed until now, but agree. Perhaps this is because some dark paranormal powers are at work?

i always thought it was because he's a boring wanker.

 

[blossie33]

I have an old version of internet explorer on my work pc so I don't have the pleasure of seeing his face on the link
I must admit I can't remember what he looks like though/

 

[Pickman's model]

I have an old version of internet explorer on my work pc so I don't have the pleasure of seeing his face on the link
I must admit I can't remember what he looks like though/

no one can. it's as though he didn't exist.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

i always thought it was because he's a boring wanker.

I remember standing outside a Polling Station in Haggerston when I was campaigning for Hackney Independent. I was having a chat with a couple of women from one of the nearby estates about the election and explaining that it was for councillors and also the Hackney Mayor.

One of them said "Oh have we got a mayor? Who's that then?"

Pipe was standing right next to me.

 

[Pickman's model]

I remember standing outside a Polling Station in Haggerston when I was campaigning for Hackney Independent. I was having a chat with a couple of women from one of the nearby estates about the election and explaining that it was for councillors and also the Hackney Mayor.

One of them said "Oh have we got a mayor? Who's that then?"

Pipe was standing right next to me.

sadly it looks like he'll still be mayor in june

 

[Fozzie Bear]

sadly it looks like he'll still be mayor in june

Yeah I can't see much changing in June. I am hoping for some top quality entertainment when Tim Wells stands against Diane Abbot next year though.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah I can't see much changing in June. I am hoping for some top quality entertainment when Tim Wells stands against Diane Abbot next year though.

you'd think that after 27 years she'd give someone else a chance anyway

and i notice schools in hackney still not good enough for her to send her son to one.

 

[marty21]

I remember standing outside a Polling Station in Haggerston when I was campaigning for Hackney Independent. I was having a chat with a couple of women from one of the nearby estates about the election and explaining that it was for councillors and also the Hackney Mayor.

One of them said "Oh have we got a mayor? Who's that then?"

Pipe was standing right next to me.

I did meet him once and he made zero impression on me, of course he could say the same of me