Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[Paulie Tandoori]

I had to laugh the other day when a mate pointed out their local Chicken and pizza place on Albion Road. It's called 'Chicpiz' of course.

Yep, Chickpizz is directly opposite Millenium innit. we've got a proper choice when we're eating out if we want to

 

[Mekon]

Yep, Chickpizz is directly opposite Millenium innit. we've got a proper choice when we're eating out if we want to

I can't believe Lou's chippy is now flats Have to walk all the way to Newington Green for chips now

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

I can't believe Lou's chippy is now flats Have to walk all the way to Newington Green for chips now

Micky's Chippie, Pellerin Road is very very good. But keep it under your hat.

 

[Mekon]

Micky's Chippie, Pellerin Road is very very good. But keep it under your hat.

I'd totally forgotten about that place! Had a friend that lived on Pellerin Road when I was 14, that chippy was one of the highlights of staying at hers.

Ta muchly, noted

 

[Thora]

Good news. I was gonna cycle by on my way into work but wet and & cold so i lunched it

[/p/t anarcho-mode]

Hackney Social Centre failed to be eviction today too

They also failed to evict a residential squat the other day, what is going on

 

[durruti02]

Can't remember this either. The only part of Stoke Newington that I can think of that was predominately West Indian was the area around Wordsworth Road/Butterfield Green which is practically in Dalston anyway. Church St certainly wasn't.

fair play but i do remember many of the streets south of church street being afro carib .. who sold up and made a bit of money! those houses were going for nothing in the 7ts and even early 8ts! and as i said who were the barbers and the record shops serving? cos it is not a mainly afro cairb area i think they have been sidelined pretty well .. as i said a local icon like Gladdy having to move out was an end of an era ..

 

[Sir Belchalot]

Anyone know why London Fields was sealed off by the rozzers at lunchtime today?

 

[lighterthief]

Anyone know why London Fields was sealed off by the rozzers at lunchtime today?

Hmm, no, going back that way tonight though.

Yet another cyclist killed in Hackney - depressing: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/con...=newshkyg&itemid=WeED25 Apr 2008 10:18:08:933

 

[Treacle Toes]

Anyone know why London Fields was sealed off by the rozzers at lunchtime today?

No idea.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Hmm, no, going back that way tonight though.

Yet another cyclist killed in Hackney - depressing: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/con...=newshkyg&itemid=WeED25 Apr 2008 10:18:08:933

Nasty.
I use that junction and those roads a lot.
Poor bloke.

 

[marty21]

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/raceformayor/mayorhg/

bnp trying to manipulate the hackney gazette poll - clearly they don't have that support in hackney, i'll start a thread elsewhere as well - vote now, vote often for anyone but the bnp, they'll use it for publicity otherwise - another reason it's pointless doing these

 

[lighterthief]

Anyone know why London Fields was sealed off by the rozzers at lunchtime today?

Well, no idea what it's about, but oddly two completely separate bits of London Fields taped off this evening - one bit around the side of the park next to the Ann Tayler centre, the other bit on the other side of the park adjoining Lansdowne Drive.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Hmm, no, going back that way tonight though.

Yet another cyclist killed in Hackney - depressing: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/con...=newshkyg&itemid=WeED25 Apr 2008 10:18:08:933

fuck man what an awful way to go. poor man. i use that junction on me way home every night. crushed by a tipper lorry, so probably down to the tube station being built up the Junction. that's awful.

 

[Sunray]

Nasty!

All lorries should have a big sticker on the left rear saying don't go down there. Some are starting to but not too clear.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Nasty!

All lorries should have a big sticker on the left rear saying don't go down there. Some are starting to but not too clear.

Nope, sorry, cyclists should have the common sense to keep away from the back-end of big vehicles at junctions like this imo.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Nope, sorry, cyclists should have the common sense to keep away from the back-end of big vehicles at junctions like this imo.

You are right Paulie but then again I have often had near misses when a lorry hasn't given me space/time to clear a junction and come speeding round a corner across me. Lorry drivers can be twats too.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

i've driven 7 and a half tonne lorries and tractors and unless you have the perspective from that height and distance, its difficult to appreciate how difficult it is to see cyclists when they're right inside you. so my advice is always always always keep away from lorries at LH turns. yes, it might mean you slowing your progress slightly but it's the safest thing to do. of course, some drivers are complete idiots and cut cyclists up. but as well as cycling assertively, you need to sometimes cycle cautiously. just like lorries should give cyclists plenty of room when passing them or manouevering around them.

whatever happened, its an awful occurence. very sad indeed.

 

[lighterthief]

Anyone know what happened in London Fields yesterday evening? I saw the Air Ambulance take off from the south end around 1830, a whole area of buildings on the east side were taped off, with lots of police bods in white forensic suits hanging about.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

Satchmo's had an application to have lapdancing turned down this week. Maybe they are trying to get people to go there.

 

[Nixon]

Anyone know what happened in London Fields yesterday evening? I saw the Air Ambulance take off from the south end around 1830, a whole area of buildings on the east side were taped off, with lots of police bods in white forensic suits hanging about.

A guy got shot

I was around the park/Broadway before it happened and then I saw the tape and police and stuff after.Apparently some fella got into a spot of bother with some lads and pulled a gun not knowing that there were like another 25 guys down the road.I think the one who pulled the gun got it taken off him by one of the others and then got shot in the leg.From what i've been told..

 

[marty21]

Satchmo's had an application to have lapdancing turned down this week. Maybe they are trying to get people to go there.

not surprised- loads of people were complaining - i work near there, it always seems empty during the day, and i've been after work a few times and was empty til 7ish - i remember wanting to order some food as it said on a sign that you could, only you couldn't, you could order from some of the takeaways around there and have it delivered there...plus it is expensive, fancy lagers £3+, presumably the keep away old regulars or day time drinkers - the pensioner crowd - which wouldn't fit in with the desired "hip" clientelle - maybe if they went for the "hip replacement" clientelle they wouldn't need the dancing girls

 

[lighterthief]

Still a strong police presence in London Fields. Yesterday we had mounted police, two large vans, 6 coppers on bikes, a 'community support control room' and loads of PCSOs, looks similar today. Presumably part of an exercise to "reassure the community".

 

[geoff64]

got anymore on what's been happening in London Fields lately? Saw the helicopter hovering over there yesterday evening...

London Fields looks like fuckin Glastonbury today, tho. God knows what the bogs in the Pub on the Park are like ...

 

[Treacle Toes]

got anymore on what's been happening in London Fields lately? Saw the helicopter hovering over there yesterday evening...

...

Something definately happened last week, a shooting I think.

On Saturday the place was full of coppers. This includes a large control unit van with cameras on top and then a van that drove around the park all day with police blatantly filming groups of people. Also there were loads of police on bikes.

I got the feeling this was a continuation of the shooting that took place a few years ago and then the shots that were fired during the memorial bbq a year later. I could be wrong though.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Yet another cyclist killed in Hackney - depressing: http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/con...=newshkyg&itemid=WeED25 Apr 2008 10:18:08:933

A very nice memorial has appeared at the site of this accident. A bike, completely painted white has been looked to the railings. the Plague attached reads 'in memory of smudge', I though that was a lovely thing to do. Wish I had a camera to take a pic of it.

 

[marty21]

front page of hackney gazette this week - load of trouble at the cricketers in clapton (Cricketfield Rd) - apparently the police want to close it down or limit the opening hours - i've never actually had a drink there - is it usually a trouble spot?

 

[HackneyE9]

I've never had a drink in it BECAUSE it looks like a trouble spot. It's also looks absolutely massive.

 

[rutabowa]

front page of hackney gazette this week - load of trouble at the cricketers in clapton (Cricketfield Rd) - apparently the police want to close it down or limit the opening hours - i've never actually had a drink there - is it usually a trouble spot?

i never seen trouble there all the time i was living near it. i have only been in once or twice in afternoons tho, and once very late into the basement club below. it is the most jamaican pub in the area (ie not as mixed as most pubs round there like the windsor castle etc) but not unwelcoming i found, i imagine if one went in of an evening and acted the fool you would fairly swiftly regret it though, as it should be.

 

[rutabowa]

I've never had a drink in it BECAUSE it looks like a trouble spot.

i wonder why you say it looks like a trouble spot?

 

[Treacle Toes]

I've never had a drink in it BECAUSE it looks like a trouble spot. It's also looks absolutely massive.

Upstairs can be a bit rough, depending on the night and what's going on. Friends have DJ'ed there without problems. Although there are a few characters around.

It's image isn't helped by the blokes who hang around the entrance I suppose.

My friends and others have put on parties etc in the basement, never had any problems at all. The landlord is a nice man.