Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[Pickman's model]

just a heads-up for hackney cyclists, one of my colleagues was mugged in springfield park last night and had his bike nicked by a gang. be careful out there!

 

[klang]

just a heads-up for hackney cyclists, one of my colleagues was mugged in springfield park last night and had his bike nicked by a gang. be careful out there!

seems to happen a lot in Springfield and Markfield Park. I know of 3 people who were mugged at knife point for their bikes round there at night.
I avoid that stretch of the canal at night time on my own.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

There was a protest about the muggings in Springfield Park last summer iirc. Possibly the Summer before that...

 

[marty21]

just a heads-up for hackney cyclists, one of my colleagues was mugged in springfield park last night and had his bike nicked by a gang. be careful out there!

Lots of signs up on the Lea about this stuff going on , be careful .

 

[blossie33]

A friend of mine told me, about 10 years ago, not to go walking by the Lea at night, said he wouldn't ride his bike down there either.

 

[rutabowa]

A friend of mine told me, about 10 years ago, not to go walking by the Lea at night, said he wouldn't ride his bike down there either.

yeh it is never going to be safe down there, just because of the geography... it is absolute perfect mugging territory. That's what stopped the anchor and hope ever becoming my local, I didn't fancy the walk back at the end of the night.

 

[blossie33]

Actually, the friend who told me not to go at night happens to be a regular at the Hope and Anchor
It's one thing that would put me off living on a canal boat, I would be nervous about dodgy people being around at night in certain areas

 

[marty21]

I have walked back from the Anchor and Hope in the dark a few times - nothing happened but it felt like something could happen iykwim .

 

[klang]

it is absolute perfect mugging territory.

tbf it was a lot better a few years ago when the first yuppies moved into the area and didn't know about us. since word spread and the yuppies started to take Ubers everywhere it's barely worth the risk imo.

 

[blossie33]

Some great old adverts for Hackney businesses in 1906!

The Hackney Yearbook | Spitalfields Life

 

[klang]

Some great old adverts for Hackney businesses in 1906!

The Hackney Yearbook | Spitalfields Life

they are not old but assorted hipster start ups.

 

[Pickman's model]

they are not old but assorted hipster start ups.

they are auld adverts as they are from 1906

 

[klang]

they are auld adverts as they are from 1906

i'll give you an auld 1906 in a minute.​

 

[Pickman's model]

i'll give you an auld 1906 in a minute.​

go on then

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Break it up you two or you'll get a clonk from this mangle I happen to have from the Cazenove Laundry!

 

[klang]

Break it up you two or you'll get a clonk from this mangle I happen to have from the Cazenove Laundry!

I'd like to point out that Mr Charles Norfolk is an old friend of mine and owes me a favour or two.

 

[klang]

go on then

if I ever see you anywhere near 54 Dalston Lane, NE (opposite the police station) I will so give you a good boot.

 

[klang]

...and my friends in 21, West St., London Fields (near Morley Hall) sure know how to tan a hyde!

 

[Pickman's model]

if I ever see you anywhere near 54 Dalston Lane, NE (opposite the police station) I will so give you a good boot.

cobblers

 

[klang]

having said that, i'm calm now and would like to apologise. I think J.B. Brodribb in 344, Mare St (opposite Hackney Station, North London Railway) must have mixed up my prescription

 

[Pickman's model]

having said that, i'm calm now and would like to apologise. I think J.B. Brodribb in 344, Mare St (opposite Hackney Station, North London Railway) must have mixed up my prescription

The Novel of the White Powder - Wikisource, the free online library

 

[blossie33]

The Novel of the White Powder - Wikisource, the free online library

 

[rutabowa]

Food Alert! Wu's chinese takeaway on upper clapton road (just up from World Foods), which used to be a pretty standard cheap noodle place, has installed a hotpot conveyor belt, which I have never seen anywhere! I took a punt last night even tho it was empty and it is awesome, basically each seat has a hob and you get a bowl of boiling broth, then pick whatever plates you fancy off the conveyor belt in front of you like those sushi places (massive prawns, sliced beef, weird nameless bits of meat) and cook it in the broth... different colour plates are different prices. the lady makes these amazing sauces and she showed me how to do it, it was the nicest food i had on that bit of road and fairly cheap. while I was in there a whole family of chinese people came in and i felt like antony bourdain it was that kind of vibe. it came to £15 with a beer, but I reckon if a few people, or even 2, went you could get the price down and try loads of things. I just happened to be no mates.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Jailed: Hackney police officer Graeme ‘Taff’ Williams who stole £11,000 from dead people

The “trusted” police officer who plundered thousands of pounds from the homes of the recently deceased has been jailed for 27 months...

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

Jailed: Hackney police officer Graeme ‘Taff’ Williams who stole £11,000 from dead people

The “trusted” police officer who plundered thousands of pounds from the homes of the recently deceased has been jailed for 27 months...

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

i like any story in which the words 'jailed' and 'hackney police officer' are adjacent

 

[Pickman's model]

Jailed: Hackney police officer Graeme ‘Taff’ Williams who stole £11,000 from dead people

The “trusted” police officer who plundered thousands of pounds from the homes of the recently deceased has been jailed for 27 months...

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

having read the story this cop was more than ordinarily vile, stealing from the dead

 

[Pickman's model]

Food Alert! Wu's chinese takeaway on upper clapton road (just up from World Foods), which used to be a pretty standard cheap noodle place, has installed a hotpot conveyor belt, which I have never seen anywhere! I took a punt last night even tho it was empty and it is awesome, basically each seat has a hob and you get a bowl of boiling broth, then pick whatever plates you fancy off the conveyor belt in front of you like those sushi places (massive prawns, sliced beef, weird nameless bits of meat) and cook it in the broth... different colour plates are different prices. the lady makes these amazing sauces and she showed me how to do it, it was the nicest food i had on that bit of road and fairly cheap. while I was in there a whole family of chinese people came in and i felt like antony bourdain it was that kind of vibe. it came to £15 with a beer, but I reckon if a few people, or even 2, went you could get the price down and try loads of things. I just happened to be no mates.

i've had good reports of kakki katsu on balls pond road, just by dalston junction - not been there yet but will report back

 

[blossie33]

Abney Park set to become major venue after council wins £4.4m in funding

Plans signed off last year include a new cafe and events space, as well as further restoration of historic chapel

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk

Interesting?

 

[marty21]

Abney Park set to become major venue after council wins £4.4m in funding

Plans signed off last year include a new cafe and events space, as well as further restoration of historic chapel

www.hackneycitizen.co.uk

Interesting?

I had a walk around the cemetery on Sunday - noticed the Chapel was looking a lot better - there were some seats and a small stage in there - not sure if there had been a concert or there was going to be .

 

[Fozzie Bear]

They've had a few low key events there, including some spoken word by anarchopunk grandad Penny Rimbaud...