Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[Fozzie Bear]

New bits from the Radical History of Hackney blog

January 2020 updates - new books/podcast of interest + more.

Hackney People's Press 1977 -summary of the 1977 news including a firebomb attack on Centerprise and the NF holding a meeting at Shoreditch school.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

In other news the elected Tory councillor in my ward is a homophobic dickhead:

Tory councillor under fire for homophobic comments

Hackney Conservatives are investigating after a Stamford Hill councillor said unregistered Jewish faith schools don’t need Ofsted...

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

 

[marty21]

In other news the elected Tory councillor in my ward is a homophobic dickhead:

Tory councillor under fire for homophobic comments

Hackney Conservatives are investigating after a Stamford Hill councillor said unregistered Jewish faith schools don’t need Ofsted...

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

I get the bus up through Stamford Hill most mornings , and sometimes walk back from there. There are a lot of schools, no idea which are official ones and unofficial ones tbh. There should not be unofficial ones at all imo (I'm not a parent tbf, so wtf do I know etc..)

In Clapton news , murder on Friday night

Man stabbed to death in London days after knife crime hits record high

27-year-old in custody after man with stab wounds discovered in Clapton house late on Friday

www.independent.co.uk

Around the corner from me , and close to the Polish 24 hour mini supermarket.

 

[blossie33]

From the BBC website today,

Work, protest and play on the streets of Hackney

Neil Martinson's pictures of Hackney in the 1970s and 80s.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Fozzie Bear]

From the BBC website today,

Work, protest and play on the streets of Hackney

Neil Martinson's pictures of Hackney in the 1970s and 80s.

www.bbc.co.uk

Neil is a good guy. I think he learned photography at some workshops put on at Centerprise.

 

[ska invita]

I particularly like this one...one of my earliest memories is playing in tut' concrete tube on tut playground, with a little puddle running down the middle of it. happy days! not really actually, even aged five i kind of sensed this was a bit shit and possibly could be improved on somehow

This is the book - a few more pics on the website

Hackney Archive (Book 7: Vintage Britain)

Hackney Archive book by Nail Martinson. East London in the 70s was raw and vivid: bombed-out houses, kids playing in the streets, factories abuzz with workers. These images take us on a journey through workshops, street markets and council homes to capture a time and place...

www.hoxtonminipress.com

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Did anarchists torch Tories’ Hackney HQ in 1987?

1. What Happened? The building in question was 27 Stamford Hill, which is now a posh nursery. It caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday 3rd June 1987, eight days before the general election. T…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

 

[Sue]

I'd no idea Letwin stood in Hackney...

 

[klang]

Did anarchists torch Tories’ Hackney HQ in 1987?

1. What Happened? The building in question was 27 Stamford Hill, which is now a posh nursery. It caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday 3rd June 1987, eight days before the general election. T…

hackneyhistory.wordpress.com

is that the Montessori nursery?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

is that the Montessori nursery?

Yep

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I'd no idea Letwin stood in Hackney...

well he wasn’t around for long

 

[klang]

Yep

tbh i always thought it looked a bit grim from the outside, it being a centre for positive learning.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

tbh i always thought it looked a bit grim from the outside, it being a centre for positive learning.

That and making nursery age kids wear a uniform is a bit grim really.

 

[klang]

That and making nursery age kids wear a uniform is a bit grim really.

well, it was a tory hq at some point....

 

[GarveyLives]

For information:

Hackney in the 80s: How 12,000 photographs discarded in The Rio's basement have been brought back to life

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Hackney Covid 19 Mutual Aid

Hackney Covid 19 Mutual Aid has 1,822 members

www.facebook.com

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Hackney Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis

hackney.foodbank.org.uk

 

[andysays]

Hackney Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis

hackney.foodbank.org.uk

I see from their web site that they are seeking volunteers

• DRIVERS: we need drivers with a clean valid license who can offer at least 4 hours on Tuesdays from 10am to 2pm, or at least 3 hours on Wednesdays from 12pm to 3pm
• ADMIN: People with good admin skills who can commit to weekly hours in the office, eg 2-3 Tues-Thurs helping to process records or co-ordinate food collections
• SERVING CLIENTS: Volunteers who can commit to serving clients weekly at the Foodbank sessions, particularly on:
  • Mondays from 10.30am-1.30pm
  • Tuesdays from 10.45am-2pm
  • Thursdays from 10.30am-3pm
• WAREHOUSING: Helping in our warehouse weekly on Monday-Wed for 3 hours anytime between 9am and 3pm

I would imagine there will be even greater need for help in the coming weeks and months.

 

[Sue]

I see from their web site that they are seeking volunteers

• DRIVERS: we need drivers with a clean valid license who can offer at least 4 hours on Tuesdays from 10am to 2pm, or at least 3 hours on Wednesdays from 12pm to 3pm
• ADMIN: People with good admin skills who can commit to weekly hours in the office, eg 2-3 Tues-Thurs helping to process records or co-ordinate food collections
• SERVING CLIENTS: Volunteers who can commit to serving clients weekly at the Foodbank sessions, particularly on:
  • Mondays from 10.30am-1.30pm
  • Tuesdays from 10.45am-2pm
  • Thursdays from 10.30am-3pm
• WAREHOUSING: Helping in our warehouse weekly on Monday-Wed for 3 hours anytime between 9am and 3pm

I would imagine there will be even greater need for help in the coming weeks and months.

Even though I have some fundamental issues with food banks, I'd be up for helping out with admin or something.

Like all those with a standard 9-5 job though I couldn't do those hours. Maybe they need to think about letting people do those kind of roles in the evening..?

 

[andysays]

Even though I have some fundamental issues with food banks, I'd be up for helping out with admin or something.

Like all those with a standard 9-5 job though I couldn't do those hours. Maybe they need to think about letting people do those kind of roles in the evening..?

I'm assuming those are the pre-Covid arrangements, and that there's a possibility that things will change as demand increases.

As it happens, I have next week off work anyway, so I'm planning to get in touch with them Monday morning and see what's happening.

And once I go back to work I have the use of a Hackney Council vehicle which may have to be pressed into alternative emergency usage...

 

[Sue]

Can you keep us updated on that, andysays ? Thanks.

A friend's just been telling me she put a note though her elderly neighbour's door with her phone number and asking her to call if she needs anything. They ended up having a long chat on the phone -- she's in her 80s and already does all her grocery shopping online but has promised to keep in touch and let my friend know if she needs anything. I hope we'll see a lot more of this kind of thing. (My neighbours are all young. Already doing this with friends who live locally.)

 

[andysays]

Can you keep us updated on that, andysays ? Thanks.

A friend's just been telling me she put a note though her elderly neighbour's door with her phone number and asking her to call if she needs anything. They ended up having a long chat on the phone -- she's in her 80s and already does all her grocery shopping online but has promised to keep in touch and let my friend know if she needs anything. I hope we'll see a lot more of this kind of thing. (My neighbours are all young. Already doing this with friends who live locally.)

Will do

 

[marty21]

I live on a fairly friendly Hackney Street (various neighbours have organised street parties over the last 2 years) so will get involved in any helping out.

 

[Pickman's model]

I live on a fairly friendly Hackney Street (various neighbours have organised street parties over the last 2 years) so will get involved in any helping out.

I too. But I don't think it's the same street.

 

[marty21]

I too. But I don't think it's the same street.

I think I may have noticed you if it was

 

[andysays]

Just been in touch with the food bank and as expected they are hoping to step up their activity. They've also had about 70 enquiries already this week about volunteering.

Best way to contact them is by email

info@hackney.foodbank.org.uk

and they will reply with info.

They are apparently gearing up to do stuff this Saturday and Sunday in addition to their normal activity.

 

[marty21]

I've been exploring Hackney Marshes more in my daily state sanctioned exercise, came across somewhere today that I had not previously heard of. Wick Woodland, will be having a wander around there over the next weeks. As far as I can tell, it used to be football pitches but was given over to nature a few decades ago and now we have a forest in Hackney! Anyone know much about it ?

Wick Woodland - Woodland Trust

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

 

[blossie33]

That's very interesting.
I thought the football pitches were on the other side of Homerton Road?
If you go, do let us know what it's like

 

[marty21]

That's very interesting.
I thought the football pitches were on the other side of Homerton Road?
If you go, do let us know what it's like

It starts at the end of the football pitches on Hackney Marshes (Where the Hackney Marshes centre is) I will report back. I think there were some raves in the woods last year .

 

[eoin_k]

I've been exploring Hackney Marshes more in my daily state sanctioned exercise, came across somewhere today that I had not previously heard of. Wick Woodland, will be having a wander around there over the next weeks. As far as I can tell, it used to be football pitches but was given over to nature a few decades ago and now we have a forest in Hackney! Anyone know much about it ?

Wick Woodland - Woodland Trust

www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

I think that some of the crowd from Tree Muskateers and the permaculture project across the road were involved in planting it back in the day. Don't shout about it too much as it is the only quiet spot left in the borough.