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Always found it dubious how Hackney South M.P. Brian Sedgemore got a position on the board of Sanctuary Housing Association after they received a load of council properties by stock transfer. They received quite a few large houses in the north of the borough for a quid each that the council had evicted squatters from, smashed up the amenities to deter future squatters then left them rot for years until they sold them at a massive profit.Just thinking of those management contract days - it was quite wild west at the time - a lot of players bidding for the contracts which could be lucrative - I think a lot of HAs thought they might be be able to get some stock transfers as a result. Probably a bit of skullduggery in the bidding process - people moving between HAs , possibly with knowledge of contracts. We took on the Stoke Newington contract from another player Pinnacle, but one of the things they had done was to pay the bar tab of a resident who was chair of a TRA, apparently he didn't pay for a drink in the Rose and Crown for several years whilst they had the contract - apparently, allegedly, from what I hear, etc.
That's nasty , took some planning, did they move "nice " tenants out to create space? Must admit , I didn't know Hackney did any stock transfers.
Before my time but maybe they had some empties? Not sure.
Sounds similar to what Westminster did in the 80s , the gerrymandering , moving the poor folk to a few wards & shite blocks.
blimey, that is fairly close to where the last lot came tumbling down which led to the High Street being closed off.
that's awfulAbsolutely horrific.
Man pleads guilty to scissors murder of pregnant girlfriend in Hackney
Liam Taylor will be sentenced at later date over killing of Ailish Walsh, 28, in Decemberwww.theguardian.com
Yes I know, almost opposite!
not the rochester
Yes!not the rochester
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Apparently it was a two-year project that currently running three years late.
Aye well, let's see...Next year apparently, reasons for delay in this article.
More delays to Old Street station and roundabout upgrade
The heavily delayed project to rebuild part of the Old Street station and the surface roundabout which was due to have been completed last year is now not expected to be completed for another year.www.ianvisits.co.uk
Yes, when I was in Haggerston this afternoon I noticed the 76 and guessed it must be on diversion. I came by the 243 from Kingsway and that was on diversion too, didn't turn down Old Street but went through Aldersgate and back round to the A10 in Bishopsgate.For anyone venturing out, the 76 is on diversion. Instead of going across Old St roundabout and down City Rd, it's going left along Old St, down Gt E St, via Lpool St then back up Wormwood St. Of course first I found out about this was when we went on diversion.
(Are they EVER going to finish the work at Old St roundabout/station?
I was in Dalston yesterday but I missed that! I did however see a great black and white photo of Elvis with a crown in a shop window in Wilton Way
I see there is a doccumentary film about the attempt to save it on at the Castle Cinema on May 16th.
thecastlecinema.com
Interesting ! That Woodberry Down development has been going on for decades! I had some involvement in 2002/3 ! I wasn't involved in any tree cutting.Remember the Happy Man Tree which was sadly felled for the new Woodberry Down development
The Happy Man Tree + Q&A - The Castle Cinema
We are an independent, crowdfunded, community cinema on Chatsworth Road, Hackney. After a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2016, the space originally housing the historic Castle Electric Theatre was brought back to life! We screen a wide array of cinema, from independent cinema to blockbusters.
Yes, the new development is an on going thing as the old blocks have to be gradually demolished first, goodness knows when it will be completed!
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