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Hackney chitter-chatter &tc
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Fozzie Bear
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Clapton Hart is closing in just over a week, for a month for a refit, they will be putting in a new kitchen, expanding the size of the bar , & changing the garden area. The new manager, George , used to work at the Billet . The new owners used to own the Billet (they were silent partners of Michael who was the main owner) . They want to attract folk from the Billet #pubwars
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Starry Wisdom
That must have been a hell of a party
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Funnily enough, the day of the demolition was a bit of a party. We'd been decanted, mostly into the nearby newbuilds on Holly Street but got evacuated to a nearby school the day three of the four tower blocks were to come down. The council had food, drink, musicians, magicians and other entrtainment, as well as bouncy castles laid on for us. Fair play to the council, we were well catered for. My oldest lad, now in his early 30s, was a toddler in a pushchair back then, and when the blocks came down he burst into tears. I was very sad too. I remember getting annoyed with some posh twat nearby, telling his kids to look at the "horrible old flats coming down". I didn't say anything as he was with his kids, but I was thinking that was our fucking home, you dick.
Fozzie Bear
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Beyond The Airwaves: exploring the legendary pirate radio stations of Hackney
Image taken from “Pirate pics from the past” page on the Beyond The Airwaves site Pirate radio was all over Hackney in the eighties and nineties. Aerials illegally placed on tower block…
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I think I went to the demolition , there was a time when there was regular demolitions, went to maybe 6 of them ?
Fozzie Bear
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Did anyone get one of these amazing t-shirts though?
Fozzie Bear
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A lovely bit of direct action from 1973:
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Tenants blockade Balls Pond Road (1973)
Lollipop Lady Mrs Hubbard In 1973 a “lollipop lady” working on Balls Pond Road was knocked down by a passing vehicle. Kerridge and Hawthorne Tenants Association protested about the inci…
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
sadly I missed those
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Update on the attempted phone theft I helped to foil a few months ago, Police called me last week and said they had not been able to arrest anyone (no surprise there tbf) but that the victim wanted to thank me, so they gave me his details - I rang him, he was very pleased to hear from me, offered to buy me some trousers (they were ripped in the incident, but I got them repaired) and he insisted on sending me a gift so I gave him my address. He's about 70, and runs orchestras, used to play in them as well. Very sweet gesture from him - he also rang the others who got involved at the time.
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Fozzie Bear
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Here is the latest on HMP Mossbourne and the awful treatment of the children there.
www.theguardian.com
Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents
Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in
I've met quite a few people locally who won't sent their kids to Mossbourne or Petchey amd that was before this (and the Child X) stuff.Here is the latest on HMP Mossbourne and the awful treatment of the children there.
Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents
Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in
(I see Petchey became Exelsior or some such nonsense recently.
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Fozzie Bear
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Same, but they seem to have an enduring appeal to parents who are worried that their kids might go off the rails, or who come from errrrrr more "traditional" cultures in terms of strictness...I've met quite a few people locally who won't sent their kids to Mossbourne or Petchey amd that was before this (and the Child X) stuff.
(I see Petchey became Exelsior or some such nonsense recently.
There are a few black parents who are scared their sons will end up in gangs and all sorts and I guess that isn't unwarranted. But I dunno if Mossbourne is a solution- presumably it could fuel teenage rebellion too. Or give kids and appetite for sadism, I dunno.
We went to the Petchey open day when looking at secondaries and the speech from the head teacher was one of the worst presentations I have ever seen - incredibly long and rambling. And included the bizarre claim that the lunches were so good there that she didn't need an evening meal when she got home.
Fozzie Bear
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I think we can all take a guess why Petchey aligned itself with a new uber-academy body and changed its name.
It was certainly done extremely quietly. I walk past it every day and not sure when exactly it changed or how long I took to notice it.
(Assume it was down to the bad publicity round Child X..?)
Fozzie Bear
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Well the school involved with the Child Q thing was never named in the press, so that would be wild and possibly unfair speculation of course. Although people do know, of course.
But there were other Hackney schools like Tyssen that were renamed in recent years because the pupils and parents weren't happy about them being named after slave traders and that had a bit more coverage in the local press...
Well yeah. It was, of course, common knowledge locally. And that was before the head 'resigned'. (I keep thinking Child X for some reason.
)Yep.
GarveyLives
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Very, very sad - I completely fail to understand the mentally of young people that get involved with that sort of stuff especially when it involves other people that have no connection.
Poor woman, I wonder if he has any sense of shame or guilt
(Source: as stated in image)
On 2 December 2024, Joshua Alexander of Wellington Road, East Ham, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he serve a minimum of 29 years for the murder of Lianne Gordon in her own home Vine Close on 5 December 2023. Joshua Alexander was also convicted of attempting to kill a 17-year-old boy and 21-year-old man who were shot in Vine Close during the same incident.
Joshua Alexander was further convicted of affray, having a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of a bladed article, and possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.
At the time that he murdered Lianne Gordon with a single gunshot to the head, Joshua Alexander was 16 years old, and on bail for attempted murder (of which he was eventually also convicted) relating to a separate incident on 1 March 2023, in which he had acted as a scout while a man was stabbed five times in the chest area, including through the lung and the heart, and also shot in the leg at point blank range, at Hackney Central station. His bail conditions included a prohibition on entering Hackney. While on bail in relation to that attack, he breached conditions by returning to the Hackney area on three occasions - twice armed with a firearm.
Lyrics authored by Joshua Alexander about both the murder and the attempted murder of which he was convicted were found in his prison cell.
blossie33
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Yes, I read it yesterday GarveyLives
What can you say....ruined his own life too, as well as taking the lady's
What can you say....ruined his own life too, as well as taking the lady's
blossie33
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The latest about the redevelopment of the Tesco site in Hackney Central which originated in 2019
Hackney’s Tesco superstore and car park could be replaced with flats
The large Tesco superstore and car park in Hackney town centre could be demolished and replaced with housing and a replacement superstore under plans being considered by the council.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
Unsurprisingly, it's all a bit of a shit show:The latest about the redevelopment of the Tesco site in Hackney Central which originated in 2019
Hackney’s Tesco superstore and car park could be replaced with flats
The large Tesco superstore and car park in Hackney town centre could be demolished and replaced with housing and a replacement superstore under plans being considered by the council.www.ianvisits.co.uk
Morning Lane campaigners accuse council of ‘excluding residents from key decisions’ on future of Tesco site
Activists say Town Hall has ‘insulted community’ in row over future of major development in Hackney Central
www.hackneycitizen.co.uk
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