Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[blossie33]

Anyone fancy a visit to the Woodberry Wetlands before Thames Water closes it for a year?

https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/new-river-woodberry-wetlands-walk-snap-poll.386465/

Yes, I noticed it's going to be closed!
I thought it was just for two months, January and February, but I walked round today and took a proper look at the notice there - saw it was until February 2026!
The section where the Coal House Cafe is will still be open and of course you can still get round the New River path through to the other Reservoir.

 

[rich!]

Yes, I noticed it's going to be closed!
I thought it was just for two months, January and February, but I walked round today and took a proper look at the notice there - saw it was until February 2026!
The section where the Coal House Cafe is will still be open and of course you can still get round the New River path through to the other Reservoir.

I only found out the closure starts on the 6th today, for some reason I thought it started end of January...

 

[GarveyLives]

A disturbing start to the new year in Wick Road, Homerton, on Friday 3 January 2025:

"We are aware of this video circulating online and are making enquiries. There are no known reports or injuries. If you were a witness or have any info which may help, please call police on 101 with ref 1548/05JAN25 or message via X @MetCC."

 

[marty21]

A disturbing start to the new year in Wick Road, Homerton, on Friday 3 January 2025:

"We are aware of this video circulating online and are making enquiries. There are no known reports or injuries. If you were a witness or have any info which may help, please call police on 101 with ref 1548/05JAN25 or message via X @MetCC."

I saw the clip and thought I recognised the street - very disturbing.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Colin Roach died from a gunshot wound in Stoke Newington police station on 12th January 1983.

This page collects together a bunch of resources about what is know about the death, the subsequent protests and the community's own Independent Commission of Inquiry: Who Killed Colin Roach? including a link to the 313 page book Policing In Hackney 1945-1984: A report commissioned by the Roach Family Support Committee.

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[klang]

Is there a comprehensive list of incidents / accidents / fatalities / corruption at SN pol?

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Is there a comprehensive list of incidents / accidents / fatalities / corruption at SN pol?

Not a list exactly, but this covers a lot of ground:

They Hate Us, We Hate Them - Corruption & Violence in Hackney - Datacide

“They Hate Us, We Hate Them” - Resisting Police Corruption and Violence in Hackney in the 1980s and 1990s by John Eden in Datacide 14.

datacide-magazine.com

A guy died there quite recently - "apparently" launching himself off the top of one of the payphones in the reception area. We never got to the bottom of that one either. https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2...ington-police-station-sparks-community-vigil/

 

[klang]

Not a list exactly, but this covers a lot of ground:

They Hate Us, We Hate Them - Corruption & Violence in Hackney - Datacide

“They Hate Us, We Hate Them” - Resisting Police Corruption and Violence in Hackney in the 1980s and 1990s by John Eden in Datacide 14.

datacide-magazine.com

A guy died there quite recently - "apparently" launching himself off the top of one of the payphones in the reception area. We never got to the bottom of that one either. https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2...ington-police-station-sparks-community-vigil/

The new Stoke Newing- ton police station is intended to blend in with the local envi- ronment, giving the impression that the police are part of the local community.

Yet the architect somehow managed to design stokeys ugliest building, hands down.