HackneyHistory @HackneyHistory
Celebrating and researching our local history. Friends of Hackney Archives hackneyhistory.org Hackney Joined November 2019-
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It started yesterday with a single Blue Plaque mock-up for one shop, and a day later, I'm pleased to share a 163-page eBook (113MB) I created with the history of every shop in Stoke Newington Church Street. Apart from the evolution of every shop in the street, it includes photos…
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Join @MoreCurricular on a captivating journey through time as we learn fascinating tales & meet intriguing characters, uncover the secrets of #Hackney's first hospital, a blackmail plot & meet a 105-year-old black man. app.tickettailor.com/events/hackney… #history
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With @HackneySociety @ArchivesHackney @HackneyMuseum @MuseumoftheHome & many others we are organising the inaugural Hackney History Festival in May 2024. This will be an exciting combination of talks, walks, book launches and visits. What you would like to see? #Hackney
Last few tickets for this Tuesday's talk at Hackney Archives: HACKNEY HISTORY TALK - 300 Years of Shops and Trades in Mare Street - Part 1 eventbrite.co.uk/e/hackney-hist… @HackneyMuseum @WalkHackney @LoveHackney @ArchivesHackney
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BRING YOUR BABY PUB QUIZ at Hoxton Hall, HACKNEY (N1) for ISLINGTON! Fri 15 Sept, 12pm-2.30pm BringYourBaby.org #bringyourbabypubquiz #hoxton #hoxtonHall #n1 #hackney #shoreditch #dalston #stokenewington #islington #highbury #barnsbury #bethnalgreen #e8 #e9 #n16 #ec1 #n5
Free HACKNEY HISTORY talk: "Female Refuge for the Destitute" by Katharine Quarmby, author of 'The Low Road' + book signing Tue 4 July, 18.30 @ Hackney Archives eventbrite.co.uk/e/hackney-hist… @unbounders @HackneySociety @ArchivesHackney @HackneyMuseum @HistoryOfStokey @walk_hackney
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Just enjoyed an entertaining, inciteful and warming portrayal of the lives of a dozen women buried @AbneyParkN16 riocinema.org.uk/movie/women-of… by @HackneySociety @HackneyHistory with director @realnickperry, actors from @towertheatre . . . and many thanks to @riocinema for top venue!
One day to go until our next talk at Hackney Archives! Tue 28 Feb, 18.30-19.30 Serious Money and Hackney: Urban explorer Caroline Knowles explores how finance has taken up residence in Hackney & Shoreditch. eventbrite.co.uk/e/serious-mone…… @urbanmorph @ArchivesHackney
One day to go until our next talk at Hackney Archives! Tue 28 Feb, 18.30-19.30 Serious Money and Hackney: Urban explorer Caroline Knowles explores how finance has taken up residence in Hackney & Shoreditch. eventbrite.co.uk/e/serious-mone…… @urbanmorph @ArchivesHackney
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BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: "Women from Stoke Newington's History" Thur 16 Feb, 11am-2pm Book: BringYourBaby.org Suffragettes, Tudors, Barbara Windsor, Salvation Army, Daniel Defoe, murder, writers, refuges, schools, campaigners, 2 churches & Abney Park cemetery.
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