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18/07/16 Hackney Downs: Abellio Greater Anglia Class 379 379015 working 1B69 14:15 Stansted Airport - London Liverpool Street through the station.
Formerly the Royal Hotel, full name now the Royal Inn on the Park. Mid-C19 in the Italianate style. Locally listed by the London Borough of Hackney.
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Hackney Empire Theatre, London. Designed by Frank Matcham and opened in December 1901, the Empire was equipped from the start with a projection box for films. The principal use was as a Music Hall, but the large stage allowed for opera and spectacular pantomimes. It initially seated a claimed 3,000 (1,900 is likely more accurate) on four levels, now it seats just over 1,000 in a more comfortable layout. Used as a TV studio in the 1950s and converted into a bingo hall in 1963, the theatre somehow survived drastic alteration, and was able to reopen for live shows in 1984. With developers circling, the freehold was acquired, allowing planning for a thorough restoration to begin. It closed in 2001 as a massive expansion (taking in the corner public house and rebuilding the stage house) and restoration which lasted 3 years, the Empire reopened in 2004 (architect Tim Ronalds). It is a grade 2* listed building. Taken on the Open City Festival viewing.
London Borough of Hackney, North London, Greater London, England - Hackney Empire Theatre, Mare Street
September 2023
The model completed and fitted to a baseboard with an interior backscene. The 1/76 scale card kit, and also completed bus garage dioramas like this are available through the Kingsway Models website.
Here's something you don't see every day on the streets of Hackney. And appropriately enough, this particular road is Mare Street.
Stagecoach 17242 and 18219, Alexander ALX400-bodied Tridents, at the route 26 stand at Hackney Wick. It is Friday 24th June, last day of Stagecoach operation of the route; tomorrow the bus will be a shiny new Enviro400 of First. 17242's future is uncertain; but 18219 is part of the batch meant for route 8 and thus its future is assured for now.
Belshotmuir, Main Street and Bus/Coach Depot.
Close Up View.
On Main Street, a London style Hackney cab Taxi in all over advertising for Barrs Irn Bru follows a just out of frame Scottish Ambulance Service, Ford Transit Driver Training Unit, as they both head eastbound. In the westbound lane, a Road Policing Unit (RPU) or “Traffic” car of Strathclyde Police passes the Belshotmuir Bus & Coach Depot.
Within the depot a DAF Van Hool Alizee, with cherished registration plate P100 WCM sits. Although a West Coast Motors coach, it wears the slightly older yellow, blue and light blue with red lining livery of Scottish Citylink, to whom it operates on contract. It bears the slogan, built in to the Citylink fleetname, of “Citylinking... Smart Thinking”.
Next, a Scania Irizar PB in the maroon and gold colours of luxury service Citylink Gold is parked, facing into the garage as it undergoes minor repairs and maintenance. This code 3 model has received a full body repaint/Respray prior to application of the Citylink Gold transfer set from Sunrise.
Behind the Irizar is P492 FAS of Rapsons. It is seen here in a slightly more modern version of the Citylink livery worn by WCM, but maintains the “Smart Thinking” slogan.
Partially out of frame, and in front of FAS sits V74 DSN. With the most modern livery of the three standard Scottish Citylink coaches, this belongs to Tayside Public Transport, a National Express subsidiary which would go on to become Travel Dundee and subsequently Xplore Dundee.
London Overground class 710 Nos.710115 and 710102 arrive at Hackney Downs working 2T40 11:03 London Liverpool Street to Chingford.
Showing the giant terracotta lettering added at the theatre's 2004 refurbishment (Tim Ronalds Architects). Mare Street, London Borough of Hackney.
Ann's Hair Fashions was in Well Street Hackney (London E9) near to Tescos. It closed down at the end of 2008 which is a pity as it was was my favourite shop front. I took this picture in 2003.
London Overground Class 317 unit No. 317887 arrives at Hackney Downs working the 12:03 Liverpool Street to Chingford service