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In the parlor of the Hackney farm home, Wellington Township, Sumner County, Kansas.
Lena is my my maternal great-grandmother. She immigrated from Germany as a small child.
D20918. The Grade II* listed Hackney Empire was opened in 1901 and is a splendid example of a late Victorian theatre.
It was originally a music hall and many of the stars of the day performed there. With the decline in theatre audiences in the post World War II period, it became a TV studio in the 1950s and then became a Bingo Hall in 1963.
In 1984, however, it became a theatre once again, but narrowly avoided demolition in 1986. It closed temporarily for a major refurbishment in 2001, reopening in 2004.
Full details can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Empire
Wednesday, 26th December, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
Hackney garage (code H) closed in 1981 with the opening of the new Ash Grove garage. I recall Hackney as predominantly operating Routemasters, DMS route 106 in fact later reverted to RM operation. An MBA Merlin is seen in the background with blinds for route 502.
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
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney
Hackney Boys
An image by Besim Can ZIRH
UCL Social Anthropology
Hackney - London, 2008
(Third Place, 2009 COMPAS Photo Competition)
The hand gesture, Hackney, denotes the localization of teenagers with immigrant backgrounds as linkages are developed between their self-identification and place of residence. However, this localization does not necessarily refer to “naturalization” or “integration” since identification to Hackney cannot be extended to wider British society.
The sword represents the persistence of the homeland identity inherited from immigrant parents. This also does not mean these young people’s attachments are to the general category of the Turkish nation, but to a more specific identity: Alevism. Consequently, Hackney and a provincial town in Anatolia are decontextualized from their ‘national characters’ and become trans-localities poised on the foundation of the icon of a global trade mark.
On the other hand, the remarkably scant media coverage about the suicides in Hackney, by both Turkish and British national news services, whispers that this process trans-localization does not guarantee the visibility on such burning issues for immigrant communities in their two homes, even when it emerges in the heart of a global city.
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
Hackney garage (code H) closed in 1981 with the opening of the new Ash Grove garage. A 36' foot long Merlin holds up traffic as it leaves the garage.
Architects: Stanton Williams, opened 2011. Concrete frame, exposed internally. Exterior cladding of weathering steel. Adjacent gabion walls accentuate the building's long and low profile. London Borough of Hackney.
Image: Copyright ©2011 George Rex. All Rights Reserved. (4296 x 2856B)