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Land purchased 1906 on Park St, now Richmond St, 4 foundation stones 27 Feb 1906 by Mrs E Spicer, Mrs James Gartrell, Mrs A W Marshall & Mrs J H Weidenhofer, closed. First services had been in weatherboard church in Torrens St, Hackney, until it was transported to Fourth Ave, East Adelaide & re-opened 15 Jul 1883 as East Adelaide Wesleyan church. A bell given c1905 to Hackney church was returned to Spicer Uniting church 6 May 2012.
“They had been successfully launching out in the direction of a Mission Church in Hackney, which he had no doubt would become a great credit to the body.” [Observer 2 Nov 1878]
“For some time a Methodist Mission has been conducted at Hackney, and now land has been purchased in Park street with the intention of building a new edifice.” [Register 27 Nov 1905]
“The Rev. W. Jeffries, superintendent of the Kent Town circuit (with which the mission is connected), presided, and introduced the ladies, who were each presented with a suitably-inscribed copy of the New Methodist Hymn-book . . . services had been held in a cottage for a considerable time. . . The building, when completed, will be a neat brick edifice, capable of accommodating 150 people in the main hall, and there will be in addition two classrooms.” [Advertiser 29 Jan 1906]
"The Hackney Mission was in a thriving condition, being now in a hall of its own, which cost some £500.” [Advertiser 11 Oct 1906]
Architectural Photography by clickclickjim
Finally got round to posting up the images from our recent photowalk round Hackney. Lovely day with Andy Matthews, Sal Hart, Paula Knee, Aleks Krotoski and Simon Kennedy!
Every time I travel overseas I am confused by the mass of electrical wiring tacked to the outside of houses and businesses. I don't quite get it. Doesn't seem very safe and it sure can be an eyesore.
This for the Global Creative Photography Project's Theme of Electronics. Not what I wanted to do for it but it's something...
This shot from Hackney Road in East London. A rougher area of town with some cool graffiti and urban sights.
This is one of numerous photos, postcards and sketches from the notebooks of the late Mr G.W. Mason., past Senior Partner of Bunch & Duke chartered surveyors at 360 Mare Street, Hackney.
GBRF Class 66722 passes Hackney Central on 10:27 6060 Bow Yard to Tonbridge empty aggregate hoppers.
Possibly the worst toilet I'll ever have the pleasure of using. I can't express my relief enough that I only needed a piss.
Hackney Marsh....
I dire 1/5 flushes.
Taken from Hackney Marshes at
sunset. The pylons have since been removed as part of the Olympic developments.
Diorama showing the bus garage in Well Street. Hackney.
One of a number of Kingsway dioramas that will be for sale at the London Bus Museum Transport Fest 2012, next Sunday 21st October.
Illustration by George Cruikshank from Charles Dickens’ “Sketches by Boz”
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This does not actually depict a Hackney coach stand, the title refers to the "Sketch by Boz" that is illustrated.
Scanned from an original 1910 Dickens Centenary Edition published in London by Chapman and Hall.
Hackney Free & Parochial Church of England Secondary School, south-facing exterior detail. Avanti Architects, 2011, BSF funded. Steel frame, pre-cast concrete floor slabs and a mixture of façade materials. Landscaping architects: MESH. London Borough of Hackney.
Image: Copyright ©2011 George Rex. All Rights Reserved.