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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.
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.
ONE OF SEVERAL BOUGHT OF THE INTERNET RECENTLY. IF ANYONE CAN FILL IN ANY DETAILS PLEASE FEEL FREE, COPYRIGHT BELIEVED TO REST WITH MICHAEL DRYHURST
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Greater Anglia class 317654 passes Hackney Downs on a Liverpool street service from Stanstead Airport.
Canals and Cafes, Parks and (Very Nice) People
.... aka a very fine way to spend a sunny Saturday morning and early afternoon.
Up early, Phil and I set off to walk to the Counter Cafe by way of Regents Canal and the Hertford Union Canal.
A mite chilly to begin with, but once the sun built up a bit of oomph in the clear blue skies the day warmed up, and by the time we got to the Counter Cafe we opted to sit outside on their floating deck, admiring the reworking of the Olympic Stadium on the other side of the Lee Navigation. Yippee!
Russell and Arthur joined us, and we tucked into good coffee and even better breakfasts. Not the cheapest, but veeeery tasty.
A stroll around the recently opened Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park followed, in the company of Matt Sheret. Lots of wild flower planting and new trees surround the scaled back sports arenas, repurposed Olympic buildings and new Park accoutrements including a climbing wall, fountains and playground. It's weird to see large new roads routing through the middle of spaces I last visited on foot during the Olympics - although that was almost 2 years ago. A nice (nostalgic? practical?) touch to name the new bus stops after nearby Olympic landmarks.
With the lure of 'tea', Matt led the way out of the Park to The Hackney Pearl where another excellent Americano each ensued, accompanied by Blueberry Yoghurt Loaf (me) and Baked Cheesecake (Phil).
Going our separate ways, Phil and I headed home via Victoria Park - lovely on an early summer's day, the big open spaces contrasting with the crowds at Broadway Market and London Fields - then returning to our eastern edge of The City by way of Columbia Road and the hipster backstreets of Shoreditch.
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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.
This image was taken at dawn in the Hackney Marshes. Aside from some basic colour correction, this image is not digitally altered and was created entirely on film in-camera.
The alley cuts between two estates - the one to the right, Downs Estate, is London County Council built and the other.. can't remember who but they're housing association, Evelyn Court. The seperation seems a bit extreme.
This is piece no. 2 in my Hackney Mosaic. Piece no. 1 is here. www.flickr.com/photos/tomsgardenshed/2090184367/
I’m going to try to understand a little more of the place where I live by building a mosaic of words and pictures over time. This snapshot dates from October 2004. I like this picture because it unequivocally lets you know where you are and it gives Hackney a bright up-to-date image.
Hackney is an east London inner city area with more than its fair share of deprivation and social problems. That will no doubt show over time, but for the moment I just want to celebrate something that’s good.
Hackney Empire was built in 1901 as a music hall. Marie Lloyd lived just around the corner and played here often. Others who have trodden the boards include Charley Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Louis Armstrong and Tony Hancock. It was converted to a bingo hall in 1963, became a listed building in 1983 and, thanks to the efforts of Roland Muldoon, was reopened as a Variety in 1986. Since then funds have been raised and extensive restoration and improvement has happened, including this update of the pub next door. The theatre's artistic aim is, as ever, to provide something good for everybody. So what’s on now? www.hackneyempire.co.uk/index.php