HorridHackney

The Twitter account of 'Horrid Hackney' - the blog which recounts Hackney's horrible histories!

[‘Bring Your Baby’ Guided London Walks & Pub Quiz @BringYourBaby]

BRING YOUR BABY PUB QUIZ at Hoxton Hall, HACKNEY (N1) for ISLINGTON!

Fri 15 Sept, 12pm-2.30pm

https://t.co/w9zcuxqW8V

#bringyourbabypubquiz #hoxton #HoxtonHall #n1 #hackney #shoreditch #dalston #stokenewington #islington #highbury #barnsbury #bethnalgreen #e8 #e9 #n16 #ec1 #n5

[HackneyHistory @HackneyHistory]

A Free Talk for Hackney History: "WOMEN FROM SHOREDITCH & HOXTON'S HISTORY"

Suffragettes, Tudors, music hall, Queen of the Shoplifters, magicians, businesswomen, engineers, aeronauts and more!

https://t.co/BLlbZ6xrq8

#hackney #hackneyhistory #shoreditch #hoxton #womenshistory

[HorridHackney @HorridHackney]

A Free Talk for Hackney History: "WOMEN FROM SHOREDITCH & HOXTON'S HISTORY"

Suffragettes, Tudors, music hall, Queen of the Shoplifters, magicians, businesswomen, engineers, aeronauts and more!

https://t.co/jWg9PCxPqV

#hackney #hackneyhistory #shoreditch #hoxton #womenshistory

[Abney Park Trust @AbneyParkN16]

@HistoryOfStokey @HackneySociety @towertheatre We will screen it when chapel is open… soon!

[Stoke Newington History @HistoryOfStokey]

It features local actors and costumes from @TowerTheatre and music by Luc Vanlaere. The stories are adapted from the book Women from Hackney's History. More info can be found at https://t.co/4UGXxBf5Hi

[Stoke Newington History @HistoryOfStokey]

The @HackneySociety's recent film #WomenOfAbney - giving voice to thirteen women from history whose lives ended at Abney Cemetery is now available to watch online at https://t.co/AjdM22SbcK The film was co-produced by @towertheatre and @AbneyParkN16

[HackneyHistory @HackneyHistory]

'Hackney History' talk at @ArchivesHackney
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. What does this mean for those who live there?

https://t.co/BxmvQ5hARn

@urbanmorph

[‘Bring Your Baby’ Guided London Walks & Pub Quiz @BringYourBaby]

BRING YOUR BABY GUIDED LONDON WALK: "Women from Stoke Newington's History"

Thur 16 Feb, 11am-2pm

Book: https://t.co/w9zcuxqW8V

Suffragettes, Tudors, Barbara Windsor, Salvation Army, Daniel Defoe, murder, writers, refuges, schools, campaigners, 2 churches & Abney Park cemetery.

[HackneyHistory @HackneyHistory]

Tickets still available for our talk by celebrated author Sarah Wise ('The Blackest Streets'; 'The Italian Boy') at 'The Hackney Archives' in Dalston this coming Tuesday 4th October at 6.30pm:

https://t.co/2qHPNuaz2S

@MissSarahWise @WomenOfHackney @HorridHackney @walk_hackney

[HorridHackney @HorridHackney]

Did you know that Henry VIII once had a mansion in Hackney?

Find out this and more in Hackney History's online talk on Wednesday 30th March, 'The History of Brooke House, Clapton: Henry VIII's Mansion to Mental Asylum'.

Register for your free ticket at: https://t.co/kAimNBYMAG

[Hackney Archives @ArchivesHackney]

An Viet Foundation was a core part of the community since its formation in 1982. The foundation welcomed refugees to the area and helped them by providing help with local services and also with any other issues such as housing.

#vietnamese #hackneyhistory #AVFAFinds

[Paul Bolding @paulbolding]

Plaque at Hackney Mortuary presumably about to be unveiled. qv forthcoming movie Operation Mincemeat https://t.co/bSn8b2KXn9 as well as the classic The Man who Never Was https://t.co/oF21wAzqy2 @HackneyHistory @walk_hackney

[HorridHackney @HorridHackney]

DE BEAUVOIR HISTORY WALK led by Sean Gubbins of @HackneyHistory this Saturday!

[HorridHackney @HorridHackney]

HACKNEY HISTORY COURSE tonight at 7pm!