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Hackney History Festival
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Hackney Society, Hackney Archives, Sutton House & many more host Hackney History Festival each May. Get in touch to help shape future events!
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We're back in May! What would you like to see? #hackney #history #heritage #festival @hackney-society.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Neil Martinson shares unseen photos from his unique archive, contrasting images taken fifty years ago with recent ones. Watch now on YouTube!
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#HackneyHistoryFestival #HackneyPhotography #visualhistory
June 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones explores Hackney’s links to the East India Company, founded in 1600. Watch now on YouTube!
#HackneyHistory #EastIndiaCompany #hackneyhistoryfestival
June 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Thank you to all the amazing trainers from @wikimediauk.bsky.social for their insights at our training session yesterday. We started adding more details of the fascinating women featured in www.hackneysociety.org/publications... join us!
#hackney #history #women #wikipedia
May 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Thank you to the amazing @anna-aslanyan.bsky.social for her brilliant History Cycle Ride yesterday, ably helped by colleagues from Hackney Cycling Campaign - we learnt so much!

#hackney #cycling #london #history
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May 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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This Saturday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival ! Get your tickets via the link in bio.

#Hackney
May 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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'Under the Cranes' - Q&A with filmmaker Emma-Louise Williams and poet Michael Rosen. Make sure to watch now on YouTube!

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May 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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After WWII, Jewish ex-servicemen formed the 43 Group to fight fascists returning to UK streets. From 1946–50, they battled Mosley’s followers—Ridley Road, Dalston was ground zero. Hear their story with author Daniel Sonabend at #HackneyHistoryFestival.
May 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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This Sunday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Get your tickets via the link in bio. #Hackney
May 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This Sunday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival !

Get your tickets via the link in bio. #Hackney
May 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This Saturday, make sure to be at #HackneyHistoryFestival ! Get your tickets via the link in bio.

#Hackney
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May 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Learn about the architecture and design of the municipal building that opened in 1866 and get to see your favourite film and TV locations in person!

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April 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Join us at #HackneyHistoryFestival to explore the rich history and the transformation of Here East and the journey of the Olympic Park.
April 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Local historian Laurie Elks chairs a panel discussion with Rolan Walker and Alan May. Don't miss it!

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April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Grab the chance to go inside Hackney's oldest building at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !
April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Join this event with a focus on poetry about Hackney Marshes, Hoxton, the Olympic park site in Newham and other local edgelands/sites of transformation.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Join the guided tour of the beautiful Town Hall and learn about the building's heritage at #HackneyHistoryFestival!
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Join Laburnum Boat Club for a trip to learn the intriguing story of the Regent's Canal in Hackney.

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April 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Visit 195 Mare Street, one of Hackney's oldest buildings, built in 1697, at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Grab the chance to go inside Hackney's oldest building at this years #HackneyHistoryFestival !
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Join Tamara Micner for a workshop discussing a much forgotten chapter of London's East End at #HackneyHistoryFestival !
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Find out about the restoration of St John's on May 15th at #HackneyHistoryFestival !
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April 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Join the guided tour of the beautiful Town Hall and learn about the building's heritage at #HackneyHistoryFestival!
April 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Hear how the Hackney Empire went from a music hall to a TV studio to a Bingo Hall to the theatre they are today!

Friday May 9 at #HackneyHistoryFestival!
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The Mildmay Club has overlooked Newington Green for 125 years ago. At this event there will be two talks – Pete Brown, author of 'Clubland: How the Working Men’s Club Shaped Britain' and a talk from the club's archive group.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM