The Hackney Mixer
@themixer.bsky.social
A new magazine for Hackney. A mixed bag of features, news and writing at https://thehackneymixer.substack.com/?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2F%2522the%2520hackney%2520mixer%2522&utm_medium=reader2&utm_campaign=reader2
Castleforge are in talks with Hackney Council to back out from - or adapt - the 2017 agreement.
New piece in @londonermag.bsky.social this morning on the current status of Haggerston Baths!
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
Haggerston Baths is sinking into ruin — and locals fear it won't be saved
The Grade-II listed pool has been shuttered for 25 years. But with a private-equity-funded redevelopment falling through and a cash-strapped council, will it ever reopen, wonders Peter Carlyon.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Castleforge are in talks with Hackney Council to back out from - or adapt - the 2017 agreement.
Reposted by The Hackney Mixer
New piece in @londonermag.bsky.social this morning on the current status of Haggerston Baths!
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
Haggerston Baths is sinking into ruin — and locals fear it won't be saved
The Grade-II listed pool has been shuttered for 25 years. But with a private-equity-funded redevelopment falling through and a cash-strapped council, will it ever reopen, wonders Peter Carlyon.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New piece in @londonermag.bsky.social this morning on the current status of Haggerston Baths!
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
The private equity scheme to restore the building... is not going so well. Still derelict after 8 years, and Hackney Council now spends over £200,000 p/a on security
www.the-londoner.co.uk/haggerston-b...
After years of population decline, wildlife is on the up at Hackney Marshes.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social spoke to ecologists at ReNature London and the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston to find out how they did it.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social spoke to ecologists at ReNature London and the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston to find out how they did it.
How Hackney Marshes became wild again
Local ecologists and volunteers have brought back voles, mice and kestrels to the marshland
thehackneymixer.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
After years of population decline, wildlife is on the up at Hackney Marshes.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social spoke to ecologists at ReNature London and the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston to find out how they did it.
@petercarlyon.bsky.social spoke to ecologists at ReNature London and the Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston to find out how they did it.
lovely stuff!
Watch this inspiring film by @wildlifeian.bsky.social about bringing back wildlife to #HackneyMarshes and the Old #RiverLea
If you love Nature, you're sure to love it 💚💚💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Rz...
If you love Nature, you're sure to love it 💚💚💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Rz...
Small Mammal Recovery and River Restoration on Hackney Marshes
YouTube video by Ian Phillips
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
lovely stuff!
re-reading this wonderful piece from last year on the Hackney Mole Man. If Iain Sinclair painted him as a colourful eccentric seeking revenge against the British, here Lyttle comes across far more aimless and troubled
He dug a 20-metre hole under his London townhouse. Who was he?
The curious case of the Hackney Mole Man
www.ft.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
re-reading this wonderful piece from last year on the Hackney Mole Man. If Iain Sinclair painted him as a colourful eccentric seeking revenge against the British, here Lyttle comes across far more aimless and troubled
For the past few years, residents of Fellows Court in Shoreditch have watched as the council-owned block has crumbled around them.
Peter visited to hear more about the leaks, fires and flooding that residents have put up with.
Peter visited to hear more about the leaks, fires and flooding that residents have put up with.
Is Fellows Court Hackney's most neglected tower block?
Residents speak out.
thehackneymixer.substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
For the past few years, residents of Fellows Court in Shoreditch have watched as the council-owned block has crumbled around them.
Peter visited to hear more about the leaks, fires and flooding that residents have put up with.
Peter visited to hear more about the leaks, fires and flooding that residents have put up with.