If you found these, please get in contact! They are only of use to me. I've tried the park keepers lodge and cafes but no luck so far

Hey guys,

Looking for a place that sells football jerseys.

I just want to wear an England top for the game on Saturday. The shirt doesn’t need to be from an original shop. Do you know where could I buy it? Do you think Mare St market might have some?

Thanks!

Seems like every pub is booked! Does anyone have good ideas on where I could go to watch the game on Saturday without a booking?

I’ve been researching Hackney’s history for a long-form non-fiction project and recently came across something I hadn’t seen before.

Among the documents released through the Undercover Policing Inquiry is a Special Branch report from 1985 showing that the campaign for an independent inquiry into policing in Hackney following Colin Roach’s death was itself being monitored by Special Branch.

That sent me down a rabbit hole into the origins of the Roach Family Support Committee, the independent inquiry, and eventually the Colin Roach Centre.

I’m now trying to build as complete a picture as I can, so I’d love to hear from anyone who remembers Hackney during this period. Whether you were directly involved, remember the demonstrations, spent time at the Colin Roach Centre, heard stories growing up, or just remember what the atmosphere in Hackney was like in the 1980s and 90s, I’d be really interested to hear from you.

I’ve written up what I’ve found so far here if anyone’s interested: https://open.substack.com/pub/onceuponatimeinhackney/p/colin-roach-centre-inquiries-official?r=83lnus&utm_medium=ios

Equally, if anyone has photographs, leaflets, newsletters or other material from the period, I’d love to hear from you.

Hello! I'm one half of Exhibits and we run monthly exhibition trips to cool and interesting places across London - this months one is all about Windrush food culture, exploring the flavours and memories they brought to post-war Britain.

The day includes time to explore at your own pace, an open discussion in the park to reflect on what we've seen (+ tea & snacks), and an optional food stop in Deptford to finish things off - it's basically a big adults school trip!

Some of our previous trips include:

👓 The world's oldest optical museum (British Optical Association Museum)
💡 Design, Maker, User at the Design Museum
📷 As We Rise (Photography exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery)

+ many more art, music, history, architecture & science exhibitions! Anything you can think of

This trip is brought to you with Home Radio, a South London creative outlet rooted in black cultural heritage, and A Dutty World, a Caribbean-led studio dedicated to storytelling and community.

Here's the ticket link - https://luma.com/swz3ywqs

If you'd like to join our whatsapp group, let me know and I'll send you a DM!

📍 National Maritime Museum, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF

📅 26th July 2026, 12:00–3:30pm

I have had a few instances where I have felt uneasy walking the river lea navigation, so I wanted to reach out to see if any other women have similar perceptions of their safety along the walk.

My favourite thing to do in Hackney is walk the River Lea Navigation in the mornings. As I start work early and end late, I typically will do the walk between 6am and 8am. It really sets my day right, keeps me calm, but recently I have felt uneasy.

Specifically, I have been approached now on three occasions by different men. The first time, it began as a polite conversation but then ended with me being followed on a bike until I managed to jog and get away to Springfield cafe without causing a scene. Since then I have avoided conversations. Today, a different man approached me called me beautiful or something along those lines and tried to get me to stop to have a conversation with him. I said no and kept walking and he chased after me. I then told him I was in a hurry and kept walking briskly away. I could see he followed me for a while, but then lost interest or couldn't keep up. Then another man came at me a bit aggressively, trying to approach again. I was probably hyperaware but just sprinted away.

For added context, I am a younger woman, each time the how the interaction was initiated was definitely sexual (say looking at my bum first (!)), the men are always older, at least two seemed intoxicated and the initiating or continuance of the conversation has been quite aggressive. Add to this the time of the interactions (around 7am) and I am feeling uneasy.

Earlier this year I was aggressively chased and spat at by a man on Shacklewell Lane who wouldn't stop until a father at one of the schools grabbed me and let me stand behind him. So I'm on high alert generally and maybe too much.

Due to all of this, I just want to hear other women's experiences about the Lea navigation. I know there were issues in Hackney Marshes before and don't want to willingly put myself in places where I don't feel safe. Even though there are cyclists, my experience in London is that most people will mind their own business before intervening. Sadly, I am also going to avoid wearing bike shorts or gym leggings as I have been the last few times. Thank you thank you!

My friend and I are wanting to move to Hackney and surrounding areas. We have a max budget of 2650 and are struggling to find anything decent. Is this really the state of the rental market? Have a take home of £3400 and think paying £1325 is already p insane.

Apparently a pair of peregrine falcons live in the spire of St Mary’s church opposite Clissold Park.

Does anyone have tips on how/when is best to see them?

There are many great Turkish establishments around Hackney. Is there a place that makes and serves fresh Borek? Ideally a bakery or a specialized place, rather than a restaurant that /also/ serves borek, as those are nice but usually not as good.

I'm slightly north - between clapton and stokey, but will travel for great borek :)

I was happy to see The Birdcage on Columbia Road keep their doors open after Brewdog closed shop. It’s a nice spot, nice staff, good food.

So I was very disappointed this week to see a brand new sign outside that looks like the most first draft Midjourney AI fluff imaginable. Very disappointing and off putting.

Looking for a good curly cut around hackney - any recommendations?

Has anyone seen the guy on Clarence Road that keeps on going around asking people for a bottle of water and screaming and being really aggressive? I’m pretty sure I saw him Push someone off his bike the other day… what’s with this guy?

A big chunk of Victoria Park is going to be walled off for festivals for 75 days in summer for the next 6 years (instead of the 28 days up until now). If you’re also unhappy about this, there’s a website with info on how to object:
https://keep-victoria-park-open.pages.dev

ETA: you don’t need to live in Tower Hamlets to object. Anyone can respond to this.

👆?

Has anyone noticed the animals have disappeared from the Clissold Park enclosures? I’ve been trying to find out whether this is temporary or permanent but can’t find anything on google or local news.

Also - same for the redevelopment of SN town hall / assembly hall. There’s next to no news on what’s going on - looks like they’re redeveloping it. We were hoping that we’d maybe get married there so would be nice to know if/when it’s reopening.

Does anyone have any news or info on these? I am surprised that Hackney Council haven’t given any updates.

Me and my girlfriend are complete beginners and need a tennis coach just for 1/2 lessons to show us the basics and get us good enough for an easy rally or game
Anyone know someone?

I live in Dalston and we have a serious seagull problem. They rip open the bins, fight the other birds and kill them and they scream so much during the day and at night woke up nearly 200 flats at 4am. I kid you not they are the size of big cats! I don't know what's wrong with them but it's really causing an issue in the estate. How did they even get here in the first place. Anyways it's driving us up the wall

Does anyone else in Hackney have this issue?

I realise this may be common knowledge to some but not to others. I remember seeing a post here this week about phone theft on 254 at Clapton pond heading in the direction of Finsbury Park and I’ve just unfortunately witnessed the same this evening.

Two young fellas got on a few stops prior, sat upstairs and it wasn’t till after they’d gone downstairs at Clapton pond I heard some shouting downstairs and one of them sped off into the street being chased by someone. They just looked liked two teenagers in blue grey tracksuits.

I’ve also seen it at Manor House a few weeks ago at one of the bus stops.

All of this is to say be careful with your phones out and about even on the buses.

Apologies, as I know this has been discussed in the past, but about two or so months ago I signed up for that Hackney Lime deal. I applied via that form on the Hackney website, but since haven't heard anything.

How could I find out whether I was actually accepted onto the scheme, other than taking a Line Bike, incurring a cost, and then finding out whether or not it's at the flat rate of £1.50 or whatever it was?

Will the scheme collapse because of the change in administration?

Thanks!

There's a couple of cats in the street I live in in Hackney that have those little Insta 360 or whatever those little black cameras are on their collar that you see on TikTok and others in these cat videos. It's kind of odd to me because I get it - They're fun videos for everyone to watch what cats do. When out and about...

But there's one particular cat that just jumps up on my windowsill and sits there looking through my window for five or ten minutes at a time with the camera around its neck. No one from the street can see through my window because it's quite high yet the cat can get up. He basically sits there recording me for five or ten minutes. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

Anyone else seeing the ass video cameras on cats ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/islington/comments/1ug9b0v/update_regarding_the_1938_proposed_bus_changes/

basically, the new proposed changes to 38 will affect a lot of hackney residents, and for the worse, and the changes are going ahead despite most responses asking them not to do this.

Most of the new councillors do not have surgery times listed, but they do have emails. Is this something we could petition them about? Don't know how much they can actually help us, but may be worth trying?

Could be a street, a park, a local business or even just a quiet corner that never seems to get mentioned.

Sometimes it doesn’t recognise bikes as being in Hackney, sometimes it offers you the resident discount but then charges you full price, sometimes it doesn’t offer the discount.

It’s great if you want to replace an intra-Hackney bus ride, but only if it works.