@ArchivesHackney

Free access to hundreds of unique collections documenting Hackney’s rich history.

 Dalston Sq, Hackney, London
hackney.gov.uk/archives
Joined February 2015
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Love Hackney@LoveHackney27 Sep 2024
🌟 Listen up, Hackney! 🌟 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our Black History Season! 🎉 Join us as we celebrate Black history, culture, and contributions that shape our community and beyond. Get involved: orlo.uk/UtU5C
Hackney Black History Season 2024

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Love Hackney@LoveHackney16 Jul 2024
Celebrate Haile Selassie's birthday with a free family event hosted by Gillett Square Action Group With Nyabinghi drumming, steel pan, Jah Prophecies Sound, Domino Club, Pop Up Playground, Ethiopian coffee & food Tue 23 July, 2-9pm Gillett Square, N16 orlo.uk/FvSsN
Live Nyabinghi drumming and chanting

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Hackney Museum@HackneyMuseum11 Jun 2024
📢 This week is you last chance to visit the hugely popular At Home in Hackney exhibition and to see the Holly Street Estate Model before it leaves Hackney! At Home in Hackney closes Saturday 15th June 2024. Don't miss out.
The Hollystreet estate model (Model of tower block with lit up windows) in photography exhibition.

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Fantastic event unveiling the plaque to legendary author and activist James Baldwin at @hackneycvs where he spoke in 1985 when it was CLR James Library, with amazing speakers outlining the continuing struggle for a fairer society. #Hackney #history
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Thank you to @ricyeboah for his amazing talk From Hackney with Love: Regeneration, Gentrification & Belonging- now online here youtu.be/_JBU476Ccmk #Hackney #History
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Hackney Archives retweeted
Film London@Film_London12 May 2024
With the first Hackney History Festival from @HackneySociety taking place from Friday, our #FilmoftheWeek looks back on the transformation of the Holly Street estate & the memories of those who lived there prior to its regeneration @ArchivesHackney buff.ly/4baecyS
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Amazing 50 years of Hackney's History in photos by Neil Martinson #Hackney #History Festival – at Hackney, London
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Fascinating talk by Chock Glendinning on coming to #Hackney as a Malaysian nurse at @ArchivesHackney - another packed house on Day 1 of Hackney #History Festival!
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And we're off! Thank you to @hackneyspeaker Anya Sizer for opening the very first #Hackney #History festival at @ArchivesHackney today. Join us for 3 days celebrating our borough's diverse history!
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Looking forward to seeing you @HackneyHistFest
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Fantastic to meet the wonderful #Hackney born @EddieNestorMBE at @BBCLondonNews today - listen to our chat at 2:48 here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hnqv… - and look forward to your visit Eddie!
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Hackney Archives retweeted
Hackney Citizen@hackneycitizen2 Apr 2024
Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’ #Hackney #migrants #immigration #books #history @eithnenight @BloomsburyBooks hackneycitizen.co.uk/2024/04…

Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on...

Nightingale’s sensitive collection of people’s stories is ‘remarkable for its sheer diversity’

hackneycitizen.co.uk
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Tickets to the first #Hackney #History Festival are now live! Join us in May @ArchivesHackney @MuseumoftheHome @SuttonHouseNT & more iconic venues.
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Speaker Alert! @ricyeboah: From Hackney# with Love - Regeneration, Gentrification and Belonging - tickets coming soon! Sign up for updates hackneyhistoryfestival.org/
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Bloolips Revisited: Radical Drag in 1980s London (Unfinished Histories) Thur 22nd Feb 7-9pm In person event Hackney Archives Dalston Square London, England, E8 3BQ A celebration of Bloolips radical drag theatre company. lovehackney.uk/lgbthistorymo…
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Explore your archive! In person event 2-4pm Sat 27 Jan 27, 2024 CARNIVAL THROUGH THE EYES OF WINDRUSH - A HISTORICAL SYNOPSIS OF TRADITIONAL CARNIVAL A short but powerful event to enhance your knowledge about the traditional mas culture of carnival. events.eventnoire.com/e/carn…
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Exclusive online event! Members of Windrush19 will be reading 6 extracts from the Celebrating Windrush 2024 calendar Wednesday 17th Jan, 6.30pm – 7.30pm events.eventnoire.com/e/read… #Windrush #exploreyourarchive
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With @HackneySociety @ArchivesHackney @HackneyMuseum @MuseumoftheHome & many others we are organising the inaugural Hackney History Festival in May 2024. This will be an exciting combination of talks, walks, book launches and visits. What you would like to see? #Hackney
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Hackney Archives retweeted
Love Hackney@LoveHackney24 Oct 2023
🎉 Hackney celebrates #BlackHistorySeason from October to November. Check Love Hackney for details of the exciting line-up of free events to commemorate #HackneyBlackHistory for everyone to enjoy. Find out more: lovehackney.uk/black-history
Hackney Black History Season flyer.

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