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Swimming with loan sharks? A Hackney solution

By Stephen Vaudrey BEATTY GLASS, 92, remembers the tallyman well from the 1930s when her family moved to Clapton. He would “lurk around the flats”, …

Door opens on an £11m Hackney spend

HACKNEY COUNCIL’S housing operation has spent £10.8 million on supposedly secure front doors for its properties, but has quietly been replacing them because they have …

A weekly evening of gorging outdoors in Dalston

IF YOU love standing around on waste ground in the hope of finding and swallowing some exceptional food this summer, as we locals defiantly call the season of …

Culture-lovers live in Hackney (and elsewhere)

RESIDENTS of Hackney, Islington and the City are among the most cultured in London. More than 80% of Hackney people attended cultural or live entertainment …

Entertainment and other events around Hackney

Loving Dalston refers readers to the Hackney-based site Live at Your Local, where music, entertainment and community events in and around Hackney, Islington and Shoreditch are …

Fairs, jumbles, fetes: free or near-free events

Autumn fete at St Joseph’s, Hackney, Sat 8 Sept 2012e, 10am-1pm, entrance 50p. This Roman Catholic hospice’s sales draw vintage veterans and jumble-rumblers from all over …

Hackney not so happy for men and their health

IF YOU ARE male, want to avoid potentially grim old age and have settled in Hackney, Newham or Haringey, stay right where you are. The …

A sudden closedown for Westfield Stratford City

IMAGINE you’re in business and you’ve taken a chance on renting premises at Westfield Stratford City shopping centre. That’s a big investment. After the initial …

Once-grand Hackney terrace fades to mediocrity

THE SAGA of the Georgian terrace in Dalston Lane, potentially a jewel of the district’s architectural heritage, may be reaching its last chapter. There is …

Anti camera-car mob and TV crew park in Dalston

FILM CREW in tow, the NoToMob, a slightly irritating yet somehow endearing group that campaigns against camera cars, came to Hackney today 27 June 2012. …