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Block by Block: The Rise and Fall of the Trowbridge and Clapton Park estates
This podcast was created as part of Hackney Museum’s Young Curators programme (2023).
The programme supported young people to develop research and curatorial skills. They created their own temporary exhibition exploring social housing in the London Borough of Hackney. In this podcast they discuss the process of researching and designing the exhibition as well as the history and legacy of Hackney social housing.
The Young Curators programme was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Purim on Cazenove: Portrait of a Jewish Festival | Hackney Museum
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An artists’ portrait of the street celebrations of Purim, a Jewish festival, on Cazenove in 2012 and 2013 through street photography and audio recordings. This film was commissioned by Hackney Museum and featured in the exhibition 'Side by Side: Living in Cazenove' (23 January-17 May 2014). Sound by Jessica Marlowe Photography by Tanya Harris and Nick Coates Artists Tanya Harris and Jessica Mar...
Hackney 300,000 BC | Exhibition Trailer | Hackney Museum
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Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough’s Old Stone Age This exhibition explores a distant past, when Hackney was like an African savannah and huge beasts roamed the landscape. Get hands on with objects hundreds of thousands of years old, and learn about the mysterious now extinct humans who made them, the Neanderthals. Find out why Hackney is on...
Ayahs' and Amahs' Home, Hackney
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This public talk explores the lives of Ayahs and Amahs, many of whom lived at the Ayahs' and Amahs' Homes on King Edward’s Road, Hackney (1900-1941), awaiting return journeys to Asia. South Asian ayahs and Chinese amahs were domestic workers employed as child carers, nannies and wet nurses in private households in India, China and Southeast Asia during the British colonial period. Significant n...
Africans in Britain: A Hidden History - talk by Professor Hakim Adi
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Professor Hakim Adi gave this fascinating online talk exploring how Africans have often been hidden in ‘Black British' history. The talk accompanied a temporary exhibition at Hackney Museum 'Being African in Hackney: 1960s-2020s' (14 Sept 2021 - 15 Jane 2022), which shared stories of people moving and living, working, studying and growing up in Hackney, from the 1960s to 2020. Hakim Adi is Prof...
Windrush and Beyond - Kenrick Hanson
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Kenrick Hanson was born in Jamaica and moved to the UK in 1962. In this extract from his 2017 interview with Hackney Museum, he discusses his time as Mayor of Hackney from 1984-1985. Read the full interview here - museum-collection.hackney.gov.uk/object-2020-6
Being African in Hackney
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This film was designed and delivered by poet Theresa Lola, in collaboration with Hackney Museum staff. It has adapted from the workshops delivered at Hackney Museum for Hackney's primary schools and is inspired by Hackney Museum's temporary exhibition 'Being African in Hackney'. You can find the accompanying document pack here; hackney-museum.hackney.gov.uk/schools/learning-resources/ks2-learni...
Remembering BRAFA (British Reggae Artists Famine Appeal Team)
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This short film was made to commemorate the opening of BRAFA Square in Hackney. This new public square is named in honour of the British Reggae Artists Famine Appeal team (BRAFA), an inspirational part of Hackney’s rich African and Caribbean history. Remembering BRAFA reunites the surviving members to tell the story of how, in the mid-1980s, local reggae musician Leon Leiffer brought together l...
BRAFA Square Opening Ceremony - Livestream Event
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BRAFA Square Opening Ceremony - Livestream Event
A Journey through Hackney's African and Caribbean History (with spoken word by Bad Lay-Dee)
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A Journey through Hackney's African and Caribbean History (with spoken word by Bad Lay-Dee)
Not Just Hair
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Not Just Hair
Windrush and Beyond - James Boston - Racism on London Transport
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Windrush and Beyond - James Boston - Racism on London Transport
Windrush and Beyond - Vera Maloney
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Windrush and Beyond - Vera Maloney
Windrush and Beyond - Shirley V Boateng
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Windrush and Beyond - Shirley V Boateng
Windrush and Beyond - Interview with Roy Beckles
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Windrush and Beyond - Interview with Roy Beckles
Hackney's Got Style - Eileen's story
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Hackney's Got Style - Eileen's story
Living On The Welfare Estate | Clapton Park Estate, Hackney ,1988
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Living On The Welfare Estate | Clapton Park Estate, Hackney ,1988
Bad Lay-Dee workshops at Hackney Museum about African and Caribbean music
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Bad Lay-Dee workshops at Hackney Museum about African and Caribbean music
Reconstruction of the Clapton dugout boat | Hackney Museum
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Reconstruction of the Clapton dugout boat | Hackney Museum
We Are Project Indigo | Hackney Museum
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We Are Project Indigo | Hackney Museum
From Pop Art to Community Arts: Hackney in the 1970s-80s Part 1 | Hackney Museum
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From Pop Art to Community Arts: Hackney in the 1970s-80s Part 1 | Hackney Museum
Caribbean Through a Lens - A talk by photographer Tim Smith | Hackney Museum
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Caribbean Through a Lens - A talk by photographer Tim Smith | Hackney Museum
Island to Island: Journeys through the Caribbean | Hackney Museum
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Island to Island: Journeys through the Caribbean | Hackney Museum
Celebrating 50 years of Independence for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago | Hackney Museum
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Celebrating 50 years of Independence for Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago | Hackney Museum
Stamford Hill Mods: the genesis of Marc Bolan | Hackney Museum
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Stamford Hill Mods: the genesis of Marc Bolan | Hackney Museum
Living in Cazenove: Tijala and her family | Hackney Museum
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Living in Cazenove: Tijala and her family | Hackney Museum
I ♥ Hackney: celebrating Hackney and its people | Hackney Museum
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I ♥ Hackney: celebrating Hackney and its people | Hackney Museum
From Pop Art to Community Arts: Hackney in the 1970s-80s Part 2 | Hackney Museum
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From Pop Art to Community Arts: Hackney in the 1970s-80s Part 2 | Hackney Museum
Xenia Women learning English together - First anniversary celebrations Pt.2 | Hackney Museum
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Xenia Women learning English together - First anniversary celebrations Pt.2 | Hackney Museum