tears of joy of sadnes my hackney were i was born valette buildings 1953 christmas day man blabbing as i write mum dad me brother all my family all from hackney brent house rd now not one lives there all gone just memories morning side school st lukes church pie mash from well street pavilion pictures mare street sat morn club red oaker facing hackney free school gone now christmas trees out side hackney town hall memories t y for this 69 years gone just like that i blinked amen
Looking at old photo of Hackney, a lot had change, I love Hackney. Came in the 1995 I could imagine being in that time, it bring so much joy and happy go kid. I will alway remember Hackney the rest of my life.
I want to thank you for your Hackney videos , me and my mum have enjoyed them so much , they bring back so many memories . I feel so homesick for times gone by when I see some of them too . Much appreciated . All the best , Sarah .
One thing I thought was really strange. After Gibbons closed, well, closed, as in the original owners of the store left, another shop was opened in the same place but they didn't last very long. There was some sort of a fire or an explosion that destroyed the building. I bought a couple of chairs in that new shop on separate occasions. The chairs were OK but the way the new owners ran that shop seemed a bit iffy to me and they weren't very friendly at all. Then, oddly, they got a couple of their carpet fitters to deliver the second chair to me which was ridiculous. They weren't proper delivery men at all and one of them was in a terrible mood, moaning at me "We're carpet fitters mate, we're not supposed to be doing this"...blah blah blah. They were having trouble getting the last chair through my door and he said "Oh, I am fed up with this, now look mate, it's not fitting,, you're gonna have to break your door down to get this in". I pointed out to him that the first one was exactly the same size and that went in. They got in eventually and then he left in a huff. I don't know what was going on in that place but I didn't buy anything else from them after that experience and then just a few weeks later, I heard a fire destroyed the building. Make of that what you will but I reckon something very funny was going on there. Thanks.
Will always be a Hackney girl in my heart. It has changed so much.. regeneration and the people who came with the ‘uplift’ have erased the community spirit. I visit and walk around maybe once a year and take as many pics of things that remain the same which unfortunately is not a lot.
12;20 /16;13 MY FLATS AS I NEW THEM WITH OUT THE SECURITY FENCE AND GATES NOW I WAS 2 WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BORN IN 56 UP TOP MOVED TO 45 LATER WONDER FULL TIMES T Y
tears of joy of sadnes my hackney were i was born valette buildings 1953 christmas day man blabbing as i write
mum dad me brother all my family all from hackney brent house rd now not one lives there all gone just memories
morning side school st lukes church pie mash from well street pavilion pictures mare street sat morn club
red oaker facing hackney free school gone now christmas trees out side hackney town hall
memories t y for this 69 years gone just like that i blinked amen
fantastic one of the best
Beautiful Hackney! I’m so happy to be in a community like this. Thank you Brian!
Looking at old photo of Hackney, a lot had change, I love Hackney. Came in the 1995 I could imagine being in that time, it bring so much joy and happy go kid. I will alway remember Hackney the rest of my life.
you can take the boy out of hackney but never can you take the hackney out of the boy E9 born bread
thank you, looking for my Grandparents cafe on corner of Mere Street and Well Street, closed 1970ish. Run by Joseph Dormer. great pics.
I want to thank you for your Hackney videos , me and my mum have enjoyed them so much , they bring back so many memories . I feel so homesick for times gone by when I see some of them too . Much appreciated . All the best , Sarah .
Thank you too! Glad you and your Mum enjoyed them that is all we have left now are our memories as most have been pulled down and gone forever
thank you Sarah
One thing I thought was really strange. After Gibbons closed, well, closed, as in the original owners of the store left, another shop was opened in the same place but they didn't last very long.
There was some sort of a fire or an explosion that destroyed the building. I bought a couple of chairs in that new shop on separate occasions. The chairs were OK but the way the new owners ran that shop seemed a bit iffy to me and they weren't very friendly at all.
Then, oddly, they got a couple of their carpet fitters to deliver the second chair to me which was ridiculous. They weren't proper delivery men at all and one of them was in a terrible mood, moaning at me "We're carpet fitters mate, we're not supposed to be doing this"...blah blah blah.
They were having trouble getting the last chair through my door and he said "Oh, I am fed up with this, now look mate, it's not fitting,, you're gonna have to break your door down to get this in". I pointed out to him that the first one was exactly the same size and that went in. They got in eventually and then he left in a huff.
I don't know what was going on in that place but I didn't buy anything else from them after that experience and then just a few weeks later, I heard a fire destroyed the building. Make of that what you will but I reckon something very funny was going on there. Thanks.
Thanks for the memories
how Beautiful it was....
great mate
11;54 IN MAN IN THE BACK GROUND MY FLATS VALLETTE BUILDING WHERE I WAS BOR IN 1953 R I P MUM DAD
My beautiful Hackney! Thank you Brian 🏆
you are wlcome
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It used to be!..
Will always be a Hackney girl in my heart. It has changed so much.. regeneration and the people who came with the ‘uplift’ have erased the community spirit. I visit and walk around maybe once a year and take as many pics of things that remain the same which unfortunately is not a lot.
born 1953 hackney breaks my heart to see it now
GREAT MEMORIES OF HACKNEY BUT SOMETIMES THE SIZE OF THE TEXT OBSCURES THE PHOTOS
Hackney, also the home of 'MATCHBOX'
Very nostalgic. Went to Colveston Cresent primary school just behind Ridley Road in the early 50’s. thanks for posting
Thank you Gerry.
I want to go home to Hackney
dont please dont it will break your heart just stay in the past like me 50ies 60ies 70ies hackney wont get hurt then loved my hackney of then not now
How beautiful wow 🤩
12;20 /16;13 MY FLATS AS I NEW THEM WITH OUT THE SECURITY FENCE AND GATES NOW I WAS 2 WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BORN IN 56 UP TOP MOVED TO 45 LATER WONDER FULL TIMES T Y
Your descriptions are obscuring some of the photographic details
These photos are ruined by the way the writing is imposed across the photo either on purpose or perhaps incompetence I suspect the latter!.