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Posts Tagged ‘Well Street’

‘Unsustainable’: Much-loved local pub The Gun announces immediate closure

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 17 March 2025 at 15:33

After a decade on Well Street, the pub’s landlords call time ‘despite very best efforts’ to stay open

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‘You take the highs with the lows’: London’s ‘only Black-led high street vintage shop’ celebrates 10 years in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 11 October 2022 at 11:57

The Citizen catches up with Rekindled owner Jackie Dacres as she looks back at a decade on Well Street

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Anju, Well Street, restaurant review: ‘Inventive, delicious taste of Seoul’

By Tilly Armstrong | Monday 30 September 2019 at 18:54

Chef Taewoo Kim serves up fresh takes on his childhood favourites from his new long-term residency at The Gun

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East End exhibitions – five of the best for May 2018

By Andrew Barnes | Wednesday 25 April 2018 at 17:29
Leo Boyd's Test Screen. Image courtesy the artist

In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond

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Rehab, Hackney Central, restaurant review: in sickness and in health

By Andrew Barnes | Wednesday 20 December 2017 at 11:52
The Rainbow Bowl at Rehab. Photograph: Sally Gordon

This new vegan bar and kitchen trumpets the health benefits of its offerings – and who are we to argue when it tastes so good anyway?

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Ridley Road Market: Council survey sparks fears over gentrification

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 11:57

Town Hall says questionnaires about its local markets are about ‘improvements’ and none are ‘under threat’

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Meet the man monkeying around with 1970s T-shirt transfers

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 July 2017 at 17:18
“I came across a room filled to the brim with old 1970’s T shirt transfers” - Andrew Rutland. Photograph: Christopher Sims

Andrew Rutland runs Let It Gibbon, a stall that allows people to cut and paste their selection of authentically retro decals onto their own unique shirt

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Groove is in the harp: Hackney-based string plucker to play Well Street venue next month

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 April 2017 at 17:21
Harping on: Fraya Thomsen and her Celtic harp

Fraya Thomsen, harpist and composer of Gaelic music, will take the stage at the NuDawn event space on 4 May

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New mural on Well Street to depict ‘goddess of the city’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 13 December 2016 at 16:02

Shutters of vintage fashion shop Rekindled host latest public artwork to grace thoroughfare where market was recently relaunched

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Well Street Market relaunches in style following crowdfunding campaign

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 December 2016 at 14:13

Hundreds of residents as well as the mayors of Hackney and London celebrate grand reopening of the historic market where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade

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Well Street Market prepares for launch with bands set to perform this weekend

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 30 November 2016 at 13:50
Well Street Market in a previous incarnation

Rebooted historic street market will be home to fashion and street food stalls as well as a special market reserved for teenage entrepreneurs

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Pretty F*cking Good Toast at Machine No. 3, restaurant review, Hackney Central – a masterclass in sourcing

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 12 November 2016 at 14:30
The Smoked Haddock toast, paired with Beavertown's Lupuloid.

The bar at the end of Well Street has teamed up with a toast-master for an excellent pop-up that runs until the end of November

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Part of Well Street closed amid fears building housing Polish deli Karmelek might collapse

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 4 October 2016 at 14:01
The parade of businesses in Well Street that has been closed

Junction between Mare Street and Well Street cordoned off as firefighters seek to assess damage

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‘Soul of Well Street’ cycle shop ordered to close over antisocial behaviour

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 July 2016 at 10:42
Cycle Pit Stop

Cycle Pitstop has been served a three-month Closure Order after receiving more than 80 complaints in a year – including for loud music and drug use

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Box of tricks – the art of Amanda Houchen

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 April 2016 at 16:45

Amanda Houchen’s enigmatic figures are performers conditioned by the temporary nature of the stardom they crave

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Anti-hipster graffiti ‘misdirected,’ says Well Street Pizza

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 December 2015 at 17:54

Vandals have targeted other new businesses in Hackney

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The Wash café – review

By East End Review | Friday 13 March 2015 at 10:00

The Wash on Well Street is a coffee drinker’s cafe with a community focus

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Two teenagers arrested after Hackney murder

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 August 2014 at 08:59

Police appeal for information following stabbing on Frampton Park Road

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Walk down a Well-trodden street

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 4 May 2013 at 12:41

Hackney’s Well Street has long been a hub for local business and is where the founder of Tesco first plied his trade

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Hackney artists flock to Well Street

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 20:55
Karin Janssen in front of self-portrait

In spite of controversial rent hikes and recent shop closures, Well Street may be about to enjoy an artistic and cultural renaissance

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