Haggerston - Hackney Citizen (Page 2)

Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block

Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents

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Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block

Headway East London served £15k grant for kitchen staffed by brain injury survivors

The Haggerston-based charity runs regular feasts for members and the public

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Silver service: Headway East London member Daniel hard at work setting up for one of their popular supper clubs. Photograph:

The Unburied: The Saint of Darkness, play review, Rose Lipman Building: ‘song, movement, light and poetry’

The ‘Mother Theresa meets Greek mythology’ plot may be a tad obtuse, but this memorable piece of dark, poetic theatre makes the most of its unusual staging

Author: Hackney Citizen

"The four women are at the heart of this play": The Unburied: The Saint of Darkness. Photograph: Luca Migliore

Hackney is an ‘urban arboretum’ says expert Paul Wood ahead of weekend tree tour

The London Street Trees author will show off some of the borough’s rarest, most beautiful trees in a guided stroll around Haggerston and its surrounds

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A Cercis canadensis or eastern redbud tree in Haggerston. Photograph: Paul Wood

Brain food: charity Headway’s new supper club and homemade grub brings people to the table

Headway EATS and their crack kitchen squad, made up of survivors of brain injury, delivered a Middle Eastern meal and good vibes besides – their next event is coming soon…

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Cook-out: Headway East London's Zuber Haji and brain injury survivor Keith share bread-making duties. Photographs: Jade King

ELATT: a learning community that helps people of all ages move forward in their lives

At ELATT we think everyone should have the chance to learn new skills. So whoever you are, whatever your age and wherever you’re from, we’re here to help you take your future further

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Residents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall

Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today

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Residents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall

New plan to demolish Acorn pub emerges just weeks after it won protected status

Scheme, which Lisa Shell from the Hackney Society says will cause ‘harm’, follows earlier, unsuccessful application to bulldoze Victorian building.

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Haggerston Baths: taking a dip down memory lane

Since the millennium this Wren-revival-style building has lain empty and neglected. With three schemes for the Baths set for public consultation, the Hackney Citizen delves into the history and political wranglings that underpin its plight

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Inside Haggerston Baths in 2015. Photograph: Simon Mooney

Acorn pub in Haggerston saved from demolition after achieving Asset of Community Value status

Campaign for Real Ale sought protection after application to knock down the early Victorian building in Queensbridge Road was put in earlier this year

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‘Bitter disappointment’: Haggerston Baths campaigners react as dreams of reopening pool are dashed

None of the three proposals shortlisted by the council would involve bringing back the swimming facility, which closed 16 years ago, after talks broke down with potential operator of restored pool

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The exterior of the derelict Haggerston Baths building, which could now become home to space for creatives under developers'

No, Haggerston Baths will not reopen as a pool, council confirms

Developers vie to win chance to provide space for creatives after three strikingly similar rival bids – none of which involve a swimming facility – are shortlisted

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