A link to some great photos of stoke newington during the 1970's. http://bit.ly/6uK8FF
I was trying to think of some famous people who'd lived round here. The Kray Brothers used to own my old house 28 Tyssen Road, when it was a garage and there's a rumour that Barbara Windsor lived at the end of Leswin Road when she was a hair dresser. Does anyone know of any others?
That is a brilliant collection of photos which brought back some memories. I was a student at Hackney College in 1978. I forgot how run down the area was in those days but I've never forgotten the piles of rubbish during the Winter of Discontent. Thanks for posting this. I will share it with the Facebook group 'You Know When You Live/ Or Have Been Brought up in Hackney When...' http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=6852609367 and I'm gonna tell them about this blog. It's great!
ReplyDeleteThanks and glad you like it! I've put your link in our local links column.
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Angry Brigade 359 Amhurst Rd
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IRA bomb factory 99 Milton Grove
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/28/death-list-ira-balcombe-street
7/7 Muslim Bomber Muktar Said Ibrahim
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/jul/09/terrorism.world4
Muktar Said Ibrahim lived on Farleigh Road
ReplyDeleteThanks for the list, its quite a group isnt it? - where are all the celebrity chefs etc.
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