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This page is all about you, meaning the people who have shared their memories, told us about the projects, joined in with some of our ideas about exploring Hackney. Here are just a few true stories about you that have been in TimeLine.

To find out more about the hundreds of people (from the past and present days) who have featured in TimeLine, have a look at the People Index which you will find by clicking on About Us.    Maybe you will spot somebody you know or remember - or even yourself! - in TimeLine. 

We are keen for TimeLine to reflect as much as we can about the fabulous history of Hackney, with all its different cultures and heritages.  So if you have a story to tell us about, please contact us at ebones@blueyonder.co.uk, and we can help you to tell your story on our website.  To read more that we could not squeeze into the printed TimeLine, have a look at Added Extras

.... and swimming now

ImageOne cold, crisp, clear day in December 2007 a dream came true for thousands of people in Hackney:  the swimming pool had been mended and was open again ......

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Could this be your big chance?

ImageEvery theatre star has to start somewhere - even William Shakespeare!  He began in Stratford-upon-Avon (but soon he was working in Hackney).  If you are a teenager in East London, maybe a summer of theatre is waiting for you -

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Mad About Museums

ImageThese lucky Hackney school students had the chance to go behind the scenes and work at some of London's top museums - places that are stuffed with stories about our heritage ...

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Where in the World?
ImageHackney is an amazing mosaic made up of cultures from all over the world.  The Where in the World Charts are an easy way of learning about ourselves that is colourful and fun .... 
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The Way We Were - Lily
ImageLily Taylor was born before World War One even started and Florence Nightingale had just died.  And the year her father was born, Victoria was Queen and bikes were ..... 
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Under Stokey
ImageChildren in the creative writing group at Jubilee Primary School have been writing poems about Hackney - all inspired by Dylan Thomas.  To read them click on their names: David Eogan Georgie Khari Laura Samantha
 
Running for their Lives
ImageIn  2005 Avigdor Primary School in Stoke Newington closed its doors for the very last time.  Read the incredible story of how it all started - with refugee children running for their lives to safety in England .... 
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Diane Abbott
Image Exactly twenty years after she first became an MP, children from Harrington Hill Primary School asked Diane Abbott what she  likes best about her job,  things she finds scary - and loads more questions.
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Memory Catchers
ImageWhen students from Stoke Newington School wanted to know how things had changed in Hackney over the years, who better to ask than Tilly,  Joan and  Dolores
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Dorothy Holmes

ImageIn the last year or so of her life Dorothy used to send us wonderful memories of growing up in Stoke Newington – like her very first day at the Stoke Newington High Street School - which was later called Fleetwood School.

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