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
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 Hackney is an amazing mosaic made up of cultures from all over the world. The Where in the World? Heritage Chart is an easy way of learning about ourselves that is colourful and fun ....
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 Lily 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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 In 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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 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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 When 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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 In 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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 One class of six and seven year olds spent a long time in the summer term of 2005 finding out for themselves about the history of Clissold House. TimeLine helped them with their researches – even celebrating a special wedding anniversary ....
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 When little Gertrude Astbury left her home in the Midlands to come to London, she was on her way to becoming a HUGE Music Hall star. Hackney mum Dawn Grover tells the Stupendous, the Superb, the Scintillating story of the World War One Forces’ Sweetheart .....
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 For a generation of children growing up in Stoke Newington lollipop lady Rose Adams has been a part of daily life. In 2005 Ellie Dawson of Betty Layward Primary School went in search of Rose.
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 Issue 15 has loads of true stories about words & writers. brilliant books & local libraries; elephants and horses; Quakers & quizzes, competitions, circuses & crimes.
Click here to see Issue 15
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