On Sunday afternoon I set off to trial the first Hackney Hear, a prototype of the gps triggered sound app. I was pretty excited about it, the people behind it are also those behind the fantastic Hackney podcast who have wons awards for being just ace.

The email from Matt Hill (Project manager) said dress for all weathers, which seemed slightly ridiculous considering how nice the last few days had been, but a quick glance out the window before leaving showed the slight rain that was shortly due to turn into a downpour, so fortunately I grabbed a very big umbrella.… Read more

I recently heard about Hubbub, a company that offers delivery of produce from independent local shops. I was super excited to find out that they are expanding their service to Hackney, as someone who doesn’t have a lot of spare time, but loves good food and wants to support small local shops Hubbub is something that I was eager to find out more about, so asked the founder Marisa Leaf some questions:

What is Hubbub and why did it start?

Hubbub is the home delivery service for local independent shops. Our customers get all the convenience of the supermarkets… Read more

Like a lot of yeah! Hackney members, I was pretty excited to hear that a Brewery was opening in Hackney. I noticed them on twitter, with the bio:

“Londonfields Brewery: Two blokes, one brewery, some great grains and hops. Bringing some fantastic hand crafted beers to you soon.:

I love the idea of great beer brewed nearby by passionate people and wanted to find out more so I asked one of the blokes, Jules Whiteway a few questions:

Who is involved in the project?

Ian Burgess and myself Jules Whiteway set up the brewery.

Why Hackney?

Ian’s coffee business, Read more

Ken Jacobs has kindly shared a few more historical photos of Hackney from his collection, this time the focus is on a couple of old shop fronts in the area (a favourite subject of mine).

I had added a few more favourite shots of classic shop fronts from the past that I have in my collection. I’d love to build this set, so if you have more you would like to add please let me know

First up is James Brooke and Sons on Lower Clapton Road (From Ken Jacobs). Taken in 1937 when it was decorated… Read more

Spots of Time is a Hackney based social enterprise with a different take on volunteering, its all about giving small amounts of time to make a difference to others. yeah! Hackney caught up with Anna Pearson to find out more…

What is the idea behind Spots of Time?

The idea behind Spots of Time is to make it easy and fun for people to give small moments of their time and make a difference in their local communities. Our focus is on fun, creative activities that people can do very simply, and which lift people’s days in the organisations… Read more

Hackney and Leyton Sunday Football League was formed in 1947 after the Second World War had ended. Football was a popular amateur sport and the Sunday League was created to mimic the Leagues of the professional game.  The Hackney and Leyton League became synonymous with Hackney Marshes where there were over a hundred football pitches. Other sites used were Mabley Green and Millfields.  The pitches were laid out side by side and top to tail with very little green space wasted. The changing rooms and facilities were extremely basic, cattle troughs with cold water were provided for washing, but none of this ever deterred the hundreds of… Read more

A while ago we published an interview with Ken Jacobs a former Hackney postie, where he talked about finding some glass negatives being thrown out in Chatsworth Road during his walk one day. Ken kindly scanned in some of those fantastic negatives and has passed them onto yeah! Hackney to share with all of you.

The photos were taken by a Mr Ellis in the late 1920′s / early 30′s, the descriptions are by Ken Jacobs.

The “Mother and Daughter” looks as though it may have been taken of Mr Ellis’ own wife an daughter in his back garden.… Read more

Under the collaborative ‘Fugitive Images’ with Lasse Johansson and Tristan Fennell, local artist Andrea Luka Zimmerman came up with a innovative idea to transform a 1930′s council block that was being boarded up with ugly orange boards through the use of public art. What resulted was one of Hackney’s most photographed and talked about housing estates. Here we chat to Andrea about her past, present and future work in Hackney.

‘I Am Here’ Project Samuel House Haggerston ends 2012 - Photograph by Traxcitement

Where and how long have you lived in Hackney?

I have lived in Hackney for the past… Read more

London Fields Tri are yeah! Hackney’s local triathlon club and are based at London Fields Lido.

The club was formed after a chance meeting between myself (Chris Skinner) and Guy Holbrow in October 2009. I was hoping to find some people in the area to train with, Guy overheard a conversation I was having with someone from the BTF (British Triathlon Federation) outside the lido, and the club was born. We had our 1^st coached session in January 2010 and now have over 100 members (and many more occasional participants).Our juniors section is brand new – 1^st session starts May 2011!

Where and

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This post comes from Traxcitement and ewebber

In 1977 a group of Hackney locals interested in history came together under the collective name of ‘A peoples autobiography of Hackney’ to produce two books about working class jobs in Hackney. The books called ‘Working Lives’ Vol. 1 & 2′ were published by Centerprise and featured a mixture of employees, business owners and self-employed people. Vol. 1 covered the period 1901 – 1944 and Vol. 2 covered 1945 – 1977.

The ‘Peoples Autobiography’ interviewed and photographed their chosen workers going about their day to day job activities, emphasising their… Read more