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Events

The Friends put on at least three events per year for people with an interest in Hackney’s and London’s history. These include talks, visits and walks, and provide an opportunity to meet members of the Friends and others who share an interest in the history of Hackney.
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  • FoHA Visit to St Andrews, Bethune Rd., 28th June & Forthcoming Events June 2025

    FoHA Visit to St Andrews, Bethune Rd., 28th June & Forthcoming Events June 2025

  • Hackney History Festival

    Hackney History Festival

    Past Events
  • Braidwood's school Grove House, Chatham Place, HAD P10582

    FoHA Talk 1st April 2025 – The Story of BSL & Forthcoming Events

    Past Events
  • Remembering The Rio Cinema 'Tape-Slide' Project & Forthcoming Events

    Remembering The Rio Cinema ‘Tape-Slide’ Project & Forthcoming Events

    Past Events
  • FoHA AGM and Talk 12th Nov.

    FoHA AGM and Talk 12th Nov.

    Past Events
  • 10th - 12th May Hackney History Festival

    10th – 12th May Hackney History Festival

    Past Events
  • 16th April FoHA Talk: The enigmatic John Marshall of Hackney by Liz Rushen.      10th -12th May Hackney History Festival.

    16th April FoHA Talk: The enigmatic John Marshall of Hackney by Liz Rushen. 10th -12th May Hackney History Festival.

    Past Events
  • Tuesday, 5 March at 18:30 Talk:  300 Years of Shops and Trades in Mare Street - Part 2

    Tuesday, 5 March at 18:30 Talk: 300 Years of Shops and Trades in Mare Street – Part 2

    Past Events
  • 12th Dec. Talk: 300 Years of Shops and Trades in Mare Street - Part 1

    12th Dec. Talk: 300 Years of Shops and Trades in Mare Street – Part 1

    Past Events
  • AGM 31st October 5.30pm

    AGM 31st October 5.30pm

    Past Events
  • Talk: Women from Shoreditch and Hoxton History, Tues 12th Sept.

    Talk: Women from Shoreditch and Hoxton History, Tues 12th Sept.

    Past Events
  • FoHA AGM 31st October

    Past Events
  • June/July Events

    June/July Events

    Past Events
  • Events 2023

    Events 2023

    Past Events
  • Autumn Events

    Autumn Events

    Past Events
  • FoHA AGM 4th October 2022 Annie MacPherson talk by Sarah Wise

    FoHA AGM 4th October 2022 Annie MacPherson talk by Sarah Wise

    Past Events
  • Talk: Brooke House Weds. 30th March 7.00pm

    Talk: Brooke House Weds. 30th March 7.00pm

    Past Events
  • History of Hackney Course from 13th Oct. - 8th Dec.

    History of Hackney Course from 13th Oct. – 8th Dec.

    Past Events
  • An introduction to the history of Hackney Wed 25th Aug 7.00pm

    An introduction to the history of Hackney Wed 25th Aug 7.00pm

    Past Events
  • Hackney Archives & Museum News - Black History Season

    Hackney Archives & Museum News – Black History Season

  • June 24th Zoom Talk Carolyn Clark's 'The East End Canal Tales'

    June 24th Zoom Talk Carolyn Clark’s ‘The East End Canal Tales’

    Past Events
  • Women from Hackney's History - Legacies: Hackney Archives Research Opportunity - FoHA Subscription Renewal

    Women from Hackney’s History – Legacies: Hackney Archives Research Opportunity – FoHA Subscription Renewal

  • Terrier 107 our latest newsletter - Membership Renewal for 2021 - Mary Wollstonecraft - Stoke Newington photos - 80s Hackney Radical Photography - Ridley Road Exhibition - Black History Season

    Terrier 107 our latest newsletter – Membership Renewal for 2021 – Mary Wollstonecraft – Stoke Newington photos – 80s Hackney Radical Photography – Ridley Road Exhibition – Black History Season

  • Online Talk 20th October

    Online Talk 20th October

    Past Events
  • Hackney History – Horrid Hackney – Hackney Archives – Black History Season – Hackney Museum

  • 11th June Talk: 200 years of the Regents Canal by Carolyn Clark

    11th June Talk: 200 years of the Regents Canal by Carolyn Clark

    Past Events
  • 7th May Talk: The enigmatic John Marshall of Hackney by Liz Rushen [cancelled]

    7th May Talk: The enigmatic John Marshall of Hackney by Liz Rushen [cancelled]

    Past Events
  • 9th April Visit Unitarian Chapel Newington Green [cancelled]

    9th April Visit Unitarian Chapel Newington Green [cancelled]

    Past Events
  • Hackney History on Layers of London Feb. 1st

    Past Events
  • Parkesine to Perspex. Hackney's plastics history talk. April 11th

    Parkesine to Perspex. Hackney’s plastics history talk. April 11th

    Past Events
  • My Hackney. My House. – Researching local houses and buildings. 7th Feb.

    Past Events
  • FoHA AGM 8th Nov 2018 & Talks

    Past Events
  • Lower Clapton Tales 14th March

    Lower Clapton Tales 14th March

    Past Events
  • 8th Nov FoHA AGM & TALK on HOMES FOR HEROES 1919-23

    Past Events
  • 21st Oct The Four Aces Club Winstan Whitter

    21st Oct The Four Aces Club Winstan Whitter

    Past Events
  • Ripping out the Bar - Saving the Chesham Arms 23rd Sept

    Ripping out the Bar – Saving the Chesham Arms 23rd Sept

    Past Events
  • The Stones That Built Hackney 6th July

    Past Events, Walk
  • A Secret History of Hopping talk 30th March

    A Secret History of Hopping talk 30th March

    Past Events
  • Hoxton Hall talk 7th December

    Hoxton Hall talk 7th December

    Past Events
  • FoHA AGM 7th September 6.30pm Hackney Cinemas talk

    FoHA AGM 7th September 6.30pm Hackney Cinemas talk

    Past Events
  • 23rd July: Food and Frontlines in Dalston

    23rd July: Food and Frontlines in Dalston

    Past Events, Walk
  • 6th July How Clissold Park was Saved for the Public

    6th July How Clissold Park was Saved for the Public

    Past Events
  • Talk: Thurs 10th December Rebel Footprints - David Rosenberg

    Talk: Thurs 10th December Rebel Footprints – David Rosenberg

    Past Events
  • Sarah Beeson MBE

    Sarah Beeson MBE

    Past Events
  • Lee Jackson - Dirty Old London

    Lee Jackson – Dirty Old London

    Past Events
  • Margaret Willes - The Gardens of the British Working Class

    Margaret Willes – The Gardens of the British Working Class

    Past Events
  • Daily Life in Hackney during the First World War

    Daily Life in Hackney during the First World War

    Past Events

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