New Play Area – Taking Shape
The new play area now taking shape in the northern section of the Pond.
Volunteering Opportunities
Shout out with a couple of specific opportunities to get involved with us at Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group (If these don’t appeal and you just want to find out about getting involved, get in touch as well). Opportunity 1. A local resident is volunteering their time to collate a large library of old photos of the area into a...
Clapton Pond Refurbishment – the new slide
Already a new slide has appeared! The works to refurbish the play area at the Pond started last week and are set to continue for another four weeks – landscaping and other items are to be added.
Walk – Lower Clapton and the Round Chapel
Lower Clapton Guided Walk with visit to the Round Chapelled by Julia LaffertySaturday 16 October11am-1pm For our first physical event in 20 months, Julia Lafferty will take us on a walk around the Clapton Square Conservation Area, revealing the area’s radical past, including the visits made by Lenin to a Bolshevik sympathiser in Clapton and the women’s suffrage campaigner who...
Clapton Pond Refurbishment
Great news! The works to refurbish the play area at the Pond are due to commence on 4th October. Congratulations to members of the Clapton Pond Neighbourhood Action Group (CPNAG) and Lea Bridge Labour councillors for all their work on this project, and thanks to Green Spaces officers for their work in moving things along.As a result the whole of...
Local History: Clapton Greyhound Stadium
From our local historian Norman Jacobs: One of my own family photos taken c.1950. Although just a family photo of my dad at the time, 70 years on it has great historical value as it shows: i) Our prefab garden (just) ii) The front entrance to Clapton Greyhound Stadium iii) The Fairfield off licence on the corner of Glyn Road...
Local History: Ritz Cinema
The Ritz Cinema at Clapton Pond opened on 23 October 1939 with Gary Cooper in “Beau Geste” and Rosella Towne in “The Adventures of Jane Arden”. It was built by Associated British Cinemas (ABC) and designed in typical Art Deco style. It changed its name to ABC in 1962 to bring it into line with all the other cinemas on...
Coronavirus vaccination – walk in clinics
Walk-in Clinics Starting on Sunday 27 June, community groups across Hackney are running nine pop-up walk-in clinics for those 18+ who need their first dose and those who need their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. To guarantee your appointment ring 020 8356 3111. Walk-ins are available subject to availability. Morningside Community Centre, Cresset Road: Sunday, 27 June, 12-4pm Pembury...
Vaccination clinic for Hackney’s Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communities
A vaccination clinic for Hackney’s Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communities is being organised by local GPs to help encourage uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hackney Council and the NHS, including local doctors want to make sure all communities in Hackney can take up the offer of the free COVID-19 vaccine, which is the best way to be protected from...
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RIP St John Ambulance Hall
RIP St John Ambulance Hall, Mildenhall Road, scene of many a local community meeting and vote