The fountain is working again
The fountain is working again and it was a lovely day at the Pond today (Sunday).
The fountain is working again and it was a lovely day at the Pond today (Sunday).
Do you want to develop your food-growing skills? Would you like to learn about the sustainable food movement? Local food pioneers Growing Communities are recruiting three trainee growers. The free training will involve learning all aspects of growing vegetables with a particular emphasis on salad leaves. You will work alongside the grower from March to September, learning all aspects of...
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FANTASTIC NEWS! East London Waterworks Park, which launched its crowdfunding campaign in June 2022, has reached 100% funded on its Crowdfunder! It is inspiring that this local community campaign has managed to raise half a million pounds. And people can still donate if they wish at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elwp
Springfield Park User Group organised litter picks on Sunday in Springfield Park and on Clapton Common. Efforts removed a large amount of litter from both. They say: “This all goes to make for a greener environment, in our local green spaces (literally!), reduces pollution from general waste incineration, as well as reducing what ends up in rivers and the sea...
The Pond fountain is not working at the moment. It’s been reported to the Council who are now investigating.
A lovely photo of the Engineer’s House and a double rainbow on the edge of the East London Waterworks Park site, at River Lea by the Lea Bridge, taken by the wonderful Jonathan Perugia The crowdfunder for the East London Waterworks Park is doing brilliantly, but still has a way to go. They need to receive pledges totalling at least...
Check out this interesting former shop in Millfields Road, originally run by Stan Ansell and his brother. They used to make furniture from the shop here on the corner of Alfearn and Millfields for many years.
The Jet garage in Lower Clapton road has a planning application on its site for a Lidl store to be built instead. There’s more information on the Hackney Planning Portal here: https://planningapps.hackney.gov.uk/planning/index.html?fa=getApplication&id=73059
READ MORE Planning application for a Lidl on Lower Clapton Road