March 17, 2026 St Patrick’s Day Happy St Patrick’s Day to all those in our community from Ireland or connected to Ireland! Also, Happy St Patrick’s day to everyone else, wherever you are from!!! Thanks for being part of this community. Categories Uncategorized
March 15, 2026 Routemasters at the Pond This last Saturday, there was an event, preceded by a bus announcement that’s about 100 years old (and late as usual, on here!!!). The event was a Route 38 heritage day, and No 38 heritage buses, from the 1930s, were being run on the usual 38 route (as well the usual modern buses), terminating as usual, at Clapton Pond. Photographs... Categories Clapton Pond/Local news
February 16, 2026 This weekend – locally! Another date for your diaries – just this weekend. Another of our partner organisations in the community, St James’ Church, has this free workshop happening this weekend. Use the QR code or website to sign up – for 8 years old and upwards, just bring a packed lunch!!! Categories events/St James Church
February 13, 2026 A date for your diary – Hackney History Festival Mark the dates in your diaries now, then head to the website to see what is happening, how to suggest what you’d like to see and even to get involved!!! Categories Hackney/Hackney History Festival/Local History/Local news
February 5, 2026 Ethiopian Orthodox Church The final week in November saw, after a long journey, the opening and consecration of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church on Lower Clapton Road (tserhasion.org.uk). The building was originally the Clapton Cinematograph and has had various other identities over the years. With the generosity of two local residents, we were able to share a number of photos and videos of the... Categories Ethiopian Orthodox Church/Local Issues/Local news
February 5, 2026 A parklet Looking back to earlier in the year, at CPNAG’s AGM, mentioned in an earlier post, back in May, we had a presentation from Gerry Tissier of the charity ecoACTIVE, and project manager of the Hackney Buzzline. Full details of that talk are in the earlier post. In that talk, Gerry mentioned various projects connected with the Buzzline, which help to... Categories About/Local Issues/Local news/Nightingale Estate
February 5, 2026 Autumn continued….. More art connected to Clapton pond. Firstly, in September, the band Tankus (yup, we’d not heard of them – showing our age!!!) released their song Clapton Pond. https://youtu.be/w9mwsPrUpnc?si=hZgqer6vmhblyhaL Then, in October, local band Rudimental used the Pond, and swimming car, for their album cover, provoking comments such as: “The award for the best album cover goes to….” “They’re mining our... Categories Art/Clapton Pond/Local news
February 4, 2026 A new species? September kept providing interest…. We had new wildlife visitors (albeit, no doubt, transient) to the Pond!!! Categories About/Clapton Pond/Local news/Wildlife
February 4, 2026 Homage to everything Clapton Pond September continued apace…. One of the Pond’s neighbouring streets had its annual street party one weekend in September and this stunning creation, courtesy of Helen, Ben and family, won the cake contest in the face of some stiff competition. We do love the historical detail – the car on one side and the tree trunk on crushed railings on the... Categories Clapton Pond/Local news
February 4, 2026 We’ve become all arty!! Further to the tree coming down, a reference appeared from 2009, showing that we had our own version of a BBC Two award winner, and it was being put to community use!!!! In 2009 a four-part BBC TV series called School of Saatchi was broadcast. Young artists competed against each other, showcasing their talents, for a chance to be chosen by famous... Categories Art/Clapton Pond/Local news
