All aboard for Hackney – our January coffee morning
Our President, Heather, writes:
A warm, welcoming coffee in the Barrell Boulangerie. There is plenty of space, good acoustics for all the necessary catching up that has to be done, and a great display and selection of open sandwiches, if we could only have stayed. Highly recommended.
The Hackney Museum just over the road next to the Town Hall and inside the Library (fully accessible) has a lovely display of Hackney through the ages. Included is an ancient wooden boat hull but also glimpses of more recent life – domestic, industrial and social. Some of us may remember kitchens with the old free-standing gas cooker (see photo above) and feel that the upheaval of moving to 'a fitted kitchen' was worth it after all!
There is a comprehensive and fascinating photographic display alongside, and a large sculpture of a tower block where you can peep in through the windows, for the curious amongst us.
Of course you can take the bus there, but any youngsters you may have with you can get in their own vehicle (see photo above).
With thanks to Heather for the museum pictures.
Look out for the Coming up in February blogpost for details of our next coffee morning.
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