Janet Chapman
@janetchapman.bsky.social
Chair of Tanzania Development Trust and Hackney Society, founder of Hackney History Festival.
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I used to work at Sutton House in Hackney and I wish I'd known in time that these C17th paper cuttings had been found and displayed - one of them has my surname on it! Included in a great summary of the house's unique history in today's Look Up London blog: lookuplondon.substack.com/p/inside-hac...
January 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I used to work at Sutton House in Hackney and I wish I'd known in time that these C17th paper cuttings had been found and displayed - one of them has my surname on it! Included in a great summary of the house's unique history in today's Look Up London blog: lookuplondon.substack.com/p/inside-hac...
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1884 Looking north to Old Tower from Graham Road. Alfred Braddock must have got up early to get this view ,which includes the rebuilt King's Head on the right hand side and dates from about 1884 Eley and Wilmer the drapers was to house Henry Mason's cinematographic exhibition in 1909,
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
1884 Looking north to Old Tower from Graham Road. Alfred Braddock must have got up early to get this view ,which includes the rebuilt King's Head on the right hand side and dates from about 1884 Eley and Wilmer the drapers was to house Henry Mason's cinematographic exhibition in 1909,
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A peek upstairs at Kings Hall (Hackney Baths) with local historian and guide, Sue Doe (Hackney Society Tour Guiding Course): Victorian stair tiles, iron balustrades, stained glass and cast-iron fireplaces. Read our newsletter Spaces for more details: hackneysociety.org #HackneyBaths #KingsHall
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
A peek upstairs at Kings Hall (Hackney Baths) with local historian and guide, Sue Doe (Hackney Society Tour Guiding Course): Victorian stair tiles, iron balustrades, stained glass and cast-iron fireplaces. Read our newsletter Spaces for more details: hackneysociety.org #HackneyBaths #KingsHall
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Hackney: Portrait of a Community 1967–2017 marks 50 years of change — from post-war hardship to cultural renaissance. Fifty essays capture Hackney's architecture, activism & diversity.
Order your copy www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Heritage #Architecture
Order your copy www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Heritage #Architecture
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hackney: Portrait of a Community 1967–2017 marks 50 years of change — from post-war hardship to cultural renaissance. Fifty essays capture Hackney's architecture, activism & diversity.
Order your copy www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Heritage #Architecture
Order your copy www.hackneysociety.org/publications...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Heritage #Architecture
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We're back in May! What would you like to see? #hackney #history #heritage #festival @hackney-society.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We're back in May! What would you like to see? #hackney #history #heritage #festival @hackney-society.bsky.social
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Love Hackney? Join your local Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC) and help protect the borough’s heritage, design & character.
No experience needed — just passion for your community!
Volunteer today: www.hackneysociety.org/caac/
#Hackney #Volunteering
No experience needed — just passion for your community!
Volunteer today: www.hackneysociety.org/caac/
#Hackney #Volunteering
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Love Hackney? Join your local Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC) and help protect the borough’s heritage, design & character.
No experience needed — just passion for your community!
Volunteer today: www.hackneysociety.org/caac/
#Hackney #Volunteering
No experience needed — just passion for your community!
Volunteer today: www.hackneysociety.org/caac/
#Hackney #Volunteering
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How did Dalston shape UK music? Four Aces took Black music from ska/rocksteady to dub, lovers rock, dancehall & early jungle. New panel + memory garden honour Sir Collins. Read & share memories: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/tv-actr...
#Hackney #Dalston #FourAces #SirCollins #UKMusicHistory
#Hackney #Dalston #FourAces #SirCollins #UKMusicHistory
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
How did Dalston shape UK music? Four Aces took Black music from ska/rocksteady to dub, lovers rock, dancehall & early jungle. New panel + memory garden honour Sir Collins. Read & share memories: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/tv-actr...
#Hackney #Dalston #FourAces #SirCollins #UKMusicHistory
#Hackney #Dalston #FourAces #SirCollins #UKMusicHistory
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Some great stuff at the V&A’s new cabinet of curiosities based in Hackney.
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Some great stuff at the V&A’s new cabinet of curiosities based in Hackney.
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We toured NLWA’s rebuilt EcoPark to learn how Hackney’s waste is handled—from reuse & recycling to energy generation. Read more & join a future visit: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/a-day-o...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Sustainability
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Sustainability
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We toured NLWA’s rebuilt EcoPark to learn how Hackney’s waste is handled—from reuse & recycling to energy generation. Read more & join a future visit: www.hackneysociety.org/blog/a-day-o...
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Sustainability
#HackneySociety #Hackney #Sustainability
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Deaf students in Dodoma face challenges as many schools refuse them. Our local rep tirelessly supports their education at Kigwe School or Matumbulu Vocational Centre. Let's ensure every child gets an education! #InclusiveEducation #SupportDeafStudents
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Deaf students in Dodoma face challenges as many schools refuse them. Our local rep tirelessly supports their education at Kigwe School or Matumbulu Vocational Centre. Let's ensure every child gets an education! #InclusiveEducation #SupportDeafStudents
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The 900 girls at the school faced numerous challenges due to a lack of water supply before the water project began. Thankfully, improvements are underway! #WaterForAll #EmpowerGirls
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The 900 girls at the school faced numerous challenges due to a lack of water supply before the water project began. Thankfully, improvements are underway! #WaterForAll #EmpowerGirls
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Girls who become pregnant, even through rape, often lose educational opportunities. Our Tumaini Open School project offers them a second chance. Here, they enjoy table tennis with equipment donated by Bounce in London. #EducationForAll #SecondChances
May 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Girls who become pregnant, even through rape, often lose educational opportunities. Our Tumaini Open School project offers them a second chance. Here, they enjoy table tennis with equipment donated by Bounce in London. #EducationForAll #SecondChances
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🦛 When wildlife meets the school run, tragedy can strike. 14 students were attacked by hippos on the way to class.
Let’s protect them.
👉 donorbox.org/general-89
#UrgentAppeal #SupportEducation
Let’s protect them.
👉 donorbox.org/general-89
#UrgentAppeal #SupportEducation
Taken in south Africa
The Hippo is a massive, semi-aquatic mammal with a mass of up to 2,5 tonnes. It is able to walk under water on the river bed, and can remain submerged for five minutes.
#ThePhotoHour #TonyBayliss #photography #art #hippopotamus #wildlifephotography #hippo
The Hippo is a massive, semi-aquatic mammal with a mass of up to 2,5 tonnes. It is able to walk under water on the river bed, and can remain submerged for five minutes.
#ThePhotoHour #TonyBayliss #photography #art #hippopotamus #wildlifephotography #hippo
May 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🦛 When wildlife meets the school run, tragedy can strike. 14 students were attacked by hippos on the way to class.
Let’s protect them.
👉 donorbox.org/general-89
#UrgentAppeal #SupportEducation
Let’s protect them.
👉 donorbox.org/general-89
#UrgentAppeal #SupportEducation
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Event this Wednesday.
Since 2002, Sean Gubbins has been devising history walks all over Hackney. Join him as he discovers a new route north along Mare Street, to the east of London Fields. Follow link to find out more information and book tickets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-east-...
Since 2002, Sean Gubbins has been devising history walks all over Hackney. Join him as he discovers a new route north along Mare Street, to the east of London Fields. Follow link to find out more information and book tickets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-east-...
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Event this Wednesday.
Since 2002, Sean Gubbins has been devising history walks all over Hackney. Join him as he discovers a new route north along Mare Street, to the east of London Fields. Follow link to find out more information and book tickets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-east-...
Since 2002, Sean Gubbins has been devising history walks all over Hackney. Join him as he discovers a new route north along Mare Street, to the east of London Fields. Follow link to find out more information and book tickets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walk-east-...
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Radio feature!
@janetchapman.bsky.social previews #HackneyHistoryFestival on Shoreditch radio here: www.mixcloud.com/liam-davis3/... from 33.50!
@janetchapman.bsky.social previews #HackneyHistoryFestival on Shoreditch radio here: www.mixcloud.com/liam-davis3/... from 33.50!
April 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Radio feature!
@janetchapman.bsky.social previews #HackneyHistoryFestival on Shoreditch radio here: www.mixcloud.com/liam-davis3/... from 33.50!
@janetchapman.bsky.social previews #HackneyHistoryFestival on Shoreditch radio here: www.mixcloud.com/liam-davis3/... from 33.50!
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Ken Worple and Gareth Evans discuss John Berger's early life in Hackney, his creative journey, and connection to London's left-wing bohemian culture. #HackneyHistoryFestival #JohnBerger #hackneyhistory @hackney-society.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ken Worple and Gareth Evans discuss John Berger's early life in Hackney, his creative journey, and connection to London's left-wing bohemian culture. #HackneyHistoryFestival #JohnBerger #hackneyhistory @hackney-society.bsky.social
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Cohousing – what’s it all about? Come join our discussion…. “Housing Ourselves – Living in Intentional Communities” info & tickets on our website #architecture #hackney
April 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Cohousing – what’s it all about? Come join our discussion…. “Housing Ourselves – Living in Intentional Communities” info & tickets on our website #architecture #hackney
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Share your memories of the Rio Women's Cinema and feminist film activism in 1970s-90s Hackney! Join film programmer & curator Selina for an illustrated talk and discussion on this untold cultural history #HackneyHistoryFestival #FeministFilm #WomenInFilm #HackneyHistory
April 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Share your memories of the Rio Women's Cinema and feminist film activism in 1970s-90s Hackney! Join film programmer & curator Selina for an illustrated talk and discussion on this untold cultural history #HackneyHistoryFestival #FeministFilm #WomenInFilm #HackneyHistory
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Shot entirely on location in Hackney, Under the Cranes, a film-poem offers a lyrical, painterly defence of the everyday and a celebration of this dynamic and culturally diverse East London borough.
Wednesday May 14, 19:00.
More: thecastlecinema.com/programme/97...
#HackneyHistoryFestival
Wednesday May 14, 19:00.
More: thecastlecinema.com/programme/97...
#HackneyHistoryFestival
April 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shot entirely on location in Hackney, Under the Cranes, a film-poem offers a lyrical, painterly defence of the everyday and a celebration of this dynamic and culturally diverse East London borough.
Wednesday May 14, 19:00.
More: thecastlecinema.com/programme/97...
#HackneyHistoryFestival
Wednesday May 14, 19:00.
More: thecastlecinema.com/programme/97...
#HackneyHistoryFestival
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🐖 Women-led projects empowering families
🐖 Piglets passed on to others, creating a cycle of support
🐖 Income reinvested in education, healthcare, and small businesses
A single pig = a path to financial security.
tanzdevtrust.org/ways-to-donate #tanzania #eastergift
🐖 Piglets passed on to others, creating a cycle of support
🐖 Income reinvested in education, healthcare, and small businesses
A single pig = a path to financial security.
tanzdevtrust.org/ways-to-donate #tanzania #eastergift
April 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🐖 Women-led projects empowering families
🐖 Piglets passed on to others, creating a cycle of support
🐖 Income reinvested in education, healthcare, and small businesses
A single pig = a path to financial security.
tanzdevtrust.org/ways-to-donate #tanzania #eastergift
🐖 Piglets passed on to others, creating a cycle of support
🐖 Income reinvested in education, healthcare, and small businesses
A single pig = a path to financial security.
tanzdevtrust.org/ways-to-donate #tanzania #eastergift
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🛠️ Easter builds new paths. TDT equips Tanzanian youth with training to shape their own destinies, one skill at a time. #YouthPower #EasterFuture #Tanzani
April 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🛠️ Easter builds new paths. TDT equips Tanzanian youth with training to shape their own destinies, one skill at a time. #YouthPower #EasterFuture #Tanzani
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Women in Tabora turn peanuts into profit! 🥜 With our support, they roast and grind nuts into powder and butter, boosting local diets and incomes. Simple tools, big impact. #PeanutProcessing #Tabora #Tanzania 🇹🇿
April 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Women in Tabora turn peanuts into profit! 🥜 With our support, they roast and grind nuts into powder and butter, boosting local diets and incomes. Simple tools, big impact. #PeanutProcessing #Tabora #Tanzania 🇹🇿
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Did you know the Tanzanian Development Trust started with just a handful of volunteers in 1975? What’s one thing you’d love to learn about Tanzania? Let us know! #TanzaniaHistory #50Years
March 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Did you know the Tanzanian Development Trust started with just a handful of volunteers in 1975? What’s one thing you’d love to learn about Tanzania? Let us know! #TanzaniaHistory #50Years
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🚨 Breaking News: After 50 years, the Tanzanian Development Trust found a secret GOLD stash under a well!
April Fools! No gold, but plenty of impact—help us keep digging (wells, not treasure): donorbox.org/general-89?_... #TanzaniaDevTrust #Aprilfools
April Fools! No gold, but plenty of impact—help us keep digging (wells, not treasure): donorbox.org/general-89?_... #TanzaniaDevTrust #Aprilfools
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🚨 Breaking News: After 50 years, the Tanzanian Development Trust found a secret GOLD stash under a well!
April Fools! No gold, but plenty of impact—help us keep digging (wells, not treasure): donorbox.org/general-89?_... #TanzaniaDevTrust #Aprilfools
April Fools! No gold, but plenty of impact—help us keep digging (wells, not treasure): donorbox.org/general-89?_... #TanzaniaDevTrust #Aprilfools
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50 yrs of change! Help us fund more wells, schools, and solar in Tanzania. Every bit counts after 5 decades of impact. Donate: tanzdevtrust.org #SupportTDT #50Years
Working with communities in rural Tanzania since 1975.
We empower the poorest communities in Tanzania on a village-level. We are all volunteers and pair local Tanzanian representatives with UK-based project officers to support rural development and…
tanzdevtrust.org
April 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
50 yrs of change! Help us fund more wells, schools, and solar in Tanzania. Every bit counts after 5 decades of impact. Donate: tanzdevtrust.org #SupportTDT #50Years