Any thoughts on Stoke Newington or Bethnal green areas?

[cathal marcs]

agree about finsbury park, i often use it late at night. get a bus from there to clapton...you meet some interesting characters

Maybe thats why I lived there . Finsbury Park is great I thought. The Railway Tavern what a boozer I need to say Brixton is on ar with Finsbury Park with 'interesting characters' as is capden to be honest.

 

[marty21]

i know finsbury park quite well, i've been drinking there on and off since 1989

mates used to live on hanley road, and for a few years around the early 90s there were regular parties on that street, and on others , tollington park and around there

there was a pub in finsbury park station that used to be an irish/black pub, irish one side, blacks the other, it was a relic from the 50s/60s, no irish,no blacks, no dogs, era...i remember going there in the early 90s...

faltering fullback is my fave finsbury park bar now, although i might find myself in the dairy, the wetherspoons one, or the world's end now and again

and the auld triangle on st thomas road, classic old boozer...

 

[Timbo]

Only visit Stoke Newington perodically to see friends,but Stoke Newington always gives me a good impression. Always seems a very mixed place, in terms of people. Tons of good value supermrkets selling turkish food -great selection of olives,different types of breads, and asian sweets well into the night, Particularly along Stoke Newington high street. Places to chill, drink and eat include the Z Bar. Coach and Horses, and the Daniel Defoe pub. Loads ofgood restuarants at good prices, spolit for choice. Abney cemetery, and Clissold Park too for walks. Decent bookshops too. Only drag seems to be getting there - a half hour journey from Kings Cross on the no 73 bus. Nearest station being Rectory Road if you're going by train (no tube).

 

[marty21]

. Nearest station being Rectory Road if you're going by train (no tube).

there's also a station in stoke newington, and dalston kingsland in the north london line is about 15 minutes walk to the bottom of church street...

 

[Mr Clutch]

Marty - yeah, I used to know some peeps squatting on Hanley road back then and also went to some of those early nineties parties on Tollington Park by the railway bridge. I was a regular down the George Robey around that time too ... ah, the good old days...

*sentimental mode off*

 

[marty21]

Marty - yeah, I used to know some peeps squatting on Hanley road back then and also went to some of those early nineties parties on Tollington Park by the railway bridge. I was a regular down the George Robey around that time too ... ah, the good old days...

*sentimental mode off*

george robey, yep, went there a few times as well

 

[cathal marcs]

i know finsbury park quite well, i've been drinking there on and off since 1989


there was a pub in finsbury park station that used to be an irish/black pub, irish one side, blacks the other, it was a relic from the 50s/60s, no irish,no blacks, no dogs, era...i remember going there in the early 90s...


and the auld triangle on st thomas road, classic old boozer...

Never went into the old triangle wish I did as it was round the corner from where I stayed. I was on the corner between Drayton park and Gillespie road(officially highbury but one street from FP N4-N5).

The boozers at the station will either be the railway tavern or the twelve Pins both crackin pubs.

When I move back down to London ill need to pop in maybe catch you for a drink marty share some gossip on some politicians shh

 

[marty21]

Never went into the old triangle wish I did as it was round the corner from where I stayed. I was on the corner between Drayton park and Gillespie road(officially highbury but one street from FP N4-N5).

The boozers at the station will either be the railway tavern or the twelve Pins both crackin pubs.

When I move back down to London ill need to pop in maybe catch you for a drink marty share some gossip on some politicians shh

look forward to it

 

[Utopia]

I live in Stoke Newington(hate calling it Stokey though, makes me feel like my Dad when he's trying to be 'cool') & love it, great mix of people, nice vibe, great parks (clissold & spingfield), not too expensive, no tourists, good pubs, wonderful food. It all good

 

[boohoo]

Stamford Hill, which is only down the road from Stoke Newington is a good location. Closer to Seven Sisters and Manor House tube, walk to Stokey for outings and doesn't seem to expensive for rent. Only area I've ever felt safe in.

 

[chegrimandi]

stoke newington is the best place in london to live bar none.

 

[chieftain]

stoke newington is the best place in london to live bar none.

It went right down hill when I moved out of the area a couple of years ago ....honestly it did

 

[Pot-Bellied Pig]

You wouldn't want to live there if you read the crime figures per head of population, the number of gun incidents per week and the mugging offences ! But yeah Church St is nice but keep clear of Dalston during the night. Check out your neighbours first.

 

[BarryB]

You wouldn't want to live there if you read the crime figures per head of population, the number of gun incidents per week and the mugging offences ! But yeah Church St is nice but keep clear of Dalston during the night. Check out your neighbours first.

But tens of thousands of us do live in Stoke Newington, Clapton etc. And we like it!

BarryB

 

[chieftain]

You wouldn't want to live there if you read the crime figures per head of population, the number of gun incidents per week and the mugging offences ! But yeah Church St is nice but keep clear of Dalston during the night. Check out your neighbours first.

A guy I know who works from Islington nick asked if I had been burgled yet when I saw him for the first time in a few years and told him I lived in Stoke Newington. I told him I hadnt and he assured me I would be sooner or later (and I was eventually), he then explained a few things about the crime figures there. Fair enough it didnt put me of living in SN but it was good to know whats going on and therefore to adjust my level of carefulness...espiecally with Bikes and door locking etc. Its a good place to live but keep on your toes

 

[chieftain]

You wouldn't want to live there if you read the crime figures per head of population, the number of gun incidents per week and the mugging offences ! But yeah Church St is nice but keep clear of Dalston during the night. Check out your neighbours first.

fair points from someone who knows!

 

[chegrimandi]

You wouldn't want to live there if you read the crime figures per head of population, the number of gun incidents per week and the mugging offences ! But yeah Church St is nice but keep clear of Dalston during the night. Check out your neighbours first.

oh do fuck off you awful cunt.

It disgusts me that people like you with so little faith in the good people of Hackney 'police' (use that word extremely lightly) our streets.

Pig cunt.

 

[chegrimandi]

fair points from someone who knows!

you can fuck off as well.

 

[chieftain]

you can fuck off as well.

Thanks, I already did, moving away from Hackney was the best move I ever made.

 

[chieftain]

oh do fuck off you awful cunt.

It disgusts me that people like you with so little faith in the good people of Hackney 'police' (use that word extremely lightly) our streets.

Pig cunt.

Are you in denial about Hackneys crime record? Fine theres some really good people about like everywhere else but theres also a large amount of nasty fucks too, more so than anywhere else I have lived by far

 

[chegrimandi]

Are you in denial about Hackneys crime record? Fine theres some really good people about like everywhere else but theres also a large amount of nasty fucks too, more so than anywhere else I have lived by far

oh you prefer the curtain twitching paedophiles of hertfordshire cul-de-sacs do you?

good riddance.

 

[chegrimandi]

Are you in denial about Hackneys crime record? Fine theres some really good people about like everywhere else but theres also a large amount of nasty fucks too, more so than anywhere else I have lived by far

oh look look how hard it is to stick the boot into hackney I mean it has such a good reputation its really difficult to say how bad it is isn't it. Oh no sorry I was talking shit. Its really lame and fucking easy.

If you din't like living there then I'm glad you've moved. I love it and we don't need fuckwits like you amongst residents.

 

[chieftain]

oh you prefer the curtain twitching paedophiles of hertfordshire cul-de-sacs do you?

good riddance.

Unlike you I suspect, I've lived in both places. IMO Hertfordshire is a far better place to live for me and my family...

 

[chegrimandi]

Unlike you I suspect I've lived in both places. IMO Hertfordshire is a far better place to live for me and my family...

you suspect you've lived in both places? Don't you know where you've lived......?

 

[chieftain]

oh look look how hard it is to stick the boot into hackney I mean it has such a good reputation its really difficult to say how bad it is isn't it. Oh no sorry I was talking shit. Its really lame and fucking easy.

I lived there for years, its got a bad reputation that not all of it deserves, its also go a fucking big lot of crime going on which is fact...... and thats the only factual point I've made, everything else I have posted is MY OPINION and thats all Ive said, IMO you're being over defensive.

Are you from Hackney, do you intend to live there forever? if not then like me you might move on sometime? Perhaps to somewhere you prefer... its not a crime is it, wanting to be happy where you live and for your family to feel safe and have a better sense freedom and facilities thats suit them is it?

If you din't like living there then I'm glad you've moved. I love it and we don't need fuckwits like you amongst residents.

who is "we" are you some sort of muddling self appointed Hackney spokesperson now then?? I did move away and for good reasons...... since when have you anything to do with who and should and shouldnt live in hackney... you know nothing about me or what I did whilst I lived in hackney for myself or for anyone else...... really you are a prat, if you like living there please do carry on but dont try and make it out to be something it not, especially to me..... From experience I know exactly what Hackneys like, good and bad.

 

[chieftain]

you suspect you've lived in both places? Don't you know where you've lived......?

running away from the point are you, you petty, petty fool

 

[goldenecitrone]

Don't really know Bethnal Green, but Coke Newington certainly has many attractions.

 

[chegrimandi]

I lived there for years, its got a bad reputation that not all of it deserves, its also go a fucking big lot of crime going on which is fact...... thats all Ive said you're being over defensive. Are you from Hackney, do you intend to live there forever? if not then like me you might move on sometime?



who is "we" are you some sort of muddling self appointed Hackney spokesperson now then?? I did move away and for good reasons...... since when have you anything to do with who and should and shouldnt live in hackney... you know nothing about me or what I did whilst I lived in hackney for myself or for anyone else...... really you are a prat, if you like living there please do carry on but dont try and make it out to be something it not, especially to me..... From experience I know exactly what Hackneys like, good and bad, pleanty of bad

so as a former resident you like to sit in your hertfordshire hell hole twitching the curtains and denouncing the place....? well i suppose you are probably extremely bored......

 

[chegrimandi]

running away from the point are you, you petty, petty fool

no I'm just astounded by your stupidity.....

 

[chieftain]

so as a former resident you like to sit in your hertfordshire hell hole twitching the curtains and denouncing the place....? well i suppose you are probably extremely bored......

I havent denounced anything, only expressed my opinion and some facts about Hackney

I dont have net curtains, live in a hell hole and im far from bored (apart from with you)

So you choose to ignore/run away from any points or questions I have directed at you or use a petty grammatical point to deflect or slip away from the point of our exchange* and think thats clever?

As a former resident I have (and I would have thought even you might acknowledge) an informed and relvent opinion on Hackney.

IMO: Hackney has some good points but for me its not a great place to live, I dont see how that can offend you so much?

FACT: it has very high crime and antisocial behaviour records: FACT

*term used loosely at best in this instance

night night Cheggers, dream on