Comments on: The Hackney Yearbook, 1906 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/25/the-hackney-yearbook-1906-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ANDY STROWMAN https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/25/the-hackney-yearbook-1906-i/#comment-1983835 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:34:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206472#comment-1983835 It fills me with joy seeing these adverts and I think the one from the public’s the best .
Thank you Gentle Author .

I also enjoy reading other people’s comments .

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/25/the-hackney-yearbook-1906-i/#comment-1978749 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:35:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206472#comment-1978749 Wonderful Hackney memories, there were some wonderful shops back in the day.

Perkins in Clarence Road was still in existence in the 1950’s/early 1960’s and they had one of the overhead ‘zip wires’ for cash transactions, I got my senior school uniform from there.

Happy days.

]]> By: Catherine Morris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/25/the-hackney-yearbook-1906-i/#comment-1978552 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:52:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206472#comment-1978552 I wonder if the ‘oldest chemist in Hackney’ shop premises still exists?

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