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3 unusual facts about Hackney Wick


Blackstock Road

There are four bus services running along it, the 4, 19, 106 and 236, reaching out to Battersea, Waterloo or Archway, Hackney Wick and Whitechapel respectively.

Franz Muller

When the train reached Hackney Wick, the guard was alerted by two bankers who discovered pools of blood in Briggs' compartment.

Lesney Products

Lesney originally started operations in a derelict pub in north London (The Rifleman), but later, as finances allowed, changed location several times before finally moving to a factory in Hackney which became synonymous with the company.


59 Club

The 59 Club started as a Church of England-based youth club founded in Hackney Wick on 2 April 1959, in the East End of London, then an underprivileged area suffering post-war deprivations.

Elevator Gallery

located on the fifth floor of a former chocolate factory in Hackney Wick, Hackney, east London, England.

London Buses route 236

Today's 236 traces its history back to an "independently operated" route 263, which commenced operation on 1 April 1926 between London Fields and Leyton (Essex Cricket Ground) via Albion Road, Victoria Park Road, Hackney Wick, Eastway, Leyton, Grove Green Road.

Setright Machine

In 1955 it occupied Eastway Works, Eastway, Hackney Wick, London E9 and later moved in 1967 to the Fairfield Works, Fairfield Road, Bow, London E3, suitably adjacent to the London Transport bus garage, although LT used the Gibson Machine (produced by Ticket Equipment Ltd, based on the TIM system).

Vicus

Wych naturally became one of the most widely occurring common placename elements e.g. Wick, Wyck, Hackney Wick, Gatwick, Exwick, Wickham, Aldwych, Dulwich, Ipswich, Norwich, and indirectly York, from Eoforwic via Old Norse Jorvik.


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