Once I had decided to focus on immigration and work on Hackney, I decided to research at the excellent Hackney Museum.
People come from all over the world to settle in Hackney
The pictures below are from my research in the Hackney Museum
Textiles in Ridley road market
A butcher in Ridley road market
Ridley road has food and products to satisfy people from many places
Chatsworth road used to have its own street market, but it closed down in the 60s. It has restarted in 2010
Hackney welcomed Asian immigrants who had been evicted from Uganda by Idi Amin
The National Health service needed new staff
Hackney in Anglo Saxon times. Many of the Anglo Saxon names are still used today
Hackney has a large and growing Hassidic Jewish population
Vietnamese boat people also found a home in the borough
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