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New to the site? Click on About Us to learn more. Planning: go to easteight.com for a map of current planning and licensing applications in Hackney - - - - Our latest Newsletter for March 2013 is out. - - - - Party in the Park 2013 This year's party takes place in De Beauvoir Square on Saturday July 13 from 2-5 pm. All the usual fun is planned with lots of free enteratinment for children. Brass band, magician, face painting, bouncy castle, books for children, craft activities, games, yoga, football kickabout, hula-hooping, mini-Olympics, drumming workshop. Tombola, raffle. Pimms, tea, cakes, pizzas, ice cream. Can you help on the day with setting up, taking down or organising? Please get in touch.  - - - - Some lovely photos of De Beauvoir in the snow by Stephen King are here.  - - - - De Beauvoir's day in the torchlightThe Olympic torch was carried along Kingsland Road, a parade timed to meet it processed through De Beauvoir, and part of the Shoreditch Festival took place in the south of the area. Kirsty Norman, Stephen King and Paul Bolding tell the story in pictures here.- - - - PARTY IN THE PARK 2012Free face painting and bouncy castle were among the highlights of the De Beauvoir Association Party in the Park on Saturday, 7 July. The annual event, run by local people with sponsorship and help from a range of organisations and businesses, took place in the beautiful gardens of De Beauvoir Square.Our picture gallery is here.   The group bought dozens of new footballs, skipping ropes and other fitness toys to give away to youngsters along with second hand children's books. A drumming workshop and mini-Olympics with prizes were popular too. A fantastic brass band from the Royal College of Music played during the afternoon. A magician had an audience all afternoon. Some 25 local people baked cakes and savouries, which sold out, and a tombola was very popular. De Beauvoir resident Gwyn Williams, 103, won a bottle of fine wine and one of champagne in a presentation case in the raffle.   Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier toured the event and Hackney Council Deputy Speaker Michael Desmond came along to make the closing speech and draw the raffle. Gloomy skies and tennis on the TV did not put hundreds of people off coming and the sun even shone from time to time. It was fantastic to see people enjoying a free event for kids where no one needs to spend a penny if they don't want to. Lots of people worked very hard in the run up to the party and on the day to make it all go with a swing. We know the people of De Beauvoir look forward to the party every year and we try to make it better each time because it is important to build community cohesion with occasions like this. We were very lucky with the weather. - - - - DBA discussion
Energy saving homes in a conservation areaListen to recordings of the discussion held on 23 November 2011- - - - A DIFFERENT VIEW A panorama from the tower of St Peter's Church looking east  Click for a bigger version - - - - BORIS SITE - SEE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE - - - - DE BEAUVOIR AUTHORSTwo local authors, John Turner and Paul Bolding, have contributed to the latest publication by the Hackney SocietyHackney - Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored: 40 Buildings to Mark 40 Years of the Hackney Society. MIGHTY, MIGHTY
DE BEAUVOIR WARRIORS
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- - - PLANNINGThe Kingsland Conservation Area Advisory Committee, which has an official role to comment on planning applications and covers De Beauvoir, has its own website. It publishes its comments on applications. Email them if you would like to get involved.
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BEAVER, the
area newsletter from the 1970s?
There is a copy of the first edition here
(big pdf file) OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES
News from
Meg
Hillier
MP (June 2011)
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