By Remi on 01/10/2015
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Crime

A 27 yer old man has been charged with the shooting death of father of three, Moses Fadairo near Chatsworth Road in Lower Clapton. Christopher Erunse 27, from Greenwich was arrested in Birmingham on Tuesday morning and is charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm. He is due to appear at Thames […]
By Remi on 08/02/2015
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Clapton, Crime

Officers in Hackney are appealing to witnesses to a stabbing on Chatsworth Road last night. Police arrived at 11.30pm Saturday night following reports of a stabbing and found an 18-year-old man suffering stab wounds to his upper body. He was taken to an East London hospital where his condition is serious but not life threatening. […]
By Pete Lawler on 27/07/2012
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Restaurant Reviews

Whether you agree with The Guardian’s assessment of Chatsworth Road as the ‘frontline of Hackney’s gentrification’ or find it to be grossly unfair, glib labeling, misleading and unhelpful, one thing is clear: there are fewer greater manifestations of the change in the atmosphere of the borough in general than the continental influence on our […]
By Remi on 04/04/2011
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Clapton, Lead

If there is a blue print on how to gentrify a down heel area, it would read something like this: Find low income area blighted by crime (must have period houses, boarded up cheap abandon warehouses and boarded up storefronts. ) Buy cheap and renovate. Hope to hell that enough like-minded souls do the same […]
By Hackney Hive on 30/09/2010
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Art Exhibitions, Clapton

8th October – 27th November In this exhibition, words and images gathered over the last year tell the story of Chatsworth Road. This high street, filled almost exclusively with independent shops, is a rarity in modern Britain. Shops like ‘Chatsworth Tyre Service’ and the butcher ‘Mighty Meats’ have been run by the same family for […]
By Remi on 06/08/2010
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Clapton

Here’s the low down folks. The new Chatsworth Market in Clapton, is all set to begin in September with the aim of holding it every Sunday, but will start off as a monthly market. The project has been a labour of love by residents and traders on this rare jewel of a high street, where […]
By Hackney Hive on 24/07/2010
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Clapton, Lead

To some, it’s a road that runs from Homerton High Street to Millfields Park and Leabridge Road, in Clapton, providing a short cut, void of traffic and traffic lights, but there is so much more to this road and it’s surrounding community. We take a closer look. Next to the bakery on Chatsworth Road is […]
By Hackney Hive on 26/02/2010
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Crime

The Friends Chinese Take away on Chatsworth Road E5, was the scene of a drive by shooting on Tuesday 16th February at about 7:30pm when a group of young men inside the take away appeared to be the target of the shooter in a black car. The 4 shots went through the shop front glass, […]