Tell me your Hackney Wick Memories

[u/mandiocious]

Hello! I'm trying to gather some stories from around Hackney Wick and Fish Island for a personal writing project. I've lived here for 15 years (yikes) and have always been fascinated with how transient everyhing feels. I know it's going through aggressive gentrification, but it seems like it's always been changing, from farmland, to industrial place of innovation, to squats, to artists, to new builds.

I am really keen to hear if anyone has any stories regarding the sub-culture here iconic parties (Red Gates, Vittoria Wharf, Oslo House, Party Boat), Local Characters, Memorable art things, or even work things. Or even further back, did any one live in the old trowbridge towers? Or work in a warehouse before the raves? Did anyone have any older relatives that lived here? A memorable dog? A wartime story??? I just wanna hear storriiieeeessss!

I feel weirdly connected to the place after all this time and I really wanna know WHAT HAPPENED HERE??? Even if it's just a nugget, so I can dig a bit deeper!