Hackney History Festival: Save our Heritage + Hands Off + Q&A

Hackney History Festival: presents SAVE OUR HERITAGE and HANDS OFF Followed by a Q & A with solicitor activist with a bias against social and environmental injustice Bill Parry-Davies & Winstan Whitter director of SAVE OUR HERITAGE and HANDS OFF. Save Our Heritage In anticipation of London’s Olympic bid, a new tube line for Hackney and urban regeneration efforts were planned. The site of the old theatre at Dalston (a.k.a The Club Four Aces, a.k.a Labyrinth) lies very close to Dalston rail station and the famous Ridley Road market. An organisation called OPEN formed to try to protect the site because of its cultural heritage, with support from an active cross-section of Hackney’s people. Hands Off Hands Off tells the story of two Gentlemen's club's in Shoreditch targeted by the Hackney Council Nil Policy Act. The act proposed to shut down all “Strip/sex establishments" in the borough. Challenged by a solicitor, business owners, a church reverend and the strippers themselves, The White Horse and Browns battle to retain their licences.