Long ago Hackney was a rural idyll, filled with the plashy frolic of otters swimming its burbling streams, the honk of storks nesting on moss-encrusted rooftops, the merry song of milkmaids, and the innocent gamble of the doughty Hackney pony across the local downs. All lost to the modern-day borough, whose residents know little of this bucolic past. But at last, the much-heralded programme of name changes across the borough has begun, in a bid to recapture those elysian days. Regrettably, due to the severe cuts imposed by central Government, Hackney Council has only been able to carry out a proportion of the proposed changes, with a 10% to 15% change per sign. Here are some of the results.
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