Catch the Community Centre and it's amazing staff in the Islington Tribune, as they discuss the building renovations, the Centre's history and what is coming up for the local community at the newly renovated Hocking Hall.
"It's taken 15 years and £1.5million, but neighbours in and around “shabby” Hocking Hall in Tufnell Park are celebrating after the community space finally got a much-needed facelift.
The Victorian building in Rupert Road, which first opened in 1890, is a key part of the community, bringing together old and young, as well as being the place where people can exercise and join social clubs. But it wasn’t just what went on inside the building that was important: it turned out that people loved the bricks and mortar, too.
Ann Mason of the Whittington Park Community Association (WPCA) said: “Well, obviously, everybody loves the building. They wanted to restore it rather than knock it down and you know, build something new, which probably would have been a more straightforward option. But we and the community have kind of preserved a community space now for another 50 years at least.”