HHH were an activist video crew, based in Hackney in the 1990s. Their postal address was 10 Martello Street E8, which had been a space for creatives since 1971 (artist Bruce Lacey and industrial music group Throbbing Gristle had studios there).
The above image is a cover of the VHS tape which was the first HHH video mag issue. Thanks to a comrade who had a digitised version, I have now uploaded this to Youtube:
Some great footage of Hackney Homeless Festival, Sunday May 9th 1994. This was a free festival run with the co-operation of Hackney Council who may not have been made aware that most of the people involved were squatters in Hackney. This piece includes some great interviews with people about the homeless issue as well as music and a bunch of people having a good time in the sunshine. See if you can spot yourself / old friends / your parents.
I’ve previously covered the festival here.
The second section includes two protests in 1994 against the Criminal Justice Bill including some Suffragettes re-enacting their tactic of chaining themselves to the fence around Parliament and small homeless people’s protest march and rally on 29th May.
The final section is the huge 24 July 1994 London protest against the Criminal Justice Bill, which marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. Several protestors also rattled the cops and gates of Downing Street. There was some ensuing interaction with riot police. Some of this seems pixellated, possibly to protect some people from accusations of naughtiness?
The end of the video includes some brief footage of Park Crescent (“The Crescent”) – a row of squats opposite Clissold Park in Stoke Newington. And some cheeky shots of the HHH crew themselves…
I’ve had to convert the .vob files I was given to get them on Youtube but I’ve uploaded the unedited/compressed versions to archive.org in case you want them.
According to McSpotlight, issue 2 of HHH featured “McLibel protestors sabotaging the filming of a McDonald’s commercial in Ruskin Park, London, No M11, Battle of Hyde Park, anti criminal justice demo, last stand at Claremont Road, and others.” If you have access to that, please get in touch?
I’ve also previously uploaded the HHH film of Hackney Anarchy Week.
The Radical History of Hackney 