- Title:
- Badge: I love Hackney EU
- Object name(s):
- Badge
- Brief description:
- Small metal badge of round shape. The front has a blue background and white lettering that reads “I love [Heart] Hackney” where the word “love” is illustrated by heart-shaped crown of stars. On the back there is a metal needle for pinning the badge to clothes. The “I Love Hackney” badge designed after the EU flag is part of a political and social campaign led by Hackney mayor Philip Glanville and launched on 26th September 2017. The initiative aims to show support and valorisation of EU citizens working and living in Hackney, as the council had the third highest Remain vote in UK, precisely 78.5%. The mayor has invited EU citizen to share their stories and connections with the Hackney council in exchange for a "I love Hackney" badge.
- Collection:
- Hackney Museum
- Associated organisation:
- hackney council
- Associated person:
- Philip Glanville
- Inscription content:
- I [Heart] Hackney
- Object name:
- Badge
- Object number:
- 2018.55
- Object production date:
- 26/09/2017
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/11cc7ebd-a8ce-3fb7-807a-c0bd0e5b1703
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/11cc7ebd-a8ce-3fb7-807a-c0bd0e5b1703, Hackney Museum, CC BY-NC
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