History

What Laboratory 24 looked like in the early days

Metal working at Hackney Road

Hackspace chronology

~20/1/2009	Setting up a hackspace in London first discussed by Russ and Jonty
25/1/2009	'london-hack-space' mailing list created and posted to[1] (at 23:18:32) and #london-hack-space channel on IRC [2] (at 23:23:11)
25/1/2009	Initial 'we will fight them on the beaches' announcement sent to various mailing lists.[3]
26/1/2009	First tweet from @londonhackspace
2/2/2009	Company formed[4]
10/2/2009	First public meeting held at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese - 20 people were in attendance.[5]
16/3/2009	First paying member (who was this?)
29/9/2009	Moved into Barnsbury Terrace [6].
17/7/2010	Moved into Unit 24 Cremer Street. (Deposit 14/7, keys 16/7)[7]
27/7/2010	First AGM. Held at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
31/12/2010	Extended next door, into Unit 23 Cremer Street.
10/2/2011	200th member joins.
10/2/2011	Celebrated the 2nd birthday of the London Hackspace at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
8/6/2011	300th member joins.
7/2/2012	400th member joins.
10/2/2012	Celebrated the 3rd birthday of the London Hackspace at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
9/8/2012	500th member joins.
11/2/2013	Celebrated the 4th birthday of the London Hackspace at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
13/4/2013	Moved into 447 Hackney Road.
10/2/2014	Celebrated the 5th birthday of the London Hackspace at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese.
9/07/2014	1,000th member joins.
25/09/2018	Moved into Ujima House in Wembley.
15/12/2022	After a good run, lease finally ended at Ujima House. Equipment placed in storage awaiting a new home...