This week, my Facebook page, which I started 13 years ago, reached a milestone of 6,000 followers. What’s been particularly notable is that it gained 1,000 new followers in the past six months. The Facebook page was the first social media channel I used to share my interest in local history, back in 2012. It was followed by an account on X in 2013, which currently has 9,100 followers. An Instagram account followed in 2019 and now has over 5,400 followers. It’s great to see such interest in Stoke Newington’s history across the different social media channels, and I’m constantly learning and discovering new things through the comments people post and the messages I receive.

I initially started the Facebook page to take advantage of the timeline feature it offered, as I wanted to create an online timeline of Stoke Newington’s history, marking historical events that could be easily viewed in a visual format with photos attached to each one. From there, I began posting content that wasn’t tied to the timeline, and the page grew from that point. At some stage, I stopped updating the timeline, and I believe that particular Facebook Page feature may have been discontinued after a few years.