Editing Hackney Marshes (section)

==Music, literature and film==
[[File:Gus Elen If It Wasnt for the Ouses In Between.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The sheet music of ''If it wasn't for the 'ouses in between'']]
*[[Alexander Baron]] wrote a celebrated novel ''The Lowlife'', published in 1963. The book takes place primarily in the Hackney area and loosely depicts Baron's childhood.
*The celebrated [[cockney]] [[music hall]] performer [[Gus Elen]] sang a song entitled ''If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses In Between'' which included the following chorus:
<blockquote>''Oh it really is a wery pretty garden<br />And [[Chingford]] to the eastward could be seen;<br />'Wiv a ladder and some glasses,<br />You could see to 'Ackney Marshes,<br />If it wasn't for the 'ouses in between.''</blockquote>
*An experimental 15-minute film ''Hackney Marshes November 4th 1977'' by [[John Smith (English filmmaker)|John Smith]] was shot on the marshes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Hackney Marshes - November 4th 1977 |url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-hackney-marshes-november-4th-1977-1977-online |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=BFI Player |language=en}}</ref> It was adapted for television the following year.<ref>[http://www.canyoncinema.com/S/SmithJohn.html ''John Smith filmography''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219144156/http://www.canyoncinema.com/S/SmithJohn.html |date=19 December 2008 }} accessed 18 July 2008</ref>
*In 1997, Nike presented a selection of [[FA Premier League|Premiership]] players turning out for the Sunday League teams to the soundtrack of [[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s "[[Parklife (song)|Parklife]]".
*The 2005 film ''[[Bullet Boy]]'' (Saul Dibb) used the marshes and local streets as a location.
*Radio 1's [[Hackney Weekend]] was held here on the marshes on 23 and 24 June 2012. with acts such as Jay-Z, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, will.i.am, Florence + The Machine, Leona Lewis and Plan B all performing across the two days.