'Fortune's Fool': A Life of Joe Brearley: The Man Who Taught Harold Pinter. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Eng.: TwigBooks, 2008. Print. External links The Clove Club ("Founded in 1884") – Official website of "The Clove Club: The Old Boys of Hackney Downs School, formerly the Grocers' Company's School – founded by the Company in its corporate right, in 1876." Social Change and English, 1945–1965 - Hackney Downs is one of three schools in London that are included in this Leverhulme Trust-funded project about the teaching of English in the period 1945–65. The project is collecting oral histories from former teachers and pupils at the school. News Independent September 1999 Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hackney Defunct schools in the London Borough of Hackney Defunct grammar schools in England Educational institutions established in 1876 1876 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 1995 1995 disestablishments in England