- published: 07 Jan 2010
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Coordinates: 51°32′42″N 0°04′12″W / 51.545°N 0.070°W / 51.545; -0.070
Dalston (/ˈdɔːlstən/) is a district of the London Borough of Hackney in North East London, England. Dalston began as a hamlet within the parish of Hackney, which developed on either side of Dalston Lane. As the area urbanised, the term came to apply to surrounding areas including the old centres of Kingsland and Shacklewell, which are now considered part of Dalston.
Dalston has never been an administrative unit, and partly for this reason the boundaries aren't fully defined. There are popularly understood boundaries in the south and west, but its northern and especially eastern extent is not delineated. This is a common situation in London’s neighbourhoods which often merge, overlap and change over time. There is an electoral Ward of the same name which covers a part of the north–west of Dalston.
Dalston’s boundaries are described with more or less clarity below:
South: Dalston takes Hackney’s southern border with Shoreditch. Albion Drive forms much of this boundary.
Well I know a girl
She told me everything she'd done
She said, with these tiny hands
How am I gonna catch some fun?
I said, well all of your words
Everything you do
All of your action
I need it from you
No not really
Cause we just can't do that
We just ain't got the time, time
You just can't give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
You and I, oh what a life
We just talk and talk and talk
Until the end of the night
I said, well all of your words
Everything you do
All of your action
I need it from you
Oh no not really
Cause we just can't do that
Oh, we might as well forget it
If you just can't give it up
Give it up, give it up, give it up
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
To look deep in your eyes
The night
We're
Just satellites
We don't talk
We don't speak
We don't move
When we meet