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Author Archives: William Perrin
St Pancras station emerges from restoration
A friend tipped me off that recent changes at St Pancras now allowed passengers into the part-restored Barlow trainshed and even without having a ticket. The internal views are simply beautiful – the steelwork has been painted back to its … Continue reading
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Murder at Egg nightclub on York Way
Shocking news in the Islington Gazette of a murder at the Egg nightclub on York Way/Vale Royal. The full story is here. Some comments attributed to residents in the nearby Maiden Lane estate about drug dealing and noise though raise … Continue reading
New CEMEX noise pollution video
Working from home a fair bit lately and the noise from the CEMEX plant on Rufford Street is driving me mad. Lots of beep-beep-beep vroom crash. So i worked out how to edit video and have put together a compilation … Continue reading
Problems at Pentonville……
Some pretty remarkable reporting in the national press of corruption amongst prison staff at the ‘Ville on the Cally. Some 14 staff have been suspended in one go. The main story is in the Guardian here and a good comment … Continue reading
Robbery Gifford Street 25 July
If you were around Gifford Street near the entrance to Bingfield Park at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday 25 July did you see a man robbing a woman of her handbag or someone runnign awy. See the (belated) incident board … Continue reading
Havelock Street – poor street cleansing
Havelock Street has had continuous building work for the past three years as the decayed Naish Court is replaced by Guiness Trust. But now that the worst phase of building is coming to an end there is no excuse for … Continue reading
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Migratory habits of shopping trolleys
This Marks&Spencer trolley has turned up on Pembroke Street near the building site. The nearest branch with trolleys is i think on Chapel Market about a mile away so someone made a real effort to push this all the way. … Continue reading
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Getting on top of Treaty Street tipping
The area around the electricity substation on Treaty Street has long been a black hole for tipping – ownership of the land is unclear so is responsibility for cleaning it. See here for past tipping problems. The spot is right … Continue reading
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Kings Cross Environment 