Author Archives: William Perrin

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About William Perrin

Active in Kings Cross London and South Oxfordshire, founder of Talk About Local, helping people find a voice online and a trustee of The Indigo Trust , Good Things Foundation and ThreeSixtyGiving as well as Connect8.

Contacting the police

Living in Kings Cross does mean that many people occasionally find a need to contact the police.  There are broadly three ways you can contact the police without turning up in person at Tolpuddle Street – in order of effectiveness: … Continue reading

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Contact Islington

On the whole, i think contact islington do a good job, given the complexity of the task they face.  The service they offer is a huge improvement over the situation five years ago – then you had to rememebr about … Continue reading

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Caledonian Road – trying to change behaviour

The NKXETG constantly raises the problems of waste disposal on the Cally Road – esp the section just South of the Ferodo Bridge.  Waste is often left on the pavement by traders and residents or dumped at the rear of … Continue reading

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Rufford Street Lamppost

Residents bringing pressure to bear on councillors a couple of years ago ensured that Rufford Street was one of the first to get new lampposts.  (originally we were told that the street was not a high priority).  When i moved … Continue reading

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Kings Place York Way Hoardings

Stephan Schulte has passed on news of a planning application for hoardings at this building site.  I paste his email in below with details from the coucnil planning official There has been a long and bitter struggle over first some … Continue reading

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Thornhill Bridge Community Gardens Launch

It’s great to have some good news for the local environment.  Lisa Tang and Philip Wain and others have campaigned tirelessly for these Community Gardens.   The new mosaics are fantastic. Stephan Schulte has passed on some great photos (click to … Continue reading

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Outram graffitti

the section of the delhi outram estate that backs onto york way has an outbreak of graffitti. the area does not have an endemic graffitti problem in part because the excellent copenhagen youth project gives kids an artistic outlet in … Continue reading

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York Way jungle

the scrubby area in front of transeuropean autos has turned into a small jungle. not sure who is responsible for this patch will try islington council though it may be camden. will see if i can find sheep to graze … Continue reading

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