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.

graffitti on phone mast near Backpackers york way

Posted on July 6, 2006 by William Perrin

will contact T-mobile to get it cleaned UPDATET-mobile are on the case 14 july

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Pembroke Street building site at old pub

Posted on July 6, 2006 by William Perrin

The old Marquis of Salisbury pub is being redeveloped into flats.  Building sites are always a bit messy but they have to behave reasonably towards local residents while construction is going on.   There are regulations to make sites safe for … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning, Licensing and Regulation | 1 Comment

Robbery outside Cally Road Co-op

Posted on July 6, 2006 by William Perrin

there was a robbery invovling a gun outside the cally co-op just before 8.00 on sunday evening.  details on the board – click the photo to make it bigger.

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Dead Trees – York Way

Posted on July 5, 2006 by William Perrin

this tree has died on york way outside the transeuropean autos garage.  It probably belongs to Camden Council as they look after York Way south of Maiden Lane.  These border issues are often hard to resolve.  There are other dead … Continue reading →

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Typical daily detritus, Rufford Street

Posted on July 4, 2006 by William Perrin

this pic shows noicely the sort of problems that still persist on Rufford Street, even though the result is cleared up much more quickly now For the uninitiated (you may need to enlarge the picture by clicking on it) – … Continue reading →

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CEMEX Concrete plant – a noisy and anti-social neighbour on Rufford Street

Posted on July 4, 2006 by William Perrin

Rufford Street is unusual for a densely populated residential area in that it has its own ReadyMix Concrete plant at No 1 Rufford Street (see satellite photo – when you click to get rid of the speech bubble, the concrete … Continue reading →

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Getting things done

Posted on July 4, 2006 by William Perrin

People often ask me how i get things done through Islington Council.  I use a simple escalation path, taking care to remain polite and reasonable at all times.  Council officials are hard-pressed and no matter how frustrated you are, ranting … Continue reading →

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Treaty Street tipping around electricity sub station

Posted on July 4, 2006 by William Perrin

There is a long running problem with tipping of waste including abandoned cars and broken glass around the electricity substation building on Treaty Street.  the site is right by the entrance to a primary school – the kids have to … Continue reading →

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