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.

Kings Cross cemetery station and mortuary Randell’s Road

Posted on July 30, 2013 by William Perrin

A rare 1954 photograph of the Kings Cross cemetery station on Randell’s Road/Rufford Street, replaced in the 1960s by the concrete plant now owned by Cemex.  This was the London end of a short lived North London funerary service, rather … Continue reading →

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Euston Area Plan for consultation

Posted on July 30, 2013 by William Perrin

Euston Station is Victorian Kings Cross station’s great niece from the 1960s in some sort of weird Oscar Wilde play. ‘To lose one high speed proposal may be regarded as a misfortune….’ anyway an important consultation document has just come … Continue reading →

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Traffic issues for proposed hotel 62-68 York Way

Posted on July 25, 2013 by William Perrin

Traffic caused by the proposed new hotel has been raised with me a few times.  So I shot some video of the traffic situation on Wharfdale Road, just opposite where the proposed guest entrance will be for the Whitbread Hub … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning, Licensing and Regulation, Road Safety in Kings Cross, Transport | 1 Comment

Cemex – still an anti-social neighbour, time to shut them down for good

Posted on July 24, 2013 by William Perrin

Cemex have a concrete plant next to Rufford Street, they bought it from Readymix.  It’s a legacy of the old Kings Cross when people just thought they could dump noisy bits of industry here because no one cared.   The … Continue reading →

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Noisy council depot in Outram Place disturbs local people

Posted on July 24, 2013 by William Perrin

The council depot in Outram Place (map) is causing a lot of noise that disturbs local residents. Council workmen a few years ago began bricking up car parking bays under the 29-36 Outram Place block and turning the area into … Continue reading →

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62-68 York Way American Car Wash – details and pictures of hub hotel proposal

Posted on July 17, 2013 by William Perrin

Whitbread have supplied copies of the material used at the recent public consultation meeting on their plans for the American Carwash site.  Whitbread intend to submit an application for change of use and planning permission in August for a hub … Continue reading →

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62-68 York Way – consultation meeting on proposals to turn it into a hotel 10 July 6.30

Posted on July 7, 2013 by William Perrin

The saga of 62-68 York Way aka the American Car Wash is an embarrassment.  The site has been derelict for donkeys years with occasional renewal of planning permission followed by inaction on site except for the odd bit of furtive … Continue reading →

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Fortnum and Mason coming to Kings Cross in the Autumn – St Pancras old ticket hall

Posted on June 5, 2013 by William Perrin

Sky News and other outlets apparently reprinting the PR say: “St Pancras is London’s Grand Central Station,” Ewan Venters, chief executive of Fortnum & Mason, said. “It’s a great opportunity. We feel the centre of gravity in London is moving … Continue reading →

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