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.

Ferodo bridge….going, going

Posted on June 5, 2013 by William Perrin

The Ferodo bridge is being repainted by Network Rail. Local councillors and Team Cally have worked with Network Rail to make sure the bridge retains a local identity and doesn’t just become a bland viaduct.  Cllr Paul Convery has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Community stuff, Transport | 1 Comment

Kings Cross spring watch – send us your pictures

Posted on May 28, 2013 by William Perrin

Apparently it’s Spring – who knew?! – and it would be great to put on the site any pictures you might have of the local flower and wild life taking advantage of the warm and sunny weather.  Flowers, birds, questing … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife and Nature | 1 Comment

CrossRail2 – ‘Euston St Pancras’ another new train station for the neighbourhood?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by William Perrin

Looks like the greater Kings Cross area might get yet another train station if Cross Rail 2 ever goes ahead. It’s all very vague but there is a new hybrid geographic beast stalking the land – ‘Kings Cross Euston St … Continue reading →

Posted in Big developments, Planning, Licensing and Regulation, Travel | Tagged | 5 Comments

Arson incidents fall by more than half in Caledonian Ward

Posted on April 29, 2013 by William Perrin

London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority data shows that arson incidents in Cally Ward have fallen by more than half in recent years.  From more than two per month to less than one per month.  New  data from March 2011 -February 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc | Tagged , | 3 Comments

HS2 plans for Euston Station collapse in a costing shambles reminiscent of the Kings Cross overspend

Posted on April 19, 2013 by William Perrin

I feel for the poor people affected by the omnishambles that is the HS2 plans for Euston reported in the Camden New Journal.  Hundreds of people have had the threat of demolition hanging over their head for ages, only to … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross Station Refurbishment | 8 Comments

Kings Cross emerges from behind green shed

Posted on April 14, 2013 by William Perrin

A quick sneak shot of the front of the station now the green canopy has been removed and what appears to be the framework for the rain shelter is going in. I just stuck my phone through the hoarding hence … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross Station Refurbishment | 5 Comments

Flying Scotsman seeking to renew their sex establishment licence for 2013

Posted on April 13, 2013 by William Perrin

The Flying Scotsman on the Cally has offered striptease for donkey’s years.  It’s a budget establishment and for many is redolent of Kings Cross’s seedy past as a red light district.  We wrote this up in detail last year when the … Continue reading →

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The Kings Cross Lighthouse Building – a tenant perhaps, but how will construction actually be done?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by William Perrin

The Evening Standard reports that the Co-operative has been signed up as a tenant for the  Lighthouse Building by property developer UK Real Estate.  So there is some prospect now of the development happening and the developer apparently wants to … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning, Licensing and Regulation | Tagged | 5 Comments