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.

3D map of Kings Cross tube station

Posted on June 29, 2012 by William Perrin

Thanks to Anna for alerting me to these rather wonderful 3D maps of Kings’ Cross underground.

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Now close Pentonville Prison for good

Posted on June 28, 2012 by William Perrin

The news that the somewhat tragic elderly murderer John Massey managed to escape from Pentonville Prison by climbing the wall with an improvised rope beggars belief.  This underlines that the Victorian prison is no longer fit for modern use.  In 2010 … Continue reading →

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Complex story of Pentonville escapee John Massey

Posted on June 28, 2012 by William Perrin

The media is full of ‘escaped murderer John Massey’ this morning.  The media and police will of course seek to sensationalise a prison escapee. A Police Spokesman said: “Police are appealing for help in tracing a convicted murderer who has … Continue reading →

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The Cally – planning enforcement is possible, it just doesn’t happen very often

Posted on June 21, 2012 by William Perrin

Many people were appalled by the flagrant disregard of local planning rules displayed by a local landlord and property developer on last night’s BBC documentary about the Cally.  It was striking that he was cynically exploiting the lag/drag in planning … Continue reading →

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Is the Cally ‘a sh*thole’?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by William Perrin

Last nights’ BBC documentary ‘The Secret History of Our Streets’ (iPlayer) was a remarkable history piece about the Cally Road and its environs.  For a BBC documentary, the film pulled few punches (except organised crime, which was strangely absent). Over … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross local history – send us your pictures etc

Posted on June 19, 2012 by William Perrin

The BBC documentary about the history of the Cally Road is on Wednesday at 2100 BBC2. I thought I would share a few archive pics I dug out from the Islington Local History Centre when researching the history of Rufford … Continue reading →

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BBC Cally Road documentary on tomorrow night (Wednesday 20th) 9pm

Posted on June 19, 2012 by William Perrin

BBC2’s Secret history of our streets on Wednesday 20th at 2100 is on the Cally Road.  There’s a clip online already about the 1970s dream of living on the Bemerton.  I know the production company worked with readers of this … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Olympic transport fun and games

Posted on June 4, 2012 by William Perrin

Kings Cross regulars are well used to congestion at KX and St Pancras.  I’m limbering up for a series of articles on getting to the Olympics from Kings Cross to do our bit to help out for the Olympics.  When … Continue reading →

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