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.

Argent subcontractors foul up Kings Cross roads and pavements

Stuart on Rufford Street has had to live with the disruption caused by building works for years.     He copied me an email to Argent detailing the latest woes.  Cllr Paul Convery is also on the case (see below) … Continue reading

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Broken Stuff on the Street, Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands | 1 Comment

Kings Cross perspectives – Wharfdale Road and development – Sophie Talbot

Delighted to receive a perspective from Sophie Talbot with a particular angle on the madness of the planning and development system which has caused so much conflict, schism and angst in Kings Cross. All planners and developers should read this. … Continue reading

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Kings Cross perspectives – Britannia Street, regeneration, street crime

Kings Cross is in yet another a state of flux, Kings Cross is always in a state of flux.  It's great to capture snapshots as the area changes over time.  Leah DIxon sent in this piece about her part of … Continue reading

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Community Health and Welfare, King's Cross People | 4 Comments

Kings Cross from the air – Central St Martins

Some marvellous if vertigo-inducing footage of the Kings Cross railway lands from a model airplane.  Courtesy of Steve Roberts a tutor at the new Central St Martins.  Click here if you can only see a black space below instead of … Continue reading

Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands | 9 Comments

Celebrate the creative legacy of the Keskidee Centre 27 October

A great event coming up at the former Keskidee Centre on Gifford Street. Gives me another excuse to put up this great Bob Marley video filmed at the Keskidee and on Gifford Street.  Thanks to Diana Shelley for tipping me … Continue reading

Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Kings Cross local history | 1 Comment

Clean air in London

Modern air pollution isn't as visible as the old pea-soupers, but it is just as insidious.  In areas like Kings Cross with insane road traffic levels, constrcution trafffic, long taxi ranks, bus stands and plenty of diesel trains air pollution … Continue reading

Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Community Health and Welfare | 3 Comments

Who deserves a Queen’s Award for voluntary service in Kings Cross?

There are loads of wonderful groups in our community – does anyone feel like nominating one for a Queen's Aw ard?  See this link to nominate.  Press notice with details and lots of blather follows: "Last chance to nominate London community … Continue reading

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Change at Kings Cross – pictures and video

It's always handy to have a reminder of the scale fo the change that Kings Cross is undergoing and indeed has already undergone.  Allan McKever who is a train enthusiast over in YouTube has put up a slideshow of his … Continue reading

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