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.

Islington crime clean up rates

Posted on August 10, 2010 by William Perrin

It's always hard to work out what is going on with crime locally.  This data from the Mayors London Data Store shows the crime clean up rates for Islington.  I haven't had a chance to do much analyis nor to … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Democracy and Elections | 2 Comments

Islington Council expenditure – detailed breakdown

Posted on August 2, 2010 by William Perrin

The big annual breakdowns of the council's budget that come through the door always seem pretty meaningless – too high level and corporate.  So it's good to see that earlier this year the council has quietly begun to publish a … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy and Elections | 1 Comment

Kings Cross in the 1950s and 1960s – archive film

Posted on July 28, 2010 by William Perrin

Some marvellous black and white footage of Kings Cross station and surrounding streets in the 1950s and early 1960s from http://www.britishrailways.tv  some seems to have been shot from the top deck of a bus and the tower of St Pancras.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross local history | 3 Comments

Another young tree on York Way bites the dust – outside Lincoln Lounge

Posted on July 22, 2010 by William Perrin

Stuart sent in this picture.  Note that this is a well protected tree in a cage – someone had to go to real effort to snap this off.  So sad when this happens.  The stronger cages were installed through resident-led … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Broken Stuff on the Street | 5 Comments

Mobile phone mast proposed – Twyford Street, next to Cally Pool

Posted on July 21, 2010 by William Perrin

Vodafone has applied for planning permission for a large 15 metre high mast and cabinets on Twyford Street adjacent to the Cally Pool.  You can see the application and respond online and/or write to the case officer Paul Conboy via … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning, Licensing and Regulation | Leave a comment

Payphones on the Caledonian Road

Posted on July 13, 2010 by William Perrin

Payphones are the sort of thing you don't notice these days until you need one in an emergency and then find that they are not working or have all been taken away.  We also have to remember that there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Broken Stuff on the Street | 1 Comment

TBCG – further views needed

Posted on July 13, 2010 by William Perrin

Thornhill Bridge Community Gardeners have a cause for celebration. Following our recent funding application, we have been awarded £100,000 by the Big Lottery Community Spaces Fund to develop LBI's Greenspace off Caledonian Road (west side). TBCG need further comments as … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife and Nature | 1 Comment

Islington Council’s newspaper

Posted on July 11, 2010 by William Perrin

Islington Council publishes a newspaper 'Islington Now'.  An FOI request from one L Barnett on 'What do they know' yields some fascinating information. Islington Now is produced ten times a year with 97,000 copies distributed.  £273,000 was spent on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | 4 Comments