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.

Find out what is going on in Kings Cross railways lands redevelopment – meeting Monday evening

Posted on October 4, 2009 by William Perrin

A very useful meeting on Monday evening (today if you are reading this in the email out) for anyone who lives in the Kings Cross area – the Kings Cross Development forum is a good place to keep in touch … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross lumberjacks ok?

Posted on October 1, 2009 by William Perrin

Another day, another treee gets wiped out in Kings Cross. I lived on Wharfdale Road in 1995-96 when it was a grim place.   Work by residents often led by John Ashwell has masively improved this busy road, with tree … Continue reading →

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Tiber Gardens open space – chance to put your views in writing too

Posted on September 29, 2009 by William Perrin

Tiber Gardens has the potential to be a lovely spot once more next to the canal.  You can sit on a bench there in the sun and watch desperate Guardian journalists in the office building opposite scrabble frantically to sell … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife and Nature | 1 Comment

Drug dealer arrested, charged and convicted on the Cally Road

Posted on September 28, 2009 by William Perrin

This just in from the local police: A 21 year old man has been imprisoned for two and a half years for possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intention of supplying it to others. He was also sentenced to … Continue reading →

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Pentonville prison corruption cases collapse

Posted on September 28, 2009 by William Perrin

Remarkable news from our neighbouhood prison Pentonville, reported in the Observer where 14 corruption cases against former staff have collapsed.  We reported on the original charges in 2006 as the governor sought to clean up the jail.  There was a … Continue reading →

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Now where is that? Help identify Kings Cross urban jungle

Posted on September 24, 2009 by William Perrin

Can anyone help identify where the bits of this video were filmed?  It's 1988 and the Jungle Brothers film a pop video in Kings Cross.  Tobias Newland who sent this in is sure that the jungle is Camley Street Natural … Continue reading →

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Pentonville prison – guard charged with mobile phone offences

Posted on September 21, 2009 by William Perrin

Pentonville is a looming neighbour for all of us and a major part of the community – the prison officers, prisoners families etc are staples of Cally Road businesses.  We have reported on problems at the Ville on the Cally … Continue reading →

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Tiber Gardens the green bit facing the canal – help make it better – meetings Thursday and Saturday

Posted on September 21, 2009 by William Perrin

There is a lovely green space south of Tiber Gardens fronting onto the canal towpath.  It's a wonderful sun trap (or at least it was until the vast Guardian office hunkered down opposite) In the bad old days of Kings … Continue reading →

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