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.

Kings Cross – you can do your bit to make these streets better for walking

Posted on January 16, 2008 by William Perrin

Kings Cross is a fantastic place to walk from to get to interesting bits of London.  But  the local streets are designed for cars above everything else with a 1970s-1980s design philosophy – cars first, at high volume and speed.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Planning, Licensing and Regulation | 1 Comment

Gifford Street siege…..

Posted on January 13, 2008 by William Perrin

A bizarre incident in Gifford Street last week, related here by Cllr Paul Convery: ‘The police laid siege to Gifford Street on Thursday Jan 10th. The street was closed off by police after calls around lunchtime from neighbours troubled by … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc | Leave a comment

Cleaning up the streets….

Posted on January 12, 2008 by William Perrin

Kings Cross has cleaned up a lot in recent years.  The Council has improved its waste collection, clean ups and graffiti, both on the public highway and in social housing areas.  Action by many residents has been very important to … Continue reading →

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Local crime falling

Posted on January 9, 2008 by William Perrin

The Kings Cross area has undeniably got a lot safer over the past few years. Figures from the police, presented at Monday’s West Area Committee showed that Caledonian Ward saw reductions in fraud, robbery, theft, sexual offences and violence against … Continue reading →

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Bingfield Park – improvement work starts

Posted on January 7, 2008 by William Perrin

Some really good news – work on the next phase of improving Bingfield Park has started.   Back in 2002 Bingfield was a war zone.  Most weekends kids would ride stolen moped grand prix there and then burn the bikes, setting … Continue reading →

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Want to have your say? Puzzled or worried by something happening locally? Email now or come along on Monday evening…

Posted on January 3, 2008 by William Perrin

A lot of people want to have their say about something or ask a question about what is going on locally.  But most don’t know how to do it or don’t have the time.  Many people find it hard to … Continue reading →

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‘The Times’ Kings Cross house prices look to outperform market

Posted on January 2, 2008 by William Perrin

The Times has now picked out Kings Cross in an article on house prices. The Times re-runs the December forecast from Hamptons we first reported here in the middle of a sensible wider piece on the UK market.  Again no … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross on TV

Posted on January 1, 2008 by William Perrin

Let’s kick the New Year off by looking back to Kings Cross in April 1965.  This fantastic composite still shows the junctions of Randell’s Road and Bingfield Street with York Way – from the 1960s crime series ‘Gideon’s Way’.  The … Continue reading →

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