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.

Community Day – Crumbles Adventure Playground, Bingfield Street Sunday 2 September 1300-1800

Posted on August 27, 2007 by William Perrin

Crumbles Castle adventure playground in Bingfield Park is a huge asset to the Community.  They are having a ‘Parents for Parents’ community open day and festival to show people what they get up to.  Parents4Parents puts local mums, dads and … Continue reading →

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Caledonian Road Urban Art Festival 2007! Saturday 22 September

Posted on August 23, 2007 by William Perrin

The regeneration people at Innovative Enterprise Action are organising a festival for the Cally Road.  Their blurb says: "The only festival focusing on all city style arts and performances. "Come to an unexplored area of London to hear vibrant live … Continue reading →

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Beyond the hoodies – locals reply to Ann Widdecombe

Posted on August 21, 2007 by William Perrin

Ann Widdecombe made a ‘shock horror’ piece about life on the Andover Estate for ITV.  Stephen one of our local youth workers from the Copenhagen Youth Partnership was in it.  As is often the way with tabloid TV it was … Continue reading →

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Lunchtime recitals: St. Pancras Church at 1.15pm, every Thursday ADMISSION FREE

Posted on August 3, 2007 by William Perrin

The handy Create KX newsletter reports these interesting free local recitals: 9th August Anete Graudina – violin & Aya Kawabata – piano perform Bela Bartok’s Sonata in E minor, Joseph Suk’s Love Song and Nina Rota’s Improvisation in D minor16th … Continue reading →

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York Way – what is going on?

Posted on August 2, 2007 by William Perrin

There seems to be some surreptitious widening of the pavement on the West side of York Way alongside Kings Cross station.  This in itself is a good thing – the pavement there is much too narrow (about a metre at … Continue reading →

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Think local, shop local

Posted on July 23, 2007 by William Perrin

Have you heard of the Wedge Card scheme? This is a great scheme operating in London, bringing together local shops and offering discounts to people who use them… ‘The Wedge Card is a new way to get discounts and special … Continue reading →

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Tiber Gardens trouble

Posted on July 22, 2007 by William Perrin

The lovely sun trap designed for old people to sit over looking the canal is a distant memory for the vandalised, intimidating, over-grown dump that is now Tiber Gardens.  This spot just off York Way has so much potential it … Continue reading →

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Murder at Egg on York Way – some justice

Posted on July 21, 2007 by William Perrin

Last year a young man Sharif ‘Pud’ Zaiden was shot at Egg.  I wrote about it here.  The murderer, Sean Samuels has now been convicted and jailed for a minimum of 27 years.  The dispute was about the ‘style of … Continue reading →

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