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 Access – vital Council meeting Thursday 19th 1900 Camden Town Hall opposite St Pancras please come along to support our cause

Posted on April 18, 2007 by William Perrin

Network Rail want to close the access to Kings Cross station from York Way.  They need permission from Camden Councillors at a meeting tomorrow (Thursday 1900 Camden Town Hall opposite St Pancras entrance on Judd Street – Development Control Committee).  … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross street environment issues

Posted on April 15, 2007 by William Perrin

A weekend walk around the area revealed another set of problems reported to Contact Islington.   The Council’s performance has improved a fair bit recently – the graffiti cleaning people are doing a particularly good job at the minute.  The picture … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross mushrooms……

Posted on April 13, 2007 by William Perrin

Local produce is very fashionable at the minute – the very good Konstam in Kings Cross tries to source everything from within the M25.  So I thought I would source my own mushrooms and finally got around to working through … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Access – vital public meeting next Thursday 19th April

Posted on April 12, 2007 by William Perrin

This summer, the entrances to Kings Cross on York Way will close  for ever unless the community can stop it at a meeting on Thursday 19th April at 1900 in Camden Town Hall opposite St Pancras.  Everyone can do their … Continue reading →

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Pho – Vietnamese takeway and delivery

Posted on April 11, 2007 by William Perrin

Kings Cross Road is an unlikely setting for a very good Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway but Pho proves that the re-surgence of the area continues.  I had lunch there yesterday – the pho was excellent. A couple of readers have … Continue reading →

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Maps and pictures

Posted on April 10, 2007 by William Perrin

Over Easter I’ve been experimenting with some new stuff.  Some of you will see a map on the middle left hand side of this page.  The map shows places to eat and drink in Kings Cross as well as the … Continue reading →

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Allez les bleus………..

Posted on April 4, 2007 by William Perrin

Nothing too remarkable about this sunset photo – except for the lack of the huge blue containers that have blighted the neighbourhood for the last four months.  The last three have been removed from Randell’s Road – that set were … Continue reading →

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Gifford st generation game…..

Posted on March 31, 2007 by William Perrin

Another chilly night looms for resident of Gifford St, the Bemerton estate and the West of the Cally road as a massive power outage hits the area.  A high voltage cable has burned out, probably in Cally Road on Friday … Continue reading →

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