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.

Regents Canal – islands in the stream……..

Posted on March 31, 2007 by William Perrin

No not a Dolly Parton special for Kings Cross but a lovely proposal for a hundred and fifty metres of floating nature islands in Regents Canal to encourage flora, fish and fowl and break up a little the industrial lines.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife and Nature | 1 Comment

More street issues……

Posted on March 31, 2007 by William Perrin

The Council graffiti team are doing well at the minute – they have cleaned up some persistent tags in the neighbourhood, so I have done a round up in North Kings Cross and reported more – see pictures at this … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross access – final meeting 19th April

Posted on March 30, 2007 by William Perrin

The meeting to conclude the debate on the Kings Cross application will be on Thursday 19th April, probably in the evening at 1900 and presumably in the usual place, Camden Town Hall opposite St Pancras Station.  This is the crunch … Continue reading →

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Cally crime…….

Posted on March 28, 2007 by William Perrin

Oh dear, here we go again – Sunday 11th March 0230 a group of males was assaulted receiving serious head injuries at this site in an unprovoked attack.  This is outside the newsagent near Iceland on the Bemerton side of … Continue reading →

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Lost House, Crinan Street

Posted on March 27, 2007 by William Perrin

I am indebted to the Charkblog for drawing my attention to this (Richard Charkin does a model leadership blog thingy for Macmillan).  An extraordinary property is up for sale in the heart of Kings Cross for a mere £2.8m, the … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Street environment issues

Posted on March 27, 2007 by William Perrin

I did one of my regular walks at the weekend in Kings Cross and reported a range of street environment issues.  Contact Islington (who are now getting better at handling email it seems sent the response below.  Street problem fetishists … Continue reading →

Posted in Broken Stuff on the Street | 3 Comments

Stalled in its tracks………

Posted on March 22, 2007 by William Perrin

A late night update – the community put on a good show at the Camden planning meeting this evening – covering community impact, heritage and procedure in a variety of styles and means.  We succeeded in diverting discussion almost exclusively … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross access – bad news as decision looms

Posted on March 18, 2007 by William Perrin

Network Rail has now said that they do intend to close the access to Kings Cross station from the North and the East – sawing a community in half.  Following our meeting Network Rail propose some palliative measures  Download letter_to_paul_convery_mar_07.pdf … Continue reading →

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