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Author Archives: William Perrin
Tudorvale noise at St William’s Yard
All still very up and down with the Tudorvale construction site at St William’s Yard on Gifford Street. No work on Saturday which is good but a lot of overruns, noise and a hardening attitude towards residents who continue to … Continue reading
More street environment problems…..
Some more issues reported to Contact Islington, photos in gallery here: three sainsburys trolleys gifford st at junction with rufford st. a fourth trolley around corner on rufford street outside number 8 mattress and wooden planks tipped opposite 7 … Continue reading
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The bells, the bells……….
Rufford street regularly echoes to the noise of bells, an alarm bell ringing loudly for thirty seconds. At night,when all else is quiet the bell is audible inside houses. Stuart Cottis has spent months tracking down who is responsible for … Continue reading
Squirrel sandwich………
Click on the photo to see why the squirrels in Bingfield Park have left my bird feeders alone – they now go to Bun in the Oven bakery on the Cally Road and buy baguettes for sandwiches (click picture to … Continue reading
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Kings Cross street issues 14 March
An early morning wander around the neighbourhood revealed the following problems that I am reporting to Contact Islington. Pictures are in a photo album here: tipping of street signs by 239 Caledonian Road moped and Xmas trees dumped by entrance … Continue reading
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Harringtons Fresh, Wicklow Street – new cafe
Lisa Tang has reported a new, apparently upmarket cafe in the area Harringtons Fresh (click for website) on Wicklow Street just off the Grays Inn Road round the back of St Chad’s place (map). It looks very promising with a … Continue reading
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Local crime coverage
The blanket coverage of Terry Adams conviction and sentencing has led to plenty of TV coverage for the area. The Adams family grew up on the Barnsbury Estate, East of the Cally Road and South of Copenhagen Street built in … Continue reading
Noise, noise, noise – St Williams Yard shakes up neighbourhood
The St William’s Yard building site at Gifford and Pembroke Streets continues to be badly supervised and wreak havoc with local residential amenity. Work runs over agreed hours, workers behave in an unsafe way, the streets are full of mud … Continue reading
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