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.

Horrible crime at Coatbridge House

The pre-Xmas edition of the Gazette reports the grisly trial of Halil Ates for a savage attack in Coatbridge House on the Bemerton Estate.  In 2004 Ates beat, imprisoned and tortured a Polish guy to whom he had illegally sublet … Continue reading

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ASBO – Anti Squirrel Behaviour Order

In police camera action style  i have managed to film a theft in progress in Bingfield Park.  There are three different squirrels who raid the bird feeder – though one of them falls off spectacularly in the middle of the … Continue reading

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Kings Cross access – no movement forecast from Network Rail

Camden planning officials knocked back Network Rail’s plans for refurbishing Kings Cross – in part due to the lack of access from York Way.  Network Rail’s revised plans are due in the next day or so.  However it seems that … Continue reading

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CCTV on the Bemerton Estate

A correspondence with David Renton who lives there has revealed a big argument raging on the Bemerton about whether to have CCTV and how to fund it.  The history in complex but basically the residents are being asked to pay … Continue reading

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Pembroke parking problem

The building site at the old Marquis of Salisbury pub at 64 Pembroke Street staggers slowly on.  The guys who work there habitually drive their vans over the grass verge to park them behind the bollards on the old stub … Continue reading

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Cally Road glory hole continues to attract trash

This niche under the Ferodo Bridge (interesting history of Ferodo bridges here) on the Caledonian Road continues to attract junk and trash.  The site is owned by Network Rail and the Council occasionally cleans it out, but it really needs … Continue reading

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Council remove licence from local shop selling alcohol to teens

The shop attached to the garage on the Cally Road was caught three times selling alcohol to under age kids all witnessed by undercover police.  The Council has now taken their alcohol licence away – quite right too.  The Gazette … Continue reading

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The thieving magpie…..

I spent 18 years living in remote countryside and i really miss the birdlife now i live in Kings Cross.  Bingfield Park only has the dreary urban mix of magpies, pigeons and the odd crow.  This is mainly because the … Continue reading

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