Category Archives: Kings Cross local history

Kings Cross voices back on the Camden website

Posted on December 6, 2011 by William Perrin

Kings Cross has arguably some of the richest social history in the country. But it isn’t something that you often find people talking about and I suspect will recede as the area becomes more sanitised.  The Kings Cross voices oral … Continue reading →

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The Small Pox Hospital Kings Cross 1800

Posted on October 25, 2011 by William Perrin

I picked this up print (cut out of an 1880 paper) on Amazon. 'Year printed c1880. Antique wood engraved print. This print was published in c1880 but please note that it depicts an earlier scene dated 1800 and the printmaker … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the creative legacy of the Keskidee Centre 27 October

Posted on September 29, 2011 by William Perrin

A great event coming up at the former Keskidee Centre on Gifford Street. Gives me another excuse to put up this great Bob Marley video filmed at the Keskidee and on Gifford Street.  Thanks to Diana Shelley for tipping me … Continue reading →

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Alan Dein photography and walking tour of Kings Cross 16 July 2 – 4

Posted on July 13, 2011 by William Perrin

Alan Dein has worked with local people on some superb local history projects in Kings Cross.  The London Street Photography Festival have been in touch to say that: 'Kings Cross Voices' Alan Dein will describe the changing faces of King's … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross in the Domesday Book

Posted on May 14, 2011 by William Perrin

Property prices have come on a bit since 1086.  Way back then Islington as a whole had a taxable value of 2 geld and comprised 27 households, both quite high for the time apparently.  There was also land for about … Continue reading →

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A tale of two stations

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Clare Hill

The luxurious five-star hotel at St Pancras opened last week, icing on an already over-the-top cake. All the more reason for King’s Cross station next door — older, dumpier and currently festooned with scaffolding — to seem like an ugly … Continue reading →

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Interested in our railways? Read on…

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Stephan Schulte

Received this from one of our neighbours Aron C. who thought it might be of interest to those that are interested in our railroads and their local development. Please find attached Newsletter No. 10 of Camden Railway Heritage Trust – … Continue reading →

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A King’s Cross club for ‘supermodels’

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Clare Hill

A couple of middle-aged men are milling about in the light of a doorway of an otherwise dark street off Pentonville Road. The door belongs to an anonymous 1960s 3-storey building, enigmatically carrying a sign with only a stylised art … Continue reading →

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