Category Archives: Kings Cross local history

Rimbaud and Verlaine in Kings Cross at 8 Royal College Street

Posted on May 7, 2008 by William Perrin

We haven’t covered much poetry on this site (to be fair there isn’t much demand) but i was astonished to find that the enfants terrible of French poetry lived round the back of St Pancras in the 1870s at 8 … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross on TV

Posted on January 1, 2008 by William Perrin

Let’s kick the New Year off by looking back to Kings Cross in April 1965.  This fantastic composite still shows the junctions of Randell’s Road and Bingfield Street with York Way – from the 1960s crime series ‘Gideon’s Way’.  The … Continue reading →

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Forget yur squirrels and yur birds, etc…now this is a real sight.

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Stephan Schulte

Every month or so, we get a classy old visitor to King’s Cross Station, here’s ol 60009 headin up North with a trainload of vintage rail buffs. Now aint’ she just a sight for sore eyes? Why isn’t that the … Continue reading →

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The Ladykillers – original trailer

Posted on October 8, 2007 by William Perrin

The Ladykillers was one of the great British comedies and filmed in Kings Cross. Thanks to Sarah I have found the original trailer online. I’ve put the trailer in the new site KingsCrossTV.org here (while you are there have a … Continue reading →

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Portman Butchers

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Stephan Schulte

This has got to be one of the best kept secrets in our neighbourhood – the Portman Butchers at 74 Caledonian Road (N1 9DN).  Forget about the supermarket – why not buy your meats and poultry from a real butcher … Continue reading →

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The Lighthouse or Oysterhouse Building on Pentonville Road

Posted on June 17, 2007 by William Perrin

This building has always intrigued me and i was delighted to stumble across the great page at this link which rounds up some good pictures and a little history of this mysterious, yet iconic and adrift site slap bang in … Continue reading →

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History of the Kings cross area

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Sophie Talbot

In my bungling way I’m trying to put together a comprehensive history of the bit of land where my flat now stands (Battlebridge shown left in 1797, map on the right dated 1796). I’m helped on my way by lots … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross local crime – in the C18th and C19th

Posted on January 15, 2007 by William Perrin

London in the C18th and C19th was a rough and ready place with endemic crime and plenty of what we now call ASB.  Former neighbour Tom Steinberg has unearthed this wonderful website ‘The Proceedings of the Old Bailey’ where you … Continue reading →

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