Category Archives: King’s Cross People

Kings Cross is the place for me!

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

“London is the place for me,” the Trinidadian Calypso King Lord Kitchener once sang as the SS Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury in 1948. But did you know that Kitchener also lived briefly in Camden’s Hampstead? So says Eric Welch, … Continue reading →

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Get Kings Cross History from this retired Coppa!

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

The Met Police get their fair share of bad press these days, but here is one coppa, who likes to give back to the community he served, by putting his memories of Kings Cross out in the open to the … Continue reading →

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Visit a beautiful local garden in the National Gardens Scheme

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Sophie Talbot

From 2pm to 6pm on Sunday 5 June 2016 Mike Jackson (of the film ‘Pride‘ fame) will once again open his small plantsman’s garden to the public at 1 Battlebridge Court as part of the Barnsbury Group. Mike’s stunning garden … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Art Exhibition: 16th- 19th May

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

The Kings Cross based Atelier Tammam, more known for its outstanding ethical fashion and bridal ware have created a “Sustainable World Art Competition & Exhibition” here in Kings Cross,the first of its kind. Come and see the Public Exhibition: May … Continue reading →

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King’s Cross Farm Drop

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

Judith Paris, founder of King’s Cross special enterprise group, Get More, has set up a Farm Drop in King’s Cross and will be hosting a taster evening this Friday. Farm Drop is a new way of buying food produced within … Continue reading →

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Help Bob Stuckey create a plaque to commemorate George IV – the ‘King’ in Kings Cross

Posted on April 28, 2014 by William Perrin

Local Bob Stuckey has got in touch with a lovely proposal to raise funds for plaque to put the King back into Kings Cross – Bob writes: ‘During his lifetime as Prince of Wales, Prince Regent and King George IV … Continue reading →

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Dave Elvis – Cally Legend

Posted on February 17, 2014 by William Perrin

Lovely film of Kings Cross legend, Dave Elvis from London Cares – who are funding people to make films about older folk.  You can find Dave on Twitter and Facebook.  The King is not dead, merely living in Kings Cross. … Continue reading →

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London’s coolest chain gang?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

A Kings Cross resident and dad, together with dads from Primrose Hill, Kentish Town and Bloomsbury has started what might become one of London’s coolest chain gangs, fitted not only with a tool-set as much as with nappy bags and … Continue reading →

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