Category Archives: Street Tipping, Mess, Trash

Cleaning up the streets – do your bit for a Spring clean

Kings Cross streets have got a lot better over the years.  But we still need to keep reporting problems as they arise – otherwise resources get transferred elsewhere.  And the tippers and taggers come back.  I reported about a dozen … Continue reading

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Cleaning up the streets….

Kings Cross has cleaned up a lot in recent years.  The Council has improved its waste collection, clean ups and graffiti, both on the public highway and in social housing areas.  Action by many residents has been very important to … Continue reading

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Abandoned car – Rufford Street

Thanks to Stuart Cottis for being a good neighbour and reporting this sorry car to Contact Islington: ‘The car had its passenger side and rear windows smashed a couple of months ago at which point the owner did not organise … Continue reading

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Progress one brick at a time…

Sometime getting a wall erected can take some time, but in the end a problem is solved.. Here is some good news… Dear All, Please see attached before and after photographs of the problem area at the Caledonian Road Feredo … Continue reading

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A graffiti too far – cleaning up Regents Canal

The hard pressed environmental crime team at Islington Council has been struggling for ages to keep up with the graffiti that disfigures Regents Canal.  It is British Waterways territory but the Council gets marked down for it in their government … Continue reading

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No Dumping, and other funny Council Notices

For this article, I’ve only included one funny notice.  Just click the picture to get a better view. There are several of these notices on Caledonian Road.  Why, I don’t know, because as the pix shows no one heeds them.  … Continue reading

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The great migration……

(To be read in hushed, slightly staccato tones) Every year thousands of fridges and fridge freezers migrate North for the summer. It is one of the great wonders of the white goods world.  Mostly they pass through London silently in … Continue reading

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Kings Cross street environment issues

A weekend walk around the area revealed another set of problems reported to Contact Islington.   The Council’s performance has improved a fair bit recently – the graffiti cleaning people are doing a particularly good job at the minute.  The picture … Continue reading

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