Cally Festival

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

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Kings Cross in the Domesday Book

Posted on May 14, 2011 by William Perrin

Domesday book 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 2.5 ploughs and Islington was firmly in the Hundred of Ossulstone. You can have a look for yourself on the wonderful, easy to use online version of the Domesday Book by my friend Anna.

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Fatal stabbing in King’s Cross

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Clare Hill

DSCF5255 There are unconfirmed reports of a murder in Argyle Street, just south of St Pancras station. Around 7 uniformed police officers were tonight manning a cordon covering the entire street, in place since the early evening. At least 5 plainclothes detectives were present, with several more in plastic forensic suits.

None of the officers would comment on the details or confirm a murder investigation was underway, but there are reports that the murderer escaped after the stabbing.

The crime took place at 24-28 Argyle Street, a mental health care home housed in three converted and interconnected terrace houses. A man waiting to be let through the cordon, who wished not to be named, said: "It's a home for people with mental illness. I live there, I've just come home and have been waiting to be let in… I've lived in the hostel for years, and nothing's really happened like this… there's 15 of us living there. I don't know who it is [who has been murdered]."
 
One detective was heard talking about "multiple incident scenes". It is not clear whether this incident is connected to other reports of a violent fight in King's Cross that happened around the same time.

Clare Hill

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Underage Drinking in the Caledonian Road Area

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Stephan Schulte

Cap area - colour Louise Brown, Senior Communications and Marketing Officer for Islington Council just advised The Community Bulletin Board that a new scheme has been launched to tackle underage drinking in the Caledonian Road area (click on map to enlarge).

The Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) brings together the council, police, youth services and retailers to reduce the crime, anti-social behaviour and harm caused by underage drinking in the Caledonian Road area. The map attached shows the area the CAP is covering.
 
There are similar schemes around the country but this is the first inner London CAP. There is more information about the CAP in the press release at http://www.islington.gov.uk/Council/CouncilNews/PressOffice/2011/04/PR4369.asp and at www.islington.gov.uk/cap.
 
For those of you who are interested the Council is doing a resident survey at the outset of the project, to gauge residents perceptions of the issues. The link to the survey is on the website at www.islington.gov.uk/cap
 
If you have any questions, please let Louise Brown know –

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Kings Cross Spring Walk Sunday 15th May

Posted on May 8, 2011 by William Perrin

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The Kings Cross Spring Walk will be taking place on an orbital route around the Kings Cross and St Pancras area on Sunday May 15th. The route for this free walk takes in the site of London’s first monorail, the place where elephants were once unloaded for the Kings Cross circus, the inventor of the tea break; Lenin’s Kings Cross house; the March of the Bricks and Mortar; one of London’s most surprising nature reserves, the graves of the founders of anarchism and feminism and the radical history of Somerstown. And some new stories are slowly emerging about the area from a variety of sources not least from people who come on this walk.

This is the sixth time since 2004 that I have led this walk and the plan is for us to complete the walk in two and half hours and then have a quick drink and a bite to eat at The Harrison pub in Harrison Street. I will book a table.

Please feel free to invite friends. We will head off from the outdoor gym at the southern end of Argyle Square at 11am. Please call me Tobias on 07870 745510 if you have any questions or want to ensure that we wait for you.

We should finish the walk at about 1.30 (ish).

Looking foward to seeing you all there. Its a fascinating little sociable local urban walk with a little bit of magical greenery and water in the middle of it.

Tobias

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King’s Cross Central Construction Impact Group

Posted on May 6, 2011 by William Perrin

The Construction Impact Group met on 7 March. A summary of the meeting is here, on the King’s Cross Development Forum web site. It includes the current timescales for the works on Goods Way and York Way.

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Desperately needed housing is put at risk

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Dobbo Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, one of the two MP's representing the King's Cross area – Frank Dobson MP (Holborn & St Pancras) said, "There is meant to be the building of a lot of social housing on the King’s Cross railway lands behind King’s Cross station, but I understand that the project has been set back because Ministers are not prepared to help the private developer comply with the section 106 agreement that the developer entered into in order to get on and build some new flats. As a final encore from the Government, they are proposing not just to prevent the building of new social housing, but to knock down social housing for 360 people who live in the blocks of flats that will have to be knocked down if High Speed 2 is going to come into Euston, which is itself a ridiculous proposition."

Not only is our area potentially losing the community gains we should be entitled to as a result of the King's Cross Central Development, but our neighbours in Euston's Regent's Park Estate are going to lose their homes. King's Cross and Euston need Government intervention… should we hold our breath?

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Culpeper Community garden spring plant sale

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Spring-Plant-sale(2)

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