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william perrin

I am a community activist in Kings Cross, London and in my spare time work with residents to clean up our neighbourhood. This site is about the challenges we face locally and how we tackle them.

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Maintenance to Kings Cross Environment website - Thursday 27 October

We've had practically zero downtime during the five years this site has been in operation. We are doing some major maintenance to give us another good five years - a 50,000 mile service if you will. We move www.kingscrossenvironment.com tomorrow... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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The Small Pox Hospital Kings Cross 1800

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

Posted Oct 25, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Ghost Bike ceremony for Min Joo Lee - Wednesday 1830, York Way Pentonville Road junction

Word reaches me that there will be a ghost bike ceremony to mark the spot where Min Joo Lee died on Wednesday at 1830. Location - junction of York Way and Pentonville Road. I'll be there. Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross road safety in pictures - get the basics right

We used thousands of words to describe the problems at Kings Cross in the deadly junction complex at the bottom of York Way and the top of Grays Inn Road/Pentonville Road. Here's a couple of pictures that tell a story... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross road safety in pictures - get the basics right

We used thousands of words to describe the problems at Kings Cross in the deadly junction complex at the bottom of York Way and the top of Grays Inn Road/Pentonville Road. Here's a couple of pictures that tell a story... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Road Safety - political reaction update - Lib Dem questions to Mayor

I wrote on Saturday about the bits of political reaction I had picked up so far on the Kings Cross road safety issue, including work from Islington Labour and the Greens. The Lib Dems have got in touch with some... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Road safety - Political reaction

There's been a strong cross party reaction to the tragic death of a young cyclist on the dangerous roads of Kings Cross. We try not to get into divisive party politics here on this site (our readers tell us they... Continue reading

Posted Oct 22, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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'Bad Gyrations' - tell us your story to help sort out deadly Kings Cross streets

The roads that make up TfL's Kings Cross gyratory system are a disgrace. The vast high speed roundabout of one way roads is proven to be deadly. Plainly unfit for a decade or more, condemnded in TfL's own report three... Continue reading

Posted Oct 19, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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BBC London features Kings Cross road safety campaign

Resident Sophie Talbot braved the Kings Cross gyratory on her bike for a BBC London news piece today on London's deadly road junctions with some hair raising bike cam footage. Tom Edwards the transport correspondent does a good job summing... Continue reading

Posted Oct 18, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Caledonian Road drugs dealer 'Blood' jailed and banned from Islington

This just in from the police: A 33 year old man has been jailed for three years for eleven counts of supplying Class A drugs, namely Crack Cocaine and Heroin. Keno Forbes, of York Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1, was jailed... Continue reading

Posted Oct 18, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross dangerous roads - letter to police investigating fatality

The police road traffic unit based in Wembley are investigating the fatal accident at the junction of York Way and the Euston Road that I wrote about on Friday. In yesterday's update I said I would find and write to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 17, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross Square public art - Network Rail and Camden agree to community 'fifth plinth' proposal

This website suggested a 'fifth plinth' for a rotating display of public art in the new Kings Cross Square. the proposal attracted widespread support amongst commentors. I was delighted to receive today an email from Hannah Staunton at Network Rail... Continue reading

Posted Oct 17, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross dangerous roads - update

The huge support for my post suggesting TfL should answer corporate manslaughter charges was moving. Our case is that TfL did not act promptly on a report it commissioned condeming the Kings Cross road junctions - the junctions are still... Continue reading

Posted Oct 16, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross Social Media Surgery - free, friendly help with your website, twitter, Facebook, email list etc

There's free help for you on Wednesday evening with any questions you might have about social media. There's a 'social media surgery' up at the Art Club TileYard Studios (map). These are small friendly volunteer run events with a focus... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Free daytime hire for community events at Star of Kings pub York Way

After the brouhahaha of their licensing, a welcome community outreach from the Star of Kings Pub. Wish more pubs would advertise this sort of thing: 'Local pub and venue The Star Of Kings offers free daytime hire for local community... Continue reading

Posted Oct 15, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross cyclist and pedestrian deaths and injuries – corporate manslaughter by TfL?

Local residents have long campaigned for improvement of the dangerous junctions at the York Way, Pentonville, Grays Inn Road intersection. In February 2008 a number of us took part in a walkabout with TfL-commissioned contractors TRL limited and Living Streets... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Argent subcontractors foul up Kings Cross roads and pavements

Stuart on Rufford Street has had to live with the disruption caused by building works for years. He copied me an email to Argent detailing the latest woes. Cllr Paul Convery is also on the case (see below) but finding... Continue reading

Posted Oct 7, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross perspectives - Wharfdale Road and development - Sophie Talbot

Delighted to receive a perspective from Sophie Talbot with a particular angle on the madness of the planning and development system which has caused so much conflict, schism and angst in Kings Cross. All planners and developers should read this.... Continue reading

Posted Oct 7, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross perspectives - Britannia Street, regeneration, street crime

Kings Cross is in yet another a state of flux, Kings Cross is always in a state of flux. It's great to capture snapshots as the area changes over time. Leah DIxon sent in this piece about her part of... Continue reading

Posted Oct 5, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Kings Cross from the air - Central St Martins

Some marvellous if vertigo-inducing footage of the Kings Cross railway lands from a model airplane. Courtesy of Steve Roberts a tutor at the new Central St Martins. Click here if you can only see a black space below instead of... Continue reading

Posted Oct 2, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Celebrate the creative legacy of the Keskidee Centre 27 October

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

Posted Sep 29, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Clean air in London

Modern air pollution isn't as visible as the old pea-soupers, but it is just as insidious. In areas like Kings Cross with insane road traffic levels, constrcution trafffic, long taxi ranks, bus stands and plenty of diesel trains air pollution... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Who deserves a Queen's Award for voluntary service in Kings Cross?

There are loads of wonderful groups in our community - does anyone feel like nominating one for a Queen's Aw ard? See this link to nominate. Press notice with details and lots of blather follows: "Last chance to nominate London... Continue reading

Posted Sep 23, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Change at Kings Cross - pictures and video

It's always handy to have a reminder of the scale fo the change that Kings Cross is undergoing and indeed has already undergone. Allan McKever who is a train enthusiast over in YouTube has put up a slideshow of his... Continue reading

Posted Sep 20, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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Boundary Commission proposed boundary changes in Kings Cross, Islington South and Holborn and St Pancras

Islington South is proposed to grow to accomodate the Camden wards of 'Holborn and Covent Garden' and 'Kings Cross' and also swallows up the City of London to become 'City of London and Islington South'. But loses the Holloway Ward... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2011 at Kings Cross Local Environment

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