Archive for category: Overflow

• Does this mean movement on Kings Cross development?

  There seems to be something happening in the derelict buildings that have been allowed to rot opposite Kings Cross. They have been left for so many years some of the shop fronts don’t just have the last London telephone code on them that came in, what, ten years ago – […]

   

• It’s just like the movies Mummy

  Remember that scene in Harry Potter where he dodges the road works, ducks under scaffolding and then nips onto platform 9 3/4s? Well we can all now relive that moment at Kings Cross in this charming recreation. Just nip out of the station next the busy road, make your way […]

   

• Report: UCL inter-faith week: Lessons of the London riots

  Tonight’s meeting at UCL as part of their inter-faith week explored lessons to be learned from the London riots and how we build stronger communities. Jim Jepps reports. The riots in August have caused a lot of soul searching in London and no doubt there will be a great deal […]

   

• Liverpool Street Ice-rink: pre-ice

  Strolling past Liverpool Street station a couple of weeks ago I came across the ice-rink – before the ice had formed and took a quick snap. It’s probably obvious to most people how rinks work but I’d never thought about it before so thought I’d pass on the info. You […]

   

• Pictures of trams in the 50’s

  Retronaut has a lovely post showing trams in the  hustle and bustle of 1950’s London. I’m a particular fan of the old adds for Bisto. Mmmmm. Trammy goodness.

   

• Islington says “Twenty’s plenty”

  The Islington Tribune reports that Islington Borough Council has gone for a twenty mile an hour speed limit on every road controlled by the local authority (ie this excludes the larger TfL roads). This is fantastic news that road safety campaigners across London will be delighted by. Green Party activist […]

   

• Consultation on “improvements” to Bank area

  The Corporation of the City of London are requesting contributions to their consultation on improvements to the roads in the Bank area. The deadline to contribute is, as always, pretty tight: the 28th November, but if you don’t have time for a full-scale fully indexed report they also have a […]

   

• Stuck with pollution in London?

  The BBC reports that “For the past few months a fleet of specially adapted gritting lorries has been spraying adhesive on some of London’s pollution hotspots in the middle of the night.” The idea is that a fleet of special vehicles spray the road with a pollution trapping glue keeping […]