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Edgar Rogers: council security officer
Everyone has a story. Edgar Rogers works as a security officer at Islington Town Hall. You might have seen him on the front desk, or know him as one of Islington’s marriage registrars who officiate at Town Hall weddings. But Edgar’s also been a national basketball player for Zimbabwe and…
Patrick Lawson: London’s happiest bus driver
Everyone has a story. If you’ve been lucky enough to meet a happy bus driver then you’ll remember it. It could even have been Patrick Lawson, driver of the 26, who was nominated for TfL’s Hello London Award for Outstanding Customer Service 2018 by his passengers. Here’s more about life…
Dave Poyser: Mayor of Islington 2018-19
Everyone has a story. What’s it like being Mayor of Islington? Our current Mayor, real name Dave Poyser, explains how the role makes people happy and why he’s raising money for homeless people in the borough and Freightliners Farm. Q&A with Nicola Baird Q: What’s your connection to Islington? I came…
Tamsen Courtenay: homeless stories
Everyone has a story. Tamsen Courtenay spent months listening to the stories of homeless people living on the streets of central London during winter 2016. Interview by Nicola Baird “I’m a chronicler, not a campaigner,” explains Tamsen Courtenay when we meet who has a way of making you feel like…
Joan Williams: chiropodist
Everyone has a story. Chiropodist Joan Williams began her career looking at teeth but yearning for the bright lights of the stage. But for the past five years this funny, caring woman has switched her attention to full time foot care. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Joan…
Home is Islington
Home means so many different things to us all. It can be a place of safety or a fuzzy childhood memory. The strangest triggers can bring memories of our first homes flooding back. Â Here six Islington residents talk about settling down. These interviews by Nicola Baird were originally written in…
Suad Ahmed: Health Improvement officer
Everyone has a story. Health Improvement Officer Suad Ahmed moved from Somalia to the UK aged four and has spent her adult life in Islington. Here she discusses ways to make healthy eating as fun – and beneficial – as child’s play for Islington families. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos…
Jack Rickards: allotment gardener
Everyone has a story. Goodbye to artist, thinker and champion allotment gardener Jack Rickards who is moving with his wife Lucy, also a painter and skilled potter, to Cornwall. Interview by Nicola Baird “It will be lovely for drawing and painting and Lucy is going to be working with a…
INVITATION to plan an Islington Faces exhibition 2019
Everyone has a story. You are invited to share ideas about how to make Islington Faces’ upcoming exhibition at Islington Museum in 2019 successful. Meetings are on Thursdays at the Blackstock Kitchen, 136 Blackstock Road (Sep 25, Oct 4, 11, 18 & 25). First meeting is this Thursday, 25 September, 11am-12noon. Islington…
Robert Stuhldreer: dog trainer
Everyone has a story. Meet dog trainer Robert Stuhldreer whose dogs you’ve probably seen starring at the Almedia theatre, in West End shows, in ads and films. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. You’d think it would be hard for a man and his five dogs to go…
