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Tales from the Finsbury Parker newsletter 1975-2001

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Everyone has a story. Demolition, campaigns to bring in pedestrian crossings and a street party offering anaconda kebabs – this is just a fraction of the community building around the streets of Finsbury Park that you can discover by looking through old copies of the ‘Finsbury Parker’ newsletter. Report by…

Nicky Ludgate: making us all good neighbours

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Nicky Ludgate is a pro at bringing neighbours together. Here she explains how this happens on the New River estate and across Canonbury at Yeate Street, Elmore Street, Elizabeth Avenue and Halliford Street. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill It takes a lot of courage to upturn your…

Jay Adeyemi: Finsbury Park TOLO rail organiser

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Everyone has an energy story #4. Just like Covid-19, climate change effects everyone, but not equally. We all know that climate change is making some bits of the world harder to live in but did you know that we’re already seeing people having to move because their homes and livelihoods…

Valerie Bossman-Quarshie: community activist

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Everybody has a story. Meet Elizabeth House trustee Valerie Bossman-Quarshie who’s making Islington better for us all. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill Valerie Bossman-Quarshie is a force of energy in Islington as you may already know if you read the local newspapers. For some years she’s often featured…
Carlos Torres: film maker & photographer

Carlos Torres: film maker & photographer

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Everyone has a story. Film maker Carlos Torres reckons living in Islington will give him the film making opportunities he needs to develop his career.  Interview by Nicola Baird. Spaniard Carlos Torres has been in the UK for three years but is happy to call Islington – and more specifically Archway – his home. Carlos is…