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Gilbert Bankual: House of Hodge volunteer

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Everyone has a story. Book seller Gilbert Bankual loves the ways book collections reveal people’s lives – just one of the reasons he volunteers at House of Hodge on Blackstock Road. Interview by Nicola Baird Over coffee (double espresso for him, decaf for Islington Faces) at The Blackstock Kitchen, just…

John Mackie: fruit and veg shop owner

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Everyone has a story. Here John Mackie talks about growing up in Islington, early starts and how he became a professional footballer. Plus, insight into his day-to-day life running a fabulous greengrocer, Christmas tree and flower shop, White Brothers Fruit & Veg, on Blackstock Road, N4. Interview by Nicola Baird…

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…

Ben: Sylvanian Store Keeper

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Everyone has a story. For the past 30 years the Sylvanian Families Shop on Mountgrove Road has been the only independent specialist Sylvanian store. It’s a magical world of little furry families, popular with primary school children keen to spend their pocket money, or find a big gift, and has…

Adam Hardy: community activist 

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Neighbourhood Forum Finsbury Park member Adam Hardy has an innovative idea to help us all figure out our carbon footprint, reduce our carbon usage and trade carbon allowances locally in a bid to help tackle the climate crisis and speed up the UK’s energy transition away from fossil fuel. Interview…

Let’s Chat: ideas to beat loneliness

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Let’s chat: ideas to beat loneliness and get local people talking Sharing our learning from the Let’s Chat project with ideas to beat loneliness and get local people chatting. We found writing questions on big bits of woods helped inspire chat. Try it and see if it works for your…

Lindy Sharpe: food and waste campaigner

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Everyone has a story. What if everything was 15 minutes from where you lived? Well for Lindy Sharpe who lives in Highbury and works near Angel that’s the reality. Here she talks about her food policy work and how volunteering for Transition Highbury and Islington Environmental Emergency Alliance (IEEA) is…

Nadine Mellor: Frock Up Friday highlights

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Everyone has a story. Dressing up one day a week since the start of the 2020 lockdown – and then for the next 100 weeks – has given Nadine Mellor the chance to review her life via the memories triggered by what she wore. Here she talks about the joys…

Dan Miller: M&S Energy Operations Manager

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    Everyone has an energy story #9 Q: What’s something easy that I can do that will make a big difference? You can switch your electricity supply to a 100% renewable energy supplier. There are a range of suppliers, such as Bulb, Ecotricity, Good Energy, Octopus and others, the…

Tessa Shaw: ink@84 bookshop owner

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Everyone has an #energystory 3. Q: How do I find out more about climate change? What books could I read? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling climate change. For this interview our Q aims to find out which books…