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Gail & Barry: Cally Park Pet Memorial Wall

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  Everyone has a story. Gail Timewell and Barry Garnham talk about dogs and the Cally Park Pet Memorial Wall – a unique spot in Islington created to remember dearly loved furry friends. Interview by Nicola Baird Dog walkers know Islington’s parks better than most of us because they visit…

 Kevan Tomlin: creative recovery worker 

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Everyone has a story. Creative recovery worker Kevan Tomlin explains why he loves working on community craft projects around Islington. Interview by Nicola Baird  After 35 years as a fashion designer Kevan Tomlin has found a role in Islington that he adores – answering his creative instincts and making him feel a part of…

Elaine Maffrett: community outreach

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Everyone has a story. Here Elaine Maffrett, shares how Islington community centres have shaped her life. Interview by Nicola Baird. Elaine Maffrett is born and bred Islington: she was born at 48 Tyndale Mansions and then got her first flat in the same block. “It looks really posh, off Upper…

The 7 wonders of Islington

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Everyone has a story. This post picks out the very best of Islington’s unique heritage. Photos and words by Nicola Baird The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World isn’t just a list for pub quizzers, it’s a list of truly ancient wonders built with hand tools and ingenuity for posterity…

John Burton: lighthouse keeper

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Everyone has a story. Over the years Islington Faces has interviewed a crocodile tamer, clown and even a Death Café coordinator. Turns out that it was even more exciting to discover there’s a London lighthouse keeper with links to the borough. Meet John Burton who works at Trinity Buoy Wharf.…

Frances Punter and Tracie Breslin: uplifters

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Everyone has a story. Every morning Islington Faces clicks on an inspirational WhatsApp, and often shares the uplifting message too. Here we meet Frances Punter (who sources the WhatsApp messages) and Tracie Breslin from Travel in Light helping to reveal the way that the future isn’t ahead of you, it’s…

Shereener Browne: actor/producer

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Everyone has a story. PlayFight, which will soon be at the Pleasance Theatre (29, 31 May and 1-3 June) bills itself as ‘Intensely moving political theatre exploring the corrosive nature of racism in the school system’. Here the woman who inspired this play, Shereener Browne, talks about turning it into…

Nicola Branch: Energy Advice officer

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Everyone has an #energystory #12. Q: If I’m renting a place which leaks heat, how can I make the rooms warmer and the bills cheaper? Each Energy Story interview is inspired by the questions local people ask Islington Faces about cutting carbon/tackling the climate crisis. For this interview our question…

Savvas Panas & the Ringcross Community Centre: food bank

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Everybody has a story. Here’s how the food bank at Ringcross Community Centre offers food, advice and company during the Covid-19 pandemic for hungry Islington people. Interview with centre manager Savvas Panas, volunteers and food bank users by Nicola Baird. A recent, chilling New Yorker piece (12 May 2020) reveals that…

Melissa Scott-Miller: artist

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Everybody has a story. Artist Melissa Scott-Miller paints her detailed canvases around the borough, so you may have spotted her at work in Islington. Or perhaps you recognise her Islington paintings when they star in the RA’s summer exhibitions? Interview with Nicola Baird Melissa Scott-Miller paints Islington scenes – houses, back…