On hold for a while…

Hi,
I’m afraid that this blog will be on hold for a while.
My life got too busy in recent time and the lack of help doesn’t allow me to keep up with blog updates.
RSS feeds are always active so you can read the latest about Finsbury Park area from some friend site.
Regards,
“A blog for Finsbury Park” [...]

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‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down

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‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down
nlnews@archant.co.uk
19 November 2009
A CAF: that had been taken over by dealers in stolen mobile phones has been shut down.
La Roma in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, had become the hub of a stolen goods trade among north African men.
And when police raided it on November 3, they found a stolen camera [...]

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Gillespie Park Festival – 13 September 2009

Event Details Title Gillespie Park Festival
Date 13 September 2009
Times 1pm – 6pm
Availability Available
Description This will be the 23rd Gillespie Park festival, consisting of a wide range of music and dancing, including rap, line dancing and Morris dancing, plus childrens activities such as storytelling, drumming and football.
Costs Free
Notes Places: No maximum. Booking not required.

Contact Details
Title Friends [...]

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Access to Finsbury Park tube – Online Petition

Give us access to Finsbury Park
In a City the size of London, the Underground system is the quickest way to get around and we are disappointed with the Mayor’s decision to shelve 22 of the 45 planned step free access projects across London only committing himself to providing step-free access at 29 per cent of [...]

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Finsbury to feature in moody love story

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 4 September 2009

Hugh Grant

Finsbury to feature in moody love story
A NEW £1.5million feature film could do for Finsbury Park what the movie Notting Hill, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, did for Notting Hill.
Broken Lines, due to be premiered in the UK next year, is described as [...]

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Burglary rates are falling, insist police

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Burglary rates are falling, insist police
nlnews@archant.co.uk
26 August 2009
POLICE insist soaring rates of burglary insurance claims are at odds with the borough’s falling break-in rates in crime-hit streets.
Hornsey and Crouch End were named and shamed as the second most risky areas to live in the capital according to the number of insurance claims filed last [...]

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BLAZE at derelict Stoke Newington library sparks fears of explosion

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BLAZE at derelict Stoke Newington library sparks fears of explosion.
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
26 August 2009
A mystery blaze at a derelict library sparked fears of an explosion after gas cylinders were discovered inside this morning .
Flames engulfed the former council-run Brownswood Library on the corner of Brownswood Road and Seven Sisters Road, Stoke Newington, which closed 13 [...]

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One year on… and gallery lies empty

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 21 August 2009

Shiri Shalmy

One year on… and gallery lies empty
A YEAR after arts exhibitions were kicked out of a converted public toilet in 115-acre Finsbury Park, the building remains empty.
And this week a row blew up over the eviction of arts promoter Shiri Shalmy from the gallery [...]

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Please your palate at Harringay Food Festival

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Please your palate at Harringay Food Festival
7:00am Friday 14th August 2009
By Elizabeth Pears [...]

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New cyclists come out for London’s Cycle Friday

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New cyclists come out for London’s Cycle Friday

By Kevin Emery – Posted on 14 August 2009

The first Cycle Friday has made its mark on London, and the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is pleased with how today’s rides have gone. The Cycle Fridays in the city have been launched to encourage novice cyclists to commute [...]

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