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.

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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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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
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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Friday bike convoys converging on City of London

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Friday bike convoys converging on City of London
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By Mike Brooke
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The ‘Cycle Fridays’ are departing at 8am from six locations in all directions for riders who need a little extra support to [...]

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‘Unsafe’ festival is axed

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‘Unsafe’ festival is axed
nlnews@archant.co.uk
06 August 2009
A TWO-day fashion and music festival in Finsbury Park has been scrapped just four days before it was set to take place – after police raised “serious safety concerns”.
Police claimed organisers of the first ever Africa Caribbean Asia Fashion Week would struggle to cope with up to 10,000 visitors [...]

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Young advisers to help shape centre

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Young advisers to help shape centre
Youth Work Now
1 August 2009

Islington Council has recruited a group of 14 young advisers to help develop a flagship youth centre in Finsbury Park.
The new centre, which is being funded using cash from the government’s Myplace scheme, will give young people access to a safe space where they can [...]

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Don McCullin at the National Media Museum

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Don McCullin at the National Media Museum
By Francis Hodgson
Published: July 31 2009 23:06 | Last updated: July 31 2009 23:06

The travel writer Norman Lewis became a close friend of Don McCullin while they were travelling on assignments together for The Sunday Times. “I learnt from him,” Lewis told his biographer Julian Evans, “how beautiful [...]

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Woodberry Down Fun Day draws crowds

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Woodberry Down Fun Day draws crowds
OVER 400 local people attended the Woodberry Down’s 5th Annual Fun Day recently in Hackney, getting a chance to find out more about how to live healthily and engage in the community.
Residents met with staff from the regeneration project to get an update on works and how they can [...]

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