Come to the general meeting on Tuesday 24 November

Posted on Friday 20 November 2015 by Robert Milne

The time of the meeting has been returned to 7:30 pm from 6:30 pm because it will not now begin with a discussion with Councillor Paul Convery.

The recipients of the donations for filming suggested so far are:

Your chance to make your mark on the Cally Bridge

Posted on Tuesday 16 June 2015 by Robert Milne

Cally Colour Chart is to be a lighting display under the Cally Bridge that interacts with the traffic. A colour will emerge, while the name of the colour will appear on a screen. Passing vehicles and trains will make the colour fade into the next one. There can be over 200 colours.

You can choose and name the colours at the Cally Colour Chart web site until 5 July.

Islington Council has commissioned the work with funding from Transport for London. You could recently have seen other work by the artist, Phil Coy, at the Whitechapel Gallery or the South London Gallery.

Walk in the woods on Saturday 28 March

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The return of the railings

Posted on Thursday 6 February 2014 by Robert Milne

More than two years ago a large ash tree fell at the edge of Thornhill Square Gardens, destroying other trees and three metres of railings. New trees (Tulip Tree, Tibetan Cherry, Sweet Gum and Red Maple ‘Red Sunset’) were chosen and planted in the following winter, after discussions with residents; now the railings have been reinstated, using copies of the original ones (which have their own grade 2 listing from English Heritage). The reinstatement was delayed for various reasons; most recently, Metalcraft, the company that provided the railings, had to find a second foundry when its first choice went out of business.

Metalcraft was selected following the suggestion of residents (especially Patrick Firebrace), who obtained quotations for the work that kept the original design but that nonetheless were much better than those made to Islington Council.