The second in a series of three exhibitions sharing the memories of King’s Cross locals, this exhibition tells stories of growing up in the area from World War II to the present day. Using recordings of local people, it highlights the challenges faced by parents and communities raising children in an ever evolving inner ...
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Developing a theme based approach When we started interviewing people for the King’s Cross Story Palace, we had two criteria for the stories we would be gathering: They had to take place within the last 100 years, and they had to relate to the mile radius around King’s Cross Station. King’s Cross ward – approximately ...
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Come along. Share your memories. Be part of the story. The King’s Cross Story Palace team will be in residence at King’s Cross Station concourse on Thursday 26th of April 2018. The project team, along with broadcaster Lucia Scazzocchio, will be on hand from 10.00 to 16.00 to talk to people using the station. Come ...
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Here at Story Palace HQ, we can think of no better way to celebrate the contribution of women to society than to take a closer look at some of the wonderful women of King’s Cross. Last week, as part of our regular programme of Older People’s Activity, we visited the Elizabeth Garret Anderson Hospital Gallery. Even ...
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Over the course of the last few months the King’s Cross Story Palace team having been running workshops at the Chadswell Healthy Living Centre. The centre is run by the King’s Cross and Brunswick Neighbourhood Association and works with Somali and Bangladeshi women as well as the Chinese community. Over three sessions we worked with ...
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Over the last few months the King’s Cross Story Palace team have been looking back at the stories we’ve heard, so that we can do them justice when we share them with the world. Understanding the storytelling process, and pushing the limits of how we share stories with the communities we’re working with will also ...
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Over the next few months the King’s Cross Story Palace team will be sharing the experience of some of the wonderful volunteers on the project who are giving up their valuable time, skills and expertise to support the project. In this blog post we hear from Partick Narine who has been volunteering on the project ...
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We’re delighted to share news of a fantastic local organisation in the Somers Town area: You’re invited to a party at the beautiful St Pancras Old Church 20th December | 7pm – 10pm Somers Town history Club cordially invites you to their Christmas Party. Dance performance by Swing Patrol & taster lesson! Live Music and ...
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Jonathan Blake was born in 1949. He is 68 years old when we meet him to talk about his memories of King’s Cross and LGSM, in September 2017. He is officially a pensioner, he tells me proudly; he never expected to be able to say that, having been diagnosed with HTLV-3 – which later became ...
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Calling all over 55s – join us on 9 November 2017 for our first walking tour! You’ll discover some of the ‘New King’s Cross’ whilst learning about the area’s rich history and meeting other older residents. We’ll start at King’s Cross Station, walk up to Granary Square then past the Coal Drops Yard and the recently ...
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Originally commissioned in 2015 by curator Charlie Levine as part of a year long arts programme marking 50 years since the formation of the Borough of Camden Council as it stands today, (#Camden50). It is fabulous to have the chance to air these ‘Encounters’ in the form of voices, photographs and videos again via Historypin. ...
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King’s Cross in the 1980’s was home to Movements, an LGBT disco run out of The Bell pub in Pentonville Rd. The two DJ’s responsible for running movements, Berni and Martin recount the history of those times and have generously allowed us to showcase a rich collection of posters and flyers which you can see ...
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This weekend the UK is alive with Fun Palaces – and on Saturday we took part in the Camden edition. Organised by New Diorama Theatre it brought together a host of inspiring community organisations. Locals and visitors alike turned up in numbers – and fun was had by all! This weekend, find your FREE local ...
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Last week the King’s Cross Story Palace team were invited to take part in an Apple Juicing day on the Priory Green Estate. Run by The Orchard Project, a national charity dedicated to the creation, restoration and celebration of community orchards, the Apple Juicing day was a lovely way to bring the local community together. ...
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Taking part in the Kings Cross Story Palace project was a no brainer for me. I’ve always been mad for history and, having been involved in collecting people’s memories of my local park, I was keen to take part in an oral history project as a contributor rather than a curator. The fact that it ...
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As our LGBTQI+ and Women’s History theme starts to draw to a close, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down. We’ve joined forces with our friend Rob Pateman, to host an afternoon of showcase stories, informal chats and musical highlights. We’ll look at gay London through the ages, so we can reflect, reminisce, and ...
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It’s always good to stop and pause — to look back at what you’ve been doing, and to, well, enjoy it. So it seems timely to highlight a few of the stories we’ve been gathering for the King’s Cross Story Palace, to reflect on the experience, and on the lives of others. Sue Smallwood Walking into Sue’s house, ...
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With buildings like St. Pancras, King’s Place and The British Library – to name but a few – a person can sometimes feel a little overwhelmed with the monumental buildings in the area! However, you can discover tiny wells of peace and quiet a few minutes from any major junction. I’m going to take you ...
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The founding principle of the Story Palace is to build stronger communities by engaging people in dialogues, sharing stories and uncovering hidden histories. We want to equip organisations to engage local people from different backgrounds to share their stories with one another. By sharing those stories, people and communities will get to know one another ...
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As we gather stories from around the King’s Cross area, we want to make sure we tap into themes and activities elsewhere. It fits with the area being a natural crossing point for thousands of people a day, and millions over the last 100 years. Looking ahead, here are some of the UN days ...
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This weekend the King’s Cross Story Palace team popped along to the Camden Mela to speak to locals about the project and to sample the delights of this long running community festival. The word ‘Mela’ is a Sanskrit word which means ‘gathering’ or ‘to meet’ which is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes ...
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Since the start of the project we have been working with some fantastic volunteers who have been helping us make the King’s Cross project come alive. Here Katie Devlin, who joined the team for a week of work experience, reflects on growing up in the area. My King’s Cross King’s Cross is a great ...
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We’re continuing our summer focus on gathering LGBTQI+ stories of King’s Cross. Last weekend, we pitched up our rainbow coloured mobile Story Palace at the Queer and Now festival at Tate Britain. Thanks to Jan Pimblett from the The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) and Speak Out London for letting us tag along! Several brave souls bared their King’s Cross stories of love and ...
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Over the next few months we’re sharpening our focus and delving into LGBTQI+ history in King’s Cross. From infamous venues such as The Bell, to Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners via an explosion of same sex dance classes, sequinned catsuits locked away in city sheds, the HIV crisis and the London Lesbian and Gay ...
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