Having lived only 5 minutes away from the London Metropolitan Archives, I’m sad to say I had never actually visited before our trip last week, where staff and volunteers met and listened to a range of staff at the archive telling us about their work. The building, resources and dedicated team there were a total ...
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Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Taking place from 1st-7th June every year, it showcases different volunteering roles through recruitment events, taster sessions and activities across the country. Earlier this week members of the King’s Cross Story Palace team attended the Summer 2017 Volunteering ...
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Tom Marshman performing King’s Cross (Remix) Photo by Michael Hall Tom Marshman’s nostalgia for a time he was too young to experience is the springboard for his latest production King’s Cross (Remix) now on at the Camden People’s Theatre. With King’s Cross as the stage, we’re taken on a trip through the vitality and sadness of ...
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We’ve been populating our King’s Cross Story Palace Collection on Historypin with some of the stories you’ve shared with us so far. Sioned Churchill remembers King’s Cross County Fair and other festivals in the area during the 1980s and 1990s. Listen to her story below. For more of Sioned’s stories from the King’s Cross area, ...
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Your support, your memories, your King’s Cross. As a Heritage Lottery funded project, our volunteers are a vital part of the team. Over the next few months on this blog we will be showcasing the important work that volunteers are undertaking and the skills they are learning in the process. As well as volunteering there ...
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Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund, we’ve developed a project which aims to enrich the stories of local people, and uncover more untold histories from Somers Town, to Great Ormond Street, to the eponymous railway station that’s faithfully served commuters and locals throughout the years. We will be making connections with groups and individuals, as ...
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In our journeys around King’s Cross and the surrounding area, we’ve discovered some other exciting projects that are happening there. We were particularly interested to hear that Magnum Photos is about to embark on Live Labs right on our doorstep. In celebration of its 70th anniversary, Magnum Photos, in collaboration with the Museum of London, ...
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Say hello to the King’s Cross Story Palace advisory board! Over the next two years we’ll look to these great folks to be our local champions. They will offer feedback on our activity programme, share their local knowledge, propose ideas and help us maintain relationships and relevance. The first of their quarterly meetings was held on 25th ...
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We’re off to an exciting start with our story gathering workshops. We currently have active groups at Marchmont Street Community Centre, St Pancras Community Association, and Millman Street Community Centre. We’ve met some amazing people, and heard stories that have made us laugh, cry and drop our jaws in disbelief. We’re just about to launch ...
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We’re building a community led history of the past 100 years in King’s Cross through the stories of local people and places. We want to showcase the daily life and nightlife of an area that is continually changing. We’ll look at the past, present and future and how we’re connected across generations and social divides. ...
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Our collection of stories is now live on Historypin. Visit https://www.historypin.org/en/king-s-cross-story-palace for recollections from the neighbourhood.
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