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Lollipop men and women: Jane, Ronnie, Nora & Pauline
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Twice a day there are lovely people all over Islington donning big weatherproof jackets and hats in a mix of reflective and florescent materials ready...
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Alex Smith: heritage assistant
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Alex Smith from Islington Local History Centre and Islington Museum helps keep many more local stories live and accessible – a hard task when you...
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David Goodman: tapas chef
David Goodman: runs Roman Bar & Grill, N7. Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Here’s how Londoner David Goodman started his own tapas place not far from Caledonian Road, N7....
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2012 in review – plus 5 most popular posts
THANK YOU READERS! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. This is what they found: Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012....
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JK: from Accra to Archway
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. JK spent his very early years in Ghana but came “very excitedly” to Islington aged seven and a half. Here he shares a little of what it was like...
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Jet Osman: 3D-artist
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Red-haired Jet Osman is a grandmother, committed vegetarian (she calls herself a “virtual vegan”), cat-lover and new for 2013 determined to get a...
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Nicola Baird: your interviewer
Student Sarah Graham on the 2012-13 Journalism MA course at City University wanted an interview with the interviewer of Islington Faces blog… So this is the interviewer’s story. If you’d like to...
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Lucy Mathen: opening people’s eyes
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Suppose you knew that cataract surgery was one of the 10 best health interventions to reduce poverty, would you ditch your job to find a way to cure...
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Charles Williams: made in Islington
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. So what’s it like growing up in Islington these days? On ITV’s Girlfri3nds Charles Williams, the fourth generation in his family from Islington, was...
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Chris P: canal enthusiast
Chris: devoting time to canals. Classic canal design: teapot and coasters on sale at London Canal Museum. Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Here’s just a little about the magic of the...
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Diane Burridge: local activist
Diane Burridge: “let’s talk about how to get more social glue.” Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. Diane Burridge grew up in the Australian outback. She arrived in Britain in 1975,...
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Ian Shacklock: CAMRA*, canals & campaigning
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. If you remember the successful 2008 battle to stop Arsenal from scrapping the community sports centre, and the 2010 campaign to stop the Whittington...
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Zannthie Bennett: King’s Cross dynamo
Everyone has a story on the Islington Faces Blog. When Zannthie Bennett was made redundant she volunteered to set-up a Neighbourhood Forum for King’s Cross that’s helped her find a connection with the...
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Teresa Robertson: unique house painter
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Illustrator Teresa Robertson, 53, moved to Islington when she was just eight months old. She’s a trustee of the Islington Centre for Refugees and...
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Viren Soma: tennis coach
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Whatever the weather there always seems to be a tennis coach setting up the perfect rally shots on the courts at Highbury Fields – and often it’s Viren...
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Simon Dolin: hair salon owner
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Normally at the hairdressers it’s the client who chats, but this time Simon– who runs Barnaby’s in Highbury Barn – lets me interview him while he cuts my...
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Piers Torday: children’s novelist
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. TV writer and theatre fan Piers Torday has just had his first novel published – The Last Wild. It’s an animal adventure set in a very empty, futuristic...
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Martin Burton: circus founder
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Founder and director of Zippos Circus, Martin Burton, sprinkles his fabulous tales of big top life with some tidbits about Islington clowns. Interview by...
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Stanley Smart: mechanic & poet
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Stanley Smart is a well-known St Thomas’ Road character who you may have seen washing and polishing cars. But his passion for vehicles was nearly his...
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Zrinka Bralo: tough spirit
Everyone on Islington Faces Blog has a story. Zrinka Bralo was born in Sarajevo. She studied Politics & Sociology, then went into radio journalism. Covering the Bosnian War led to her working 12-15...
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