Watch three of four Tollington Ward candidates explain how they would represent you if elected
The Friends of Wray Crescent held a public hustings meeting with three out of the four candidates standing for election in Tollington Ward for a seat on Islington Council on June 24, 2021. It was an interesting and engaging meeting during which the candidates discussed a variety of topics, including how they would represent our…
Sign the petition for a better plan for our park
We are announcing two petitions in which we ask Islington to walk back on its current plans, engage in a credible survey of local need and deliver a more imaginative project that helps meet the complex needs of Tollington ward. The first petition is at Change.org. Please sign this now. We also have a petition…
Announcement: Meet your local council candidates at Tolly Talks
We would like to announce the first Tolly Talks event, presented by the Friends of Wray Crescent, on June 25 at 7pm on Zoom. We have invited all four of the candidates standing for election in the Tollington Ward by election to join us at this event. At time of writing, all four have agreed…
We continue to campaign for a truly multi-use park
We continue to try to put forward the argument that what the park needs isn’t an investment in one use above all other uses, but an investment in multiple things. We’re really pleased the Islington Tribune gave us a fair hearing in this. It’s important to note that arguing for a fair balanced use of…
Please attend Islington’s second meeting on the future of our park
The second of two project information sessions regarding Islington’s plans to effectively transform Wray Crescent Park into a cricket pitch takes place on June 15 at 7pm. We want to urge all park users to attend this meeting. At present, we are not at all impressed by these plans, which appear to favor the needs…
What new activities would you like to see in Wray Crescent?
We are still organising our response to the first disappointing consultation meeting with Islington council regarding the plans it wants to impose on our park. As far as we are concerned the problem in Islington is not a lack of cricket, but a lack of access to green space. We were not satisfied at the…
Initial criticisms of Wray Crescent cricket proposals
Dear Friends, As you know, Islington Council is pressing forward with its plans for cricket in Wray Crescent Park. Meanwhile the image above shows the extent to which it has funded alternatives to cricket in the park. You can download the consultation document here. The council is hosting two online information sessions (find out more…
Please respond to Islington’s Cricket club pavilion plan for our park
Friends, Islington Council has published what it calls the Wray Crescent Park Building Project Community Leaflet, in which it discusses its plans for a new cricket centre in our park, which includes a section it is calling a ‘Community Room’. You can download the consultation document here. There will be a couple of information sessions…
14 amazing facts you never knew about Islington
I made this for amusement a few years ago. I grabbed a whole bunch of facts from Pamela Shields’ excellent book, ‘Islington, the first 2,000 years’ (Amazon link) and put them together in this infographic. Did you know the population of Tollington c.1066 was 9 people? There’s around 10,000 today. Or that Whittington Hospital is…
Easter Bunny comes to Wray Crescent
Well, here is something that doesn’t happen very often. This weekend, the Easter Bunny visited Wray Crescent. Everyone seemed pretty happy. (By the way, we heard that at some point in the 1970’s, Wray Crescent was full of rabbits, they all lived in the large green circle area). Happy Easter everyone!