What we learned about the trees of Wray Crescent
We wanted to report back on some of the fascinating things we learned about some of the trees of Wray Crescent during a brilliant hour-long walk through the park with tree expert and author, Bob Gilbert. He told us so many things – what follows are just four of the amazing things we learned. What we…
The Return of the Wray Crescent History Walk
Islington Guided Walks held a really successful guided walk around Wray Crescent when they came to visit last autumn. They came festooned with stories concerning our local area, and around seventy people turned up – we think everyone was really interested. They are back September 29 The good news is they’re back to deliver a…
What we learned about Wray Crescent
We enjoyed our best attended Tolly Talk ever, when around 70 friends and neighbours got together to join Islington guide, Oonagh Gay on a walk through our local history. Here are some of the highlights of what we learned.
Announcing the Wray Crescent History Walk
Please join us for an exciting history walk led by qualified Islington and Camden Guide, Oonagh Gay, who specialises in North Islington history walks.
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…