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Living with Coronavirus Focus on Highbury Corner 20 CONSERVING CANONBURY NEWSLETTER SPRING LIVING WITH CORONAVIRUS The Canonbury Society would like to • Budgens has set up an online delivery • St Stephen’s Church is podcasting thank all of the local volunteers, charities, service with free delivery. Go to appyshop. a service each week which can be neighbours and businesses who are helping co.uk to open an account and connect accessed at www.ststephenscanonbury. local residents during the coronavirus crisis. to our local store on Upper Street. org.uk by clicking on Sermons. We know that in times like these it’s more important than ever to support each other, particularly those who are vulnerable. Last week, Canonbury came out in force to take part in ‘Clap for Carers’ to show appreciation for the NHS and key workers putting their health at risk to provide vital services. Here are some local contacts which might be useful: • Canonbury Mutual Aid can provide a friendly phone call, help with shopping, collecting prescriptions, or dog walking. Contact: 020 3026 4438, [email protected] • Islington Council has set up the We are Islington helpline on 020 7527 8222. • Shriji News offers a delivery service for vulnerable residents. Contact: 14 Canonbury Pl, 020 7226 2509. Ilustration by Jane Fior. FOCUS ON HIGHBURY CORNER PLAN JAMES COATES Of all the local planning changes we have service has gone altogether and there are HAVE YOUR SAY faced over the past year, the new road long tailbacks of traffic at busy times in both Traffic is very low now but when the layout at Highbury Corner is the largest. We Canonbury Road and St Paul’s Road. This coronavirus lockdown is lifted we will ask and other Islington residents’ associations has led to rat-runs through neighbouring you about your personal experience of the criticised the proposals and objected streets and increased pollution, particularly new layout. Whether you are on foot, on a strongly to Islington Council and Transport outside Canonbury Primary School. The bus, a cyclist, in a car or taxi or you have for London. All to no avail. The scheme now closure of Corsica Street at its southern end observations on the volume, or speed of implemented is the one proposed. It is part has made access harder for residents in the traffic in Canonbury you can have your of a wider policy by the Mayor of London streets north of St Paul’s Road. say on Nextdoor, or email us at contact@ in the London Plan to give greater priority canonburysociety.org.uk. We will then talk to cyclists and pedestrians and cut the use In the early days of the new layout, a main again to TfL and the Council. of private cars. Similar changes have been concern was the phasing of the lights at introduced at Old Street. the junction between St Paul’s Road and Canonbury Road. Several people reported We do not object to measures to make that the pedestrian crossing over St Paul’s local roads safer for cyclists, but we believe Road is dangerous because pedestrians that the new layout fails to strike a sensible get a green light while traffic from Holloway balance between their needs and those of Road is still passing through the junction. pedestrians and bus passengers. Some of these problems may turn out to have been teething troubles. TfL engineers As predicted, bus journeys are slower than were observing traffic flows after the new before, particularly the 271 northbound; scheme started and the SCOOT traffic light the interchange with bus services for both control system has been applied, which is pedestrians and users of Highbury and supposed to minimise delays over all the Islington station is worse. The 277 bus arms of the junction taken together. Photo credit: TFL www.canonburysociety.org.uk PAGE 1 PRINTED FSC CERTIFIED PAPER FROM OUR NEXTDOOR: CAT AVAILABLE CHAIRMAN FOR CLEANING PHILIP WALKER SUSAN MILLERSHIP LOOK AWAY NOW IF YOU HATE CAT AND CLEANING-RELATED POSTS... AVAILABLE BETWEEN NAPS FOR CLEANING. VERY REASONABLE RATES, DOESN’T DO IRONING members in Canonbury which represent nearly 30 per cent of households. Nextdoor is a rich seam of local knowledge where users advertise items for sale and for free, pass on information about crime and safety, and give or ask for recommendations on a wide range of subjects. In recent weeks there have Photo credit: Lyn Ambrose been numerous cornonavirus-related posts but there still seem to be plenty Members of the Canonbury Nextdoor of lost cats. Who would have thought that online site may chuckle at the above post so many Islington cats have such poor which, though tongue in cheek, led a local navigational skills? resident to respond: ‘This has reminded me why I really enjoy this forum for its well- The longest local single thread was started meaning, good natured fun.’ But for those by Paul Slaymaker in July 2019 when he who don’t know Nextdoor, what is it and asked whether the Highbury Corner traffic how does it work? scheme had been successful. Nearly For the first time in our 49-year history, 700 posts later, the consensus was a we held our Christmas Drinks Party Signing up online is simple, and once your resounding: ‘No!’ in January. It was lively, convivial and name and address are verified you are well attended. Whether its success part of your local neighbourhood network. And just a final thought for all cat-lovers was down to the venue, the bar of Your name and area appear when you using Nextdoor for cat posts, have you ever Union Chapel, or being on the same post, but not your address. According to considered having a Catdoor, dedicated to night that the UK formally left the EU the platform, there are more than 600 all things feline? or the less hectic atmosphere after Christmas or a combination of all these factors, is hard to know. But it was reassuring to have such support from members on whom we rely to guide the committee’s direction CANONBURY: of travel. The Summer Party was also a great LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! success and our heart-felt thanks go SHARON WHITE to our generous host Greg Campbell. We’d also like to thank all the Many Canonbury residents will have The production company thanked dedicated helpers who made both noticed the hive of activity in Canonbury parties possible. residents for accommodating the shoot by Grove as a film crew swung into action in donating £300 each to Urban Hope and mid-November. The film, The Last Letter Our central raison d’etre is to The Rose Bowl, £800 to The Friends of the from Your Lover, is a romantic drama and New River Walk and £850 to The Canonbury promote, safeguard and assist in the is directed by Augustine Frizzell. Based on preservation of the conservation area Society. The production employed a young the best-selling novel of the same name by film-maker from Islington as a Location for the benefit of residents, but I sense Jojo Moyes, it is a dual-narrative love story there is a growing demand for the Marshal. Tim Reynard of the Islington set between London and the French Riviera Film Office was key in liaising with the Society to also become more involved in 2003 and the 1960s. in the day-to-day social aspects of production company to achieve these benefits for the local community. living in Canonbury. We are already The film stars Felicity Jones, Shailene involved in Ward Partnerships, Safer Woodley, Callum Turner and Joe Alwyn. The Neighbourhood initiatives and of director was very taken with Canonbury course our local charities. With so and keen that it was used for a scene — much changing in the world due a ‘walk-and-talk’ as it is known in the film to coronavirus, it is important to world, with two characters commencing engage with our members and stay from a parked ‘period’ car on Canonbury connected. I wish everyone a safe Grove and concluding on a bench on the summer in Canonbury. I will try to do New River. Filming also took place at other the same but I’m currently stranded locations in Islington. Let’s hope the in Australia, awaiting a plane home. Canonbury scene makes it to the final cut. It could be a long wait! The release date is still to be confirmed. PAGE 2 www.canonburysociety.org.uk PRINTED FSC CERTIFIED PAPER GARY POWER: A PAINTER FOR ALL SEASONS SUSAN MILLERSHIP His black jacket splashed with oil paint, to Art School. After graduating in fine art, ‘Corners are impending dramas … I pretty working at an easel in all weathers, Gary skyscapes became his passion culminating much never include people. Maybe it’s Power is a familiar sight on the streets in a show at the Barbican. A great admirer because I like the idea of the viewer feeling of Canonbury. Known for his bonhomie of Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Corot, Gary’s they alone inhabit the scene, I myself only and engaging personality, Gary thrives biggest inspiration remains Leibman and truly feel connected with life when I’m alone on talking and interacting with people her quest for beauty and tranquillity in her painting.’ from all walks of life. Yet his paintings of paintings of Hampstead. Canonbury’s squares, corners and period To see Gary’s paintings, visit the houses rarely have a human figure in them. Always hunting for compositions in Canonbury Tavern or take a look at Gary started painting in the Canonbury Canonbury, Gary muses: Instagram @garypowercanonburyartist area a few years ago to be able to care for his partner, Eleni, who is disabled.
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