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Thanks I would definitely like to contribute to your website as my father I think was editor of the school magazine in the late 1930's - I have stored away about 4- 5 years of the school magazine which I would need to find in the attic etc.  Its information that anyone with an interest in family history or the history of the school would be very interested to read.

My father died 3 years ago - born in 1927 - died in 2012 - but kept a diary for 80 years - which makes for a very interesting read.

email me at: firstandquirkyislington@gmail.com and I am sure we can sort something out.

Thanks for your email - this message is abit of a 'blast from the past' so do give me time to think about it.

I have to admit I had forgotten about this post as my father died now just over 3 years ago.  I still have all the photos and school newsletters in tact and yes I do think some of the information should be shared in the public domain in some way.

Is it possible for you to send me a private message and perhaps we can sort something out.

Kind regards, Chris

Thanks, I am training to be an Islington and Clerkenwell Guide.  We have been given our exam walk around Pentonville and have to talk for 3-4 mins on about 16 stops, one of which is Percy Circus and Lloyds Square.  I just really like to find 'quirky' information about each stop.  I know that Lenin once lived in Percy Circus as did Tony Hadley, but apart from that I am really struggling to find sufficient information to talk for 4 mins on the circus. 

When I saw the article on British History online I thought perhaps I could talk about prize fighting and that kind of thing.  It would be good to know about that particular fight - to make my talk interesting.

Lloyds Square is another that I am really struggling with - the rest of the stops I am fairly OK with in terms of information.

I am trying to establish where the housing was that 'ex-prisoners' could live in St Pancras, it was on a social housing walk around the Kings Cross area that I found out this fact and put 'two and two' together.  The Collins family mainly lived on Oussleston Street, near to St Pancras Station.

I wonder if anyone can help me discover if Jeremiah (also known as Henry) was a criminal - my reason for asking is that I have recently discovered that there is housing in St Pancras in the early 1800's that was one of the few in the area that housed 'ex prisoners'. He was born in the Marylebone/St Pancras area around 1798, yet married at St George the Martyr, near Marechalsea Prison in Southwark, before returning to St Pancras.  He was clearly abit of a rebel as he named his youngest son John Francis after the person who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria.

I have always wondered why he would have got married in Southwark, to return to St Pancras. Was he a criminal returning to a place where ex prisoners were accepted or was his father John Collins a criminal and he was living close to the prison.

Any help would be very much appreciated.