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King's Cross: A Sense of Place
By Angela Inglis with Nigel Buckner, Matador, July 2012. Price: £19.95.

Saving and reviving King's Cross - untold stories and photographs brought together in a new book:

A David and Goliath story.

If you thought there's nothing more to King's Cross than a station and a rundown red-light district, you couldn't be more wrong! Just round the corner to the east of the station you can find some of the loveliest parts of the city, with attractive Victorian terraces and unique examples of industrial buildings which have survived from the days before the railway.

These areas are also home to loyal communities of people who live and work there and who have fought tirelessly and passionately against threats to these very streets over the years.

Local photographer Angela Inglis has been documenting the industrial architecture of King's Cross and St Pancras for more than twenty five years. Her first book, ‘Railway Lands’, published in 2007, is a photographic record of the changing landscape around St Pancras Station before and during the building of the international station.

For this book, she decided to focus on the stories behind the area - and King's Cross has many stories waiting to be told. ‘King’s Cross: A Sense of Place’ celebrates the survival and rebirth of a small corner of historic London, thanks to the vision and tireless campaigning of people who have lived, worked and believed in the area. The book is a collaborative history told through narrative and photographs, with contributions from many of the key campaigners.

‘What is the city but the people?’ Shakespeare wrote in his play Coriolanus. This book shows clearly how, without the efforts of the people, the character of these areas of King's Cross, along with many of the buildings, would have been destroyed for ever.

"Anglia Inglis and her contributors provide an appreciative, superbly illustrated account of these developments." - Robert Thorne, Architectural Historian

"I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved the story of Norma Steel and the other indomitable characters  connected to the locality. It has made me want to explored the area, the photographs too are excellent. I want to check out the whole place!" - Jane Shelton

"The book is full of wonderful stories...It is a fascinating piece of social, cultural and industrial history." - Jeannie Burnett

Review - Islington News

Review -  Jeannie Burnett

The book has also been featured in the Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society, Autumn 2012 Vol 2 No 3.

King's Cross: A Sense of Place by Angela Inglis with Nigel Buckner, is published by Matador, July 2012.
Available from Kings Place Gallery, Price £19.95, ISBN: 9781780883311.
Contact: Angela Inglis, E: angelainglis@blueyonder.co.uk, T: 020 7387 9644, M: 07736406501
Contact: Kings Place Gallery, E: kpg@kingsplace.co.uk, T: 020 7520 1485,
www.kingscrossasenseofplace.org.uk / www.angelainglis.org / www.kingsplacegallery.co.uk

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