The countdown has begun. Saturday 6 September at 1.30 is the time to start putting the fun into FUNdraising. Yes, the Arlington Square Summer Fete will soon be here.

The mince pies and Christmas puddings have been in the shops since late August but the true Festive Season only kicks off when our friends and neighbours gather in Arlington Square to sip mulled wine, sing carols and celebrate.

It’s nearly time for the annual Summer Fete in Arlington Square.

If you’ve heard the raucous cries of gulls around the southern corner of Arlington Square, you should know that a pair of lesser black-backed gulls have nested on the roof of No. 22 for the last few years.

In the last Arlingtonian, we showed you in pictures the back-breaking work our volunteer gard eners devoted to preparing the two flowerbeds at the south of the square.

On one of the coldest days in April a dozen members of Art in the Park visited Arlington Square with their paints and easels.

Next time you lay a blanket on the Arlington Square grass for some relaxing family time, spare a thought for the children who lived here in the 1950s – when that was strictly forbidden.

Our right royal do marking the coronation of King Charles III in May was a joyous occasion. The sun shone. Our volunteers set out tables and chairs and rolled out the royal tablecloth.

It’s time for us all to enjoy ourselves and join with our neighbours in putting the fun into fund-raising.

It’s time for us all to enjoy ourselves and join with our neighbours in putting the fun into fund-raising.

We are delighted that Toni Parker who runs Pack Up has been awarded the Mayor of Islington’s Civic Award.

A certain keen gardener and one-time enthusiastic visitor to Arlington Square has suggested that we all have a picnic together to celebrate his coronation.

Arlington Square’s four rectangular flower beds were laid out in the early 1950s, so it’s a safe bet that this was a Coronation project.

A certain keen gardener and one-time enthusiastic visitor to Arlington Square has suggested that we all have a picnic together to celebrate his coronation.

Have you ever wondered why The Angel Islington appears on the Monopoly board – the only property square on the board that isn’t the name of a street?

Like us, our neighbours in and around Wilton Square are in the Arlingtonian Conservation Area. And like Arlington Square, Wilton was once part of the Clothworkers’ Estate, but became separated from the main estate when the New North Road was built in 1812.

Dismal, drab, druggy, dangerous. A fair description of Arlington Square in 2009.

It was 2015 when we first reported on the possible destruction of Holborn Studios in Eagle Wharf Road (below).

The first issue of The Arlingtonian announced that 2012 was the Year of Music at St James’.

For centuries, the area where we now live was a popular spot for archery practice.