Spot what’s changed 10 years and 20 years ago ! Keith found some historical newsletters in his searches of the archives and they make fascinating reading. Some things have stayed the same (the amounts of patience needed to get things done) and some have developed into safer cycling (Highbury Corner).
Up until about 2019, newsletters were paper inserts in the LCC’s London Cyclist magazine. The decision was then taken to go digital and from then onwards, we used the LCC’s Civi system to share local news. It would be good to get these linked to our website and this is something we might be able to look at later in the year.
Read what ICAG was doing 10 years ago here:ICAG-May-2016-v6. This was the time when we were deciding on a change of name from ICAG (Islington Cyclists’ Action Group) to a new name; which is the one we have today, Cycle Islington.
Read what ICAG was doing 20 years ago here: A Document_2026-04-10_104429 In fact, we were working on local elections – just like now ! And bike theft was an issue as discussed with MP Emily Thornberry who was a speaker at an ICAG AGM.