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Memorable graffiti round London from over the years

RodneyCharltonTrotta
RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
edited February 2018 in Not Sports Related
Always remember the huge mural on top of a block of flats in Rotherhithe/ Bermondsey "Alive" with a woman's face as the train would pass by. Flats knocked down years ago.

Remember a big CAFC on the railway sidings between London Bridge and cannon street also.

My favourite one by far was just beyond London Bridge and some builders had crudely scrawled on a derelict building "Big Dave's Gusset" in huge letters. They'd done it in a position meaning it was inaccessible so there permanently. Always made me chuckle and picture poor big Dave's boat when he saw it for the first time and every subsequent time he passed it on the train.
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,821
    I remember “Be Cool But Care” along a local railway line somewhere?!? I’m guessing maybe between Kidbrooke and Blackheath?
  • Beardface
    Beardface Posts: 1,136
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  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,323
    edited February 2018
    wasnt there rolands a cnut on floyd road

    must of been wishful thinking - it was roland out
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    "George Davies is innocent"
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,741
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

    Always remember the huge mural on top of a block of flats in Rotherhithe/ Bermondsey "Alive" with a woman's face as the train would pass by. Flats knocked down years ago.

    Remember a big CAFC on the railway sidings between London Bridge and cannon street also.

    My favourite one by far was just beyond London Bridge and some builder's had crudely scrawled on a derelict building "Big Dave's Gusset" in huge letters. They'd done it in a position meaning it was inaccessible so there permanently. Always made me chuckle and picture poor big Dave's boat when he saw it for the first time and every subsequent time he passed it on the train.

    Saw the thread title and immediate thought of this one
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,821
    .....I also remember when having my first ‘proper’ birthday party at home when I was 14 or 15.

    My older brother was ‘on the door’ with orders from my dad not to let anyone in that I didn’t approve of.

    2 Herberts turned up to get in and my brother told them to piss off.

    Party went ok I guess but when I got up in the morning the 2 Herberts (I assume) had come back and drawn a 6ft cock and balls (with obligatory jizz spurts) on my front door with magic marker.

    It was funny as fuck but my dad sadly didn’t agree.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,783
    'George Davis is Innocent' scrawled on walls & bridges,around South London.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,639
    The 'Big Dave's gusset' one should have been preserved like a Banksie would be - it was excellent - always brought a smile to my face
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,639
    It even has websites dedicated to it - genius
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    My favourite was when the "Free Oz" on the side of a pub in Plumstead was turned into Free Booze with an arrow pointing to the front.

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  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
    Lordflashheart said:

    It even has websites dedicated to it - genius

    Ha brilliant! Will have to have a look at that later
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,195
    Seen recently in Peckham/Camberwell
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    Not London but as we pulled into Hartlepool station, on a bridge was painted “welcome to Hartlepool. It’s grim here.”
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,639
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

    Lordflashheart said:

    It even has websites dedicated to it - genius

    Ha brilliant! Will have to have a look at that later
    There are interviews on the net with the man himself - Big Dave - made my day this has
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,713
    On Creekside near the Bird's Nest in Deptford there used to be "Whither Atrophy".
    Think it was the same guy who'd done the Love Over Gold one which was in the same area. There were a lot round there but I think the council painted them all over.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Lordflashheart said:

    It even has websites dedicated to it - genius

    That was there (near Borough Market) for years! Brilliant.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
    se9addick said:

    Seen recently in Peckham/Camberwell

    Why do hipsters want Benedict Cumberbatch to resign?

  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
    Lordflashheart said:

    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

    Lordflashheart said:

    It even has websites dedicated to it - genius

    Ha brilliant! Will have to have a look at that later
    There are interviews on the net with the man himself - Big Dave - made my day this has
    Excellent...I will check it out. Big Dave should get some honorary status and never have to buy a drink in the borough locale.
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

    Always remember the huge mural on top of a block of flats in Rotherhithe/ Bermondsey "Alive" with a woman's face as the train would pass by. Flats knocked down years ago.

    Remember a big CAFC on the railway sidings between London Bridge and cannon street also.

    My favourite one by far was just beyond London Bridge and some builders had crudely scrawled on a derelict building "Big Dave's Gusset" in huge letters. They'd done it in a position meaning it was inaccessible so there permanently. Always made me chuckle and picture poor big Dave's boat when he saw it for the first time and every subsequent time he passed it on the train.

    was that the CAFC B-MOB on the left if you were pulling out of Cannon Street?
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,862
    cafcdave123 said:

    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

    Always remember the huge mural on top of a block of flats in Rotherhithe/ Bermondsey "Alive" with a woman's face as the train would pass by. Flats knocked down years ago.

    Remember a big CAFC on the railway sidings between London Bridge and cannon street also.

    My favourite one by far was just beyond London Bridge and some builders had crudely scrawled on a derelict building "Big Dave's Gusset" in huge letters. They'd done it in a position meaning it was inaccessible so there permanently. Always made me chuckle and picture poor big Dave's boat when he saw it for the first time and every subsequent time he passed it on the train.

    was that the CAFC B-MOB on the left if you were pulling out of Cannon Street?
    There was one before you crossed the river just outside LB too but now you mention it I do remember that B Mob one too.


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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,339
    M. Kahn is Bent. As made famous by the Mary Whitehouse Experience. Possibly a sad story attached, though it seems unlikely...

    Big Dave's Gusset is mentioned in the comments here.

    https://londonist.com/2015/01/10-london-graffiti-slogans-from-the-last-50-years
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,220
    Goonerhater said:

    "George Davies is innocent"

    From the mighty Sham 69

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=sKpA78cXHZc
  • sterlingaddick
    sterlingaddick Posts: 158
    Best one for me is just out from the Blackwall tunnel in which someone had written "The Lifestyle You Ordered is Currently Out of Stock" - which would have been read by mainly annoyed commuters on their way to work. (I believe this was Banksy, but may be wrong)

  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Goonerhater said:

    "George Davies is innocent"

    He wasn't though was he?
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,369
    Used to see this on the way to White Hart Lane

  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,427
    On the foot tunnel in Floyd Road, right opposite the club shop:
    "Langton must die"

    It was there for years, but I never met anyone who knew the story behind it.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,087
    My dad took me and my cousin to see Spurs v Man U in late 70’s when we were 8 or 9

    As approached the ground there was graffiti saying ‘ we all agree, Tottenham Hotspur’s are wankers’ me and my cousin started singing it, not knowing what wankers meant. My dad was desperately trying to get us to shut up as started getting strange looks from Spurs fans !
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,713
    I remember in the early 80s there was what would now be called a viral marketing campaign by the band "Case" who painted their name all over the place - it was on one of the bridges next to the Blackwall Tunnel. I used to have their record it was a cracker.

    And googling it found some more info about them
    http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/case-croydon-oi-and-oldest-graffiti-in.html

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