Graffiti 1971-1983

Bothering to notice notices that bother has been a bit of a habit. The moving finger that numbers the days of our kingdom, weighing us in the balance, at times weird, arcane but thank goodness not always finding us wanting.

‘Shoot/Love your enemies’, ‘Old soldiers never die, just the young ones’. Manchester 1971

‘It’s a girl 7lb 4oz’, Barnoldswick, Lancashire. May 1976

‘Stop Engines Clean Air Act In Force, Stockport. February 1977

‘Pakis Out Go Home’, Preston. May 1978

‘White Trash’, Bradford. April 1978

‘NF out of BFD’, Bradford. April 1978

‘Black white shit baboons’, Blackburn. April 1978

‘Come back Enoch’, Bolton. April, 1978

‘Armstrong Jones is a Parasite’, Salford. July 1978

‘Prince Phillip is a Lazy Man’, graffiti on derelict house, Salford. July 1978

‘Ban the dog freaks now’, Manchester. September, 1978

‘Anthony Small and anyone going’, Hulme, Manchester. September 1979

‘Death to music puffs’, Burnley. August 1980

WMD (weapons of mass destruction) registration plate on American car, guard dog warning sign and white graffiti penis, Hull. November, 1981

‘Love is all, all is love, it’s all youve got so give youre lot’, Hull. November 1982

‘We won't pay the rent we’re better off in a tent’, Bessemer Park, Co. Durham. February 1983

‘Jackie was here: 17/3/83 drunk as a fart’, Hull. May 1983

‘Florie Berryman’. Bessemer Park, Co. Durham. March 1983

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