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Centenary Wall at Charlton Station Unveiled - with Seb Lewis tribute
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yes, and especially considering another one done around that time a few streets away, in Rathmore Road, was painted over long, long ago.killerandflash said:
That mural has lasted amazingly well really, considering it's been left basically untouched (I assume) for over 40 yearsInspectorSands said:
It still does - this is the wall on the corner where Sam Bartram's shop was - but it's looking a bit tatty now. Carol Kenna, one of the artists behind it, is still around and still lives in Charlton.ExiledinManchester said:Well done the museum for a great idea and execution. The wall on Floyd Road until quite recently had a mural depicting the fight to stop demolition of houses in the area.
http://londonmuralpreservationsociety.com/murals/floyd-road/
https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk/projects/gmw-rathmore-hall-charlton-1979-1980/
The benches survived and were redone last summer.
edit: the Floyd Road mural is 44 years old (!) https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk/projects/gmw-floyd-road-1976/the second picture that scrolls along on the index shows both the mural and the East Terrace: https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk2 -
@InspectorSandsInspectorSands said:
yes, and especially considering another one done around that time a few streets away, in Rathmore Road, was painted over long, long ago.killerandflash said:
That mural has lasted amazingly well really, considering it's been left basically untouched (I assume) for over 40 yearsInspectorSands said:
It still does - this is the wall on the corner where Sam Bartram's shop was - but it's looking a bit tatty now. Carol Kenna, one of the artists behind it, is still around and still lives in Charlton.ExiledinManchester said:Well done the museum for a great idea and execution. The wall on Floyd Road until quite recently had a mural depicting the fight to stop demolition of houses in the area.
http://londonmuralpreservationsociety.com/murals/floyd-road/
https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk/projects/gmw-rathmore-hall-charlton-1979-1980/
The benches survived and were redone last summer.
edit: the Floyd Road mural is 44 years old (!) https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk/projects/gmw-floyd-road-1976/the second picture that scrolls along on the index shows both the mural and the East Terrace: https://www.forwallswithtongues.org.uk
Can you get that image of the mural and East Terrace
I tried to save it on my phone but with no luck.
Will tweet some of these images and links later.
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Henry - this do?
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Cheers @aliwibble top stuff1
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What's that building to the right of the old West Stand?aliwibble said:Henry - this do?0 -
Is it The Valley Club?
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Might be the laundry0
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Belonging to the club or a separate business?Henry Irving said:Might be the laundry0 -
It’s not the valley club, that was where the east stand turnstiles are at the back of the covered end. I think these were offices, remember the old stand was very unsophisticated and did not have corporate boxes and offices.1
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That building existed in 1956. It's easy to forget how crude the old ground was
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Henry Irving said:Cheers @aliwibble top stuffLink to the original image (used an image downloader plugin to get it):
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Oh, even better! I just went with the quick and dirty screengrab solution, so it's nice to see the full picture.
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Ideal @idealworld0
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I thought that was an April fool joke!clive said:0 -
That's a shame even if it is Millwall.
But that's why we spent time and effort upfront getting permission and agreement from Eddie at Network Rail6 -
The old building in the picture was the gym. I think it also housed the Supporters Club 'office'.
Wooden, single storey and painted black … probably with creosote.
Luxury!
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More than one badge over the 100 years so just right.Henry Irving said:
No,we could have got permission if we'd wanted and it was an option but we discussed and decided to keep the design very simple.Hal1x said:Why no badge? Was it a copyright issue?2 -
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No wonder the players kept their fitness up by running up and down the terraces!Dave Rudd said:The old building in the picture was the gym. I think it also housed the Supporters Club 'office'.
Wooden, single storey and painted black … probably with creosote.
Luxury!
Modern players will have better fitness facilities in their garages...0 -
Bang on. I'm a driver for the much loved Southeastern network. Bridges are numbered and tunnels have names for identification in the event of an incident. I bored myself then....😁Lazy_eye_metaphor said:
They do indeed, these are important in identifying structures in cases like road vehicle collisions ("bridge bashes" as they are known in the trade).oohaahmortimer said:
I know this is shameful on my part but I’m sure the train enthusiasts here can put me right , do all bridges under/over railway lines have a number on them (574 in this case) is there a particular theme to em as in differing numbers for over the line or under etc .AFKABartram said:
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Used to love that vetsiainment said:I had to pick up my cats meds from the vet today. As the vet is by the Thames Barrier I decided to do my exercise by walking there from Plumstead via the Valley and the mural.
It’s lovely.
Many thanks to all involved in bringing it to fruition.
Well when it was a pub anyway
Straight out of work on a fri straight in there then to the Westminster arms then often on to the venue if not the kebab by the ferry
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
And the lion looks a bit chubby
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It looks good as all of these murals do.0
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lools like Millwall just ripped off this.
Ed. Hadn't seen all the other posts, seems they have popped up all over. Look good, although in the above it would have looked better had they coloured the rest of the bricks black as they remain quite dirty.0 -
Lions been on lockdownHenry Irving said:Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Erm....where exactly?Cardinal Sin said:It would be great to get another at the top of Floyd Road. In time....0
