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Permalink Reply by Val Turpin on November 9, 2014 at 11:43

I walked over the bridge yesterday and to my amazement I saw that the painting of 'Shakespeare', which is what I had dubbed the painting, has sadly been vandalised with graffiti, he seems to have grown an eye patch.  I can only thing that this act was committed by kids who thought it funny to do this, but I think it a shame because there are people trying so hard to make a difference to Bowes Park and some idiot wants to mess things up.  While I am aware that these three paintings on the bridge are no masterpieces, yet they do bring some colour and interest to the area and whoever has done this should be ashamed of themselves.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Holloway on November 12, 2014 at 15:19

I see that the painting of Sir Hugh has been restored, but the treatment has failed, he's still cross eyed.

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Permalink Reply by Toby Nation on November 12, 2014 at 20:53

It's a miracle.

Thanks to Caroline from BPCA for removing his eye patch after consulting with the artist who created Sir Hugh and the others. Looks much better, even if he's still a bit scary...!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on November 13, 2014 at 21:50

Would it make sense for these paintings to at least have a perspex sheet over them to stop further attempts to ruin them?  Next time we might not be so lucky in being able to simply over paint the damage.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on November 14, 2014 at 0:56

Here are the pics showing the successful restoration of Sir Hugh: Now back to his original state with pirate eye-patch and forehead graffiti tag removed.

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Permalink Reply by caron laffan on November 17, 2014 at 11:52

I find it  so

heartening that people give their time to make improvements to  our local area - it really creates a 'feel good' factor.

Well done Caroline - you did a great job.

Sir Hugh looking as good as new !

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Permalink Reply by Thuranie Aruliah on November 17, 2014 at 14:27

Still a bit creepy, though!

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Permalink Reply by Shona Rose on February 19, 2017 at 21:59

Glad I'm not the only one who is not keen on these artworks ..

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Permalink Reply by Nev Martin on February 14, 2017 at 12:28

Really sad to see that the artwork on the bridge was vandalised over the weekend...

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on February 16, 2017 at 23:10

Really needs some perspex to protect it from the mindless fools who feel compelled to practice writing their name everywhere.

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