Blake Mural on Goose Green.

[ralphation]

So... apparently the council can remove the blue paint to reveal the mural underneath easily(http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,169941,page=5).

However, the blue paint is still there. Anyone have any idea what is going on or have the council just fobbed off the people that they're accountable too?

[Sue]

Good question!

[AllforNun]

hey walked past the green today and saw some kids playing cricket in this lovely open space of a park, not a stupid, hideous, ridiculous, tastless, disaster, carbuncle, oh god i wear sandals and wrk for the council, i'm god me, let force you all to have giant wheely bins in your front garden, eek socially inept and bullied at school, hey i am on a committee and have no taste whatsoever nightmare of a green iron fence in sight !

god that has to get on TV that fence, anyone have a photo ?

[Sue]

AllforNun Wrote:

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> hey walked past the green today and saw some kids

> playing cricket in this lovely open space of a

> park, not a stupid, hideous, ridiculous, tastless,

> disaster, carbuncle, oh god i wear sandals and wrk

> for the council, i'm god me, let force you all to

> have giant wheely bins in your front garden, eek

> socially inept and bullied at school, hey i am on

> a committee and have no taste whatsoever nightmare

> of a green iron fence in sight !

>

> god that has to get on TV that fence, anyone have

> a photo ?

xxxxxxx

Anybody else not sure what this was about, or is it just me?

:-$

[mightyroar]

I think that Allfornun hates the fence that divides Goose Green. the one that they put up then talked about taking down for ages.

[Sue]

But that fence has been taken down!

[ralphation]

I suspect AllforNun is a Southwark Council stooge trying to distract attention away from council desecration of public art and their subsequent lack of accountability and ability to right their own wrongs.

[AllforNun]

mmmmmm their subsequent lack of accountability, yes how right you are. It's has a funny effect when people like to pretend they are accountable but deep down they know they are not. The mechanisms to hold them to account are never simple and it always takes a huge effort and lot of time to make it happen, voting a government out etc is not a simple thing, and the odds and tools favor the people who have the power. It would be nice to have a mechanism to really keep the pressure up on public servants and companies who work for and are funded by the tax payer, that really does this. Those public commitee's that blair introduced are a little step in the right direction, but are used often only to placate us through the media. for example; "lets call the bankers in and tell them off" then watch them sail away smiling off camera and away from the public glare.

[ralphation]

Too right AllforNun. If you are a council stooge, your methods are very subtle. That's why we need to keep the pressure up on here otherwise the council and everyone else gets away with David Brent style buck passing.

[Michael Palaeologus]

If a private individual had painted over the mural they would have been condemned as a vandal and done for criminal damage.

Southwark Council vandalises the mural and, um, nothing happens.

[Sue]

I have skimmed through the previous thread on this subject, and I can't see a contact number or link to Mr Rose who seems to be the one who was dealing with it - does anybody have this info?

I am happy to chase to find out what is happening, but I don't have time at the moment to seek out the contact details.

[p_in_ed]

I've just been shown the notes from the Friends of Goose Green AGM that was held in the Goose Green Community Centre yesterday evening.

A new design has been commisioned from Stan Peskett, the artist, on the same theme as the original mural. The plan is to involve local children in producing the mural, in the same way that they were involved in the original painting.

The mural will be launched as part of the Dulwich Festival in May.

[ralphation]

... an probably the subsequent graffiti (stereotypical 'arf).

Good news then. Means I can put the pitch forks and flaming torches away.

Perhaps they can incorporate a graffiti proof covering this time or somesuch.

[Sue]

We seem to get different information each time, but I'm glad something is happening at last :)