Category Archives: Mural of the Month

Mural of the Month! Changing the Picture Mural

Anyone heading into Greenwich along Creek Road might notice a faded old mural. On closer inspection, this large mural, at nearly 14 metres high and 9 metres across, shows a large colourful  group of people rolling away the scene of war and … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Royal Oak Murals, by Ben Kaufmann

In a month that has seen much thought cast on the pre-Thatcher state of affairs it seems worth paying a visit to two of the most forceful and controversial murals of the 1970s. Tucked away beneath the Westway, just to … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Floyd Road Mural

If you have ever taken the train from London Bridge, through Woolwich and onto Gillingham, you might have noticed a mural whizzing past just as the train leaves the station at Charlton. If you are like me, you might have … Continue reading

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Mural of 2012: The Brixton Windmill Mural, by Gillian Da Costa

Of all the projects that the London Mural Preservation Society worked on last year, the Brixton Windmill Mural Restoration Project was the highlight of 2012. A restoration project that was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, it was a collaboration … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Children at Play Mural

Many community murals painted in the 1980s never got to make it to twenty, let alone thirty years of age so we are always please to celebrate when a mural does survive to be thirty! So this month’s mural is … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! The Pink Palace

Autumns’s here…shorts away and warm coats on. Now is the moment when you can swish through large piles of multi-coloured leaves and make excuses for drinking lots of  hot chocolate in comfortable cafes.  It’s also a great time to go … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! The Tolpuddle Martyrs Mural

Last days of summer and the left over excitment from the Olympics and Paralympics hangs in the air across London. So while the spirit is good, get out and enjoy the smiles in our great big city. This month, go … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Stockwell Memorial Mural

Well, I was a little concerned that we were showing a bit too much favour to north of the river so we took a tube deep down south to sunny Stockwell so we could step out of the train, cross … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Ode to the West Wind

Spring is sprung and the weather is heating up! We are all starting to get out and out about and now when MURAL OF THE MONTH appears, there really is no excuse to not go and look. And as I … Continue reading

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Mural of the Month! Lambeth Walk Murals

“Anytime you’re Lambeth way Any evening, any day, You’ll find us all …. looking at the murals on Lambeth Walk!” It’s hard to imagine the Lambeth Walk of the song as so much of it has been taken over by … Continue reading

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