Iconic Graffiti 18:23 - May 27 with 11301 views | Boston | ...or just stuff that stuck in your head. I've got two that always come to mind. a/ As a youngster coming back from Millwall '73, we pulled into Wapping Station to see painted on a wall, a pair of legs (from the knees down), crossed in the manner of 'irons', jeans cut short with big DM's and the words, West Ham Welcoming Committee scrolled around 'em. Made a lasting impression on an already anxious away fan. b/ Walking into Moss Side heading for Maine Rd, forearm with a needle sticking out of it drawn on a bridge - written over the top, Heroin, it's what your left arms for. (take on a popular beer commercial at the time). [Post edited 27 May 23:05]
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Iconic Graffiti on 18:35 - May 27 with 7311 views | terryb | Back in the '70's (I might have the wrong decade!) at Colcheter train station - "Harwich for the Continent, Frinton for the incontinent"! Just a slogan that has stayed with me! | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 18:51 - May 27 with 7268 views | hantssi | North Wembley bridge, “US Hands off Vietnam”, didn’t really understand when I first saw it. “M Khan is bent” on a bridge over the North Circ, never found out who he was! | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 19:29 - May 27 with 7172 views | JimmyR | Hackney Wick I came, I saw, I tried MDMA…. My parents bought a flat | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 19:38 - May 27 with 7136 views | theselector | Goldhawk Road: Opinion poll is tory voter | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 19:42 - May 27 with 7096 views | DWQPR | On the viaduct heading towards J17 on the M25 clockwise ‘GIVE PEAS A CHANCE’. Was there for many many years until that wànkstain Helch destroyed it. Remember at the time there was many a protest that the original graffiti had been graffitied over. | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 19:48 - May 27 with 7070 views | RamseyR | Why do you do this everyday On the M40 Wycombe area...London bound | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 20:45 - May 27 with 6974 views | Paddyhoops | Spotted in Dublin back in the eighties. Free Birmingham Six. Underneath was written. With every packet of Kellogg’s cornflakes. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 20:52 - May 27 with 6952 views | colinallcars | In the 70s we were at home to Spurs one Saturday.. About that time there were various organisations like Rock Against Racism being formed. I went into the bogs in the Builders in Hammersmith post-match and a Spurs fan had written Spurs Against The Nazis on the wall. Next day I went in again and someone had written underneath Spurs 2 The Nazis 0. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Iconic Graffiti on 20:59 - May 27 with 6911 views | kensalriser | Dr Alimantado Best Dressed Chicken In Town opposite Westbourne Park tube. There for years. Can't find any photos online, sadly. [Post edited 28 May 2:06]
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Iconic Graffiti on 21:23 - May 27 with 6883 views | Wilkinswatercarrier | Apparently in Livepool outside a church in the 60s, a big sign saying Jesus Saves, after which was written 'and St John scores from the rebound'. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 21:38 - May 27 with 6844 views | CateLeBonR | There used to be writing on a wall on the approach to Hillingdon on the M40 i think. I can’t remember what it said. Also I always used to look out for the Graffiti on the eastbound central line in between East Acton and White City. On the way to the football. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 21:46 - May 27 with 6824 views | dmm | On 31st October 1977, Freston Road, a squatted street of derelict houses in Notting Dale, West London, declared independence from the United Kingdom. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 22:55 - May 27 with 6711 views | Boston |
Iconic Graffiti on 18:51 - May 27 by hantssi | North Wembley bridge, “US Hands off Vietnam”, didn’t really understand when I first saw it. “M Khan is bent” on a bridge over the North Circ, never found out who he was! |
I grew up with that US / Vietnam paint job visible from our house. | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 23:00 - May 27 with 6690 views | charmr | Elvis, Scotty, Bill over a bridge on field end road northoltish between the school and the pub. Never new, now I do and get it | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 23:04 - May 27 with 6682 views | Boston |
Iconic Graffiti on 21:23 - May 27 by Wilkinswatercarrier | Apparently in Livepool outside a church in the 60s, a big sign saying Jesus Saves, after which was written 'and St John scores from the rebound'. |
Reminds me of airline poster on a wall in Liverpool, the year the Mickey Mousers got off to that awful start... Had an image of a plane with the words 'above us only sky' Scrawled underneath, 'below us only QPR and Reading'. | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 23:08 - May 27 with 6655 views | charmr | Also the classic. ‘Nicholas Parsons is the opiate of the people, on the Northwick Park Roundsbout. Never knew for ages its origins and meaning. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 23:18 - May 27 with 6624 views | qpr_1968 | free namibia..... underpass at the flyover westway/white city. late 70's all 80's early 90's. | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 02:59 - May 28 with 6533 views | FredManRave | Can't believe this one hasn't been posted yet; | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 03:11 - May 28 with 6519 views | FredManRave | This one has always tickled my fancy; | |
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Iconic Graffiti on 05:57 - May 28 with 6438 views | SydneyRs |
Iconic Graffiti on 18:51 - May 27 by hantssi | North Wembley bridge, “US Hands off Vietnam”, didn’t really understand when I first saw it. “M Khan is bent” on a bridge over the North Circ, never found out who he was! |
The M Khan one was featured on The Mary Whitehouse Experience several times, including in those stupid professor name calling sketches "see that M Khan, that's you that is". [Post edited 28 May 9:10]
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Iconic Graffiti on 07:28 - May 28 with 6377 views | Dorse | Seen written in small letters on the recently-painted white wall of a working men's club near Mattersey: 'I need a damn shag, now'. How desperate do you have to be to advertise your sexual availability in a grammatically correct format on the wall of a small WMC? More to the point, was this an offer, a plea for help or simply a statement of fact? In which case were there other examples of the oeuvre stating the desire for toast or the need for a dump scattered around the town? Nearly 30 yrs later and this graffiti still boggles my mind. I mean, did they ever get the shag? And was it down to the graffiti? | |
| 'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!' |
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Iconic Graffiti on 07:46 - May 28 with 6341 views | Red_Ranger |
Iconic Graffiti on 21:46 - May 27 by dmm | On 31st October 1977, Freston Road, a squatted street of derelict houses in Notting Dale, West London, declared independence from the United Kingdom. |
Speed Kills! | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 08:14 - May 28 with 6287 views | KeithW | In a pub toilet opposite Baker Street station in 1996 ish I saw "Glasgow Rangers on tour- Gonna be 10 in a row". Underneath was written "Better sticking to 4-4-2" | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 08:29 - May 28 with 6256 views | Lanhoop | I worked here just after this was painted. He sure got that prediction right. | | | |
Iconic Graffiti on 09:10 - May 28 with 6175 views | SydneyRs |
Iconic Graffiti on 08:14 - May 28 by KeithW | In a pub toilet opposite Baker Street station in 1996 ish I saw "Glasgow Rangers on tour- Gonna be 10 in a row". Underneath was written "Better sticking to 4-4-2" |
In the Royal Oak in Harrow back in the day there was a tit for tat Rangers v Celtic graffiti thing going on in the toilets. Started off with "Glasgow Rangers, the team" to which someone added "of c**ts" and on it went from there. Was quite amusing. Also seen in a pub, "if you can p1ss this high you should be in the fire brigade". [Post edited 28 May 9:11]
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