Hargrave Place N19 Fading Anti-Nuclear Wall Art
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Hargrave Place N19 Fading Anti-Nuclear Wall Art
Image: © John Kingdon Taken: 31 Aug 2024
This smiley face anti-nuclear power wall painting is now quite faded but reads 'nuclear power no thank you'. I first saw it in the 1980's when it was quite readable and I suspect it dates from the mid to late 1970's. At that time Islington Council were demolishing much of the old housing stock in the area and some properties were squatted before they came down. In 1979 this anti-nuclear symbol was quite ubiquitous in western Europe and I had a German badge that read 'atomkraft nein danke' and I guess I thought I was cool.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.563806
Longitude
-0.140615