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Fish and Chip shop at the corner of Tib Street and Whittle Street in Manchester.

Detail from the large mural on the wall fronting the car park in Brightwell Walk. The mural is by the Argentinian-born urban artist Hyuro. It was created in 2016 for the “Cities of Hope Festival”, a Mural project that invited artists to Manchester with the objective of drawing attention to social justice issues. For her mural entitled ¨War impact in children lives¨, Hyuro focused on how armed conflict and violence affects the lives of many children in different parts of the world. In addition to the direct consequences of war and armed violence they are also indirectly affected by displacement, loss of family and trauma caused by the acts of violence they witness. In her words “This wall is intended to give voice to all the lost innocence, all children who are fighting for their own survival, unable, in front of the eyes of all, to live a childhood as they deserve” https://bit.ly/2D0aCth. For a wider view, see Image

Approaching Piccadilly at the junction with Whittle Street.

Street art on a massive scale in Manchester's Northern Quarter

Another massive piece of street art in Manchester's Northern Quarter.

Manchester is a very political city and it has not taken long for anti-Trump feelings to be articulated.

This striking portrait of English writer Anthony Burgess was created by street artist Tankpetrol http://tankpetrol.com/ for the Cities of Hope Festival in 2016 https://inspiringcity.com/2016/06/12/cities-of-hope-brings-some-of-the-worlds-top-street-artists-to-manchester/ It is on a wall behind a car park off Oak Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Burgess was born in 1917 in the nearby district of Harpurhey. The quote "We can destroy what we have written but we cannot unwrite it" relates to the writer's most famous work, his dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange which was published in 1962.

Manchester’s Northern Quarter is well known as a location for street art and wall paintings. This giant mural is in the small car park off Brightwell Walk, between Tib Street and Oak Street. It depicts a blindfolded child holding an AK47 behind his back with an imposing shadow looming behind. The mural was created by the Argentinian-born urban artist Hyuro in 2016 for the “Cities of Hope Festival”, a Mural project that invited artists to Manchester with the objective of drawing attention to social justice issues and raising money for Manchester charities.. Hyuro’s focus for her mural entitled ¨War impact in children lives¨ was about the impact of war on children in conflict zones and how armed conflict and violence affects the lives of many children in different parts of the world. On her website, she states that “In addition to the direct consequences of war and armed violence they are also indirectly affected by displacement, loss of family and trauma caused by the acts of violence they witness. This wall is intended to give voice to all the lost innocence, all children who are fighting for their own survival, unable, in front of the eyes of all, to live a childhood as they deserve” https://bit.ly/2D0aCth . See also Image

On the side of The Wheatsheaf Image I found these mural featuring Manchester Corporation buses. It was created in 2019 by MrTeaOne (Gavin Renshaw).

Looking from Tib Street. On the corner is a bar, Gullivers, its main entrance on Oldham Street (Image]).