Political graffiti daubed over Flower Parade mural

Political graffiti has been daubed over a town centre mural.

The street art, depicting a woman with flowers in her hair alongside a cartoon dog was commissioned ahead of last month’s Spalding Flower Parade in a bid to add some colour to the front of the boarded up former Calthrops Solicitors building in Market Place.

The work was carried out by South Holland street artist Karl Barfoot, who is known as Honr.

The mural outside the former Calthrops site
The mural outside the former Calthrops site

But shoppers were met with an addition to the mural this week.

One graffiti artist’s tag appears in the top left corner of the mural, but it is a question daubed across parts of the mural which catches the eye.

“There are over 60,000 children without access 2 education in England… why?” the graffiti asks, before appearing to be signed off by the initials CBS.

“There are over 60,000 children without access 2 education in England… why?” questions the graffiti

While graffiti artists adding their tags over Honr’s work at both the Spalding skate park and mural at Westons Farm Supplies have caused outrage locally, this work has been created in a different manner.

There is no tagging over another artist’s work and the writing appears to have attempted to avoid covering parts of the artwork, but still aiming to get the message across in a busy location.

South Holland District Council have been working with the police to look through CCTV footage in a bid to crack down on graffiti in the district recently.

A tag has appeared in the corner of the mural
A tag has appeared in the corner of the mural

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