Originally Posted by
Ged
I remember seeing a pavement artist doing Biblical pics in Church st but I seem to remember a long haired fella with a pony tail.
James William Carling was a Bold St pavement artist in the olden days, born in Addison st and had works published in Edgar Allen Poe's the Raven. JWC is buried in a paupers grave in the cemetery off Rice Lane.
There was a time I was "a long haired fella with a pony tail" but that was long ago. (but I do still have a decent thatch even now, thankfully- my little bro lost all his when a teenager!)
I found that religious scenes were popular- I often, for example, did Greek Orthodox-style Madonna and Child icons. Old ladies would cross themselves and chuck in a quid! I only once got harangued for 'sacrilege'..
A common thing was that I'd come back the following day to find that the faces had been neatly removed in the night...
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Fascinating stuff about James Carling and new to me. Was any of his pavement art ever recorded I wonder?
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