Am sure Lionel could do something amazing there. Tim aka bambopink also did something very cute in Ladywell, a riff on the SE13 postcode using hands. Sorry no picture to hand but it is round the corner from the P4 bus stop there.
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Cheers Brett, I’ve just tweeted him 
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This is the piece I referred to by bambopink:
He also did the hand at Babur To Go:
Also the mural on the hoardings at Crofton Park, since damaged by joyriders last night.
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These look great, especially the hand 
Although I don’t like your last sentence, why do idiots have to do senseless things like this!
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I agree though I don’t think they intended to damage the artwork per se. A bus stop was broken in the process too!
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Okay, this was all very quick work so thanks again Brett
Lionel has now got back with costings & a direct contact at Network Rail who secured a couple of other bridges locally, so on that front we just need a direct contact at Lewisham Council to ask both parties for permission to commission the artwork @CllrPaulUpex @MajaHilton could you give us a direct contact at LC that deals with this.
I think the cost is very reasonable as it includes all preparations etc too - if we were to go for something similar to the “Herne Hill” signage the overall costs would be around £2750 - we could apply for up to £2500 local assembly funding (it’s decided by a show of hands of local residents that attend what projects get funding, so I’m sure we can manage to all make the meeting) maybe we could apply for this via se23.life if @anon5422159 is happy with this. And I’m pretty sure we’ll find the rest easily!
First things first - Do we discuss this at the next “meet up” on 30th June (personally I think this is best) or arrange a separate meeting specifically for this?
The first step would be applying for permission, then applying for funding.
If anyone can add anything else to get the ball rolling quickly please do & lets get cracking on with this
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Pauline you are a whirlwind organiser! Well done on getting the ball rolling so quickly, and it’s good to know Lionel is interested, and others.
I’m of course happy for SE23.life to be associated with the project. Although my time is consumed during the day with my day job I’ll be happy to attend any meetings on evenings or weekends. The June SE23.life meetup is an ideal opportunity to get our heads together, and discuss the design and funding aspects.
If we find that the Local Assembly funding isn’t available I’d suggest a Kickstarter (or even better, Indiegogo, which has more of an arty, boho vibe). I’d be happy to make a sizable personal contribution in this case, particularly as the SE23.life commercial model is looking like it might just work…
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Great to see so much enthusiasm!
I have to say that despite my role here, I would personally suggest this project would be better run through a charitable / local body like the Forest Hill Society than a ‘commercial’ SE23.LIFE.
I am quite certain this site could support it (promotionally, organisationally and possibly financially) but this sort of work will need wide local support and this is still a new and growing site. Would it not be better to allow that consultation to happen with a more objective voice? This would be particularly important when dealing with local assemblies (I think the bridge divides at least two wards) and Lewisham Council.
Maybe @Michael has a view on this? I wonder whether he can make the discussion on the 30th?
Either way, it is great to see something that has been discussed for many years take a sudden leap forward towards reality and I’m happy to help if I can.
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@thirstforwine may have a point here - and I haven’t yet had the chance to chat in person to @Michael so I don’t want to get ahead of myself. But I am happy to help with promotion, discussion and fundraising in any case.
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More than happy to fund part of this as well.
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Sadly I can’t make 30th June but would be happy to chat about this or other projects that I can help with. Great start on this forum with this project.
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Great input @Michael @anon5422159 @thirstforwine @Londondrz
Myself, Michael & Chris are in email contact about this, happy to add you two guys to the email if no one minds & drops me their email addresses to hit heads on ideas.
I’m a big fan of joint local projects as it gets more people involved in and working together in our community.
I think this could work in a lot of ways and just off the top of my head here’s a couple of examples:
FH Soc are working with local residents & se23.life to bring … to Forest Hill with the support of … (LC, Network Rail)
Local residents with the support of FH Soc & se23.life are working in conjunction with … to bring new street art to our community
This community art project is brought to you by…
FHTA might also be able to get involved in this, but I’ll have to chat to the rest of the exec first.
Personally I don’t think it matters who goes for assembly funding if you are passionate about the project & it benefits the community.
I have maximum funding (£2500) in place for FHFW this year which means I can bring the brochure back that I wasn’t able to do last year & we got a full house of hands at the assembly meeting which I honestly didn’t expect. @JohnRussell & Donald done the presentation with me, must say couldn’t have done it without them both!
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@Michael & @anon5422159 Eddie has emailed me this morning with his number So everyone else knows what I’m talking about, this is the contact at Network Rail!
ETA I’ll call him this afternoon.
Latest update on this!
I’ve spoken with Ed, the contact at Network Rail & he doesn’t think there will be a problem getting permission
I’m meeting him next Monday (13th) afternoon where he’ll take lots of pics of the bridge/wall etc. These will then be looked at in detail by the appropriate people & fingers crossed we’ll be granted permission from them
We now need to get the ball rolling with getting permission from Lewisham Council, @Michael any ideas on this or @MajaHilton & @CllrPaulUpex
I’m getting really excited about this now!
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Ideas travel fast…
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Good luck to them, lets us just concentrate on ours 
I’m a very vocal person & know we can do this!
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There’s no stopping us!
Ha, this is my motto behind this forum hope others don’t mind x
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Meeting time has now been confirmed!
3pm next Monday 13th if anyone wants to join me 
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