Photo Archive: Charlie Chaplin, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, c.2009.

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Art, black and white, bowler hat, Charlie Chaplin, Cheltenham, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire Echo, Mural, paint, painting, Stephen Cowlishaw, Street Art, The Little Tramp

The Little Tramp.

The Gloucestershire Echo informs me that this portrait of Charlie Chaplin, which is part of a larger mural, was the work of community art teacher Stephen Cowlishaw and some local school children and dates from 1994. It appears to have fallen into disrepair since I photographed it in 2009 and the local newspapers seem to indicate that the mural is either in a worst state than it was then or restored to its former glory or it has been replaced with something completely different! The link to the Gloucestershire Echo above, which is from the 16th September 2014, is the latest reference to the mural I can find. I wonder if any decision has been made yet?

Photo Archive: Owl, The Grand Arcade. Leeds, 20/12/14.

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Arcades, glass, Leeds, owl, painting, shop windows, The Grand Arcade, The Grand Arcade Leeds, window, window shopping.

Painted onto the window of an empty shop, located towards the Vicar Lane end of The Grand Arcade.

The Garden Gate, Edinburgh, 22/03/14.

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Art, Edinburgh, Garden, gardening, gate, painting, The Secret Garden, wall

But where exactly is it?

I was lost when I took this photograph, but I have a feeling that this beautiful garden gate is somewhere close to the Royal Commonwealth Pool on Dalkeith Road. “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett came to mind briefly, before walking on down a seemingly endless road and then turning around to walk back the way I came!