Poster
1978 (made)
1978 (made)
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Portrait poster depicting hands holding orange, white and light green ribbons, wrapped round a pink maypole. The background is in a darker green, and information about Sutton Hill's May Day festival is lettered in white on the background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Screenprinted from handcut stencils and photostencils, and laminated in plastic |
| Brief description | Poster made by Telford Community Arts, depicting hands holding the ribbons around a maypole, and advertising Sutton Hill estate's May Day Festival, 1978 |
| Physical description | Portrait poster depicting hands holding orange, white and light green ribbons, wrapped round a pink maypole. The background is in a darker green, and information about Sutton Hill's May Day festival is lettered in white on the background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | SUTTON HILL'S / INTERNATIONAL / MAY DAY/ CELEBRATIONS / May Day is now an official holiday / but we on Sutton Hill have been / celebrating May Day for 3 years / and each year is better than the / last with groups from our own / community taking part from / school children to senior citizens / The stalls, maypole, puppets, / plays, and all really make a / super day. / Let's hope we have many more / each involving more of our / local people. (Lettered diagonally in white at the top right of the poster.) |
| Credit line | Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop |
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| Bibliographic reference | From the label text of an exhibition held by the Greenwich Mural Workshop entitled 'Printing is Easy...? Community Printshops 1970-86' |
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| Accession number | E.477-2013 |
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| Record created | November 20, 2013 |
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