This ghoulish figure has appeared high on a wall leading to the residents-only parking area off Gayfield Square.
By an unknown artist, it may perhaps be a response – either of endorsement or ridicule – to the blood-curdling sanctions promised for anyone leaving their vehicle here without proper permission. Any information on other works by this talented individual would be gratefully received.
The area seems to attract strongly worded statements from officialdom. A nearby wall of St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School carries the signpost shown below, which this Spurtle photographer at first mistook for another street artist's satire on overly strict or deliberately uninspiring teaching in general.
Further photographs of this and neighbouring areas were posted yesterday on the Broughton Spurtle Facebook page.
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