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Weetabix advert by Artful Dodger, ~1984 - pic from Old Skool72 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8254984@N05/

Hang 7 Hang 7

Mode 2 & Scribla on The No.73 show. Artful Dodger on Network 7.

TCA graffiti on The Lenny Henry show by Scribla

Pride & Scribla of The Chrome Angelz (TCA) on Pebble Mill. ~ 1985

Style by Pride TCA Freestyle 85 was a hip hop event held in Covent Garden in 1985.

Survive by Mode 2 for Freestyle 85 exhibition.

clips from various programmes

Street Entertainers by Bando - photo from Pac's photobucket - http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/pac1972/

North London Rox by Robbo at the North london Road site.

Old Skoolers - (photo from Skire). Sky

Run The World - opposite Green Park station 1986.

Close up view of the Run The World piece by Starlite Rockers, Eze 74 & Data 27. from - www.aerosolplanet.com

Covent Garden

Covent Garden was an early meeting site for London writers. It died down in about 87 and was started up again in 1990 but didnt last long.

Shock Shack by Mode2

From Mode 2 interview -

What was your first piece - where was it? Did you do it alone?
“I don't know whether or not it was a couple of banners that I was helping Scribla to paint for the Alternative Arts Street Entertainers Festival of '84 in Covent Garden, OR the "Shock-Shack" piece I did by myself along the hoardings of the Royal Opera House... We used raw canvas for the banners and found out, the hard way, how not to use spray paint on a porous surface. As for "Shock-Shack", the piss take I was getting was, "Yeah, nuff arrows on that!", plus doing your first outlines in permanent markers is not advised...”

Canman & Snake - from www.aerosolplanet.com Dynamite - from www.aerosolplanet.com

Devious

Proms by Scribla

TCA by Scribla

Writers at the 80s Covent Garden meeting. Crime Time by Bando

T Kid

T Kid character by Mode 2. TCA

Jubilee by Pride TCA

Jubilee Market

Pride, TCA

Goldbourne Road. - The Pit

Londons best known hall of fame. This place was like Mecca to writers in the 80s.



Dutch - London Giantz                                                              Zone1

from Ser's flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/31226820@N08/



Love by Rio 2                                                                                            Style & Hang 7



  Juski 101                                                                            Shame 181 - London Giantz



Graf by Ice 3                                                                                  Cry For The City by Da Velvet Agentz (DVA), Glory, Stef, Hitch, Shine







Giants r all stars - London Giantz, Shame 181, Juski 101 (Jap 302), May 5           Nonstop





Nonstop



Nonstop



Scam Stupid Fresh by Scam                                                    Wayne



Just                                                                                        Ink27

Justice

Rio2

State Of Art, Nonstop.



Nonstop

Tuff Times by Cazbee53, Da Sure Shots.

Nonstop, as featured in the book Spraycan Art.

Scam

Dukes by Foam Better photo at http://www.aerosoltalent.com/contribs/budd/buddz_old_skool2/buddz_oldskool2-51l.jpg - this seems to have disappeared now. see below

Dukes by Foam, originally from www.aerosoltalent.com

Atomic Style by Rich & Rage of No Limitz crew (NLZ), 1987.

Style by Prime

Crack by Rio 2

Seize

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Rich & Rage



Rich NLZ                                                                                          Rage NLZ

Characters by Seize

Scam



Cazbee                                                   - from Cazbee's Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26677295@N06/

                                                                                                                                                                                            Cazbee

Cazbee 53, Da Sure Shots, (DSS) 1987. One of Londons most classic pieces.

Dukes by Foam, Cold Crush Dukes



                                                                                                                         Rich - No Limitz crew.



Choice by Rough



Ashlee by Ganja                                                                                                    Keen & Check

One Love - Ganja

Keen Skire



Skire                                                                                                         Ganja

Drax WD 1990.

Sir Prime, Help, Mint

Oshan 1991