The Clerkenwell Road Gang

The first piece that I wanted to go check out was on the Clerkenwell Road, all I knew about it was that somewhere along the road there were a group of old age pensioners crowded around a ghetto blaster. I hadn't seen what it looked like nor did I know exactly where it was but I threw on my jacket, plugged in my headphones and went on my way to find it.

As I had no idea where I was supposed to be looking I had my eyes on stalks the whole time. Quickly flicking from one side of the road to the other in the hope that I'd see something that would reveal its location to me. In doing this I spotted a brown circle on a column a little way ahead of me. Surely this couldn't be another Banksy? The map had only shown one on this road. I pressed on eager to see what was painted on the wall and found the image you see before you. I'm still a little unsure whether or not this was actually done by Banksy but giving its close proximity to the image further down the page and the general look of it, I'm going out on a limb and declaring that it is indeed the work of Banksy.


So I had found an unexpected piece but I still had not seen what I had actually come to see. I still had no idea where abouts on the road it was located, or indeed if it was still there. The local councils and businesses often don't take too kindly to having their walls covered in art and buff them into oblivion. They might have got to it before I could. I continued up the road, still keeping my eyes peeled, when I saw a man stop by what looked like a carpark, take a picture of something and then walk off. This guy didn't look like an architect to me so I was willing to bet good money that he had found something on the wall worth taking a picture of. Unfortunately, by the time I had crossed the busy road he was long gone. I wanted to tell him about some of my finds as he had been key in finding this one. Worse news was to come, someone in their infinate wisdom had seen it fit to erect a ruddy great fence between me and the piece. The result was a picture that I'm not happy with, never fear though, I plan to return soon in the hope of getting a far more worthy picture.

Next time: Suddenly, rats. Hundreds of them!