The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A trio of graffiti artists are brightening up a Spalding grot-spot recently cleaned up by Wombles, with a large mural of Captain Sir Tom Moore among the designs.
Adam Sadd, Karl Barfoot and Edgars Bokans have painted designs in three of the arches around the former railway line at the bottom of Mitchell Drive, an area known locally as Dead Man’s Drop.
Adam had seen the brilliant clean up of the area through the Wombles of Spalding Common Facebook page.
With the litter gone, on Saturday he and his friends decided to really brighten the area with their artwork and asked permission from the landowners.
Karl was up at 6am wearing a head torch at the start of his seven hours spent creating his tribute to Captain Moore following the NHS fundraiser and World War Two veteran’s death last week.
“I’d initially set out to create an image of Einstein, but following Captain Tom’s sad passing, I thought it would be nice to pay tribute to him,” said the 29-year-old who works as a crane driver.
“I’m delighted with the reaction it’s had on social media.”
Like Karl, Adam (32), has only recently again started to graffiti after having done it years previously.
“I’d seen the brilliant job the Wombles had done and asked if we could do some artwork there,” said Adam who has drawn cartoon characters. “I just wanted to do something that would appeal to both children and adults.
“We’re hoping to do more artwork in the area, but we might have to wait until it’s a bit drier.”
Edgars meanwhile has began creating a 3D looking image of a train which he finished yesterday.
