Victoria Wood mural in Prestwich plagued by men ‘urinating, vomiting and exposing themselves’
28.04.2022 - 08:57
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A huge wall mural of Victoria Wood is being plagued by people ‘urinating, vomiting and exposing themselves'. Speaking at a Bury council meeting, a woman who lives near the massive piece of art has revealed the shocking behaviour of passersby.
The artwork takes up the whole gable end of the Sword and Sparrow tattoo parlour on Bury Old Road, just to the north of Heaton Park Metro station. It was created in late 2019 by acclaimed street artist Akse and includes a the quote ‘I’m going North. It’s a compulsion with me’, by the beloved comedian and writer.
At a planning meeting to deliberate on a change of use for the premises to operate as a tattoo parlour, complaints were heard from a nearby resident, Dr Philomena Keane. She said large industrial bins belonging to the businesses very close to her home attracted disgusting behaviour.
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She said: “Men stop to urinate outside my house, they stop to vomit outside my house and they expose themselves outside my house - next to my window. When I ask them to move on they are verbally aggressive to me.
“Bury Council have had numerous CCTV and photos showing this. It doesn’t go along with the crime and disorder act or environmental health or well-being.
“It doesn’t go along with equalities act that people with disabilities are having to navigate themselves around these big industrial bins. The bins are never placed to the east of the shutters which the planning department keep saying they will enforce but never have done.
“They are always placed as in your planning photographs next to my house. The planning department are aware of the impact this has had on my well-being, on my property value and on my safety.”
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