Art work that remembers lost ones vandalised with ‘political’ graffiti

A Gloucester mural which honours lost loved ones and icons of the city such as Gloucester Rugby has been vandalised with graffiti. The Brick Project Community Interest Company has been in place at Fountain Square off Westgate Street throughout the summer and into autumn with the aim to create a large scale mural in the pedestrian tunnel. Located opposite the Folk of Gloucester, residents from the close-knit community have been invited to contribute a painting on an individual brick to reflect the identity of the community. But now residents and organisers woke up yesterday (Wednesday October 9) to find it had been tagged with graffiti which reads: “Vote Reform UK and all this will go away, Smile”. Dan Petley, who grew up in Gloucester, is Director of the Brick Project. Dan said: “I want people to have the right to say whatever they want to say but this is very frustrating. Nobody approached us to say they wanted to write this on the wall and the idea of the project is that everybody is representing people.” The bricks being painted by people before it was tagged (Image: Brick Project CIC) Fraisia Bruist-Papazian who is also involved in the creation says...