Two more murals in Preston. Both viewable for the delight of train travellers. Although one isn’t new.
This first one appears new and can be seen from a train inbound from Blackpool. Four o’clock low when you see the docks. Blanche Street, behind the Wheatsheaf pub, Water Lane.
This is almost on a par with the mural ‘Mother’ for skill and meaning and painted by the same artist, Shawn Sharpe.
As a first thought binding Preston’s cotton mill heritage to the workers at the mill and the hand that picked the cotton.
As another thought, a feminist feel perhaps. The dungaree wearing lady has a 1940s land girl style, representing the part women played in the mills and fields since industrialisation began. The mill is Tulketh Mill with it’s iconic chimney and tower, now a call centre. The lady could be Sally, pride of our Alley, hard working, tired and strong. PP, or Proud Preston, with a pink background, traditionally female pink?
The great thing about this are the multiple themes and interpretations. You could write a book.
The link to cotton – a mural in Blanche Street Preston
The second mural has been there quite a while and faces the Railway Station Butler Street entrance on the side of the Station pub. It’s well painted with an urban feel. This one has been done before the recent trend for meaningful and locally themed murals.
On close inspection it’s very well painted with a lot of detail such as the marking on the cheeks and in the blue rim. Melting on the left and underneath. To try to interpret it brings us to fanciful words about the melting of society and global warming when perhaps it’s just an urban feeling. A night out.
This is the ramblings of an aged gent, open to thoughts.
A mural in Butler Street in Preston, facing the railway station.
