Towner Gallery Mural – more and some fun facts …

The tennis is in an enclave … a few years ago – we could wander in, particularly early in the week – now security is tight (understandable) and the place is full, full of pre-Wimbledon tennis players … singles and doubles …

Layout of Courts etc - the Towner Gallery is bottom left (south-west)

… I can’t work out the tv bits either – not to say I’ve really tried – but the Beeb is only able to broadcast some matches – maybe the British ones …

The cafe is under the mulberry colour that swirls around
at the top ... opposite here is the new part of Eastbourne
College (school) ... perhaps they'll paint their white walls!

… but when the tennis is only quarter of a mile away – it’d be good to have the choices … but in general the ‘earth stations/ terrestrial', I guess! that I watch via the licence fee are sufficient … so I’ll whinge but put up with things!

Here you can see the mulberry colour which is now above the
cafe area; the white triangle below - with pink, blue and orange
 - around it is where the #13 was written

Here’s a few more views … with some odd notations that happened …

Can you see the sludgy khaki ... it does look as though it's not
quite finished ... but the architectural lines of the building ...
make things a little challenging to tie images up - especially
when it is unfinished.

Painting by numbers – yes it happened … my lucky number (13) shows here … though turns out to be sludgy khaki colour – definitely not my favourite …

Though we could have had painting by socks …?  

Not the best - but you get the picture!

This VIP made a mistake of going into the Towner as I was walking down for a few more photos (I don’t usually carry my phone/camera around with me – so quite often need to go back to places to take a photo … not sure of the name for that sort of person?!) …

Man and pink socks - sight unseen
going in the front entrance

… anyway back to ‘my man’ with the pink socks! – he had an appointment with the Chair of the Gallery … and though he disappeared inside – a troupe came out to see the painting’s WIP … so I asked, to everyone’s bemusement, if I could take a photo of said feet – socks are good!

c/o Towner Website
(clever I see he has a pink shirt on!)

David Dimbleby has been the chairman, since the Towner became a Trust in 2013, and is one of our finest television broadcasters, writers and presenters … who has hosted, written and presented various cultural programmes for the BBC … and my pink-socked man re-appeared with the great and the good of the Gallery.  Poor chaps I hope they don’t read this!

They've revamped the tennis area for the
prestigious pre-Wimbledone tournament, so lots
of workmen, cherrypickers etc around ...
how unfortunate that the beautiful mural was damaged;
do you see the khaki parallelogram?  I'll be interested
to find out how they connect the various colours
in this magnificent mural ... 

On another visit I noticed that a workman had probably accidentally bashed the beautiful work … as there was a white patch … not small, but not large … so I kept returning – thinking I’d see one of the artists making reparations.

I did – it was the director of the London Mural Company … patching it up – he’d finished by the time I arrived – so was able to briefly chat.  His dungarees were well spattered …

Brewer's Paint

I emailed the marketing department of the paint company, who supplied the paint – they are an Eastbourne company, established 1904 – for some information about their sponsorship ... I got no reply:  I’ll be visiting them – I don’t give up!

Merchandise 'walk' at the back of the courts ... when
I went again - it was a lot full ... talk about clutter
- I hope the visitors can move around - it is certainly
choc-a-bloc with paraphernalia

That’s it for now … pink socks posted, dungarees with the paint spats, while the mural was once again intact … the only challenge now are the many seagulls that live with us.  How they’ll keep it clean in the year ahead – is perhaps another question I’ll ask.

Well our Mural has set my brain off listing other posts I could write up – so there’ll be more … and other things as I’ve been out and about locally …

Practicing last week

The next is about art … but under the #WAWTB banner – We are the World Blogfest … coming up at the weekend …

Side view looking towards
the sea ... 

It is now spattering rain again – but the tannoy system is working … I shall just hope the weather gods will be kind to the tournament … but if it’s this hot – we could get another storm … still some years it’s blowing a hoolie and is very cold …

Happy Summer days …

Hilary Melton-Butcher

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