Category Archives: street art

Marsden Cuckoo Day 2017……..northern eccentricity at its very best!

The Cuckoo Festival takes place in the village of Marsden, several miles outside Huddersfield (on the A62 to Oldham) every April and it has become an important event in recent years. According to tradition, the people of Marsden noticed that … Continue reading

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Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival (part 2)

Another day wandering around the excellent food and drink festival today. Arrived around 11.15 to find the place already busy with considerable amounts of food and drink already being consumed. The smell of cooking food is like an “elixir” that … Continue reading

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It may be obscene………..but it is funny and seems to be effective!

A mysterious “dick pic vigilante” who goes by the name of ‘Wanksy’ is spray-painting penises around potholes so that his local council has to come and fill them in. The “anonymous” street artist said he has been working “on and … Continue reading

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