Mural

Hackney Peace Carnival Mural

Erection date: /10/1985

Inscription

{On the information plaque, bottom right:}
Hackney Peace Carnival Mural
Original design by Ray Walker
Based on the 1983 Hackney Peace Carnival
Painted by Mike Jones & Anna Walker
Funded by GLC & Hackney Council
Opened by Tony Banks, MP, Chairman of GLC, October 1985
Dedicated to the memory of Ray Walker - muralist, 1945 - 84.

Easteight gives some interesting information about this mural. Mike Jones finished this work after Ray Walker became ill.

Site: Hackney Peace Carnival Mural (1 memorial)

E8, Dalston Lane, 13, Dalston Eastern Curve Garden

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hackney Peace Carnival Mural

Subjects commemorated i

Hackney Peace Carnival

Maggie Thatcher in power, the cold war, Anglo-American capitalism, loony-left...

Read More

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Kar...

Read More

Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and International elder statesman. ...

Read More

Ray Walker

Muralist. Married to Anna. Designed the Hackney Peace Carnival Mural but died...

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Hackney Peace Carnival Mural

Created by i

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

Read More

Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...

Read More

Tony Banks

MP, Chairman of GLC in October 1985 - 86 when it was abolished by Mrs Thatche...

Read More

Mick Jones

Mural painter.  Grew up in Coventry and Birmingham.  Son of Jack Jones, trade...

Read More

Anna Walker

Mural painter active in 1985. Married to Ray.

Read More

Show all 6

Nearby Memorials