Richard Hawley, who wrote songs for a 2019 musical about the Park Hill estate, told BBC Radio 4 that he was “really angry” about the mural’s removal and called for it to be reinstated.“Like all graffiti, it’s sometimes just some kind of nuisance, but it symbolises a state of mind in Sheffield,” he said. “When I first found out about this I was, probably like a lot of Sheffielders, really, really angry.”He added: “I just hope and would urge Urban Splash to put at least the fluorescent signs back.
The people of Sheffield love it and that’s the bottom line really.”Doncaster rocker Yungblud, who named one of his songs after the words on the mural, tweeted that he was “heartbroken” over its removal.if expression dies.
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