Calendar artwork showcases ‘warts and all’ Luton landmarks – BBC

Calendar artwork showcases ‘warts and all’ Luton landmarks – BBC

“We went to Falmouth, Cornwall, for half term with my wife and two children and while we were staying there we saw posters of the River Fal.

“You never see any of those for Luton, you see them for quaint market towns.”

“I then remembered I had this photo of the ‘Curly Wurly’ car park (known as the Mall car park on John Street) that I took years ago and I first started working for Luton Town Football Club, and I thought it would be fun to do one for Luton that would be a scene that people would recognise and would love, even it’s a bit of a carbuncle.”

He started off creating four pieces, showing the Telford Way Bridge, the Hat Factory area, the Mall car park and the Marsh Farm flats.

He said when he posted his creations on Twitter the “reaction was really surprising, really bright, people seemed to really love them.”

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