Southover Street Seagull
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Has anyone got a picture of the famous CPFC DIE graffiti that used to be by the Hogshead/Cliftonville near Hove Station?
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Cpfc Die
- Thread starter Southover Street Seagull
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John Byrnes Mullet
Global Circumnavigator
Those were the days
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,641
Is the old Send Cruise Back graffiti still on the bridge at the bottom of Tongdean Lane?
butchy
Well-known member
yes. what does tha even mean?
abd the cpfc die graff was still there till about 1 year ago when it was cleaned off
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,641
I could be wrong here, but I would imagine it's a reference to US cruise missiles being stationed in the UK for potential deployment against the Soviets, back in the 1980s.
I'm sure there's some dim and distant memory of controversy over American missiles at the back of my brain. Greenham Common maybe?
GNF on Tour
Registered Twunt
Yes, controversial is an understatement. If your to young to really recall those days its worth a read as public demostration has rarely reached new levels or form since (a large "peace camp" was set up at GC run by mainly women and was there for years). Again, another one of the many "highlights" of a Thatcher era and the UK arse-licking to the Yankee machine. Essentially, Greenham and another place housed Cruise missiles pointed at Russia with American fingers on the button, worse still Ronald Reagans fingers. Even a significant amount of Tories were uncomfortable about that but Thatcher was untouchable in those days backed by the greedy mindless masses of Southern England who sought nothing but flashy Ford Escorts, lager tops and tax cuts. In fact, a bit whats like happening now.
Anyway, regardless of your politics reading up on Greenham and the whole Cruise issue is not a waste of time. A year before the missiles went I spent a bit of time in the US base (thats another story) and was shocked by the mini-America that existed in Oxfordshire, not just the doughnuts, baseball and burger kings, but the bias, arrogance and self-righteousness as well, we might as well have been in Texas, not ten miles from Banbury!
I'm glad the Yanks have gone, I feel safer.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I'm not sure that the Americans moving their bases to Poland makes me feel safe at all.
Greenham Common! For no reason other than we were bored (and we wanted to be part of history - abeit a crappy part) a couple of us drove up to Greenham one night and stole almost all the lights that the Police had put on top of their bollards. We get away with it - but if we'd been stopped we could not have denied it because all of the lights were labelled. My Mum used to have a roof full of them until she moved recently.
Not sure we were all that sympathetic with the bearded ladies of Greenham - it wasn't an anarchic protest against the Government - it was just something to do.
One of the biggest supporters of the anti-missle movement was Sussex's very own Raymond Briggs who was (still is?) a lecturer at Uni of Brighton. As well as writing The Snowman, he wrote a superb book called When the Wind Blows - later made into a film with impressive sound track that included David Bowie).
Not sure we were all that sympathetic with the bearded ladies of Greenham - it wasn't an anarchic protest against the Government - it was just something to do.
One of the biggest supporters of the anti-missle movement was Sussex's very own Raymond Briggs who was (still is?) a lecturer at Uni of Brighton. As well as writing The Snowman, he wrote a superb book called When the Wind Blows - later made into a film with impressive sound track that included David Bowie).
Not really, the very point of nuclear detterence is the 'second strike' capability. Basically, if nuclear weapons are ever used (again), it would be in an act of retaliation. Meaning that we may well have already been attacked.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
Cant remember the "CPFC Die" one although the sentiment is appreciated...I do remember that the railway bridge behind the Vogue Gyratory had "SMASH THE H BLOCKS" on it for donkeys years and a wall at fiveways still has "I Know It's Only Rock and Roll" inspired by the Rolling Stones, which must have been there since the early 70's
JBizzleBeard
Well-known member
One of our posters on here has got the picture as their avatar coz I remember commenting on it a month or so ago! Sorry I can't remember who it was but I definitely saw it!
- Aug 7, 2003
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Thimble Keegan
Remy LeBeau
Is correct because I saved it and it is now my wallpaper on the laptop but as the image is quite small I had to tile it so there are loads of them covering my desktop.
Anyway, the image is attached.
Albion & England forever.
Thimble Keegan
Rustington BHA
Attachments
No acknowledgement that ours and the Americans stance caused the iron curtain to come down and free peoples from Communism in the Eastern Europe then :thud:
We are Hove
New member
- Jun 30, 2008
- 9
The graffiti artist responsible will be known to many of you.
Clues to his identity is he is rather loud and approaching 50.
Clues to his identity is he is rather loud and approaching 50.
Was not Was
Loitering with intent
- Jul 31, 2003
- 1,607
Wasn't there some prominent graffiti for years on a bridge as you entered the Croydon area on the way up the A23? At Coulsdon maybe? "Turn back Brighton or die," it said. Not as direct at "CPFC die", but almost liberal by comparison.