Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.201
Object Name
Poster
Title
Do you want Portobello green fenced? Please tell the trust what you think
Place
Paddington Printshop, London
People
Paddington Printshop
Description
Screenprinted poster, âDo you want Portobello green fenced? Please tell the trust what you thinkâ is in red text on a blue illustration of a curving bypass road. To the right on a blue sky background is red text, âthe Amenity Trust has kept it unfenced because it seemed friendlier but some people think the green is now just a dog's lavatory and open air boozer. What do you think? Do you want a public meeting?â At the bottom in red text on cream is âtext call or phone North Kensington Amenity Trustâ. The full page illustration shows a building and trees fenced off by a large road that is blocking the sky.
This poster was made by Paddington Printshop, a community graphic design and print workshop in West London, co-founded by John Phillips and Pippa Smith. Between 1975-1991, the centre printed over 400 designs for left-wing community organisations. These publicised local political campaigns such as housing rights and food co-ops, to social gatherings including play days, gardening clubs, gigs and festivals. Their do-it-yourself style was part of the proto-punk ethos.
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