Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.37.264
Object Name
Poster
Title
Help fight Albany St evictions
Place
Paddington Printshop, London
People
Paddington Printshop
Description
Screenprinted poster, âHelp fight Albany St evictionsâ above an illustration of a hand picking up a house and turning it upside down so that small stick figures and a pram fall out of it. Underneath in more black text reads â5 more crown evictions, 5 more empty houses, 30 more homeless.â The background is light yellow.
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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