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Christine Constant's mural for the Underpasses between Jarrow Town Hall and the Viking Shopping Centre, Jarrow, Co Durham
Christine Constant's mural for the Underpasses between Jarrow Town Hall and the Viking Shopping Centre, Jarrow, Co Durham
Christine Constant's mural for the Underpasses between Jarrow Town Hall and the Viking Shopping Centre, Jarrow, Co Durham
Christine Constant's mural for the Underpasses between Jarrow Town Hall and the Viking Shopping Centre, Jarrow, Co Durham

Murals

Christine Constant – Untitled, Jarrow

Listing: Unlisted
Condition: Condition unknown
Material Type: Tile
Building Type: Public Building
Owners: Unknown
Date: 1984
Address: Underpasses between Jarrow Bus Station and the Viking Shopping Centre and between Greenbank and the Viking Shopping Centre, Jarrow NE32 3JS
Local Authority: South Tyneside Council
County: Tyne and Wear
Country: England

Based on the drawings of local schoolchildren, and painted by local artist Christine Constant, these murals depict the Venerable Bede and the famous Jarrow Crusade. Colourful and dynamic work, this kind of mural and the way it was collaboratively made was to become increasingly popular in the late 20th century.

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