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LAST UPDATE | 11 Dec 2021
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE have queued outside shops in Bristol to buy limited edition t-shirts designed by world-famous street artist Banksy.
Five stores across the city were each selling several hundred of the grey souvenir shirts, in aid of the four people facing trial in relation to the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.
The shirts have a picture of Colston’s empty plinth with a rope hanging off, with debris and a discarded sign nearby and Bristol written above.
Banksy said proceeds from the sale would be given to the four people facing trial next week in the city accused of criminal damage.
In a post on Instagram, Banksy said: “Next week the four people charged with pulling down Colston’s statue in Bristol are going on trial.
I’ve made some souvenir shirts to mark the occasion. Available from various outlets in the city from tomorrow. All proceeds to the defendants so they can go for a pint.
Bristol-based Banksy said sales would be limited to one per person and each T-shirt would cost £25 plus VAT.
The names of the five shops – Frontline Video in St Paul’s, Hakuna Matata, That Thing, Friendly Recs and Rough Trade – were announced on Saturday by local radio station Ujima Radio.
Hundreds of people queued outside the Rough Trade record shop in Bristol, among them were brother and sister Tom and Rosie Levins.
“When we got in the queue, I don’t think we were really confident,” Levins said.
Her brother added: “I collect all the Banksy stuff I can get hold off. When stuff comes up in Bristol and you get a chance…”
On Monday Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, and Sage Willoughby, 21, face trial at Bristol Crown Court.
The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June last year, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour and later recovered by Bristol City Council.
Charges allege that the four defendants, without lawful excuse, jointly and with others, damaged the statue of Edward Colston, a listed monument belonging to Bristol City Council.
It is claimed that the defendants committed the offence “intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged”.
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Good that disaster was averted but are they certain it wasn’t some old charleville cheese? Had to carry out a similar exercise one time when the wife left some really odourous stuff in the fridge.
Why does this seem to becoming such a frequent thing now in schools. The ABD unit seems to be spending a lot of time dealing with unstable chemicals in schools.
The chemical, Dinitrophenylhydrazine, is a chemical reagent routinely used in labs
If this happened in Iran, the US would use it as more evidence of a chemical weapons program!!!!! Just as well those ‘chemistry sets, of da 80′s are no
Longer on da market
Who is responsible?
Hmmmm…. We’l say Anglo for this one?
Cool suit.
You’ve got to be kidding.
Anyone got any info on this stuff still being issued to chemistry labs in schools or was this something done many years ago and now seized. It would somewhat explain why the BDU are called out after routine audits if this stuff is found on the premise which could be decade or more old, leaving a chance its less stable. Its a know carcinogenic and from its data sheet,
Section 11: Toxicological Information
Routes of Entry: Dermal contact. Eye contact. Inhalation. Ingestion.
Toxicity to Animals: Acute oral toxicity (LD50): 654 mg/kg [Rat].
Chronic Effects on Humans: The substance is toxic to lungs, the nervous system, mucous membranes.
Other Toxic Effects on Humans:
Very hazardous in case of ingestion, of inhalation. Hazardous in case of skin contact (irritant, permeator)
Hm, you’re right. Our schools should be safe, we should remove all hazardous “learning” tools at once! Lets remove this next:
Section 56B: Crapology catalog:
Name: Car
Description: Dangerous metal object responsible for over 1.2 million deaths last year alone.
Toxicity: Toxic to both humans and animals may also leak flammable and toxic substances.
Chronic Effects on Humans: The entity is toxic, may cause weight gain on use, known to cause back pain and blood clots.
Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children!
Wow, No need to be a dick Aidan!
I simply asked if it’s still used in school as I personally don’t recall it being used when I did chemistry but it’s been a while. Its the 4th time in a year its been found during a routine audit and needed to be removed by Bomb Disposal, so I’m still asking, is it deemed a danger due to its age or for what reason required the BDU to be called? What conditions trigger this response from the auditor?
Any answer or do you prefer to be a narky smartass?
Seems like a picture of that robot bomb yoke pops up on here every day in some capacity
If I had known that stuff was in the lab when I was there, I would have had great craic! LOL
I hope this unstable chemical was not Beamish (a drink I love).
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