Girl outside Clovenstone Community Centre

Category

Library Item

Item no

19913

Title

Girl outside Clovenstone Community Centre, Wester Hailes

Description

A girl stands against a pebble-dashed wall next to some graffiti. She raises both hands to make V-signs indicating 'peace' or 'victory'. She wears a white blouse and dark trousers with a white cord tied around her waistband as a belt. Her dark hair is tied in two long plaits.

Artist / maker

Walsh, Kevin

Date

1984

Size

17.5 x 25.3 cm

Type

Photograph

This image appeared in a booklet called "Wester Hailes Folk" produced by a Wester Hailes creative writing group in collaboration with Edinburgh International Folk Festival and published by Sentinel Publications Ltd. in the late 1980's. The image was printed alongside a poem about racism.
Many different community groups used Clovenstone Community Centre including the Wester Hailes Asian Club.

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