Crewe mural - Royal Arcade walkway (1)

Wistaston youngsters have helped create a stencilled mural along the main walkway of the Royal Arcade in Crewe town centre.

The walkway connects Queensway to the bus station and had been vandalised with graffiti.

Local teenager Sean Moulton brought its plight to the attention of property developers Redefine International.

Drawings by pupils from Wistaston Church Lane Academy have been used on the mural.

Crewe mural - Royal Arcade walkwayYoungsters from Edleston Primary School have added drawings, and the mural also includes the Bentley Motors logo, Joey the Swan, Queens Park, a train, and a football.

Joseph Locke, the civil engineer responsible for laying out the original town, is also featured on the mural.

The regeneration project is supported by Crewe Town Council and Cheshire East Council.

The artwork was adapted by One Red Shoe.

It will be officially unveiled to the public tomorrow (Monday October 19).

(words and pictures by Jonathan White)

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