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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 18h

"The future of the game will not be a simple victory of street culture over the professional game, nor the other way round...it will be a dynamic tension" Out NOW #StreetFootball www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-...

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 18h

'The Cut Field' Oil Paint From the bus window I watched the earth being turned; the seeds sown, and the steady growth of the maize over this year. Today I was in the field, now cut for Winter. www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/gallery

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'Entry (bottom of Ogden Road)' Bitumen Private Collection

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"...whether you see Hanley as simply one of the six towns or the city centre, there is one thing that characterises the place: change" 'Up 'anley Duck' #TheHighClearing @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📸 Images of the Potteries

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Mystery & The Dandelions' Oil Paint www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/blog/terraat... Where did the Summer go?

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Those old streets have had life stripped from them....but they can be reborn" 'On the Edge of Town (Part II)' #TheHighClearing @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social 📸 Bert Bentley

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'The High Clearing' @daveproudlove.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social tangerine-helix-zh46.squarespace.com/blog/thehigh...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"But whether you see Hanley as simply one of the six towns or the city centre, there is one thing that characterises the place: change" 'Up 'anley Duck' #TheHighClearing @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Her Head' Sculptor: Dhruva Mistry. Old Hall Street. Hanley. This bronze was commissioned for the National Garden Festival 1986 with funds from the Henry Moore Foundation and donated in 1987 to the city.

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Professional football may dominate the headlines, but the streets will determine its soul" Out now via Pitch Publishing 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-... #StreetFootball

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We are currently putting together a bid to Arts Council England for this one and drawing up a shortlist of which towns will be included. This will be a collaborative project so we will be looking for allies in each town to help make it happen.

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Can you see castles in the sky? Sunset : New Brighton, tonight ...

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PUBLICATION DAY! #StreetFootball is now available www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-... My thanks and gratitude to all who made it happen Here's to street footballers the world over

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"The Antelope was demolished years ago, as was the Out of Town where the short-lived band I fronted once played" Prologue: Up 'anley Duck #TheHighClearing @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social

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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me 1965 @grawitmik.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Look at the wonderful suprise present my Mum in law bought me. Ordered back May to give me whilst we were in UK, but RM took weeks to deliver, so Fam visiting us now have just made my day. @daveproudlove.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social

Photo of a book in the wrapping sent by Bare Wall Gallery Burslem. Book described in other images.

A book by Dave Proudlove, with art work and photos by Ian Pearsall and Phil Shall cross. The book is called, A Mother Town Anthology. It is about Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent, in the UK. Burslem is where I was born and lived for 25 years until 1985.

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Victoria @vixilated.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Wow.

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'A Farm Road to Dusk'' Marks on Maps Oil : Oil pastel www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/post/terra

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

'ParchedLands II' Marks on Maps Oil : Oil pastel www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/post/terra

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

'Pool (The Farm)' Oil Paint www.ianrpearsall.co.uk/post/terra

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Well, I've been working on #TheHighClearing with @ianrpearsall.bsky.social and @philshallcross.bsky.social for a little while now, and I'm absolutely buzzing that we can now reveal its cover Just take a look at this masterpiece! @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Word reaches me through the mists of the Six Towns that the illustrations within 'A Mother Town Anthology' sing from the walls of The Glosthouse www.theglosthouse.co.uk Collaboratively; @philshallcross.bsky.social adds the visual thrill to @daveproudlove.bsky.social 's weave through Burslem Town!

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Harley Street was home to the first registered office of the Football League..." 'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing @ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social 📸 Ken Davis

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/06/2026

David Hockney, the artist whose brightly colored renditions of California would go on to make him one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, died on June 12, his publicist Erica Bolton said in a statement. He was 88 reut.rs/4e5R6xd