Seen in the military enclaves of Chatham / Gillingham in Medway, Kent - the annual poppy appeal was given new and urgent meaning thanks to a little cut and paste.
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On the run up to the 'Bring the troops home' rally in London on the 24th October, billboards in the military towns Chatham and Gillingham in Kent may deserve a double take from passers by as the annual poppy appeal message was given a new and urgent appeal for the living - 'For their sake, bring 'em home'.
The simple application of some red paper and letters cut from white paper, quickly transformed the appeal for the dead to an appeal for the living by an anonymous group armed only with PVA glue and a roller.
The simple application of some red paper and letters cut from white paper, quickly transformed the appeal for the dead to an appeal for the living by an anonymous group armed only with PVA glue and a roller.
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Brilliant
22.10.2009 06:52
gggggggg
nice one
22.10.2009 07:40
have you press released british legion. maybe worth doing once they can't recall the posters, and plenty have been done...
PP
how about
22.10.2009 09:44
sid
For Their Sake - Do It Yourself
22.10.2009 10:51
Six sheets of red A4 paper (try Aldi for cheap colour paper)
Five sheets of white A4 (recycled obvisously, think of the planet)
A printer (inkjet or laser)
A craft knife
A cutting board
PVA glue (water it down 1:1) or wallpaper paste
Now create a landscape word document with the letters BR'INGEMHOME (no spaces) using Arial or Helvetica at about 535 point. You'll need to set your margins to a minimum to get two letters to a page. Note you'll need to put the apostrophe with the 'I' when you print in order to fit it all on five rather than six sheets. Before you print, set the font format to outline as this will save loads of ink.
While it is printing, get your six sheets of red paper and glue them together in landscape with about 1cm overlap. Your letter should now be printed so carefully cut out the letters. If you used Arial, cut the central horizontal of your two E's a little shorter byt about 4cm to make them more like the original.
Arrange the letters on the red paper in the correct order. Obvisouly you move the apostrophe back to it's correct position now so it reads BRING 'EM HOME. Pay attention to the spacing. Each letter should be about 2cm from the other and between words the spacing is a little less than the width of a letter. When you have it correct and nicely aligned on the paper, glue the letters down.
Let it dry and now roll the whole thing on so the letter side is inside the roll. Remember which end will come out first when unrolled and which way up it needs to be held.
Now get a few mates together. You'll want two or three people at the billboard - one to unroll, one to paste and one to hold shit for the others or help stabalise whatever you bring to stand on if required). You'll probably also want a couple more people 100 yards up and down the road to act as look outs. Come up with an approbriate way for your lookouts to communicate with you, perhaps whistles or walkie-talkies or perhaps even just a yell.
When pasting, it is good to glue both under the roll and over the top to help water proof your work.
That's it. Please also take a photo and upload it.
PVA
the numbers
22.10.2009 10:56
221 dead and counting
cool
22.10.2009 15:49
thanks
For his sake - prosecute Blair
23.10.2009 12:13
cut&paste
Great 'How to'
26.10.2009 14:40
An irrelevant tip too - most printers can also print out on a surprising range of materials, including canvas, if you adjust the paper height guide - although make sure the canavs is prestretched and washed or you can ruin the printer. I'd rather not say what this is useful for, I'm sure someone will come up with their own uses.
Danny
another one
27.10.2009 22:48
Subvertised - appeal for the living
pointless criminal resource war.
bring them home!
sticky fingers
I love these.
29.10.2009 14:07
'av a go
basingstoke
30.10.2009 12:24
ispy
Blair - war criminal - really?
11.11.2009 19:46
Peter Marshall
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