Andrew Sparrow in the Guardian today makes the statement: "Critics have claimed that the 'go home' message has racists undertones, because it is reminiscent of the anti-immigrant graffiti that was common in the 1990s".
Is there any photographic evidence, with proven provenance, that this kind of graffiti ever existed anywhere in the United Kingdom?
Also the infamous "No dogs, no blacks, no Irish" notices supposedly put up in the windows of lodging houses in the 1950s and 1960s? (again I am looking for photographs that have proven provenance).
Or should we assume the graffiti and the notices are just urban myths?
Is there any photographic evidence, with proven provenance, that this kind of graffiti ever existed anywhere in the United Kingdom?
Also the infamous "No dogs, no blacks, no Irish" notices supposedly put up in the windows of lodging houses in the 1950s and 1960s? (again I am looking for photographs that have proven provenance).
Or should we assume the graffiti and the notices are just urban myths?
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