David Vaughan

Roman soldiers on Beaufort Street by David Vaughan

I have always been fascinated by the artist David Vaughan, not least because he painted a mural on the side of the butcher’s shop on Whiteacre Road in Ashton.*

It was of the Queen and was done for the Jubilee in 1977 and as I lived in the next street I passed it most days.

Later still I came across another of his paintings on Beaufort Street in Castlefield.

It was behind the reconstructed Roman fort and once showed a unit of the Roman army marching across the wall of the railway viaduct.

Sadly both have now gone, although the Roman soldiers did last into this century but by then  the bright colours had begun to fade and the paint peel. So I was not over surprised when last week I discovered that it had been painted over.

That said much of his work can still be seen at https://www.thejoyousliving.com/art-david-vaughan-life-work/

And featured on  Radio 4 :The Artist Who Fell From Grace which “looked back at his life and times with the aid of newly discovered interviews" and the memories of the people who knew him.**

It was broadcast in 2013 and sadly is now not available.

Picture;   Beaufort Street in Castlefield from David Vaughan

*The murals of David Vaughan, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-murals-of-david-vaughan.html

** http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sjjxx