More Blacks More Dogs More Irish T-Shirt

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If you are interested in the history of our local area why not sign up to our regular newsletter which contains lots of fascinating historical info. I’ve sold shirts to Kerry, Cork, back home in Tipp, Belfast, Germany, Belgium and even as far Boston USA,” he said. Richy O’Gorman and Taurayne McKen, an Irish-Jamaican couple living in South London, have made a t-shirt that is the perfect antidote to the “No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish,” signs seen in boarding houses and bars around London decades ago.and when I contacted the seller about the issue, they responded quickly and offered a refund of the postage cost even though it wasn't their fault!

Discrimination comes in many forms some blatantly obvious and some under the cloak of measly excuse for not being able to accommodate our wishes. John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) famously used the same provocative phrase for his 2004 autobiography, No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish. Many people went to bed early in those days,probably not long after 9pm, they did not want a man coming home pissed and banging on the door at 11pm.

Great to communicate with,even sent me a free tee shirt when I thought a spelling mistake had been made. OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 requires textiles-based products to be tested against a list of 1,000+ chemicals, to limit those which may be harmful to human health. In January 1969 I was employed by the Council for Comunity Relations in Lambeth to set up the Angell Town Adventure Playground in Gordon Grove .

The design shows a pink llama with a green leprechaun hat and sunglasses with shamrocks and gold coins. A positive spin on the window signs that were seen in London around the earl 1960's up until the early 80's.

The shirts bear the words, “More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish,” a twist on the racist messages said to have been posted up by landlords in Britain in the 1960s. The cotton waste from normal production is saved ("salvaged") and shredded until broken into individual fibres. I'm so glad I found this seller as they did such a fabulous job on both the tee shirt and chefs hat. Two months ago, O’Gorman was walking around Brixton wearing the t-shirt when he was spotted by DJ Swiss, former member of MOBO award winning garage group So Solid Crew, who asked to take a photo with him and posted it to his own Instagram account.

Explore our living archive that communities have collated themselves to present videos, images and written accounts that tells their story their way. The T-shirt went viral across the world after Richard was photographed wearing the T-shirt with his girlfriend of Jamaican descent Taurayne McKen, 28, in Brixton. I can remember the ‘no Irish’ signs in what were known as ‘boarding houses’, when I was growing up in north London in the fifties, especially in Kentish Town and Camden Town. George Greaves – gave me the job of going round all the newsagents telling them that all the cards in their windows advertising accommodation saying “No Blacks, No Irish No dogs “ were now illegal under the new Race Relations Act . com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US.

STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX requires every component of a textiles product – including all thread, buttons and trims – to be tested against a list of more than 1,000 harmful regulated and unregulated chemicals that may be harmful to human health. Nearby Kilburn of course had a large Irish community at the time and I suspect the tales of hard-drinking, fighting men worried the landladies of such establishments. This is the best gift for you, your friend, brother, sister, parents, grandparents, classmates, officemates, teacher. Cool Bartender Shirt for Mixologist, who serves Beer, Cocktails and Longdrinks with a smile not only during happy hour. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.