Since moving to Southwark, London 5 years ago, on my journey to
collect a package that didn't get delivered to my door from the post office, I
discovered a TANK in the middle of a random street!
You can just see the barrel
of the tank peeping through!
So after going home I did a little research on the tank.
It is located in between Mandela Way and Pages Walk just off Old Kent Road in
the borough of Southwark, London. The tank is a decommissioned Souviet T-34-85
battle tank. A former Czech army tank that was used in the filming of Richard
III (1995) It was bought in 1995 by Russell Gray, who lives nearby, for
£7000.
After abit more further digging online, rumor has it that the owner of the
tank Russell Gray, bought this piece as a birthday gift for his 7-year-old son!
Toy cars weren't enough for Master Gray eh?? The tank was installed on the land
it is currently on owned by Mr Gray. Apparently Mr Gray had just lost a
planning battle with Southwark council... The gun barrel is
now deliberately aimed towards the council offices....
Anyway enough history talk, the reason why this tank interested me apart from
it being a TANK in the most randomest place, is that, the the paint job on this
tank gets changed every so often. I've tried taking pictures of it whenever I
pass.
Now, I finally present to you the Ever Changing Paint of the TANK (I
will update this with more pictures when ever the TANK gets a new lick)
December 2016
October 2014
July 2014- Painted Gold for
the 2014 World Cup!
June 2014
January 2014
March 2013
January 2013
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