Wood Street Studios have painted almost 40 murals in E17, including these 11 along Wood Street itself
1. Director Walter West set up one of the first silent film studios on Wood Street in 1916 (Woskerski)
2. A portrait of local lady Chloe Lloyd, who used to work in The Duke (ATMA)
3. "Neon Man" Chris Bracey died in 2014 but his workshop Gods Own Junkyard remains a local landmark (ATMA)
4. The Flower Pot pub now features a portrait of its former landlady, who died before it was completed (STATIC)
5. Artist Toasters' choice of subject matter here is pretty self-explanatory (Toasters)
6. The artist felt Uttar Pradesh in India, depicted here, had a similar energy to Walthamstow (Axel Void)
7. Pioneering female motorcycle racer Beryl Swain overlooks Marlowe Road, where she was born and raised (Ronzo)
8. An homage to fellow street artist Jim Vision, who also uses a lot of skeletons in his work (Frankie Strand)
9. Self-portrait of Loretta, better known for her mural of the New Zealand prime minister hugging a hijabi after the Christchurch massacre (Loretta Lizzio/Cam Scale)
10. The library opposite moving site inspired this tribute to their value" (Cam Scale, composition by Nina Katchadourian)
11. Wood Street Studios was set up due to the lack of affordable artists' spaces in Waltham Forest (STATIC)
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