Let this be a lesson to everybody deciding what to name a building: if you name it after Banksy, Banksy might show up and draw a mural on it. That was the case with the Bridge Farm Primary School in Bristol, where students were allowed to vote to name four houses on campus a few weeks ago, chose the street artist as the namesake for one of them, and showed up to school this morning to find a mural of a child playing with a flaming tire. (The other three houses will presumably not be so lucky as their namesakes, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, John Cabot, and Blackbeard, are all dead.)
Heard there was an intruder in my sons school last night.wasn't so angry when I found out who it was @thereaIbanksy pic.twitter.com/pC8WTo7v83
— Rebecca Radford (@RebeccaRadford7) June 6, 2016
Banksy left a note, encouraging the kids to make their own additions to the mural.
#Banksy left this letter for Bridge Farm School. The caretaker found it - with the 14ft painting. pic.twitter.com/w9bqvniKEg
— Jon Kay (@jonkay01) June 6, 2016
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