Monday, 9 November 2026

Up the junction (box) #4

Hello and welcome to the 4th thrilling installment of our little photographic sidebar we call Up the junction (box). Since those heady days of UTJB3 I've been sent further examples of this oft overlooked corner of street art from London, Tanjung Pinang and Vancouver. (Whereas me and Adam have been keeping it real in Nottingham and Manchester respectively.)

I'll kick things off and, to be honest, I was expecting to see a few painted JBs in France but was sadly disappointed. I think my friend Mimi is missing a trick; in the same way I think Kid30 is missing a trick over here. It's been proven that when they paint street furniture the taggers and bill stickers of this world, by and large, leave 'em alone. The one or two unadorned ones I've gone with today are ones where either something on the box, or just in the shot generally, piqued my interest.

Lille


Nottingham city centre.


Hyson Green, Nottingham.


On the way to Liquid Light, Nottingham.


A decorative substation near Woodthorpe Park, Nottingham.


Nottingham city centre.


Another decorative substation, this time in Woodthorpe Park.


Perry Road, Nottingham.

Adam said: ''Not a junction box but felt it fits the brief - Soap Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter.''

East End Ernie has expended some serious shoe leather in capturing these fine specimens in Leytonstone, Borough and Bethnal Green.






And then he must have found himself in Heathrow cos the next one I got was taken in Malaysia.

The final selection comes from Faye in Canada. Her dad, Steve, paid a visit last month to her adopted city of Vancouver and between them they found these beauties. 







Thank you both! And thanks too to Ernie & Adam. Keep them coming! (Tim W's in Japan at the moment so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.) Until next time...

1 comment:

  1. Technically Indonesia not Malaysia but I don't suppose any of your Malaysian correspondents will be going to check.

    I have booked myself a winter break next month purely in order to search for further examples.

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