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Background to the scheme:
Thompson Street is a strategic route linking the main shopping centre of Barry, historically with the docks and today with the Waterfront residential and retail area. A designated area of wall situated outside the Home Bargains retail centre is to be the site for a new and exciting public art scheme.

The artworks will form part of the Thompson Street regeneration scheme, which comprises narrowing of the carriageway and widening of pavements, complete re-surfacing, creation of parking bays and designated crossing points, new street lighting and tree planting and new street furniture.

By employing different visual aesthetics that can be found in the history of cinema and printing techniques, Tom plans to present a series of artworks that embodies the vibrant and rich qualities of Barry and its heritage

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