title Uni: A Van Gogh Grant Cuts Protest, Plymouth, Devon - 1st March 1986 intro It's only a few days after the mass anti-Norman Fowler/grant cuts demo in London when, back in Plymouth, there's some follow-up activism in the city centre. It's a joint venture with Plymouth Art College, who have provided someone dressed up as Vincent van Gogh. There's a punch-line placard which reads "Dear Mr. Fowler, what more do you want, an arm and a leg?" in a reference to Vincent having already lost an ear (geddit?). The protest also features one of Nosher's early signwriting efforts, in the form of the title strips on an information board. scan-120105-0001 A bloke with a pipe talks to Death scan-120105-0002 Roaming about with a giant pair of scissors scan-120105-0003 Maggie Thatcher joins in scan-120105-0004 Someone does an impression of Norman Fowler scan-120105-0007 Buskers do their thing scan-120105-0013 More political re-enactments scan-120105-0014 Leaflets are handed out scan-120105-0015 Mal Edgson poses for a photo scan-120105-0016 Nosher's signwriting effort scan-120105-0017 Vincent potters around with his palette scan-120105-0018 Students' Union Television interviews Death scan-120105-0019 Mal Edgson's rainbow jumper scan-120105-0020 Simon Bento and Karen Wilkins scan-120105-0021 Some kind of sack is hurled around by Burton scan-120105-0022 Vincent outside Marks and Spencer scan-120105-0012 Human pyramid action scan-120105-0011 A human pyramid is about to form scan-120105-0024 The human pyramid scan-120105-0026 Ta-da! The human pyramid is ready scan-120105-0025 Wielding oversized scissors scan-120105-0005 Sam Kennedy in the Fly offices scan-120105-0006 Typing up a bit of Fly on 4" rolls of paper scan-120105-0008 More Fly typing scan-120105-0009 Mervyn, one of the SU printers scan-120105-0010 Dai Edwards in the Fly office