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Banksy's No Ball Games mural removed from Tottenham wall Banksy's No Ball Games mural removed from Tottenham wall
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A mural by street artist Banksy showing two children playing with a 'No ball games' sign has been cut out of a wall in Tottenham, north London. A mural by street artist Banksy showing two children playing with a "no ball games" sign has been cut out of a wall in Tottenham, north London.
The graffiti appeared on the side of a shop at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane in 2009. The graffiti, which appeared on the side of a shop at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Philip Lane in 2009, was removed on Thursday.
Janet Cooke of nearby estate agent Cooke Estates said she saw the wall being repaired on Thursday. Janet Cooke, of a nearby estate agent, said it was sad that a "little iconic bit of Tottenham" had been taken.
A spokesman for Haringey Trades Council said it believed the piece was going to be auctioned. The Sincura Group said it had not been appreciated in situ and was to be sold.
'Iconic''Iconic'
The mural Slave Labour, showing a boy making union jack bunting on a sewing machine, was taken from a wall in Wood Green, north London, in February. The events company put the Banksy mural Slave Labour up for auction in June.
It had been sprayed on to the side of a discount store just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations last year. The artwork showing a boy making union jack bunting on a sewing machine, was taken from a wall in Wood Green, north London, in February.
The mural was later put up for auction by Sincura Group. It had been sprayed on to the side of a discount store just before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012.
Mrs Cooke said she saw workers plastering both sides of the wall in Tottenham on Thursday. The group's director Tony Baxter said he had been approached and asked if he could manage the sale of No Ball Games.
He declined to say who approached him or who removed the brickwork but said the artwork was removed in three pieces.
He said the artwork had been defaced a number of times and people's view of it had been spoilt by renovation work in the area and a "pylon" being placed in front of it with a security camera.
He said it would be restored over six months before being auctioned in spring next year with profits going to charity.
He added: "It's a beautiful piece."
Mrs Cooke, of Cooke Estates, said she saw workers plastering both sides of the wall on Thursday.
"Everybody knew it around here and went to have a look at it. It was a little iconic bit of Tottenham," she said."Everybody knew it around here and went to have a look at it. It was a little iconic bit of Tottenham," she said.
"Now it's going to be famous for being a place where a Banksy was once.""Now it's going to be famous for being a place where a Banksy was once."
Haringey Trades Council secretary Keith Flett said: "The Banksy was an important cultural feature of the area, and if it has been removed it will be another indication that local people's wishes in the area come second to the interests of profit."Haringey Trades Council secretary Keith Flett said: "The Banksy was an important cultural feature of the area, and if it has been removed it will be another indication that local people's wishes in the area come second to the interests of profit."