BBC Interview Steph Warren (POW) about Banksy

[Terry Fuckwitt]

Jul 20, 2023 9:33:09 GMT 1 Martin M said:

Jul 20, 2023 9:14:14 GMT 1 Terry Fuckwitt said:

You're getting your beautiful English seaside towns mixed up, that's Margate

Doh!! Quite right Terry! Oh well, the Talk Art podcast still worth a listen

Haha, I wasn't trying to be pedantic, I just had images of coach loads of UAA members travelling to Hastings this weekend😂

[My Name is Frank]

Jul 20, 2023 10:49:19 GMT 1 JockoLad said:

Jul 20, 2023 8:39:38 GMT 1 My Name is Frank said:

Yeah the voices on quotes were really annoying, very cliched and Brooker wannabe

Brooker stole that idea from Eurotrash! 

Haha, The eurotrash voice overs were brilliant! What I meant by Brooker was a sort of snearing, I'm better than you so will present you as a lower class than me voiceover. The eurotrash ones were just pure comedy. Thanks for the reminder, put a smile on my face

[inefficiency of]

Jul 20, 2023 10:14:10 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

thanks sbash. They should have got me on that podcast. I've got a good few stories to tell!

Don’t be shy, maybe get some of your stories written down or create something similar. People here would love to hear more about the old days. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

[Shoot Again]

What made me really laugh (as a french man) is the Cockney accent that apparently every UAA forumites speaks with ! ;-)

[sandinista]

I enjoyed the parts with steph but the rest was Meh imho, if you're an old timer from here it was nothing new. 
Is it obvious who was probably to blame for steph's "issues"
I liked her comment about Pest control answering the phone.

[withnail69]

Jul 20, 2023 15:47:24 GMT 1 inefficiency of said:

Jul 20, 2023 10:14:10 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

thanks sbash. They should have got me on that podcast. I've got a good few stories to tell!

Don’t be shy, maybe get some of your stories written down or create something similar. People here would love to hear more about the old days. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

There is a thread on here somewhere of my family home being raided by CID because instead of sending us a COA pest control called the police (you'll see most people on here didn't believe me and got a bit troll like). They said we had a stolen banksy. We didn't it was bought from POW who had terrible record keeping. Someone claimed to have the same print with the same edition number stolen from their house about ten years previous. Eventually we were able to prove our innocence after a prolonged period of police harassment causing me to have to leave work sick for a while because of stress (police were threatening to come to my work and arrest me). We found photo evidence of the print in our possession before the date of the insurance fraud sorry cough cough I mean burglary. nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf.. Then there is the story of the banksy art dealer taking possession of my girl with red balloon but that's a story for another day. I have a love/hate relationship with Banksy. He has changed my life for the amazingly good and the amazingly bad. 

[Acme Thunderer]

Jul 20, 2023 20:16:24 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

Jul 20, 2023 15:47:24 GMT 1 inefficiency of said:

Don’t be shy, maybe get some of your stories written down or create something similar. People here would love to hear more about the old days. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

There is a thread on here somewhere of my family home being raided by CID because instead of sending us a COA pest control called the police (you'll see most people on here didn't believe me and got a bit troll like). They said we had a stolen banksy. We didn't it was bought from POW who had terrible record keeping. Someone claimed to have the same print with the same edition number stolen from their house about ten years previous. Eventually we were able to prove our innocence after a prolonged period of police harassment causing me to have to leave work sick for a while because of stress (police were threatening to come to my work and arrest me). We found photo evidence of the print in our possession before the date of the insurance fraud sorry cough cough I mean burglary. nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf.. Then there is the story of the banksy art dealer taking possession of my girl with red balloon but that's a story for another day. I have a love/hate relationship with Banksy. He has changed my life for the amazingly good and the amazingly bad. 

Really sorry to hear about the issues that caused. I read the pdf link nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf and on one hand it is good that Pest Control take things seriously but they should do their due diligence first before calling in the Police. Thanks for sharing and glad all resolved now.

[Terry Fuckwitt]

Jul 20, 2023 20:16:24 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

Jul 20, 2023 15:47:24 GMT 1 inefficiency of said:

Don’t be shy, maybe get some of your stories written down or create something similar. People here would love to hear more about the old days. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

There is a thread on here somewhere of my family home being raided by CID because instead of sending us a COA pest control called the police (you'll see most people on here didn't believe me and got a bit troll like). They said we had a stolen banksy. We didn't it was bought from POW who had terrible record keeping. Someone claimed to have the same print with the same edition number stolen from their house about ten years previous. Eventually we were able to prove our innocence after a prolonged period of police harassment causing me to have to leave work sick for a while because of stress (police were threatening to come to my work and arrest me). We found photo evidence of the print in our possession before the date of the insurance fraud sorry cough cough I mean burglary. nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf.. Then there is the story of the banksy art dealer taking possession of my girl with red balloon but that's a story for another day. I have a love/hate relationship with Banksy. He has changed my life for the amazingly good and the amazingly bad. 

I remember that and it couldn't have been nice for you to have to go through that. The amount of duplicate number prints alone, should have been enough evidence in your favour imo. Glad it worked out OK in the end for you though

[withnail69]

Jul 20, 2023 20:27:50 GMT 1 Terry Fuckwitt said:

Jul 20, 2023 20:16:24 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

There is a thread on here somewhere of my family home being raided by CID because instead of sending us a COA pest control called the police (you'll see most people on here didn't believe me and got a bit troll like). They said we had a stolen banksy. We didn't it was bought from POW who had terrible record keeping. Someone claimed to have the same print with the same edition number stolen from their house about ten years previous. Eventually we were able to prove our innocence after a prolonged period of police harassment causing me to have to leave work sick for a while because of stress (police were threatening to come to my work and arrest me). We found photo evidence of the print in our possession before the date of the insurance fraud sorry cough cough I mean burglary. nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf.. Then there is the story of the banksy art dealer taking possession of my girl with red balloon but that's a story for another day. I have a love/hate relationship with Banksy. He has changed my life for the amazingly good and the amazingly bad. 

I remember that and it couldn't have been nice for you to have to go through that. The amount of duplicate number prints alone, should have been enough evidence in your favour imo. Glad it worked out OK in the end for you though

Thanks mate ! It did and it didn't we still have had zero comms from pest control and no COA

[Not 4 The Thril]

I binged all 10 parts today. Really easy listen each episode is only 20 minutes or so. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. Glad she spoke while remaining tight lipped. 

[sandinista]

pest control are useless. waited a year for a change of owner and gave up in the end. no wonder they don't know an arse from an elbow. i'm sure excel was around then.

[bookends]

Jul 21, 2023 7:37:54 GMT 1 sandinista said:

pest control are useless. waited a year for a change of owner and gave up in the end. no wonder they don't know an arse from an elbow. i'm sure excel was around then.

They only change the name and address on file thier end..
What were you expecting ? 

[sandinista]

any response would of been nice, but i thought you got a new coa to replace the pow one.

[bookends]

Jul 21, 2023 9:28:25 GMT 1 sandinista said:

any response would of been nice, but i thought you got a new coa to replace the pow one.

I have always kept the original COA (if it had one in place) and they just transferred my details to their record of ownership,

[The Italian One]

why should PC give a new COA for a change of ownership?

[The Italian One]

I did a change the other day , paid the PayPal fee and that is it....

[JW]

Jul 21, 2023 10:11:43 GMT 1 The Italian One said:

why should PC give a new COA for a change of ownership?

Don't think anyone is saying they "should". Their T&Cs say they do:

48.If the work is found to be genuine PCO will swap the old form COA for a new form COA for no additional charge.

pestcontroloffice.com/terms.asp

I've been waiting 20 months for one change of ownership, and 16 months for another...

[withnail69]

Jul 21, 2023 7:37:54 GMT 1 sandinista said:

pest control are useless. waited a year for a change of owner and gave up in the end. no wonder they don't know an arse from an elbow. i'm sure excel was around then.

A friend is still waiting for a COA 2 years later.. 

[withnail69]

Love the bit where Steph says "Have you tried getting a response from pest control? Especially if you are in their bad books"

[inefficiency of]

Jul 20, 2023 20:16:24 GMT 1 withnail69 said:

Jul 20, 2023 15:47:24 GMT 1 inefficiency of said:

Don’t be shy, maybe get some of your stories written down or create something similar. People here would love to hear more about the old days. 🙌🏻🙏🏻

There is a thread on here somewhere of my family home being raided by CID because instead of sending us a COA pest control called the police (you'll see most people on here didn't believe me and got a bit troll like). They said we had a stolen banksy. We didn't it was bought from POW who had terrible record keeping. Someone claimed to have the same print with the same edition number stolen from their house about ten years previous. Eventually we were able to prove our innocence after a prolonged period of police harassment causing me to have to leave work sick for a while because of stress (police were threatening to come to my work and arrest me). We found photo evidence of the print in our possession before the date of the insurance fraud sorry cough cough I mean burglary. nathandavis.site/banksy.pdf.. Then there is the story of the banksy art dealer taking possession of my girl with red balloon but that's a story for another day. I have a love/hate relationship with Banksy. He has changed my life for the amazingly good and the amazingly bad. 

Ah, I remember you posting about this originally when you were going through the troubles with POW. Despite how difficult it may have been at the time, I’m glad to hear this ultimately had a positive resolution for you. And again, thanks for sharing. 🙏🏻🙌🏻

[sandinista]

Jul 21, 2023 10:12:29 GMT 1 The Italian One said:

I did a change the other day , paid the PayPal fee and that is it....

Well done you. I paid £45 and heard nothing for well over a year.
And as stated above it said on their site that they replaced them, and i have seen people expecting the new one now as if the original wasn't good enough.

I gave up, print is still in previous owners name and coa is the original. If I sell it it's sold like that.

Going back to the documentary, is there still doubt on his identity? i don't think so apart from him or Someone substantial confirming. Well done Steph for keeping schtum despite not having a gagging order and probably the temptation to spill the beans for a £10 bag at some point.

[shoreditch street art]

Jul 19, 2023 22:58:55 GMT 1 Acme Thunderer said:

Jul 19, 2023 22:46:37 GMT 1 The Rat King said:

I wonder who is the longest serving member on here who is still active
This forum is a reference to anyone who is interested in tracking banksy over the last 25 years , there are pics of him included

These are the longest serving members and good to see some of the very first are still active. 🙌

I’ve just come across an old email from the Banksy Forum dated 20 April 2006 which opens with:

“Dear Banksy Forum Member,

A warm welcome and well done to everyone! as we have just cruised past the 200 members mark and still going strong.”

I was rattusamorus then renamed nolionsinengland in those days.

My recollection is there was some kind of mass extinction event in the early days of the Banksy forum where every was re-registered with a new “joined” date or perhaps we had to manually rejoin, am I just imagining that? It was after the other famous mass extinction when eBay closed it groups where most of us early members were even more active; it predated the Walllandy forum mass extinction.

As I was banned many years ago I suspect the association with that account means it was nice knowing you all!

[kjg]

I discovered and joined this forum (unfortunately) many moons after 2006, but I was wondering: do all those early bird members still have their relatively cheaply purchased Banksy originals and/or prints on their walls?

[drbf]

Jul 23, 2023 0:48:23 GMT 1 kjg said:

I discovered and joined this forum (unfortunately) many moons after 2006, but I was wondering: do all those early bird members still have their relatively cheaply purchased Banksy originals and/or prints on their walls?

Although not an early forum member, I am a long time collector and still love to look at my earlier “cheaply purchased” Banksy’s, Warhol,s, etc. on the walls.

[stevec]

just finished listening and I enjoyed the first 4 or 5 episodes but after that it lost steam a bit - not least as so much of the story was based on the connection to Steph (who was great) but once her connection to POW/PC was lost, so was the sense of being behind the curtain. 

and those voice overs - truly ridiculous and almost made me tune out multiple times. 

[Daniel Silk]

I seem to remember that it was common knowledge that POW purposely employed those with drug problems, with the aim of getting them back on track, employed and involved with something positive.

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Jul 23, 2023 5:03:15 GMT 1 stevec said:

just finished listening and I enjoyed the first 4 or 5 episodes but after that it lost steam a bit - not least as so much of the story was based on the connection to Steph (who was great) but once her connection to POW/PC was lost, so was the sense of being behind the curtain. 

and those voice overs - truly ridiculous and almost made me tune out multiple times. 

Agree so annoying, I kept fast forwarding over the voice overs but it was great to hear about Steph's role in the whole thing and that she got help and is doing okay. It is hard as no one wants to talk but it would have been great if lazrides, Simon, Eine, Hewitt and other helpers over the years talk a little about the whole operation. 

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

Kind of on topic as to members of team Banksy etc...I was on Reddit and I just saw this. My head hurts I need a glass of Shiraz!

www.reddit.com/user/Bobilon/

[Quinnster]

I remember coming over from the eBay forum. 

I should have some special badge for being a founder member 😂

[Acme Thunderer]

Jul 23, 2023 8:55:37 GMT 1 Quinnster said:

I remember coming over from the eBay forum. 

I should have some special badge for being a founder member 😂

Imagine how many stars you will have after another 17 years. 🤣