togger Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Morning all, Just been talking to one of my mates at work and explaining about Sheaf Valley Baths, where it was, how long it was there etc. I also mentioned that Rolf Harris had opened the baths and done a painting which hung on the wall for years. Now, i have searched these forums and found several topics on the Baths, but i have not seen anywhere an actual image of the painting. Can anyone help so that i can show my mate at work please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Entirely too small to make out "This is probably the only image of the Mural" - it says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Would I be right in thinking that the painting was taken somewhere else when the baths closed but has since been destroyed in a fire. If this is the case and the actual picture no longer exists we are only left with the hope that it was at one time photographed if we are to see it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 When did Sheaf Valley baths open? Was it at the time that Rolf was doing a TV advertising campaign called something like "Learn to swim" or "Be safe in the water" to promote swimming and safety. I believe Rolf himself was, at one time, a very competent swimmer which is why he was chosen to front this campaign and possibly why he was chosen to open the Sheaf Valley baths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
togger Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes you would be correct. The painting was purchase for £8000 from Sheffield City Council by Fletchers Bakeries and was destroyed in the fire several years ago. There must be an image somewhere of the painting, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 When did Sheaf Valley baths open? Was it at the time that Rolf was doing a TV advertising campaign called something like "Learn to swim" or "Be safe in the water" to promote swimming and safety. I believe Rolf himself was, at one time, a very competent swimmer which is why he was chosen to front this campaign and possibly why he was chosen to open the Sheaf Valley baths. I think he was an Australian junior champion at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Yes, when he first came to Britain and started to make a name for himself as an entertainer around 1960-ish I am sure he was some sort of Australian swimming champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miked Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I remember the painting His paintings will becoming quite rare, he said in court that his daughter destroyed two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacky Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 isnt there also a mural by Rolf Harris on the side of the Radio Sheffield building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 "Can you tell what it is yet?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 isnt there also a mural by Rolf Harris on the side of the Radio Sheffield building? It's on the wall of Sheffield Archives, next to Radio Sheffield. The Council have decided to have it removed or painted over. What I'd like to know is how did it come to be there? I didn't realise it was actually by him until the latest trouble blew up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 To be honest I have seen it lots of times when I've gone to the Archives but I never took much notice of it because I just thought it was some more graffiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I'm aware that this is not a joking matter, but this made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 he heThat's the best one yet Steve. Very funny lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Is the picture painted over by him or just of him? In the 70s Rolf presented a programme called Cartoon Time. In the opening titles he quickly (time lapsed) sketched himself in cartoon form, head and face only, and gave himself a Kangaroo body which then became animated. The picture painted out bears a very strong resemblance to the cartoon head and face Rolf drew of himself, a caracature everyone would recognise as being him, except this time it had a human body (but not with 3 legs as would be befitting of one of his other songs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy244 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 With Rolf Harris in the news so much lately it got me thinking of that painting he did hung in the Sheaf Valley Baths (funny I remembered the place as Pond Street Baths must have been what we called it) and I too was wondering if it still existed. I always enjoyed going there I thought it was a great place and couldn't believe it when I read they were pulling it all down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Would we feel the same about the mural were he to, at sometime in the future, become a "must have artist", in view of his notoriety? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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