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Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 24 October 2008

The pub mural featuring Lisa Pontecorvo

Campaigning hero Lisa featured in Tolpuddle mural

CAMPAIGNER Lisa Pontecorvo has been immortalised in a mural overlooking Edward Square, the park she spent her final years bringing to life.
Ms Pontecorvo, who died in a road accident last month, has been added to a historic mural on the side of The Mitre pub, Copenhagen Street, commemorating the march for the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
The painting shows Ms Pontecorvo carrying a banner describing how 10,000 Londoners marched on Copenhagen Fields in 1834 demanding the pardon of six farm labourers who were transported to Australia for joining a trade union.
Sandra Davis, The Mitre’s landlady, said: “The mural has been there for years and Lisa wanted it to be brightened up. She arranged for it to be re-done before she died.
“She died on the Monday and the artist came in on the Tuesday. We thought it would be a nice idea to put Lisa in there.
“She’ll always be remembered because she was forever in Edward Square. She will be missed, but with that on the wall she won’t be forgotten.”
Close friend Sadie Lambert, a member of Friends of Edward Square, said: “It’s so life-like that when you’re walking up Copenhagen Street you can feel she’s alive and you can speak to her.”
A memorial will be held for Ms Pontecorvo at Edward Square on November 14 at 2pm.

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