Disciplined

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Always enjoy your portraits and their explanations!

Posted by Heather Love on Sat 26 Dec 14:37:36

Thanks Heather.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sat 26 Dec 18:52:35

I’ve met a few windscreen wipers in a previous life Mick ......one who was a bare knuckle fighter. Apparently he was one of the top knuckle fighters of the Romany community, a very courteous man. A super characterful portrait Mick.....you wouldn’t want to mess with him.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 27 Dec 12:52:09

Just great Michael.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 27 Dec 18:47:42

Hang on Studio Wall

26/12/2020

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Portrait of a bare-fist fighter who had the mental range of a windscreen wiper and who my mate, Frankie (Knuckles) Bellwood, put some discipline on.

About the Artist

Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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