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A Solent Taste at Jongleurs

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If you remember living in Southampton, England a while ago, Jongleurs/Bar Risa occupied an art deco building from the 1930's, on which it was first used by Burton's Menswear. Then in 2009, Jongleurs was in a brief administration, and during the time, Southampton was one of the five venues to shut its doors for good. In 2014, during the first few months of my first year at the Illustration course at Southampton Solent University, there was a project entitled "The Sotonia Project", where we did some of the drawings around the city centre. Months after the project finishes, we went and discovered that some of our drawings made it onto the dull boards of the former Jongleurs place. I have taken photographs in comparison between my sketchbook drawings and the boards. More information at this link: http://www.culturesouthampton.org.uk/art-project-enhances-city-centre-building What was special about this pocket watch is that it was belonged to Sidney Sedan...