tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post7618207168685939111..comments2023-11-03T12:25:48.501+00:00Comments on Heart Shaped: I love you, will you marry me?Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-46815047848334680072012-01-27T12:06:39.269+00:002012-01-27T12:06:39.269+00:00Truth of Sheffield's 'I Love You Will U Ma...Truth of Sheffield's 'I Love You Will U Marry Me' graffiti<br />It has been part of Sheffield's skyline for more than 10 years.<br />Scrawled in paint on a bridge at the city's grade II-listed Park Hill flats, "I Love You Will U Marry Me", has been visible for miles.<br />Now, it has neon permanence, as "an invitation to the city", by the firm restoring the flats in their 50th year.<br />However, many people do not know that the full graffiti declaration read "Clare Middleton I Love You Will U Marry Me", or who created it.<br />But, after a decade a man called Jason has come forward to claim: "It was me, I did it in April 2001.<br />"I leant over with a paint can as far as I could."<br />If they're gonna keep it, they've gotta keep all of it. This wasn't to anybody this was wrote specifically for Clareā€¯<br />Jason Graffitti creator<br />Jason, who is not named in full, had been dating Clare for over a year, before made a public show of proposing to her, despite being scared of heights.<br />"You used to be able to see it from the Odeon cinema," he continued.<br />"I took her there, she thought she was going to see a film and I said 'I've got something to show you' and I told her to look up and she read it.<br />"She said 'yeh'. She thought I was mad."<br />However, events did not end up running smoothly and the pair did not marry, splitting up three months later.<br />Ms Middleton, who has since died of cancer, was going to marry Jason, according to her mother.<br />"At the time she was in love with him," she said. "[But] things went wrong. She did get married in the end but not to Jason.<br />'He was obsessed'<br />"He used to follow her around town saying, Clare will you marry me, she kept saying 'no'.<br />"I think he did love her. He was obsessed."<br />In June this year Urban Splash, which is re-developing Park Hill flats, announced it was going to make a permanent feature of Jason's proposal.<br />Ms Middleton's stepfather says he "can't believe that they've spent all this money doing up these flats up and they've left graffiti on it".<br />"Clare would laugh, she would think it would be funny," he said<br />The firm said it deliberately left off Miss Middleton's name, but Jason is not happy with the decision.<br />Urban Splash said the graffitti at Park Hill was "iconic"<br />"They can't leave one off without another, it was wrote as one purpose," he said.<br />"If they're gonna keep it, they've gotta keep all of it. This wasn't to anybody this was wrote specifically for Clare."<br />Urban Splash has described the declaration as "iconic" as well as an "invitation to the city."<br />However, Ms Middleton's sister Jackie, wishes "it would be taken down and washed off."<br />"It's a big part of Clare's story and how Clare was and how very destructive her life was," she said.<br />"It doesn't represent what they think they want it to represent. Other people think it'll be nice for her children to see it."<br />Ms Middleton was described as "chaotic", "happy", "lovely", "daft" with "problems" but despite her complicated life, which involved drugs and social services, "she loved a love story."<br />Jason explains why he loved her: "There was something about her. She had really deep brown eyes, it was her mystical brown eyes.<br />"She was such a loving person."<br />Ms Middleton died in March 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-84111003301019177402011-06-19T09:57:57.356+01:002011-06-19T09:57:57.356+01:00I wonder who did it. It's great it's been ...I wonder who did it. It's great it's been kept.<br />Lisa xLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-36817413688263977942011-06-18T23:22:24.902+01:002011-06-18T23:22:24.902+01:00park hill flats....
gawd a blast from the past!
I ...park hill flats....<br />gawd a blast from the past!<br />I once went to a very seedy party in one of those flats in 1994<br />nuff saidx=John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-75214752121491075192011-06-18T22:58:10.027+01:002011-06-18T22:58:10.027+01:00How romantic, wished it had been for me.How romantic, wished it had been for me.Ray+Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185099395743555743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-47713820006001329942011-06-18T00:47:11.163+01:002011-06-18T00:47:11.163+01:00What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.
Anne ...What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.<br />Anne xx**Anne**https://www.blogger.com/profile/05595796965034742923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-81077654565848056302011-06-17T23:31:29.073+01:002011-06-17T23:31:29.073+01:00How nice for the couple I hope she said yes.How nice for the couple I hope she said yes.greenthumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067004547876814633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-3435613212128384512011-06-17T20:47:59.226+01:002011-06-17T20:47:59.226+01:00Get those shoes on, pack that camera.......... go,...Get those shoes on, pack that camera.......... go, go, GO!menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-43261587108793524002011-06-17T20:25:57.301+01:002011-06-17T20:25:57.301+01:00I'd heard that they are doing good things with...I'd heard that they are doing good things with Park Hill Flats, like Carol I wonder if the answer was 'Yes' and what happened to the couple:)Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-45714959914838077352011-06-17T20:09:42.832+01:002011-06-17T20:09:42.832+01:00Oh that is such a lovely story, wonder if she/he s...Oh that is such a lovely story, wonder if she/he said yes.<br />Carol xxCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811673280675153792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-25062741721990511052011-06-17T19:46:01.179+01:002011-06-17T19:46:01.179+01:00I watched a documetary on the estate & it was ...I watched a documetary on the estate & it was fascinating ...<br /><br />This is lovely though - I hope they find the person..<br /><br />LxLx @ Twelvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381572298506010955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-36692977904669645472011-06-17T19:34:26.272+01:002011-06-17T19:34:26.272+01:00Isn't that a lovely story ... it's nice to...Isn't that a lovely story ... it's nice to think such a huge company would have a bit of romance in their souls! Urban Splash have done some fantastic work in Liverpool too!<br />xxxKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672480673570800790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7602197958070805605.post-21243928632429435182011-06-17T19:12:54.795+01:002011-06-17T19:12:54.795+01:00Look forward to seeing that photograph-what a grea...Look forward to seeing that photograph-what a great idea !Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332488482591438589noreply@blogger.com