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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler

London street sign for former ‘Black Boy Lane’ vandalised after renaming

Street sign in London reads: ‘London borough of Haringey, La Rose Lane (formerly Black Boy Lane) N15’
The road was renamed in honour of John La Rose, a black publisher, writer and local political activist. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A street sign in Haringey has been vandalised less than 24 hours after the road was renamed due to concerns over racist connotations.

Black Boy Lane in Tottenham, north London, was officially renamed La Rose Lane on Monday after a consultation by Haringey council, which began in June 2020 in light of the Black Lives Matter protests the same year.

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