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Robert Dalling

Port Talbot Banksy to be hidden from public in secret storage unit

Banksy's Season's Greetings street art which was driven out of Port Talbot for good is heading to a secret storage unit where it will be temporarily hidden from the public.

The artwork, which first appeared in south Wales just before Christmas in 2018, attracted visitors from around the UK after the world-renowned street artist's works were discovered on steelworker Ian Lewis's Richmond Terrace garage, won the hearts of people across the town since it first arrived.

But its spell in the area has been dogged with controversy. After being sold to Essex-based art dealer, John Brandler, it was moved from the Taibach garage wall to Ty'r Orsaf, the site of the former police station on Station Road.

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