No Ball Games Sign
AssociatedAssociated with
Aberdeen City Council
(Aberdeen, Scotland, founded 1996)
AssociatedAssociated with
Denis Law
(Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1940)
Datelate 20th-early 21st Century
Object NameSign
Mediumaluminium and enamel
ClassificationsCivic
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width x Depth): 60 × 80.3 × 3cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2021 by the Denis Law Legacy Trust.
LocationOn Display - Gallery 15
Object numberABDMS095636.2
About MeAn Aberdeen City Council 'No Ball Games' sign which was removed from a city green space following a campaign run by the Denis Law Legacy Trust and launched in Aberdeen in 2015. Denis Law Legacy Trust joined forces with Aberdeen Greenspace, Aberdeen Play Forum, the City Council and many other partners to launch a campaign that resulted in Aberdeen City Council removing hundreds of No Ball Games signs from across the city in 2015. Denis Law, the most celebrated footballer from the city, was on hand to remove the first one in 2015.
It meant that Aberdeen became the first council area to remove such signs in Scotland. Many other councils in Scotland have followed suit since. Much of these No Ball Games signs were erected in housing estates in the 1970s, but they have never been legally enforceable.
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