Vandals daub paint over new street sign renaming Black Boy Lane trends now
Furious Londoners have painted the name of their road sign black after Haringey council renamed Black Boy Lane due to 'racist connotations.'
Posting a photo of the controversial road sign to Twitter, the leader of Haringey council Peray Ahmet denounced it as 'mindless vandalism'.
She said: 'Really sad and disappointed to have been sent this today. This follows a fantastic launch yesterday where we celebrated the life and legacy of John La Rose. What could this ever achieve beyond mindless vandalism.'
It's claimed the authority spent a whopping £180,000 changing the name of Tottenham's Black Boy Lane to La Rose Lane, following outrage from Black Lives Matter campaigners.
The road sign has been vandalised less than a day after the area was controversially renamed
But heritage campaigners and peeved residents - some of whom who've erected their own Black Boy lane signs- are unhappy with the move.
After the new road signs were erected yesterday, pictures emerged on social media showing numerous houses with the old road sign displayed in their windows.
Art lecturer Rishi Jogoo, 68, lives along the street and was upset by the change.
He has joined his neighbours and put up a Black Boy Lane road sign in his window.
He said: 'There is nothing racist about the name, I don't understand why people say that.
'The council never came round to talk to us about it. We did receive a letter but when we argued about it they didn't listen to us.
'The problem is when you change the road name we all have to change our documents like our passports which is very inconvenient.
'The council have said they will offer us £300 because of the change but I don't think that will be enough to sort everything.
'We will keep out signs up but I'm not optimistic that they will listen but we can always hope.'
Mr Jogoo's neighbour Ian also put a sign up.
He explained: 'We are hanging the old sign up because we don't want it to change. It is a complete waste of time and money.
'I will keep my address as it is until there is an official
