Bancroft park really rocked back in the 1980s when I was only a visitor to Brisbane. Because it was on a one-way lane behind houses in Bancroft Street, the neighbours must have complained when it got too popular. The police were there a fair bit then it got permanently locked up about 1996. It's almost swallowed up by trees now.
The toilets at Ashgrove did indeed have some graffiti which dated back to the 1960s. I remember that it was in pencil on the bricks next to the urinal and had dates in 1968. I don't know if it still works but it lost its soul when the tiles went up and I lost interest in it.
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