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Sheffield's Most Romantic Graffiti: The Bittersweet Love Story Behind 'I Love You Will U Marry Me'

Sheffield's Most Romantic Graffiti: The Bittersweet Love Story Behind 'I Love You Will U Marry Me'

Popkin
Jun 23, 2025
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Sheffield's Most Romantic Graffiti: The Bittersweet Love Story Behind 'I Love You Will U Marry Me'
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By KnuXles-13 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,

One hundred and thirty feet up in the air, a young Sheffield man sloppily painted a marriage proposal that would go down in history.

Jason Lowe scrawled "I Love You Will U Marry Me" across a concrete bridge at Park Hill estate in 2001. His girlfriend, Clare Middleton, said yes, but the couple never made it to the al…

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