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Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to Marc Bolan, of glam-rock band T. Rex, on the site where he died in a car crash in Barnes, London, on 16 September 1977. Bolan was a passenger in a car that hit a part-metal-and-wood fence and then a sycamore tree on Queen's Ride (part of the B306 , close to Gipsy Lane), and he was pronounced dead at the ...
Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to Marc Bolan, of glam-rock band T-Rex, on the site where he died in a car crash in Barnes on 16 September 1977. It is recognised by the English Tourist Board in its guide England Rocks as a "Site of Rock 'n' Roll Importance" in England.
Plaque marking Bolan's childhood home, 25 Stoke Newington Common, Hackney, east London. Bolan was born Mark Feld at Hackney Hospital and grew up at 25 Stoke Newington Common, in the borough of Hackney, east London, the second child of Simeon ("Sid") Feld (1920-1991), a cosmetics salesman and former lorry driver, and Phyllis Winifred (née Atkins; 1927-1991), who ran a stall at Berwick Street ...
T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex) were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member.
Marc Bolan: 1947–1977: Singer, songwriter, musician and poet: Bolan lived at Lonsdale Road, Barnes. [76] Carl Davis: 1936-2023: American-born conductor and composer: He lived in Barnes [77] George Frederick Handel: 1685–1759: Composer: Handel lived at the house of Mr Mathew Andrews in Barn Elms in the summer of 1713. [78] [79] § Gustav ...
Golders Green Crematorium and Mausoleum was the first crematorium to be opened in London, and one of the oldest crematoria in Britain. [1] [2] The land for the crematorium was purchased in 1900, costing £6,000 (the equivalent of £136,000 in 2021), and the crematorium was opened in 1902 by Sir Henry Thompson.
Marc Bolan, musician, born at Homerton and brought up at Stoke Newington Common [9] Richard "Abs" Breen, singer and member of pop band Five; raised in Hackney; Gary Brooker, musician, founder of Procol Harum, born in Hackney Hospital; Tobi Brown, YouTuber, internet personality and member of the Sidemen; born in Hackney
The common can claim at least one internationally famous resident, Marc Bolan of the band T. Rex, who lived at 25 Stoke Newington Common, on the south side, from birth until the age of 15. Another more or less famous resident was Frederick Lewis Demuth (1851-1929) who died here at "13 Stoke Newington Common" on 29 January 1929.