Plaque

David Bowie - Beckenham

Erection date: 2008

Inscription

David Bowie rock musician lived in Beckenham & launched his career in The Three Tuns 1969 - 1973.
Foxgrove Road
Haddon Hall
Ziggy Stardust
The Arts Lab
Erected by Copers Cope Area Residents Association and Noble House Pub Company.

The plaque was originally unveiled on the 6th December 2001. It was taken down two years later but re-erected in 2010. Report in the Bromley Times.

Site: David Bowie - Beckenham (1 memorial)

BR3, High Street Beckenham, 157, Zizzi Restaurant

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Haddon Hall

Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from...

The Three Tuns

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Ziggy Stardust

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The Arts Lab

A centre for theatre, poetry, film, happenings and arts of all kinds. Origina...

David Bowie

Musician and actor. Born David Robert Jones 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton. The ...

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Copers Cope Area Residents Association

Founded to protect and promote the local interests of residents of Central an...

Noble House Pub Company

We found some information in The Morning Advertiser - a 2004 article: "Noble ...

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