HUNDREDS of music fans flocked to Beckenham to celebrate the life and career of the town's most famous son, David Bowie.
Before his world-wide fame took off in the 1970s, the star organised a folk club in the Three Tuns pub, now the Rat and Parrot, in High Street, Beckenham. The club became the Arts Laboratory.
Former arts lab musicians Mary Finnigan and Christina Ostrom unveiled a plaque at the pub last week and a tribute concert was held with memorabilia sold to raise cash for the Chernobyl Children Lifeline Society.
Organiser Cliff Watkins, of Copers Cope Area Residents' Association, said: "Liverpool has the Beatles and Beckenham has David Bowie, so it's time more people knew about this."
Bowie sent a personal message to the gathering from his home in New York, wishing everyone a "wonderful evening".
December 7, 2001 15:09
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