Marc Bolan's shrine

[DodgyAgent]

I stumbled upon this on a walk a few years ago. I thought it was quite cool, but the immediate neighbours must be a bit bored of the attention by now.

presumably unless they have lived there since before 1977 they could have chosen somewhere else to live.

[Pondlife]

What was Marc Bolan's last song?

Wrap a purple mini round the old oak tree

Hello, CUK Taxis? Yes, straight away please.

[Sysman]

It wasn't the tree that got 'im

It was a reinforced fence post in front of the tree

[EternalOptimist]

I couldn't imagine Marc Bolan at 65.

with a haircut like that, he would either be playing for Queen, or playing for Everton

[Doggy Styles]

I couldn't imagine Marc Bolan at 65.

[SupremeSpod]

I stumbled across it twenty years ago - a friend lived around the corner from there and we happened to walk past it one day.

I stopped in my tracks when I realised what it was, she just shrugged and thought that I was stupid for not knowing about it before.

I see that they've made it a bit more 'official looking' now. It was just a load of ribbons and flowers thrown in the hedge back then.

What was Marc Bolan's last song?

Wrap a purple mini round the old oak tree

[Gonzo]

I can't say it's on my list of places to visit, but there you go.

I stumbled across it twenty years ago - a friend lived around the corner from there and we happened to walk past it one day.

I stopped in my tracks when I realised what it was, she just shrugged and thought that I was stupid for not knowing about it before.

I see that they've made it a bit more 'official looking' now. It was just a load of ribbons and flowers thrown in the hedge back then.

[Sysman]

Wear your hair long, baby, can't go wrong.

Heh. I used to wear my hair quite long. but I got over it.

[nomadd]

There was I innocuously looking at the history of Minis at Wiki and in the Exotic Minis and Celebreties section I came across a reference to Marc Bolan's shrine.

In Barnes, the tree was close to being condemned as unsafe, but it was saved by this lot.

I can't say it's on my list of places to visit, but there you go.

Wear your hair long, baby, can't go wrong.

[Sysman]

I stumbled upon this on a walk a few years ago. I thought it was quite cool, but the immediate neighbours must be a bit bored of the attention by now.

I think the closest thing I've seen to it was Jim Morrison's grave in Paris. It was a bust of his head. the most remarkable thing about that being his hairstyle. It was hidden well away from the posher plots, but some obliging souls had daubed arrows pointing to it along the way, in a rather vandalistic way.

The plot itself was littered with empty booze bottles too.

Oscar Wilde's grave was much more impressive but cordoned off and under police guard. Apparently the gay community thought weeing on his grave gave them a lucky love life.

[swamp]

I stumbled upon this on a walk a few years ago. I thought it was quite cool, but the immediate neighbours must be a bit bored of the attention by now.

[TestMangler]

That tree was the biggest hit he ever had

I thought it was his windscreen & dashboard........

[EternalOptimist]

There was I innocuously looking at the history of Minis at Wiki and in the Exotic Minis and Celebreties section I came across a reference to Marc Bolan's shrine.

In Barnes, the tree was close to being condemned as unsafe, but it was saved by this lot.

I can't say it's on my list of places to visit, but there you go.

That tree was the biggest hit he ever had

[Sysman]

There was I innocuously looking at the history of Minis at Wiki and in the Exotic Minis and Celebreties section I came across a reference to Marc Bolan's shrine.

In Barnes, the tree was close to being condemned as unsafe, but it was saved by this lot.

I can't say it's on my list of places to visit, but there you go.