"David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, south London, to Haywood Stenton "John" Jones and Margaret Mary "Peggy" Jones. Though he only lived there until the age of six, Brixton proudly celebrates its local legend. Opposite Brixton station, on the side wall of Morley's department store, stands a vibrant mural painted in 2013 by Australian street artist Jimmy Cochrane. A burst of colour and Bowie's iconic lightning bolt make it a site of pilgrimage for fans."
"Seven miles south-east of Brixton lies Beckenham, where Bowie spent his teenage years. The Heritage of London Trust is restoring his childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove, allowing fans to walk in his footsteps. On Beckenham High Street, a pizza restaurant now occupies the site of the Three Tuns pub, where Bowie and his friend Mary Finnigan performed on Sundays. These gigs evolved into the Beckenham Arts Lab, a creative hub that inspired the Free Festival of 1969 at Croydon Road Recreation Ground."
"In the mid-1960s, Bowie moved to central London in search of inspiration. On Heddon Street, just off Regent Street, a black plaque marks the spot where Brian Ward photographed Bowie in 1972 for the cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. "The concept was that Ziggy had just arrived from Mars," says Adam Scott-Goulding"
David Robert Jones was born on 8 January 1947 in Brixton; Brixton now celebrates him with a vibrant mural opposite Brixton station. Beckenham, seven miles south-east, housed his teenage years and preserves his childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove. The Three Tuns pub site on Beckenham High Street hosted early performances that evolved into the Beckenham Arts Lab and inspired the 1969 Free Festival; the band's bandstand is preserved with a commemorative stone for "Memory of a Free Festival." In the mid-1960s Bowie moved to central London; a black plaque on Heddon Street marks Brian Ward's 1972 photograph used for the Ziggy Stardust cover.
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