Music legend David Bowie died 10 Jan 2016. He was a real icon of British music and I grew up listening to his music, especially in the 1970s. "The Laughing Gnome", re-released in 1973 is a particular favourite, even though it was a novelty song, as it has memories for me.
David Bowie was born in Brixton and later lived in Beckenham. Both these places are just a few miles from where I lived with my parents. The media was absolutely full with the news of his death and there were many scenes on TV of the memorials to him, plus the all night party outside the Ritzy on the night of the 11th. So on 12th I went to see for myself.
Firstly I went to Brixton -
There were a lot of flower sellers-
Also a cancer charity had a few people who were collecting money, I found that a bit intrusive as they were asking people for donations. I then went to the
Ritzy Cinema, aka Ritzy Picturehouse. This is one of south London's oldest picture palaces having opened in 1911. It has been renovated and is now the UK's largest independent specialist cinema with five screens.
Then I went on to Beckenham -
This building used to be The Three Tuns pub, where David Bowie used to perform before he was famous. The pub closed some time ago and is currently a restaurant
RIP David Bowie.
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The 1911 Ritzy Picturehouse is well-kept. How wonderful that south London has a cinema more than one hundred years old when Ipoh can't even keep something from 1930s. Thank you for the info. How big is it that it can be re-designed to hold 5 screens - 5 halls for simultaneous screening?
ReplyDeleteI don't know the size of the Ritzy but yes, they have 5 simultaneous screenings.
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