The Marc Bolan shrine site in 2005

Bolan's Rock Shrine is a memorial to musician Marc Bolan, of T. Rex, on the site of the 1977 car crash, in Barnes, London, in which he was killed. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x1126, 254 KB) Summary The Marc Bolan shrine site. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (830x1126, 254 KB) Summary The Marc Bolan shrine site. ... Marc Bolan Plaque marking Marc Bolans childhood home, 25 Stoke Newington Common, Hackney. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Barnes is a place in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...

Marc Bolan and his girlfriend Gloria Jones were less than a mile from their home in Richmond when, a few minutes before 5:00 a.m. on September 16, 1977, the car a purple Mini 1275 GT (license plate FOX 66IL) driven by Gloria Jones hit a tree in Barnes, southwest London. The cover of 1979 album, Windstorm Gloria Jones was the girlfriend of T Rex singer Marc Bolan. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Mini (from Latin small) is the name of a small car produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000, and the name of its replacement (known as the New MINI) launched in 2001. ...

The tree, still surviving as of 2006, is a Sycamore. Since 1977 it has acted as a shrine to his memory, and receives frequent visits from fans to this day. Wishbone Ash wrote a song about it called Bolan's Monument. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Acer pseudoplatanus L. The Sycamore or Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) is one of the commonest maples in Europe, native to central Europe from France east to Poland, and south (in mountains) to northernmost Spain and Turkey. ... Wishbone Ash are a British classic rock band, formed in Devon, 1969, forming out of the ashes of the groups as The Empty Vessels, then Tanglewood. ...

The Marc Bolan memorial stone in 2005

In 1997 the Performing Right Society installed a Memorial Stone for the twentieth anniversary of Bolan's death. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (808x652, 159 KB) Summary The memorial stone at Marc Bolan shrine. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (808x652, 159 KB) Summary The memorial stone at Marc Bolan shrine. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The United Kingdom newspaper the Daily Mail reported in 1998 that "The Tree was damaged beyond repair." ... "Experts say the tree is dying" ... "We have a duty to ensure it is not a danger to the public" ... "Felling is a possibility in the future" (1). The Daily Mail is a British newspaper, currently a tabloid, first published in 1896. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In 1999 TAG - (T.Rex Action Group) was formed, and the land-owners Railtrack granted it a lease in perpetuity on the site and ownership of The Bolan Tree. TAG care for Bolan's Rock Shrine on a charity basis and work as guardians for the tree. In 2000 TAG laid steps and a viewing platform around the tree and after consulting tree surgeons, fitted a metal calliper across the rotted section of trunk, to support the weight of the tree and save the tree from felling. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Railtrack was a group of companies which owned the tracks, signals, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and some stations of the British railway system from its formation in April 1994 until 2002. ... This article refers to the act of selfless giving, and organizations which facilitate selfless giving. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

TAG installed a bronze bust of Marc Bolan at the site, in 2002, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. The bust was unveiled by his son Rolan Bolan and the event was attended by fans from around the world as well as by friends and colleagues including T Rex members Mickey Finn and Paul Fenton. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Rolan Seymour Feld Bolan (born 26 September 1975) is a musician in the band Rolan Bolan and the Brothers Bounce. ... Mickey Finn was the percussionist/drummer with the 1970s glam rock group T. Rex (formerly known as Tyrannosaurus Rex). ...

The memorial on the tree, in 2005

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Reference

• (1) English, Rebecca. 1998 Daily Mail Newspaper

1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

External links

• TAG's Marc Bolan & T-Rex web site
• Steve Peregrin Took's domain