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THE RISE AND FALL OF
ZIGGY STARDUST
AND THE
SPIDERS FROM MARS
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David Bowie
(1972)		 Born as David Robert Jones in Brixton in 1947, David Bowie was a singer-songwriter and occasional actor whose innovativeness and visual originality led him to constantly successfully reinvent himself throughout his five-decade long career.

In 1972 his fifth album, a concept album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars was a critical and commercial success and his global breakthrough.

London | Lambeth

The County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with the City of London remaining an independent body.

In 1965 Greater London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire and further areas of Kent and Surrey.



 Greater London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together with the City of London.



Lambeth once lay in Surrey and is today one of the 13 boroughs making up Inner London. It lies on the River Thames which runs along its northern border.

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Actors and Directors
The actor Roger Moore was born as Roger George Moore in Stockwell in 1927. After studying at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London he appeared in successful television series in the 1960s (The Saint, The Persuaders) and then was given the role of James Bond in the 1973 Live and Let Die going on to play the spy in six more films until 1985.

Roger Moore

Anglo-Saxons and Danes
Anglo-Saxon Kings Danish Kings
The son of King Canute and last Danish King of England Harthacanute died at a wedding feast at Lambeth in 1042. He was buried at Winchester in Hampshire.

Monarchs buried at Winchester

Composers and Musicians

The singer-songwriter David Bowie was born as David Robert Jones at 40 Stansfield Road in Brixton in 1947. At the age of six his family moved to Bromley.

David Bowie (1967)
 David Bowie (2001)
 David Bowie
David Bowie: Wild is the Wind (Tiomkin/Washington)

Inventors and Scientists
The chemist and physicist Michael Faraday was born in 1791 at Newington Butts, Kennington. He spent his life researching and experimenting in the new field of electricity. He died in 1867 and was buried at Highgate Cemetary.

Michael Faraday
Famous London cemeteries

Places of Interest

Historic Locations
West Norwood Cemetery was opened in 1837 the second of what became known as the "Magnificent Seven", seven new London cemeteries needed due to the booming population of London. All were built within a decade: the first in 1832, Kensal Green Cemetery, and the last Tower Hamlets Cemetery in 1841.



Prime Ministers
Prime Ministers

20th Century

Born in Brixton in 1894, Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister from 1957-63.

Harold Macmillan


The wind of change is blowing through this continent, ...
(Speech at Cape Town, South Africa, 1960)

First of all the Georgian silver goes, and then all that nice furniture that used to be in the saloon. Then the Canalettos go.
(Speech on privatization at the Tory Reform Group, 1985)



Royal Consorts and Heirs

King's College Hospital
Camilla Parker-Bowles was born as Camilla Shand at King's College Hospital in Camberwell in 1947. In 2005 she married the future Charles III who acceded to the throne on the death of Elizabeth II in 2022.

Camilla Parker-Bowles


Writers and Poets

The writer Kingsley Amis was born in Clapham in 1922. His first book Lucky Jim (1954) became his most successful. It depicted a new phenomenon in post-war Britain, working- and lower-middle-class men disappointed that the promise of a new country hadn't materialised: the upper echelons of society still occupied the best positions. Amis was therefore grouped in with the Angry Young Men, although he rejected this categorisation.

The Old Devils (1986) won the Booker Prize. His son Martin also became a successful novelist.

Kingsley Amis (1957)
With Martin Amis (1988)

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