Inscription
Ewan MacColl, 1915 - 1989, political songwriter and playwright, lived here.
The London Borough of Bromley
Site: Ewan MacColl - Beckenham (1 memorial)
BR3, Stanley Avenue, 35
fills in some details: "... MacColl and Seeger ... in 1961 {took} out a mortgage on the upstairs flat at 35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, Kent - where MacColl lived for the rest of his life. This was not just a family home but a productive centre of London folk music. From 1964 to 1972 a group of folk singers met there regularly to study and sing." More at Transpontine.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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