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Blue plaques in Kent to The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, David Bowie, Carry On stars and James Bond creator Ian Fleming
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Take a trip with your local blue plaques and pick up some nuggets of knowledge along the way. Find one near you here.
The Beatlesâ film, Magical Mystery Tour, some of which was filmed in the West Malling area
The Beatles
When you get your kebab in West Malling, you get a slice of history with it too as the kebab house is home to a blue plaque commemorating the time The Beatles came to town. John Lennon and Ringo Starr can be seen in the High Street in the opening of The Beatlesâ 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour. The Fab Four spent several days filming in the town, including at the disused West Malling Airfield. There is also one to George Orwell at the station.
David Bowie and his gigs with the Manish Boys and Level Three in Maidstone and other parts of Kent
Published: 06:00, 10 January 2021
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of David Bowie - the singer/songwriter, glam rock star and actor who died on January 10, 2016, from liver cancer.
But although his name is known across the Western world as an icon of pop fashion, few know of the famous musician s links to Kent.
David Bowie turns radio DJ for a Star Special broadcast in May 1979. Image BBC
David Robert Jones was born illegitimately in Brixton. His father, a former Royal Fusilier soldier named John Jones, was still married to his first wife Hilda at the time that Bowie s mother Peggy gave birth to him in 1947. Jones senior later divorced Hilda and married Peggy (Margaret), who had herself been born in Folkestone.