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A local historian is campaigning to erect a plaque in Summerstown in memory of T. Rex star Marc Bolan. Geoff Simmons hopes the sign can be displayed on a Tesco Express, near where the famous singer spent a large part of his youth. Marc Bolan, previously Marc Feld, moved to a prefab house near the Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium with his family in the 1960s. The Felds lived in a prefab by the greyhound stadium Although the former “Sun Cottage” is demolished now, the impact of the glam rock idol had a lasting impact on Wandsworth residents. “I’ve met a number of people on my walks who remembered Mark Feld from his early Summerstown days.