Published:
5:44 PM June 9, 2021
L-R: Lloyd Jeans, Neandra Etienne and Paul Romane with the Newham Heritage plaque commemorating the location of the Upper Cut Club in Forest Gate where Jimi Hendrix wrote Purple Haze.
- Credit: Andrew Baker
Plaques have gone up to mark where Jimi Hendrix penned a musical masterpiece and an underground recording studio had its home.
Hendrix s song Purple Haze was completed in London on Boxing Day in 1966 in the dressing room of the Upper Cut Club in Forest Gate.
The once star-filled venue has since been demolished, but Neandra Etienne - who lives in the borough - campaigned to have the location memorialised with a plaque in Woodgrange Road.
Beckton Gasworks pictured in the 1960s. Newham Archives and Local Studies
- Credit: Newham Archives and Local Studies
Details of this year s Newham Heritage Month have been announced, with the line-up including brickmaking, feminism, corner shops and more.
The celebration, which is funded by the National Lottery, will take place mainly online with free events and activities throughout May.
Rosie Murdoch, programme manager, said: This year’s line-up has exciting invitations for everyone, from Kid’s Trails to underground record stores, revolutionary feminists to music and memories, poetry to brickmaking.
L-R: Mike De Underground, Randall, Marly Marl, MC Fats, Cool Hand Flex and Jonny 2 Bad outside De Underground Records in Sebert Road, Forest Gate in July 1995. The shop features in this year s Newham Heritage Month.