Remembering when The Clash's Joe Strummer lived in Newport

Joe Strummer, who was then known as Woody, at St Woolos Cemetery in the 1970s
MEMBERS of our We Grew Up in Newport Facebook group have been reminiscing about Newport's links the music scene down the years after one member, Clive Noble, shared a picture of frontman of The Clash, Joe Strummer, working as a grave digger at St Woolos Cemetery.
He said: "Not sure if this is true."
His comment brought back memories for a number of 10,800 members of the popular Facebook group.
The picture was taken in 1973 before The Clash was formed when Joe Strummer, then known as Woody, spent time in Newport.

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