This ride looked at buildings and places in London with some famous and not-so-famous connections with the music legends of our time.
The ride looked at musical connections locally in Lambeth, then headed for Central London via Battersea Park, Chelsea, Camden and Hampstead Heath. We then went due south to end our ride in Waterloo.
Some of the celebrities with connections with the places we looked at include The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Clash, Pink Floyd, plus links with various movements such as Punk and New Romanticism.
Meeting up at Brixton to check out our first reference, Electric Avenue by Eddie Grant
The Stockwell birthplace of Mr David Bowie
A gentle stroll through Clapham Common – now really up the junction for cyclists with the current signal arrangement on Cedars Road
Outside the site of Clapham resident Vivienne Westwood’s old shop where Malcolm McLaren started the Sex Pistols and the Punk movement
Vivian points out where the Rolling Stones used to hang out and the site of the landmark psychedelic shop ‘Granny Takes A Trip
Checking out the scene that was used for the Pink Floyd album cover ‘Animals’
Near the spot where the Sex Pistols signed their record contract to release the controversial single ‘God Save The Queen’ in time for the Silver Jubilee
Picnic lunch in Hyde Park near the location of the Rolling Stones free concert in 1969
Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel were neighbours on Brook Street in Mayfair, albeit over 200 years apart
Get Back – the building where The Fab Four did their rooftop gig and the last time they played together
Looking for the exact spot in Heddon Street where Ziggy Stardust stood for the album cover
We re-enact the famous album cover on Abbey Road, but with bikes!
Outside the site of the former Blitz Club – birthplace of the New Romantic music movement and home to the likes of Steve Strange, Spandau Ballet, with Boy George as the cloakroom attendant.
On the way back to Lambeth and our spiritual Waterloo Sunset
Ride led by Vivian McClew and Philip Loy A Lambeth Cyclists ride (photos: Philip Loy)
